Red Army Drives Toward Kiev Poltava Lozovaya Rail Line
Red Army forces press across central Ukraine toward the Dnieper with Nezhin captured and plans to sever the Kiev Poltava Lozovaya railway, isolating German units. Russian reports claim Novorossiysk falls and Bryansk actions continue as fighting intensifies. The border and Pacific fronts spark debate on a possible Japanese move against Soviet Russia.
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London
Ukraine
Dnieper River
Nezhin Yesterluy
Totay
Kiev-Poltava- Lozovyays
Nezhin
Nual
Dnieper
Parrier
Arp
Red Army
Kiev-Poltaya
Lozovaya
Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Neahin
Kiev
Tloward
Gulai Pole
Pokrovskoye
Zaporozhe
Melitopel
Crimea
Bryansk
Thhe
Await Official Vote Canvass For Write-in Results
The county canvass begins today or tomorrow at the Office Of forcurty commissioners to determine write-in results. It may reveal Democratic city council nominees and possibly one or two school director nominees. Clarence Wallace and Robert Desmond gained write-in support. Desmond is believed to have won a second Democratic school board nomination. The formal canvass will finalize the fall election picture.
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Forcurty Commissioners
Clarence
Wallace
Robert Desmond
Desmond
It-19
Westy
Hie
Food output under minute examination in Washington
Washington heads face a food output problem as the White House and Congress scrutinize farm policy. War Food Administrator Marvin Jones will testify to the House Agriculture Committee on next year’s program of production distribution and price support. Roosevelt and advisers discussed price incentives to boost crops while reducing government subsidies, signaling possible changes in farm policy and subsidy use.
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Associated Press
Washington
Whitte House
Congress
Marvin Jones
Une
House Agriculture Committee
Fulmer
D-Wc
Roosevelt
Aié
Allied forces hold Salerno as German withdrawals mount
Allied high command reports Fifth Army strengthening its Salerno beachhead amid heavy naval and air bombardment. British Sixth Army captures Beato n and advances toward a junction with the U S Fifth Army. German counterattacks intensified as Allied battleships pound hill defenses and warplanes blitz targets in Germany and France.
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U. S
Berlin
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Salerno
Bernard L
Andield
Dunkerque
Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
Gallagher
Sth
Backing Jap Forces Into Death Trap in Southwest Pacific
Allied jungle troops batter through bunkers trenches and machine guns with artillery and air support to tighten a ring around New Guinea targets. East of Us, Australians near Malahang airfield center while western forces breach defenses in Macisiata valley. In the south Americans and Australians overpower most of the Japanese garrison, seize the Sala maua harbor town, and push patrols to hunt survivors along jungle routes toward Huon Gulf bases.
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Associated Press
Southwest Pacific
Sens
New Guinea
Malahang
J Macisiata
Salamaua
Huon Gulf
Plant Worker Suffers Severe Burns on Leg
Bert Granam of Gariing was treated at Corry hospital for burns on the leg sustained while moving eld at the plant. Ann Pur pura of 704 West Pressant street was another patient receiving care for injuries after a fall on stairs at home.
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Bert Granam
Gariing
Corry
Ann Purpura
West Pressant Street
Ering
Isverstad
Allies Capture Two Balkan Island Outposts Invasion Near
Allied forces advance as two Balkan island outposts fall and hints of a nearby invasion emerge. The report notes hospital administrative changes, a $1000 donation from Corry Jamestown Manufacturing, and August operations reaching a new record with 154 procedures, 1088 hospital days, and 270 patients.
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Balkan
Bond
Lero
A. Bruce Smith
D. Warren DeRosay
Corry Jamestown Mtg. Corp
A. Brige Smith
Theat Youltizman
Corry Hospital Asociation
Tutrary
Fio Nnce
Jelly of Cony
Corry-Jamestown Manufacturing Corporation
Lee Nichols
Nichols
E. E. Hawkins
Whereabouts of the British Ninth Army Spark Speculation
Reports from Ankara and Stockholm say Allied forces may have occupied outposts near Leroun and Samos in a move echoing the Italian invasion setup. The British Ninth Army under Lt General Holmes reportedly sailed from Middle East bases, with Balkans invasion speculation rising as German reinforcements move toward Salonika and the Vardar valley.
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London
Balsans
Italy
Tron
Ankara
Samos
Lero
Cret
Britain
Mediterranean
Syria
Pransjor Fanin Eero
Maunnland
Crath
Sumos
Grasse
Aegean Sea
Rhodes
Stockholm
Ninth Army
W. H. Holmes
Middle East
Balkans
Gsiro
Lewis H. Brereton
U. S
Getman
Nish-Vardar
Saloniks
Gregisa Boleway
Vardur
Postpone New Tax Hearings In Washington
Washington Sept 18 The House Ways and Means Committee indefinitely postponed the opening of hearings on the 1944 general tax measure amid expectations the plan would raise billions for wartime revenue. Chairman Doughton expressed hope the measure could end up by January 1 despite lack of readiness from treasury and tax staff and Republican criticism of administration discord.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
Treasury
Congressional
Rep. Reed
New York
Indict Curley and Five Others in Mail Fraud
A federal grand jury indicted Representative James M. Gurley and five associates on 21 counts alleging mail fraud tied to an alleged government contract scheme. The defendants, officers and directors of Tagineer’s Group Inc with offices in Washington Chicago and Boston, include Marshall J. Fitzgtrill James G Fuller James Barton Underwood Bertram Hall and others.
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Associated Press
Washington
James M. Gurley
Muss
Donald Wakefieldmith
Pittsburgh
National Labor Relations Board
Tagineer's Group, Inc
Chicago
Boston
Gulley
Ares Marshall J. Fitzgtryll
Chimney
Anc
Pittsburgh Faces Acute Coal Shortage Amid Winter Prep
Sept 16 Pittsburgh officials and coal merchants warn of a severe home heating coal shortage in the district. Howard D. Gibbs calls for immediate action after a sharp drop in production and shipments. He met in Washington with officials and plans to form a civic leaders committee with Mayor Scully to address the crisis. Gibbs reports long coal-yard lines and trucks idling as producers overcommit shipments to other regions.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Howard D. Gibbs
Rela Coal Merchants
Pennsylvania
Vysernational
Gibbs
Nie
Washington
Charles Potter
Solid Fuels
Cornelimé Scully
Cholera and plague fight Japs in southwest Pacific
Washington dispatch reports cholera typhoid malaria dysentery bubonic and pneumonic plague and other epidemics assailing Japanese forces in the southwest Pacific. Netherlands Information Bureau cites health-suburbia outbreaks and broadcasts from the Japanese occupied Dutch East Indies and Indo China as evidence of public health breakdowns under Nippon occupation.
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Washington
Southwest Pacific
Netherlands Information Bureau
Nippon
Netherlands East Indies
Netherlands
East Indies
Java
War Briefs From Fronts and Mines In 1941
Associated Press reports day’s bullets and bombings across theaters. Japanese planes raid Lin Solo and Guadalcanal with minor damage amid two September attacks. British bombing night raids hit Nantes naval targets as Fortresses strike in western Europe. German radio claims Bryansk still in German hands with city in outskirts. In Kentucky, seven miners trapped 5,000 feet underground after a mine tunnel collapse at Three Point Coal near Harlan.
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Associated Press
Washington
Une
Lin Solo
Monk
Navy
Linen Point
Guadalcanal
Russell Thunds
London
Vilier
Europe
Nantes
France
Bryansk
Urraine
Harlan
WEA to Solve Milk Problem Urges Subsidies
Washington Sept 16 War Food Administrator Marvinston told the Senate banking committee he would present a plan to solve a milk production problem that could raise butter cheese and canned milk prices. Aides said he may propose government subsidies for the winter season as costs rise. Dairy experts estimate subsidies could run from 140000 to 165000000.
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Assopiaca Rresa
Washington
Marvinston
Jay
Senate Banking Committee
War Food Administration
Community reaches 236060 in war loan drive push
The Third War Loan Drive reports a sales total of 236060.02 dollars, about a quarter of the community quota. Deductions from several industries exceed eleven percent, with clubs and workplaces organizing house to house canvassing and payroll deductions. Women lead home campaigns while shops expand efforts to ensure broader participation in the September drive.
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Jim Bravembrt
Slong
Vaniows Industries
Vom Precisions Penduees
Wey
Two Trusties Escape From Prison
Two trusties from Chester County Prison bakery escaped through a skylight in the night after a 20 year sentence. Russell Munger, 21, of Pottstown, a former soldier serving six months to six years for a felony, and Samuel Ziemer, 29, of St Peters near Pottsville, serving one to two years for rape, were identified by prison officials. Gen George G Marshall, U S chief of staff, visiting Mexico City, called the week’s Salerny fighting “the beginning of heavy fighting.”
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Asvocation
West Chester
Chester County
Liberty Today
Nice
Officisis
Russell Munger
Pottstown
Samuel Zie~mer
St. Peter's
Pottstow
Marshall
Mexico
Mexico City
George G. Marshall
U.S
Salerny
Navy Needs 533000 Men to Meet Requirements
Washington reports the Navy must draft 533000 men in the last four months of the year. Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs told the Senate Military Committee the manpower need includes deducing and Induction projections vary from 145000 to 273000 monthly. The push to draft fathers is tied to selective service mobilization for a 1943 army buildup to 7700000. Senator Wheeler seeks delaying father inductions until after January 1.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Randall Jacobs
Senate Military Committee
Silica Army
LopUlesr & Hall Pution
Wheeler
D-Mont
Guards Around Vatican City Reinforced by German Troops
Geneva dispatch reports German troops armed with tank guns and machine guns guarding Vatican City to sever contacts between Rome and the Holy See. Italians were said unable to obtain permission to pray at St. Peter's as anti fascists sought refuge within Vatican precincts.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Switzerland
Tuyisynne
Eld
Vatican City
Vatican
Rome ‘Proper
Holy See
St. Peter's
unclear article fragment about a late afternoon win raid
Fragmentary OCR text shows a late afternoon whistle and a win raid scene with many garbled words. Key entities are unreadable, unclear names, places, or dates, making precise identification impossible.
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Novorossisk
Black
Bea
Caucasus
Moscow
Russia
Monaalan
Siberian
Ty Associater
Tocay
Chungking
Paling Miao
Lake Baikal
Pacific
East Asia
Wesl
Germany
Siberia
Nuieh & Spectre
North Africa
Mark W. Clarke
Fifth Army
Lee
Turkey
Curley
Renored
Wrile
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