Red Army advances cut Nazi lines near Smolensk
Soviet communique reports over 1,130 villages taken as Red Army flanks Smolensk and cuts the Kiev Chernihov highway and the Crimean rail link. Moscow says a wheeling move aims to trap hundreds of thousands, with gains toward Cherkasy and Melitopol and heavy German losses across a 750 mile front.
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Red Army
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Kiev-Chernigov
Crimea
Caucasus
Moscow
Cherkasy
Dnieper
Hues
Kep
Melitopol
Zaporozhe
Dnepropetrovsk
Monitor
Red
Black Sea
Taman
Novorossisk
Velizh
Army Plane Crash Kills 25 Soldiers in Maxton
At Laurinburg Maxton Army Air Base two miles from Maxton North Carolina a transport aircraft crashed during a routine flight. Twenty five soldiers died and the aircraft burned after impact. A board of inquiry was appointed and next of kin have to be notified before names are released. The base operates under Col V A Pitts in the First Troop Carrier Command.
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N. C. UP
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Troop Carrier Command
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ODT Grants Idle Truck Requisition for Farms
Regional offices of the Office of Defense Transportation authorized by Director Joseph B Eastman to requisition idle used trucks for transporting vital agricultural products. Harry L Gormley regional director of the ODT motor truck division announced yesterday.
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Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Joseph B. Eastman
Harry L. Gormley
Methodists Endorse Free Enterprise in Reconstruction
The Christian Advocate reports that Methodists favor restoring the American principle of free enterprise as a major issue in postwar reconstruction. The official publication notes this emphasis reflects church views on economic policy and national recovery.
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Chicago
The
Christian Advocate
Methodist Church
John L Lewis Auto Trip Investigated
Alexandria War Price and Ration Board investigates reports that John L Lewis violated GPA regulations August 11 by driving to Springfield. The board yesterday requested United Mine Workers president to provide a full itinerary of the trip.
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Alexandria
Robbery at Belmont Park Nets $2300 Claim by Brewer
Royden Hayman a 35 year old brewery salesman from Brooklyn told detectives Martin Herberich and George Mitchell of Newtown precinct station he was robbed of about $2300 last night by five men who offered him a car ride from Belmont Park race track.
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New York
Royden Hayman
Brooklyn
Martin Herberich
George Mitchell
Newtown Precinct
Belmont Park
Marshall Opposes Father Draft Ban
General Marshall told Congress that halting the father draft would disrupt inductions for the Army and jeopardize Allied offensives. Admiral King warned a draft reduction could delay ships and aircraft, delaying war effort. New York Mayor LaGuardia joined in urging continued mobilization.
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Japan
Germany
George C. Marshall
Congress
Ernst J. King
United States Fleet
Fioretto LaGuardia
New York
Bombers Strike Cape Gloucester and Lae Area on New Guinea
Allied air forces in the southwest Pacific report heavy raids against Lae and Salamaua, with a 94 ton Sunday attack by Flying Fortresses and Liberators on Cape Gloucester at the western tip of New Britain. Raiders, escorted by fighters, returned safely after destroying enemy bombers and anti aircraft positions and sweeping large fires visible for miles. Long range fighters extended over New Britain to attack airfields, dumps, AA positions, and ships near Kimbe Bay.
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New Guinea
New Britain
Lae
Salamaua
Cape Gloucester
Maryland Tops War Bond Quota In Final Drive
Maryland topped its war bond quota with 203 million in sales, reaching 103.6 percent of its 196 million goal. National totals showed 506 thousand last night and 20.745 billion by Saturday, with Rhode Island at 92 percent and New York at 83 percent.
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Treasury
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New York
Pasadena Seismograph Records Mexican Quake Sunday
A moderate earthquake occurred about 1.0 miles southeast of Pasadena likely in Mexico, recorded by the California Institute of Technology seismograph Sunday at 3 57 p m Pacific War Time officials said yesterday.
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California Institute of Technology
Draft Shape-up Washington Pi-Here is the way the draft picture shapes up
Marshall testifies before the Senate Military Committees outlining draft needs for 1944 and 1945. Army targets include 7.7 million by January, Navy aims of 3 million overseas by January 1, and overall inductions to place 1.2 million additions in the armed forces by year’s end. He notes calls to possibly delay drafting fathers, but promises no disruption to the induction schedule.
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Army Water Purifiers For Civilian Defense
The regional Office of Civilian Defense announced New York New Jersey and Delaware will receive sterilizing kits to purify water in disasters crippling water systems. The Army style units can treat up to 50 000 gallons of water within minutes.
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Uni
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Office of
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Trettor
Lincian Hatch
WACS March in Rain Coats at London HQ
U S Army WACs arrive in England to serve as secretaries clerks and telephonists at the London headquarters. They march in raincoats as barracks supplies lag behind their first review. The pink and gray barracks replacement center greets American servicewomen joining English staff. Chicago FBI chief Edgar Hoover links youth crime to religious education and urges faith groups to help youth during Religious Education Week.
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U. S. Army
England
Chicago
U. I. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
International Council of Religous Education
Corsica Landing by Allied Commandos and French Patriots
Allied French forces and U S backed commandos storm Corsica to seize control from Nazis. Corsican guerrillas seize Ajaccio administration as battles rage on the island near Sardinia. Naval units join the assault and radio warns Germans of POW status for Corsican fighters.
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Tunisia
Corsica
Mediterranean
Sardinia
Ihe
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Italy
Mark W .Clark
Fifth Army
Gulf of Naples
Ajaccio
Gulf of Ajaccio
Sicily
Algiers
NBC
Don Hollenbeck
Bastia
Leghorn
House Votes Today on Collaboration
The House debated and prepared to vote on a bi-partisan Fulbright resolution backing international collaboration to establish and maintain a just lasting peace. Supporters urged leadership in world affairs while opponents warned it offends American policy against entangling alliances and could curb sovereign rights.
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Washington
House
Congress
United States
Rulers Committee
McCormack
Dmass
Rep. Hoffman
B.mich
MeCor
Rubber Workers Head Supports Roosevelt
S and S H Dalrymple, president of the United Rubber Workers of America, urged full support for Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his presidential address to the union’s eighth annual convention in Toronto. He warned against sitting out the next election and against electing pro reformers or reactionaries, stressing duty to back the President.
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Toronto
Roosevelt
S&s
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Mrs. Roosevelt Arrives in Honolulu After Pacific Tour
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt lands in Honolulu following a 20 730 mile flying tour of the Pacific war theater. She speaks at a press conference noting that reintegrating wounded and war cripples into national social life faces one of the greatest postwar problems.
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Honolulu
Eleanor ‘Roosevelt
Italians Secure Corsican Railway
A French report states Italian forces under Marshal Pietro Badoglio have taken control of the Corsican railway from Ajaccio northeast to Bastia. Reports note a clash between Italian troops and Germans in Ajaccio after German attempts to sail ships from the harbor. Bastia and Corsica’s eastern airports are seen as key German targets as they defend the island to protect Elba and the Genoa supply route.
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Pietro Badoglio Aleady
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Ajaccio Naval Bbase
Beastia
Ajaccio
Ail
Bastia
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Gulf of Genoa
France
Italy
Yugoslav Patriots Strengthen Front Lines
A British radio report cited a Yugoslav field communiqué claiming patriot forces destroyed the Susak to Fiums bridge, cut Susak to Osaka rail points, and fortified positions to thwart German attempts to recapture within eight days.
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New York
Susak
Fiums
Osaka
Split
War Bond raft volunteers face harsh Willamette voyage
Seven volunteers aboard a Navy raft on the Willamette River endure scarce water and cold conditions as they simulate wartime survival to help Oregon reach a 104 million dollar Third War Loan target. Coast Guard enforcement and unsafe river conditions hinder rescue, with $58,952,390 still needed. Renowned composer Dimitri Shostakovich reportedly finished his eighth symphony amid siege reflections.
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Portland
Ore
Willamette River
Oregon
Coast Guard
Pacific
Errol Flynn Tax Lien Filed Over Unpaid Taxes
Los Angeles collector Harry C Westover filed a lien against screen actor Errol Flynn for 2121 958 in unpaid taxes on his 1942 income after Flynn and bureau agents failed to agree on disputed items in the returns. The lien was filed yesterday.
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Errol Flynn
Internal Revenue
Harry C Westover
Flynn
Westover
Reich Flank In Italy Bolstered
London reports that Germany is rushing about thirty divisions totaling over 250000 men to Italy and the Balkans to defend the southern flank. Informants claim 12 divisions from the Russian front reserve, three from Norway, one from Holland, plus fourteen substandard units from inside Germany.
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London
Italy
Balkans
Germany
Balkan
War Production Board restricts contracts in labor shortage areas
Washington chairman Don A. Nelson barred placement of war contracts in the 59 areas of acute labor shortage if military timetables can be met elsewhere. He ordered no contract increasing employment in the West Coast or related regions without his prior approval. Hartford, Conn., discussed as next area for manpower controls. Reports from Greece claim 34 Germans killed and 40 wounded in fighting between Greek guerrillas and Nazi occupiers in northern Epirus.
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Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
West Coast
WPHR
Hartford
Conn
Pacific Coast
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
Sorrento Peninsula Falls to Allied Inland Advance
Allied forces drive 15 miles inland through Sunlit mountains as the Sorrento peninsula is captured. Fifth Army and French commandos push toward Corsica while Capri Ischia Procida are seized and Salerno area extends 19 miles inland. British Eighth Army links with Fifth Army near Salerno. Gioia and surrounding areas fall, threatening Naples. Casualties in the Salerno beachhead are lighter than feared.
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Fifth Army
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Salerno
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Associated Press
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Italy
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Berlin
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Expel Nazis and Italy's Badoglio Calls for Armed Allied Support
Allied Headquarters in North Africa reports Premier Marshal Pietro Badoglio urged Italians to arm against former German allies and fight alongside the Anglo Americans. He rejected unconditional surrender, pledged cooperation with Allied forces, and urged guerrilla warfare tactics to frustrate German forces while keeping hope and persistence.
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Pietro Badoglio
Italy
United Nations
America
Britain
Badoglie
Germany
Badoglio
Temselves
Army Bride Found Murdered in Cellar
The body of Mary Gallian, 18, an army officer's wife, was found in the cellar of her mother in law's home in Detroit. A pink underslip was knotted about her neck and her throat cut. A bread-stained butcher knife was nearby. Her husband’s relatives and Violet Richards were implicated as events unfolded after Richards’s screams alerted a neighbor. Police investigated connection to the Hudson naval arsenal employee.
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Detroit
Mary Gallian
Richards
Paleo
Blackout Tests Show Troy Volunteers Readiness
A city blackout drill found Troy volunteer services ready for action and public cooperation high. One nonmember phoned in a complaint. investigation to follow. Officials, including Mayor Hogan and Police Chief Conroy, praised public response as lights darkened and then restored after the alert.
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Troy Xouinteer
P of Trojans
Frank J. Hogan
John B. Conroy
Joseph Shields
Common Counci
James J Madden
Hell
Munitions Output Report Delayed Over Optimism Concerns
A War Production Board August munitions report, showing a four percent gain and a 23 point rise in the munitions index versus May and June, was withheld by the War Department because officials consider its tone too optimistic.
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Washington
War Production Board
War Department
Dad Draft to Deplete New York's Finest
Mayor Fiorello La Guardia suggested that if all fathers of military age were drafted, 5154 members of the New York Police Department and thousands of firefighters could be affected. He testified in Washington before the Senate Military Affairs Committee and urged drafting registrants aged 22 to 44 without distinction, with furloughs to work in essential departments.
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Fla la Guardia
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Fire
Washington
Senate Military Affairs Comanites
Selfridge Officer Guilty Dismissed Amid Court Martial
An officer at Selfridge Field faced a court martial with guilty verdicts and dismissal recommended. Colman testified to defend White and challenge intoxication charges as witnesses described the events and consequences.
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Dom Mee
del Wrham
Colman
Selfridge Field
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