Paratroopers Cut Off Japanese Forces In New Guinea
Allied reports say paratroops seized an air field in the Markham valley near Lae Salamaua, New Guinea, trapping about 20 000 Japanese troops by capturing the airstrip and linking with American paratroopers and Australian artillery. The field, overgrown and four to six feet high, was used by the Japanese. air landings included hundreds of airborne American soldiers and an Australian unit.
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Vern Haugland
Theest Pacific
Lae Nd Salamaua
New Guinea
Markham Valley
Douglas MacArthur
CRACK LIMITED BOILER BLAST WRECKS TRAIN
A New York Central eastbound Limited train wrecked when the locomotive boiler exploded near Canastota New York killing three crewmen and injuring seven or more. About 173 passengers were aboard. Names of the deceased were engineer J Christian Larsen fireman George Pierce and traveling fireman Clarence Winker. Investigation to determine cause planned.
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Robert C. Wilson
Canastota
N. Y
20Th Century Limited
New York
Syracuse
Joseph Endres
George Pierce
J. Christian Larsen
Clarence Wrinker
Albany
Winker
Endres
E. O. Hirsch
Chicago
P. D. Weis
Batavia
Russians Say Stalino Fall Is Imminent
Moscow dispatch reports the Red Army has nearly recaptured the Donets basin and advances toward Kiev's region. Soviet forces threaten Bakhmach after taking Konotop’s rail junction while air and ground units press German positions. Heavy rains and massive minefields slow resistance but do not halt the advance toward Stalino.
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Moscow
Red
Donets
Kev
Ukraine
Konotop
Bakhmach
Donets Basin
Dis Tria
Krasnoarmeyskoye
Stalino
Reuters
Sovet
Izvestia
Theatre Tickets Te Grafton Sentinel Showings Tonight
The Te Grafton Sentinel invites Mildred Lucas Route 4 to tonight's screenings. Cabin In the Sky stars Ethel Waters Eddie Rochester and Lena Horne at the Etrend. Lady of Burlesque features Barbara Stanwyck and Michaelchen at the Dixie theatre.
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Grafton Sentinel
Mildred Lucas
Route 4
Ethel Waters
Eddie “Rochester
Anderen
Lena Horne
Etrend
Barbara Stanwyck
Michaelchen
Dixie Theatre
Clarksburg Lad Wins West Virginia Model Air Contest
Clarksburg boy Bobby Bates won the state championship in the West Virginia model aviation contest. He secured the title from 193 entrants in the Labor Day program at Harrison County airport, sponsored by Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Clarksburg
Bobby Bates
Bates
Harrison County
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Fire Disgorges 46 in Houston Hotel
A Houston hotel fire killed 46 people early today as searchers combed the smoldering ruin for others unaccounted. Officials said war workers and transients registered for the night, with many leaping or falling from windows and the fire escapes as flames trapped occupants on the upper floors.
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Houston
Tex
Brand New Town Plotted in Greenbrier County
Lewisburg reports a brand new town to be named Deegansville, sited between Mill Creek and Charmeo in the smokeless coal region. The county clerk notes W. E. Deegans as a leading figure in regional industrial development.
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Lewisburg
Greenbrier County
Mill Creek
Charmeo
Deegansville
W. E. Deegans
Greenbrier Bounty
FDRs Letters Back OWI Powers to Be Expanded
President Roosevelt authorized letters to the Army Navy and State Department restoring OWI powers and ensuring full access to military information and images. The move aims for a realistic wartime public view via news accounts photographs and newsreels while safeguarding only the most secret matters.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
State Department
Office of War Informaton
OWI
White House
Stimson
Knox
Hull
OWL
FDR
Frank Crumit Dies Sudden From Heart Attack At 0
Frank Crumit the radio entertainer composer and former vaudeville star died early today in his hospital apartment heart attack. His wife Julia Sanderson was at his bedside as the couple who shared radio programs were once called the ideal pair of the air. He had lunch yesterday at the Lambs club and appeared in good health.
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New York
Frank Crumit
Julia Sanderson
Crumit
The
Lambs Club
Shepherd of the
Marion county coal output leads state production
Charleston dispatch reports Marion county remains the state’s largest coal producer for the first half of the year. Industrial Collieries Barrackville No. 41 mined 1,192,950 tons and Koppers Coal Federal No. 1 at Grant Town produced 1,042,469 tons. Seventeen other West Virginia mines exceeded 500,000 tons, among about 600 operations statewide.
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Charleston
Marion County
West Virginia
State Mines Department
Industrial Colleries Corporation
Koppers Coal Company
Grant Town
Allied troops advance on Aspamonte in Italy warnings
Allied headquarters report British and Canadian troops have captured Palma and Delianuovo and press the Calabrian peninsula with air support. Detachments bomb Naples area including Capua and See Naples while fighting through rugged terrain and demolitions near Palmi and San Stefano.
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North Africa
Palma
Delianuovo
Italy
Naples
Palmi
Bagnara
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eight Army
Delianuiovo
San Stefano
Aspromonte
Capua
Six Violent Deaths Mark Close Of West Virginia Labor Day
West Virginia saw at least six violent deaths during Labor Day observances while war production stayed high. Whitesville coal miners gathered after shifts to hear United Mine Workers officials David J. Stevens and Paul Reed condemn blocked wage-raise campaigns and call for action.
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West Virginia
Associated Press
Whitesville
David J. Stevens
Lancaster
United Mine Workers International
Paul Reed
District 17
Stevens
Reed
Washington
FDR and Churchill Renew Confab Await Decision
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill renew wartime talks in Washington amid signs of a possible Italian peace bid. Indirect Vatican contacts via Enrico Galazzi fuel speculation as Marshall is said to prepare to lead Allied invasion from Britain, with Churchill remaining in the U S.
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Douglasc B
Carnell
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Ttaly
Radio
Rome
Enrico Galazsi
Vatican
Atlantic
England
United Nations
George C. Marshall
U. 8
Europe
British Isles
Marshall
Galazzi
Pope Pius
Io Pope
Churchhill
Harvard University
Rome is Declared Abandoned as City Wiped of Military
A Rome dispatch, broadcast via Vichy radio and recorded by AP, reports that Rome has been effectively neutralized with all military and defensive installations demolished and military command gone, leaving only civilian supplies arriving for residents.
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London
Vichy
Rome
Associated Press
Invasion Leader Named for Allied Normandy Assault
The Washington Evening Star reports General George C. Marshall may be named commander in chief for any Allied invasion of Europe, signaling advanced preparations though not confirming a near-term date. Meanwhile Soviet forces press the Donets basin front, pushing toward Stalino and tightening in the Bryansk Kiev railway corridor as Smolensk remains in play.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
France
English Channel
Washington Evening Star
Star
Constantine Brown
George C. Marshall
U.S
England
Brown
Hitler
United Nations
Stalino
Donets
Bryansk-Kiev
Smolensy
Hoboes Seek Halt on Travel for Girls Across Nation
The Hoboes of America convention adopted a resolution alleging thousands of girls rove the country and are often stranded. It urged that no train or bus tickets be sold to girls or minors without written permission from their parents. Washington, D. C. was chosen for next year’s convention.
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Seattle
Washington, D. C
Pennsy Train Wrecks When Wheel Burns
The Pennsylvania Congress limited wreck near Philadelphia leaves 62 known dead and 124 injured as rescue teams free the last crumpled coach. Officials estimate final toll from 75 to 100, with hundreds aboard including servicemen. Eight cars detached after a wheel overheated near Frankford Junction, derailing and piling into a pole near the overhead power line.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Congressional Limited
Thomas Burns
Herbert M. Goddard
Washington
New York
Newark
N. J
Frankford Junction
Journal
American and British Bomb Germany in Sixth Straight Day
Allied heavy and medium bombers hit targets in Belgium and France as part of a sixth straight day of air strikes. The RAF night raid on Munich targeted war industries and the city’s transport links, while Berlin and London reported losses and assessed the attack as concentrated and effective.
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London
Europe
Belgium
France
Munich
Berlin
Germany
Italy
Brenner Pass
Air Ministry
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Stalinlo
Konotop' Taken
By Henry C. Cassidy
Winston Churchill
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
International Soundphoto
Clarksburg Lad
Kiska
Aleutian
Air Forces
Nswates Teres
Opera
Howes
Adea
W. Sayres
Luzadder Streets
Hers
Deanna Durbin
Joseph Cotten
Opera House Theatre
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