Nazi Military Dictatorship Rules Denmark
The Danish cabinet of Premier Erik Scavenius resigned and was arrested as Nazi forces seized civil and court functions. King Christian X and royal family were interned under German guard while soldiers resisted at the royal castle. Journalists and other figures were arrested as a roundup expanded, and a move toward a government in London was suggested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Erik Scavenius
Denmark
Scavenius
Sweden
Christian X
Sorgenfri
Copenhagen
Amalienborg
Royal Summer Castle
Niels Hasager
The
Politken
Gunnar Nielsen
Nationaltidende
London
Kalundborg Radio
U. S
Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Blaze Destroys Camp Cottage At Butte Girl Scout Camp
Fire at Castle Rock Camp damaged the caretakers cottage and a bunkhouse as flames spread from the kitchen. Mrs Norman Stapleton saved her two children and most belongings including a washing machine with help from nearby residents and firefighters. Confined details continue on page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Castle Rock
Norman Stapleton
Not Much Change in Temperature with Showers Expected
A weather forecast indicates little temperature change for Tuesday and Tuesday night with occasional showers. Monday’s outlook lists a high near 57 and a low around 43 as Warned.
War Production in United States Shows an Increase
The War Production Board reports a 3 percent rise in July war material output, with air manufactures up 4 percent and signal equipment up 17 percent. Airplane production reached 7,373 aircraft, fighters up 19 percent and transports 8 percent. heavy bombers up 13 percent. Naval vessels rose 7 percent, merchant ships 4 percent, destroyers and escorts 25 percent, submarines steady, patrol craft slightly higher. By month end 10 million tons of the 19 million planned for the year had been completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPB
Train Fatality Near Miles City Claims Hettinger Man
Coroner Ralph Bray reported George Walby, 54, of Hettinger North Dakota, was killed when he fell under a moving freight train near Tusler, outside Miles City, on August 30.
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Miles City
Ralph Bray
George Walby
Hettinger
N. D
Tusler
Here
Roosevelt Returns to Washington After Quebec War Talks
President Roosevelt landed in Washington after the Quebec wartime strategy conclave and met with military, state, and diplomatic officials. Indications point to a Churchill visit within a week to finalize remaining war plans including concerted actions against Japan. The Quebec communique signaled agreement on major military recommendations and political understandings.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Quebec
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Churchill
Japan
Whisky bottle slaying of WAC corp Corp Naoma Ridings under police probe
Army authorities handed the case to Indianapolis police as they pursue the mystery woman in black linked to the semi nude and mutilated body found in a hotel room. Lt. Noel Jones studied the victim Corp Naoma L Ridings 32 from Warm Springs Georgia stationed at Camp Atterbury Indiana since March.
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Indianapolis
U.P
WAC
Noel Jones
Corp. Naoma L
Southern End of German Line Crumbles
London reports Taganrog fell to a surprise Soviet cavalry and mechanized drive along the Azov coast near Mariupol. Over 150 villages were overrun. Nazi defenders around Taganrog were surrounded and are being wiped out. Russians also advanced north of Bryansk and south of Kharkov, capturing dozens of villages as Stalin announced Taganrog’s fall.
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London
Taganrog
Azov Sea
Mariupol
Moscow
Bryansk
Kharkov
Poltava
Joseph Stalin
Sea of Alov
Veselo-Voznesneskaya
Anastasevka
Bombers Hit Targets Across Continent In Allied Raid
Allied air actions report American and British medium bombers striking near St Omer in occupied France. United States Marauders and RAF aircraft in Mitchells and Venturas, escorted by RAF, Dominion and Allied fighters, supported by fighter sweeps over northern France. One Mitchell missing. earlier raids targeted rail yards and an airfield at Laon with several enemy aircraft destroyed.
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London
U.P
St. Omer
Calais
France
R.A.F
United States
Dominion
Laon
Paris
Air Ministry
Vichy
Continent
Allied raid wipes out 37 Japanese planes at Wewak
Allied headquarters report from the Southwest Pacific on Aug 31 states 37 Japanese planes were destroyed in a raid on Wewak New Guinea. Liberators and Lightnings downed Zeros, with 14 more damaged. 114 tons of explosives hit airfields at Wewak and Boram.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Southwest Pacific
Wewak
New Guinea
General MacArthur
Salamaua
Madang
Mitchells
New Ireland
Boram
Japan
No Complaints Made on Japs
Japanese evacuees from relocation centers have not committed a single act of sabotage. Thomas W. Holland of the War Relocation Authority told WRA officials from six northwestern states that those given leaves from camps are finding new homes and opportunities. Montana Idaho Utah Nevada Oregon and Washington representatives attended the conference.
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Salt Lake City
Thomas W. Holland
Washington, D. C
The
War Relocation Authority
WRA
Holland
Montana
Idaho
Utah
Nevada
Oregon
Washington
Bricker Clarifies Remarks After Rapid City Social
Gov. John W. Bricker, back from a Black Hills vacation, says a jovial remark at a Rapid City gathering was not a presidential run declaration. He emphasized the quip fit the social mood and carried no political weight.
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Columbus
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Black Hills
Rapid City
Bricker
Decrease Noted in Traffic Deaths
Traffic accidents caused 11,780 US deaths in the first seven months of 1943, the National Safety Council reports. The toll drops 42 percent from early 1941 and 31 percent from early 1942. July fatalities reach 1,810, down 45 percent from July 1941 and 20 percent from July 1942.
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Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
Revolution Attempt in Panama Thwarted. Pezet Arrested
Panama City reports the thwarted attempt led by Dr. Jose Pezet former education head under Arias. Pezet and several police officials were arrested along with James Smith nephew of Pezet. The plan aimed to seize national police through bribes and promotions to topple the government.
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Panama City
U.P
Jose Pezet
Ter
Arnulfo Arais
Pezet
James Smith
Colon
Peret
Panama
Ricardo Adolfo de LaGuardia
Arias
Costa Rica
Ciano Arrested Near French Frontier in Escape Attempt
Reports from Italy say Count Galeazzo Ciano former foreign minister was arrested near the French border with his wife and three children. He reportedly confessed plans to cross France and seek refuge in Spain.
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Bern
U.R
Italy
Galeazzo Ciano
Rome
French
France
Spain
Train Wreck in Wayland Kills 25, Hopes for Survivors Dwindle
In Wayland New York a collide between the Lackawanna Limited passenger train and a freight engine left at least 25 dead and up to 60 injured. Victims were moved to hospitals in Dansville Wayland Geneseo and Howell as wreckage scattered along the tracks after an explosion at the accident scene.
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Wayland
N. Y
A. H. McLaughlin
Lackawanna Limited
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Dansville
Geneseo
Howell
Frank Wagner
Buffalo
Walter Baird
Mine Workers On Probation After War Labor Disputes Act
27 United Mine Workers indicted under the war labor disputes act received six month prison terms suspended on condition of three years probation. The investigation, began July 14 after wildcat strikes in western Pennsylvania, also left three other miners in a Fayette county hospital awaiting pleas on October 11.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
United Mine Workers
Falty
Pennsylvania
F. P. Schoonmaker
Fayette County
Farmers to Back Third War Loan Opening September Ninth
Treasury official Lloyd E. Partain says farmers will play a major role in the 15 billion dollar third war loan starting September 9. Surveys show at least 60 percent of the nation’s 6 million farms will place bond orders or schedules, with Indiana farmers planning sizable alloca tions to offset soil fertility loss. Texas farmers use a yardstick plan tied to farm output and income.
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Washington
Treasury
Lloyd E. Partain
Partain
County War Loan Committee
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Allied Air Raids Batter Orte and Torre Annunziata
Allied air forces batte red Orte 40 miles north of Rome and Torre Annunziata below Naples in heavy day and night raids. Twenty Axis planes were shot down, three Allied craft were lost, and fortresses targeted freight yards and rail facilities while Marauders attacked with opposition from fighters.
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Allied
North Africa
Allied Air
Italy
Orte
Rome
Torre Annunziata
Naples
Rome- Florence
Bay of Naples
Vesuvius
Military Caravan to Arrive Here for Labor Day Display
A 500 troop unit and 135 combat vehicles arrive from Utah for a Butte Labor Day spectacle. The 32 piece Wildcat band leads the parade, marking the final military demonstration here before active combat service. Maj. Clifford McPartland will command the show.
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Butte
Salt Lake City
Victory Labor Management Committee
J. J. Carrigan
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Herbert Heasley
War Production Board
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Phoenix
Arizalone
Heasley
Maj
Clifford McParland
Industrial Service Division
B. War Department
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Blaze
Danish Council
Associated Press
Donald M. Nelson
South Pacific
Vella Lavella Island
Solomons
Kolombangara Island
Anchor Point
Rendova
Rendova Island
U. S. Navy
Ciano
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