Fortresses Smash Vital Rail Centers
Allied air strikes target rail hubs from Naples to Benevento in a massive Mediterranean assault. American Wellingtons and RAF Canadian aircraft bomb rail yards, overpasses, and junctions near Foggia, Aversa, and Villa Laterno, with several trains and facilities hit and fires raging. Ten Allied planes lost. rail connections Rome Naples briefly disrupted.
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Sardinia
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Aversa
Benevento
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Mitchells
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Villa Laterno
Italy
Hadeen
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Locri
Gioia Tazo
French Women Forced to Work in Nazi Salt Mines
Echo D Alger reports hundreds of French women deported to Germany are forced to toil in salt mines, dying at about 300 per month in some camps. They work 14 hours daily and face death by firing squad for minor rule infractions.
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Germany
Echo D’alger
France
Vatican Will Not Recognize War-Time Frontiers
A Vatican radio broadcast quoted Archibishop Stepinac of Zagreb saying the Catholic Church will not recognize new states or borders created during wartime until they are established by international law through peace treaties. The Holy See abstains from recognizing frontier changes based on force until peace accords formalize them.
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Zagreb
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Filipino escapee cites Japanese bondage in Philippines
A Filipino escapee Jose De La Cruz said thousands of compatriots are enslaved under Japanese rule in the Philippines, forced to work for starvation wages after food and money were seized. He described escape by a fishing boat from Manila Bay, later picked up by an American vessel, and expressed hope for American troops to liberate the islands.
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UPI
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Jose de la Cruz
Manila Bay
United States
America
de la Cruz
Hawaii
Bellevue Hospital staff tied to food poisoning outbreak
About fifty employees at Bellevue Hospital were confined to isolation wards after a meal in the employees dining room last Wednesday, with most patients being nurses. Authorities reported no serious cases and isolation remains until lab analyses finish.
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New York
Bellevue Hospital
Parade Herald This Is the Army in Troy Benefit Show
Parade Thursday night in Troy will feature a Hollywood gala for the film This Is the Army at Proctor's Theater. Army units and searchlights will herald the benefit for Army Emergency Relief with proceeds from $3 admissions targeting the city quota and a hoped national total of 10 million dollars.
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Troy
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Picetune
Warner Brothers
Army Emergency Relief
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Lion Brand Shirt and Collar Corp
Behr-Manning Corp
Associaton
Watervliet Arsenal
Bendix Eclipse Corp
Bankers’ Associations
Women Quitting War Industry Reported By Officials
Washington Pi War Manpower Commission officials say women in industry are quitting at rates that jeopardize production. Despite earlier hires to meet higher schedules, attrition in some areas has reduced output and slowed wartime plants. They warn national service legislation may be inevitable if production targets are to be met.
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War Manpower Commission
Pate
Shushan Visitors and Local Guild Notes Stir Community
Shushan Mrs Jennie Babcock of Mechanicville guests of her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Perry Stimpson Mrs Edward Hayes and daughter Barbara of Waterbury Conn spending several days at their home here The Belle Brownell Guild will meet with Mrs Charles M King Thursday afternoon The leader will be Mrs Alva Roberson The Men's Brotherhood met at Anderson Fosters camp on the Battenhill but rain forced a return to the United Presbyterian Church Officers elected for the coming year President Frank Adams vice president George Sutherland secretary and treasurer Robert Shields
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Mechanicville
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Edward Hayes
Barbara
Waterbury
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Alva Roberson
Men's Brotherhood
Anderson Foster
Battenhill
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George Sutherland
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Invasion of Europe Feasibility Discussed by Mackenzie
DEWITT MACKENZIE notes mixed signals on a 1944 invasion of France. He cites Allied high command uncertainty, possible air and sea paralysis of Nazi defenses, and speculation that Hitler may hold assets in reserve. He observes Allied bombings pressuring German industry and notes vast destruction from steady raids reducing plant capacity and skilled labor pools.
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Associated Press
New York
Rockefeller Plaza
el Alheg
France
Allied High Command
Europe
Hitler
Germany
Alles
England
Boche
London
Royal Air Force
Asks Revision of Tax Laws for Risk Capital
Rep. Dewey of Illinois urged revising federal tax statutes to encourage risk capital and revive private industrial enterprise after the war. He also proposed using bank loans to local industries for reconversion to peacetime operations and suggested government guarantees on such loans.
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Ilinois
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Removal of Litvinoff and Soviet Frontiers Debate
The Moscow press reports the recall of Litvinoff and replacement by Gromyko while Litvinoff remains vice foreign minister. Eduard Benes plans a Moscow trip to seal a Soviet Czech treaty reserving frontiers and allowing possible return of Teschen. Britain questions the trip amid Poland frontier concerns as questions loom in Parliament. Stalin eyes war stakes and believes a Soviet withdrawal would force the Allies to finish Hitler alone.
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Litvinoff
Andrei 4
Gromyko
Tole
Maisky
London
Eduard Benes
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Poland
Teschen
Munich
Benes
House of Commons
Whitehall
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Stalin
Hitler
Red Army
Death Benefit Payments Rise in July Report
Washington reports early July figures from the Veterans Administration show total death and disability benefit payments exceed $2 million. Disability pensions about $700,000, death pensions around $740,000, and life insurance payments about $615,000. Benefits grow but lag behind casualty lists because claims take time to file and begin payment.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Frank T. Hones
Hines
Mrs Churchill Praises Russia In Broadcast Appeal
Mrs Winston Churchill wife of the British prime minister praised the heroic part played by the people of Russia in the war in a broadcast to Britain. She urged renewed support of Red Cross aid to Russia and did not refer to the Quebec war conference.
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Winston Churchill
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Britain
Red Cross
Churchill
Leaflets Dropped On Rome Report From Italian Radio
Italian radio said Allied planes over Rome dropped leaflets and flares Saturday night and no resistance occurred under the open city declaration. Reuters-recorded broadcast gave no Allied notice of planes over Rome. Youth Dies Of Injuries in Lackawanna Local Collision Fatality: George Schwiekert, 17, died Saturday after a motorcycle hit a truck in August.
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Rome
Badoglio
Reuters
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George Schweikert
Andy Farkas Likely to Play in Grid Classic
Washington Redskins show progress toward having fullback Andy Farkas for Wednesday's All-Star clash at Northwestern's Dyche Stadium after salary dispute talks. Coaches shuffled drills, ruled out scrimmage to avoid injuries, while penaluna and Wolf joined Governo sidelined by knee injuries.
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Dyche Stadium
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Farkas
Washington
Dutch Bergman
Harry Stuhldreher
Wisconsin
Sammy Baugh
Dyche
Bob Penaluna
Iowa
Joe Wolf
North Carolina
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Columbia
Laurels Upset Barons Twice For Fifth Place
In Hartford, the Laurels defeated Wilkes-Barre twice at Bulkeley Stadium to seize a 5-0 nightcap win and take the series three games to one. Sam Hyman, a 1980 Allentown veteran, starred in the opener before Young Jack Phillips blanked the Barons in the nightcap. The wins pull the Laurels into fourth place in the Eastern League, a first since early season, edging to a .5182 percentage versus .5175.
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Barons
Tony Lazzari
Laurels
Rifles Pounce On Miners for 3-1, 2-1 Wins
Springfield Rifles knock off league-leading Scranton Miners in two games. In the seven inning opener Ed Butka delivers a clutch two run single after a late rally as Montero wins. The nightcap goes nine innings with an eighth inning rally highlighted by Steve Shemo driving in the go ahead run. Mike Mellis earns the win over Joe Wood in a pitching duel.
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Springfield, Mass
Springfield
Rifles
Scranton Miners
Ed Butka
Miller
Clark
Decker
Juan Montero
al Lavalle
Steve Shemo
Butka
Colling
Shemo
Mike Mellis
Joe Wood
Liner Shop Dominates Inspection 13–6 In Arsenal League
The Liner Shop team earned its 21st straight win by beating Inspection 13 to 6 in the Arsenal softball league finale. Notable performances included Red Mooney with a homer and four plate appearances, Gruba going 3 for 4, and Bob Maloney driving in three after a bases loaded triple for Inspection.
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Arsenal
Bob Maloney
Witkle
Red” Mooney
Frank Gruba
Gruba
Carter
Blackman
Stock
Anderson
Poestenkill Caucuses And Community Fire Hall Events
The Democratic caucus is set for tomorrow at 8 pm at the Fire Hall while the Republican caucus is scheduled today at 8 pm to nominate town candidates. A ham supper at Firemen's Hall Saturday evening Aug 28 benefits Hillside Cemetery. guests attended a birthday party for Rosemarie Baxter with relatives and friends. Pfc Warren S. Jones has been seriously injured in battle and is hospitalized in North Africa.
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Hillside
Lee E. Jones
Pfc
Warren S. Jones
Tokyo Raid Hero Missing in Action
Hoquiam Washington reports Captain Charles Ross Greening, pilot who helped raid Tokyo last year and credited with devising a 20 cent bombsight, has been missing in action since July 12 during a mission over Japan, War Department informs his wife.
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Wash
Theut
Charles Ross Greening
Tokyo
Iuly
War Department
Hia H Wife
Greening
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