Russians Throttle German Drive Near Bryansk Front
Soviet dispatches describe heavy fighting on the western front as Red armies counterattack near Bryansk, recapturing 26 towns and routing German tank corps led by Heinz Guderian. The battle center remains Bryansk, a rail hub 150 miles southeast of Smolensk, with significant German losses reported and continued pursuit west of the Desna River.
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Moscow
Western Front
Bryansk
Heinz Guderian
Jacob Kreuzer
Soviet Union
Soviet Information Bureau
Red Air Force
Bucharest
Baltic Sea
Red Fleet
Coast Guard
Smolensk
Kiev
Desna
Nazis Leave Iran For Internment In India And Russia
Eighty Nazis boarded special trains to be interned in India and Siberia after Iran's police and army ended delays at the German legation. Seventy two headed south toward Ahwaz for India, eight to Kazvin for Russia. About 800 Germans, including 400 men and 400 women and children, remained at the legation compound guarded by British and Russian officials amid gun threats and stalled exits.
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Teheran
Iran
India
Siberia
Legation
Hitler
Ahwaz
Kazyin
Russia
Kazvin
Barlin
Northwestern Deans Choice for U Montana President
The Northwestern education dean Dr Ernest O Melby has been offered the presidency of the University of Montana and will announce his decision after inspecting the campus. If he accepts Gov Ford said he will begin duties immediately. The Montana Board of Education approved salary increases for six university presidents and named Dr Melby as Simmons successor.
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Northwestern University
School of Education
Ernest O. Melby
University of Montana
Missoula
Meby
Board of Education
State Board of Education
Sam C. Ford
Melby
University Lawa of
Montana State
School of Mines
Butte
State Normal College
Dillon
Eastern Montana Normal
Billings
North Montana College
Havre
George Finlay Simmons
Simmons
C. W. Leaphart
University Law School
Opening of Legion Convention Draws Huge Crowd
Milwaukee reports a large audience for the American Legion convention opener with 1,474 delegates and over 100,000 visitors expected. Activities include outdoor service, national executive committee session, and a five hundred thirty two resolution agenda addressing European strife and anti communism themes.
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Milwaukee
American Legion
National Executive Committee
Russia
Two Big U S Forces Ready for Nation s Greatest War Games
In Louisiana the Second and Third Armies prepare for the nation s largest war games starting at midnight Sunday. General Lear and Lieut. General Krueger deploy vast forces along a 100 mile front from Shreveport to Alexandria with reconnaissance planes and armored divisions. pontoon bridges will open the southern riverfront attack into the Atchafalaya swamp and marshes as the two armies press toward the river.
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Louisiana
Red River
Walter Krieger
Ben Lear
Etween
Shreveport
Alexandria
National Guard
Lear
Krueger
Third Army
Atchafalaya
Nazis Claim 28 British Ships Sunk In Convoy Attack
Berlin reports 28 merchantmen and three warships sunk in a 49-ship British convoy in the north Atlantic, with 164000 tons of shipping lost. Authorised sources cite six days of German sea actions from Sept 6 to 12, plus air and ground gains on the eastern front and in Russia.
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Berlin
Germany
Britain
North Atlantic
Roosevelt
U. S. Navy
High Command
Rooseivelt
Axis
Russia
Leningrad
Balti
Black Sea
Senator George vows U S will not desert Chinese in any rapprochement
Washington September 13 Senator George D Ga said the United States would not desert the Chung king Chinese government in any rapprochement with Japan. He added the Chinese have no reason to fear U S action. Secretary Hull said no new developments in Japanese American relations and that only exploratory talks were in progress to gauge if Pacific settlement negotiations are feasible.
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Washington
United States
Japan
George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Hull
Pacific
Chiang Kai-Shek
New Jersey Woman Attacked by Bear at Yellowstone Park
Mrs Bb R Terry of Newark New Jersey visiting Yellowstone National Park was severely clawed and bitten about the head and face by a bear. Hospital attendants reported her condition not serious. She toured the park with her husband Captain Terry an airlines pilot.
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Livingston
Bb. R. Terry
Newark
N. J
Yellowstone National Park
Terry
Airlines
Yellowstone Park
Hard Coal Strike May Close Steel Industry
Pittsburgh report that Patrick Fagan district president of the United Mine Workers said a strike will shut 1,900 miners in captive mines serving four major steel firms including United Steel Bethlehem Steel Republic Steel and Wheeling Steel. The walkout aims to force union shop contracts as negotiations with the four corporations failed since other contracts were signed. If prolonged, coal production and thus steel output could fall after current supply runs out.
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Pittsburgh
Patrick, Fagan
United Mine Workers Union
United Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Republic Steel
Wheeling Steel
U.M.W
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Fagan
Jap Leader Predicts Japan Will Fight To The Last Man
Tokyo dispatch reports Seigo Nakano extreme nationalist leader declares Japan ready to fight to the last man if diplomacy fails to resolve differences with the United States. He rules out any rapprochement with the United States or Britain, says their positions are opposed, condemns Allied use of Soviet resistance as propaganda, notes U.S. focus on the Atlantic would prevent war at present. Thousands hear the speech at a mass meeting and in nearby park.
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Tokyo
Seigo Nakano
Japan
United States
Nakano
Hrilain
Hibiya Park
Britain
Atlantic
Weather Forecast for Montana Sunday to Monday
Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday with scattered showers in the mountains. Temperatures show little change.
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Montana
Large Convoy Attacked By Germans
London Sept 14 AP The admiralty disclosed a large British Atlantic convoy clashed with German submarines and four engined bombers in a three day running battle. Eight ships were sunk or damaged and many lives lost but the majority of the convoy has now arrived safely. The report notes fierce rescues under fire and weather aiding torpedoes and bombs. The admiralty did not specify dates or convoy size.
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London
Admiralty
Mrs Roosevelt to Take Defense Role as Assistant Director
New York September 13. Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia announces Eleanor Roosevelt named assistant director of civilian defense. He hails her as Americas No 1 volunteer and says she will report by late September and be stationed in Washington.
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New York
F. H. Jaliwardia
Eleanor Roosevelt
America
LaGuardia
Washington
Arkansan Hit Near Suez Adds To Ship Losses
Washington reports the Arkansan, a 6697 ton American-Hawaiian liner, was struck by shell fragments during a September 11 air raid near Suez while trading between US ports and the Red Sea. Crew of 38 Americans, one Briton, one Dutch safe, owner confirms port Sudan stop and prep to discharge cargo. Officials weigh whether to arm merchant ships as talks of an armed ship bill continue.
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Washington
Arkansan
Suez
State Department
Cairo
United States
Red Sea
Canal
American - Hawaiian Steamship Company of
New York
San Francisco
Kew York
Port Sudan
Legation
Joseph M. €. Suka
Steel
Middle East
Material Scarcity Hits Small Industries
New York Sept. 1 Special News Service reports defense material shortages curtail output at small and medium plants with some factories shutting down. Remedies include Washington procurement policy changes and stronger efforts by business leaders to secure defense work, while nationwide labor displacements grow as nondefense workers struggle to find absorption.
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New York
Washington Procurement Services
Independent Special News Service
Fac
Charles Brown Joins Canadian Air Force for Scotland Duty
Charles Brown formerly of Roundup, now with the Canadian Air Force, leaves soon for England and Scotland. He will undergo Spitfire operational training before combat, wearing the RC A F uniform and sergeant pilot stripes after training at Yorkton. Fellow Montana lad Gene Moore from Aurconda also heads overseas with a bomber crew.
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Charles Brown
Canadian Air Force
England
Charles
Buddy) Brown
Roundup
Aroud
Trelens
Yeas Line
Scotland
Hena Hoy
Eng
Luftwaffe
R.C.A.F
Brown
Yorkton
Canada
Martana
Gene Moore
Aurconda
Morrison Flying School
Boddy
Anti Nazi Action In France Escalates Under Martial Measures
Vichy reports a sharp rise in unauthorized possession of fire arms and calls for death penalties for war material possession as Gen Ernst von Schaumnberg tightens control in occupied France. In unoccupied zones police disrupt a rightist Jacques Doriot faction in Limoges Perigueux and Marseille while authorities warn of growing Communist incidents and railway sabotage.
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Vichy
France
Ernst von Schaumn‘berg
Paris
Fire Arme
Gev. von Selanmberg
Fiers
Limoges
Hauie Vienne
Perigeaus
Marseille
Senator Wheeler Heads to Billings on Radio Address
Sen Wheeler travels through Heleniz en route to Hillings to deliver a radio address Tuesday evening over NBC. The talk is tentatively set from 9:30 to 16:00 MST. He has spent the past week in the state making a series of addresses and is returning to Washington, D. C.
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B. K. Wheeler
Heleniz
Hillings
Washington, D. C
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