Bombers Hit Belgium France as Allied Offensive Expands
American heavy and medium bombers joined a sixth straight daylight strike on targets in Belgium and France while RAF night raids hit Munich. The Berlin line identified Munich in Germany as a key war industry and transport center. 16 bombers were lost in the night attack.
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France
Munich
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Italy
Brenner Pass
British
Air Ministry
French Channel
Riding Fall Kills Former U.S. Diplomat
John Cudahy 55 longtime diplomat and current director of the Wisconsin Council of Defense died after a horseback riding accident on his estate. He was found riderless by Earl Kramer and likely thrown when the horse stumbled jumping a drainage ditch. Cudahy had served as ambassador to Belgium and Poland and was named civilian defense director in February.
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John Cudahy
Wisconsin Council of Defense
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T. R. Murphy
County General Hospital
Earl Kramer
Racine
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Sheriff
Poland
Roosevelt
Eire
Belgium
War front report on Russian counteroffensive struggles
Moscow dispatches say all thrusts were repulsed on the eastern front as the German army fights to hold a 600 mile right flank. The Hitlerites face a serious risk of debacle if they cannot stem the Russian onslaught while retreating toward the Dnieper. Autumn rains and then cold weather could test German cohesion as Red attacks resume.
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Moscow
Dneiper
Red Star reports Red Army advances and German retreat
Red Star recounts German forces demolishing Donets mining towns and driving locals away under threat. A night battle clears Artemovsk and Soviet infantry with tanks and artillery push toward Konstantinovka, repelling a German counterattack on the city outskirts. Two men in Wilmington report a collision. police are not summoned.
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Donets
Red Army
Artemovsk
Konstantinokya
Jap Bases At Maymyo Blasted
Medium bombers of the 10th U S air force attacked Japanese bar racks at Maymyo 40 miles northwest of Mandalay causing heavy damage and fires rising to 1500 feet. Another flight hit Namtu mines near Lashio with a diesel plant and engine sheds destroyed. All planes returned safely. Brig Gen Howard G Davidson noted American sorties in Burma rose to 25 of 31 days last month with 691 tons of bombs dropped and three Zeros shot down.
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U. S. Air Force
Maymyo
Mandalay
Namtu
Lashio
Burma
Howard G. Davidson
10Th Air Force
Chin Hills
Reds Discount Italy Invasion As Second Front
The Soviet army newspaper Red Star discounts the allied invasion of Italy as a real second front in Europe. It says only about four to six German divisions are in Italy, with 60 divisions diverted from the Russian front cited as Russia’s standard for a true second front.
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Red Star Today
Italy
Europe
Russia
London
Furniture Appointment Noted In WPB Office Change
J I MacDougall announced that Robert J Wilson of Lenoir has been named chief of the WPB furniture unit in the Office of Civilian Supply with headquarters in Washington. In Kansas City a 20 foot section of a creamery factory floor collapsed on Labor Day injuring no one beyond the on duty manager.
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Lenoir
Civilian Supply
Wilson
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Kansas City
Harry M. Shafer
Australians and Americans Link in Lae Paratroop Landing
During a five day march Australian and American troops linked as paratroopers landed behind Japanese lines at Lae. Gen MacArthur praised the operation as the largest air assault in the area with no planes lost and the ring around Salamaua and Lae closing as Australian landings push eastward.
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Huon Gulf
Francisco River
New Guinea
Allied forces advance in Calabria amid cautious advance
Allied troops push through Calabria locating towns Calanna San Roberto Fiumara Santa Lucia Rosali Musuala San Rocco Laganadi Santo Alessio as Axis resistance weakens. San Stefano D Aspromonte becomes furthest inland as Allied naval reinforcements stream ashore and Sicily Strait remains under control. Axis retreat continues with 3000 prisoners taken and plans for further landings hinted by Berlin.
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Midio
Pellegrina
San Procopio
Palmi
Bagnara
Montgomery
Eighth Army
Delianuova
San Stefano
Aspromonte
Anis
Bizerte
Battipaglia
Rome
Associated Press
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Calanna
San Roberto
Fiumara
Santa Lucia
Rosali
Musuala
San Rocco
Laganadi
Santo Alessio
San Stefano D'Aspromonte
Messina
Sicily
Night Train Wreck at Frankford Junction Crashes With Many Dead
A Washington to New York Express wreck near Frankford Junction Philadelphia killed several and trapped passengers under debris as rescue teams worked for hours. A 20th Century Limited boiler explosion near Canastota killed three crewmen and injured many others as investigators seek the cause. Allied forces prepare for a stronger push toward Naples amid reports of concentrated Axis forces in southern Italy.
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New York
Newark
N. J
Frankford Junction
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Journal
Century
Canastota
N. Y
Syracuse
Joseph Endres
George Pierce
J. Christian Larsen
Clarence Wicker
Albany
Wicker
Endres
Weather Outlook for Carolinas
North Carolina sees scattered thundershowers across east and central areas this afternoon and tonight with cooler conditions elsewhere. In South Carolina the pattern remains warm with a touch cooler in the northwest and interior tonight and tomorrow, with scattered afternoon showers and coastal night activity.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Interior
Fire Traps Guests in Gulf Hotel on Preston Street
At the Gulf Hotel on Preston and Louisiana streets, a mattress fire in a second floor room was doused by the night clerk around 1:15 a.m. Flames then broke from a luggage room, spreading rapidly through the interior structure and trapping guests on the second floor of the three story brick building.
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the Gulf
Preston
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