Allied air and ground link up near Nijmegen bridge
Allied headquarters say reinforced airborne units have linked with ground forces in the Nijmegen Arnhem area as troops crossed into southern Holland. The British radio reports the Nijmegen bridge over the Rhine was captured intact and troops move to rescue isolated airborne forces ten miles north. In Alsace Lorraine, Hitler drives armor into a major battle against the U S Third Army for three days, the largest since the Normandy landings.
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Dwight Pitkin
Associated Press
Allied Headquarters
Nijmegen
Holland
Lower Rhine
Arnhem
Alsace-Lorraine
Adolf Hitler
U.S
Third Army
France
China Faces Uncertain Role in Pacific War Strategy
Washington officials and military planners assess whether Allied advances in the central Pacific can open a supply route to aid China while it remains able to resist Japan. They warn a European victory pace could delay full focus on Asia and threaten China's survival as a leading United Nations power.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
China
Japan
Central Pacific
Pacific
Germany
Europe
United Nations
Asia
Russia
East Asia
Lancaster Lawyer James Deffenbaugh Reaches Cornerstone Legal Role
James W. Deffenbaugh of Lancaster rises to a senior legal advisor post at Anchor Hocking Glass Corp. Born in Hocking County to Isaiah Deffenbaugh, he pursued Ohio Northern University and earned a degree in 1903 before teaching and then opening a Lancaster law office. He has long served church, temperance, civic and fraternal causes and is a thirty two year Mason. The piece also notes a local cigarette anecdote involving Japanese cigarettes sent from New Guinea and a Logan anecdote urging residents to avoid trying them.
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Hocking County
Anchor
Hocking Glass Corporation
Lancaster
James W. Deffenbaugh
Isaiah Deffenbaugh
Ohio Northern University
Hocking Hills
Ansel Summers
New Guinea
John Summers
Logan
Churchill to Moscow trip reported from Berlin broadcast
A Berlin broadcast quoted a Lisbon source claiming Prime Minister Churchill was en route to Moscow after his meeting with the President. The report offers no official confirmation and reflects wartime rumors circulating in London.
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London
Berlin
Lisbon
Churchill
Moscow
Eee
Finland Accused of Breaking Red Armistice Terms
Soviet newspapers Izvestia and Pravda charge Finland failed to disarm German forces by September 15 and turn them over to Red Army command. They allege Finnish officials aided German troops' evacuation. An Allied Armistice Control Commission team led by Col. Gen. Sidanov arrived in Helsinki to set up headquarters at Hotel Klaus Kurki as a new Finnish government formation is reported with Erhu Castren likely to become premier.
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Moscow
Izvestia
Pravda
Finland
Red Army High Command
Helsinki
Allied Armistice Control Commission
Sidanov
Klaus Kurki
Erhu Castren
Finnish Supreme Court
Hantti Hackzell
The Battle for Germany Moves to Siegfried Line
The War Today reports the fighting has shifted from the Rhine toward the Siegfried Line and Holland as Allied and German forces clash. Arnhem reports grim conditions with Allied troops surrounded but reinforced by airborne units linking with the British, signaling a pivotal phase in Western Europe.
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J. M. Roberts, Jr
Germany
Rhine
Siegfried Line
Holland
Arnhem
Europe
Bricker Sees GOP Victory in Pennsylvania Tour
Maryland voters were told Governor John W. Bricker expects a Republican win in Pennsylvania after a two day swing through Wilkes Barre. He cited enthused crowds and party leaders as signs for victory while criticizing the New Deal as propaganda and misrepresenting the administration.
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Baltimore
John W. Bricker
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Keystone
Wilkes-Barre
William A. Clark
Ohio
Washington
Belgians Name Regent Prince Charles in Leopold’s Absence
Brussels dispatch reports Belgian parliament voted to install Prince Charles as regent while King Leopold is a German prisoner. Regent will govern in Leopold’s absence during wartime. Charles is Leopold’s brother and heir.
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London
Brussels
Prince Charles
Belgium
Leopold
OFL Supports Roosevelt for Fourth Term Bid
The Ohio Federation of Labor at its 60th annual convention voted to back President Roosevelt for a fourth term after three hours of debate. The resolution urged OFL affiliates to do everything possible to re-elect him, with leaders citing unity and non-partisan policy urged by AFL figures.
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Columbus
Ohio Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Michael Lyden
John Breidenbach
OFL
Breidenbach
William Green
A.F.L
O.F.L
Samuel Gompers
Lawyer Appointment Confirmed by Senate
In Cincinnati on Sept 21 Charles Sawyer a former lieutenant governor and Democratic national committeeman for Ohio awaited a ring side seat as President Roosevelt nominated him at age 57 to be ambassador to Belgium and minister to Luxembourg and the Senate promptly confirmed the choice.
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Cincinnati
Charles Sawyer
Ohio
Wartorn
Europe
Roosevelt
Belgium
Duchy of
Luxembourg
Senate
Allied push advances in Holland and France near Arnhem
Allied communique reports ground forces crossing the German border to shield five miles northeast of Heerlen. Nijmegen bridge captured by British Second Army and American airborne troops, enabling rapid drive toward Arnhem. Seventh Army makes new positions northwest of Belfort while resisting in Moselle valley and Aachen sector.
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Waal Rhine
Holland
Shhedal
Heerlen
Arnhem
BBC
Nijmegen
Second Army
Seventh Army
Belfort
Moselle
France
Aachen
Myriads of Allied Bombers Hit Reich
Waves of Allied planes crossed the channel and bombers were again over western Germany, with Calais’s port billowing smoke. RAF heavy bombers earlier struck the French coast using up to 4500 tons in a two and a half hour raid, followed by rocket firing Typhoons targeting gun positions and fortifications.
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London
Channel
Germany
Calais
Dover
RAF
Desolate Brest Falls After 46-Day Siege
A reader witness describes Brest after its capture with civilians returning in carts and wheelbarrows through ruined streets. Allied dispatches confirm Brest fell at 3 P M after 46 days of siege, with German commander Ramcke absent and thousands of enemy personnel escaping submarine pens, ready to depart.
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Barbara Wace
Brest
Hermann Ramcke
Ramcke
U. S
Invasion of Palau Islands Advances Amid Bitter Resistance
On the seventh day of Peleliu fighting, Adm. Nimitz said three Palau islands are under American control with Peleliu near capture. Angaur Ngarmoked and an unnamed island south or northeast of Peleliu are reported taken as combat continues. Marines count 17 645 Japanese killed, a large portion of the garrison. A Liberator air strike at Davao accompanies the action.
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Associated Press
Palau Islands
Peleliu
Angaur
Palau
Ngarmoked
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Webley Edwards
Davao
Dewey Seeks Broad Housecleaning for Federal Posts
Governor Thomas E. Dewey on his campaign train to San Francisco urged a sweeping federal housecleaning. He promised to install people who have lived close to the people in administrative posts, aligning with a new Republican administration. He planned stops in Oakland and Eugene before speaking in San Francisco.
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Dewey
San Francisco
Thomas E. Dewey
West Coast
Oakland
California
Earl Warren
Bay Cities
Civic Auditorium
New York
United States
Eugene
Ore
Washington
More Polio Cases Reported in Ohio
Thirteen new polio cases were reported by the State Health Department, boosting Ohio total to 769 with 36 deaths. New cases came from Butler, Mercer, Pike, Washington, Cuyahoga, Miami, and Summit counties, including five in Cuyahoga and two each in Miami and Summit.
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Columbus
State Health Department
Ohio
Butler
Mercer
Pike
Washington
Cuyahoga
Miami
Summit
Dealers Protest Counterfeit Passers In Cleveland
In Cleveland, gasoline station operators demand action against counterfeit passers as officials review a 450000 gallon discrepancy between Office of Defense Transportation records and truck company reports. The protest signals tension over fuel distribution oversight during the period.
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Cleveland
Office of Defense Transportation
Sowing of Winter Wheat Hampered by Lack of Rain
Ohio farmers face dry, hard soil delaying winter wheat sowing as the Weather Bureau notes rainfall deficits since September 1. Mindling says about half the stations report under a third inch of rain and pastures fail in parts of Northern Ohio. Late tomato crops ripen slowly in the northern region while corn matures sluggishly in many areas.
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Columbus
Ohio
Weather Bureau
George W. Mindling
Mindling
American Bombers Carry Mercy Loads
U S eighth Air Force reports Liberator bombers based in England have hauled over 4,000,000 pounds of food and medical supplies to French civilians and materials to Allied forces in France since August 18 1944.
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England
Berlin
Germany
France
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Move to End Autonomy Drives Mine Workers Policy
United Mine Workers leaders in Cincinnati hold the annual convention close as John L. Lewis and the international executive board discuss policy. The autonomy drive led by Ray Edmundson of Illinois faces possible board action that could strip Edmundson of union membership and a mine job. The union also proposes a seven hour day with underground travel time and broad inclusion of supervisory staff in contracts, plus operators providing certain equipment.
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Cincinnati
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
International
Ray Edmundson
Illinois
Edmundson
Thompson Plants to contest NLRB election ruling
Thompson Products Inc and Thompson Aircraft Products Co will file exceptions to a Tang recommendation that the recent collective bargaining elections at two plants be set aside. Tang based his finding on CIO United Automobile Workers and IAM complaints that the company interfered. Both unions were defeated in elections held August 30 and 31 in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Thompson Products, Inc
Thompson Aircraft Products Co
Walter E. Tang
National Labor Relations Board
R. S. Livingstone
Thompson
Tang
CIO United Automobile Workers
AFL International Association of Machinists
Goodyear Tire Walkout Halts Military Tire Production
Akron Ohio, Sept 21. A second Goodyear strike disrupted production of military and passenger tires. Company officials reported the walkout affected the plant and halted tire output as workers protested.
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Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Forty Denison Students Treated for Illness in Granville
Students at Denison University in Granville Ohio were treated for illness on a Wednesday after a hospital statement cited by Russel Williams. The incident involved forty students receiving medical assessment and care as health officials investigated the cause.
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Granville
Denison University
Derebr
Russel Williams
Hospital Statl Nou
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