Death of Bulgarian King Boris III Triggers Balkan Crisis
King Boris III of Bulgaria died in Sofia after a short illness. Six-year-old Prince Simeon II succeeded to the throne as regent and a ministers’ council will name a guardian until he is of age. Berlin denied bullet wounds as reports swirled about the cause amid fears of civil war and a new risk to Hitler’s southeastern defenses.
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Joseph W. Grigg
London
U.P
Boris III
Bulgaria
Sofia
Balkans
Yugoslavia
Greece
Simeon
Simeon II
Axis
Council of Ministers
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Boris
Hitler
Bogdan Philov
Boris the Third
United Press
Istanbul
London Radio
Switzerland
Allied air strikes paralyze Italian rail traffic from Naples to Salerno
Allied air operations across southern Italy have effectively halted train traffic from Naples to Salerno with widespread track damage and bombed yards. Wrecked locomotives block lines at Benevento and other junctions while Sulmona and Caserta endure heavy bombing as nine Allied planes are lost and twenty German and Italian fighters are shot down.
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Allied Headquarters
North Africa
Italy
Naples
Air Force
Sulmona
Rome
Benevento
Villa Literna
Sapri
Taranto
Foggia
Caserta
Salerno
Gulf of Naples
Gulf of Monfredonia
Saratoga Cup Won by Prince Quillo
Boonehall stable's Prince Quillo won the Saratoga cup at Belmont Park, setting a track record for the mile and three quarters. He defeated Townsend B. Martin's Bolingbroke by a head, with Dark Discovery third, earning $18,250 and paying $3.30 to win.
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New York
U.P
Boonehall Stable
Prince Quillo
Belmont Park
Prince Rose
Townsend B. Martin
Bolingbroke
John A. Bell Jr
Dark Discovery
Sweden protests sinking of Swedish fishing boats by Germany
Sweden filed a formal protest in Stockholm after German minesweepers sank two Swedish fishing vessels near Denmark. Twelve fishermen are believed drowned while two boats escaped. The protest, delivered by Sweden’s chargé d’affaires in Berlin, demanded assurance against further attacks and cited prior incidents in international waters.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Germany
Berlin
Denmark
Foreign Office
Most Schools to Open Sept 7 in Butte
Most city schools resume on September 7 after renovations near completion. Boys Central high school starts on September 1. Butte high school and Boys Central will hold new-student registrations and orientation events. Scott Fries outlines procedures and rules at a September 1 meeting.
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Boys Central High School
Butte Business College
Butte High School
M.C. Murtagh
Boys Central
Christian Brothers Institution
Brother Murtagh
Scott Fries
R A F Blasts Nuernberg in Heavy Raid
London reports the R A F bomber command dropped a massive payload on Nuernberg, a key Nazi manufacturing city, amid overwhelming German defenses. The raid, part of a week of strikes including Berlin, involved 33 bombers lost and a 1100 mile round trip with diverse actions across France, the Low Countries, and the Ruhr.
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Gladwin Hill
London
R. A. F. Bomber Command
Nuernberg
Berlin
Ruhr
France
Low Countries
Nuernburg
Italy
Air Ministry
United States
Poix
Grew predicts civilian push against Japanese war lords
Washington, Aug. 28. Joseph C. Grew, former ambassador to Japan, said defeat of the Japanese military machine will trigger a civilian reaction against war lords. He added that military Japan is doomed but warned against optimism and complacency.
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Washington
U.P
Japan
Joseph C. Grew
Grew
Utah Supreme Court strikes down Sunday closing law
Utah's Supreme Court declared the Sunday closing law invalid, ruling that allowing sale of some merchandise while prohibiting other sales was discriminatory and unconstitutional. The decision came from Salt Lake City as reported by U P.
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Salt L.ke City
U.P
Utah
State Supreme Court
Butler Butte to Host Army Mock Battle Sept 2
The War Department will stage a vivid mock battle in Butte on September 2 to honor the Victory Labor Management committee and spur copper production. Maj. Clifford McFarlane will lead the display, with Army heroes including Private William Gillespie. The traveling pageant tours Montana and nearby states, praised by Senator Carl Hayden as extraordinary.
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Butte
America
War Department
Victory Labor Management Committee
William Gillespie
South Pacific
War Production Drive
Herbert Heasley
Nonferrous Metals
Heasley
Clifford McFarlane
Industrial Service Division
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
Montana
Idaho
Ajo
Morenci
Miami
Phoenix
Bisbee
Ariz
Ing
Carl Hayden
W. J. McMahon
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
U. S. Army
War Bond Drive Plans Mapped
GREAT FALLS Aug 28 Special With the slogan Avenge Montanas Glorious Helena Back the Attack by Sacrifice more than 15000 Montanans are ready to open the Third War Loan drive Sept 9 Their goal is to raise 35000000 for the nations war effort Montana leaders coordinate the drive to Sept 30 and base the appeal on replacing the Helena after its valor in Kula bay.
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Great Falls
Montana
Helena
J. H. Morrow
Kula Bay
Vatican Radio Hints at Sunday Announcement
United States government monitors report that Vatican Radio urged listeners in the British Isles to tune in Sunday for a possibly important announcement after mass. The German broadcast would precede an English statement, with Mass from St. Peter's at 9 30 a m. local time.
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New York
Vatican Radio
British Isles
United States
St. Peter's
Crisis Deepens in Denmark as Abdnication Threat Looms
Reports from Stockholm on August 28 indicate King Christian III warned he would abdicate if Denmark's government accepts a German ultimatum placing the country under full Nazi military control. Telephone lines with Sweden were cut and Copenhagen rumors spoke of government resignation and German takeover amid a 12 day Danish crisis.
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Stockholm
Christian III of
Denmark
Malmoe
Copenhagen
Erick de Scavenius
Allies Close On Kolombangara as Japs Struggle in Solomons
Allied forces press from north south and west toward Kolombangara in the central Solomons, sealing the doom of the garrison after a 64 day battle on New Georgia. Japanese retreat to Vila precedes a planned assault to bury the dead as Australian units push near Salamaua.
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Allied
Australia
Aleutians
Kolombangara Island
Solomons
New Georgia
Bairoko Harbor
Vila
Kula Gulf
Kolombangara
Swinger Channel
Baanga Island
Arundel Island
United States
Vella Lavella Island
Kiska
Bairoko
New Guinea
Salamaua
Air Raid Alarms Reported in Rome
Swiss radio reported that Rome set off air raid alarms from 1:20 to 1:30 p.m. Saturday but did not mention any bombings. The alarms may have been triggered by Allied planes approaching nearby air fields and rail junctions heavily targeted in recent raids, AP recorded.
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London
Rome
Associated Press
Selective Service to inventory registrants by family status
The draft agency will list each registrant’s pre Pearl Harbor child count as of September 15 1942 to guide who is inducted first. Local boards must halt classifications and finish the stock take by October 1, with results used to adjust quotas and prioritize non fathers over fathers in order.
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Washington
Selective Service
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Soviet Drive Pins Down German Front Near Kharkov
Soviet troops press a widening offensive from Sevsk toward Kharkov and Poltava, seizing villages and reaching the Psel river as they close on the Bryansk Kiev railway. Reports claim heavy German losses and Russian advances in Ukraine, with renewed raids on Roslavl and Zenkov.
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London
Fallen Sevsk
Bryansk-Kiev
Moscow
Red Army
Ukraine
Kharkov
Sevsk
Psel
Poltava
Peter the Great
Charles XII
Sweden
Hitler Demands Balkan Troops Amid Balkans Tensions
London reports Hitler urged Bulgaria Romania and Hungary to provide about 200000 troops for southeastern Europe. He aims to swap in satellite forces to absorb Allied landings while Germany builds a northern Italy defense. Nachrichten from Switzerland and Algiers note troop shifts and Croatian puppet leader Pavelic rumors.
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London
U.P
Adolf Hitler
Balkans
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Europe
Hitler
Italy
Churchill
Roosevelt
Quebec
Greece
Yugoslavia
Albania
Black Sea
Rumania
Switzerland
Serbia
Belgrade
Boy in coma after brain inflammation in Compton
Doctors failed to end 89 day coma of six year old Donald Wylie son of an aircraft worker from suburban Compton. He is suffering from encephalitis or inflammation of the brain and remains in a coma.
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Los Angeles
Donald Wylie
Compton
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