Nazis Hold Rhine Span Into Ruhr In Allied Drive
Allied reports describe British Second Army efforts to cross the Rhine at Nijmegen while Arnhem airbore forces are surrounded. American forces push toward Stolberg and Aachen as Patton’s Third Army advances near Nancy and Metz. Boulogne falls to Canadian troops with heavy prisoner counts as Berlin notes stubborn German defenses along the Siegfried line.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Second Army
Rhine River
Nijmegen
Holland
Arnhem
Waal Rhine
Eindhoven
Rhine
U. S. First Army
Hodges
Gressenich
Stolberg
Germany
Siegfried Line
First Army
Aachen
DNB
Dempsey
Best
Nazs
Waal
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Hitler
Reich
Ruhr
Neder Rhine
Belgium
Ludwig Sertorius
Essen
Krupp
Patton
Third
Moselle
France
Chatel
Nancy
Luneville
Baccarat
Metz
Berlin
Lune
Ville
Seventh Army
Belfort Gap
Rhine Valley
Boulogne
Adolf Hitler
Hitsler
Sky
Texas Supreme Court Briefs In Elector Battle
Lawyers for both pro and anti Roosevelt Democrats clash in the Texas Supreme Court over which electors belong on the November ballot. Chief Justice James P. Alexander vows a prompt decision on mandamus to certify Roosevelt electors.
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Austin
Texas
State Supreme Court
Wand
Law
Roosevelt
Truman
James P. Alexander
Sidney Latham
Executive Committee
New Democratic Executive Committee
Woodville Rogers
San Antonio
Robert W. Calvert
Hillboro
Frank Knapp
Houston
Calvert
Tion
C. C. Rentfro
Dallas
James V. Allred
Prisons Report Better Conditions for Japanese Camps
The State Department reports to Senator Wallgren that conditions in Japanese prison camps outside the Philippines are not as bad as feared. Secretary Hull cites General Wainwright's Formosa camp as reasonably good, notes limited access to the Philippines, and mentions new relief funds and Swiss coordination. The Dutch East Indies arrangement mirrors the Philippines aid, with the Red Cross sending vitamins and medicines.
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Washington
State Department
Wallgren
Philippines
Hull
Wainwright
Formosa
Dutch East Indies
American Red Cross
Braniff Wins Oklahoma Ruling on Mexican Airline Purchase
Oklahoma Attorney General Randell S. Cobb held Braniff Airways Inc may legally buy the Aerovias Braniff Company of Mexico. The opinion, issued at Gov Kerrs request, concludes the two lines are not competitive under state law, making the transaction proper.
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Oklahoma City
Randell S. Cobb
Braniff Airways, Inc
Oklahoma
Aerovias Braniff Company of Mexico
Cobb
Robert 8. Kerr
Oklahoma Company
Weather sketch for Amarillo and Texas coast
The Amarillo area enjoys fair skies Thursday and Friday with mild temperatures. Texas forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions Thursday with scattered afternoon showers on the coast, Friday mostly cloudy in the north with showers in the south, moderate to heavy showers in the extreme south. Sunrise 7 34 A M Sunset 7 45 P M.
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Amarillo
Texas
Heatwave Bakes Amarillo as War Chest Kickoff Sets Goal
A 95.2 degree September day in Amarillo marks a record heat spell. The 1944 45 Community and War Chest kickoff at the Capitol Hotel primes the Advanced Gifts committee to raise $100000 toward a $172000 goal, with emphasis on prompt reporting and close coordination. Jess Rogers leads about fifty workers in soliciting large donations, while J A Hazelwood urges public cooperation to meet the target.
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Advanced Gifts Committee
Capitol Hotel
Jess Rogers
Rogers
J. A. Hazelwood
Mr. Hazelwood
Wage Ceiling Break Possible Under War Labor Board Ruling
A War Labor Board panel ruled that the Little Steel wage cap can be modified to reflect rising living costs. The decision follows CIO demands for a 17 cent hourly rise, noting cost-of-living increases between 1941 and 1943 exceed the 15 percent ceiling. The case covers General Electric and Westinghouse plants with about 210,000 workers.
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Washington
Organized Labor
War Labor Board
WLB
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, Cio
CIO Steel
Bureau of Labor Statistics
CIO
General Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Atl Westinghouse
Little Steel
Moses Shapiro
New York
Fred Krafft
American Viscose Corp
George Pennington
United Steel Workers of America, Cio
Belgian Premier says Leopold to return to throne
The British radio quoted by OWI said Belgian Premier Hubert Pierlot announced to Parliament that King Leopold, now a German prisoner, would return to the throne. No action was announced on appointing Prince Charles as regent during Leopold's absence.
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New York
Hubert Pierlot
Leopold
Germany
Belgium
Brussels
OWI
Charles
Young Woman Critical After Speeding Cab Collision
Catherine Childres, 19, remained in critical condition at St Anthony Hospital after a Yellow Cab struck her and another woman as they stepped from a bus. Her mother, Annie Victoria Childres, was killed in the Sunday night crash.
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Catherine Childres
St. Anthony Hospital
Annie Victoria Childres
Mine detectors provide buried champagne barrels revealed
New York report notes Dinah Shore recalling Paris where champagne was plentiful. She just back from entertaining troops in France with a USO camp show unit. She cites engineers with mine detectors discovering buried barrels of wine.
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New York
U.P
Dinah Shore
Paris
Miss Shore
France
USO
Allies Capture Robot Factory Near Thil
U S Third Army reports capture of a vast underground buzzbomb factory near Thil on the Luxembourg border. The plant in a mine shaft employed about 5 000 workers producing buzzbomb carcasses with equipment valued in millions, later moved to a Detroit line layout. The tunnel extends over a mile to a facility 350 feet below the mountain surface, shielding it from bomb impact.
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Baltic States
Jelgava
Riga
Warsaw
Poland
Czechoslovakia
U. S
Third Army
Thil
Luxembourg
Detroit
Paper mills push to 500 pound lot shipments
Labor shortages and storage limits force paper mills to require base shipments of 500 pounds or more, says A Patrick Flood, state salvage manager for the War Production Board. Tonight a radio town meeting asks if the Political Action Committee aids or harms democracy, sponsored by Reader's Digest on KPDA at 7:30. Advt. Scrap books and photo albums listed by Russell Stationery Company.
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Austin
Sept
A. Patrick Flood
War Production Board
America
Political Action Committee
Reader's Digest
KPDA
Advt
Kweilin
China
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Radio Tokyo
Ighuchi
Japanese Board of Information
Japan
United States
Britain
Germany
Russia
FCC
Iguchi
Americans Hit Davao At Philippines Front In Pacific War
The U S Navy announced a heavy air strike on Davao in the Southern Philippines led by over 50 Liberators dropping 120 tons of bombs. The raid targeted the airdrome, barracks and depots, reporting fires and heavy damage with no enemy fighters encountered.
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Associated Press
Japan
Philippines
U. S. Navy
Davao
Talaud Islands
Gen. MacArthur
Morotai
Moluccas
Mindanao
Liberators
Mitchells
Little Angaur
Palaus
81St “Wildcat
Peleliu Island
Leathernecks
Nimitz
Angaur
Navy
Peleliu
Angaur Island
81St
Pacific Fleet
Morotai Island
Adm
Chichi Jima
Bonins
Tokyo
Front Line Actions and Occupations Across 1918 1949
On September 21 1918 British forces held hills north of St Quentin as German shelling hit American units on the Alsace front and civilians evacuated from Metz. British troops reportedly defeated Turkish forces in Palestine while American lines faced gas shells. On September 21 1949 Bulgaria began occupying Dobruja as Romanian forces withdrew and Allied aircraft bombed targets around Trondheim Norway.
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Associated Press
Hindenburg
St. Quentin
Alsace
Metz
Palestine
Dobruja
Trondheim
Nogeay
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Rahkla
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Leningrad
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Valga
Estonia
Lithuania
Demos
National Party
Chicago
Braniff
Robot Factory
Russell Stationery Company
Marcus Island
Pagan
Marianas
Ponape
Carolines
Wotje
Marshalls
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