Yank Forces Pass St Mihiel Pushes Toward Metz
Allied drives surge from St Mihiel Verdun toward Metz and Nancy with American patrols near the Moselle River. British take Vimy Ridge as Canadian armor strikes toward Belgium. Rioters in Sofia demand war on Germany amid armistice talks in Cairo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Mihiel
Germany
William L. Ryan
Associated Press
Verdun
Flanders
Vimy Ridge
Arras
Moselle River
Old Gore Church Record Book Found by Local Janitor
Frank Lanning, janitor at the Court House in Hocking County, found an antique Sunday school minute book from Gore Methodist Church during demolition three years ago. Dated April 7, 1878, the book is about 65 years old and likely the church’s earliest records. The discovery echoes the proverb Seek and ye shall find as hidden history surfaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking County
Frank Lanning
Court House
Gore Methodist Church
Yank Mustangs Destroy 56 Planes
In a strafing attack on Debrecen airdrome in Hungary yesterday USS 15th Air Force Mustangs destroyed at least 56 grounded enemy planes boosting the total to 213 in three days. A Mustang formation also attacked Kecskemét near Budapest with undisclosed results as 750 heavy bombers struck Nis Yugoslavia and rail facilities in northern Italy.
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Rome
15Th Air Force
Debrecen
Hungary
Kecskemet
Budapest
Nis
Yugoslavia
Italy
MAAF
Bologna
Pesaro
Adriatic
Cadet Killed in Training Plane Crash Near Pemberville
A naval air cadet died when a single seater training aircraft crashed near Pemberville. The plane originated from Grosse Isle Michigan Training Base. Sheriff Arnold Isch said Navy officials withheld further details pending investigation.
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Toledo
Pemberville
Grosse Isle
Mich
Arnold Isch
Navy
Dayton WAC Pvt Annie Cuba killed by tractor at Patterson Field
Pvt Annie Cuba, 24, of Dunlo Pennsylvania, a WAC alert crew member at Patterson Field, was killed when struck by a tractor on the flight line. Col. E H Jose, commandant, reported the accident.
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Dayton, O
Annie Cuba
Dunlo
WAC
Patterson Field
E. H. Jose
Strikers Ifom War Board Order Will Hold Mass Meeting
In Cleveland by September 20 1943 approximately 7000 striking Graphite Bronze Co workers will hold a mass meeting to decide on no action in response to a Fifth Regional War Labor Board order. MESA officials warn of wider action if needed and note 500 workers reported for night shift at the main plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
War Labor Board
Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co
Matthew L. Smith
Mechanics Educational Society of America
Independent
MESA
Toledo
Detroit
Graphite Bronze Co
Fifth Regional War Labor Board
Smith
Legion Post To Elect Officers At Meeting
Logan Post 78 American Legion will hold a meeting on Tuesday evening September 6 in the Legion rooms on West Main Street. Commander Charles V Struble announces important matters and a slate of officers for the coming year will be elected. Refreshments will follow and a large attendance is desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Post 78
American Legion
Legion Rooms
West Main Street
Charles V. Struble
Columbus Boy 13 Hangs Self on Farm
Earl Linley Jr., 13, hanged himself in a cowshed on his father's suburban farm. Dr John S Gravis, the coroner, returned a verdict of death by his own action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Earl Linley, Jr
John S. Gravis
British Believe New Robot Bomb Fired By Nazis
An Air Ministry and Home Security communique said two German planes, possibly composite aircraft and perhaps a V-1 successor, hit an unspecified English sector during the night. The report noted little damage and no casualties with no details on the weapon’s power. Similar composites were reported in France.
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Lyon
Seventh Army
France
Italy
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Fifth
Arno
Florence
Red Army
Bulgaria
Sofia
Germany
Cairo
Bagdanov
Balkan
England
London
Air Ministry
Home Security
No Draft Change Is Contemplated Report
Washington reports that Selective Service told Congress the armed forces can stay at full strength with current draft policies. Inductions remain constant with few men over 26 drafted. 83 percent of July inductees were 18 to 26. Total registrants and separations noted, Army strength at least 77,000,000 and Navy around 3,717,000. Some members privately question overstaffing by about 2,000,000.
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Washington
Selective Service
Congress
Francis V. Keesling, Jr
Senate
House
Keesling
Army
Navy
House Military Committee
Kessling
No Paper Monday Labor Day Notice by Logan Daily News
Following a long established custom The Logan Daily News will not publish on Labor Day Monday. The plant and business office will be closed all day.
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Logan Daily News
Police Battle Angry Mobs in Sofia Streets
In Sofia crowds demand Bulgaria declare war on Germany as rioters clash with police. Moscow reports Red Army nears Sofia from the Black Sea to the Danube gateway at Giurgiu Ruse, while Premier Bagdanov resigns amid armistice talks with Britain and the United States.
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Moscow
Bulgaria
Germany
Sofia
Red Army
Balkan
Black Sea
Danube
Giurgui
Ruse
Ivan Bagdanov
Great Britain
United States
Cairo
Baghanov
Ploesti
Giurgiu
Yugoslavia
Greece
Geza Lakatos
Hungary
Budapest
OWI
Transylvania
Poland
Baltic
Stalin
Dr Boocks Named to County Coroner Post
Dr H M Boocks, a local physician, was named coroner of Hocking County at the regular meeting of the Hocking County Commissioners. He will fill the unexpired term after the death of Dr E A Person who previously held the post by election. Magistrate Frank St Clair had been acting as coroner during the vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M .Boocks
Hocking County
E. A. Person
Kenneth R. Fitzgerald
Frank St. Clair
London Walkaways Returned to Prison
Three inmates who escaped from the London prison Farm on August 27 were recaptured. Edgar Westbay 31 of Lima and Albert C Kraft 23 of Cleveland surrendered to Fayette County sheriff in Washington Court House, while Evan Miller 36 of Columbus was arrested by Columbus police.
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London. O
London
Washington Court House
Columbus
Edgar Westbay
Lima
Albert C. Kraft
Cleveland
Fayette County
Evan Miller
Infantile paralysis claims 13th Cleveland area victim
Ray Baker, 45, of Vermilion on the lake dies of infantile paralysis. He becomes the thirteenth fatality in the Cleveland area this year.
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Cleveland
Ray Baker
Vermillion-on-the-lake
Wiping Out of New Deal Pressure Groups Demanded by G. O. P.
Three Republican governors Schoepper of Kansas Martin of Pennsylvania and Thye of Minnesota call for wiping out pressure groups and a house cleaning of the New Deal as the GOP prepares for Gov. Dewey's Philadelphia address. They accuse Democratic leaders of ghost writing and label the CIOs Political Action Committee a fatal European political doctrine.
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New Deal
Associated Press
National Committee
Schoepper
Kansas
Martin
Pennsylvania
Thye
Minnesota
Thomas E. Dewey
Philadelphia
Dewey
Green
Illinois
Warren
California
Baldwin
Connecticut
National Republican Committee
Charlie McCarthys
Mittee
NBC
Gov. Schoeppel
Kansas City
Political Action Committee
Marshall favors small peacetime army with universal training
General George C. Marshall urged that postwar forces remain minimal in peace, warning a large standing army risks political control by a professional class. He endorsed universal military training for youths and reserves to reinforce in emergencies, contrasting with Germany and Japan's model.
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Washington
Germany
Japan
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Congress
Liberators Raid Philippines Reported by Tokyo
Tokyo press and radio claimed 40 B-24 Liberator bombers raided Davao in Mindanao yesterday with early notes misidentifying them as B-19 Superfortresses. The report also said enemy bombers struck Manado on Celebes at dawn, about 400 miles from Davao.
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New York
Tokyo
Davao
Mindanao
Philippines
Federal Communications Commission
Manado
Celebres Island
Laurelville Soldier Dies On French Soil
Laurelville mourns Pvt. Robert O. Steele 21 killed in action in France August 14 after 17 months service. A Laurelville High School alumnus and former filling station operator, he trained at Camp Chaffee and Los Angeles, leaving five sisters and two brothers. John Steele also served 17 months overseas and is now home.
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Oakley Steele
Laurelville
War Department
Robert O. Steele
France
Pvt
Steele
Armed Forces
Laurelville High School
Camp Chaffie
Kan
Los Angeles
Calif
Use of Defense Funds Restricted
Columbus report notes that future civilian defense funds must be spent only on defense programs. Rep. Paul H. Ballard says local councils should drop nondefense activities, including youth training. Ballard and fellow board members previously blocked a $55,000 Ohio Civilian Defense Council grant. State records show substantial unspent budgets for 1943 and 1944 defense operations and ongoing scrutiny of defense worker salaries.
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Columbus
Paul H. Ballard
R-Jackson
House Finance Committee
Board of Control
Ohio Civilian Defense Council
Ballard
Defense Council
State Defense Council
Front Line Distances to War Theaters
Reading from wartime fronts shows routes and distances to major theaters. Russian front lies 322 miles from Warr suburb area, Northern France 410 miles from Sedan, Southern France 595 miles from Voiron, and Italian front 690 miles from Pesaro.
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The
Associated Press
Warrsaw
France
Sedan
Voiron
Pesaro
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New Reconnais
Belgium
Somme
Abbeville
Tottering
YANKS
Paris
Champs Elysees
Arc de L'Riomphe
Army Signal Corps
International Soundphoto
Legion Post
Boy
Vas
Daniel de Luce
Dr. Boocks
Cupid
Elvira Consoli
West Haven
Conn
John Gilbert Corrie
Salem
Ougainville
Elkton
Philadelphia Naval Hospital
U.S. Navy
CIO
Europe
Harrisburg
Truman
Lamar
Gen. Marshall
Berlin
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