Yanks Near Belfort Pass In Massive Allied Advance
Allied forces push toward Belfort pass with Patton and Patch units advancing three to five miles. American fronts tighten from Aachen to the Dutch border as German resistance stiffens. British Second Army closes on the Maas while Calais and Channel guns surrender terms are resumed.
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Maas
Aachen
U. S
First Army
Echterbosch
George S. Patton
Third Army
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
Patton
Belfort
Rambervillers
Nancy
Gap
Second Army
Meuse
Holland
Kleve
Reichswald
Forest
U. Ss. First Army
Sittard
Luxembourg
Gana
Britain
Cap Gris Nez
Calais
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
21St Army Group
Hertogenbosch
Antwerp
Turnhout
Pont- A-Moussen
Metz
Port-sur- Seile
Lorraine
Near Frost Levels Across Kansas Amid Clearing Skies
In Kansas, cloudy conditions eased as readings rose from near frost in the northwestern region to 50s and 60s elsewhere. Overnight lows fell to 36 at Goodland, with scattered rainfall totals later in the day. The Verdigris River near Coffeyville rose toward flood stage after heavy showers yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Lang
Goodland
Mercury
Phillipsburg
S. D. Flora
Fort Scott
Columbus
Garnett
Chanute
Independence
Lebo
Hutchinson
Coffeyville
Americans Seize Heights Near Bologna in Adriatic Drive
Allied reports say Fifth Army troops captured Mount Battaglia and three key heights commanding the Bologna Rimini road, advancing under rain and mud toward Bologna. British forces held the Adriatic edge while Eighth Army combats west of Rimini with heavy fighting and 9,000 prisoners reported. Air operations limited by poor weather.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Mount Battaglia
Imola
Po Valley
Bologna-Rimini
Doughboys
Bologna
Adriatic
Highth Army
Filmcino
Highway 65
Fifth
Eighth Army
Savignano
Canomica
Rimini
MAAF
Majors Bombing Raids Hit Saarbrucken and Galdern Fronts
Allied medium bombers P- American and British hit Siegfried line defenses and railroad yards at Saarbrucken and Galdern while Ninth airforce Marauders and Fortresses raid central Germany. U S Pacific Fleet reports Halsey’s Third fleet sinks ships and destroys aircraft in the Philippines and Visayan seas with heavy losses on both sides.
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London
Germany
Siegfried Line
Saarbrucken
Galdern
Ninth Airforce
Britain
Vebenhein
Automakers foresee 6 to 8 months to restart peacetime car output
Detroit reports a press conference with E. L. Wilson of General Motors,K T Keller of Chrysler,H Ford II of Ford, and G T Christopher of Packard. They said if World War ends before Jan 1, six to eight months will be needed to produce a new passenger car. Partial wartime reductions will not hasten peacetime production and 1942 price levels cannot be relied on. Henry Ford Jr suggested a low priced model if market demand exists.
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Detroit
Europe
E. Wilson
General Motors Corp
K. T. Keller
Chrysler Corporation
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Company
George T. Christopher
Packard Motor Car Company
Wilson
Henry Ford
Women Marines to Hawaii Planned assignments for 1060 enlisted
Washington says about 1060 enlisted women Marines will be assigned to Hawaii under tentative Marine Corps plans Ruth Cheney Streeter head of the women's reserve and Major Cornelia D T Williams personnel officer will go to Hawaii next month to inspect living quarters and study possible assignments for the women marines while the Marine Corps evaluates housing and duties for the contingent.
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Washington
Hawaii
U. S. Marine Corps
Ruth Cheney Streeter
Marine Corps Women’s Reserve
Cornelia D. T. Williams
Marine Corps
Russians Drive Three-Way Offensive Across Hungary Front
Moscow dispatches report a swift three way Soviet push against Hungary from Romania and Yugoslavia as Allied peace feelers surface. Russian forces advance in a 100 mile arc, cross Yugoslav territory, and push toward Szeged and Budapest while Czechoslovak government negotiates frontier access. Belgrade nears, Riga tightens, and Govorov’s Estonia thrusts seize 200 localities.
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Moscow
Red Army
Hungary
Romania
Yugoslavia
Budapest
Hitler
Tito
Lupkow Pass
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Vydran
East Beskid
Frantisek Nemec
Europe
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Szeged
Reuter
Belgrade
Berlin
Riga
Lode
Estonia
Leonid A. Govorov
Vritsu
2.3 Tons Cans Collected For Legion Drive
City trucks have gathered 2.3 tons of processed tin cans by 2 PM for the American Legion drive. Some cans remain to be picked up, with missing boxes urged to be delivered to Earl Robbins at Sixth and Massachusetts by early Sunday morning. The drive aims for a 15 ton shipment to a processing mill in the east. final pickup will complete the effort.
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American Legion
C. T. Hough
Earl Robbins
Sixth
Massachusetts Street
Legion
Red Cross seeks 173 open donor spots in Lawrence drive
Red Cross Blood Donor committee laments failing to reach 504 appointments for the Mobile Blood Donor unit coming to Lawrence next Monday through Wednesday. At noon 321 registrations exist and 173 spots remain. Appointments available tomorrow morning at the Red Cross classroom or by phone 640. A member urges immediate action noting a continuing war casualty pace and the need for last minute reservations before noon tomorrow. The camporee is called off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Blood Donor Committee
Lawrence
Red Cross
Camporee
Scout Event Cancelled Because of Damp Ground
The Dougas County Boy Scouts of America camporee in Clinton Park is canceled due to damp ground. Wade Pierce announced at noon that, because the season is late, no campers will be held this year.
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Boy Scouts of America
Clinton Park
Wade Pierce
Pierce
Churchill calls for second meeting with Stalin and Roosevelt
Moscow reports indicate Churchill urged a second Tehran style summit with Marshal Stalin and President Roosevelt. Readers note Russians believe a sequel could seal postwar plans for Hitler’s defeat, Allied command coordination, and decisions on punishment and peace terms after the war.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Roosevelt
Persia
Normandy
Hitler
Germany
Japanese drive nears Kweilin in China
Japanese forces push southwest into Kwangsi province closing the gap toward Kweilin, 35 miles from the provincial capital. Other units seize Paoching and press toward Tanchuk as Tokyo claims occupation of both towns, heightening the threat to strategic air bases and routes between Hongkong and Manchuria.
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Chungking
Kwangsi Province
Kweilin
Paoching
Kawangsi
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Kwangsi
Kwantung Province
Hongkong
Manchuria
Tanchuk
Tokyo
Tanchukl
Eden warns of postwar Germany risk and unity aim
London reports Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told parliament that occupation plans for Germany are nearly complete amid concerns over Himmler's youth Nazi training. He stressed unconditional surrender and warned that a rearmed Germany could reemerge as a continuing danger after defeat, with Russo Polish issues needing enduring Anglo Soviet cooperation.
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London
Anthony Eden
Commons Today
Germany
Heinrich Himmler
Eden
Europe
Sunflower Village Grade School Enrollment Rises
Enrollment at Sunflower Village grade school reaches 468 under De Soto school board crowded conditions. Estella Golden serves as principal with John Parker assisting eighth grade A section. Faculty includes Emma Wall Lucille Blaylock Mildred Coulsen Pansey Penner Lena Harbaugh and others. Douglas county Selective Service calls three colored men for Fort Leavenworth physical exam on October 6.
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Sunflower Village
DeSoto
Estella Golden
John Parker
Emma Wall
Lucille Blaylock
Mildred Coulsen
Pansey Penner
Lena Harbaugh
Myrtle ‘Watson
Maxine Coker
Emily Ballance
Mary James
Rosemary Gammon
Lucille Syerley
Margaret Steele
Ruth Yost
Alta’ Jennings
Gwendolyn Jewett
Lillian Bartholomew
Daisy Wingfield
Douglas County
Selective Service Office
This County
Fort Leavenworth
Roosevelt orders fast action on postwar Germany plan
President Roosevelt ordered a speed-up of postwar German policy under state department guidance. The seven point program directs accelerated studies and staff support to ensure Germany cannot wage war again, while continuing lend-lease and adjusting foreign economic operations for Japan and postwar reconstruction.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
State Department
Leo T. Crowley
Foreign Economic Administration
Presidentis
Stimson
Hull
Morgenthau
Crowley
Department of State
Foreign Service
United Nations
FEA
Japan
Nazi Germany
Estonia Liberated With Much Damage to Nazi Army
London reports Estonia has been liberated aside from two small islands. In ten days, the Leningrad group led by Marshal Govorov killed 30,000 and captured 15,745 Germans. The advance covered about 170 miles along Estonia’s northern coast and pushed toward Riga. Osel and Dago remain in enemy hands.
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London
Estonia
Moscow
Leningrad
Leonid A. Govorov
Narva
Tartu
Riga
Baltic States
Osel
Stock Market Index Brief Summary
The index shows an average of 60 stocks at 545 with yesterday’s value noted as 54.3. The record highlights a notable rise or fluctuation in the market, signaling investor activity and potential shifts in market sentiment.
Argentina to Bar War Criminals from Entering
Argentina will bar war criminals from entering the country and prohibit them from depositing funds or acquiring property, the foreign office announced. Britain was informed that Argentina’s ambassador delivered a verbal message on September 26, confirming the stance amid speculation that axis leaders might seek refuge.
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Anne Aires
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Hull
Washington
Hitler
Argentina
London
Britain
War Dads meeting honors families of the armed services
About 800 attendees heard Nat Milgram of Kansas City explain War Dads aims to support service members after demobilization and maintain morale at home. The Lawrence chapter hosted the event with KU musicians and cadet guards, noting 600 chapters exist in 42 states with 70 000 members. The program included a showing of The World at War.
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Armed Services
Lawrere
Nat Milgram
Kansas City
University of Kansas
Russell L. Wiley
Joseph F. Wilkins
K. U
F. C. Allen
Army
Navy
K. D
Raymond A. Schwegler
Rice Phelps
Lawrence
E. E. Alexander
Alexander
Don Alexander
Fort Leavenworth
Milgram
War Dads
Killed in action Pvt Gerald Lindenberger in France
Telegram from war department confirms 19 year old Pvt Gerald L Lindenberger of Lawrence Memorial High School class of 1943 was killed in France on August 20 after earlier being reported missing. He served since July 6 1943, landed in Italy March 15, fought at Anzio and in the southern France invasion. Survived by his parents and a brother Kenneth Lindenberger in the Southwest Pacific.
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Pvt
Gerald L. Lindenberger
H. R. Lindenberger
France
War Department
Lindenberger
Lawrence Memorial High School
Italy
U.S
Anzio
Rome
SK 2
Kenneth Lindenberger
Pearl Harbor
Southwest Pacific
Elm Tree Disease Spread Noted In Kansas City Area
A Kansas City meeting on elm phloem necrosis quoted Dr. Hungerford and Dr. Beamer as experts. Lawrence crews found a few sick trees while Dr. Swingle surveyed west toward Manhattan. One dead tree stood at 171 Kentucky with another diseased beside it. experts warn incidence doubles yearly.
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Kansas City
H. B. Hungerford
R. H. Beamer
E. U
Lawrance
A¢ J
Roger A. Swingle
Field Division of Forest Pathology
Columbus
Kentucky
Lawrence
Hungerford
Postwar publishing shifts hint at major mergers
New York Sept 29 reports two large presses near fusion. Simon & Schuster may merge with Marshall Field interests amid publishing rowtalk of cheap $1 books. Grosset and Dunlap sold to Random House, Book of the Month club and Harper & Bros forming a new managed group led by Bennet Cerf. Marshall Field had eyed Grosset and Dunlap.
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New York
Simon & Schuster
Marshall Field
Chicago
Mercantile
Fortune
Row
Field
Asle
Grossett and Dunlap
Random House
Harper & Bros. Grosset and Dunlap
Bennet Cerf
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Ger
Rest of
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Hickground
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
William F. Halsey
Solomons
Philippines
Third Fleet
Douglas MacArthur
Sulu
Catalina
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Coron Bay
Visayan Sea
Western Pacific
Bonin Islands
Budapests
Legion Drive
Stalin
China
Tas
By the Associat
Danube
DNE
Danube River
Turnu-Severin
Journal-World
Denver
Post-War Publishing
LA Guardia
Arkansas
Naval Plant
Camden, Ark
Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company
Leavenworth, Kan
George Sollitt Construction Company
Winston Brothers_company
Minneapolis
C. F. Haglin and Sons, Inc
Mineneapolis
Navy Department
McClellan
D-Ark
Kanase
Seenaiss
Weenie SB
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