American Tanks Surging Through Germany's Sacred Soil
War analyst Mackenzie notes Yankee tanks fighting on German soil around Strasbourg on the Rhine as Allied forces race toward the border. He warns official Eisenhower reports lag behind fast-moving units due to the fluid, fast-paced operations and uncertain Nazi locations. General Eisenhower provides cautious updates.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Hitler
Strasbourg
Rhine
Germany
Longst
Fuehrer
Europe
Eisenhower
Ike
Allies Press Advance Toward Siegfried Line In Western Europe
In dramatic terms the Allies push forward across western Europe while Hitler retreats to his inner defenses. Allied air forces dominate as ground troops capture or kill enemy contingents and trap thousands along the Pas de Calais coast. The future holds hard fighting before the Siegfried Line, with Antwerp's port recently added to Allied control.
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Hitler
Europe
Pas de Calais
England
Siegfried Line
Antwerp
Market Report From St Louis and Chicago Commodities
Livestock at National Stockyards shows hogs steady with strong demand and cattle steady to softer on opening trades. Beef and veal prices listed with ranges. sheep bearish on spring lambs. Chicago dairy and poultry prices mix with firm butter and eggs, while grain futures dip on war news and weather, with wheat oats and barley all lower.
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ST. Louis
Texas
Chicago
U. S
France
Commission House
Germany
Allies Eye Luftwaffe and Lines in Europe
The article argues Germany could be reached by air power and artillery, noting Italy's Gothic Line fall as precedent and suggesting the Siegfried Line might be bypassed or attacked from behind by airborne forces. it claims the Siegfried defenses pose no unsolvable problem for Allied command.
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Germany
Italy
Cotton futures slump amid favorable war news and grain gains
Nervous liquidation and hedge selling pulled cotton futures lower in New York trading. Prices dropped intraday as much as 75 cents a bale, with late values 40 to 60 cents lower. Oct 21.43, Dec 21.21, Meh 20.97.
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New York
Cotton futures loosened on war news and crop reports
New Orleans on September 5th reports cotton futures closing steady to 80 cents lower per bale amid long liquidation spurred by war news and crop reports. Prices remained volatile with declines across Dec May and Jay contracts, while New York markets softened as holders adjusted positions ahead of potential postwar settlement changes. Transfers in stocks rose to 872,850 shares as bonds and commodities moved unevenly.
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New Orleans
Jay High
New York
Sta Ks
Germany
Europe
Chicago
Allied push advances into Belgium and Luxembourg frontiers
Allied troops push toward Aachen and Luxembourg border as reports note crossings of the German frontier. Luxembourg’s Pierre Dupong welcomes the Allies, flags German retreat toward the Reich. Antwerp is liberated and port area cleared. British advance 18 miles toward Brussels and seize Leuven and surrounding positions amid light resistance.
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Aachen
Brussels
Perl
Luxembourg
London
Pierre Dupong
Duchy
Reich
Belgium
Charleroi
Beaumont
Florencs
Namur
Liege
Supreme Headquarters
Antwerp
Leuven
Louvain
Liege-Leuven-Namur
Alast
Officials of South Detail Negro Threat
Officials of the South warn that Negro participation in elections could lead to Negro control of public offices. Arkansas Attorney General Guy E Williams cites large Negro populations in six to eight counties and 13 states with 264 electoral votes near a presidential threshold. South Carolina official T C Callison discusses bypassing Supreme Court limits on primaries. In Europe, British forces push near Tournai with captured Nazi documents showing severely depleted divisions. Le Havre garrison rebuffs surrender ultimatum as final assault looms.
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Memphis
South
Guy E. Williams
Arkansas
Williams
T. C. Callison
South Carolina
Supreme Court
Texas
Ghent
Tournai
Miles C. Dermogium
Sey
Belits Seine
Belgium
Aire
Calais
le Havre
Allied air strikes hit Rhineland rail hubs and Budapest
Up to 1,750 American planes from the west and south struck three Rhineland centers while 750 British bombers attacked Stuttgart Karlsruhe and Ludwigshafen. About 500 Mustang fighters escorted the formations. Italian heavy bombers hit Budapest and rail bridges near Szob and Szolnok. German resistance and countermeasures followed.
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Austin Bealmar
London
German Rhineland
Budapest
Hungary
Italy
Britain
Stuttgart
Karlsruhe
Ludwigshafen
Szob
Szolnok
Southern attornies general meet to discuss regional issues
The Souths state attorneys general gathered to air regional problems including freight rate differentials and race relations. States represented were Oklahoma Mississippi North and South Carolina Georgia Alabama Tennessee Louisiana Virginia Arkansas. Florida attorney J Tom Watson opened the conference as regional chairman noting the goal of a full exchange of views on paramount regional problems. Guy E Williams of Arkansas spoke on the racial question and negro voting in southern democratic primaries.
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South
Oklahoma
Mississippi
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Louisiana
Virginia
Arkansas
J. Tom Watson
Florida
Guy E. Williams
Allied air actions hit Axis targets across Europe
Flak near Budapest failed to down fighters while Liberator bombers struck the Fer rara Bridge in northern Italy for a sixth time in three weeks. Lightnings engaged a German air fleet in western Germany, destroying 60 aircraft on the ground and 15 in the air as improvised landing fields offered little defense.
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Ferrara
Italy
Germany
Negroes' Venereal Clinic Postponed to Sept 13
There will be no general disease clinic for negroes Wednesday afternoon due to the death of Dr. R C Lewis' mother. The clinic is rescheduled for Wednesday September 13, announced by Mrs Inez G Turner of the Hempstead County Health Unit.
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R. C. Lewis
Inez G. Turner
Hempstead County
Women Bus Drivers Set Higher Safety Record in Wichita
In Wichita Kansas 67 women bus drivers posted a safety record 25 percent better than 67 men employed by the Wichita Transportation Company. The report highlights the gender gap in professional driving performance based on incident rates.
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Wichita
Kan
Wichita Transportation Company
Ceiling Map Showcases 17 Colors at Sanrancisco Shriners Hospital
The ceiling map for patients at the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children in San Francisco features 17 colors. In the hospital's physical therapy room about 80 patients may study the artwork while lying down.
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Sanrancisco’s
Shriners’ Hospital For Crippled Children
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