War Today: Allied Drive Into Germany Opens Front
War analyst Dewitt Mackenzie reports Allied forces advancing toward the German border with heavy air and ground offensive. He notes German divisions retreating toward the Siegfried Line, with 100,000 Hitler troops trapped at Pas de Calais and Antwerp in Allied hands as air power and artillery threaten to breach German defenses.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Hitler
Strasbourg
Rhine
Germany
Puchter
Europe
Creneral Eisenhower
Ike
Alligg
Siegfried Line
Pas de Calais
England
Antwerp
Alfiest
Italy
Gov to Take 90 Billion Loss From Surplus Property
Washington reports lawmakers expect a 90 billion dollar loss on surplus war materials as the government weighs disposal. Rep. Manasco notes 105 billion in surplus, with only about 15 billion realizable and 36 billion possible if certain actions are taken. He warns selling excess stock could hurt domestic industry and domestic farmers.
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Douglas
Cornell Washington
Sept. S
Manasco D.alas
Manasco
Senate
House
Munasco
Europe
England
Frances
Kiel
Peace Terms For Finland To Be Held
London Sept 1 AP Finnish mission to Moscow will depart tomorrow and Berlin radio ship will report, to negotiate peace terms under the armistice ending hostilities on the Finnish Russian front yesterday. Premier Hackzell and Foreign Minister Enckell to lead a 10 member group. German troop disposition in Finland not addressed. Reports from Stockholm say Nazis withdrawn from southern Finland may begin today. three divisions likely still present. Armistice gives Germany until Sept 15 to evacuate. post deadline any remaining forces will be disarmed and interned by Helsinki.
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London
Moscow
Berlin
Hantj Hackzell
Forelgiy
C. J. Enckell
Finland
Stockholm
Sweden
Norway
Vinkaud
Germany
Helsinki
Amos Gosden Is Married in California Ranch Ceremony
Hollywood reports Amos and Jane Stoneham tied the knot at a friends ranch in Scotia California yesterday. Freeman Godden 45, part of the Amos and Andy radio team, and Stoneham daughter of the late Charles Stoneham, were the couple in the ceremony announced by National Broadcasting Company.
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Hollywood
Y— Freeman Godden
Amos
Amos Ant
Andy
Jane Stoneham
Charles Stoneham
Scotia
Calif
National Broadcasting Company
Labor Seizure Affects Pennsylvania Coal Mines
The Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company operations at Iramer Mine DuBois and Consolidation Coal Co Renton faced government seizure for alleged strikes violating the no strike pledge. Several mines resumed production in Indiana Armstrong and Allegheny Counties while Helvetta in Clearfield remained under control with no strike reported. A Danbury Connecticut factory note mentions a 1780 U.S. establishment.
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Iramer
DuBois
Consolidation Coal Co
Renton
WILB
John McAlpine
Stikers
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company
Indiana
Amstrong County
Ford Callieries Co
Allegheny County
Helvetta
Clearfield County
Republicans on Radio Detour in Nevada and Nation
Nevada holds its primary with Senator Pat McCarran seeking Democratic renomination against Lt. Gov. Vail Pittman. The winner faces one of three Republicans for the nomination Kenneth F. Johnson Kendrick A. Johnson and G. W. Malone. Nationally Truman stumps in Michigan and three Republican governors Lange Kelly Edge broadcast for Dewey. Truman denounces Roosevelt as greatest man, while Dewey relies on radio with 25 governor cohosts as he plans Philadelphia campaign kickoff.
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Nevada
Pat McCarran
Vail Pittman
Key Piluman
Thos. E. Dewey
Arthur B. Lange
Washington
Harry F. Kelly
Michigan
Walter E. Edge
New Jersey
Truman
Roosevelt
White House
Danny
Detroit
Cadillac Square
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
New York City
Philadelphia
Jock Whitney Captured by Nazi Forces in France
Col John Hay Whitney Mediterranean Air Force staff officer and former sports figure was captured near southern France on August 21 after a jeep ride was attacked by a Nazi tank. The party sought shelter in a farmhouse and surrendered to avoid death. Whitney had served in England with Fighter Command and later Public Relations for the Eighth Air Force before joining the Mediterranean Air Force last June 12.
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Rome
John Hay
Jock) Whitney
Mediterranean Air Force
France
Air Force Headquarters
Whitney
England
Highth Air Force
Fighter Command
Lighth Air Force
Massive Allied Air Attacks Hit Japanese Targets Across Pacific
Allied battles report continued heavy air strikes on Japanese positions from Paramushiro to Timor with seven planes lost and no major warship damage. Cargo ships and submarines chasers sunk or damaged across Bonin, Volcano, Mindanao, Celebes and Talaud groups. Bonin Wolvang action claimed many planes shot down and ships destroyed or damaged. Oil foes noted sugarcane fuel and Algeria olive oil as fuels. Scotland marked New Year in 1599.
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Bonin
Volcano
Mindanao
Halinahera
Talaud
Celebes
Dow
London Bombed Again After Short Bombing Pause
London and Southern England endured renewed German air raids just before daybreak. The four day lull ended as robots were launched causing casualties and damage, according to a brief AP report from London dated September 5.
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London
Britain
England
Allied advances and German retreats across Europe in early September
Allied forces press north from the Seine bridgehead toward Belgium near Tournai as German units are shown in captured documents to be severely reduced in strength. Eisenhower urges Dutch aid to protect Rotterdam docks and railways while French, Italian, and Canadian actions push toward Rimini, Belfort Gap, and Lyon’s approaches amid ongoing resistance. Swiss internment follows Warsaw frontier breaches as fronts shift toward Berlin’s path.
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Tournai
Miles C. Dempsey
Belgium
Seine
le Havre
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rotterdam
Ninth Air Force
France
Villefranche
Italy
Adriatic
Rimini
Bern
Warsaw
Switzerland
Breda
Bourg-en-Bresse
Berlin
Associated Press
Week End Deaths During Labor Day Holiday
Associated Press survey shows 245 fatalities across the nation during the Labor Day weekend, with over half from traffic accidents. States list top totals led by California with 28 deaths, followed by Illinois and Pennsylvania. breakdown includes traffic, drownings, and miscellaneous causes.
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iBy
Associated Press
California
District of Columbia
Tllinois
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Montgomery Tops Gen Ike in Allied Leadership
Washington dispatch details how Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery outranks Dwight D. Eisenhower in British hierarchy, though Ike remains Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in the European theater. The note adds John J. Pershing’s historical rank as General of the Armies.
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Washington
Bernard L. Montgomery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ike
Montgomery
Eisenhaur
Allied Expeditionary Forces
John J. Pershing
United States
Congress
AEF
Pershing
Eisenhower
Foch
France
Dorothy Pennington Returns From Clifton Springs Sanatorium
Dorothy Pennington daughter of Mr and Mrs C A Pennington recently finished a six week engagement as pianist in a string trio at Clifton Springs Sanitarium North Carolina The trio performed for dinner chapel services and several weekly concerts at the parlor They were guests of the town Rotary Club The sanitarium is famed for sulphur springs and healing waters Dorothy will resume school on September 17.
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Dorothy Pennington
C. A. Pennington
North Ninth Street
Clifton Springs Sanitarium
Clifton Springs
N. C
Eastman
Oberlin Conservatory
Full Yord Graduate School
Dorothy
Obituary notices from Saltsburg area deaths and services
Obituary notices recount Saltsburg area deaths including Mrs. Lincoln wife of Seaman Second Class Robert Lincoln and Edith Alter Shank former teacher, with details of birthplaces, family, church affiliations, and funeral arrangements. Also notes Joseph Frank Pushnik former Homer City resident, Alexander S Elliott of Armagh, Joan D Cartwright, Mrs. Virginia R McCreery of Wilkinsburg, with surviving relatives and burial plans.
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Lincoln
Saltsburg
Clymer
Hiram
Emma Grace (Duncan) Shank
St. Johns
Helen George Apollo
Catherine Walker
Baltimore
Maryland
Blair
George C. Vetter
St John’s Lutheran Church
Salisburg
Edgewood Cemotery
Joseph Frank Pushinik
Homer City
Presbyterian
Capitulation By Germany Considered In War Talks
Allied leaders weigh Germany collapsing piece by piece rather than a single surrender. Armistice forms are ready for use with unconditional surrender, making Germany a prisoner under strict occupation. Discussion centers on Germany’s postwar fate and possible trials, amid uncertainty over leadership and a forthcoming Roosevelt Churchill meeting.
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Joman M. Hightower
Washington
Germany
Russia
United States
Britain
Reith
Europe
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Public Utility hearing sought for Indiana PennsylvanIa cab company
Notice states Charles Cain Otis Woodring of Indiana Borough Indiana County Pa apply to Public Utility Commission for certificate of Public Convenience to transfer cab rights from Cain Woodring trading as W Cab Co to J D Levers. Hearing set September 8 1944 at 10 A M in Court House Indiana Pa. Final decisions expected amid wartime British and American military focus.
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Public Utility Commission
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Public Utility
Charles Cain
Otis Waddring
Indiana
Indiana County
Pennsylvania
Otis Woodring
W Cab Co
Indi-aina
White
Inedina
J. D. Lervis
Court Truse
In Memoriam Curtis J Betzold 1941 memory poem
In loving memory of Curtis J Betzold husband and father taken suddenly three years ago on Sept 4 Our hearts cannot tell what to say in tears of love can never wake him He lived a life of faith and kindness Surviving wife Elizabeth Dearmy McCunn and four children plus two sons and a daughter Funeral details and burial planned at Oakland Cemetery with service Sept 6 by Rev Arthur J Pfohl.
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Curtis J. Betzold
Hps
Mark Calvin
McCann
Carpenter
East Philadelphia
Mareh Ty
Jin Rayne
James
Kathryn
Hadden
TeCunn
Zion Lutheran Church
Eli
Zabeth C
Dearmy) McCunn
Elmer King
Indiana
H. Blair McCunn
Walter
Cunn
Indiane
Quincy
McCunn
Pittsburgh
Bell Funeral Home
Arthur J. * Pfohl
Oakland Cemetery
Remembrance Poem for a Deceased Husband at Moscow Visit
A mourning verse recalls Donald Brave Nelson, longtime War Production Board chief, with floral tributes on the third anniversary of his death. The poem mentions a luncheon in Moscow with Roosevelt, Molotov, Mikoyan, and Hurley, and expresses ongoing grief from a wife and children. A stray note about pocket gophers appears at the end.
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Moscow
Donald Brave Nelson
War Production Board
Patrick J. Hurley
China
Roosevelt
Vyacheslav Molotov
Clark Decorates Negro Soldier In WWII drive note
Lt. Mark W. Clark personally visited a wounded Black infantryman and awarded the Purple Heart as the 82nd Infantry Division, a Black unit, scored its first German contact and suffered initial battle casualties in the Fifth Army advance between Pisa and Florence. Clark urged the men of the 82nd to persevere toward victory.
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RCME
Mark W. Clark
82Nd Infantry Division
Pisa
Florence
Clark
Officials say no German peace offer or inquiries
Officials advised the Associated Press that there has been no peace offer or inquiries from any responsible party in Nazi Germany. Infrequent recent signals trace to German diplomats and businessmen in neutral countries, with officials expecting the Nazi leadership to press the German public to endure until military defeat, risking unprecedented chaos.
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Associated Press
Cate
Reich
Germany
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