Volunteers Boost War Bond Sales In Beadle County
War bond sales in Beadle County rose toward 603000 as One Hundred Per Cent Week energized volunteers. Beadle County aims for 2110000 by September, with credit to Huron block workers and rural committeemen. Farmers paused threshing to solicit bonds, and headquarters stay open late with bonds in small denominations. Tickets for a captured Japanese submarine display are given with each bond purchase.
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James J. Meaghan
Beadle County
Huron
Meahan
Service Club
Meaghan
Northwestern Public Service Company
Marvin Hughitt
Olf
Volunteer Bond Sales Plan At Stake In War Drive
New York September 23 Treasury Secretary Morgenthau states the Third War Loan drive hinges on whether Americans will sustain the volunteer bond plan. He notes enemy propaganda aims to disrupt the campaign and insists the drive is about two thirds complete with many doors still to ring.
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New York
Treasury
Morgenthau
Japan
Germany
New York City
Prisoners Canning Fruits Held by Idaho Penitentiary
For ten days three trusties in the Idaho State Penitentiary canned peaches pears and tomatoes. The pile grew larger until finally they were warned by Warden Sams that the peaches are getting riper every minute and that officers hope they’ll be captured soon.
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Boise
Idaho
Idaho State Penitentiary
Sams
Pearch
Flying Fort Raid On Hannover Follows Major RAF Night Attack
Allied air forces launched a large RAF night raid on Hannover targeting the railway and factory city, with a mass bomber sweep across north central Germany. American Marauders struck Nantes and two French airfields, while earlier missions hit Emden and Oldenburg. The bombardment came within 18 hours of another major attack, with reports of large fires and enemy fighter activity.
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Nantes
Hannover
London
Europe
Reich
France
Air Ministry
Britain
Germany
Mmunique
Emden
Oldenburg
Bremen
Vannes-Neucon
Berlin-Bastard
Evereaux-Fauvilion
Paris
Conches
Holorthwest
Glanzer Freed of Truck Charge
Glanzer Sam Glanzer, a resident north of Yale, was acquitted by a municipal court jury of operating a motor vehicle for hire without a permit. He testified he carried 28,400 pounds of twine between Yale and Wessington Springs on three July trips to deliver to Farmers Elevator, while his attorney argued the transport was an occasional personal errand not a hire service.
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Sam Glanzer
Yale
Glanzer
A. N. Johnson
Carthage
State Public Utilities Commission
Wessington Springs
Paul Kileinsasser
Glanz
George Longstaff
Yanks Drive Off Raid on Guadal
American fighter planes shot down two enemy bombers and drove off a Japanese bombing raid on Guadalcanal. The attack, largest over the island in weeks, involved 12 to 16 bombers with light material damage and a few casualties. A second raid of six planes near the air strip caused only light damage and no casualties.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
Navy
Solomons
Gamage
Mother of Four In Service Urges Draft Support
A Maryland mother of four sons in service testifies before the Senate military committee urging Baruch to back Army needs over the Wheeler bill to postpone the draft. She says many married men evade service and stresses the purpose of fighting now to secure a just war.
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Baruch
Washington
Bernard M. Baruch
White House
Senate Military Committee
Army High Command
Wheeler
Montana
Ried
Reynolds
North Carolina
Democrat
Margaret Horvath
Maryland
Baruch Jeft
Carrier and land planes unite in Gilbert Islands assault
Admiral Nimitz reports a joint carrier and land-based air offensive against Gilbert Islands on Sept 18 and 19. South and Central Pacific planes flew over 200 sorties across about 500 square miles near the equator 2,400 miles southwest of Hawaii, targeting Makin Avamama Tarawa and Nauru.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
Chester W. Nimitz
Gilbert Islands
South Pacific
Central Pacific
Equator
Hawaii
Minuty
Makin andAvamama
Tarawa
Nauru
World Events At A Glance On The Italian Front
Allied drives push 10 to 15 miles as American and British forces seize three towns on the southern Italian front. German demolition squads scuttle ships in Naples harbor blocking dock access. French and American Rangers push Nazi garrison from Corsica's northeast corner. Soviet armies drive to the Dnieper area with heavy losses on both sides. U S flying fortresses strike German U boat bases in Nantes. Australian troops threaten Finschhafen on New Guinea as ground action continues elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Naples
Corsica
Moscow
Russia
Poland
Germany
Poltava
Ukraine
Kiev
Red
Demidov
Dnieper
Rumanian
ATA
U.S
Fitressen
Nantes
France
Hanover
Guinea
Finschhafen
Apr
Soolomow Telands
Ament’ ‘Ann
Vvv
North Africa
Italy
Albert Kesselring
Bastia
Germans Abandon Poltava in Face of Russian Drive
Berlin radio reported Poltava, a 90000 population city on the Vorskla River, abandoned as Red Army offensives surged. The center of gravity shifted southeast of Smolensk with heavy fighting west of Yelnya and near Kiev as Soviet forces push toward the Dnieper.
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James M
London
Poltava
Ukraine
Dnieper Elbow
Berlin
Vorskla
Kharkov
Kiev
Kremenchug
Dnepropetrocks
Russia
Deniken
Charles XO
Péter the Great
Smolensk
Yelnya
Demidov
Jana Keystone
Kuban
Black Sea
Gaptore Demidov
White Russia
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Zolotonasha
Severan
Anapa
Trom
Caucasus
Kerch
War Bulletin
Tatare Nepropetravs
Zaporzhe Ant
Bryansk
Gomel
Starodub
No Fury Like A Woman's Scorn In War Bond Tale
Hartford Corne j Lou Cohen theater manager reports a woman paid 375 dollars of a 500 war bond to fund a divorce she hates Hitler more than her husband. This odd motive highlights wartime funding and personal vows.
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Hartford
Corne J
Lou Cohen
Hitler
Fighter-Bombers Help Doughboys Stop Nazi Counterattack
U S fighter-bombers from an Italian base strafed a Nazi tank and infantry counterattack northwest of Salerno, forcing retreat as ground troops advanced. Lt Eugene Santala led the second A-36 flight, praising surprise cloud cover and effective bombing of an olive grove where tanks gathered.
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Hal
Boyle
Italy
Salerno
Ior
Eugene Santala
Hibbing
Mins
Santala
Waqvere
Twelfth Air Support Command
Fish denies frank used to aid propaganda smear
Rep. Hamilton Fish of New York refutes a Legion resolution accusing him and other isolationists of letting a congressional frank aid George Sylvester Viereck and the America First Committee in disseminating anti American propaganda. He calls the charges false and says he will uncover the resolution’s source.
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New York
American Legion
Hamilton Fish
New York Republican
Frank Tovice
Fish
Legion
Omaha
Congress
George Sylvester Viereck
America First Committee
United States
Case Says Reserve Shells Being Released
Representative Case of South Dakota reports the War Production Board will release 200000 rounds of 30-30 rifle shells to distributors nationwide. He cites constituent letters about rising coyote predation and requests for more shells to control them. Marshall Wells of Duluth will receive a portion of the allocation.
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Case
Washington
Republican
South Dakota
War Production Board
Marshall Wells
Duluth
Assault at Pierre air base leads to arrests
Pierre city police report two soldiers were arrested in connection with an assault on a laborer at the Pierre air base. The case was turned over to military authorities, with possible proceedings at Rapid City base. One suspect Hougen, 48, Potter, and another Pvt Dell Aylesworth were named by police as linked to the incident.
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Pierre
Attorney- General's
An.-Air
the. Division
Rapid City
Wa Hougen
Potter
Hougen
Po .M. Been
Dell
Aylesworth
Cecil Brown Quits CBS News Broadcaster
CBS news commentator Cecil Brown announced his resignation citing the network policy of non opinionated news. He said his Aug 25 broadcast criticizing wartime enthusiasm led to the move and noted his remarks were made during a nationwide tour.
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New York
Cecil Brown
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Paul W. ‘White
CBS Ee
Allied Forces Press Corsica Advance Against Nazis
Allied sea and air power seal off Cor sica cutting off German troops fleeing Bastia as French soldiers and American Rangers push Nazis back toward the northeast corner of the island. Naples area is being crushed by air bombing and demolition as German ships and docks are torched and scuttled.
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North Africa
Cor- 340
Bastia
Solenxara
Suspect foul play in disappearance of Roy Snow
Pierre September report outlines a theory of foul play in the disappearance of Roy Snow a 69 year old Keonobec farmer who left his home September 6 and was last seen in Chamberlain on September 7 after cashing a check police noted he had a substantial bank balance no more checks had been written since September 6 his pocketbook with two dollars and keys was found in Chamberlain Snow is described as six feet tall 170 pounds with sharp features and a scar on the left cheek at last seen he wore a blue suit and tan hat
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Pierre
Attorney General
Roy Snow
Keonobec
Snow
Horne
Chamberlain
Knox Visits King and Churchill at Buckingham Palace
Secretary Frank Knox and Prime Minister Winston Churchill visited Buckingham Palace in London as King George VI received them today. The meeting noted the close wartime alliance and ongoing cooperation between the United States and Britain.
MacArthur Hints at Subordinate War Role in Pacific
Dewitt Mackenzie notes Gen Douglas MacArthur’s controversial statement about his role in the war. He suggests MacArthur fears being circumscribed in pursuing his strategic plan for the Pacific theater while praising his stature among Americans. The piece hints at possible desires for massive strokes against key objectives to bypass entrenched enemy positions.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Gen. Douglas
MacArthur
Sue ‘ Rey
Southwest
Pacific
Mac ‘Arthur
Pacific Theater
Seu MacKenzie
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