Allied Air Raids Shatter Wewak Ammunition Depot in New Guinea
Allied bombers exploded a vast Japanese ammunition store at Wewak New Guinea in a record pyrotechnic display. The strike followed heavy Allied losses of enemy planes and ships, as Australians pressed toward Finschhafen while waves of Liberators and fighters targeted Kahili airbase on Bougainville.
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Wewak
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Finschhafen
Rabaul
Dlebe
Lae
Sux
Solomons
Japan
Kahili
Bougainville
United States
VFW Opposes U.S. Entry Into World Government
The Veterans of Foreign Wars declared itself ably opposed to any plan for the United States to join a world government or super state. The stance came in a resolution from the 44th national encampment. The group also postponed for a year a proposal to admit women with overseas service to the armed forces.
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VFW
New York
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United States
World Events At A Glance
Italy reports Allied troops investing Naples while Germans retreat after machine gunning civilians. British advance toward Manfredonia after 20 miles on the Adriatic. RAF bombs Bochum and Ruhr foundries. Soviets threaten Kiev and near Polish frontier. Australians push toward Finschhafen and wreck Japanese ammo at Wewak. Bougainville air battles hinder Japanese airbase. Yugoslavia and other fronts show Allied momentum edges.
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New Guinea
Finschhafen
Wewak
Solomon Sey Arco S. Wat
Taly
Venice-area
Nex
Ceiling on shotgun shell prices set nationwide
South Dakota announces price ceilings on shotgun shells effective immediately. 12 gauge up to 1.30 per box of 25, 16 and 20 gauge at 1.52 per box, single shells seven cents each. Violations to be reported. final WPB rule limits sportsmen to one box per season if holding 25 or fewer shells.
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Siojtx Falls
South Dakota
John J. Verschoor
Office of Price Administration
WPB
Verschoor
Minneapolis
Sportsmice
Robert A. Harris
Maury Maverick
Goverment Division
Washington
Jess
States Readying Fathers for Draft as Congress Debates
Washington reports that most states plan to induct prewar fathers into military service to meet quotas, with 446,000 required by year end. Oral boards slow to induct. October starts for many, while some may delay to November. States like Nebraska Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota North Dakota plan October or November drafts. South Dakota offers no comment on pre Pearl Harbor dates.
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Washington
Congress
Uo Associated Press
Selective Service
South
War ‘Department
Pearl Harbor
Pearl, Harbor
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Iowa
South Dakota
Rapid City
Selective. Service
A. Bec
Poultry Conservation Committee Appointed
BROOKINGS Sept 1 4 The South Dakota Poultry Conservation Committee organized under South Dakota State College extension aims to boost poultry production by campaigns to control diseases caused by poor management. Members include J T Harvey Milbank hatchery operators Albert Kaufman Freeman feed dealers Gamer Elliott Sioux Falls veterinarians Van Roe Webster lumber dealers Arnold Brakke Aberdeen produce dealers W J Allen Aberdeen and Gordon Fossum Sioux Falls.
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Brooklngs
Lne
South Dakota Poultry Conservation Committee
South Dakota
South Dakota State College Extension Department
J. T Harvey
Milbank
Albert Kaufman
Freeman
Gamer ,Elliott
Sioux, Falls
Remedy Deers É Crinarians
van Roe
Webster
Arnold Brakke
Aberdeen
W. J. Allen
Gordon Fossum
Sioux Falls
Father Charged With Murder In Fatal Fall
In Los Angeles on September 30 Glande L. Dexter aged 46 secretary of a cracker bakers union was charged with murder in the death of his 26 month old child after a fatal fall from a ten story height. Police allege the incident occurred Sunday.
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Los Angeles
Glande L. Dexter
Cracker
Bakers
Beadle County Tops Wet Loan Goal At Noon
Beadle County surpassed its third wet loan target with sales reaching $1,166,347 by noon, topping the $1,110,016 quota by over five percent. Chairman James J. Meaghan expects the total to rise before the campaign closes Saturday as Armour and Company’s plant whistle was set to sound at 5 o’clock this afternoon.
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Beadle County
James J. Meaghan
Armour and Company
Nation Reaches War Bond Drive Milestone At Evansville
Secretary Morgenthau announced in Evansville Indiana that the Third War Loan drive had met and surpassed the national goal of 15 billion dollars during the launch at Evansville Shipyards. He said the treasury expected two more days to complete the campaign.
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Evansville
Ind
the Treasury
Morgenthau
Treasury
Washington
Beadle County War Bond Drive Breaks Quota Record
Auto horns and noise makers joined the chorus as Beadle County reached and surpassed its bond drive quota. Meaghan credited teamwork and patriotic duty of citizens, saying the record boosts morale for Beadle County boys on the front.
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Meaghan
Triple- A
Beadle County
George Fullinweider
Beadie County War Finance Committee
Pago Toro
Three Watertown Accidents Kill Two, One Hurt
In three unrelated Watertown area crashes last night Darrell Eggleston 29 was killed when struck by a moving box car. Elmer Arnold Krause 20 died in a hospital after a motorcycle and car collision. Chris Loais 42 injured when his truck trailer collided with a car on Highway 212 about 14 miles west of Watertown.
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Watertown
Darrell Eggleston
Great Northern
Elmer
Arnold Krause
Chris Loais
Such Fun-For The Horse!
Clarence Bely, helping with threshing at the Jeery Foreman farm near here, was kicked by a horse twice while explaining the incident to threshers. No further details given.
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Kimball
Clarence Bely
Jeery Foreman Farm
Bely
Red Army Near White Russia Front Threatens German Poland
Red Army forces advance toward the northern borders of White Russia, with Rudnya captured as a key communications hub between Smolensk and Vitebsk. The push threatens Poland and Riga, while Kiev and Dnieper crossings loom, as Stalin notes a major river city capture and rising Soviet gains across 192,000 square miles.
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Red Army
White Russia
London
Rudnya
Smolensk
Vitebsk
Poland
Riga
Latvia
Baltic Sea
Reuters
Moscow
Zhlobin
Gomel
Minsk
Balshenemki
Zhiobin
Kiev
Bessarabia
Rumania
Bug River
Kremenchug
Dnieper
Dnepropetrovsk
Kirv
Mogilev
Orsha
Hudnya
Sozh
Pest
British Bombers Return To Blast Ruhr Industries
London reports a British bomber force struck Bochum in the Ruhr for the fifth time this year after a month’s lull. The air war loss list noted eight bombers missing. Bochum, a hub of coke and steel, hosts three major steel works and numerous chemical plants amid a 320000 population.
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Ruhr
London
Germany
Bochum
Rue Vale
Iso
Ithacke
Postwar Rebates In Tax Outline
Washington dispatch outlines a new postwar tax plan with steep increases for incomes between 5,000 and 25,000 and cash or government life and annuity rebates. Rep. Cox resigns as chair of a House committee examining the FCC after a dispute with Clifford Durr. Nye says Senate panel members differ on postwar foreign policy declaration. The foreign relations committee approves Edward R. Stettinius Jr. as undersecretary of state, replacing Sumner Welles.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rep. Cox
Georgia
Federal Communications Commission
Clifford Durr
Cox
Nye
North Dakota
Senate Foreign Relations
Edward, EB. Stettinins, Jr
Sumner Welles
Eight Train Wreck Victims Released
Eight victims of a Chicago and Novi West train wreck near Tracy Minnesota were released from the hospital today or were expected to be discharged. Seven others remained confined for further treatment in Chicago and local hospitals.
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Tracy
Minn
W. G. Workman
Chicago
Novi Western
Sanborn
Lockhart
Minnie
Geopold
San
Americans Press Naples In Push Toward Vesuvius
In North Africa the Fifth Army advances toward Naples as Pompeii and Mercato San Severino are reported captured. Berlin claims destruction of harbor facilities and crackdowns on riots as Allied troops near the city. The Cairo radio notes continued southern and southeastern investment, while British Eighth Army holds the Adriatic flank.
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Stockholm
Naples
Berlin
Aftonbladect
Berelin
North Africa
Fifth Army
Vesuvius
Italy
Pompeii
Mark W. Clark
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cemmunique
Mercato San Ceverino
Cairo
Clark
Bernard L Montgomery
Adriatic
Four Sentenced In Whisky Theft
Four Sioux Falls men received suspended one year jail terms after pleading guilty to grand larceny in the theft of 70 cases of whisky from an east side warehouse. The defendants Keith Axtell and Emmett Axtell plus Edward Carmrant and Lawrence Darby faced Judge Lucius Wall. Juveniles, two aged 16 and 17, were sent to Plankinton state training school while two younger youths, ages 14 and 15, remained under juvenile court supervision. Whisky owned by Henry Oyan valued at 3500 dollars, about 2000 dollars recovered. remaining liquor believed moved outside the state.
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Sioux Falls
John R. McDowell
East Side
Lucius J. Wall
Keith Axtell
Emmett Axtell
Edward E. Carmrant
Lawrence Ray Darby
Plankinton
Fred Searls
Henry Oyan
Searls
McDowell
Allied Progress In Italy Deepens Balkan Invasion Fears
The War Today notes Allied advances in Italy heighten German concerns over a Balkan invasion. The article discusses how Hitler aims to defend the Balkans from air strikes and safeguard explosives near the Balkans as Allied pressure grows. Mackenzie reports from Page 14.
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Italy
Balkan
Hitler
Ome
Balkans
MacKenzie
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France
Madrid
Pierre Laval
Marcel Dent
Jacques Doriet
Paris
Julius Ritter
County
Mnoon
Meaghan Anoriztate
Orber Mac Ral Pyler
Hitchcock
Bonilla
Yale
Cavour
Virgil
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