Russians Threaten Bryansk Encirclement In Central Russia
Russian forces push toward Bryansk threatening to encircle the German bastion in central Russia as they drive from the Ukraine along the Dnieper front. German counterattacks fail to halt the Soviet advance across key river lines and rail routes.
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Moscow
Bryansk
Russia
Ukraine
Paet
Gedyach
Poltava-Priluki
Dnieper River
Kiev
Pravda
Belge Berege
Het
Bryannk
Gorrel
Smelensk
Riedand Orcs
Fair Enough Union Strike Blocks Newburgh Arborio Job
A labor dispute at a Newburgh project called Arborio causes union members to walk off the job. Workers from Stewart Field and a satellite 12 miles away join a weeklong stoppage. Emissaries travel to Washington, and District Engineer A B Jones in Newark reviews a claim that the blocade hindered efforts to secure progress.
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Arborio
Newburgh
Rune
Stewert Field
Montwinery Field
Stewart
Dave
Washington
War Department
Heck
Fone
A. B. Jones
Engin
Newark
Amy
Advan
Southern Bloc Aims to Win in Washington Draft Plan
The Southern bloc backs a notable reform proposal to replace government subsidies with private capital via new bonds for postwar industry. Representative Hebert aims to fund private firms through non-interest bonds to restart industry within five years after the war. The plan contrasts with McKenzie’s quotas and faces racial and political tensions described in the district’s September draft targets.
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Washington
Indus
Hebert Democrat
Asinleriae
Hebert
Eithe
Funeral Held for L. H. Loper Owner of Loper Machine Works
L. H. Loper 3 owner of Loper Machine Works died after a brief illness. Funeral services were held at Peter Funeral Chapel Man Gey then in Shreveport at Osborn Funeral Chapel with Masonic rites. Interment in Forest Park Cemetery. Survived by his mother Mrs W L Loper of Shreveport wife brother Melvin Loper and sister Mrs J E Vandergriff.
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L. H. Loper
Loper Machine Works
Peter Funers
Man
Shreveport
Osborn Punerai
Forest Park
BR. Deland
J. & Fieming
O. J. Wicks
Ray Cole
Ray Harvey
Treveser Craighead
Mr. Leper
Filhioi Street
Monroe
City
Western Star Masonic Lodge
Royal Arch Masons
Commandery No
Knights Templar
Louisiana Cotton Crop Estimated At 700000 Bales For Year
Baton Rouge reports United States Department of Agriculture estimates project Louisiana cotton production at 700000 bales this year, up from 593000 in 1942. Weather in August caused some damage but early September rains improved conditions. other crops show gains, including sugarcane, rice, and sweet potatoes, with peaches and pears down.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural Economica
Texas
Arkansas
California
Hull Says Readiness to Use Force Maintains Peace
Secretary Hull argued that willingness to employ force is essential to preserve peace and uphold a postwar order backed by union and cooperation. He urged a nonaggressive but firm approach to international justice and peacetime organization while praising Soviet Russia’s wartime contributions and the goal of collaboration between the United States and Russia.
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Washington
Hull
Sims
United States
Trady
Congress
Duep Neon-Sarivan
Court of International Justice
Uiwei
State Department
Russia
Chiang Kai-shek elected China president and top commander
Chiang Kai-shek was elected president of China to succeed Lin Sen at a Kuomintang meeting. He also becomes commander in chief of land, air and naval forces. The central committee aims to end political tutelage and convene a national congress within a year to adopt a constitution after the war.
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Chungking
War department lists missing trooper from New Orleans
The War Department informs Mrs. G W Cline that her husband Lieutenant Cline is missing since the Sicily invasion He is a paratrooper and played football at Lake Charles High School and Rice Institute in Houston He is the son of Mr and Mrs R L Cline of New Orleans His wife is Mia Frances Gilmer
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New Orleans
War Department
G. W. Cline
Cline
Sicily
Lake Charlies High School
Rice Institute of Houston
R. L. Cline
Mia
Frances Gilmer
Fire Engulfs Broad Street Station Tracks In Massive Blaze
A four hour fire at Pennsylvania Railroad Broad Street Station wrecked 16 tracks and caused $250000 in damage. More than 390 people, mainly fire and protection workers, were injured. Investigations by federal, city, railroad police and military offices began as explosions were reported and trains evacuated. Emergency crews from multiple cities assisted in creating a temporary passenger platform west of the fire area.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Broad Street
Pennsylvanias Congressional Limited
Federal
Burea
City Fire Bureau
Army and Navy
Triia
Harry Burke
City
Such
3Rd Street
New York
Harrisburg
Morse
Jones urges Midwestern partnership with South to boost Gulf ports
Des Moines on September 13 Gov Sam Jones of Levisians urged Midwestern and upper Mississippi Valley leaders to partner with the South to expand use of Gulf ports for regional industry. He cited New Orleans Lake Charles Houston Mobile and Beaumont as examples and urged joint action to overcome discriminatory freight rates.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Sam Jones
Levisians
Mid-West
Micissoga Valley
Gulf Ports
New Orleans
Lake Charles
Houston
Mobile
Beaumont
Jones
Des Moines Business Internets
Denver
Minneapolis
Southern Progress
Dallas Fliers Fatal Plane Crash
First Lieutenant Clement V. Knowles, 23, of Lovefield Dallas was killed in a routine flight crash five miles northeast of Selman field. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs H E Knowles of Yorkdon Pa. Body to be sent to Philadelphia by Dixie Funeral home Monday night.
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Clement V.knowles
Lovefield
Dallas
Tex
Selman Field
Love “Ield
Knowles
Mix
H. E. Knowles
Yoodon
Dixie Funeral Home
Philadelphia
Allies Seize 38 Italian Warships At Malta
Allied forces report 38 Italian ships now in allied hands after arrivals at Valletta Malta. Among captured vessels are Italia, Vittorio Veneto, Andrea Doria, Dulio, several cruisers and destroyers, with Roma sunk and Imperio unreported. Some units interned at Port Mahon for overstaying leave.
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Mediterranean
Italy
Roma
Italia
Vittorio Veneto
Dulio
Malta
Madrid
Port Mahen
Balearics
Pollenta
Mallorca
Ialanda
Rorma
Bagliria
Eugenio di Savoia
Malte
Colman Testifies Mind Blank In Court Martial
At Selfridge Field on September 12 Colonel William T Colman testifies he recalls nothing of the May 5 shooting of his chauffeur Private William McRae. He faces charges including drunkenness misappropriation and fraudulent transfers amid wartime duties and anxiety after Pearl Harbor.
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Selfridge Field
Mach
William T. Colman
Army Air Base
Colman
Willham McRae
McRae
Ecolone
Pearl Harbor
Actor In Bathing Trunks Is Killed
David Gasper G Bacon Jr 29 son of the prominent former Massachusetts lieutenant governor was killed after a street stabbing near Venice California. He collapsed in blue denim shorts after a stab wound in the back as a car fled with a man and woman aboard. His wife Greta Keller an Austrian singer was shaken and hospitalized. Bacon had been a film actor and served as a lieutenant colonel overseas.
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Los Angeles
David Gaspar G. Bacon
Edin
Maasechiuwetts
Tin
Cayton
Bacon
Midurban
Venice
Gortly
Washington Boulevard
Wayne Powell
Prisoner Captured After Ark Royal Sink Victory
Washington reports the German U-boat sank the Ark Royal was later captured by a US plane off Brazil coast. Captain Friedrich Guggenberger, among seven survivors, is now a prisoner of the United States. Axis claims of his awards are noted.
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Washington
Navy
Wiveh
Ark Royal
United States
Brazil
Guggenberger
Giggenberger
Germany
Gugnenberger
Frances Farmer Released From Sanatorium to Seattle
Actress Frances Farmer was released yesterday from a private sanitarium by court order, after treatment since January for a dimout driving charge. She accompanies her mother Mrs. Lillian Parmer to the latter's Seattle home.
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Los Angeles
Frances Farmer
Lillian Parmer
Seattle
Wash
Glider MISHAP Kills Du Pont Flagship Pilot at March Field
Four men died when a glider test flight near March Field ended in a crash. Richard Chichester du Pont, a famed national soaring champion and Army air forces official, did not survive. Co pilot pilot L J Dowle reported the craft failed to deploy the parachute, sending the others to disaster.
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March Field
Calli
P. Ernest Gabel
Washington, D. C
Army Air Forces
Howard L. Morrison
San Fernando
Calif
C. C. Chandler
Tarzana
L. J. Dowle
Army
du Pont
Roeckfish Gap
Frederick
Elmira
N.Y
Somerset
Paul G. Wells
Harry M. Pearl
Non-Fathers to Be Taken First in Draft Revisions
National selective service headquarters orders that non-fathers be inducted before fathers next month. States to split October quotas into two calls, first for non-fathers, then for fathers if needed. Local boards pause new classifications to review records and correct 2-A 2-B errors and 4-F statuses. Non-deferrable workers must register for job placement by Wednesday.
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Washington
National Selective Service
United States Employment Service
British forces push north as Salerno battle rages
Allied communique reports heavy fighting near Salerno as the Fifth Army aims to breach German defenses around the Salerno bridgehead. British Eighth Army advances from Taranto toward Naples while capturing Crotone port and expanding the Adriatic foothold.
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Noland Norgaard
North Africa
Fifth Army
Salerno
Naples
Eighth Army
Crotone
Dwight D. Elvenhower
Taranto
Adriatic
Brindisi
Gereman
Adriantie
Italy
Meck W. Clark
Hatte
Allied
Alfred M. Gruenther
Platic
Neb
United States Army
iAlso
Japs Try For Escape Route at Salamaua Airfield
Allied forces report capture of Salamaua airfield in New Guinea as Japanese fight to keep an escape lane to Lee. Australian pioneers cross the flood swollen Francisca River while Ancace pushes a ridge near 112 miles northwest of the field. Tokyo says U S bombers struck the Kuriles and Britain plans stronger Far East fleet ahead of possible October offensive against Japan.
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Salamaua
New Guinea
Lee
Japan
Kurile Islands
Britain
Francisca
Ancace
Selamaua
Thethase
Salemawa
Tokyo
United States
South- East Asia
Briigh Admiralty
Camepaign
Pers
Pershing Celebrates Birthday in Quiet Washington
General John J. Pershing marked his eighty fifth birthday at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington with a simple routine. He planned a morning walk or motor trip, then reading and letters, avoiding any fanfare as Brig. Gen. S. W. Marietta stated the commander was in excellent health and keenly alert.
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Washington
John J
Black Jack” Pershing
Marietta
Pershing
Bess
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Andrew Browne Cunningham
Dwight D. Ewenhower
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Chiang Kai-Shek
China
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Wreck
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Upper Mississippi
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Valletta
Trunks
Frances Parmer
Pagty
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