Navy counts 29 U boats sunk by May to July
Washington report states American warships and aircraft destroyed 29 of the more than 90 Axis submarines sunk in May July. Secretary Knox links reduced activity to German raiders refitting for new tactics and forecasts renewed Allied attacks after refits. The Navy notes 24 U boats fell to U S Navy air and sea forces in the Atlantic during the period.
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United Nations
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Knox
65 Known Dead As Fast Train Leaves Rails
The Congressional Limited wreck in northeast Philadelphia killed 65 people with 123 injured as 541 passengers rode the Washington to New York express. Fire crews used acetylene torches to free trapped passengers from twisted wreckage as rescue workers recovered bodies at the morgue.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
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New York
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Robert Calvert
Birmingham
Ala
North Africa
Roy Howard
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New York World-Telegram
Lin Yutang
Howard
Dr. LinaSee
46 Perish As Fire Destroys Houston Hotel
The charred ruins of a Midtown Houston hotel yielded 46 deaths and left 87 rooms tied to 87 beds with 40 cots. Fire officials fear more bodies in the debris as wounded and witnesses recount the frantic escape, including men leaping from windows and a crowded stairway collapse. Police and fire crews reported the building’s age and wooden partitions fueling the blaze.
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Houston
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William Bevill
Leo Hartman
Percy Heard
H. L. Matthews
American Bombers Strike Belgium France In Sixth Straight Day
Allied air forces conducted a sixth consecutive daylight raid over Belgium and France. Flying Fortresses Marauders targeted an aircraft factory and airfield near Brussels and targets near St Omer while Liberators attacked a convoy off the Dutch coast. All bombers returned. The Munich raid followed a heavy RAF night attack and involved large formations with 16 Romberts lost.
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Belgium
St. Omer
France
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Western
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Berlin
Germany
Italy
Brenner Pass
Air Ministry
French
RAF
Train Wreck Toll Rises During Labor Day Holiday
United Press reports a deadly Labor Day period with 61 dead after a Pennsylvania railroad derailment near Philadelphia, 46 more killed in a Houston hotel fire, and 3 dead with seven injured in a New York Central train derailment near Canastota New York. Overall fatalities rose to 198 as travel resumed.
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Philadelphia
Houston
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20Th Century Limited
New York Central Railroad
Canastota
N. Y
Churchill and FDR Await New Developments
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill renew war talks amid signs of a potential peace bid from Italy. Vatican official Enrico Galazzi travels to Washington as speculation grows over planned Europe invasion leadership with General Marshall as commander.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Italy
Radio
Rome
Enrico Galazzi
Vatican
Atlantic
England
United Nations
George C. Marshall
U. S
Europe
British Isles
Marshall
Galazzi
Pope Pius
Mr. Churchill
Harvard University
German Staff Split On Italy Defenses
A Swedish observer reports that Hitler urged a Po valley stand against the Allies while the German general staff favored withdrawing behind the Alps. The clash extends to fears of dire southern coast defenses and a belief war will continue with Hitler bearing the blame, as hopes for peace linger among some officers.
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Italy
Adolf Hitler
Alps
Germany
Hitler
The
Benito Mussolini
Franz Halder
North
Africa
Mediterranean
Tunisia
France
London
Europe
Arrests for illegal liquor sales at Fort Fort Huachuca area
Raids over Labor Day weekend led to 14 arrests for selling liquor without state licenses near the Fort Huachuca military reservation. Several suspects had prior convictions for illegal sales in the same community.
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Fry
Fort Huachuca Military Reservation
Douglas Soldier Dies of Wounds in Sicily
Pfc. Augustin Navarez, of Douglas, died Aug. 7 from wounds received in Sicily. He graduated from the local high school in 1937 and enlisted Apr. 20, 1940. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Juan Navarez.
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Douglas
Augustin Navarez
Sicily
War Department
Juan Navarez
Germans Retreat In Donets as Red Army Moves On
Moscow reports say virtually all organized resistance has ceased in the Donets basin as Soviet forces advance toward the Dnieper. Key rail hubs Slavyansk Kramatorsk and Konstantinovka fell, clearing over two thirds of the basin and bringing Stalino closer to capture.
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Dnieper River
Slavyansk
Kramatorsk
Konstantinovka
Stalino
Russia
Soviet Union
Red Army
Makeevka
Stockholm
Nya Dagligt Allehanda
London
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Berlin
Stalino- Slavyansk
Paratroopers Seal Air Field To Trap Lae Japanese
Allied forces cut off 20 000 Japanese in the Lae Salamaua area by seizing an unused airstrip in the Markham valley. American paratroops plus Australian units landed near the field while MacArthur watched from a Flying Fortress. Australian forces then crossed the Markham river to join the operation.
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Vern Haugland
Southwest Pacific
Lae
Salamaua
New Guinea
Markham Valley
MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Markham
Three Die As 20th Century Train Wrecked
Canastota N Y Sept 7 The eastbound 20th Century Limited train wrecked when the locomotive boiler exploded killing three crewmen in the cab and injuring at least seven others. The crash occurred 2 miles east of Canastota 20 miles east of Syracuse with 173 passengers aboard. Identified dead are engineer George Pierce Syracuse fireman J Christian Larsen and traveling fireman Clarence Wicker of Albany. Wicker found about 60 feet from the rail bed.
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20Th Century Limited
New York
Syracuse
Joseph Endres
George Pierce
J. Christian Larsen
Clarence Wicker
Albany
Wicker
Allied Gains On All Fronts Forecast Invasion Leader
Allied forces are seen poised for a major push into France with General George C. Marshall named commander in chief of any invasion from England. The Washington Evening Star reports high authority confirmation, though invasion timing remains unsettled. The move promises pressure on Hitler as Soviet and Allied forces close in from east and west.
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France
English Channel
Washington Evening Star
Star
Constantine Brown
George C. Marshall
U. S
England
Brown
Hitler
United Nations
GOP Approves Plan For Postwar Peace Cooperation
The Republican postwar advisory council adopted a compromise plan backing U S participation in a cooperative postwar organization among sovereign nations to prevent aggression while preserving constitutional limits. The proposal favors unity in victory but allows reservations for national interests and notes it is impractical to detail postwar policy now.
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Mich
Republican’ Postwar Advisory Council
Sen. Vandenberg
Michigan
United States
GOP
Allied Advances In Calabria Push Inland To Delianuova
The British eighth army drove along the Calabrian coast extending the invasion arc to about 60 miles and moved 8 to 10 miles inland to Delianuova. Palmi and Delianuova were announced as captured while western coastal gains reached Palmi. Allied air and sea support aided a rapid supply push across the Strait of Messina with limited German resistance.
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North Africa
Eighth Army
Italy
Santo Stefano
Delianuova
Palmi
Melito
Bernard L. Montgomery
Reggio Calabria
Calabria
Berlin
Associated Press
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London
Ministry of Information
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Gibraltar
Naples
Sinopoli
Mellcucea
Solano
Ceramicio
Pellegrina
San Procopio
Bagnara
San Stefano
Aspromonte Mountain
Hearing On Utility Bid For Injunction Delayed
Hearing in a U S district court on a motion for a temporary injunction against the Arizona corporation commission to block rate reductions by Tucson Gas Electric Light and Power was postponed to Sept 24 A three judge panel will hear the case The rate cut affecting about 18000 customers was set for Sept 1 The commission ordered the reduction in May The utility sought a rehearing after the commission raised the companys property value by 1200000 and the utility argues the rate cut would deny a fair return.
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Phoenix
U. S. District Court
Arizona Corporation Commission
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Company
Albert M. Sames
Tucson
Dave W. Ling
Clifton Mathews
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Commission
Progress Made On Plan For Meet With Stalin
President Roosevelt said progress has been made since the Quebec conference toward arranging an Anglo American Russian meeting with Joseph Stalin. He hoped for more progress within 24 or 48 hours.
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Roosevelt
Quebec
Joseph Stalin
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