Marcus Island Struck by Warplanes and Ships
The U S Pacific fleet launched a major operation against Marcus island targeting enemy bases. Washington and Tokyo reported the plan for September 1, with Japanese time set for August 31. The action aimed to neutralize the island defenses.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States Pacific Fleet
Japan
Marcus Island
Tokyo
Marcus
Navy
Wake Island
Central Pacific
United States
Truk Island
Tokyo-Yokohama
Heart of Japan
Adm
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
U. S. Aircraft Output 12 Per Cent Behind Schedule For Month
The War Production Board says July aircraft output lagged 12 percent behind plan despite a 4 percent rise from June to 7 373 aircraft. Officials warn that meeting the 65 billion dollar annual arms target may be harder, with some suggesting 62 billion as closer. Cooler weather and the end of summer may help accelerate production.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Pope Appeals For Ending Of War This Year
Pope Pius XII urged a just peace this year in a radio address marking Poland invasion anniversaries. He criticized oppression and urged reconstruction and peace while signaling Italian moves toward ending the war. Churchill heads to Washington for talks with Roosevelt on a tri allied foreign ministers meeting and possible Soviet involvement.
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Pope
J. Edward Murray
London
Pius XII
Poland
Pietro Badoglio
Italy
Washington
Winston Churchill
White House
Roosevelt
Germany
Churchill
Quebec
Stalin
United States
Ranchers oppose land restriction near Grand Canyon
Ranchers testified at a committee hearing against grazing bans within the Grand Canyon area and at Rock Valley near Forest. They argued the restriction would threaten pasture access and grazing rights while authorities consider managing buffalo herds and park recreation as the public hearing continues Friday.
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Fredoni
Ingir Hou
Berlin Bombers Wreck 30 Square Miles in New Raid
British four engine bombers struck Berlin in a 45 minute assault marking the fourth year of war. The air ministry said great damage and fires were visible across the city as German night fighters fought the raid and 47 bombers were lost.
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Walter Cronkite
United Press
London
U.P
Berlin
Air Ministry
Hamburg
Europe
European
Aerial Attacks Intensify Over Italy and Berlin Fronts
Allied air forces ramped up raids from North Africa to Italy targeting rail lines, airfields, and factories at Pisa and Pescara with bombings on Salerno Cosenza Catanzaro. RAF and USAAF joined daylight strikes on Amiens Glisy and Berlin as heavy bombers battled Luftwaffe night fighters and claimed several enemy aircraft shot down.
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North Africa
Italy
Pisa
Salerno
Cosenza
Catanzaro
Middle East
Pescara
Cairo
Reggio Calabria
Ata
Cape Pellaro
Strait of Messina
Nelson
Rodney
Orion
Quillian
Quail
Queenborough
Troubridge
Tyrian
Offa
Petard
Tartar
Piorun
Rome
Rome Radio
Associated Press
RAF
English
Hitler
Amiens-Glisy
France
Berlin
Germany
Soviet Parley Soon Is Allied Leaders' Goal
The White House announced the arrival of Prime Minister and Mrs. Winston Churchill from Quebec as allied leaders prepare for a forthcoming parley.
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Washington
White House
Winston Churchill
Quebec
150 Mexicans Taken Sick In California
In Colusa California 150 Mexican nationals were hospitalized for food poisoning after lunch brought to prune orchards sickened farm workers. About 200 workers were affected with 55 slight cases, 15 serious. Health investigators and the farm security administration opened inquiries. all recovered.
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Colusa
Calif
Colus
Jack Fiske
Fiske
State Board of Health
Farm Security Administration
Armaee
Cause
War Food Administration
Japs Withdraw Air Fleets To Distant Bases
Allied reports say Japanese air fleets are pulled back to Dutch New Guinea reducing threat to Lae Wewak and Salamaua. Liberator bombers claim 20 to 25 more planes destroyed in the Wewak area, with about 396 wrecked since the August air offensive.
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Allied
South Pacific
Dutch New Guinea
Wewak
New Guinea
East Indies
Philippines
Formosa
Hollandia
Salamaua
Maua
Lae
Madang
Pvt Ernesto Bravo Wounded in Action in North Africa
The War Department announced Pvt Ernesto R. Bravo of Tucson has been wounded in action in the North African area including Sicily. His mother Mrs Carlota R Bravo of 902 South Eleventh Street Tucson Arizona is listed as his family contact.
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Pvt. Bravo
Tucson
Washington
Waw Department
Ernesto R. Bravo
Carlota R. Bravo
South Eleventh Street
Ariz
Sicily
Nazis Reeling Backward on 700 Mile Front
German retreat plotted along a 700 mile eastern line in the Donets basin southwest of Voroshilovgrad as Soviet forces push to encircle and liquidate pockets. Moscow reported final liquidation of German forces at Taganrog with heavy enemy casualties.
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London
DNB
Donets Basin
Voroshilovgrad
Berlin
Associated Press
Taganrog
Moscow
Soviet Red Army advances threaten Smolensk center front
Soviet forces push 700 miles from Smolensk to the Azov Sea in coordinated offensives. They outflank Bryansk, threaten the Bryansk-Konotop railway, and drive toward the Dnieper bend near Kharkov while liberating towns at a rapid pace. About 12 000 German soldiers killed and 87 tanks destroyed.
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Moscow
U.P
Smolensk
Sea of Azov
Adolf Hitler
Bryansk
Bryansk-Konotop
Dnieper
Kharkov
Taganrog
Ukraine
Sevsk
Yelnya
King Christian X pleads to Danes as resistance grows
Stockholm dispatch reports King Christian X urged Danes to endure under German occupation. Eyewitnesses say refugees arriving in Sweden describe German troops firing on crowds and three Danes killed for laughing at soldiers. The king, held with Queen Alexandrine at Sorgenfri castle, made a brief public appearance as Lyngby residents cheered despite prohibitions.
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Stockholm
Christian X
Sweden
Hermann von Hennecken
Christian
Alexandria
Sorgenfri Castle
Lyngby
Sorgepfri Castle
Hannecken
British Warships Shell Italy Bases In Act Of Daylight Bombardment
British battleships with cruiser and destroyer escort swept through the Messina Straits in daylight blasting shore batteries around Reggio Calabria Italy. The bombardment illuminated by battle ensigns and dust clouds, extended to Cape Pellaro and positions near Melito. Italian return fire from Pellaro was limited.
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Messina Straits
U.P
Straits of Messina
Reggio Calabria
Sicily
Cape Pellaro
Melito
Pellaro
Soviets Have Best Reasons For Not Fighting Japanese
Dewitt Mackenzie explains Churchill remarks in Quebec about why Russia avoids war with Japan. He notes Moscow’s treaty with Berlin era and questions about opening Siberian airfields and a Second Front. The piece presents Moscow as prioritizing the war against Germany and avoiding overextension.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Britain
Churchill
Quebec
Russia
Japan
America
Moscow
Germany
Allies Gaining As War Enters Its Fifth Year
World War II enters its fifth year as the United Nations advance and Axis plans crumble. Nazi Germany faces aerial onslaughts, Soviet and Allied forces push on multiple fronts, with Berlin warnings of invasion and buildup along southern England and the Adriatic coast.
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London
United Nations
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Warsaw
Third Reich
Russia
Axis
Germany
Italy
Pacific
Europe
Berlin
Eisenhower
Calabria
Apula
Greece
Adriatic
England
Arrest of Constance Zeran on Bigamy Charge in Douglas
Constance Elaine Zeran, 23, faced bigamy charges in Douglas justice court for marrying a Douglas Army airfield soldier while not divorced from her first husband. Deputy county attorney Norman Herring said she never divorced the Indiana husband, whom she wed in 1940. Zeran waived a preliminary hearing and was held to answer in Cochise County Superior Court.
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Douglas
Douglas Justice Court
Constance Elaine Zeran
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