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Roosevelt reaffirms charge of Cong encroachment on Judicial Branch in deficiency bill rider to end Dodd, Watson and Lovett jobs, message to Cong
London anxious over Allied situation at Salerno
Gers announce Bryansk evacuation and destruction; USSR capture not yet claimed; USSR forces rept advance toward Nezhin; st fighting, Novorossiisk, reptd; USSR threat to Poltava and Lozovaya increased by USSR advance on Dniepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye; USSR troops take Yalta, Mariupol area; map
Roosevelt repts assignment for war duration
fierce st fighting reptd, Rome; Ital Army officers lead free Rome vigilantes; battle against Gers, Prenestina dist; Kesselring orders reconstruction of Blackshirt Militia to put down revolt and prevent sabotage