Nazi raids fill Reich air war as Allied bombers strike
Allied air forces conducted extensive raids over German targets and occupied areas including London outskirts, Martiai and Soho, while British and Allied bombers hit French Belgian Dutch coastal points and German ammunition depots near Holland. Night operations claimed no RAF losses. Dozens of German and Allied airfields and storage sites faced attacks as the aerial campaign pressured German defenses.
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Martai
Soho
Netherlands
Pancrania
Mecklenburg
Hungary
Holland
Bremen
West Texas County Judges Convene
West Texas County Judges and Commissioners association meets in San Angelo September 18 to 21 with speakers including Weaver Baker state board of control chairman State Senator Penrose Metcalfe of San Angelo and Railroad Commissioner DM Culberson. President Les Thompson of Farwell Palmer County presides after an executive committee meeting.
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West Texas
San Angelo
Weaver Baker
State Board of Control
Penrose Metcalfe
DM Culberson
Stevenson Receives Good Neighbor Gift Wrist Watch
Governor Stevenson wore his first wrist watch today a gift from Brig Gen Miguel Flores Villar of the Mexican army. The presentation occurred at Reynosa on Saturday as Units of the Texas state guard joined in Mexican Independence Day celebrations led by Ad Gen Arthur Knickerbocker.
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INS
Stevenson
Miguel Flores Villar
Reynose
Arthur Knickerbocker
Texas State Guard
French Execute Gestapo Agents in Montpellier Coup
Seven Gestapo agents were executed at Montpellier in Herault on the French Mediterranean coast. The Brazzaville studio reported the killings and noted the Place Petain statue square in Montpellier was renamed Place de Maquis et de Resistance.
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Montpellier
Department of Herault
Brazzaville
Place Petain
Sattare
Montpel- Mier
Allied Fifth and Eighth Armies Make Modest Northern Italy Advances
Heavy Allied assaults on fortified German lines in northern Italy yield limited gains. Fifth and Eighth armies report slow progress with fierce fighting along a broad front near Rimini and Mangarino, while the Marano river bridgehead expands. Brazilian expeditionary force praised as it joins Fifth Army actions. San Marino inland front sees continued bombardment and ground gains near Cevaxalo and Monte Olivo with prisoners taken.
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Fth
Eighth
Italy
Adriatic
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Bringenead
Eighth Army
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Cevaxalo
Mttie
Romini
Ausa
Monte Olivo
Cernsolo
Negro Surrenders in Murder Case at Houston Sawmill
Ed Nugent, 48, a Negro sawmill watchman, surrendered at the Harris County sheriff's office after a bloodhound search for Joe Massey, 42, who was killed Saturday at Brown's sawmill in Shelton where both men worked. Nugent reportedly told Jailer Charlie McAlpine of the shooting upon arrival.
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Houston
Sherriff
Stermen
Ed Nugent
Joe Massey
Charlie McAlpine
Nugent
Massey
Brown
Shelton
French Courts To Try Traitors In France Within Fortnight
Paris reports trials of traitors and collaborators charged with war crimes will start in France within two weeks. Vichy ministers including Petain Laval and many others at large will be tried by special courts under Article 85 of the French penal code. Charges range from national disloyalty to treason, punishable by death. Each department will have its own court, divided into sections for major and lesser offenders.
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Paris
UNS
France
Vichy
Petain
Laval
New Nazi Plane Now in Action Amid War Front News
Third Army headquarters in France announces a new German fighter called the mystery Bat wing, a fast Messerschmitt rocket-propelled craft in action. Pershing shows further improvement at Walter Reed Army Medical Center after several days of illness.
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France
INS
Washington
John J. Pershing
War Department
General of the Armies
Te Army Medical Center
New Staghound armored car announced by GM with British order
Detroit reports General Motors discloses production of a high speed armored car named Staghound. Weighing 14 tons, it seats five, armor on all sides, mounts a cannon and machine guns, and claims a top speed like a passenger car with several hundred miles range. The design, backed by the British government, follows combat use in Italy and France against supply lines and machine gun nests.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
Brcause
M. B. Coyle
General Motors
Chevrolet” Division
Italy
France
Nature Club
Coyle
Chavrolet
Ithem
Dallas man named to Baylor board of trustees
Dallas, Sept. 18. Cins G. H. J. Penlath of Dallas was named a member of Baylor University’s board of trustees to fill the vacancy created by the death of George W. Trusts.
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Dallas
G. H. J. Penlath
Baylor University
George W. Trusts
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