Army Reduction Would Hit War Plans Warns General
General McNarney testified that an army of 7 700 000 by year end is the minimum for current tasks and any reduction would force shifts in strategic commitments. Patterson warned cutting plane production and delaying fathers inductions would jeopardize war output and victory.
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Washington
Otder
Joseph T. McNamey
MacNarney
Army
Navy
George C. Marshall
Italy
McNarmey
Patterson
McNarney
Legislatora
Wheeler
Montana
Ouries
de Patterson
Russians Take Nezhin on Main Rail Line in Ukraine War
Moscow announced Stalin signed a victory order stating Nezhin 80 miles northeast of Kiev fell after two days of heavy fighting. Soviet dispatches claim capture opens drive toward Dnieper defenses as Red Army presses from Bryansk to the Dnieper bend.
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London
Nezhin
Kiev-Kursk
Kiev
Moscow
Dnieper
Ukraine
Joseph Stalin
Constantine Rokossovsky
Stalin
Belgorod
Nozhin
Russia
Red Army
Sea of Azov
Bryansk
Dnieperopetrovsk
M M. Popov
Smolensk
Desa River
Kiev-Xursk
Salamaua Falls to Allied Forces. MacArthur Says Garrison Routed
Allied troops pushed toward Lae as Salamaua surrendered after heavy fighting. Reports say Japanese forces at Salamaua were completely routed with scattered holdouts fleeing into jungle. Allied columns breached two defense lines west of Lae while air and river assaults continued on Burma fronts.
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Associated Press
Douglas MacArthur
Lae
New Guinea
Salamaua
Malahang
Burma
China Calls for Expulsion of Japanese Influence in Korea and Formosa
Chinese Foreign Minister T. V. Soong announced a policy blueprint in Washington urging complete eradication of Japanese influence in Korea and Formosa. He said Korea should be independent and Formosa join the Republic of China, while noting China rejects future talks on Hongkong Mongolia and rejects Tokyo peace terms that favor racial war.
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Washington
China
T. V. Soong
Korea
Formosi
Japan
Korean Peninsula
Formosa
Philippines
Soong
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Republic of China
Thailand
Hongkong
Mongolia
Chungking
Manchuria
Ching
Tokyo
Empire
Chicago Polio Cases Near Eight Hundred in Cook County
Chicago records show infantile paralysis nearing 800 cases with seventy six deaths. Of 798 cases, 631 occurred within Chicago and 167 in Cook County suburbs, marking the highest totals in history.
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Chicago
Cook County
Famine Threatens Nazi Held Cities
Reports from the Italian frontier warn of famine in Rome and other Nazi occupied northern Italian cities. Rome orders weapon surrender under threat of shooting. Vatican fate uncertain as German troops take positions near St Peter's Square. Rome calls on food producers to aid civilians. schools closed. food supplies dwindling in the north due to requisitions.
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Bern
Switzerland
Rome
Italy
Badoglio
Reich
Chiasso
St. Peter's Square
Pius XII
Vatican City
Allied set backs in Italy no sign of major defeat
Report notes Allied difficulties at Salerno and German propaganda claims of major setbacks are not viewed as changing the overall Italian campaign. Observers say Hitlerites act out of desperation to slow but not stop the Allied advance toward Rome and occupation of Italy.
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Italy
Salerno
Fifth Army
Rome
Move To Balkans Drives Rumored British Ninth Army North
London reports state the British Ninth Army may move from Middle East bases toward the Balkans as part of an Allied drive into Greece. Ferment in Yugoslavia and fighting around the Dodecanese Islands are noted, with Italian surrender complicating the Balkan war picture.
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London
Stockholm
Ankara
Ninth Army
Balkans
Middle East
Greece
Dodecanese
Algiers
Associated Press
Mediterranean
Europe
Syria
Transjordania
Rhodes
Crete
Balkan
Peet
Yugoslavia
Adriatic Sea
Italy
Slovenia
Serbia
Bosnia
Humania
Antonescu
Bulgaria
Germany
Dodecanese Islands
Turkey
Pilot Irrigation Project Proposed in James River Valley
W G Sloan Denver investigation engineer for the U S Bureau of Reclamation tells Huron Lions Club irrigation is feasible and economical in the James River valley. He mentions a possible small pilot project and stresses irrigation as a proven method with ancient precedent. J A Conner presides.
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Missouri River
James River Valley
W. G. Sloan
Denver
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
Huron Service Club
Sloan
Nile River
Stora
J. A. Conner
The
Huron Lions Club
Toledo school walkout closes 65 buildings
A Toledo walkout by AFL maintenance employees closed 65 public school buildings and prevented operations. The action halted regular school activities as workers participated in the protest. Authorities and unions were involved in the stoppage occurring on September 15.
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Toledo
AFL
Allied Troops Hold Salerno But Lose Ground In Counterattacks
Allied forces repelled fierce German counterattacks along the Salerno bridgehead but were forced to yield some ground to straighten lines. Heavy air bombardment from the North Africa Air Force and naval gunfire accompanied gains near Belvedere as Eighth Army advances and Capri occupation were reported.
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Noland Norgaard
North Africa
Salerno
Italy
Mark W Clark
Agropoli
Greece
Belvedere
Northwest African Air Force
Hermann Goeritg
Salerno-Agropeli
Capri
U.S
Eighth Army
Cosenza
Taranto
Gioia
First Ride In Black Maria In Santa Fe
A man faces intoxication charges but is jailed in the new Santa Fe police patrol wagon. In court next morning the jailer gives him cigarets and the judge dismisses the case, marking the first Black Maria ride in Santa Fe.
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Santa Fe, N, M
Poice
Santa Fe
War Bond Show Raises $67,350 Here Last Night
Beadle County's Third War Loan premiere at the Huron Theatre raised 67 350 dollars with 675 attendees paying about 3100 each. The event, in support of the county drive, featured films and music and was led by James J Meaghan as county Third War Loan chairman, with Virgil exceeding its quota and plans to double the goal as part of a county wide push to reach 1 110 000 by October 1.
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Huron
Adolf Schickelgruber
Hitler
Beadle County
Bond
Huron Theatre
USS Huron
Navy
Subchaser
Jso
Helen ‘Buchanan
Lucille Haynes
MM. E. Barnes
L. C. Patterson
J. 8. Tschetter
Cleveland
Virgil
Virgil Meaghan
Stags
Vernon, Tollerud
wW.c
Jake” Denison
Guy Smith
Bill Hoite
Cooley Taylor
Dan Gargovich
Serbia
Gargovich
Chicagoland North Western Railway
Bord
Marion Walker
Ava Couldn't Wait for Divorce Decree
A court records Ava filing for divorce, with details indicating a swift decree. The case centers on Ava seeking legal dissolution of marriage and related support or asset terms. No additional parties or dates are specified in available text.
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Ava
Alleged German Spy Arrested By FBI In Newark
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover announced the arrest of Portuguese citizen John Di Silva Purvis in Newark New Jersey on charges of acting as a German spy. Purvis allegedly transmitted information to Europe and received cash payments and was involved in a network with two couriers and a courier letter containing code words. The case lists assignments on warship construction Pearl Harbor damage sea losses convoys American bases and mine fields along the African coast and Americas.
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Washington
J. Edges Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Newark
N. J
John di Silva Purvis
Ci Ces
Germany
Hoover
Purvis
Europe
United States
Pearl Harbor
Central
South America
World Events At A Glance
Italian Fifth Army repels German counterattacks in Salerno seven days into the battle as reinforcements arrive. Allies push from the south and capture Capri in Naples Bay. British Ninth Army rallies in the Balkans with guerilla gains and Dodecanese fighting. Soviet forces threaten Dnieper and advance toward Kiev while pushing 300 villages. MacArthur claims near air field and a rout of Japanese forces at Sela Imauva. China rejects new peace overtures from Japan as Soong asserts stance against collaboration.
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Associated Press
Italy
Fifth Army
Salerno
Alles
Island of Capti
Naples Bay
British Coal Miners Protest Boy Arrest
Fourteen thousand coal miners in Britain strike in protest over the imprisonment of 18 year old Sidney Page for refusing a Labor Ministry work order. The walkout began September 12 and expanded to fourteen pits with all idle until the youth is released.
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Nottinghamshire
Great Britain
Sidney Page
State Farm Bureau To Meet In Huron
The 26th annual meeting of the South Dakota Farm Bureau Federation will be held in Huron December 1 2 and 3, announced today by A W Palm secretary. H B Test Frederick president will announce a complete program later.
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South Dakota Farm Bureau Federation
Huron
A.W. Palm
H. B. Test
Frederick
Federation
Milwaukee Road to Invest in Third War Loan Credit
The Milwaukee Road will invest 24 million dollars in the third war loan and allocate 2.2 million to South Dakota from its subscription. Scandrett, trustee of the road, announced today that every county in which the feed operates across 12 states will participate in the credit for the purchase.
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Chicago
Milwaukee Road
Beert
South Dakota
HLA
Bombers Renew Air Assaults on France
Bombers renewed air assaults on France today with Liberators and twin engine Marauders targeting German air installations near Paris and scattered fields across other French regions.
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France
Paris
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Ivy
Dewitt MacKenzie
Cairo
Maria Pays
FBI
Southwest Pacific
Lhe
MacArthur
Sela Imauva
Boy
State Farm Bureau
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