Roosevelt at Quebec Parley With Churchill
President Roosevelt arrived in Quebec to discuss Allied strategy with Prime Minister Churchill and Canada's Mackenzie King. The leaders plan a master war plan and will study combat tactics with top military experts to determine future operations and potential amphibious assaults into Europe. The conference promises major developments shaping the war effort and possibly new attacks against Germany and Japan.
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Hull to Attend Political Parley at Quebec Conference
Secretary of State Hull said the Roosevelt Churchill talks at Quebec would cover political and military matters and he expected to join. Reports from London mentioned Anthony Eden possibly attending, and the idea of joint policies with Soviet Russia was raised.
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Higher Court Backs Order for Election
Albany reports the Appellate Division upholds Supreme Court Justice Foster’s order requiring a lieutenant governor election this fall to fill the vacancy caused by a death. The ruling overrules an Attorney General view that no vacancy exists and election not needed until 1946. The Court of Appeals will hear arguments tomorrow with decisions expected by Friday.
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Hannah Dempsey Appeals Divorce in White Plains
Hannah Dempsey Williams Dempsey sought to appeal an interlocutory divorce decree granted to Lieut Comdr Jack Dempsey in Supreme Court yesterday. The notice indicates her intention to appeal the divorce ruling.
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Soviets Gain Ground Around Bryansk in Major Push
The Red Army broke German resistance and advanced up to four miles toward Bryansk while expanding efforts on Smolensk and Kharkov. Moscow said 8,300 Germans were killed as Soviet forces captured over sixty towns and pushed the enemy into retreat, with air and ground counteroffensives and trains and troop concentrations targeted near Bryansk.
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Baseball Scores From City League and Eastern Standings
Scoreboard reads St Louis 7 Brooklyn 3 Cincinnati 10 New York 4 Chicago 7 Philadelphia 5 i Pittsburg 8 Boston 0 2 Pittsburg 4 Boston 3 11 innings. AMERICAN New York 4 Chicago 2 Detroit 4 Philadelphia 3 St Louis 4 Boston 1 EASTERN Elmira 3 Albany 2 2 Albany 6 Elmira 1 i Binghamton 13 Utica 4 2 Binghamton 4 Utica 2 1 Springfield 3 Wilkes Barre 1 2 Wilkes Barre 5 Springfield 4 16 innings. Scranton 2 Mariford 6 Scranton 6 Hartford 3.
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Greatest Air Victory Fells Japs in New Guinea War
Allied air forces achieved a stunning victory over New Guinea, felling more than 225 Japanese planes at Wewak, destroying or damaging 170, and killing about 1,500 enemy personnel. Liberators and other bombers struck from midnight through the day, costing the Allies only three planes and signaling air supremacy in central New Guinea.
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Senator Vandenberg backs Byrnes pause in debate
Washington Senator Vandenberg said he favors delaying political debate until fall 1944 if Democrats can get Vice President Wallace to stop making disunity speeches. He urged Byrnes to call Henry Wallace and tell him to pipe down his campaign of disunity.
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No News On Kiska Island Stirs Pacific War Speculation
Secretary Knox quips no news is good news as no Navy report since July 30 on Kiska operations fuels early speculation the drive to expel Japanese from the Aleutians may be starting. Observers note little Japanese radio chatter and wonder if American bombardment has silenced Tokyo's reports to mislead rivals.
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Ontario Cabinet Takes Office Sworn in at Ontario
A ten member Progressive Conservative cabinet led by Premier George A. Drew was sworn in to administer Ontario. The government defeated the Liberal administration in the August 4 provincial election and Drew will also hold the education portfolio.
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War's End Seen By Christmas
Belfast has comment from Dr Hewlett Johnson dean of Canterbury saying the war could end by Christmas if the Allies relieve the Russians of fifty German divisions now.
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Woman Admits Slaying Rival in Decatur
Mrs. De Ella Ham, 16 year old mother of six, confessed to beating Vera Henry, 46, a divorcee, with a washing machine wringer and a pipe over suspected infidelity. She wrapped Henry’s body in a rug and rolled it down basement stairs, according to Assistant State's Attorney Fred Leach.
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George VI Visits Fleet at Sea
King George VI completes a whirlwind visit to the British Home Fleet. He participated in battle exercises at sea aboard the Duke of York and boarded the Malaya where he once served as a junior officer. The king traveled in northern waters near the German occupied coast, signaling strong Royal Navy confidence toward the German fleet.
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Oakes Spat Revealed In Bahamas Court Testimony
Alfred De Marigny and Sir Harry Oakes, linked by family ties, were described as golfing partners last winter. A witness testified that De Marigny threatened to kick Oakes, and Sir Harry vowed to horsewhip De Marigny. Newell Kelly, manager of Oakes estate, spoke of changing attitudes at the magistrate's court.
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Allied fleet sighted off Catania as Sicily evacuation completes
Berlin military correspondent notes concentration of Allied ships in North African and Sicilian ports points to new Mediterranean landings perhaps at Naples Leghorn or Florence but he deems a wholesale Italian west coast landing unlikely. German broadcasts claim Sicily retreat was a feat yet reveal Axis reserves could not offset Allied advantage. Two and a half divisions crossed to the mainland completing Sicily evacuation by dawn.
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Daylight shuttle bombers lead grand Allied air assault
American daylight shuttles from England to North Africa cap a major bombing day striking Regensburg Schweinfurt and other targets across Germany. B-17s and heavy bombers blasted Regensburg near Munich and Schweinfurt, with reports of 20,000 feet smoke and ten miles drifting. Mediterranean base attacks followed, including Paris and Le Bourget airfields, amid unconfirmed Swiss and Rome radio reports and German radio silence indicators.
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Lunge at Enemy Continental Wall Anticipated in London
Allied observers in London sense a near decisive crack in the Axis continental wall after Sicily, with high command secrecy on the next blow. Britain clears beaches of nonresidents while air raids intensify, and pressure for a second front grows in Britain and Soviet Russia. Future operations may wait weeks for full preparation and to maximize bombing and psychological pressure on Italy.
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Messina Falls To Americans In Final Smash
Allied forces captured Messina after a 38 day Sicily campaign as American doughboys moved through hillside streets and linked with the British Eighth Army advancing from the south. Axis resistance ceased and the island’s ports and airfields are now in Allied hands. Approximately 140,000 axis prisoners were reported, with Allied casualties similar to Tunisia. The victory sets the stage for broader operations into Europe.
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Detectives Hurt In Picket Melee Near Hamtramck Plant
In a brief clash outside the Johnson Milk Company plant in Hamtramck police and Teamsters clashed with about 800 dairy workers. Four plainclothes detectives and five others were injured, three shot in the legs, as officers tried to break up the melee. Seven men were detained for questioning.
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Badoglio Offers Second Rome Open City Proposal
German radio via Vatican broadcast said Premier Marshall Pietro Badoglio renewed a second proposal to make Rome an open city. The Associated Press report indicates the move was announced last night.
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Sicily Shorts And Sidelights
Berlin radio reported that one armed Gen Hans Valenten Hube commanded German forces in Sicily and left with the last evacuees. He lost an arm in WWI and served as colonel in 1941 in Russia and later as major general and general at Stalingrad. The Allies disrupted Italian home radio by using Axis facilities in Palermo, per the FCC.
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