Northwest Passage Route Into The Heart Of Germany
AP Features notes Belgium as Europe's densely populated, historically contested land. It highlights population density, repeated occupations by Romans to Austrians, Treaty of London guarantees, and Belgium’s strategic role in wartime corridors. Antwerp and Brussels are key cities with Laeken as royal residence.
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Belgium
Europe
Maryland
Netherlands
London
Austria
France
Great Britain
Prussia
Russia
Antwerp
West Schelde
Brussels
Laeken
Finland and Russia announce ceasefire ending hostilities
Helsinki reports hostilities between Finland and Russia will cease at 8 am local time under a Mannerheim directive. Germany is ordered to withdraw troops from Finland by Sept 15 or be disarmed and interned. seven Nazi divisions are in northern Finland amid troop movements toward Norway.
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Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Germany
Carl Gustav Mannerheim
Mannerheim
Stockholm
Norway
Tejief
St. John's School Reopens With Four New Notre Dame Sisters
St. John's High School and elementary grades reopen Thursday with four new Notre Dame sisters on the faculty. The opening service is at 3:30 p.m. in St. John's church, followed by classes for a half day on Thursday and Friday. Grammar grades gain Old Defenders Day holiday on Sept. 12. The library has been fully recataloged with help from two librarians from Notre Dame College.
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St. John’s’ Church
Sr. Paul
Notre Dame Convent
Notre Dame
Sr. Mary Leon
St. Joseph's College
Washington
St. John’s School
St. John’s
Notre Dame College
Baltimore
Friends of
St. Paul
Laval’s Property Being Confiscated in France
New York reports a region in Clermont-Ferrand, France, orders confiscation of all Pierre Laval property for the state. The Vichy radio, monitored by FCC, confirms the action announced today.
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New York
Pierre Laval
Clermont-Ferrand
France
Commissariat
Vichy Radio
FCC
Youth Dies Suddenly in Maryland Farm Community
Charles Upton Mehring Jr., 17, died suddenly at his home near Keymar on Saturday evening after returning from deliveries. Survived by parents Charles A. and Nellie Mehring, two sisters Mrs. Robert Miller and Mrs. Forrest Roser Jr., and a brother William F. Mehring. Coroner deferred certificate awaiting state medical examiner post mortem. funeral held at home then Haugh's Mt Zion Lutheran Church with Rev. H. H. Schmidt officiating. Pallbearers were Newton Six Jr, Wayne Repp, Roland Harbaugh, Roscod Harbaugh, Richard Ohler, and Merle Atkins.
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Charles Upton Mehring, Jr
Charles A
Nellie Mehring
Keymar
Carroll County
Young Mehring
Robert Miller
Forrest Roser, Jr
Westminster
William F. Mehring
Upton Mehring
Molly Sickles
Woodsboro
Haugh
Mt. Zion Lutheran Church
H. H. Schmidt
Newton Six, Jr
Wayne Repp
Roland Harbaugh
Roscod Harbaugh
Richard Ohler
Merle Atkins
C. O. Fuss and Son
War description debate and frontline letters from France
Staff Sgt. J Robert Edwards of the 29th Division in France argues Sherman’s word does not describe war, claiming war is beyond any dictionary. In his letter he recalls D Day, rough conditions on the beach, shortages, and sharing canned hash with starving civilians.
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Sherman
J. Robert Edwards
France
Edwards
Earl Edwards
Brunswick
Washington
Frederick
Co. A
115Th Infantry
D-Day
Hell
Ripley
Five Prisoners Escape From Roxbury Penal Farm
State guards and police hunted five youthful inmates said to have fled Roxbury institution Sunday afternoon or evening. Escapees named as Donald Avis 21 Baltimore Richard Churchey 20 Hagerstown William Myers 19 Sparrow Point Raymond Wilson 17 Harford County and Thomas Phaebus 17 Plum Point.
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Roxbury Institution
Donald Avis
Baltimore
Richard Churchey
Hagerstown
William Myers
Sparrowg Point
Raymond Wilson
Harford County
Thomas Phaebus
Plum Point
Mass killings and injuries in Nazi occupied Rome revealed
Allied Control Commission reports that during the German occupation of Rome 800 to 1,000 Romans were killed and an equal number seriously injured. Victims were shot beaten or killed by other means. Those listed by the command headquarters face responsibility and three will be called to defend themselves before a court if found alive.
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Rome
Allied Control Commission
ACC
Water Level Falls at Fishing Creek Reservoir
The Fishing Creek reservoir in the city water system sank to eight feet three inches below the top, the lowest level of the summer. Caretaker Frank Weddle said recent rain added only an inch, then the level dropped three inches yesterday, with no rain in sight as heat returns. Labor Day observances closed stores, banks, and post offices while many fishermen fished the Monocacy river and shooters aimed for doves as the Potomac stayed low but fairly clear.
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Fishing Creek
Frank Weddle
Monocazy
Potomac
Labor Divided On 50th Anniversary
Washington reports the nation marks Labor Day with a split in the labor movement. AFL and CIO unity seems unlikely as leaders acknowledge competing ambitions despite shared economic goals amid wartime strength.
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Labor
Washington
AFL
CIO
Liberation Of Belgium And Luxembourg Near Says Eisenhower
General Eisenhower broadcast to Belgians Norwegians and Dutch that liberation has begun and urged citizens to serve in the battle. He praised France and its leaders and credited armed forces and the French Forces of the Interior for much of the Allied success.
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Belgium
Luxembourg
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Eisenhower
Norway
Holland
France
Nazis Appeal To Home Front From Berlin Broadcast
Berlin radio urged unwavering German resolve as American forces stood near the frontier. A spokesman warned weaklings against wavering while urging continued work to secure victory amid Propaganda pressure. Hitler’s silence was noted as Lisbon reported plans for a last-ditch defense of Reich soil.
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London
Berlin
Home Front
Adolf Hitler
Lisbon
Reich
Two Induction Calls Expected This Month
The local Draft Board plans two induction calls this month with one set for September. The calls target men who have passed pre induction physicals and are under 26, with quotas met from on hand eligibles. The National Selective Service office directive emphasizes ongoing induction of young men. A light pre induction call has been received for the current month and will be filled soon.
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National Selective Service Office
Brig. Gen. Wallace C. Philoon Named Alaska Deputy Commander
Brig. Gen. Wallace C. Philoon succeeds Brig. Gen. Frank L. Whittaker as deputy commander of the Alaskan Department. Philoon, former chief of staff of the Caribbean Defense Command and former commanding general of the Infantry Replacement Training Center at Fort McClellan, Ala., recently visited the city before taking command. His wife is with her sister on North Court Street.
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Wallace C. Philoon
Frank L. Whittaker
Philoon
Walter F. Martin
North Court Street
Caribbean Defense Command
Infantry Replacement Training Center
Fort McClellan
Ala
Russian Forces Prepare Major Fresh Eastern Front Push
Russian armies mass on a wide front from the northern Carpathians to the Baltic region after a summer offensive. In Romania, Ma Linovsky's Second Ukrainian Army advances toward the Transylvania Alps between Ploesti and Brasov as Polish resistance evacuates Warsaw amid shortages. Berlin reports a large scale Red Army attack near Wyaszkow, with minor penetrations denied as insignificant by Nazi radio.
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Carpathians
Poland
Estonia
Baltics
Hitler
Romania
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Transylvania Alps
Ploesti
Brasov
Associated Press
Berlin
Red Army
Wyaszkow
Warsaw
Federal Communications Commission
Roosevelt orders seizing four Pennsylvania coal firms
President Roosevelt authorized Secretary Ickes to seize and operate four Pennsylvania bituminous coal companies tied to labor disputes and threatened to take over 66 more mines if production is disrupted. The seizure raises total to 70 mines across Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia and Kentucky, with prior seizures totaling ten. The mines involve a walkout tied to the United Mine Workers District 50 supervisors' union demands for recognition.
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Roosevelt
Ickes
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
United Mine Workers District 50
Slackening Of Labor Day Travel Reported
The Associated Press reports a quiet Labor Day as many war workers joined Marylanders in observance and travel dwindled after a peak 10 percent above normal on Friday. Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio, and bus lines saw fewer reservations, police noted fewer motorists to shores and resorts, and Chesapeake Bay ferries also reported softer passenger trade.
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Associated Press
Brunswick Soldier Wounded In New Guinea
Pic. Floyd C. Lowery of Brunswick was wounded in action on New Guinea July 20 and is recuperating in a rest camp. The War Department announced the wound, described by Lowery as a slight flesh wound. He has been overseas since January 1943 after enlisting March 13, 1942 and previously worked at the Washington terminal of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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Floyd C. Lowery
Brunswick
New Guinea
Pfc. Lowery
War Department
Ph. Lowery
Ile
Washington
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
You re Surrounded Nazi Prisoner Tells British
Arras France Sept 3 A 16 year old French Maquis poising a rifle led a German lieutenant to a British field headquarters near the Belgian frontier He declared it useless to take him prisoner saying the war is over The Britons showed him a battle chart and Allied forces advancing across France into Belgium The German doubted but the scene suggested the collapse of his side
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Roger D. Greene
Arras
France
Belgium
Allied push into Lyon area slows Nazi retreat in France
Allied headquarters report American and French patrols entering Lyon from three directions though the city was not yet captured. German 19th Army, fleeing toward the fatherland, is increasingly pressed with air attacks along the Saône valley and near Montrevel Bourg-en-Bresse and Cerilles.
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Rome
Ville-Franche
Lyon
Montrevel
France
Saone
Ville
Bourg-en-Bresse
No Flying Bombs In Britain In 61 Hours
Britain enjoyed another raid free night extending to 61 hours since the last flying bomb fell. The lull, longest since the V I raids began, follows Allied advances eroding launch sites on the French coast as Britain braces for the end of the V I threat.
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London
Britain
French
Allied push breaches Gothic Line as 12 mile advance reported
British and Canadian troops of the Eighth Army penetrate a 20 mile gap in the Gothic Line and press to near Rimini while Fifth Army clears high ground along the Pisa Florence road. Polish forces drive from Pesaro toward Gradara and the coast, capturing paratroopers and officers in the sweep.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Rimini
Fifth Army
Pisa
Florence
Pesaro
Gradara
Brenner Pass Rail Line Blasted by Air Force Bombers
The Brenner Pass rail line from Germany to northern Italy was blasted today in Genoa harbor as submarines were targeted, in widespread operations by roughly 500 bombers of the U. S. Fifteenth Air Force. President Roosevelt urged House passage of Puerto Rico self government bill.
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Rome
Brenner Pass
Germany
Italy
Genoa
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Puerto Rico
Allied Advances Reach Brussels and Dutch Border
Allied forces report liberation of Brussels with British units reaching Antwerp and Mechlin, while American spearheads reportedly approach the Reich from two points. Dutch and Belgian towns are in Allied hands as German retreat accelerates along coast and inland routes.
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Supreme Headquarters
Brussels
Antwerp
France
Belgium
Reich
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Dunkerque
Namur
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Duisburg
Berlin
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Rome
Paris
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Miles C. Dempsey
Dempsey
Tournai
Britain
Germany
Stockholm
Perl
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Thionville
French Forces of the Interior
U. S
Aachen
Mons
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Etain
Verdun
Maas
Juliana Canal
Holland
Maastricht
Aneta
Netherlands
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