Oddities in the News Highlights Varying Local Tales
A roundup of oddball items including Ella A King weighing a move to be justice of the peace in Verplanck New York and a Stockton California cleaner’s purifying methods over ducks A Portland candidate for honest man finds a stray meat package in transit Tulsa schools report surplus canned goods while Seattle police note night stick losses and a wary patrol routine.
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Associated Press
Verplanck
Ella A. King
Hudson River
Portland
Ore
Frank Tarrant
Roosevelt outlines new war blows and long fight ahead
President Roosevelt said plans exist for major new blows against Germany and Japan with definite times and places for further landings in Europe and elsewhere. He warned fighters face a long war, promising plans for demobilization and postwar international cooperation, and noted unrest in Romania Hungary and Bulgaria.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
Japan
Europe
Congress
Hitler
Orient
Southern Governors Press For Equal Freight Rates
Atlanta reports Southern and Western governors meeting in Denver push for equal freight rates to lift postwar prosperity. They accuse railroads and Northern interests of holding back the South and West and tie freight costs to farm tenancy, low incomes, and racial issues. Senator Stewart argues wartime freight subsidies hid regional barriers becoming a national burden.
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Atlanta
Denver
Stewart
Tennessee
West
South
Marshall reviews troops in Mexico Independence Day parade
General George C. Marshall, chief of staff, joined President Avila Camacho on the national palace balcony to review a Mexico armed forces parade. Conscripts and Conmurand troops marched for the first time in the independence day celebration in Mexico City.
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Mexico City
George C. Marshall
United States Army
Avila Camacho
National Palace
Mexico
Severe Gulf hurricane near Texas coast heads for Galveston
The Weather Bureau warned a severe Gulf hurricane was moving north toward the Freeport Galveston area. Winds near the center were reported up to 100 mph with gusts to 75 mph along the Texas Louisiana border, and warnings extended to Port O Connor Texas and Lake Charles Louisiana as residents evacuated coastal towns. Planes moved from military posts and authorities urged precautions ahead of a potential second storm in the Galveston Houston region.
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New Orleans
United States Weather Bureau
Gulf
Texas
Preepert- Galverton
Texas-Louisiana
Port O'Conner
Corpus Christi
Freeport
Galveston
Galveston-Houston
Port O'Connor
Tex
Lake Charles
Morgen City
Port Aransas
Yugoslavia Radio Contacts United States Reported
Isolated Yugoslav guerrilla radio operators have established direct contact with the United States via Press Wireless Inc. Messages from the station describe great excitement in the Balkans as Allied forces advance into Italy. FCC approved tariff schedules and censor rules govern dispatches to New York Washington and Los Angeles.
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Washington
Yugo- Slavia
United States
Balkans
Italy
Press Wireless, Inc
Federal Communications Commission
Red forces close on Krasnograd in Ukraine drive
Soviet armies push west through southern Ukraine toward Krasnograd a key rail junction and fortress on the Dnieper front. Berlin reports loss of Novorossiysk while Moscow proclaims gains across four sectors and aims to breach the Dnieper before autumn rains.
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London
Ukraine
Krasnograd
Nazi
Kherkov-Dnieperopetrovek
Reuters
Moscow
Red Army
Dnieper
DNB
Berlin
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Caucasus
Joseph Stalin
Crimea
Setaure
Novgorod Severski
Bryansk
Bastlion
White Russia
Losovaya
Kharkov-Crimea
Nosovka
Nezhin
Kiev
Caucasian
Novorosisk
Eight Indicted as Nazi Spies in Detroit
Four women and four men were indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiracy charges under the wartime espionage act. Six detainees had been held since August 24, with two more men arrested today. sixteen named as conspirators but not defendants. The indictment accuses them of plans to transmit defense information to Nazi Germany to aid its war effort.
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Detroit
Nazi Germany
Budapest
Stockholme
Lisbon
United States
John C Lehr
German Reich
Lehr
Bond Rally at Sterlington Plant Boosts War Bond Drive
A large outdoor bond rally was held at the Dixie Ordnance works in Sterlington to support the third war loan drive. S. J. Rogers, parish war finance chair, said workers pledged 75 000 dollars in bonds for a pursuit plane to be built at the Sterlington plant. Officials used a novel chart showing a fifteen segment airplane, each labeled five thousand dollars, to track bond progress during the sale.
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Dixie Ordnance Works
Sterlington
S. J. Rogers
Parish War Finance Committee
Watord
Monroe City Teachers Assigned for Coming Year
The Monroe city schools announce the teaching staff for the next school year starting Monday. Superintendent BEL Neville names principals, teachers, subjects for Neville High School and several elementary schools, with districting details and allocations.
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Monroe City
Bel Neville
Neville High School
Paul J. Neal
Stella Reid
Frances Flanders
Sara Bres
May Coker
Paul Musalerman
J. W. Hammett
G. EB. Boggs
Burnice Treanor
Cynthia Leigh
Harriett Boyle
Mary Hester
Myrna Perkins
Patsy Slack
Emily McGee O'Neil
Sherrouse
W. S. Vincent
Eloise Cann
Blanche McBride
Elizabeth Blair
Georgia Tucker
Myrtle Rodgers
Dorothy
U S Navy Chief Reaches Britain
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox arrived in Britain by plane and conferred with Admiral Harold Stark. He traveled with Captain Leland Lovett and scheduled a press conference for 5 p.m. local time.
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London
Frank Knox
United States
Britain
Leland P. Lovett
Navy
Knox
Harold R. Stark
Liberators and Lightnings Down 48 Japanese Aircraft at Wewak
Fifth Air Force pilots scored heavy air and ground victories near Wewak New Guinea on September 17 destroying 4 fighters in air and at least 18 bombers on the ground. Liberator bombers provided top cover for Lightning escorts as Japanese fighters attacked. Seven enemy planes were credited to Lightnings with several pilots including Captain James Wilson and Glen Allen among those downed.
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New Guinea
Fifth Air Force
Wewak
Boran
James Wilson
Glen Allen
Shreveport Man Held by Germans Details Released
War department released a list of American POWs in Germany. Included is Technical Sergeant William H. Wilson of Shreveport Louisiana and his wife Mrs Phyllis E. Wilson 2608 Lake Shore. Also listed is Private Emmett L. Presley of Greenville Mississippi and his mother Mrs J C Presley 713 Percy Street.
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Washington
War Department
United States
Germany
William H. Wilson
Phyllis E. Wilson
Lake Shore
Shreveport
Emmett L. Presley
J. C. Presley
Percy Street
Greenville
Miss
Mosquitos Hit Berlin Again and RAF Targets Modane
London reports a large force of RAF bombers attacked Modane on the French Italian frontier targeting freight yards. Mosquitos also hit Berlin while Lancasters struck at reinforcement routes into Italy and a low level attack hit the Anthe R viaduct on the French Riviera route. Four bombers are missing after the Modane raid, with early reports claiming disruption of Alpine rail traffic.
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London
France
Modane
Berlin
Antheer
St. Raphael
Mont Cenis
Modane Arcs
Alps
Italy
Alpine
Still Opposed to Drafting Fathers in War Policy
Washington reports show growing opposition in the House to early conscription of fathers as the Senate weighs General Marshall's testimony. Marshall is set to appear before the military committee Monday while Wheeler’s fate remains debated. House Republicans promise a thorough review before any disruption of the home front.
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Washington
House
Senate Military Committee
George C. Marshall
Marshall
House Military Committee
Robert P. Patterson
Senate
Army
Navy
Representative Harness
Indiana
House Committee
Allies Push For Forward on Italian Front Across Salerno
Allied headquarters report the Fifth Army under Clark and the British Eighth Army linked fronts near the Salerno bridgehead after a 200 mile northward advance from Italy. Montgomery’s forces reached Valle del Gia cania, while an east coast push from Taranto connected with Clark’s line as German resistance waned.
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Noland Norgaard
North Africa
Fifth Army
Mark W. Clark
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Taranto
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Montegomery
Geneeral Clark
Salerno
Clark
Montgomery
Valle Della Gecania
Albanella
Twelve Die In Mine Blast At Three Point Mine
In Harlan Kentucky the Three Point mine suffered a deadly explosion trapping twelve miners perished. Six men escaped after a twelve hour entombment and were rescued by tireless crews working through toxic gases.
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Harlan
Three Point
Tife
Purchases Fourth Million in War Bonds
Julius Klorfein, a New York cigar maker, again buys $1,000,000 in war bonds at a State Executive Building booth. This marks his fourth million dollar purchase, following earlier totals since February. His buys accompany a collection including Benny's violin, flags, Willkie proofs, and Eisenhower epaulet.
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New York
Julius Klorfein
Klorfein
Jack Benny
Wendell Willkie
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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