Americans Canadians Push Into Heart of Italy
Allied troops landed near Naples early today as Italy surrendered, potentially penetrating into the German retreat corridor. The operation involved British American and Canadian forces with Patton and Clark commanding Ninth Fifth to Sicily and Africa connected units. Naples is a strategic hub for rail and supply amid ongoing Allied air and naval dominance.
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United States
George %. Patton, Jr
Fifth
Africa
Mark W. Clark
Naples
Italy
Axis
Allied
Sicily
Allied Command Urges Italian Ships to Sail for Allied Ports
A broadcast message from Allied naval chiefs via UN radio in Algiers urged Italian naval and merchant marine officers to avoid scuttling and to sail at once to Allied ports. Admiral Cunningham warned Germans aim to seize ships. The UN pledged protection and urged termination of hostilities.
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North Africa
Mediterranean
Andrew Browne Cunningham
United Nations Radio
Algiers
Associated Press
United Nations
Seventh Army Lands at Naples in Allied North Africa Broadcast
Merrill Mueller of NBC reports from Allied Headquarters in North Africa that the American Seventh Army has landed at Naples and will aid Italian resistance against the Axis. Italian appeal urges unity and disciplined support for Allied forces while German radio notes Allied divisions landing near the Gulf of Gioia.
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Naples
Italy
Tunis
OWI
New York
Merrill Mueller
National Broadcasting Company
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Seventh Army
Europe
CB. S
Gulf of Euofemia
Eighth Army
Hershey Sees Draft Easing For War
Augusta Me. AP) Almost simultaneously with Italy's surrender the Selective Service Director Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey said that we probably won't have to mobilize as many men for the remainder of the war as we have in the past.
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Italy
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
National League scoreboard mixed results and standings
NATIONAL leads with Philadelphia 3 New York 2 Brooklyn 3 Boston 0 St. Louis 5 Pittsburgh none scheduled. EASTERN shows Wilkes Barre 3 Albany 2 then Wilkes Barre 6 Albany 5. Scranton 6 Utica 0 Utica 11 Scranton 2 Hartford 2 Elmira 0 Binghamton 6 Springfield 4. a
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Springfield
Marcus Island Base Demolished in Pacific Strike
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz announced that about eighty percent of Japanese military installations on Marcus Island, located 120 miles southeast of Tokyo, were destroyed by an aircraft carrier task force in the September 1 attack. The report highlights the effectiveness of U S. naval air power in the Pacific campaign.
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Marcus Island
Tokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
Stalino Falls to Russians in a Bold Donets Victory
The Soviet army smashed into Stalino and swept the Donets Basin, wiping out the German salient and pressing a 600 mile front toward Smolensk. Tank spearheads reached 40 miles northwest, capturing German planes and trainloads of supplies as Moscow reported.
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Russia
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Sea of Azov
U.S. Tops World Ship Output
Rear Admiral Emory S. Land announced that American shipyards now build more merchant vessels than the rest of the world combined. He warned the nation not to allow its Merchant Marine to deteriorate as after the last war.
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Washington
Emory S. Land
Time to Retire. Allied leaflets warn Bulgaria zero hour nears
A traveler reports Allied planes over Bulgaria dropping clock leaflets warning Bulgarians the zero hour for the war is near. Leaflets show a clock advancing from 11:45 to 11:57 and include an image of a U S bomber. Fears center on Sofia and rail targets.
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Rumania
Bombs Blast Europe Again Reported by Allied Bombers
An early official notice says Allied bombers from British bases again attacked targets in occupied Europe last night. The strikes continue the push toward a possible climax in this theater, following Italy's surrender yesterday. Targets remained undisclosed.
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London
Europe
Italy
Italy Surrenders. Nation Rejoices Across Cities
News of Italy's surrender sparks jubilant scenes nationwide. War workers resume tasks after brief celebrations. parades form in Times Square and Herald Square. In Los Angeles and Seattle aircraft plants cheer, then return to work saying, Now let's get busy. Italians in Milwaukee share prayers as streets fill with flags and crowds.
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Allies Move to Drive Germans From Italy
Allied Headquarters announced an unconditional armistice with Italy, with Marshal Badoglio urging Italians to fight Germans and Allies promising aid. Eisenhower warned of a likely hard battle as German forces resist, signaling a pivotal early phase in the European war.
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North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
United Nations
Wa. E. W
Eisenhower
Europe
Badoglio
Rome
Russia
Sicily
Hitler
Government In Exile Declares Italian Fascist State
A German Breslau radio broadcast announced a national Fascist Italian government in Mussolini’s name to “save the honor of Italy.” It urged Italian troops to resist surrender to the Allies and ended with Giovanezza. Mussolini’s fate unclear as Ankara reports suggest illness and exile leaders may be in Germany.
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Italy
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Federal Communications Commission
Mussolini
Berlin
Germany
Fasien Duce
Ankara
Japan's War Policy Unaffected in Europe War News
A Comei dispatch broadcast by Radio Tokyo said official quarters declared Japan's war policy remains unaffected by latest developments in Europe. The dispatch cited Japanese determination to fight as unshaken and noted the Italian capitulation was received with calm by the Japanese public.
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Comei
Radio Tokyo
Japan
Planes Hit Nazi Base At Foggia In Italy
Allied airmen pounded the Foggia base in southern Italy while British Eighth Army pressed along coastal roads in Calabria. Axis air strength at Foggia faced heavy bombardment as Rome’s capitulation and Italian military surrender unfolded nearby. Flying Fortresses claimed several Axis planes over the airfields.
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Eighth Army
Calabria
Lord Haw Haw Transferred To Koenigsberg Radio Center
Reports last night say William Jaycs, known as Lord Haw Haw, an American born broadcaster on Berlin radio, has been transferred to Koenigsberg in East Prussia with the Berlin radio center foreign department to ruffle British confidence amid RAF bombing of Berlin.
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Berlin Radio Center
Lord Haw
Haw
William Jaycs
Japs Seek Air Support at Lae Amid Heavy Losses
Allied HQ in the southwest Pacific reports Japanese forces at Lae show serious shortage of air power. Gen MacArthur’s staff notes Japan is rebuilding battered air forces in New Guinea and the Solomons, but remains vulnerable to Allied air penetration elsewhere. Japanese losses exceed 400 planes in New Guinea and over 500 since August in theSolomons, with recent combat losses of 21 definite and nine probable against five Allied planes.
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New Guinea
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Solomons
Germans Scream Betrayal as Italy Surrenders to Allies
Berlin denounced Italy's unconditional capitulation as a betrayal and claimed the Mussolini regime was ousted by a plot with Britain and the United States. The German news agency said Badoglio's Rome radio confirmed the armistice while the King rejected capitulation rumors.
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Italy
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Marshal Badoglio
Berlin
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Badoglio
Jl Duce
Associated Press
Europe
Rome
Eisenhower
Circuits Cut London CP The German Overseas Radio
Circuits cut communications between Berlin and Italy as German overseas radio reports severed all telephone links last night. The claim, broadcast from London based station, highlights a disruption affecting cross border lines and diplomatic chatter resumes.
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London
Berlin
Italy
Backstage Story Writer Reveals Incident Preceding Capitulation
A delayed front page recounts an August 29 Savoia Marchetti bomber landing in Palermo then Terme Imerese, escorted by P-38s, with two Italian officers kept as hostages. The incident caused Allied troops to speculate on a possible capitulation by Vittorio Emanuele and Pietro Badoglio, amid rumors and secrecy.
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Paleimo
Termini Imerese
Palermo
Wade
General Arnold Back in Washington After European Trip
Gen H H Arnold commanding general of the Army Air Forces returned to Washington yesterday from London after a week abroad. War Department announced his return following a visit to the European theater headquarters.
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Washington
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
London
War Department
Arnold
Eisenhower Meets Badoglio in Italy Surrender Talks
London papers quote an Algiers radio report that Gen Dwight D Eisenhower traveled to the Italian mainland Sunday to confer with Marshal Pietro Badoglio on Italy's surrender. The dispatch urges workers to hinder German troop and supply movements by land sea and rail and asks seamen to protect ships from the now openly hostile Germans.
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London
Plendon
Algiers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pietro Badoglio
Italy
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Prisoners of War to Be Released Under Allied Surrender
The War Office stated that the armistice will include the immediate release of all prisoners of war. It notes about 70,000 British and Canadian POWs and an estimated 1.26 Americans will be freed and reach Allied hands as conditions permit.
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London
Dwisht D. Eisenhower
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