Foe May Lose Big Steel Center Soon
Russian forces press toward Stalino after a 15 mile advance in the Donets basin cutting key rail routes. German resistance collapses on a 00 mile front as Soviets seize Korop and Nikitovka. Axis rail network erosion threatens Stalino with potential fall. also notes transport policy clash in Washington.
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James M. Long
London
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Desna
Avis
Donets
Stalino
Moscow
Associated Press
Henry C. Cassidy
Ukraine
Tsovaiskaya
Stalina
Moscow Daily
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Gorlovka
Yenikievo
Delyaltsvo
Anis
Ted
Bryansk-Kiev
Korop
Konotop
Ints
Berlin Bombers Unleash New Severe Aerial Attack
Berlin endures a heavier night raid as 1,120 tons of bombs drop in a concentrated assault by Lancasters. Losses rise with 22 bombers missing over Berlin, Rouen, and French airfields. Allied air power counters with 17 enemy planes downed. more raids target transport hubs in northern France and Boulogne.
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Gladwin Hilt Tondon
Berlin
Germany
Linte
Herlin
Rhineland
Ouerday
Rouen
Aniinins
Abbeville
Air Ministry
France
Mediine
Boulogne
Little, St. Pal
Watebrougk
Courtrain
Europe
Thunderbolts
Belgium
Cone
Henry H. Arnold
U.S. Army Air Forces
Production Pushes Allies Toward Two Front War
Washington reports that American and British leaders foresee full scale war against Japan and Germany. The outlook reflects near completion of initial war stages and a confident push toward a two front conflict as Roosevelt and Churchill discuss plans at Quebec and in Washington.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Japan
Germany
Quebec
Roosevelt
Churchill
Nea
Circhere
United States
Great Britain
Veterans Reunite After 43 Years From Philippine Mission
N C Tilzey of Missoula and O M Tyron of Sioux Pass, former United Spanish War Veterans leaders, met in Superior on September 4 revealing they sailed to the Philippines together forty three years earlier and had not seen each other since the war ended.
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Superior
N. C. Tilzey
Missoula
United Spanish War Veterans
O. M. Tyron
Sioux Pass
Philippines
Jeffers Quits Rubber Chief After Major Program Step
President Roosevelt accepts William Jeffers resignation as rubber director saying the big job is done and synthetic materials will be available. Jeffers plans to return to Vinion Pacific leadership while urging rapid ramp up of synthetic rubber output. Dewey named acting director. aims include 5.9 million passenger tires and 90 million civilian tires in 1944, with a 6 million output target for year end.
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Jeffers
Washington
William Jeffers
Roosevelt
Vinion Pacific Railroad
White House
Mat Jeffers
Col
Bradley Dewey
Dewey
Wnth Army Chemical Company
Ssoutan
Office of Rubber Director
Wisi
Jeffersons
Bonds Will Be Sold In Factories Farms and Schools
Washington re reports a 22 day third war loan drive with 5,090,000 volunteers selling bonds in factories homes and harvest fields. National Director Ted Gamble says to enlist every man and woman in America aiming 60,000,000 bonds. Last year’s Jeep campaign inspires a broader effort including schools where students may earn up to 66 dollars weekly as part time canvassers.
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Washington
Sam
Ted Gamble
America
Treasury
Jordan Zone Man Bitten by Snake Dies in Field Incident
Henry Umland, 74, was bitten on the hand by a snake while working in a field near Jordan. After first aid he returned to chores and the snake died, per local report.
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Jordan
Henry Umland
Umland
British advance in Italy meets feeble Axis resistance
Allied forces push along a 10 mile front at Calabria and San Giovanni as German defenses seem weak. Italian ports capitulate quickly, with prisoners rounded up. observers note uncertain German plans for a larger counteroffensive while air and naval power support the landings.
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Edward Kennedy Avie
Nori Africa
Maly
Calabria
San Giovanni
Messina Straits
United Nations Radio
Aut
Allied Bombs Level Headquarters in New Guinea
Allied planes dropped eighty four tons of bombs, leveling Japanese headquarters at Lae and destroying admin and HQ structures. The strike followed an earlier attack that flattened enemy HQ above Lie at Madang as General MacArthur’s forces push through the southwest Pacific. Beaufighters attacked barges supplying Salamana and adjacent garrisons while air units, including Mitchells, hit positions northeast of Tae and near Tae airdrome.
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Lae
Calamaua
New Guinea
MacArthur
Madang
Mitchell
Tae
Salamana
New Britain
Adin
William F. Halsey
Solomons
Vila
Kolombangara
Adminis Valive
Servicemen Honor Prisoners With NS Pennant
Philadelphia reports servicemen to honor prisoners with an NS pennant for national service. Army navy and marine corps plan a joint tribute at the state penitentiary as convicts recently approved an emergency order for one million tents. War bonds drive cited with prisoners contributing from pay to support the effort.
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Philadelphia
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
War Production Board
Waster State Penitentiary
WMC Granted West Coast Labor Recruitment Authority
Washington Sept 4 The White House granted the War Mobilization Commission power to recruit labor for the West Coast to aid plane production shortfalls. Byrnes announced the move as necessary to restore balance between production demand and available manpower, detailing production program adjustments area inquiries and priority allocations to redirect civilian labor to essential war work.
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Washington
White House
Wir
Manpower Commission
West Coast
James F. Byrnes
Imanpower Commission
Army Needs Secondary to Production Says WMC
A War Manpower Commission official in New York states that industry needs trump military manpower. He notes selective service must draft fathers under existing laws to avoid crippling war production, stressing the higher priority of production over manpower for combat roles.
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WMC
Army
Washington
WMG
la Butte
Comar
Evicksen
New York
Montana Bear Proves To Be Airminded With Flare for Show
A 6 pound bear from Red Lodge Montana known as Osene Ann has become a noted aerial celebrity. Reportedly based in Magland he claims to have flown with Ruger Amn in the Atlantic Crossing and writes his Denver mother that he was a flying companion, even riding on the hood of an army car to astonish the English countryside.
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Denver
Osene Ann
Red Lodse
Mont. Wiech
Atlante Ocean
Mag- Land
Thousands of Sheep to Leave Western Montana Ranges
About 16 000 sheep will be moved from western Montana ranges this week to stockyard markets. Most were fattened on grass lands around the Bitterroot, Flinthead, and Coeur d’Alene regions, with proceeds to be marketed locally.
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Missoula
Weatern
Axis May Abd abandon Italian Field On Tunisia Pattern
British and Canadian forces press a dimly described retreat by Axis units in southern Italy, signaling a possible repeat of the Tunisia withdrawal as Allied fleets pursue Italian targets. The move follows a significant Allied offensive under General Montgomery. The government, meanwhile, returns seized coal mines to private owners amid ongoing strikes in the coal fields.
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Alwer
Italy
Gilabene Wathook
Ug Lnleast
Aied
Douhl
Mhele
Dertaed da
Mountgame Hethwang
Rey
Tha
Murape
Onheta
Weyher
Tunisia
William Smith White
London
Ales
Ltatian
Titan
Axis
Guesefig
Tlalans
Montgomery
Dwight Denhower
Tha ‘Mussina Stratt
Washington
President Proclaims Labor Day Call for Increased Production
President Roosevelt urged workers employers and farmers on Labor Day to accelerate production for victory and to save lives and avert misery. He praised the home front effort, noting the world war and the need to maintain speed on round-the-clock shifts to supply weapons for victory and sustain freedom.
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Washington
Trevidint Hoosevelt
Roosevelt
United States
Lince
Wien
Pearl Harbor
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