French reach outskirts of Macon in Saone sweep
Allied dispatch from Rome reports French troops clearing the Saone valley have reached the outskirts of Macon as Germans retreat northward. Villefranche capture boosts total Allied prisoners past 65,000 since the Mediterranean landings. American forces move through Montrevel while German counterattacks cause casualties.
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Acon
Lyon
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Villefranche
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de Bruyeres
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Montrevel
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Chalon Rand Dijon
Seventh Nary Regiment
Villiere
Earthquake Felt Across Canada and U S Northeast
A strong quake shook the northeastern United States and eastern Canada with shocks felt as far west as Wisconsin. One person injured in Cornwall Ontario as seismographs at Fordham University and Weston College registered simultaneous readings. The quake originated about 270 miles northwest of New York City and was labeled a very severe surface shock not a major quake.
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Canadian
Wisconsin
Cornwall
Ont
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Fordhham University
New York City
Japan
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Weston College
Weston
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Ontario
Theatre Ticket Present This Clipping for Ad Mission
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. Harry Friedman of Maple Avenue to tonight's Strand or Dixie showings. Readings include White Cliffs of Dover with Trene Dunne Alan Marshal Rod McDowall and Frank Morgan at the Strand and Four is in a Jeep with Kay Francis LeLandis Martha Raye at the Dixie.
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Grafton Sentinel
Harry Friedman
Maple Avenue
White Cliffs of
Dover
Trene Dunne
Alan Marshal
Rod McDowall
Frank Morgan
Strand Theatre
Kay Francis
le Landis
Martha Raye
Mayfair
the Dixie the
Brussels radio denies German capitulation report
The Brussels radio denied a report of German capitulation broadcast by an unidentified foreign station. No official London listening post heard the claim, and Brussels stated Germany had not capitulated as claimed that morning. the war continues.
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London
Brussels
Germany
Widespread Japanese Losses Told in Five Day Allied Bombardment
American sea and air forces wrecked 30 Japanese ships and 107 planes across a 4500 mile span, in a five day campaign last week. Carriers and naval units within 650 miles of Japan bore the heaviest blows in the Bonin Volcano island area. Land based Liberators and Catalina aircraft aided the bombardment, sinking or damaging additional vessels in the southern Philippines.
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Leonard Millan
Associated Press
Japan
Bonin
Volcano Islands
Philippines
Weston tobacco harvest yields historic crop in Missouri
Weston Missouri reports its finest tobacco crop yet in the west of the Mississippi. W B Hull Jr and W R Hull Jr estimate seven billion pounds of tobacco valued at three million dollars will be gathered in Platte County near the Missouri river. The region's farmers link success to Kentucky and Tennessee ancestry and high quality white barley tobacco fetching strong bids.
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W. R. Hull, Jr
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St. Joseph
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Kentucky
Tennessee
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Allied forces enter Germany in rapid advance near Strasbourg
War analyst Dewitt MacKenzie reports Yankee tanks fighting on German soil at Strasbourg while Allied forces speed toward the German border. Eisenhower HQ warns reports lag behind advancing units due to security. The Luftwaffe retreats as Allied air forces hit retreating German troops, signaling a major victory and uncertain final outcomes.
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Associated Press
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Strasbourg
Rhine
Germany
Fuehrer
Europe
Eisenhower
Ike
Siegfried Line
Absance
Road to Berlin fronts distances reported by AP
The Associated Press provides front line ranges in Europe. Russian front stands 322 miles from War saw eastern suburbs, Western front 362 miles from Breda, Southern France 560 miles from Bourg En Bresse, Italian front 585 miles from south of Rimini.
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Breda
France
Bourg-En-Bresse
Rimini
Labor Day Death Toll Reaches 24 States Report
Labor Day weekend fatalities across the nation reached 245, with traffic crashes accounting for 137 deaths, drownings 54, and miscellaneous causes 54. California led with 28 deaths, Illinois 18, and Pennsylvania 17, per an Associated Press state-by-state tally.
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Kentucky
Maryland
North Carolina
Ohio
Tennessee
Virginia
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Russian Romanian Troops Drive Through Eastern Mountain Tracts
Soviet and Romanian divisions push from the Mures valley toward Transylvania with a co operating advance on a German Hungarian force. Brasov reportedly falls as Sibiu nears, signaling possible Hungarian battle. Romanian peasants aided scouting and the front notes a shrinking gap with Tito's partisans in Yugoslavia.
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Yugoslavia
West Virginia Apple Labor Plan Moves Forward
Martinsburg reports about 250 Barbados natives will arrive in September to work as apple pickers, with another 250 due September 18. They will stay at Camp Lookout, funded by the Eastern Panhandle Apple Growers Association, and only members may use the labor. In Welch and McDowell counties, school openings are delayed due to infantile paralysis cases, with McDowell set to resume September 18. An inquest will probe the death of Tony Poyscar, a 65 year old coal miner who reportedly fired dynamite at a coal face.
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Barbados
Camp Lookout
Eastern Panhandle Apple Growers Association
Welch
McDowell County
J. A. Bennett
Lewis County
Morgantown
Tony Pogscar
Alex Bryce
Rimini Threatened As Eighth Army Near Gothic Line
Canadian troops of the Eighth Army supported by British warships pressed to within six miles of Rimini as they faced stiff German resistance along the Conca river and Misano ridge. Heavy tank and infantry counterattacks aimed to retake Misano, yielding armored car and tank losses on the battlefield. Naval gunfire lobbed 800 shells into enemy positions, while German forces on the eastern flank showed signs of reorganization and reinforcement from the See sector.
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George Tucker Rome
Eighth Army
Rimini
Po Valley
Conca River
Abissina
Misano
Rimit
Strike balloting begins at 16 mines in West Virginia
Foremen at 16 mines in Monongalia and Marion counties schedule strike ballots amid a dispute over supervisory union recognition. The National Labor Relations Board will report results from three Monongalia mines, while six struck mines include northern panhandle sites and one in Monongalia. War Labor Board telegrams say the strike violates labor’s no strike pledge.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia
United Clerical, Technical and Supervisory Employes Union
United Mine Workers
Monongalia
Marion
National Labor Relations Board
Monongalia County
NLRB
Pittsburg
Panhandle
Delmar Hagedorn
War Labor Board
Smith-Connally
Allied troops push into German frontier in secret drive
Bulletin from Sept 5 reports Allied forces, including American troops, believed to have penetrated into German soil along a 160 mile front. American tanks reportedly near Strasbourg on the Rhine, with possible advances toward Baabivekba and Baabiveka. Northern British column may have crossed toward Breda and Rotterdam area as secrecy surrounds the operation.
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Siegfried Line
Notie
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Strasbourg
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Baabivekba
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Bel
Ugh Breda
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Breda
Lawmakers weigh disposal of leftover war matériel
Washington legislators estimate the government will face about a $90 billion loss from unsold war surplus. Rep Manasco says a $105 trillion surplus value exists but much of it cannot be dismantled or transported. examples include a B 24 bomber and Norden sight. He notes heavy, costly items and war matériel may be worthless for civilian use after hostilities end.
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Washington
Eee
Manasco
D.-Ala
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Aise
Norden Iygpad
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