Russians Capture Bryansk Shifts German Front Toward Dnieper
Russian forces seized Bryansk, a fortress city on the Desna, breaching the main German line near the Dnieper. Evacuation of the city, held since 1941, was acknowledged as Red Army advances threaten to trap retreating Germans on the east bank. Rail corridors from Bryansk radiate to Smolensk and Kiev, potentially accelerating a wider German retreat.
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Daniel London
Bryansk
Dnieper
Keystone
Moscow
Desna
London
Kiev
Dnieperopetrovsk
DNB
Berlin
Ore
Smolensk
Central Front
Ukraine
Lower
Hussian Wah
Explosive Father Draft Issue Reaches Washington Hearings
Congress resumes to weigh drafting pre Pearl Harbor fathers as Oct 1 draft date nears. Senate and House committees plan joint hearings on the Wheeler bill with Gen. Marshall and other top officials testifying. Officials seek public access amid mixed statements on the need for greater armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
High Command
Reynolds
North Carolina
Senate Military Affairs Committee
George C. Marshall
House Military Committee
Senate
Robert FP. Patterson
Pacific
Joseph T. MacNarney
Marshall
Ernest J. King
Naval Operations
Lewis
Hershey
Selective Service
Food Subsidies Proposed Again in OPA Plan
Washington report on Bowles pushing renewed subsidies to curb food costs. OPA plans new $100 million program to lower prices on apples, oranges, onions, potatoes, vegetables, and peanut butter while restructuring staff and removing legal string attached requirements. Bowles promises lighter snooping and more public CPA data as subsidies resume after July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Chester Bowles
Office of Price Administration
Congressional
Bowles
Senate
OPA
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Thieves Overlook $19,000 In Trunk
Cleveland police reported the theft of $26,820 from a trunk kept under the bed of a West Side man who stated he liked to have money where he can see it. Albert Schmeeburger was named as the victim and authorities noted the thieves overlooked $19,000, claiming the money was his life savings from working since boyhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Patrick J. Lynch
West Side
Albert’ Schmeeberger
Lynch
Knox Mum On Courts Martial
Washington reports say Navy Secretary Knox avoided comment on whether a statute of limitations will block court martial for Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel unless arraigned before December 7, the Pearl Harbor assault anniversary. Officials did not confirm charges or current status for Kimmel or General Walter Short.
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Washington
Knox
Husband E. Kimuicl
Pearl Harbor
War Department
Walter C. Short
Hawaii
Kimmel
FDR Condemns Discriminatory Rider Targeting Three Officials
President Roosevelt told Congress that a rider to an urgent deficiency bill to oust three federal workers is an unwarranted intrusion on executive and judicial powers. The rider bars Lovett, Dodd, and Watson from office unless appointed by the President and Senate before November 15, with no trials or impeachment involved.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Robert Moris Lovett
Government Secat
Virgin Islands
Wilam E. Dodd,Jr
Goodwin B. Watson
Federal Communications Commission
Dies
Lovett, Dodd Or Watson
Econpee
Senate
Supreme Court
Ite
Sharpe Urges Irrigation Boom for Missouri River Dams
Gov. M. Sharpe told the South Dakota Reclamation Association that constructing multiple purpose dams along the Missouri River would bring cheap power flood control navigation and benefit the James River valley and Huron to reach 25 000 people in ten years He cited W G Sloan of the Bureau of Reclamation and said act authorizing the project would be sought in Washington this fall to secure congressional appropriations
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Northwest
M. Sharpe
South Dakota Reclamation Association
Sharpe
Missouri River
South Dakota
United States
Huron
Denver
United States’ Bureau‘of Reclamation
Odd Fellows Hall
Sloan
Missouri
Gov
Congressional
Tojomen Discard death by own action Tactics In Lhe Retreat
Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced that isolated Japanese remnants once numbered around 20,000 fought fiercely as they fled toward Lae in New Guinea. Allies gained an offensive base at Salamaua, while long range bombers hit Japanese bases from Makassar to the Solomon Islands and attacked Lae's defenses.
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Associated Press
Douglas MacArthur
Lae
New Guinea
Eee Salamaua
Salamaua
Salamaua Psirdrome
Dampier Strait
New Britain
Makassar
Dutch Celebes
Solomon Islands
Washington
Japan
Rurle ‘Island
Paramushiro
Aleutians
Tokyo
Burma
RAF
Street Fighting Reported In Rome and Italy
London reports bitter street fighting in Rome as Algiers radio claims Mussolini plans to cancel Italy's capitulation and reorganize the army. Italian resistance spreads nationwide with clashes in Belgrade and Montenegro where 2000 Italian soldiers fight Germans. Fascist uprisings reach Milan Turin Genoa Novara Cremona and Bologna area fronts.
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London
Rome
Algiers Radio
Benito Mussolini
Italy
House of Savoy
Radio
Algiers
Associated Press
Balkans
Belgrade
Montenegro
Milan
Turin
Genoa
Novara
Cremona
Bologna
British land forces reach Spitsbergen in Arctic raid follow-up
A Berlin broadcast reported by the Associated Press says Britain landed new forces on Spitsbergen in response to the September 8 German hit and run raid. Five British destroyers reportedly reached Barentsburg at dawn and disembarked guns. The German report claims harbor installations and a weather station were destroyed, with the fate of the Norwegian garrison unclear.
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London
Spitsbergen
Arctic Circle
DNB
Berlin
Associated Press
Barentaburg
Aonnegient
Bar- Ten
Tpost
Purdue agronomy head named at Purdue University
Dr Wallace W Wor announced yesterday that he will become head of the agronomy staff at Purdue University agricultural experiment station. The appointment takes effect October 1 and names Wor as department leader, marking a key change at the Indiana college in Lafayette.
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Lafayette
Ind
Wallace
W. Wor Hun
Purdue, University. Agricultural
Namy
Gasoline Dodges Fire Chief Over Disposal Dilemma
An Ohio River gasoline barge needing repairs cannot unload its 80 barrels before welding, while regulations bar giving away or dumping the fuel. The local ration board and government rules prevent sale without stamps, leaving disposal options limited.
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The
Associated: Press Imatisont
Eckert
U S Sub Lost In Pacific Area
The navy reported the submarine Grenadier and two submarine chasers lost. An enemy raid on Funafuti Island caused little damage and one enemy plane was shot down. The Grenadier, overdue and presumed lost, carried about 63 men and was the 12th U S submarine lost since the war began.
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Washington
Grenadier
Navy
United States
Funafuti Island
Ellice
Pacific
Mediterranean
Salt Lake City Women’s Council Bans Kissing Moratorium
The Salt Lake City Council of Women calls for a moratorium on kissing to curb what they deem the country’s unhealthiest habit. The safety committee urged the measure as a public health warning.
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Lake City
Committee of the Salt
World Events At A Glance Italy Russia Arctic New Guinea Pacific Berlin
World events report rapid Italian counterattacks at Salerno as German forces push up the Italian peninsula while Nazis reinforce. Russia warns of major German drives, Bryansk fall opens White Russia advance, and Red Army seizes villages near Crimea. Arctic circle notes recapture of Spitsbergen, Pacific fronts report Makassar bombed and Paramushiro strike. Berlin declares a Fascist rebirth as Mussolini aims to reform the Italian party.
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Italy
Salerno
Eighth Army
Russia
Berlin
Bryansk
Moscow
White Russia
Crimea
Arctic Circle
Norwegian
Spitsbergen
New Guinea
Lac
MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Celebes
Solomons
Makassar
Washington
U.S
Paramushiro
Japan
Kurile Islands
Aleutians
Berleon
Mussolini
Duce
Catholics Worried Over Pope’s Fate
Swiss border dispatch reports Catholics fear Pope Pius XI may be prisoner of Nazi forces. Der Bund note says German troops have reportedly respected Vatican City so far while tension rises along the Swiss Italian frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Chiasse
der Bund
Pius. XI
Albert Kesgelring
Vatican City
Writer Thinks Uprooting Prussian Clique Will End German Aggression
DeWitt Mackenzie argues that removing Prussian influence could curb German aggression. The piece cites Hull and Cordell discussing war aims and the need to reassess allied leadership, with skeptical notes on public assurances and strategic plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt- MacKenzie
Tritler
Teehee
Eral
Cordell
Germans Regain Some Territory in Salerno Push
Allied reports from North Africa describe heavy Allied reinforcements entering the Salerno bridgehead as German counterattacks push the Fifth Army back at points. British forces approach 100 miles from a junction to relieve invasion forces, with Verona and Bari showing continued Allied advances.
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Wes Gallagher
North Africa
Salerno
Italy
Fifth Army
Mediterranean
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gallipoli
Alicht Ae
U. S
Eboli
Associated Press
Cosenza
Bari
Brindisi
Adriatic
Fifth. Army
Ebolf
Albert Kesselring
Hermann Goering
Mark W. Clark
Trians
Trans- Ocean
Eighth Army
Reggio di Calabria
Taranto
Brindi
Gioja
Hewes estate leaves bequests to Huron institutions
Helen Steele Hewes who died at 100 on September 1 left parts of her estimated 132000 dollar estate to Huron institutions in probate filings. She allocated three percent to First Church of Christ Scientist Huron College and one percent to YWCA. Her Beverly Hills home went to her son James Emmett Bell. Remaining assets split 30 percent to sister-in-law Charlotte Elizabeth Allen Reading Mag, five percent to each of 11 nephews and nieces, five percent to First Church Boston, and five percent to Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children Chicago unit.
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Los Angeles
Helen Steele Hewes
Huron
S. D
Alanson M. Hewes
Huron, Power Company
First Church of Christ Scientist
Huron, College
YWCA
Beverly Hills
James Emmett
Bell
Charlotte
Elizabeth
Allen
Reading
First
Church ‘of Christ
Scientist
Boston
Chicago
Shriners’ Hospital
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