Quebec Conference Opened As Allied Leaders Chart Pacific War
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill opened a Quebec victory conference to map war moves focused on the Pacific theater. Stalin was unable to attend as Soviet armies advance. British armor pierced into the Siegfried Line north of the Albert Canal while American troops reached near Aachen and Luxembourg fell to Allied forces.
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Siegfried Line
Churchill
Quebec
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Roosevelt
Britain
Ivied
Canada
Churchi
Pacific
Stalin
Stephen Early
Pearl Harbor
Aleutians
Admiral Nimitz
MacArthur
Church Nl
Halifax
St. Lawrence
Hall of Athlone
W. L. MacKenzie King
Mr. Roosevelt
Trinity House
Russians Gain In Carpathians Advance Near Transylvania
Soviet forces under Marshal Oviny push from northeast and southeast toward Cluj and the Danube Iron Gate. Red Army gains ground in the Carpathians, appealing to Hungarians and Austrians to cast off Nazi rule as they close in on Transylvania.
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Russia
Oviny
Cluj
Hungary
Austria
Red Army
Aegean Sea Front
Red i
Danube
Iron Gate
House Committee Pushes For Future Tax Cuts
A House committee drafts a postwar tax reduction program favoring all income groups, aiming to ease the economy while supporting business and national recovery. The report urges economy measures, price controls, and careful budgeting to back peace and growth.
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Colmer
Byrnes
Mine Strikes Cut Soft Coal Output in Week
Interior Secretary Ickes reported soft coal strikes reduced weekly output by more than 302000 tons in the week ending Sept 2, with total production at 11575000 tons. August 26 strikes shaved over 200000 tons to 22070000 tons, as 1944 45 needs are set near 626 million tons. Anthracite output for Sept 2 was 1309000 tons, up from 1290000 the prior week.
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Washington
Ickes
Road To Berlin Distances By Front Lines
The report lists front line distances for major theaters: Russian front twelve miles from Pulutan, Western front eight hundred thirty five miles from Verviers, Eastern France four hundred fifty three miles between Besancon and Belfort, and Italian front six hundred eighty eight miles from below Rimini.
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Assaciated Press
Pulutat
Verviers
France
Besancon
Belfort
Rimini
Dewey Seeks Improvements in Washington During Midwest Trip
Dewey told a 4,000 strong crowd in Ames that the New Deal defeatist policy cannot continue and that present interest must be in improvements at Washington. He urged equal opportunity for industry and agriculture and noted plans for a second Midwest swing with stops in Detroit Chicago Minneapolis and Kansas City as his campaign concentrates on GOP governor states.
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Owosso
Midh
Pacific Coast
North Western
By & Frod
B. Hickenlooper
Ames
Snes
Iitis
CIO
Republi
Kenlooper
Ee Towa
Armed Services
Flaid
Roosevelt
Harrison E. Spangler
National Committee
National
Claude Shearer
Town Highway Patrol
Washington
Des Moines
Middle West
Doetroit
Chiesgo
Minneapolis
Kansas
City
Indiana
Ilinois
Mich
Detroit
Louisville
Albany
Kalamazoo
Niles
Dewey Board of Strategy
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Missouri
GOP
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Midwest
Yanks Ease Up To Nazis Gothic Line
Allied Fifth Army forces pulled back from Gothic Line positions to exploit enemy focus on the Adriatic coast. Units reached Asella 17 miles northwest of Florence and 25 miles south of Bologna, with advances into outer areas of Pistoia and high ground near the town.
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Rome
Adriatic
Ri i
Fifth Army
Sinman
Sorento
Asella
Florence
Great
Po Valley
Bologna
Pistoia
American Fighter Escort Downs 130 Germans In Foray
American escort fighters joined 1,000 heavy bombers in strikes on Nazi oil targets in Germany. The battle produced a record air combat with 180 enemy planes reported down, amid days of heavy Allied activity over the Reich.
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Foray
London
Germany
Reich
England
Italy
France
U. S. Highth Air Force
Rhineland
Merseberg
Lutzlatdorf
Hannover
Misburg
Berlin
Street Scenes. Rioting Traffic and Tender Farewells
A young woman rejects a passerby’s offer to pick up a watch lying on the pavement, shouting that it is not hers and that she stepped on it. A motorist brazenly cuts through a traffic jam, horns blaring, while a couple clings to each other and waves goodbye from the bus station.
Monthly Salvage Drive Kicks Off New Collection Routes
Morning showers fail to slow the salvage effort as the strap truck starts rounds through Long Island Edgewood Beechwood Litg Manor and nearby areas. The Salvage Committee urges housewives to place scrap at the curb. Tuesday pickups include Oak Grove Ridgeway Hillcrest and the Dixon-Thomas Addition.
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Long Island
Edgewood
Beechwood
Litg Manor
Tuck
Oak Grove
Johnson City Highway
Ridgeway
Hillcrest
Dixon-Thomas
U S Raids Blast Japs From Palau To The Philippines
U S carrier raids extend to the fifth day with land based air attacks reaching Formosa and the Celebes. Tokyo reports 1000 planes hit Palau and Yap last Thursday with 250 returning. Mindanao also targeted as Pacific Fleet notes destroyers and cruisers bombarding Palau while shore defenses and communications links in the eastern Carolines are said destroyed.
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U.S
Palau
Philippines
Formosa
Helmahera
Celebes
Yap
Tokyo
Berlin
Mindanao
Douglas MacArthur
Chester W. Niraitz
Carolines
French Armour Seizes Dijon Front in Friday Drive
Allied reports say French forces moved to the outskirts of Dijon as American units under General Patch closed the Doubs River pocket. French advances also reached Saulieu Arnay le Duc and Voseuil while American troops probed toward Belfort, tightening the corridor toward the Reich.
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Alexander M. Patch
Mediterranean
Oute
Vesoul
Theg
Nancy
Moselle
Besancon
Doubs
Dijon
Saone
Belfort Gap
les+ander M. Patch
Seventh Army
Rougemont
Germany
Jura
Reichen
Blamont
Belfort
de Dijon
France
Saulieu
Autun
Arnay-le-Duc
Doubs River
Rhone
Ognon
Valeley
Scenee Auxonne
Plot Against Hitler: Goerdeler and six others sentenced to death
London reports Dr. Karl Friedrich Goerdeler and six other politicians were sentenced to death in Berlin for participating in the July plot to kill Adolf Hitler. The broadcasts say Goerdeler planned to head a postassassination government seeking peace, with conspirators aiming to set up a dictatorship that would capitulate to Germany’s enemies.
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Hitler
London
Karl Friedrich Goerdeler
Leipzig
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Goerdeler
Ulrich von Hassel
Rome
Count Wolf Hendrick von Helldorf
Tratt J. Zu Stolz
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Paul] Lejéime-Jung
Wilhelm Leuschner
Hessiah
Interior
Josef
Wirmer
Transocean
Tie
Germany
Leuschner
Reich
von Hassell
U Stolz
Agage
Count Helldorf
Ludwig Beck
Helldorf
Lin
Nazis Evacuate Polish Town Amid War Moves
German forces evacuate the town of Krosno in Poland as part of a broader wartime withdrawal. The radio-announced action follows pressures from the advancing fronts and signals a strategic shift affecting Polish war industries and regional power.
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Poland
London
Krosno
Czecho-Slovakia
Lin
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