Allied Fleet Lies In Aegean
Refugees arriving at Bodrum report a large Allied fleet hovering near Castelrosso as Italians surrender on Rhodes. British landings on Samos are confirmed by Reuters from Istanbul, while reports claim Lero and Cos were seized. The German capture of Rhodes follows a nightlong Italian-German artillery clash with 25 000 Italians outmaneuvered by 5 000 Germans amid a surrender parade led by governor general Inigo Vanti in Rhodes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodrum
Turkey
Aegean
Castelrosso
Dodecanese
Letra
Cos
Reuters
London
Istanbul
Samos
Ankara
Lero
Rhodes
Italy
dlive-Lambers
Crete
Benito Mussolini
Churchill Returns Home to Guarded Welcome in England
Prime Minister Winston Churchill landed in London amid a crowded arrival at a rail station. He, along with Mrs. Churchill and his daughters, received a warm ovation from colleagues and admirers before departing to 10 Downing Street in a black car. Churchill did not address reporters, as security and the blinds of newsreel cameras captured the moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Churchill
Mary
Subalterno
ATS
Brendan Bracken
Vic Oliver
Duncan Sandys
Downing Street
Histore
J Money
Quebec
Washington
Alfange to Support Democrat for Court
Dean Alfange the 1942 gubernatorial candidate of the American Labor Party announced he would back Joseph T Higgins Democrat for city court justice against Francis E Rivers Republican nominee. Rep Vito Marcantonio said Rivers nomination struck a blow for equality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dean Alfange
American Labor Party
Joseph T. Higgins
Francis E Rivers
A. L. Pro
Vito Marcantonio
Francis E. Rivers
Guadalcanal Bombed by Lone Japanese Plane
The Navy reported that a single Japanese aircraft attacked Guadalcanal Island on the night of September 15. It caused minor damage and injured one man among American forces stationed there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Guadalcanal Island
Baseball Scoreboard National and American totals
National results include New York over Brooklyn 3 1 in game one, New York 7 Brooklyn 4 in game two, Boston ahead Philadelphia 5, Chicago split with St Louis 10 9 and 6 1, and Pittsburg dominating Cincinnati 10 3. American games show Washington sweeping New York in 10 innings, Cleveland edging Detroit 1 0, Cleveland 6 Detroit 2, Boston 14 Philadelphia 0, Philadelphia 6 Boston 1, St Louis 7 Chicago 4, Chicago 6 St Louis 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
New York
Brooklyn
Foston
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
St. Lens
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
St Lows
St. Lows
Soviet Offensive Smashes 30000 Nazis Near Smolensk
Red Army launches a major attack cracking toward Smolensk on the Napoleon road, routing more than 30,000 German troops across six lines of fortifications thirty miles northeast of Smolensk. They seize 1,107 towns, push a spearhead within 24 miles of the Dnieper, and advance toward Kiev with hopes of a 670 mile march from Stalingrad in under a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Red Army
Smolensk
Moscow
Kresnograd
Lubny
Piryatin
Prituki
Ukraine
Kiev
Dnieper
Germany
Dukhovschina
Yartsevo
Moscow- Smolensk
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Great Central Front
Stockholm
Helsinki
Helsingin Sanomat
Stalingrad
Returning Ambassador Standley Leaves Moscow for Washington
Ambassador Standley departed Moscow by plane for Washington on consultations. He is unlikely to return to the Soviet Union this winter unless absolutely necessary. Standley’s sudden move follows Washington’s announcement of his call home for conferences, prompting London speculation about Harriman joining a three power Moscow meeting. Maxwell M. Hamilton remains as American charge d affaires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
United States
William H. Standley
Washington
Soviet Union
Admiral Standley
Russia
London
W. Averell Harriman
Lend Lease
Central
Maxwell M. Hamilton
Far Eastern
State Department
American Finns Urge War Against Nazi Domination
A Finnish American trade union committee in Newark urged a declaration of war against the Nazi dominated Mannerheim government. The telegram to President Roosevelt claimed to represent over 300,000 Finnish American CIO and AFL members and said a revolt against Nazi rule would meet with broad American support among Finnish descendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Mannerheim
A. F. of L
United States
Roosevelt
Finland
Red Cross warns on false POW casualty reports
The American Red Cross says enemy nations spread shortwave broadcasts claiming to give information about American prisoners of war. Federal Bureau of Investigation notes hundreds of service members’ families have received false casualty reports, indicating enemy agents working across the country to undermine morale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Red Cross
The
Red Cross
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Parents Identify Girl Slain in New York Hotel
A 15 year old girl Frances Mary Wallace was found slain in a New York hotel room with severe head injuries and a wooden coat hanger forced down her throat. Her Philadelphia parents Hugh and Mrs Wallace identified her body at the morgue after reporting her missing. Police questioned over thirty people. the man in a seaman's uniform was seen with her earlier Saturday night. The couple had registered at the Hotel Cosmopolitan as Mr and Mrs McGillick. The killer remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia
Frances Mary Wallace
Hugh Wallace
John Hawthorne
Cosmopolitan
MacArthur Urged as Supreme Commander in Pacific
Senator Albert Chandler urged Gen Douglas MacArthur be named supreme allied commander in the Pacific during a wartime tour of the combat zones. He said he would carry a message to the Senate and American people that the war effort against Japan must be increased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
South Pacific
Albert B. Chandler
Dky
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
aAsia
Chandler
United States
Senate
Japan
Typhus Outbreak Reported in Bucharest
The Office of War Information cited a Swiss Gazette de Lausanne dispatch describing a typhus epidemic in Bucharest, noting it was breaking out and making rapid progress in the Romanian capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
New York
Office of War Information
Gazette de Lausanne
Salesmen's Bonanza Predicts Postwar Purchases
Nearly two thirds of American families plan major purchases within six months after the war, according to the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. The Department of Commerce notes purchases may occur without tapping wartime savings as a key condition for continued postwar business growth. The survey shows savings ability rising to 61 percent, with 84 percent accumulating money in some form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Department of Commerce
Army Law Fifth Army Advances Brought Order In Salerno
Army Law Fifth Army advances brought order in Salerno as AMG troops seize occupied zones, set courts for looting and counterfeiting, and install Italian speaking American liaison officers. German shelling and past raids linger while 5 000 residents return. Water supply limited. barber and pharmacy reopen. a single sheet bilingual paper begins publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salerno
Edward Kennedy
Italy
AMG
Civil War Vets Convene Perhaps for Last Time
Milwaukee reports the 78th Grand Army of the Republic convention opening with only twenty veterans rising for roll call. National Commander John Dumser, 96, called the gathering to order as delegates consider suspending further meetings, signaling a possible final assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Grand Army of the Republic
Lincoln
John Dumser
Oakland
Cal
Union Veterans of the War
Postwar Alliance Seen As War Preventative
New York Representative Wil Rogers Jr. urged forming a close lasting alliance with England Russia and China as the sole alternative to a third world war. He spoke after arriving at La Guardia aboard a Pan American clipper from England where he toured fighter and bomber bases and met British officers, with a brief stop in Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wil Rogers, Jr
D-Cahf
America
England
Russia
China
Rogers
Will Rogers
la Guardia
Pan American Airways
United States
Ireland
Pastor Leads Flock To Apple Orchard
In Brattleboro Vermont parishioners from Centre Congregational Church attended a 7 am service and then, led by Rev Milton Craft, rode buses to salvage an apple crop threatened by a manpower shortage. Pickers wore practical work clothes and carried apple picking bags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
Centre Congregational Church
Milton & Craft
pDrief Service
Japs Report Heavy Destruction on Munda
Tokyo radio broadcast claims Japanese navy planes heavily attacked United States positions near Munda New Georgia causing severe destruction with no aircraft losses. The report was recorded by the Associated Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munda
Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
United States
New Georgia
The
Associated Preas
Bus Collision Kills Seven, HURTS 53 Near Seren Die
A Greyhound bus bound for Chicago from Memphis collided with a Missouri Pacific train two miles south of Seren Die Illinois killing seven and injuring at least 53. Most casualties were bus passengers. two crew members and three train passengers had minor injuries. Notable injured include Dr. Luciano Milla Cisneros and daughter Sofia Milla. The bus carried many standing passengers. the bus cab was demolished and the train engine baggage car overturned. An unidentified woman was decapitated. Ambulances ferried victims to hospitals and an emergency center was set up at Herrin. Police and coroner identified several deceased including the Memphis driver James Hart and others named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
Ill
Greyhound
Memphis
Tent
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Here
Lon W. Gasaway
Williamson County
Marion
St. Louis
Luciano Milla Cisneros
Guatemala
Sofia Milla
Greyhound Bus
Gasaway
J Mr Hart
Louis Lookofsky
Paducah
K Pate Memphis
Eddie Lows
Marshall
Hutting
Hernan Hi
Georgia
Milse
W In
Naval Forces Raid Enemy in Gilbert Islands
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz announced American naval forces attacked the Japanese airbase on Tarawa Island and Neuru Island in the Gilbert group. The raids, likely by carrier-based planes, aimed at bases that could host long-range land bombers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Tarawa Island
Gilbert Group
Neuru Island
Gilberts
Chester W. Nimitz
Japan
Pacific
Marcus Island
Tokyo
United States
Formations of Planes Thunder over Continent
Allied air forces conducted round the clock operations along the English Channel with heavy escort as bombers moved eastward to strike targets in France and Holland. U.S. Marauders targeted a Nazi fighter base at Tale while RAF Typhoon bombers hit Meville and Woensdrecht airfields. Later attacks by Mitch balls hit industrial targets near Bethune France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English Channel
France
Holland
U. S
Tale
Meville
Woensdrecht
Bethune
14 More Jap Planes Destroyed in Pacific
Allied air forces report continuous heavy action in the South Pacific. In a main aerial battle over the northern Solomon Islands, 14 additional Japanese fighter aircraft were destroyed, according to General MacArthur's headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
South Weat Pacific
Tlow
South Pacific
Solomon Islands
Douglas MacArthur
Tug Destiny Tows Ship 1630 Miles With Pocket Atlas
The Royal Navy reports the American built tug HMS Destiny towed a vessel 1630 miles from Gibraltar to the United Kingdom using only a pocket atlas as a guide. Destiny was commissioned in Michigan in July 1947 and has since traversed the Caribbean and Mediterranean Seas into the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal Navy
Fox
Gbraltar
United Kingdom
Michigan
Caribbean
Mediterranean
Atlantic Ocean
Weakened Hurricane Moves Eastward
A tropical storm was expected by the Weather Bureau to reach the southwestern Louisiana coastline yesterday afternoon from the Gulf of Mexico with greatly diminished force. Officials said the disturbance had lost strength due to a round northeastward movement and should pass southwest of Lafayette, Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Lafayette
Germans Retreat From Salerno Front And Corsica
Allied forces press the Salerno bridgehead with gains at Altavilla and Battipuena as German troops retreat along shorter lines in Italy. In Corsica French and Italian actions seize Ajaccio while Sardinia evacuees evacuate to Corsica amid continued Allied air strikes and a cautious promise of further advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Mediterranean
Sardinia
Corsica
Ajaccio
Bastia
Salerno
Italy
Altavilla
Battipuena
Ais
Mary W. Clark
High Command
Bumbers
Fighte
Rome
Naples-Valeine
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Fifth Army
Agropoli
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bonifacio
France
Thalys
Badoglio Safe Behind Allied Lines
Allied headquarters in North Africa says Marshal Badoglio is on Allied held Italian soil and issued orders to oust Germans from Sardinia after reaching safety. He coordinated with Eisenhower and used Italian fleet units in the garrison. Details of his escape from Germany unclear, though believed he arrived by plane near Florence after Kesselring seized southern airfields. King Vittorio Emanuele possibly escaped as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Pretro Badoglio
Italy
Sardinia
Dwight D Eisenhower
Badoglio
Rome
Badogzno
Florence
Albert Kesselring
Vittorio Emanuele
C LOC Leader Warns of American Imperialism
Minneapolis reports Sidney Me Man as national chairman of the CIO PAC addressing regional Trade Union Representatives. He warns of grandiose plans for a new American imperialism and opposes postwar domestic programs. He aims to form labor political leagues in Minnesota Iowa Nebraska North and South Dakota to defeat lawmakers who backed the Connally Smith labor bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Sidney Meman
C IO
Peace Resolution May Be Revised In House Debate
A Republican push may force changes to a lasting peace resolution as the House considers foreign policy sentiment. GOP representatives demand language to guarantee constitutional processes in creating any international peace mechanism. Chairman Bloom called a special Foreign Affairs session to address the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sentimen
Bloom
O-Nyo
House Foreign Affairs Committee
President Foresees Food Sharing
President Roosevelt said in a letter to food dealers at the seventh annual conference of the Super Market Institute that the United States must be prepared to share its food with those who might face want without aid. He added the government does not intend to deprive any American of sufficient food to maintain health and energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roosevelt
United States
The
Super Market Institute
T Ae
English Archbishop Visits Moscow Orthodox Hierarchy
The Archbishop of York arrived at a Moscow airport as representative of England to meet Russian Orthodox Church leaders. A delegation including Metropolitan Nikola of Kiev greeted him. The visit signals Orthodox revival as Patriarch election resumes with Soviet sanction and coincides with Russia’s Nativity holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Archbishop of
York
England
Nikola
Kiev
Sergei
Gorky
Serger
Ui Russia
Heran
Astrakhan
Stalingrad
Five Billion More Needed in War Loan
Washington DP The Third War Loan passed two thirds of the way toward its goal as Morgenthau urged all sales forces to target five billion dollars more. Through Saturday sales reached 10.239 billion of 24.09 billion, with corporate and issuing companies already contributing. The rest rests on the American people as the drive continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treatery Morgenthau
Tis Ro
Prize for Bad Taste in Mexico City Sparks Debate
The Mexican Society of Architects offered a 330 prize for a design contest in the capital. Officials hope to challenge nine young architects to redefine taste with a provocative project set in central Mexico City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Mexican Society of Architects
Also Mentioned on This Page
Allied
Alfange
Guadalcanal
HIVE
Soviet
Ambassador Standley
Axis
Salesmen’s
Bonanza
St. Quentin
Sergt
Eugene Frey
Denver
Col
Seren
Hostals West Brann
Fort Heizin
Herrin
Gilbert Islands
Pocket Atlas
C.loc
Cote Panies
Tob
Camicé Hi Diew
Pearson
Pulse of the People Radio 16
Abe
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!