Allied Air Campaign Deepens Over Italy in September Raids
Allied aircrews extend operations from North Africa to Italy targeting Pisa rail yards and Piaggio factory. Liberators pound Pescara. Salerno Cosenza Catanzaro rail lines attacked by medium bombers. British and Canadian Wellington crews strike Salerno at night, igniting gas works and fires.
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Paul Hughes Novel Out September 22
Paul Hughes prepares to publish Retreat from Rostov with Random House on September 22. The Ada native, once editor at The Ada Morning News, built a wide career including radio work in Phoenix. The novel follows battles in Russia from Taganrog to Rostov during 1941 and portrays both soldiers and home front lives.
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Random House Publishing Company
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King Christian’s Words Rally Danes Under Nazi Rule
In Stockholm a new report says King Christian VII and Queen Alexandra energized Danes resisting a German occupation. Eyewitnesses describe executions of Danes who mocked soldiers and a mass show of support at Lyngby. Von Hannecken orders drastic measures as martial rule spans Copenhagen and major cities.
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RAF Rings Out Old Rings In New Anniversary Over Berlin
RAF heavy bombers blasted Berlin in a 45 minute assault to begin the fifth year of war for Germans. Mosquito planes hit Berlin again and airfields in France and the Low Countries were targeted.
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Our Side Is On March Now
World War II nears year five as United Nations push back Axis. Allied air and sea forces strike Marcus Island in the central Pacific, with U S Navy carriers and ships aiming to breach Japanese defenses. Marcus sits 1 200 miles from Tokyo guarding key approaches.
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Japs Backing Up Air Bases In Southwest Pacific
Allied raids on Wewak and surrounding airfields damaged 60 Japanese planes on the ground and destroyed 25 more in air battles. Reinforcements to New Guinea are being pulled back toward Hollandia and Tadji as fighting continues near Salamaua.
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Netherlands East Indies Army picks Van Oyen as commander in chief
Maj. Gen. L. H. Van Oyen will be appointed commander-in-chief of the Netherlands East Indies army and will leave the United States shortly to proceed to Australia for his new post, per the official Aneta news agency.
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L. H. van Oyen
Netherlands East Indies Army
United States
Australia
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Netherlands
Public Health Chief Praises Venereal Disease Drive In War Time
Dr. Thomas Parran surgeon general of the U S Public Health Service says the nation is holding the line against venereal diseases the first time any country has done so in wartime. He credits a new sulfa drug and local community cooperation in an Oregonian interview.
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Ore
Thomas Parran
U. S. Public Health Service
Parran
Oregonian
Idaho outlines program to curb tobacco liquor and narcotics
Boise Idaho September 1 The Idaho education department has outlined a scholastic course of study aimed at curbing use of tobacco liquor and narcotics A booklet proposing the program was mailed yesterday to all schools and districts.
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Boise
Idaho
Idaho Education Department
Texas Rights to Secede and Hair Weight Facts
An old note claims Texas may secede at will under its admission terms. A second line states that the average head of hair weighs five to twelve ounces.
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Texas
Kansas University opens football practice in early season
Lawrence Kansas September first fifty two men including two lettermen checked out equipment for practice. Coach Henry Shenk expected another ten to fifteen players to join. Lettermen named Junius Penny and Grant Hunter.
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Kansas University
Henry Shenk
Junius
Penny
Grant Hunter
Waiting time grows for average food store shopper
Salt Lake City report shows the average wait increased from three minutes to 15. A Rex Johnson, head of the retail division of the food distribution administration, said in Salt Lake City today that inexperience among staff, ration stamps, and shortages of merchandise are responsible.
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Salt Lake City
Rex Johnson
Food Distribution Administration
Polio Score Here Eight For Summer
No new infantile paralysis cases reported in Pontotoc county in the last two weeks. State totals show nine cases, but local officials say eight cases have developed since the first case in early July. One illness misclassified as infantile paralysis was actually osteomyelitis.
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Pontotoc County
Stove Dealers To Register Now
The Office of Price Administration reminds stove dealers to register with the County Price and Ration Board to sell stoves. Registration dates are September 1 2 and 3. In Washington the National Labor Relations Board certified the International Woodworkers of America CIO as the representative of production and maintenance employees at Dierks Lumber and Coal in Broken Bow Oklahoma.
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County Price and Ration Board
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
International Woodworkers of America
CIO
Dierks Lumber and Coal Company
Broken Bow
Okla
4 PESSIMIST 4 PESSIMIST
Newt Lark quips about owing much to many with 80 little, adding a simile about rare sober thoughts at a convention.
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Newt Lark
Mobile dubbed birthplace of carnivals by locals
Mobile Alabama is described as the "Mother of carnivals." The city highlights a large African American population and its cultural influence in events and celebrations.
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Mobile, Ala
Alabama
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