Allied Forces Land on Huon Gulf in Surprise Lae Operation
An Allied force largely drawn from Australian troops lands east of Lea on the Huon Gulf coast of New Guinea, isolating Lae and Salamaua. General MacArthur confirms the Lae investment and rapid air defensive action follows, with joint land, sea, and air coordination catching Japanese off guard. Blamey leads the land forces while Carpender and Kenny command naval and air operations respectively.
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Southwest Pacific
Huon Gulf
Lea
New Guinea
Lae-Salamaua
Lae
Douglas MacArthur
Finschhafen
Salamaua
Thomas Blamey
Carpender
George C. Kenny
Blamey
Malahang
Markham Valley
Allies Meet With Greek Guerrillas In Balkan Conference
London reports that British and Greek staff officers met 600 guerrilla leaders in the Balkans to unify the underground fight against the Axis. The three day conference planned for intensified sabotage and arms supply to Greek patriots, aligning with Allied Middle East plans.
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London
Cairo
Balkan
Middle East
Germany
Greece
Balkans
Noted Jurist Julian Mack Dies at 77 in New York
Julian William Mack 77 retired judge of the United States Circuit Court and honorary president of the World Jewish Congress died yesterday at the Fifth Avenue Hotel after a long illness. He shaped postwar Jewish affairs and served on the bench with distinction. Mack’s leadership extended to international Jewish organizations and legal circles.
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New York
Julian William Mack
United States Circuit Court
World Jewish Congress
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Japs on Dutch East Indies Hit By Liberator Bombers
Allied Liberator bombers flew nearly 1,000 miles into the Indian Ocean opening a western air offensive against approaches to the Japanese occupied Netherlands East Indies. The Friday raid on Car Nicobar Island 200 miles northwest of Sumatra targeted military installations with no losses reported.
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Associated Press
New Delhi
Indian Ocean
Netherlands East Indies
United States Air Force
Car Nicobar Island
Sumatra
Japan
East Indies
Murder by own action shocks McAdoo
Two dynamite explosions in a McAdoo home killed 59 year old miner John Horick and seriously injured his stepson Metro Kondash, police say Grover Snyder. The state policeman noted the blasts occurred in a planned murder suicide attempt yesterday.
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McAdoo
Grover Snyder
John Horick
Metro Kondash
Horick
National Scoreboard Patchwork of Early Baseball Scores
National league and regional results show Brooklyn over New York five to one in 12 innings, Pittsburg besting Chicago five four. Philadelphia tops Boston four to one, St Louis beats Cincinnati one nil, Washington three over New York one, and Washington five over New York one. Chicago wins four to two vs Cleveland while Chicago four over Detroit three, Philadelphia seven over Boston five. Utica over Albany six to five, Utica four over Albany two, Hartford four over Springfield one. Hartford twelve over Springfield two, Elmira five over Binghamton one, Wilkes Barre seven over Scranton three.
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National
Brooklyn
New York
Pittsburg
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
St. Louis
Cincinnati
St. Lous
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
Utica
Albany
Hartford
Springfield
S—Hartford
Elmira
Binghamton
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
Prat Ors Oun Pathe
Italians Glad To Quit Invaders Near Melita Arc
Allied forces in North Africa report seizure of Bagnara and surrounding coastal towns as they tighten the invasion arc from Melita toward Bagnaia. By the third day of operations under General Berna, Canadian and British troops push inland while Italians begin evacuations along the Calabria coast.
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North Africa
Toe
Bagnara
Melita
Bagnaia
Ani Mland
Auing Pe Sieihan
Bagnicet
San Uravanny
Melite
Calabria
Petocan
Berna
Allied Bombing Ruins Italian Rail Centers in North Africa
Allied HQ reports Italian rail and communications systems across southern and central Italy wrecked by strategic bombing. Reconnaissance notes Naples region damaged heavily. raids reach Bolzano, Trento, Brenner Pass, Pisa, and Naples. Spitfires repulse a Kalin counterattack, eight fighters shot down. weathered air opposition elsewhere with limited ground movement. US Flying Fortresses and P-38s strike air fields and transport targets around Naples.
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North Africa
Italy
Naples
Bolzano
Trento
Brenner Pass
Pisa
U. S
Berlin Reports Commando Attack on Ushant Island
German radio claimed a British commando landing on Ushant off France Friday night was beaten back after a single vessel reached shore. British authorities denied confirmation, noting many reconnaissance thrusts by commando units go unannounced.
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London
Ushant
France
Berlin
Famed Anthropologist Dr Ales Urdlicka Dies at 74
Washington UP reported the death of Dr Ales Urdlicka a renowned anthropologist at his home aged 74 He was Bohemian born arrived in the United States at 13 and became a leading authority on mankind’s history and development He disputed the existence of prehistoric human life in North America suggesting migration from Asia via Alaska He visited the Aleutians a dozen times and authored hundreds of articles He also warned in 1937 that another great war was likely noting the dire consequences of warfare beyond loss of life including blindness lung damage and severe neurasthenia alongside child malnutrition
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Washington
Ales Urdlicka
Hrdicka
Bohemia
Hrdlicka
American
Asia
Alaska
Aleutians
Liberate
Soviet Church May Organize Patriarchal Congress
The Soviet state, long separated from the church, approved reconcilia tion with the Greek Orthodox Church by backing a congress to elect a patriarch and form a holy synod. The announcement followed a Kremlin meeting between Premier Stalin Foreign Minister Molotov and three Moscow Leningrad and Kiev metropolitans on Saturday night.
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Moscow
Stalin
Vyacheslav Molotov
Leningrad
Kiev
Kremlin
Prisoners Include Red Cross Nurse
Behind enemy lines in Italy a company of sailors aboard the destroyer Quail lands to extract six British Commandos and prisoners. The party reports successful actions behind the lines despite food shortages and heavy enemy disruption. The Quail continues patrols along the Gulf of Squillace before returning toward Sicily.
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Paul Kern Lee
Italy
Peter Young
Cobham
Surrey
Quail
Sicily
Messine Strait
Dewey Leads Republicans Seek Britain Alliance At Meeting
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey endorses a permanent postwar military alliance with Great Britain and urges Russia and China involved in peace planning. Gov. Bricker calls for understanding with Britain after the war along military and economic lines. Taft pushes to keep foreign policy from the 1944 campaign, focusing on domestic issues.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Great Britain
Advisory Council
Stehé
Dewey
Republican Party
Rooseve
Churchill
Quebec
Russia
China
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Britain
Council
Jt (R
Taft
Civilians Abroad Pushed For 1944 Vote Access
Representative Sabath proposes that American civilians overseas, more than 100000, be allowed to vote in the 1944 presidential election along with servicemen. He argues they are entitled to participate and notes many will be in dangerous service.
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Washington
Sabath
D. Til
Slav Guerrillas Capture Susak Seaport
A British broadcast quoting Moscow radio said Yugoslav guerrillas captured the Adriatic seaport of Susak in northwestern Yugoslavia near Fiume. The report notes Susak as the northern Yugoslav port closest to Fiume, with Fiume recently reported as occupied by German forces.
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New York
Saia
Susak
Adriatic
Yugoslavia
C. B
Fiume
Italy
Valley Falls Man Killed By Auto
Ellis Grogan, 3, of Valley Falls was struck and killed on South Main Street by a 1942 coach driven by Charles M. Wiley, 22, of Johnstownville. Trooper W A Nenstiel and Dr C B Packard investigated. Grogan died at Schaghticoke and was taken to McClure Funeral Home.
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C. B. Packard
Berlin
Ellis Grogan
Valley Falls
Harold M. Kenyon
Schagh_ticoke
Leonard Hospital
McClure
Grogan
Wiley
Green Extends Welcome to UMW in Tampa Address
President William Green told a Tampa audience on Labor Day that the American Federation of Labor would welcome back the United Mine Workers if jurisdictional disputes are resolved beforehand. He criticized UMW as a 5% conglomeration including farmers and barkers and urged creasing tensions before reaffiliation.
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Tampa
Fla
American Federation of Labor Convention
William Green
A. F of L
United Mine Workers
Green
D.stmet
U. M W
Pubs Take Bets On Enemy Losses In War Effort
London pubs reportedly run sweepstakes on bomber losses and enemy aircraft shot down. Patrons pause during BBC news casts to hear the figures and the winner buys drinks for all.
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London
Europe
BBC
Allied Raid Drills Belgium Rail Yards and Dutch Airfields
British and American air forces pounded Belgian rail yards and Dutch airfields in a continuing push to disrupt Axis communications and bases. U S Eighth Airforce Marauders attacked Ghent freight yards with reported good results. RAF bombs hit Woensdrecht air fields while coastal mining and naval strikes damaged three E boats. German fighters failed to shoot down bombers.
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Associated Press
London
Europe
RAF
Ruhr
Rhineland
Deutschlandsender
U. S. Eighth Airforce
Ghent
Belgium
North Sea
Woensdrecht
Netherlands Sea
West
Scheldt
Netherlands
Dominion
Fighter Command
Churchill Plane To Be Refitted For Transport Work
The Liberator bomber used by Winston Churchill has arrived at Tucson’s Consolidated Vultee Aircraft division for refitting as a transport. It has carried the British Prime Minister to major allied conferences and will be converted to a passenger and crewed airliner with eight seats a lavatory a hot plate and bunks above the bomb bay. Officials expect it to be returned to his service after refitting.
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Tucson
Ariz
Winston
Reds Take Artemovsk Amid Bitter Street Fights
Russian forces captured the mining city of Artemovsk after brutal urban combat, routing German garrison and extending nine mile advances. Stalino reported in flames as Germans burned installations and withdrew. Malinovsky’s troops breached the city’s defenses, killing thousands of German troops and seizing tanks, planes, and guns across multiple fronts with Red artillery closing to 15 miles from Statino and pushing toward Baltina near Smolensk.
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London
Russia
Artemovsk
Kuling
Statino
Stalino
Rodion Malinovsky
Moscow Broadcast
Moscow
Aid
Honotop
Bryansk
Smolensk
Red Army
Rewon
Baltina
Theentral
Death Comes With a Flash Lansdale Pa
An extension of the Big Inch pipeline from Phoenixville to Bayonne broke for the fifth time, causing a spill on Skippack Creek that destroyed trees. Firefighters from six towns formed two earth dams to contain the oil and extinguish the blaze with chemicals. The line’s temporary outage prevented greater losses as the Bayonne extension, welded beams, and seamless pipe Big Inch contrast are noted.
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Lansdale
Pa.p
Phoenixville
Bayonne
N. J
Skippack Creek
Wade
Mine Explodes In Convoy Of Correspondents
A Soviet press convoy blast in the Red Army front line kills three officials and a driver while injuring another chauffeur. Mikhail Vaseven, Viktor Kozhemiako, Maj. EB. I. Volkhov die. the group included foreign correspondents touring front lines. The chauffeur escapes serious harm. the incident occurs near Stalingrad and Kharkov theater areas.
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Mikhail Vaseven
The
Foreign Commissariat
Amtorz
New York
Viktor Kozhemiako
Chunching
EB. I. Volkhov
Defense Commissariat
Stalingrad
Kharkov
Red Army
Alexey Dingiley
Light naval units clash off France in patrol action
Royal Navy light coastal forces engaged a large group of enemy armed minesweepers off the French coast in a two hour battle early yesterday. A torpedo hit was collected on one enemy patrol vessel and two others were severely damaged. The Aidan alty announced that several attacks were made against a strong defense and that all British ships returned to port with only slight casualties.
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London
Royal Navy
So Far So Good Toronto War Dispatch
Canadian war correspondent Matthew Hulton filed a dispatch on Saturday noting the bridgehead in Italy cost the Canadian contingent only two men wounded in enemy bombing attacks. He added the Canadians invading Italy as part of Britain's Eighth Army have, so far, encountered no opposition on the ground.
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Toronto
Matthew Hulton
Canadian Broadcasting Corp
Italy
Britain
Eighth Army
Axis push along coast and inland in North African fighting
An Algiers broadcast via London reported Allied forces pressing toward Palm five miles beyond Bagnata as Italian defenses stiffen. Italian headquarters claimed armored units counterattacked inland while heavy fighting raged east of Bag nara and on the slopes of the prominent mountains.
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Magat
Algiers
London
Associated Press
Palm
Bagnata
Bagnara
piomWente
Bitter
FWait and See Stockhobn Germany Holds Back in Italy
Berlin dispatch reports Germany will not mount a major stand in Calabria or southern Italy. Nazi leadership delays full defensive strength until invasion patterns clarify. British Wellington sorties and Middle East RA units reported in Taranto area. Allied air raids and ground actions continue as prisoner numbers rise.
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Germany
Italy
Calabria
Berlin
Stockholm
Tidningen
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Henry C. Cassidy
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Cary Gent
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