[Homer_J_Simpson]

Marcus is Shelled (Trussell) – 2-3
Japanese Air Cover is Forced Far Back – 3
Eighth Air Force Breaks Its Record – 3
‘Real Offensive’ in Pacific Believed Opened at Marcus (Trumbull) – 4
Hopkins Sees End of the War in 1945 – 4
For Driving Japanese from Aleutians (photo) – 4
Nazi Army Mauled – 5
1,800 Tons Fall on Berlin; 47 Bombers Lost in Attack (Middleton) – 6
Goering Himself Shifts from Aerial Offense to Defense (photos) – 7
War News Summarized – 8
Casualty Total Rises to 103,932 for Our Forces, Land, Sea and Air – 8
You May Be Playing a Part in This War Drama (photo) – 9
Opening of Palestine as Homeland Demanded by Jewish Conference – 10
Text of Jewish Conference Resolution – 11
An Event in the Observance of Polish Day in America (w/photo) – 12
Lower U-Boat Toll Listed for August – 13
Two Blows at Axis (Baldwin) – 13
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 14-15

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/sep1943/f02sep43.htm

Red Army advances in Donets basin
Thursday, September 2, 1943 www.onwar.com

On the Eastern Front... The Soviets announce gains in the Donets basin. Lisichansk, Kommunarsk, among other centers have been captured. The forces of the Bryansk Front take Glushkovo and Sumy.

In Italy... British battleships (Valiant and Warspite) bombard Italian defenses around Reggio.

[henkster]

The raid on Marcus is the first action by new carriers Essex, Yorktown and Independence. And it does signal that the USN is preparing for operations in the Central Pacific.