Allies Destroy 69 Jap Planes In Air Battle
Allied headquarters report a great air battle over Wewak New Guinea in which bombers and fighters shot down 59 Japanese fighters and destroyed at least ten grounded bombers. MacArthur announced the victory and the capture of Malahang anchorage near Malahang airfield two miles east of Lae.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Wewak
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Malahang
Lae
Dagua
Boram
New Battle in Progress Near New Guinea and Salomons
Radio report from Tokyo via NKOC claims air and sea fighting between New Guinea and Katomban gara island in the Saloms. Imperial Command says Japanese forces gradually gain upper hand against superior anti Axis forces with 20 to 40 aircraft on runways. Losses reported light, one fighter missing, more enemy reinforcements expected as air strength grows. Allied advance at Lae noted as American and Australian troops converge from three sides.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
New Guinea
Kotumbangara
Salomons
NKOC
Imperial Command
Japan
Wewak
Lae
Jekyll Hyde Thief Jailed in Belmont Burglaries
Ellsworth H. Smith, 29, described as a quiet family man by day and burglar by night, was sentenced to seven to ten years in State Prison in Middlesex Court. He admitted to 33 break-ins over seven years in Belmont, kept 10,090 dollars of loot at home, and joined vigilante groups that trapped him.
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Cambridge
Mass
Ellsworth H. Smith
Middlesex Court
Belemont
Manpower Wasted By Inefficiency
Washington iPi The War Man power Commission disclosed yesterday its surveys indicated a 25 percent underutilization of manpower in war production plants due to lack of know how and rapid expansion. Officials said the action program could be improved by better farmanship, operator training, and incentives to raise productivity by 25 percent or more.
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Washington
iPi
The
War Manpower Commission
National and American scoreboard notes
National standings show Philadelphia 9 Beston 2. Boston Philadelphia 6 St Louis 7 Chicago 5. American list New York 5 Philadelphia 1. Only scheduled games noted.
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Philadelphia
Beston
Boston
St. Louis
Chicago
American
New York
Finland Moves Toward Peace With Russia and England
Finland signals desire to quit war with Germany and seeks peace with Russia if independence and prewar borders can be assured. Premier Edwin Linkomies presents the stance, noting Finland’s dwindling food reserves and shifting stance amid censorship and Nazi reaction. Read continuation on Page Twenty four.
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Stockholm
Finland
Edwin Linkomies
England
Russia
Linkomies
Berlin
Germany
Linkomles
Two Plead Guilty To Espionage
Two former Staten Island air raid wardens Ernest Frederick Lehmitz and Erwin Harry De Spretter pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the wartime Espionage Act. Federal Judge Mortimer W. Byers set September 21 for sentencing after confirming the full penalty could range from thirty years imprisonment to death.
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New York
Staten Island
Ernest Frederick Lehmitz
Erwin Harry de Spretter
Mortimer W. Byers
Union Resolution Calls for Unified Military Power to Press Hitler
Ask Second Front New York reports the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers Union of America adopting a resolution urging the US and United Nations to mobilize full military strength to attack Hitler’s European fortress on all fronts. The appeal targets accelerating the war effort and coordinating Allied power.
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New York
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers Union of America
United Nations Io
United Nations
Hitler
Navy chaplain identified as author of fighting phrase
Lieut. Commander Howell E. Forgy of Haddonfield New Jersey said to have uttered praise the lord and pass the ammunition aboard a Pearl Harbor cruiser under attack The Navy confirmed the line came from him a seminary trained former football star and pastor Forgy tied the line to his belief the Lord helps those who help themselves
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Philadelphia
Howell E. Forgy
Navy
Haddonfield
N. J
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Musikingum (D) College
Princeton
Murray, Ky
Labor Hoarding Charged in War Plant Draft Probe
Washington hearings on the Wheeler Bill advanced bi partisan backing for delaying fathers from the draft pending a congressional inquiry into labor hoarding by war plants. Senators Wheeler and Holman pressed that workmen, including single men eligible for the draft, are used in unnecessary punishment by some plants. Truman Committee reports were claimed to be buried, but Truman said the investigation continues. Discussion touched draft age 17 with Jacobs and Hershey noting higher rejection rates if the age were lowered. Navy volunteers exist, but immaturity causes many rejections.
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Washington
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Holman
R-Ore
Senate
Truman Committee
Truman
D.-Mo
Special War Investigating Committee
Oregon
Reynolds
D.-N.c
Senate Military Committee
Randall Jacobs
Jacobs
Navy
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Three Miners Found Dead at Cumberland Mountain mine
In Harlan Kentucky three of nine entrapped miners were found dead after an explosion at Three Point Coal Co. mine yesterday. Rescue parties reached them at 11:30 p.m. after more than 11 hours. Six survivors received first aid as damp black gas threatened others. relatives were kept away while rescuers pressed deeper into the tunnels.
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Harlan
Three Point
Cumberland Mountain
Damp Black
Guerrillas Capture Split Yugoslavia Seaport
Yugoslav Army of Liberation says Split, the Adriatic’s major port, fell after a two day siege. Guerrillas claim control as Axis garrison surrendered in 24 hours. Fighting vicinity includes Ogutin and Susak Zagreb railway, with German divisions reported repulsed. Bergamo division reportedly surrendered and Italian troops join Garibaldi Division.
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London
Split
Yugoslavia
Yugoslav Army of Liberation
Adriatic
Ogutin
Susak-Zagreb
Fiume
Klin
Bergamo
Garibaldi
Rep Curley Indicted for Mail Fraud
Former Boston mayor and Massachusetts governor James M Curley and ex NLRB member Donald Wakefield Smith were indicted on mail fraud charges in a war contracts brokerage scheme. The Justice Department said they and four others posed as an experienced consulting firm to win government war contracts for fees. A Boston Democratic State Committee clerk quoted Curley stating he pursued an independent course and refused to be a rubber stamp while serving as a member Rep Curley.
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Donald Wakefield Smith
Washington
Pittsburg
James M. Curley
D.-Mass
Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Curley
Massachusetts
Boston
WPI
Justice Department
Department
Democratic State Committee
31 Years Insane Third Term Objector Who Shot Teddy Roosevelt Dies
John Flammang Schrank, 67, the Bavarian-born former New York bartender who attempted to kill Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee on Oct. 14, 1912, died after 31 years confined in a Wisconsin asylum. He was deemed insane, with no visitors or known relatives, and his motive tied to Roosevelt’s third term bid.
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Waupun
Wis.p
John Flammang
Schrank
New York
Teddy” Roosevelt
Central State
Theodore Rouse
Milwaukee
R. A. Remles
Born
Bavaria
Gerny Schrank
United States
New
Pris
Invest Savings Says Rick Sanekee Urges Postwar Program
Capt E V Rick enbacker urges American industry to invest heavily now for a postwar program he calls a living monument to the soundness of the American way of life. He proposes a moratorium on earnings div idends for a period of years after the war, extending current cash reserves to demonstrate resolve and stability.
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New York
E. V. Rickenbacker
Civil Aeronautics
Eastern
All American Dustry
War Loan Hits Half Way Mark
The $15,000.00 Third War Loan passed the halfway point with $2,520,000 in bond sales, lifting the total to 87,579,000,000. National Director Ted Gamble called the first half the easiest part and warned the drive will intensify to reach the $315,000,000,000 goal.
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Washington d
Ted Gamble
Gamble
Soviet Attacks Near Kiev and Novorossisk Reported
Soviet forces reportedly broke the German eastern wall at White Russia and advanced toward Kiev, reaching 53 miles from the Ukraine capital. Moscow announced rail cuts near Lozovaya and a push toward the Dnieper, while Novorossiysk saw heavy riverfront fighting and multiple Axis divisions reported crushed.
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London
Novorossisk
Crimea
White Russia
Nosovka
Ukraine
Kiev
Moscow
Vicharkov-Crimea
Lozovaya
Dnieper
Zaporozhe
Novor
Black Sea
Caucasus
Navy union official says no race tension at sea
Frederick N. Myers of the National Maritime Union testified before the FEPC panel led by Francis J. Haas. He said whites and Negro sailors work together at the same tasks and tables, with no race trouble aboard ships at southern ports, and that segregation abolition has sped vital war goods.
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Myers
N. M.N
Maers
FEPC
British Troops Break From Sapri Front Lions of Fifth Army Push Inland
Allied forces led by American and British troops launched a major offensive from the Salerno front driving German positions back from the coast. The Fifth Army surged from the Sele and Calore rivers, regaining ground, routing counterattacks, and advancing toward Naples and Rome with air and naval support.
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Algiers
Eighth Army
Fifth Army
United States Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Highth
Sapri
Salerno
Meterranean
Sele
Calore
Altavilla
Valiant
Warspite
Mediterranean
Albert Kesselring
Nol
B. B.C
C. B.S
Associated Press
Italy
Mark W Cink
Seterne
Alliey Air Force
Navy
Boston Rail Traffic Snarled
A New York bound passenger train leaving Boston at 5 03 p m was disabled near Mansfield Massachusetts causing over two hours of disruption. About 500 passengers were moved to a relief train and taken to Providence for connections with a New York train. Three Boston to Providence trains were delayed about three hours before normal service resumed. The railroad reported a broken guide yoke disabled the engine.
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Providence
R. 1
UPI
Boston
Mansfield
Mass
New York
Checks and money flow advice to send men abroad
Fragmented note discusses avoiding checks drawn on U S banks and sending men abroad using postal orders or overseas money methods. Mentions American Bed Cr verdas and unclear references to offices, asking about proper checks and payment handling.
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Washington
United States
Salerno Landings Backed by Air and Sea Powers
Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark praised Fifth Army and Allied air and naval support after the Salerno landings. He stressed tough German resistance, but noted continuous advances from the beachhead and strong collaboration among forces. He credited air and sea strength for enabling push inland and disrupting German entrenchments.
Nazis Loot And Shoot Italians Across Border Chaos
The report alleges 74 German occupation troops fired on hungry Italians near the Swiss border and loot spread through Rome Udine and Boaliune. Vatican officials and Corriere della Sera note looting of food and valuables amid martial law 1 percent enforced.
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Rome
Udine
Boaliune
St. Peters
Pius Mit
Luigi
Milan
Cor Tiere Della Sera
Ehurch
Albert Keesselring
Turin
Sterda
Corriere Della Sera
Bern
der Bund
May Repeal Victory Tax Proposal Sparks Tax Debate
Washington lawmakers discuss repealing the Victory Tax and consider increasing the income tax. The House Committee chairman signals activity in the Senate on small income adjustments amid fiscal concerns.
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Washington
House
Comantt
Senate Smal Incoma
Mexicans Parade For Gen Marshall
Mexican crowds gathered in a ceremonial parade honoring General Marshall. Officials including palace representatives observed the display as a sign of strong ties and regional support for the military leadership amid ongoing political activities in the capital.
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