Facists Hunt Down Liberals amid Italian upheaval
Advices from the Italian Swiss frontier say war chaos grew after the German release of Benito Mussolini. Reports indicate Fascist militias and Nazis clash with Allies as northern Italy traces a triangular front from Genoa to Trieste. Badoglio and King Emmanuel are safe in a southern Allied city.
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Milan
Russians Imperil Bryansk Advances Reported Near Bryansk Rail Hub
Soviet forces pressed toward Bryansk after capturing the rail station at Belye Berega and advancing within artillery range of a major German base. Moscow said Germans suffered heavy losses, while Red Army reported broader gains across the front with substantial enemy retreat toward the Dnieper River.
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Belye Berega
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Polish Minister Sees Axis Fall
Polish minister plenipotentiary Michel Kwapiszewski forecast yesterday that Axis satellite nations will follow Italy out of the war. He said Italy has surrendered and other satellites, including Germany's, will soon follow, with Poland secure by U S and British support.
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Michel Kwapiszewski
Italy
Germany
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United States
Scoreboard Summary of Early American League Baseball Standings
National league results list Brooklyn 8 Philadelphia 4 and New York 3 Boston 0 with Pittsburgh and Cincinnati games noted as postponed in parts. American league shows New York Boston Washington St Louis Chicago and Cleveland Detroit results with several close scores and a noted Elmira Springfield matchup amid eastern league entries.
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First Lady Visits Departing Troops in Townsville
President wife Eleanor Roosevelt visits American soldiers in Townsville Australia as they depart for or return from New Guinea and other fronts. The stop came after a morning arrival from Cairns Queensland by plane.
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New Guinea
Russian Church Elects Head Patriarch Sergei at Moscow Cathedral
Metropolitan Sergei of Moscow formally became patriarch of all Russia in a ceremony at Moscow Cathedral. He had been acting head and was elected last Thursday by a church congress with Soviet government sanction.
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Sergei
All Russia
Railroad Station In Brindisi Captured by Allies
British forces seized the Adriatic port of Brindisi and Catanzaro as the Fifth Army pushed inland in the Naples–Salerno area. The advance aimed to cut Italy’s heel, with Bar 65 miles above Brindisi reported occupied, expanding Allied airfield access and threatening a Balkans invasion. Mussolini’s reported liberation dominated Berlin, London, and Rome broadcasts amid fighting and armistice negotiations.
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Brindisi
Catanzaro
Fifth Army
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Taranto
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Mark W. Clark
United States
Salerno
Train Wreck Kills Two Near Howard City
Two crew members died and a Chicago passenger was lightly injured when a Pennsylvanian freight train derailed three miles south of Howard City Michigan. Engineer John G Nyburg and fireman Thomas Lockwood, both from Grand Rapids, were killed. Cause of wreck undetermined.
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Paul Ruiz
Chicago
Freight Trains Collide Head On Near Here
Two Nickel Plate engines collided head on on the railroad main line near here yesterday but crew members escaped serious injury an official said. The wreck occurred when the east bound engineer failed to brake quickly enough while the trains were running on signal indication. Nickel Plate trains were rerouted over New York Central tracks while Nickel Plate lines were cleared.
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Lost Italian fleet sighted near Malta in surrender venture
The Italian battle force in the Mediterranean appeared scattered for a half hour en route to Malta under British escort. Two battleships Vittorio Veneto and Italia with five cruisers and four destroyers briefly disappeared from guard ships and then rejoined the Royal Navy escort into Valletta harbor. The ships from La Spezia and Taranto included Vittorio Veneto Italia Caio Duilio Andrea Doria and others. additional vessels were listed as en route to Malta.
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Hull Outlines Postwar Foreign Policy Aims
Secretary of State Hull sets a postwar goal of peaceful cooperation backed by readiness to use force if needed. He urges an international court of justice and says nations allied for peace must stay together. Hull extends Good Neighbor policy to a world federation of independent states focusing on security and development.
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Soviet Union
World Association of Independent Nations
Armistice Negotiated In Lisbon
An authoritative account details secret negotiations in the first week of August leading to Italy's armistice. Lisbon conferences chaired by Sir Ronald Campbell reportedly laid down terms. The armistice was signed by Maj. Gen. Bedell Smith for the Allies and Gen. Castellano for Italy, in the presence of Gen. Eisenhower and Gen. Harold Alexander, with Soviet and Dominion governments informed from the start.
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Lisbon
Italy
Ronald Hugh Campbell
Portugal
Bedell Smith
Castellano
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harold Alexander
Smith
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Macedonia Occupation Spreads Across Vardar River
Bulgarian forces crossed the Vardar and began occupying a strip of Macedonia, the former Yugoslav territory after 1941. Berlin offered it to Bulgaria for closer cooperation, with reports of German troops disarming Italian garrisons in Albania and advancing on Dubrovnik. Hungarian leaders vowed to avoid new war commitments amid Italy's capitulation and Balkan confusion.
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Abandon Church Merger Stalled By Bishop Manning
New York Bishop William T. Manning urged abandonment of plans to merge Protestant Episcopal Church members with the Northern Presbyterian Church. In a Cathedral of St John sermon he predicted Episcopalians would reject a basic principles plan drafted by representatives of both groups as a possible merger framework.
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New York
Burma Bombed as Allied Bombers Hit Rail Yards in Burma
Brish and American bombers continued to blast Japanese troop positions and communications in Burma Saturday. B-25 medium bombers of the Tenth United States Air Force attacked the railroad yards at Sagaing and bombs were dropped on the railroad siding at Ngapayin, 235 miles north of Monywa.
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Royal visitors in Juneau inspect Alaska highway
The Earl of Athlone and the Countess of Athlone arrived in Juneau on an inspection tour of the new Alaskan highway accompanied by Princess Alice.
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Alaska
Earl of Athlone
Canada
Alice
Lower Bracket Living Costs Rise with July to August Change
New York reports show the division of labor statistics from the National Industrial Conference Board indicating a 4.8 percent rise in living costs for wage earners and lower salaried workers from August MHZ to August 1943. Food prices jumped 10.2 percent, sundries 24 percent, fuel and light 3.5 percent, clothing 12 percent, while housing remained unchanged. The report notes that essential costs fell 1.2 percent in July, then rose 0.3 percent in August.
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Division of Labor Statistics
National Industrial Conference Board
Special Mass for Halians Fort Bennings
A special deum mass was celebrated yesterday at Fort Bennings for Sebtauan prisoners of war. The service aimed to match the abolition of native land to the United Nations and express gratitude for kind treatment during internment. Two POWs served as altar boys and led prayers with "Viva la America" echoed by comrades.
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United Nations
White Collar Wages Seek 35 Percent Raise
New York President Lewis Merrill of the United Office and Professional Workers of America disclosed yesterday that he asked James M. Byrnes director of the Office of War Mobilization to relax the little steel formula to permit wage adjustments up to 35 percent for salaried white collar workers.
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Lewis Merrill
United Office and Professional Workers of America
James M. Byrnes
Office of War Mobilization
Germans call up men ages fifty to six years old
German authorities announced a broad conscription from 1834 to 1893 births for September enlistment as Italy surrenders. Fifth Army reinforcements arrive ahead of schedule while British Canadian forces push north from Taranto toward Catanzaro and Lamezia. Germans retreat from southern Italy fronts toward Salerno Naples battle zone.
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Reggio Calabria
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Salerno-Naples
Air Battle Rages Over Naples in World War II
Allied air forces clashed with the Luftwaffe over Naples as German units reinforced to halt the Allied advance. Nine enemy fighters were shot down and German boats downed, bringing the day’s tally to 16 Allied wins against seven Allied planes listed as missing. An Allied Middle East communiqué also reported German air activity over Rhodes.
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Naples
Middle East
Rhodes
Congress to Consider U S Peace Participation Tomorrow
Congress moves to act on Fulbright measure urging U S participation in creating international machinery to establish lasting peace. House anticipated to approve first week. Senate likely to draft its own version with debate possible mid October. debate timeline hinges on foreign policy split. Senator Wheeler seeks postponement of pre Pearl Harbor draft fathers.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Wheeler
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Allies Take Salamaua Airfield In New Guinea Advance
Allied communique says Salamaua airfield captured with Australian and American paratroopers securing a long unused airfield in the Markham River valley. MacArthur staff had planned the push, with ground forces advancing along the coast toward Lae and Salamaua.
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Salamaua
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Lae
Huon Gulf
Markham River Valley
Duce Predicts Return as Mussolini Hopeful Amid War News
John Steinbeck reports Mussolini, held on Ponza after Ventotene visit, dreams of regaining power. Mussolini trades rumors of a Fascist comeback with Italian officers and islanders while Badoglio governs. He compares himself to Napoleon and signals a possible return to authority.
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