Storm Takes 4th U.S. Ship
Boston reports a hurricane aftermath delays recovery efforts as the lightship Winesara Sound and her crew are presumed lost off Cuttyhunk Island Vineyard Sound. Navy announces four vessels missing including destroyer Warrington and two coast guard craft Bodice and Jackson. Southeast Massachusetts suffers about $60,000 in property damage.
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Boston
New England
Navy
Winesara Sound
Cuttyhunk Island
Vineyard Sound
Coast Guard
Modern protection offers rupture relief and comfort claim
An advertisement urges readers to request a new rupture protection method that promises secure support without torture or discomfort. It claims easy relief from hernias using springs and straps, inviting readers to send name and address to a company in Dent, New York, for details and a free trial.
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William S$. Hice, Inc
Dent
Adame
N.Y
Nazi Parachute Unit Edict Warns Officers On Speakings
Rome dispatch reports a Nazi education officer of the first parachute division on the Italian front issued a directive urging officers to counteract enemy assertions and even internal gossip about Hitler's temper. The order notes witnesses who claim Hitler shows poor control, while acknowledging public despair would overwhelm many in the street.
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Rome
Hitler
Siegfried Line Too Hot for Von Model
New York dispatch reports Paris radio saying Walter von Model, commander in chief, urged evacuation of the Siegfried line. The message claims von Méxtre sought permission to abandon the line due to a perceived risk of overrun by Allied forces.
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New York
Paris
Radio Today
Betlinss
British Drive Into San Marino In Italy Campaign
Rome dispatch reports American Fifth Army seized Monte Partone Monte Alluzzo and Monte Ceil near Plovgnier after a day of heavy fighting. British Eighth Army broke into San Marino frontier at Fastano as Ausa river spur and Rimini battles continued. Heavy artillery, tanks, and air strikes supported offensives aimed at Bologna and the Po valley amid see-saw fighting along Adriatic front.
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Rome
Wis
Fifth Army
Monte Partone
Monte Alluzzo
Monte Ceil
Cathie Hoe
Plovgneer
Nghling
Eighth Army
Little
Republic of
San Marino
Une Adriatic
Fastano
Marana
Nere
Bologna
San Marine
Rimini Mletelt
Haminl
Aled
Po Valley
Thaly
T Tel Atparate
Rimini
Rap
Median Ad
Visits by Gold Star Mothers Planned
Washington September 1. Congress leader Hooper endorsed a proposal to permit Gold Star mothers to visit the sons overseas after the war at expense paid by the government. Such a measure will receive strong support, said Heise, House Majority Leader McCranuck and others. Mrs Catherine Sheean, a Gold Star mother of South Boston, Mass., made the suggestion.
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Washington
cIhs
Pasion, Hootevelt
Baday
McCranuck
Mass
McGommel
Mes
Catherine Sheean
South Doston
Rigid Polio Control Meet Sets Coordinated Program
San Antonio health officials plan a more rigid polio-control program led by Dr. Robbins to prevent future outbreaks. The meeting at 5 40 p m will include representatives from the medical society board of health city health board schools and state agencies with Dr Walter Stuck as acting chairman. In New York Basil O Connor, president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, says the 1944 poliomyelitis epidemic peak has passed with 10 958 national cases reported through September 9, the highest since 1941.
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San Antonio
Lewis ©. Robbins
Medical Center
Robbing
Walter G. Stuck
Bexar County ‘Medical Society
Bexar County Board of Health
City Health Board, Schools, Crippled Children's Bureau
State Department of Education
State Healt Department
Bexar County
The
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
New York
Basil O'Connor
Lie Nation
Medal of Honor Awarded Posthumously to Sgt McGill
Washington reports the War Department awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously to Sgt. Troy A. McGill a 30 year old Oklahoma cavalryman killed on Los Negros Island in the Admiralty Islands campaign He led eight men in defense against 200 Japanese attackers after his squad was decimated firing until his rifle failed then charging hand to hand with a rifle as a club He was last seen fighting before being killed his efforts credited with breaking a Japanese assault and saving the Mamole airstrip with 105 Japanese dead found in the area
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Washington
War Department
Troy A. McGil
Oklahoma
Los Negros Island
Department
McGill
Mamole
Los Negros
Planes Launch More Robots Planes Launch More Robots
Robot bombs from planes struck London and southern England in a brief raid killing at least 13 people including women and children. Nine died at one site and four at another. A family, the Chumbeys, lost two sisters and a baby brother, with one 12-year-old girl surviving.
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London
North Sea
Eng Iland
Chumbey
Margaret
Mater
Suckers for Yank Bazookas in Allied Airborne Action
Allied airborne units of 10 to 20 men operate in Holland on September 18 amid heavy artillery and river-crossing fights. American paratroopers reinforce gliders carrying artillery as they push toward a key Dutch canal crossing. Germans hedge with mortars and artillery, while American troops press toward an important industrial city to aid British armor from the south. Prisoners begin to flow in as local Dutch welcome the Allied advance.
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Mioet
Holland
Ameren
Tla
Holand Weld
Yag Artillers
Americas Frespe
Paris
He Frenich
Hysterica
Veteran Circus Artist Beebe Visits Arthur Brothers Lot
Beebe, once a Flying Beebe act star, returns to the Arthur Brothers circus lot. He recalls old colleagues like Highpockets and Cheerful Gardner, notes his failing eyesight ends flying trapeze, but plans a comedy routine if his eyes return. The Arthur circus, with two Monday shows, was to perform twice more on Tuesday.
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Arist
Arthur Brothers
Beebee
Cheerful Gardner
Beebe
Farl Beehee
Rbechee
Arthur Circus
High Prices Root of Victory Garden
Timunde John and Hy Payne, owners of Blueranach courts at 44 South Presa, recall paying 25 cents for two sweet potatoes while weighing a 5.25 pound crop and gifting much of the harvest to residents. Payne laments farmers charging high prices as he now grows okra, radishes, onions and more, supporting dinners for his community during wartime.
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Timunde John
Hy Payne
Blueranach
South Presa Street
Payne
Harlandale Bank Annexation Moves Ahead
Attorney General Grover C. Sellers informed Commissioner P L Anderson that the Harlandale State Bank charter was approved. Final annexation vote was paused by Anderson due to costs, with a bank opening planned within weeks and capital stock set at 50 000.
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Harlandale
Grover C. Sellers
P. L. Anderson
Anderson
Bond Cashing Made Simple After Oct 2
Postmaster Dan Quill denounced the plan stating banks and rust companies will cash U S Treasury bonds in Series A B D. Bonds may be cashed before, at, or after maturity with no charge. Banks and reserve banks will issue checks to buyers and co-owners.
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U. S
Dan Quill
Perera
Rites Arranged for Lieutenant Vance
Funeral services are set for Fist Lieut. Jack Vance 23 killed in a Dayton Ohio airplane crash Friday. Service at Riverside Baptist Church at 4 p.m. Wednesday with Rev Cadsvallader officiating. Survivors include his parents Mr and Mrs Leslie Vance his widow Mrs Demthy Buss Veneers daughter Ann 2 and sisters Mrs Helen Levenson Mrs Peggy Porter and Misses Ann and Joyce Vavice
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Jack Vance
Dayton
Ohio
Riverside Baptist Sharen
Cadsvallader
Leslie Vance
Demthy Buss Veneers
Vackle Ann
Helen Levenson
Peggy Porter Land
Do Ann
Joyce Vavice
Professor to Speak on Aviation by the Postwar Period
John H. Frederick, UT professor of transportation and author, will discuss aviation by the postwar period at a Wednesday noon event hosted by IIe Liang and the Gunter intel.
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John H. Frederick
University of Texas
Liang
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