World War II Chronicle: September 5, 1943

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The front page reports that famed aviator Charles Lindbergh is working on high-altitude bombing research and will be headed overseas… Deposed Italian prime minister Benito Mussolini is now being held on the island of Ponza, ironically where his fascist regime sent their political prisoners (see page three). Il Duce is reportedly in German hands… George Fielding Eliot column on page four…

An article about Gen. George C. Marshall’s performance as Chief of Staff begins on page 17 and our 91st week of the war summarized on page 19… Sports begin on page 27.

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Evening star. (Washington, D.C.), 5 September 1943. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1943-09-05/ed-1/