Allied advances in Italy and Roosevelts German policy order
Allied forces push through mud toward Imola and Bologna with gains on multiple heights along highway 65 while the Gothic line is penetrated. In Washington, President Roosevelt orders a speed-up of plans to render Germany harmless after the war under state department guidance, signaling a shift from Morgenthau’s de industrialization approach.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Mount Battaglia
Imola
Po Valley
Bologna-Rimini
Doughboys
Bologna
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Fiumeino
Highway 65
Gothic Zone
Fifth
New Zealand
Gatteo
WASF_NGTON
Roosevelt
Germany
State Department
Leo T. Crowley
Foreign Economic Administration
Morgenthau
Stimson
Hull
Crowley
Pest
Hitler
Hungary
Marshal Tito
George
Vhira
Remich
Luxembourg
Moselle
Trier
First
Selient
Hurtgen Forest
Aachen
Rhine
Cologne
Bernard L. Montegomery
21St Army Group
Salient
Holland
Heretogenbosch
Antwerp-Turnhout Canal
Patton
Port-A-Mouse Son
Metz
Nancy
Port-Sur-Seile
Parroy
Rambervillers
Luneville
Epinal
Lure
Remiremont
Vosges
Sailes
Bonhomme
Schiud
Bussang
Bult
Destord
Servance
Belefort
Mulhouse
Mont de Vannes
Belfort
Vannes
Flashes Of Life Across Regions In Uneven News Snaps
Diverse clippings report local acts of aid in Bancroft Idaho where Lions Club members moved 60 acres of wheat and saved harvest in one day. Kansas City, Denver, Lyons items describe odd happenings from missing coats to police alerts and new hospital courses.
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Bancroft
Idaho
Joseph H. Johnson
Baneft Lions Club
Gloomy Outlook as China Faces Air Base Loss in War
Reports from Jhongking describe a mood of gloom as the American 14th Army may force the loss of key bases in China. Gen. Claire Chennault’s air forces struggle after losing three bases at Kweilin Tanchuk and others, threatening supply and joint Pacific operations.
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Jhungking
China
Chungking
Japan
Dese
Noth Hese
Clairee L. Chennault
Ford
Kweilin
Tanchuk
Cule
Sajer
Pacific
Glider Crews Fire On German Tank Near Veghel
A makeshift U S glider crew using a stalled stank gun fired at a German Mark V tank threatening Veghel road. Lt Col Cox Angelo Guy Roberts and others rushed to the scene, set the gun, fired three times, and knocked out the tank. A second gun scored multiple hits on a scout car and the turret.
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Ighel
Holland
U. S
B, Cox
Angelo
Tex
Adolph Guyd
Baton Rouge
Ie Roberts
Port Arthur
Pey
Bayou Lafourche flood control hearing gains support
A public hearing in the courthouse, led by Lt. Col. R. W. Sauer, considered improvements for flood control and drainage on Bayou Lafourche. Officials and parishes heard optimism for the project, with officials noting the Bayou Lafourche channeling would back the Boeuf river works and boost cultivation of up to 300 000 additional acres.
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Bayou Lafourche
R. W. Sauer
Vicksburg
Point Jefferson
Arkansas Line
Boeuf and
Lafourche
Monroe
National Board of Rivers and Harbors
Boeul
J. F. McCormick
A. E. Montgomery
Stamps to Become Valid for Meat Fat and Processed Food
Three more red ration stamps totaling 30 points for meats and fats and five more blue stamps for processed foods will become valid Sunday, October 1. The Office of Price Administration lists blue stamps M-5 N-5 P-5 Q-5 and R-8 and red stamps H-5 J-5 and K-5. All stamps will be valid indefinitely. No further red stamps are expected before October 29 and blue stamps before November 1.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Allied Airpower Plans Massive 7300-Plane Assault on Germany
Allied air forces unleash a nonstop campaign across Germany with about 7300 planes and 48000 crew over four days. U S Eighth Air Force losses stay under four percent as Ninth Air Force joins raids from Norway to Switzerland. Heavy bombers armadas hit rail hubs and war plants. Magdeburg and Kassel targets see fierce battles with substantial losses on both sides.
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Eighth Air Force
Ninth Air Force
Norway
Switzerland
Germany
Magdeburg
Kassel
Merseburg
France
High ranking Nazi official dies at 49 in Germany
The Associated Press reports Joseph Buerckel a top Nazi official died of lung inflammation at Neustadt Berlin calls him first Gauleiter of Austria and one of Hitler's oldest loyal supporters He held posts including civil administrator of Lorraine Moravia and governor of the Saar and was noted for oppression of Jews.
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Associated Press
Joseph Buerckel
Hitler
Lorraine
Moravia
Czechoslovakia
Saar
Germany
Buercke
Berlin
Neustadt
Austria
Buerckel
Nine Die, About Hundred Hurt As Freight Strikes Passenger Train
A Calumet freight plowed into a Sioux City to Omaha No. 10 passenger train near Missouri Valley Iowa on Thursday night. Nine people died and about 100 were injured with 47 treated in Council Bluffs hospitals including three soldiers. Names of the dead and injured were released by Ft. Crook pending next of kin notification.
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Missouri Valley
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Ft. Crook
Neb
Ben White
Edwin Mayer
Ashland
Nelda McLarnan
Moville
Paul G. Spraish
Laverne
Minn
Agenes Steenhoven
Hull
Charles Erwin
Chester Hallberg
Worthington
Calumet
Omaha
Chicago
Sioux City
Lovett Called In Death Trial In Carmel Valley
Sharecropper Luther Lovett Sr testsifies in the Carmel valley case linking to the murder of 19 year old Jay Lovett. Frances Andrews, heiress to Pennsylvania oil fortunes, stands accused of killing her tenant’s son near her home.
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Salinas
Calif
Luther Lovett Sr
Carmel Valley
Frances Andrews
Jay Lovett
Robbie Lovett
Jay
Mrs. Lovett
Mrs. Andrews
Jones testifies against gas plea in Memphis pipeline case
In Memphis hearings over the Memphis Natural Gas Company petition for more Louisiana pipeline capacity former Louisiana Gov. Sam Jones testifies that the Memphis Monroe line had a 20 year life expectancy since Memphis converted to natural gas in 1929. He notes 22 000 customers have joined Memphis light gas and water division since then and criticizes increased gas use.
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Memphis
Federal Power Commission
Memphis Natural Gas
Louisiana
Sam Jones
St. Jones
Memphis- Monroe
Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division
Jones
Thomas H. Allen
Sixth Negro Found Guilty In Rioting At Camp Claiborne
Alexandria report states Pfc. Ernest B. Collier of Orlando Florida was convicted in a court martial for rioting at Camp Claiborne on August 16. Collier was sentenced to 30 years at hard labor after being accused of attempting mutiny and refusing orders.
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Alexandria
Camp Claiborne
Louis F. Guerre
Pfc
Ernest B. Collier
Orlando
Fla
Collier
New Fire Theory Claims Dice Game Ignited Chicago Blaze
Kenneth Olson of the Medill School of Journalism cites Louis M. Cohn's estate as the source for a version of the 1871 fire. The tale says Cohn, Mrs. O’Leary’s son and others were dice shooting by lantern in the O’Leary barn when a lantern toppled, starting the blaze. Cohn allegedly paused to scoop up money before fleeing.
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Chicago
Reading and Delinquency Link Highlighted at Program
Prof Hamner notes decline in reading among youths entering adolescence and those who become delinquent. A brief business session followed presided by Mrs Harry Carter. The budget was approved. Principal O K Bailey reports record enrollment and Mrs M M Funderburk's class won attendance prize. Light refreshments in library.
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Hamner
Harry Carter
O. K. Bailey
M. M. Funderburk
Singing Meet Slated Sunday at Booster Clubhouse
The first Sunday of the Month Singing Convention will meet in the Missouri Pacific Booster Clubhouse Sunday at 1 50 PM An invitation is extended to all directors and groups of singers to be present.
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Missouri Pacific Booster Clubhouse
Profitable Papa on Broadway Surges Through Fifth Year
Life with Path er on Broadway marks its fifth year with a flawless weekly record, never posting a loss in its long run. The show maintains steady earnings over its extended run.
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New York
String Champion Unstrung by War Fortland
Fortland reports Earl Schwartz of Bismarck North Dakota challenges Carl Schamoni a longtime barber college proprietor and string saver who has used a 79 pound wound ball for 14 years in a unique contest setting.
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Fortland
Ore
Carl Schamoni
Bismarck
N. D
Earl Schwartz
Soviets Reach Lupkow Pass and Frontline Shifts
Reports say Soviet troops advanced into Lupkow Pass near the Polish frontier seizing Vydran and aligning with Slovak patriots along the Beskid range toward the Hungarian plain. Czechoslovak delegation led by Frantisek Nemec awaits near the border as a new front emerges in the area.
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Lupkow Pass
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Vydran
East Beskid
Frantisek Nemec
Federal here face charges in OPA violations
In Shreveport Louisiana on September 29 two criminal contempt indictments and 39 civil actions were filed in federal court alleging violations of Office of Price Administration regulations. Named defendants include Charlie H Cloyd Oliver O Cloyd and John B Newman. Hearings set for October 11 in Monroe. Cases span Lake Charles Shreveport Monroe and Opelousas divisions with various OPA violations. Louis Lipsey a Lake Charles lumber dealer faces action.
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Shreveport
Office of Price Administration
U.S
Malcolm Lafargue
Charlie H. Cloyd
Oliver O. Cloyd
Cloyd
Slaughter House
West Monroe
John B Newman
Bastrop
OPA
Monroe
Lake Charles
Opelousas
Argentina to bar entry and funds for war criminals
The Argentine government informed Britain it will bar entrance of war criminals and prohibit them from depositing funds or acquiring property in Argentina. The move follows comments by U S Secretary of State Hull who warned neutral nations against sheltering Hitler or Axis leaders after the war.
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Buenos Aires
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Hull
Washington
Hitler
Argentina
London
Britain
Pathological tests in McPherson death set to start
In Oakland on September 29 pathologists began stomach tests on Aimee Semple McPherson to determine cause of death after an autopsy failed to reveal it. An inquest is tentatively set for October 6 with the body to lie in state at Angeles Temple before interment at Forest Lawn.
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Oakland
Calif
Aimee Semple McPherson
Los Angeles Angeles
Pennsylvania May Decide Election, Wallace Says
Vice President Wallace urged that Pennsylvania could decide the national election during a visit to coal regions in Wilkes-Barre and Scranton. He noted Pennsylvania’s importance and planned stops in western areas and Pittsburgh. Frederick E. Williamson, 68, former New York Central president, died in New York City after resigning due to illness. He began with the railroad in 1898 and led the company from 1932 until last August.
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Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
Wallace
Scranto
Roosevelt
Pittsburgh
New York
Frederick E. Williamson
New York Central Railroad
Norwalk
Ohio
New York Central
Albany
N. Y
Williamson
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