U S Fifth Fleet claims decisive four day raid victory over Japan
In four days of Philippine raids from Manila range American planes of Admiral Halsey’s Third Fleet wiped out the Japanese air force, sinking or damaging 173 surface craft and destroying ground defenses. Navy announces 501 enemy planes shot down with light American losses and no ships lost. New totals increase earlier counts to 233 more planes and 84 more ships.
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Pearl Harbor
Japan
Manila
William F. Halsey
Third Fleet
Nimitz
Philippines
Marianas
Mindanao
Panay
Cebuand
Negros
Leyte
U. S
Morotai Invasion Advances Against Light Opposition
Allied forces landed on Morotai Island in the Morotai group off New Guinea, aiming toward the Philippines. MacArthur asserted the Halmahera to Philippines line is penetrated and enemy gains southward are imperiled by potential envelopment, with about 200,000 Japanese troops in the East Indies at risk of isolation.
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Allied
New Guinea
Little Morotai Island
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Halmahera Group
MacArthur
K Kepp
Moluccas
Halmahera-Philippines
East Indies
Sansapor
Dutch New Guinea
Nazis Press Gothic Line As Allied Push Reaches From Pistoia to Lucca
Rome reported General Kesselring intensified efforts to hold the Gothic line against a reinforced U S Fifth Army and British Eighth. General Clark's forces struck the barrier before the Po Valley as American and fresh British divisions crossed Nazi outposts along a 25 mile front from Pistoia to Lucca north of Florence.
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Rome
Albert Kesselring
Fifth Army
Eighth
Clark
Italy
Pistoia
Lucca
Florence
Allied air raids hit Halmahera and Celebes in Pacific push
General MacArthur’s headquarters said Allied air raiders dropped 95 tons on Halmahera and 157 tons on Dutch Celebes. Small craft were damaged and five vessels sunk or damaged off Amboina and Ceram as Morotai was targeted and Vogelkop airfields subjected to continued strikes.
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Southwest Pacific
Halmahera
MacArthur
Morotai
Dutch Celebes
Amboina
Ceram
Dutch East Indies Islands
Philippines
Celebes
Vogelkop Peninsula
Dutch New Guinea
Labor board signals wage boosts may bypass Little Steel cap
Washington reports the War Labor Board panel found no legal bar to wage increases above the Little Steel formula and noted living costs have risen beyond official measures. Hearings set for Sept 26–27 on wage ceilings and a CIO USW request for 17 cents an hour. The board may forward the issue to President Roosevelt for decision before the election.
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Washington
Organized Labor
War Labor Board
U of Labor Statistics
Roosevelt
White House
WLB
AFL
CIO
United Steel Workers Union
Little Steel
Reds Hammering At Warsaw Gate
Russian and Polish troops captured Praga the eastern suburb of Warsaw after a daylong street battle. Forces held bridgeheads on the Vistula as the war front expanded with detachments and towns across Eastern Europe.
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Warsaw Gate
London
Warsaw
Praga
Vistula
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Zigmund Berling
Germany
Berlin
Lower East Prussia
Narew
Lomza
Red
Poland
Slovakia
Romania
Budapest
Marshal Tito
Red Army
Yugoslavia
Greece
Bulgaria
Eden's Dramatic Flight to Quebec for Roosevelt Churchill Talks
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden arrived in Quebec by plane from England to join the Roosevelt Churchill conferences. Churchill, in Ottawa at the time, hurried to the citadel to join Eden. Hull was not expected to join, and the talks were focused on broad European issues and Pacific strategy.
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Ated Press
Pho
Dallas
Roosevelt
Quebec
Anthony Eden
England
Eden
Montreal
Churchill
Citadel
Hull
Washington
Japan
Weather Amarillo and Vicinity Forecast Update
The Amarillo region expects fair conditions Friday with milder temperatures. West area remains mostly clear, New Mexico shows partly cloudy skies with a chance of scattered thundershowers in mountain locales Friday. Cooler conditions arrive Friday night into Saturday with highs around 80 to 90 and overnight lows in the 50s.
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Amarillo
New Mexico
Sony
Hurricane Hits New Jersey Floods Atlantic City
The Atlantic hurricane battered New Jersey with gale winds rain and storm tides flooding Atlantic City and nearby areas. One man was killed and about 50 injured as sections of the Margate board walk were washed away and piers damaged. The 15 million auditorium flooded and Army personnel moved to safety as the storm disrupted transport and communications.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey
Atlantic City
Ocean Resort
Margate
Harry Volk
Heinz Amuse
Ment
Heinz
Ritz Carlton
Convention Hall
Twenty five air war veterans among train crash dead
A head on collision near Terre Haute Indiana killed 29 people including 25 Air Force veterans who had completed up to 50 overseas missions. Nineteen more were injured as trains collided in a fog en route to Florida and Chicago. News crews and medical teams rushed to the scene with plasma supplies flown in from Chicago and Indianapolis.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Air Force
Here
Florida
Chicago
Army
Dixie
Women's Army Corps
Allies press Belfort Gap push amid heavy fighting
American and French Seventh Army units breached three German out posts guarding the Belfort gap and advanced toward Belfort itself. Frontline actions stretched 20 miles along the Doubs Valley as French and American forces cleared villages and faced stiff Nazi counterattacks, with Vesoul, Vellersexel, and Pont de Roide scene of battles.
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Belfort Gap
Belfort
Doubs River
Vosges Mountains
Alexander M. Patch
France
Vesoul
Patch
Champlitte
Versoul
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Doubs Valley
Villersexel
L'Isle-Sur-Le-Doubs
Doubs
Pont de Roide
Autechaux
Seventh
Soane
Upper
Marne
Langres
Chaumont
John J. Pershing
Associated Press
George Tucker
Vellersexel
Tucker
Farmers Still Seeking Hands Amid Labor Shortage
D A Adams reports 21 of 30 applicants have found farm hands while Panhandle counties face ongoing labor shortages. Tractor drivers and general laborers are in high demand as grain sorghum harvest begins on the South Plains. He urges workers to contact the Plainview extension office before moving to the area.
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Potter County
D. A. Adams
Plainview
Panhandle
Amarillo
Adams
South Plains
Central
East Texas
Chemist predicts 130 years of healthy life for future generations
New York September 14 Dr Theodore G Klumpp of Winthrop Chemical Co told the American Chemical Society that it is biologically possible for many future children to live in good health to age 130 through advances in medicinal chemistry. He noted ageing problems are only in early stages of study.
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New York
Theodore G. Klumpp
Winthrop Chemical Company, Inc
American Chemical Society
Tanks Attack on 90 Mile Front
The American First Army opened a full scale assault on the Siegfried Line citadel of Aachen, driving to within a mile of the city and pushing tanks and infantry across the German frontier in a broad offensive extending over 90 miles.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
First Army
Siegfried Line
Aachen
Ruhr
Rhineland
Germany
Prum
Trier
Koblenz
U. S
Ninth Air Force
France
Hergenrath
Cemmenich
Forstebach
Westwall
City
Allied Drive Deep Into German Westwall Front
American forces punched through western German defenses near Aachen and Trier, seizing border towns and breaching the Siegfried Line. Patton’s Third Army pushed from Moselle bridges toward Metz as Luftwaffe activity faded and weather limited air support.
Gestapo War Crimes Trial Plans After German Occupation
Allied aims for postwar Germany include complete military occupation, destruction of the Nazi party, and arrest of leaders including Gestapo members to face war crimes trials. Russian concerns and unknown German internal attitudes complicate planning as occupation authority will be strict and decisive.
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Germany
Gestapo
Russia
Europe
Reich
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Otto Klinger
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Swiss
Eisenhower
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Metz
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Don Whitehead
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