Soviet Forces Drive Ahead Toward Riga
Soviet First and Third Baltic armies advance toward Riga on the fifth day of the offensive. They reach 8.6 miles from Riga and seize Valga, a key Estonian railroad town 80 miles northeast, with Ke kav a 14 kilometers from Riga after crossing rivers to cut the Krustpils Jelgava railroad. The drive claims 2,000 towns liberated and 25 miles of depth, amid a 75 mile front.
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Moscow
Baltc States
Riga
Valga
Lielupe
Menele
Krustpils-Jelgava
Kekava
Vaelka
Emna
Jogi
Red Army
Marshal Stalin
New Castle School Board Approves Overall Survey
In a unanimous vote eight directors authorized a public school survey to be conducted by Dr. John Guy Fowlkes of the University of Wisconsin. The October start date and $5000 cost were approved, reversing August and revived in September, marking a postwar planning step.
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New Castle
Ad Administration
John Guy Fowlkes
University of Wisconsin
Clyde M. Whittaker
Public squares see fresh paint and street resurfacing projects
The article notes paint-up efforts on the public square with several structures refreshed. East Washington Street resurfacing is underway toward the Ne Shannock bridge, and the Washington street main downtown section may be resurfaced. Holiday mail volume is rising at the post office as overseas packages head to service members. Governor Martin urges religious education week beginning September 24 and cautions about wartime moral decline. Western Pennsylvanians are urged to start eating apples in quantity as advised by wartime authorities.
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Washington Street
Neshannock
Butler Avenue
Daily Weather Report for the United States
The 24 hour period ending at 9 am records a maximum of 86 and a minimum of 57 with no precipitation. River stage measures 4.3 feet. For the same date last year the maximum was 70 and the minimum 46.
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United States
Italians Urged to Strike for Liberation in Piedmont
A broadcast message from Gen Sir Harold R. L. G. Alexander and the Italian general staff called Italian patriots in the northern Alps to act now for liberation. The message urged striking at once to drive out the Germans and eliminate the fascists, aiming to free Piedmont and Italy.
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London
INS
Marold R. Ll. -G. Alexander
Italy
Alps
Piedmont
Three Slippery Rock Men Die In Butler Crash
Butler Pennsylvania September 20 A car carrying three Slippery Rock residents crashed into a freight car at the Western Allegheny crossing on West Sunbury road Two veterans Winford Warren Grossman Richard H McKissick died at once Arthur Paul Grossman died later at Butler County Memorial Hospital all three from Slippery Rock were in the vehicle.
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Butler
Maritime Service
Western Allegheny
West Sunbury Road
Winford Warren Grossman
Richard H. McKissick
Arthur Paul Grossman
Butler County Memorial Hospital
Slippery Rock
Yanks 12.5 Miles Into Nazi Territory Report
British radio reported that American forces held a continuous front about 96 miles long from Aachen to Trier and were 12.5 miles deep into Nazi territory as of September 20. The report emphasized the advancing U.S. line and ongoing Allied operations in Germany.
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New York
Germany
Aachen
Trier
Legion Convention Adopts Broad Veterans Reforms
The American Legion neared the end of its shortened national convention in Chicago with sweeping plans for veteran rehabilitation and a hard line against subversive elements including Japanese Americans. A key resolution urged creation of a world security organization backed by the United Nations and warned against a soft peace.
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Chicago
Amerian Legion
World Security Organization
United Nations
Island of Crete Closely Blockaded
Allied headquarters report Crete is closely blockaded to prevent German escape. Naval aircraft from an escort carrier force destroyed 11 motor vehicles and damaged others in a Sept 17 raid, while Sept 18 destroyers bombarded the Melos wireless station and naval aircraft disposed of 25 more vehicles.
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Rome
Crete
Mediterranean
Melos
Woman Sentenced for Drawing Dual Service Dependence Allowances
Mrs. Lucille L. Koch of Ridgway was sentenced to six months in jail for drawing dependency allowances as the wife of two service men. She admitted in court that after her husband Bernard Koch joined the army in February 1943 she married Robert Anacher in Louisville.
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Erie. Pa
Lucille L. Koch
Ridgway
Bernard Koch
Robert Anacher
Louisville
Mercer Trial Nears End in Five Woman Seven Man Jury
In Mercer Pennsylvania the jury expected to hear the state's lurid case against Janice Graham 21 charged with first degree murder in the October triple deaths at the Everitt Wilson dairy farm. The defense rested after calling witnesses to challenge William Morell who blamed his former sweetheart for the killings. Court recessed to allow rebuttal and closing arguments as Morell repeated he found Helen Wilson dead and Katherine Wilson and Robert McKay slain on October 7.
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Mercer
JINS
Janice Graham
Everitt Wilson
William A. Morell
Robert McKay
Peleliu Island Attacks Nearing Climax Of Battle
The report from Pearl Harbor says US Marines push toward complete control of Peleliu in the Palau group with most of the eastern coast under American hands. Ngardo lop town is captured and airfield damage reveals heavy Japanese losses. on Angaur island the 81st Division advances toward the phosphate island’s final pockets of resistance.
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Peleliu Island
Pearl Harbor
Palau
United States
John Cooper
Pool Radio
Blue Network
Peleliu
Pacific Fleet
Ngardolop
Angaur
Montgomery Sees Victory Over Nazis Before Year's End
Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery told a Scottish unit in Belgium that the war against Germany would be over this year and that defeating German armies is the key. He cited Hitler’s Normandy errors and insisted Berlin’s conquest would follow from victory on the battlefield.
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Montgomery
London
Bernard L. Montgomery
Belgium
Germany
Reuter
Ray
Berlin
Mindanao bombing and Celebes raid reported by Allies
American Mitchell bombers struck Mindanao in the Philippines in a new softening up raid, setting fires on Jap installations and attacking the Buayan airfield and waterfront piers. Simultaneously heavy bombers pounded northern Celebes with 145 tons of explosives. In Europe, Allied forces under Eisenhower have captured 457,346 German prisoners since Normandy.
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Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Mindanao
Philippines
Sault
Celebes
Buayan
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces
INS
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Dwight D. Eisenhower
All Resistance Ceases At Brest Port
London dispatch reports that all German resistance in the Breton port of Brest has ceased, according to the Nazi agency DNB. The declaration comes as Allied forces complete control of the area and push toward the next objective in the campaign.
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Brest
London
INS
Breton
DNB
Perfect Teamwork Revealed In Allied Airborne Invasion
Major Raborg describes Allied air borne troops in Holland as part of a coordinated invasion effort likened to a national team sport. He credits Britain Italy and US naval forces for strategic planning and execution that opened the Normandy attack corridor and supported beach landings with precise timing and teamwork.
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Paul C. Raborg
New York
Rhine River
Holland
Europe
Britain
Italy
Normandy
Allied Fifth Army breaches Gothic Line north of Florence
American, British, Indian and Brazilian forces under Gen. Mark W. Clark break the Nazi Gothic Line on a six mile front north of Florence and close to Firenzuola. Allied units seize 600 prisoners in 48 hours while German reinforcements slow the advance.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Italy
Florence
Firenzuola
Mark W. Clark
Vard
Yanks Clean Up Resistance On Angaur Island
Palau campaign observers Major Generals Roy Geiger Julian C. Smith and Paul J. Mueller watched the Army 81st Division clear remaining Japanese resistance on Angaur. The advance followed jeep and foot patrols through jungle trails as machinegun and artillery fire echoed, with no incidents reported.
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Angaur
Palau Islands
Navy
Palau
Roy 3. Geiger
Julian C. Smith
Paul J. Mueller
Peleliu
Mean
Deaths of Jesse Shoaff Thomas Houston and Walter Boyd
Obituary notes the deaths of Jesse Shoaff 68 of 909 Marshall Avenue Thomas Houston 84 of 507 Lyndal Street and Walter Thomas Boyd 71 of 1055 Adams Street with no further details provided.
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Jesse Shoaff
Marshall Ave
Nue
Thomas Houston
Lyndal Street
Walter Thomas Boyd
Adams Street
Dewey Shifts Focus to California Electors
Gov Thomas E. Dewey targets California's 25 electoral votes as he continues a 6,700 mile campaign. He criticizes the indispensable man theory after a Portland attack and plans a San Francisco speech Thursday night, despite a train wreck earlier.
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Portland
Ore
Thomas E. Dewey
California
Republican Congress
G.O.P
PWT
San Francisco
Dewey
Huge Fires Follow Bombing of German Rail Hubs
Huge fires raged in Rheydt and Munchen Gladbach as British Lancs hit rail hubs near the Ruhr. Nazi reports say Budapest also bombed by Allied air forces. Key routes from Aachen and Cologne converge at Rheydt and Munchen Gladbach, crucial for moving supplies.
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London
INS
Rheydt
Munchen Gladbach
First Army
FCC
Bavaria
DNB
Budapest
Hungary
Rhevdt
Ruhr
Aachen
Cologne
Reydt
Venlo
Holland
Congress Plans For Long Recess
Congressional leaders plan a seven week election recess starting soon with expectations Roosevelt will not veto reconversion or surplus property bills. A joint resolution to adjourn until mid November may be prepared at the last minute with a possible presidential statement criticizing Congress.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
House
Senate
White House
Congress
Allies Push Toward Berlin In Decisive Rhine Drive
Allied forces report major actions across the Rhine as German retreat accelerates from Emmerich to the Ruhr. British Second Army joins airborne units near Nijmegen while analysts call the operation decisive for Germany and note the loss of Nancy on the American front.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Rhine
Berlin
Holland
Siegfried Line
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Emmerich
Ruhr
Paris
Second Army
Nijmegen
Cleve
Nancy
DNB
Heavy Battles Around Nancy as Patton Forces Push East
U S Third Army under Lt Gen George S Patton Jr fights stubborn German counterattacks east and southeast of Nancy France. The Americans report destroying at least 14 German tanks near Dieuze as they press to breach German resistance and hammer Metz from multiple fronts.
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Third Army
France
Ees
Georg S. Patton Jr
Nancy
Dieuze
Patton
Metz
Baseball Season Sparks Hope Amid Scrappy Scraps
Arthur Mometer notes fans hopeful as Cardinals Browns and Tigers battle Yankees for top spots. Teams show bursts of effort, then lag as season heats up. The piece mentions mild warmth at seventy eight and summer approaching, with fans voicing spirited chants.
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Cardinals
Browns
Tigers
Yankees
Yank
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