Rome Hit as Germans Seize City and Rail Links
German forces shelled and occupied Rome along with its vital railway system and airfield belt in a bid to install a puppet Fascist regime. British and American forces reportedly landed at Ostia while Italian units switched sides. Badoglio fled the capital as German troops asserted control before continued fighting and a reported Vatican protection.
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London
Rome
Berlin
Italy
Zurich
Die Tat
Ostia
Pietro Badogno
San Lorenzo
Albert Kesselring
Vatican City
Associated Press
Gulf of Salerno
Naples
Stefani
Marshal Badoglio
Badoglio
Germany
Pietro Caviglia
Jap Position Now Desperate At Lae New Guinea
Allied headquarters reported the Japanese garrison at Lae New Guinea is desperate as Australian forces cross the Busu River near Malahang and shell Lae from 25 pounder artillery. The force at Lae arrived by sea on September 4 and has advanced to attack the air base.
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Southwest Pacific
Lae
New Guinea
MacArthur
Busu
Malahang
Brenner Pass Tunnel Damaged Reported by London Radio
A London radio broadcast recorded by CBS stated that one Brenner Pass tunnel on the Austrian Italian frontier was damaged by an explosion. No further details were provided. The Allies urged Italians to disrupt German held lines in Italy.
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New York
London
Brenner Pass
Italy
Scoreboard Snapshot From National and American Leagues
National scoreboard shows New York 10 over Boston 2 with St Louis 2 and Chicago 1. Pittsburg 9 over Cincinnati 6. Cincinnati 1 over Pittsburg 0. American totals list New York 9 over Boston 3, Washington 5 over Philadelphia 6, St Louis 6 over Chicago 2. Cleveland 4 over Detroit 2. Cleveland 1 over Detroit 0. Wilkes Barre 6 over Albany 3. Binghamton 11 over Springfield 4. Beranton and Utica 1. Hartford 12 over Elmira 6.
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National
New York
Boston
St. Louis
Chicago
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Washington
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Detroit
Wilkes-Barre
Albany
Binghamton
Springfield
Beranton & Utica
Hartford
Elmira
Sharhives
Moratorium on draft proposed by May to coordinate home front
House Military Committee member May proposes pausing all military inductions to align home front with battle front. Testimony came before Senate military subcommittee studying Pacific Coast labor shortages. Wheeler bill seeks deferment for pre Pearl Harbor fathers. Keesling warns it may hinder war plans but concedes possible harm limits.
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Washington
May
D.-Ky
House Military Committee
Senate
Pacific Coast
Downey
D.calif
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Francis V. Keesling
Keesling
High Command
West Coast Command Change Names Dewitt to Emmons
Lieut Gen John L Dewitt commander of the Western Theater of Operations since December 11 1941 will be relieved on or about September 15 and succeeded by Lieut Gen Delos Emmons Emmons was recently chief of the Armys Hawaiian Department Dewitt has been reassigned as commandant of the Army and Navy Staff College in Washington DC
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San Francisco
John L. Dewitt
Delos Emmons
Emmons
Army
Dewitt
Western Defense Command
Army and Navy Staff College
Washington, D. C
London
Adriatic
Ionian Sea
Albania
King Zog
Greece
Yugoslavia
Otranto
D.N. B
Valona
Durazzo
Elbason
Ragusa
Ionian
Seventh Army
Sicily
Persia Joins United Nations Amid War Declaration
Secretary Hull announced Iran's (Persia) entry into the United Nations as it declared war on Germany. Iran, occupied by British and Russian forces in 1941, will have troops withdrawn after hostilities and remains a crucial supply base aiding Russia.
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Washington
Soviets Enter Mariupol In Rapid Ukraine Advance
Soviet columns swept through Ukraine chasing retreating Germans along a 400 mile front. Moscow said 6 800 German dead, over 300 towns abandoned, and almost 1 000 freight cars captured as Russians stormed Mariupol, a Sea of Azov metallurgical center and port, and pierced lines near Novgorod Seversky.
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London
Ukraine
Moscow
Mariupol
Sea of Azov
Chapline
Dnieper
Desna
Novgorod
Seversky
Berlin
Associated Press
Bryansk
Monitor
Ithe Bulletin
Italians Yield to Rommel in Lombardy Ultimatum
Italian Milan commander Gen. Vittorio Ruggiero announced the surrender of organized resistance to German forces in Lombardy after accepting Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's ultimatum. He said the last order from the Italian supreme command was to resist no longer and that Germans controlled major Lombard cities. Public orders warned that anyone causing unrest would be shot to prevent further civilian casualties.
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Bern
Lombardy
Milan
Edwin Rommell
Italy
Vittorio Ruggiero
Ruggiero
Rommel
Nazis Fine Copenhagen for Danish Slaying
German occupiers fined Copenhagen one million crowns after a German corporal was slain on September 7. Danish witnesses said a German soldier accosted a Danish woman, three Danes helped, the German drew a revolver, the Danes seized it, shot him, and escaped on bicycles.
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Stockholm
Copenhagen
Soldier Convict Escapes Guards After Malefactor Attack
Pvt. George P. Rimke, convict in the Lina Basquette case, escaped from the March Field guardhouse in California. Authorities believe he headed eastward last night. Basquette remained under police guard at her residence and declared she feels no fear, shouting that she will get him.
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Los Angeles
George P. Rimke
Lina Basquette
March Field
Cal
U Boat Sinkings Reported As August Success
The Office of War Information said last night that August was another successful month in U boat warfare with more U boats sunk than merchant ships.
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Washington
Office of War Information
President and Churchill urge Italians to fight Nazis
Roosevelt and Churchill appeal to Premier Badoglio and the Italian people to strike hard against German forces as Allied liberation nears. They accuse Hitler of deserting Italian troops and promise rescuing armies. The text stresses decisive steps to win peace and restore Italy’s honor in Europe.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Italy
White House
Pietro Badoglio
House of Savoy
Ers
Europe
Private's Reward May Buy Diamond for His Fiancee
Rochester soldier Pvt Richard Knopf claims to be first Rochester and possibly New York man on Italian soil during Sicily landings. A $100 prize posted by Monroe County American Legion would fund an engagement ring for his Philadelphia fiancée Marilyn Carlis if his claim is confirmed. Donors Levin and others placed similar rewards for German and Japanese landings.
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Rochester
Richard Knopf
Philadelphia
Monroe County
American Legion
Knopf
Army
New York
Sicily
Marilyn Carlis
Marilyn
Benjamin Levin
Germany
Japan
Twin Billing Hollywood Twins Born Prematurely to Actress Jane Wyatt
Twin boys born yesterday to 30 year old actress Jane Wyatt in private life Mrs Edgar W Ward wife of an investment manager. Babies placed in incubator. Attendants at Good Samantan Hospital say mother and babies in satisfactory condition.
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Hollywood
Jane Wyatt
Edgar W. Ward
Good Samantan Hospital
Landis Gets New Job in Middle East Economic Role
President Roosevelt appointed James M. Landis Harvard Law School dean as American director of economic operations in the Middle East. He resigns from the Office of Civilian Defense to lead operations with headquarters in Cairo and serves as principal American civilian representative at the Middle East supply center with ministerial rank.
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Washington LLP
Roosevelt
James M. Landis
Harvard Law School
Middle East
Russia
Balkans
Indian Ocean
Landis
Office of Civilian Defense
Cairo
Presbyterian Church Membership Tops 2 Million in United States
The Presbyterian Church in the United States of America announced yesterday that its membership has reached 2,051,861, the largest figure among the 237 organized Presbyterian bodies in the nation.
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Philadelphia
Presbyterian Church In the
United States
America
All Victims Identified After Northeast Philadelphia Wreck
The last of the T3 victims of the Congressional Limited train wreck in northeast Philadelphia was identified as Laura E. Roth, 52, of Lot New York. Other newly identified passengers include Helen L. Chaney, 19, from New York, and her mother Helen B. Chaney of Alexandria, Va. J W. Cousar, 32, a porter from Brooklyn, Mrs Leela Marshall, 31, of White Plains, and her daughter Gertrude, 8. Officials from the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission completed a joint wreck investigation and will issue a statement of responsibility after reviewing testimony. Morgue staff continue cataloging baggage for next week claimants.
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Philadelphia
Laura E. Roth
New York
Kathryn IE Lowrey
Staten Island
Interstate Comerce Commission
Pennsylvania Public Uniity Commission
Helen L. Chaney
I New York
Helen B. Chaney
Alexandria
J W. Cousar
Brooklyn
Leela Marshall
White Plains
Gertrude
U S O Troopers To Receive Compensation
Lawrence Phillips executive vice president of U S O Camp Shows Inc announced yesterday that U S O Troopers who were injured in the Lisbon Clipper crash last February will be awarded 3600 dollars each as donations to reimburse medical expenses and unemployment.
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York &Pr
Lawrence Phillips
U S. O. Camp Shows, Inc
Mussolini to be handed to Allies for trial
The London Daily Express reports Mussolini likely to be surrendered by Italy to the Allies on demand for trial as a war criminal. It says no formal extradition is needed and he would be interned as a war criminal in an Allied country while preparations for the case proceed.
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London P
London Daily Express
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Mussolini
Bama
Clark's Army Drives Inland
Allied operations in North Africa report Taranto fallen to British forces after a bold naval assault. The American Fifth Army presses inland in Italy, enveloping Naples area by repelling German counterattacks and advancing along the Calabrian and Adriatic corridors toward Taranto.
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Noth Africa
Taranto
Royal Navy
Fifth Army
Naples
Rome
Europe
Eighth Army
Adriatic Sea
Balkans
Italy
Genoa
United Nations
Algiers
Uncertain status of Italy s navy amid confusing reports
Dispatches from London to Madrid recount unclear broadcasts claiming Italian units joined Germany and ships sunk or damaged by bombers between Sardinia and Corsica. Reports from Gibraltar say Italian cruisers and carriers surrendered to the Allies while Taranto’s base was seized.
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London
Berlin
Sardinia
Corsica
la Lines
Spain
Gibraltar
Taranto
Patras
Mediterranean
la Spezia
Geona
North Africa
Fionneau
Girl Held for Furlough Fix in Federal Case
A Buffalo girl about 16 faces a federal juvenile delinquency charge after being accused of posing as a government employee. She allegedly told mothers she could secure furloughs for sons and collected money to cover expenses while wearing a nurse-like uniform at East Side houses with service tags in view. The case proceeds in Federal Court with Assistant U.S. Attorney Henry Killeen Jr. stating details yesterday.
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United States
Henry Killeen, Jr
Buffalo East Side
Roosevelt
Gil
Killeen
Crash Kills Nine in Hamilton Bus Collision
Nine people perished when a fast Canadas National Mailways tram collided with a Canada Crash lines bug at a crossing a mile east of Hamilton. Of the dead, six were women and all victims were on the bus. Authorities said the事故 occurred last night and rescuers worked through the wreckage for hours. The incident sparked an investigation into tram speed and crossing signals.
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Hamilton
Canadas National Mailways
Canada Crash
Here
Will Pope Be Prisoner
The Germans claim to be protectors of the Vatican and observers weigh whether Hitler intends to keep Pope Pius XII under tight control. Officials caution due to lack of direct Vatican contact and the delicate balance between neutral and warring nations.
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Associated Press
Vatican
Hitler
Pius XII
Mussolini
Badoslio
Rome
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