Reds Close In On Belgrade Battle Near Warsaw
Swift Russian troops moved within 90 miles of Belgrade and pressed toward Orsova on the Danube as part of a broader push. In Poland, two Russian army groups attacked along a 35 mile front near the Narew to engulf Warsaw, with Rokossovsky driving Germans from Welomin and toward Praga as Red artillery and air power shattered defensive lines.
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Ostraleka
Germany
Tito
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Great Plain
Budapest
Hungary
Hitler
Konstantin Rokossavsky
Welomin
Umits
Praga
Vistula
Move To Allocate Corn Pickers To Most Needed Areas
War Food Administration seeks to maximize use of corn picking machines by prioritizing eight states Montana Nebraska Kansas Colorado North Dakota South Dakota Oklahoma Missouri based on yield prospects labor shortages and picker availability. federal data show 20 725 pickers produced July 1 1943 to Aug 31 1943 with 13 972 for last year quotas and 6 753 for this year.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Montana
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
North Dakota
South Dakota
Oklahoma
Missour
War Production Board
WPE
State Fair Receipts Over 1942, Financial Success Appears Sure
The item reports on the 1942 state fair receipts showing strong financial results and signs of a successful event, indicating growing public interest and revenue streams amid ongoing wartime adjustments. It highlights era context while noting domestic economic resilience and local excitement surrounding the fair season.
Britain to end blackout rules September seventeenth
Britain will lift its five year blackout on September 17 as German air threat declines. Most windows won’t need heavy drapes except near coasts. Street lights will be brighter around docks and rail yards. Daytime firewatching ends.
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London
Britain
Ministry of Home Security
England
Stoves Off Rationing to Begin October 15
Coal and wood burning stoves used for cooking or heating go off rationing Oct. 15. The OPA said, however, that rationing of oil and gas stoves will be continued.
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Washington
OPA
Nazi Officials Begin To Tell Public Reich Peril Truth
War analyst notes Lt Gen Kurt Dittmar, Nazi high command spokesman, has begun blunt public disclosure of Germany's peril as Hitler's regime trims propaganda. He argues the regime must warn of invasion while Goebbels previously hyped victories, signaling a shift under pressure.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Kurt Dittmar
High Command
Dittmar
Germany
Goeb
Ferane
Russians Enter Greece To Climax Sensational Drive
Russian troops broke into Bulgaria and pushed toward the Turkish frontier and the Aegean coast after a rapid 160 mile advance in two days. Reports from Berlin said Bulgarias leftist government sought armistice terms through Soviet mediation as German forces faced collapse in the Balkans.
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Associated Press
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Dewey Opposes Early Military Training Decision
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey said at a news conference that universal military training should be postponed until after the war and opposed creating a civilian conservation corps. He planned his first postwar campaign speech in Philadelphia at Convention Hall, with 97 people on the trip.
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Jack Bell
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CBS
County officials hear lake Byron road request at session
Dr Laurence Betts Dr R Bethke and Marion Ritchey represented a group urging a southeast loop road around Lake Byron to be graveled. The commission postponed action until Tuesday next when more market road concerns and attendance were discussed.
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Aseem Cuntiel
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Emperor and Koiso Push Total Mobilization in Diet
Domei reports from Tokyo on the 85th extraordinary session as Emperor Hirohito warns the war is growing more intense and Premier Koiso calls for maximum effort under total mobilization to prepare for possible invasion and to safeguard the empire while invoking divine guidance.
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Associated Press
Wirehito
Kuniaki Koiso
Domei
Tokyo
Japan
Greater East Asia
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Diet
Hideki Tojo
Demos To Open State Office Here In Huron
State Democratic campaign head quarters will open Monday on the seventh floor of the Marvin Hughitt Hotel in Huron. A. L. Barnes state chairman announced after meetings with ranking candidates. Miss Goldie Wells of Webster will head the office. Attending were George Bradshaw Lennox Grover Lothrop Aberdeen and A. W. Clarkson Buffalo congressional candidates from the first and second districts.
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Marvin Hughitt
Huron
A. L. Barnes
Goldie Wells
Webster
George Bradshaw
Lennox
Chan Gurney
Grover Lothrop
Aberdeen
A. W. Clarkson
Buffalo
Allies Report Limited Action in North Burma Patrols
Allied troops in north Burma are reported to be largely inactive with limited patrol activity. Headquarters at Kandy notes retreating opposition and describes a quiet front as of early September.
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Asta Command
Kandy
Burma
Lmited
Activa
Allies Push Toward Siegfried Line In Major Front Advance
In battlefield dispatches from London and New York dated Sept 7 the Allied offenses expand toward the Siegfried Line. Patton’s Third Army advances toward Nancy and Metz as Hodges’ First Army drives 75 miles toward the front, while Dempsey’s Second Army moves up the Albert Canal and Canadian forces reach Ypres. The west wall holds as German defenses stiffen along a widening front from Luxembourg to Leuven and Namur.
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James M. Long
London
George S. Patton
Third Army
Orward
Nancy
Metz
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Meuse
Leuven
Louvain
Sedan
France
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Aris
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iMetz
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Jodoigneig
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Calais
Dunkerque
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Zeerugge
Campaign Managers To Get Extra Gas Rations
Campaign managers and candidates for state or federal office become eligible for special gasoline rations starting September 11. The principal campaign manager may receive extra gasoline equivalent to B rations for travel necessary to conduct the campaign, with mileage allowances varying by region.
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