Battle for East Prussia Rages Above Warsaw
Allied dispatches report fierce fighting near Warsaw with Red Army units advancing toward East Prussia. Parachute troops deployed to widen the front while gains include Ostroleka and territory near Belgrade, Danube crossings, and potential links with Tito’s Partisans. Major clashes and heavy German losses are cited as the campaign broadens across Poland and Yugoslavia.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Belgrade
Danube
Iron Gate
Red Army
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Turnu-Severin
Orsova
Poland
Warsaw
East Prussia
Narew
Ostroleka
Red Star
Germany
Marshall Tito
Wolo- Thin
Narew River
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Battle of London deemed over amid robot bomb campaign
London officials announced the Battle of London is over except for possibly a few shots as Lt. Col. Edwin Duncan Sandys said defenses and Allied encirclement virtually ended the German robot bombardment. He cited 2,900 Allied airmen and 450 planes lost, and over 5,000 British deaths from bombs, noting only 2,300 of 8,000 bombs since June 12 reached targets.
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Associated Press
London
Edwin Duncan Sandys
Sandys
England
France
Patton's Men Cross Moselle Near Metz and Nancy
Allied fields report Patton's third army pushing to the Moselle, winning a bridgehead and nearing Metz after crossing the river in a bold advance. Hodges’ first army drives 40 miles along the Meuse from Namur to Anchamps while Canadian and Polish units enter Belgium toward Ypres and Ostend.
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Lille
Nanvy
George S. Patton
London
Germany
Siegfried Line
Europe
Moselle
Luxembourg
Nancy
Metz
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Meuse
Namur
Anchamps
Belgium
First
Ardennes
Duchy of Luxembourg
Calais
France
Dunkerque
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Liege
Peraldo-Warden Trial Begins in Affections Case
The second trial in the alienation of affections suit of Henry Peraldo vs Hemmer R Warden is under way in the circuit court with Special Judge Carl C Sanders presiding. The first trial ended in May with a hung jury after jurors were excused for distance or prejudice.
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Henry Peraldo
Hemmer R. Warden
Carl C. Sanders
Peraldo
Warden
J. M. Miller
C. D. Dehart
K. A. Levy Frank Lively
P. A. Clybourn
H. A. Fink
H. P. Stanley
A. C. Gilliam
F. B. Stone
E. E. Maynor
J A. Meadows
L. C. Milam
J Q. Hutchinson
K. D. Bowers
L. L. Scherer
Council For
Council
Floyd Sayre
A. D. Preston
Bulgars Break Relations With Axis Nations
Bulgarian ties with Germany and its allies were severed amid reports of German forces massing through Bulgaria. Berlin radio and Moscow statements outlined a shift from alleged states of war to broken diplomatic ties and calls for Bulgarian independence from the German alliance.
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Associated Press
London
Transocean
Berlin
Foreign Office
Bulgaria
Germany
Moscow
Russia
Red Army
Foreign Commissariat
Sofia
Kremlin
Black Sea
Commissariat
France
Mount Hope Woman Held on Loitering and Drunkenness
Freda Clay of Mount Hope is jailed on loitering and drunkenness charges. She was arrested on West Neville street by Patrolmen Daymon Williams and C. R. Cottle, according to county jail records.
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Freda Clay
Mount Hope
West Neville Street
Daymon Williams
C. R. Cottle
Union Invasions In France Reported By CBS
CBS from Rome reports American forces from Patton’s Third Army and Patch’s Seventh Army have joined near the German border in France. The meeting point remains undisclosed.
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Associated Press
London
C.B.S
Rome
France
George S. Patton
Third Army
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
Allied forces advance toward Doubs valley in France
Lausanne reports American tanks arrive near Montbeliard close to Belfort as Allied troops push from southern France toward the Doubs valley. Swiss telegraph notes German SS compelled about 800 people to dig trenches near the Rhine at Huntique and Saint Louis. Rome bulletin says American and French troops hinder German withdrawal and press to join Swiss frontier with no major battles reported.
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Associated Press
Bern
Switzerland
Lausanne
Montbeliard
Belfort
Germany
Rhine
Huniique
Saint Louis
Rome
France
Doubs Valley
Congress Favors WPB Reconversion Policy Debate
Washington observers mixed praise for the War Production Board decision to end most civilian production controls after Germany falls with calls to shield small firms from material shortages. Senator Stewart urges emergency priorities for small concerns and potential legislative action if WPB does not act. A joint committee continues reconversion work and rejects postwar federal pay for war workers travel.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Production Board
Germany
Stewart
D-Tenn
W.P.B
Senate
House
Walsh
D-Mass
Laval Reaches Mainau Island Near Swiss Frontier
Der Bund reports Pierre Laval, head of the Vichy government, has arrived on the German island of Mainau in Lake Constance, about five miles from the Swiss border.
Oradour Village Massacre by Nazis Recounted
Associated Press story by Edward Kennedy describes the Nazi massacre at Oradour sur Glane in June. An SS Das Reich battalion blocked roads, herded 1,200 to 1,500 women and children into the church and school, then opened fire, killing most occupants. Only a few survived, many confined to mental institutions. The village near Limoges was a peaceful rural spot crowded with refugees and visitors.
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Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
Oradour - Sur - Glane
France
Oradour
French Press Service
London
Limoges
Glane
Paris
Das Reich SS
German Eighth Graders Drawn Into War Work
Germany orders eighth grade pupils into war work and mobilizes Red Cross staff into armament plants. Decrees also close many universities and curtail periodicals while banning traveling fairs as Joseph Goebbels announces total mobilization aims.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Red Cross
Joseph Goebbels
Reich Plenipotentiary
Finance Ministry
Berlin
Dewey Opens Wartime Campaign Tour With Philadelphia Speech
New York Governor Thomas F. Dewey accompanied by 97 supporters on an 11 car train began his wartime presidential campaign. He will speak for 30 minutes tonight at Convention Hall in Philadelphia about postwar jobs with NBC and CBS broadcasting. Local leaders including Gov. Edward Martin and Mayor Bernard Samuel met the train and guided Dewey to conferences at a downtown hotel. Dewey will meet reporters during a 6,700 mile tour ending Sept 28 and plans to meet service members.
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Associated Press
New York
Thomas F. Dewey
Abraham Lincoln
Dewey
G.O.P
New York City
Philadelphia
Convention Hall
Wendell L. Willkie
N.B.C
C.B.S
Edward Martin
Bernard Samuel
James Davis
Pacific Coast
Belated Lefter Comes To Garretts
Dr. T. F. Garrett receives Navy notice that son Thomas Franklin Garrett Jr was wounded on July 22. Navy letter postmarked Sept 6 reports son slightly wounded. parents and wife in St Albans deny earlier notice before today.
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T. F. Garrett
Navy Department
Thomas Franklin Garrett, Jr
Associated Press
Navy
Garrett
St Albans
Foremen Vote Split in NLRB Strike Referendum at Winding Gulf Mines
At eight Winding Gulf mines the NLRB tallied foremen votes on striking to force union recognition. Only 24 of 195 eligible foremen cast ballots with 6 yes, others opposed or abstaining. several mines showed no or scant support for a strike. Across Glen White, Stotesbury, Besoco, Affinity, Big Stick, Killarney, Lillybrook and Edwight, counts varied from no votes to multiple yeses, while some mines reported no immediate vote and others delayed tally. Threats of further walkouts cloud West Virginia coal fields as government seizure actions and Ickes influence loom.
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Winding Gulf
National Labor Relation Board
Pittsburgh
Besoco
Killarney
Lillybrook
Glen Rogers
Edwight
Register
N.L.R.B
Gulf
Glen White
Stotesbury
N.L R.B
East Gulf
Eccles
Wayco
River
Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Interior
Ickes
Marshall
Ohio
Allied forces and Partisans launch joint Balkan assault
Allied land, sea and air forces along with Marshal Tito's Partisans and a Russian offensive began a combined drive to seal German escape routes from the Balkans. The Allied force headquarters announced the action tonight. Dewey says universal military training should wait until after the war and opposes a new civilian conservation corps.
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Associated Press
Rome
Marshal Tito
Partisan
Yugoslavia
Balkans
Allied
Philadelphia
Thomas E. Dewey
Civilian Conservation Corps
Americans Occupy Lucca Near Gothic Line Front
Allied forces in northern Italy reported advances north of Prato and captured Lucca as they pressed toward the Gothic Line. Prato, near Pistoia, remains key, with heavy fighting along a 14 mile front. British Eighth Army crossed the Ventena River advancing toward San Marino and 2,000 foot Monte San Giovanni was taken to dominate the valley.
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Associated Press
Rome
Fifth Army
Prato
Italy
Lucca
Pistoia
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Riccione Marina
Rimini
Besanigo
Ventena River
Principality
San Marino
Monte San Giovanni
Ventena-Conca
Hitler's Intimate In Switzerland
New York correspondent Howard K. Smith reports Adolf Hitler's interpreter and confidant Dr. Paul Schmidt is in Switzerland to take a cure at a bath resort in Graubünden. Schmidt, central to Nazi diplomacy, has not been photographed in Germany and is likely under Gestapo direction. Observers note the visit may be politically motivated rather than a simple illness.
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Associated Press
New York
Howard K. Smith
Bern
Adolf Hitler
Switzerland
Paul Schmidt
Hitler
Fuehrer
Nazi Germany
Hiller
Germany
Schmidt
Gestapo
Weather outlook for West Virginia clears and cools
The forecast calls for clearing skies and a bit cooler temperatures tonight with Friday sunny and continued cool conditions across West Virginia.
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West Virginia
Early Invasion Casualties Were Half Number Expected
Secretary of War Stimson said American casualties through the first three weeks of the Normandy invasion were about half the prior estimate. He noted July and August losses were slightly less than expected, with France totals not disclosed. Combined army and navy casualties rose to 365,759 through August 21.
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Associated Press
Washington
Stimson
France
Patteson Succumbs in Mount Hope After Illness
Leonidas C. Patteson died at his Mount Hope home at 10 39 a m after a 12 hour illness heart attack listed as cause of death Born at Kesslers Cross Lanes Nicholas county September 29 1867 he was a merchant and garage operator with his son Sheriff Okey L Patteson Funeral at his residence Sunday 2 pm conducted by Rev C C Lambert He is survived by a daughter Mrs K K Warden Fayetteville and three grandchildren Fanny Lee Anna Hughes Patteson and Pat Warden Two brothers A M Patteson and John Patteson Also a Mason and former master of the order.
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Register
Mount Hope
Leonidas C. Patteson
Fayette County
Kesslers Cross Lanes
Nicholas County
Okey L. Patteson
C. C. Lambert
Methodist Church
K. K. Warden
Fayetteville
Fanny Lee
Anna Hughes Patteson
Pat Warden
A M. Patteson
John Patteson
Mount Hoe
Masonic Fraternity
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