Fair Enough in Des Moines a Prophecy of 1944 Election
The report from Des Moines on September 18 notes Governor Dewey’s arrival amid a Grand Army of the public gathering. Veterans, many feeble yet united, defend the flag and public schools while urging rewards for Civil War comrades and shaping a looming White House campaign against Roosevelt in 1944. The piece hints at the era’s political crisis as Europe’s war nears its end and civilian anxieties rise under a wartime government.
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Bes Moines
Iowa
Gover Dewey
Rth
Europe
Roosevelt
Beachheads On Angaur and Peleliu Advance in Pacific Campaign
U S forces report swift expansion of beachheads on Angaur Island and continued Marine gains on Peleliu in the southern Palau islands. The 81st Division holds northeast Angaur as Marines push toward Peleliu airfield, with heavy Japanese fire but progressing inland and securing objectives.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Angaur Island
Peleliu
Navy
Palaus
81St
Wildcat
Angaur
Pacific Fleet
William Ewing
Blue Network
NBC
Betty Lou Hull
Ewing
Finland Faces War as Germans Burn Towns in Retreat
Stockholm dispatches report Finnish fury at German scorched earth tactics as German withdrawal widens the conflict in northern Finland. Finnish cabinet weighs a declaration of war while Russia presses for occupation zones in northern and central Finland and along the western coast.
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Fockholm
Germany
Finland
Elsinki
Russia
Soviet Union
Viland
Juomisaalmi
Kuu
Arctic Circle
Ammonia plant at Mathieson set for opening ceremony
CharlesLa Sept 18 Brig Gen F Guerre will preside at the opening of Mathieson Li Works ammonia plant near the alkali facility. The plant costing about 10 million dollars was built by the Steel Plant Corp to the Mathieson firm and will receive a national security award for safe operation.
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Mal
Mathieson li Works, Inc
Wal Security
Safe Opera
Se Plant Corporation
Operhe Mathieson
Alka
Ieson
National Security Ff Charles
Air
A. T. Bennett
Son,ing
Gov. Jones. Kers
E. J. C. Gris
Fense Plant Corporation
George W. Dolan
T of Mathieson
Mr. Jones
Rites Held for J. C. Salmon in Rayville
J C Salmon 73 prominent in business politics and church died Sunday night in Rayville La He served as secretary of the Tensas Basin Levee Board and had a long career including clerk of court parish treasurer and chief deputy clerk of court Funeral and burial in Masonic Cemetery followed.
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Rayville
J. C Salmon
Tensas Basin
First Baptist
John H. Hooks
Mulhearn Funeral Home
W. H. Ellerbe
J. C. Boies
N.C. Woods
W. O Boughton
H. C. Chambers
W. G. McKinney
J. E. Stodghill
C. J. Ellis
Dennis Mann
Tensas Basin Levee
Myrtle Stodghill
J. C. Salmon Jr
Minden
J. D. Salmon
Rome
Miss
Maulus Goodwin
Raymond
Japanese Watchers Tied at Peleliu Front
Radio reporter William Ewing said Japanese artillery observers on Peleliu have been tied by arms and legs to stakes to prevent desertion. He noted no part of the island is safe amid heavy fire as Marines advance and engineers rebuild the airfield used by a Yank pilot who landed after running out of gas.
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San Francisco
Peleliu
Palau Islands
William Ewing
Western Pacific
Ewing
Pershing Improves at Army Medical Center
General John J. Pershing, aged eighty four, shows further improvement after several days of illness. The War Department reports he remains at the Army Medical Center in Washington where he resides.
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Pershing
Washington
John J. Pershing
War Department
General of the Armies
Army Medical Center
Progress Slow in Italy Drive
Allied forces pressed heavy attacks on German lines in northern Italy with little front progress. Canadian and Greek troops advanced near Rimini airfield as the battle for San Marino and Monte L Abate continued. The Eighth army bridgehead over the Marano river widened to eight miles and the Brazilian expeditionary force joined Fifth army actions with notable early gains.
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Rome
Italy
Adriatic
Rimini
San Marino
Monte L’abate
Eighth Army
Marano
Fifth Army
Fifth
Dewey vows new blow at New Deal in campaign tour
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey travels toward Seattle for a planned hotel press conference and a major address at the Civic Auditorium. He argues for equality in postwar conversion to peacetime industry and attacks Democratic labor policies and federal regulations.
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Seattle
Thomas E. Dewey
East
Mid- West
Far West
Dewey
Thomas Ek
Spokane
Paul Lockwood
Louisville
New York
Civic Auditorium
Road To Berlin Distances By Front
Associated Press report lists remaining distances to Berlin from key fronts. Western front 315 miles from Stolberg, Russian front 312 miles from outside Pulatsk, Italian front 581 miles from two miles below Rimini.
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Associated Press
Stolberg
Pulatsk
Rimini
Elector Suit Filed In Texas
A Texas Supreme Court action seeks to compel Secretary of State Sidney Latham to certify September 12 Democratic presidential electors for the November ballot. The suit asks mandamus to force certification of the September slate, or halt county printing until judgment.
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Austin
Sidney Latham
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Truman
Latham
Secretary of State
Democratic Party
Italian mob kills former Rome jail director in courtroom riot
In Rome on September 18 a mob dragged Dr Donato Carretta from a courtroom and beat him to death in the Tiber. The killing followed claims that Carretta had turned 50 hostages over to Germans and prompted postponement of Pietro Caruso’s trial for Fascist crimes.
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Rome
Romen
Donato Carretta
Tiber
Carretta
Pietro Caruso
Caruso
Calleb
Tribunal
Ardeatina
Russians Close on Riga in 14 Mile Front Attack
Moscow reports tally a three day Russian drive in Jelgava region 25 miles southwest of Riga pushing toward the capital and within 14 miles of Riga with German forces under heavy pressure. Soviet dispatches say Red Army consolidates for a broader assault and targets enemy-held positions along the Eastern Front.
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Moscow
Jelgava
Riga
Berlin
Latvia
Estonia
Red Army
Free Germany Committee
Warsaw
Vistula
Praga
Bor
Allied Airborne Troops Seize Dutch Towns As Invasion Opens
London reports Allied air-borne troops occupied Tilburg Nijmegen and Eindhoven in Holland as air and ground forces push toward the Rhine. Dempsey's British Second Army advances from Schelder Meuse bridgeheads while Patton's Third Army drives east from Nancy toward Metz and Vosges. Seventy-five miles of front lines, Belfort threat, and Moedane entries near the Italian border noted.
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London
Paris
Tilburg
Nijmegen
Eindhoven
Holland
James M. Long
Supreme Headquarters
Air Army
Germany
Siegfried Line
Miles C. Dempsey
Second Army
Schelder Meuse Canal
Western Front
George S. Patton
Moselle
France
Vosges
Nancy
Metz
Seventh
Mediterranean
Lure
Belfort
Upper Rhine
Pont de Roide
Montbelard
Rhine
Switzerland
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
Moedane
Mt. Cenig
Italy
Lansle- Bourg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lewis H. Brereton
Brereton
Kleve
Hitler
Japanese advance threatens split of China along railway plan
Chinese troops recaptured Lungling while Japanese forces pressed toward Kweilin, taking Yungming and Waitsap. A 110 mile gap remains to split China from Manchuria to the South China Sea, with Tokyo aiming for a Liuchow link through Hunan and Kwangsi railroads.
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Chungking
China
Yungming
Kweilin
Waitsap
Canton
High Command
Burma
Lungling
Mangshih
Kwantung-Kwangsi
Manchuria
South China Sea
Tokyo
Singapore
Liuchow
Hunan
Kwangsi
Hunan- Kwengsi
Eight Congressmen Seek Front Tour From Eisenhower
Eight U S congressmen asked Gen Dwight D Eisenhower for permission to visit the fighting front in France. They said if denied they would question why labor leaders were allowed a similar tour. The group appealed directly to the Allied supreme commander after learning the trip was reportedly called off.
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London
U. S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
Surrender of Gen Erich Elsner and 20000 German troops
General Erich Elsner and about 20000 German troops surrendered to the 83rd division of the American Ninth Army after air ground coordination by the 19th Tactical Air Command. The operation, led from U.S. Ninth Air Force headquarters in France, followed heavy air attacks and ground fighting that cleared a path to the Loire river, where the prisoners were taken.
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Austin Bealmear
U.S. Ninth Air Force
France
Erich Elsner
19Th Tactical Air Command
Otto P. Weyland
Washington, D. C
Loire River
Ninth Army
Elsner
U. S
Ninth Air Force
Patton
Avranches
Reich
Dijon
Swiss
Thunderbolt
William L Curry
Raleigh
N. C
Joseph L. Laughlin
Omaha
Neb
Poitiers
Chateauroux
Bourges
Anthony Grosetta
Tucson
Ariz
Record of 161 Marines Returning from Pacific Duty
One hundred sixty-one U.S. Marines from the South and Southwest have returned from the Pacific after over two years of combat. Most are in the Second Marine Division and Second Regiment veterans of Tulagi Guadalcanal Tarawa Saipan and Tinian. They head to reclassification in San Diego and will receive 30 days home furloughs before new assignments. Notable names include Pfe Joseph A. Trichell Cpl Marshall William Hendrix and others with hometowns listed.
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Atlanta
Pacific
Marine Southern Procurement Division
Second Marine Division
Second Marine Regiment
Tulagi
Guadalcanal
Tarawa
Saipan
Tinian
Guam
United States
Marine Corps
San Diego
Calif
Pfe
Joseph A. Trichell
Oak Grove
Cpl
Marshall William Hendrix
Warren Hendrix
Winnfield
Richard O'Laughlin Lebrun
Lebrun
Bastrop
Stanley Taylor Linn
Stanley Linn
Dubach
George Robert Collier
J. C. Collier
Sterlington
Monroe
Espie Clark Coulter
J. C. Coulter
Lake Providence
Jemp A. Tinsley
John B. Tinsley
West Monroe
Ford Wage Plan Gains Attention
Detroit September 18 Henry Ford says he will raise wages in his factories as soon as the government allows. He notes his aim to pay the highest wages in the automobile business and believes every worker should earn enough for a home land and a car despite current industry levels.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford
War Labor Board
WLB
Churchill Leaves Quebec by Train
Prime Minister Churchill departed Quebec by train for an undisclosed destination as World War II updates awaited. Roosevelt stated communiques of future victories would come from MacArthur in the southwest Pacific Mountbatten in Southeast Asia and Nimitz in the Pacific. Both leaders stressed complete unanimity and strong mutual understanding in their talks.
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Quebec
Eue
Churchill
Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Chester W. Ni
Pacific
Americans Beaten in Bulgarian Camp Report from Sofia
Major in command of a group of 350 fliers says Bulgarian soldiers and some civilians abused airmen in a Bulgarian POW camp. They faced beatings, lack of food and medical care, and were denied shelter during Allied air raids. Three fliers shot after landing. Bulgaria withdrew from the war and released the prisoners.
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Bari
Italy
Bulgaria
South Carolina
Sofia
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