Victory Loan Drive Opens With Parade in War Timetable
Reds Smash Nazis on a 600 mile front near Stalino and Zapivha as Soviet gains widen the Donets basin. British and American forces prepare new thrusts on Italy from vulnerable coastal points. Rome, Corsica, and southern France loom as possible targets while Allied planners weigh political gains and strategic bases.
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Associated Press
Washington
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Rome
France
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Napoleon
Adolf Hitler
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Chutchill
Methodist Conference Opens September Ninth at Meadville
Rev A Galbreath, Oscar Johnson and John Dahl Shead to represent the Corry church at the Erie Annual Conference opening next Wednesday at Meadville. Sessions at Allegheny College and Stone Church run Sept 9 to 12 with addresses by Frank Cartwright, Don Bancroft, and Dr Jeffrey Stratford. Ordination and reading of appointments planned at St. St. Church Sunday afternoon.
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J. H. Straughn
Pittsburgh
Prank ©. Cartwrlelit
Church Board of Missions
Don Bancroft
Jeffrey W. Statford
Drew University
Pice
Stanchurch
Danish Dictator Demands Weapons Surrender
Stockholms dispatch says Gen Hermann Von Mannecken orders Danish citizens to surrender all arms by September. Large numbers of foreign warplanes, likely RAF bombers, over southern Sweden night, drawing heavy anti aircraft fire. London reports 12 hours after RAF Berlin raids, Allied bombers cross the channel for more round the clock strikes, Mitchells and Venturas among the planes.
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Nigel
Denmark
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RAF
Berlin
Sweden
London
Channel
Lecron Quits as Director of Food Supply
James D. Zeeron, former Des Moines journalist, resigned as director of the food supply division under Nelson Rockefeller amid intra administration criticism. He accused the State Department of interference and incompetence, saying he would not continue to fight a wall of obstruction.
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Associated Press
Washington
State Department
James D. Zeeron
Des Moines
Nelson Rockefeller
inter-American Affairs
Roosevel
Lecron
Rockefeller
Teston
Wallace
United Nations
Victory Lawn Bond Drive Opens With Parade Plan
The Third Victory Lawn Campaign will be formally opened next Thursday with a large parade in the evening. B Elston is named chairman in charge and John A Blatt heads the local committee. The appeal targets a million dollar bond quota and aims to reach every home with a house to house canvass led by the women’s division.
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Victory Lawn
B. Elston
John A. Blatt
Blatt
Slaver of Five Guilty of First Degree Murder
Associated Press reports in Ogden Utah that Austin Gox Jr was found guilty of first degree murder for killing five people in two Ogden homes on July 23. The district court jury returned the verdict without mercy, making a death sentence mandatory under Wish law.
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Associated Press
Ogden
Utah
Austin Gox, Jr
Wea
Japs Abandon Rekata Bay Base in Solomon Islands
Allied brief reports say Japanese forces evacuated Rekata Bay seaplane base on Santa Isabel in the Central Solomons. The retreat follows American advances on nearby New Georgia and Vella Lavella, with Rekata Bay now under Allied observation and may indicate a broader pullback in the sector.
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Associated Press
Mike
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Santa Isabel Island
Solomons
Gundalcannt
William Halsey
Rekata Bay
Rssault
New Georgia
Vella Lavella Islands
Progress on Lawrence Airport Improvements Underway
Bulldozer work by A Zalaneck and Son advances the Lawrence Airport upgrade on Sprint Street Hill. East runway cleared, trees and obstructions removed, readiness for finishing work. Monday restart with volunteers aiding. field expansion through adjoining property purchase. Civil Air Patrol backs the effort to create a real flying field serving instructional training and local aeronautics activity.
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Lawrence Airport
Sprint Street
A. Zalaneck and Son
Lawrence Thomas
Civil Air Patrol
Hitler’s Radio Forecasts Allege Imminent Allied Invasion
Dewitt MacKenzie notes Nazi radio voices in Italy predicting a two-front Allied invasion of Western Europe. Berlin and Rome chatter point to southern France or the Rhone area as targets, with 300,000 French troops in Oran and a large invasion fleet assembling in the Mediterranean and across the English Channel. Allied signals from North Africa and London suggest coordination at high levels as preparations continue for possible landings in France or Italy.
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Associated Press
Dewitt MacKenzie List
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High Command
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North Africa
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Berlin
France
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Oran
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London
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United States
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Sarney
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Bynaeeast
Ludwig Sertorius
Churchill
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Spain
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Paris
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Plan Restrictions On Sale of Milk
Washington warns butter shortage may reach danger point as War Food Administration plans to keep milk allotments fixed. If fluid consumption grows, cheese butter evaporated milk and other dairy production may fall below essential civilian needs. DuBois boy Henry Mileski missing. investigation and another missing man reported in the Albin area.
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Anington
Bombers Hit Berlin Again in Night Raid
A large British bomber fleet attacked Berlin last night, dropping thousands of bombs and mines. The raid caused fires and smoke over the city while reports say 15 bombers were shot down. Allied aerial activity included American participation and continued raids over the Rhineland.
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Associated Press
London
Berlin
Sons of Site
Aly Ministry
Rhineland
Jost
DNB
Sews Agency
Ana& W
Tipsy Driving Charge Leads to Apprehension and Bond
Roger Clifford Ross of RW 4 faced charges after a West Washington street service station encounter. Patrolmen Burlingame and Bielawaki observed him intoxicated and attempting to drive a vehicle transporting workers. He fled, but officers pursued and arrested him near Mott and Washington. At a hearing Alderman George H. Gordon set bail at 600, with trial by grand jury to follow.
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Ross
George Burlingame
Edward Bielawaki
West Washington Street
Bislawski
Fime Ar Mott
Washington Street
George H. Gordon
Eoarac
Free Methodists Elect District Superintendents
The Free Methodist church elected district superintendents at Pleasantville in a business session. Named were Rev. C. O. Whitford Oil City district, Rev. L. J. Lindsey New Castle Erie, Rev. H. W. Haskins Bradford, and Rev. D. N. Thomas DuBois Tyrone.
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Pleasantville
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Oil City
L. J. Lindsey
New Castle
Erie
H.W. Haskins
Bradford
D. N. Thomas
DuBois
Tyrone
Allied planes strike Japanese shipping in new blows
Allied air forces in the Southwest Pacific claim major strikes on Japan’s sea lanes. A seven ship convoy at Wewak, New Guinea, suffered bomb damage as Allied bombers added 21,000 tons to the 2,900,000-ton total previously reported. In fresh operations, four–engine bombers damaged or destroyed several cargo ships and an enemy destroyer near Wewak, Cape St George, and Mussats Island, with Liberators and patrol aircraft enforcing the attack.
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Allieey
Southwest Pacific
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New Guinea
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Washington
Alr
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Australia
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Atalinas
Urge Students to Return To High Schools As War Duty
Harrisburg dispatch notes Pennsylvania officials urge youth to stay in school as many high school age students shift to industrial work and potential induction. Dr. Freneis B. Hans stresses education as preparation for military service and national reconstruction. Selective Service offices say 18 year olds remain liable until mid academic year with deferment afterward.
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Harrisburg
Sei
Pennsylvania
Freneis B. Hans
Attom
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Hans
Paul V. McNult
War Manpower Commissem
Allied Troops Capture Three Coastal Cities
Allied forces seize three coastal cities after establishing multiple beachheads with overwhelming air superiority. A second landing occurs between Melito and Cape Sportivento as German forces again press Italians to bear the main assault.
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Melito
Cape Sportivento
Invasion of Southern Italy Presses On
Allied forces expand bridgeheads across the Strait of Messina from Sicily as British Canadian troops push inland toward Reggio Calabria and San Giovanni. Reports say Tallin troops surrender and prisoners taken, with extensive naval and air support aiding the advance.
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Dwight B. Eisenhower
Strait of Messina
Eighth Army
Italy
San Giovanni
Aie
Allied War Bulletin
Bernard L
Montgomery
1St Army
Royaio Calabria
San Giovenni
Tallan
Sicily
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Reggio Calabria
Melito
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