Red Armies Drive Through Balkans Threaten German Lines
Red Army advances in a three pronged drive across the Balkans aim to sever German communications with the home front and trap troops. Advanced units move toward a junction with Tito forces and toward Sibiu Transylvania while others press toward the infant road center. Reports note fighting near Warsaw and across Prussia border with heavy tank action as Bulgaria and Greece feel pressure. A mass dispatch from Constan See hints at further opertions, page six.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Wred
Jet
Eest
Mar‘shai Tito
Yugoslavia
Sibiu
Transylvania
Pates
Bulgaria
Prussia
Constan
Political Broadcast On Air At 9 30 Tonite
A radio notice announces a 9 30 tonite political broadcast sponsored by the Republican National Committee featuring Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of Louisville Kentucky. NBC and CBS carry the program at 3 30 p m Eastern War Time.
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NBC
CBS
Thomas E. Dewey
Louisville, Ky
Republican National Committee
Worldwide freedom thesis pushes U S leadership
Washington reports a proposal to let America lead a worldwide push for freedom for Jews as a path to peace. Democratic and Republican leaders back the plan, endorsed by Senator Fulbright and supported by Connally. The move aims to widen public understanding and free information flows, with editors calling it a strong start.
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Sept
America
Rpv
Funight
D.-Ark
Connally
D Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Theta
Aiken
John
Knight
American Society of Newspapers
Fulbright’s Regiow
Id News Freedom
Kent Gooper
Congress
Theatre Tickets Invite Mrs Robinson to Strand or Dixie
The Grafton Sentinel presents guests a clipped notice inviting Mrs. Fred D. Robinson of Maple Avenue to tonight's shows at the Strand featuring Cargo with Hedy Lamarr and Walter Pidgeon, or Riders of the Dead and Youth Runs Wild at the Dixie theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Fred D. Robinson
Maple Avenue
Hedy Lamarr
Walter Pidgeon
Strand Iire
Ixie Theatre
Allied coordination shows unity across fronts in war report
The Allied high command demonstrates coordinated effort in Europe and beyond as they push on the western front, Russia, the Balkans, and Italy. Stimson says German forces in the west are battered and near collapse, while Hitler fights to the end. Patton's Third Army advances along the Moselle amid resistance as Goebbels enlists schoolchildren for total war. The piece notes continued fierce fighting and warns of autumn as a potential turning point.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Allied High Command
Balkans
Italy
Reich
Stimson
Berlin
Hitler
France
Patton
Third Army
Moselle
Goebbels
Dewey to Outline World Peace Plan in Louisville Speech
Governor Thomas E. Dewey plans to push a world peace framework in which small nations have a voice, arguing the United States must lead a vigorous, future‑oriented government to secure lasting peace. He criticized the New Deal for delaying peace and warned of a return to defeatism, addressing supporters in Philadelphia before focusing on foreign affairs at a Republican women’s convention in Louisville.
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Jack Bell
Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
Louisville
Ares
Kentucky
New Deal
Roosevel
America
Philadelphia
United States
National Federation of Republican Women’s Clubs
American Seventh Drives at Belfort Gap in France
American Seventh Army pushes into Besancon in southern France after rapid advance from fighting. German forces retreat toward the Belfort gap near the Vosges and Swiss border as Patton’s Third Army rumors swirl. Fights intensify as Americans penetrate western, southern and eastern Besancon with German forces using tanks mortars and machine guns.
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George Bria Rome
Seventh Army
Besancon
France
19Th Army
Belfort Gap
Vosges Range
Siegfried Line
George S. Patton
Third Army
The Road to Berlin Front Distances Quoted
The dispatch from The Associated Press lists distances to Berlin from multiple fronts: 312 miles from Pulatsk on the Russian front, 362 miles from Breda on the Western front, 510 miles from Arbois in Southern France, and 585 miles from Riccione Marina on the Italian front.
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Associated Press
Pulatsk
Breda
Netherlands
France
Arbois
Riccione Marina
1-A And New 18-Year-Olds Can More Than Supply Armed Force Need In'44
Selective Service officials in Washington announced that men already in class 1-A and new 18-year-olds can supply the armed forces for 1944. Draft Director Hershey estimated 690,000 physically able men available, against a need of 600,000, with a potential 90,000 surplus. The breakdown includes 18–25 year olds about 345,000, 26–29 about 80,000, 30–37 about 55,000, plus 210,000 youths turning 18 this six month period. Reclassifications from 2-A and 2-B may occur when deferments end, and the letter signals boards may continue lenient job deferments.
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Max Hall
Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Technical And Economic Data Given Japan Ten Years Before Pearl Harbor
A Justice Department official testified that a decade before Pearl Harbor a steady stream of critical technical and economic data flowed to Japan through American firm dealings. James Martin cited access to aviation fuel know-how and oil shipment data, noting involvement of oil, aircraft, machinery, and electronics sectors.
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Japan
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Justice Department
James Martin
Department
Senate
America
Tin
Universal Oil Products Company
United States
Universal
Japan Gasoline Company
Allies at Marano River After Slow Advance Yesterday
Allied forces reached the Marano river on the Adriatic coast four miles from Rimini as heavy German counterattacks slowed progress inland. American troops near Pistoia advanced toward the Gothic Line with Lucca patrols pushing north, while heavy artillery shelled positions north of Pisa. The invasion pace comes as Germany hints at retreat toward northern France after Salerno.
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Marano River
Noland Norgaard
Rome
Highth
Adriatic
Marano
Rimini
Pistoia
U.S
OPA Ends Blue Token System For Processed Foods
The Office of Price Administration will scrap its seven month old blue token system for processed foods. Blue tokens go out of use October 1 as most canned foods exit rationing. From September 17 to October 1 shoppers will not receive blue tokens as change and can only use discs in ten unit multiples. Red tokens for meat and dairy remain unchanged.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Wyoming county Post No 106 receives American Legion charter
West Virginia brief reports that Mullens based Wyoming county Post No 106 of the American Legion was chartered today. The veterans group was incorporated by I R Parsons J A Peterfish and William M Holroyd all of Mullens.
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Charleston
Wyoming County
American Legion
Mullens
Veterans’ Organization
I. R. Parsons
J. A. Peterfish
William M. Holroyd
Bituminous State Mines Face New Monongalia Strike
Coal production continued at six northern West Virginia mines under government orders, but renewed work stoppages in Monongalia County and looming strikes threaten to worsen industry conditions. Federal operators supervised about 1,200 workers as the Interior Department held six mines.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Aother Trike
Monongalia
Interior Department
Roosevelt
Eisenhower launches hidden push near Siegfried line
Allied forces under General Eisenhower strike from three directions reaching within 25 miles of the German frontier. 200 heavy bombers target Siegfried line while British troops cross the Albert Canal near the Belgian border. News blackout shields further details as German defenses stiffen along the buffer front.
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James M. Long
London
Dwight
Eisenhower
Liege
Belgium
Metz
France
Alexander M. Patch
Mediterranean
Becancon
Belfort Gap
Switzerland
Siegfried Line
le Havre
Second Army
Albert Canal
Normandy
Mos
Elle
George
American Superforts Raid Manchurian Arsenal Target
Washington reports a new 20th bomber command raid on Manchurian arsenals in Anshan aimed at industrial targets. Tokyo radio said several tens of Allied planes attacked. fierce air battles occurred as bombers returned to base. No results disclosed pending investigations.
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Washington
Japan
Manchuria
20Th
Borer
Tokyo
Manchuriat
Fasou
Anshan
20Th Bomber Command
Wnd
Grafton Sentinel Promotes Tonight’s Opera House Attractions
The Grafton Sentinel invites WAL HADDIX Pi to attend tonight’s Becematonst Pistol Packin Matt Terry and Bobee Jungle Woman with Evelyn An skers at the Opera House. Current attractions include Jungle Woman and Pistol Packin Matt Terry.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
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