Struggle for Heavily Fortified Approaches to Metz Renewed
Allied forces pushed toward Metz as Patton’s Third Army drove a wedge into the Moselle defenses and crossed the river to establish a bridgehead near the city. American units faced stiff resistance and lost a second bridgehead, while Hodges’ First Army advanced toward Liege and reached the Meuse near Sedan. British operations in the Netherlands and Belgian advances toward Ghent and Ypres complemented the momentum amid intense Ardennes fighting and preparation for the Siegfried Line.
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Gayle Talbot
Moselle
France
George S. Patton
Third Army
Metz
Nancy
Patton
Normandy
Courtney H. Hodges
U. S. First Army
Belgium
Namur
Meuse
Liege
Sedan
Netherlands
London
Ghent
Brussels
Ypres
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
First Army
Berlin
Aachen
Ardennes Forest
Saar
Siegfried Line
First
Europe
Huy
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Soviet Forces Drive Across Greek Frontier
Soviet troops push rapidly across Bulgaria and reach the Greek border town Demotica inside Greece. Allied reports say Yugoslav and Soviet offensives have disrupted rail links in the Balkans, signaling a collapse of German control in the region and advancing Red Army positions toward Hungary and Transylvania.
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London
U.P
Bulgaria
Demotica
Greece
Rome
Yugoslavia
Balkans
United Nations Radio
Radio Cairo
Marshal Tito
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Hungary
Adolf Hitler
Balkan
Butte Airport expansion urged at city gathering
Groundwork for extensive aviation development suited to postwar needs was laid at the Finlen hotel with leaders from the Civil Aeronautics administration the city airport commission the Chamber of Commerce aviation committee and Northwest and Western Airlines. A committee led by Mayor Harry O Leary and including Dr H L Casebeer James H Rowe and Aldermen John Lindquist and Henry Strasser will start plans to place Butte in the growing national air system. The meeting highlighted Butte’s needs and potential for air traffic after the war with Rowe described as a Northwest aviation pioneer and Landis noting aviation prospects.
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Butte
Finlen Hotel
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Northwest Airlines
Western Air Lines
Northwest
Arry O'Leary
H. L. Casebeer
James H. Rowe
John Lindquist
Henry Strasser
Buttes
eChamber
Mr. Rowe
Marvin Landis
Aerial Raids Target Palau in Western Carolines
Pacific Fleet reports a carrier task group attacked Palau islands in the western Carolines Tuesday. Fighter planes set fire to 17 small craft and destroyed an ammunition fuel dump while strafing warehouses and air fields. No enemy planes were seen. Babelthaup island was the focus. Venturas bombed Paramushiro and Onnekotan in the Kuriles, targeting installations and strafing landing craft.
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Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
U.P
Palau Islands
Carolines
Palaus
Davao
Phillipines
Trak Atoll
Kuriles
Kaiser to Build Helicopters
RICHMOND CA Sept 7 Henry J Kaiser the shipbuilder, who piloted a new helicopter after five minutes of instruction, said he has signed a contract with 19 year old inventor Stanley Hiller Jr to collaborate on helicopter production and development.
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Richmond
Calif
Henry J. Kaiser
Stanley Hiller, Jr
Allied Land Troops Enter Yugoslavia In Balkan Invasion
Allied land forces begun an invasion of Yugoslavia from the Adriatic west, cooperating with Marshal Tito’s Partisans and pushing toward a junction with the Red Army from the east. Allied navals cut German shipping on the Dalmatian coast and air forces disrupted rail routes, with a railway derailment blamed for heavy enemy casualties. The exact inland progress and American participation remain undisclosed.
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Bulgaria
Germany
Sofia
Marshal Tito
Belkan
U. S. Army
5Th Air Force
Croatia
Sarajevo
Belgrade- Zagreb
Skoplje
Belgrade
Skoplje-Zeles
Red Army
Hungary
Turnu-Severin
Tito
Transylvania
Poland
Carpathians
Rome
Yugoslavia
Adriatic Sea
Adriatic
Balkan
Dalmatian
Henry Maitland Wilson
Dewey Blasts New Deal as Afraid of Peace in Philadelphia
Governor Thomas E. Dewey opened his campaign with a charge that the New Deal administration fears peace and a return of prosperity. He accused Roosevelt’s team of defeatism, citing continued war toll and unemployment, and urged a fresh government to restore labor and enterprise. Dewey toured Philadelphia in a ticker tape parade before delivering a major speech at Convention Hall.
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Philadelphia
Thomas E. Dewey
New Deal Administration
Dewey
German radio denial of peace feelers and capitulation
London dispatch reports D. N. B. rejects a Brussels radio claim of German capitulation as absurd and insists Germany is not seeking peace feelers. It says Germany does not consider peace overtures and believes it will master the situation under all circumstances.
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London
Brussels
Germany
German replace Laval with De Brinon as French premier
Cairo radio reported Germany ousted Laval and named Fernand De Brinon as head of the Vichy government in Belfort De Brinon had been secretary of state in the foreign ministry Swiss Der Bund later said Laval reached the German island of Mainau on Lake Constance near the Swiss border
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London
Cairo
Germany
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Fernand de Brinon
Belfort
de Brinon
Foreign Ministry
der Bund
Laval
Mainau
Lake Constance
Romanian Armistice Chief Sees Agreement by Tomorrow
Lucretia Patrascanu, leader of the Romanian armistice delegation in Moscow, predicted on Thursday that all armistice terms would be settled by tomorrow night, attributing the delay to the United States and Britain rather than to Russia.
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Moscow
Lucretia Patrascanu
United States
Britain
Russia
Gestapo Round Up Anti Nazis Reported
New York dispatch cites a BBC broadcast noting that Gestapo arrests target all former Reichstag members who have not sworn loyalty to the Nazi party. The round up follows intensified efforts to root out dissent in Germany as World War II efforts continue.
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New York
Reichstag
Finland's 14 Man Peace Delegation Arrives in Moscow
Finland's 14 man peace delegation arrived in Moscow today from Helsinki, signaling a step in talks for resolving postwar tensions. The group met with Soviet officials to discuss steps toward reducing hostilities and restoring stability in the region.
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Moscow
Finland
Helsinki
Allied air offensive sinks, damages 18 Japanese vessels
Allied headquarters reports Liberator bombers with fighter escort hit Celebes island targets sinking or damaging 18 Japanese vessels and barges. Attacks on Mindanao, Palau, Halmahera and Ceram destroyed or damaged ships. Japan's Sixth air division largely eliminated in western New Guinea, per MacArthur.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Langoan
Celebes Island
Mindanao
Palau
Halmahera
Fast Indies
Zamboanga
Ceram
Kai Islands
Indies
Douglas MacArthur
Celebes
MacArthur
Midway
Japan
Sixth Air Division
New Guinea
Sorong
MacCluer Gulf
Halmahera Island
Dutch New Guinea
Philippines
Matina
Davao
Wewak
Hollandia
30000 Americans Said in China
London dispatch reports Berlin radio and D N B Shanghai say 30000 American troops are now in Free China with at least three divisions along the Hengyang front. Americans joined Chinese forces on a 50 mile arc east, south and west of Hengyang where Japanese attacks threaten American airfields and Chinese positions.
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London
Berlin
Patton predicts Midwest farm groups back Roosevelt again
James G. Patton of Denver, president of the National Farmers' Union, said on September 7 that the same Midwest farm groups that supported Roosevelt in 1936 and 1940 are likely to back him in November. He spoke after a White House call, noting discussions were about postwar farm programs.
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Washington
James G. Patton
Denver
National Farmers’ Union
Roosevelt
White House
Patton
Allies Push Through South France To Belfort Gap
Allied Seventh Army troops in the South of France advanced up to 25 miles in a day, nearing a junction with the American Third Army in North France. They pressed toward the Belfort gap, sealing much of the Franco Swiss border, with Poligny Arbois and Besancon area gains and Swiss frontier proximity reported.
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Rome
France
Seventh Army
Third Army
Belfort
Switzerland
Mulhouse
19Th Army
Lyon
Alexander M. Patch
Belfort Gap
Doubs River
Poligny
Besancon
Arbois
Lons- Le-Saunier
Pontarlier
FFI
Rankin assails Hillman allies in Montana bid for control
Wellington D Rankin a prominent Republican leader in Helena urged a Montana administration aligned against Browder Dubinsky and Hillman He accused a pro Communist bloc of seizing C I O control and urged reelecting Gov Sam Ford The address before a large Finlen hotel crowd touted recent federal efforts to seize fertile Flathead land and halt a railroad plan The rally opened the campaign and was called the largest in Butte in years
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Browder
Dubinsky
Hillman
Montana
Wellington D. Rankin
Helena
Finlen Hotel
Flathead
White Sulphur Springs
Rankin
Butte
Bromfield Attacks Democratic Party as Tired and Divided
Pulitzer winner Louis Bromfield told National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs delegates in Louisville that the Democratic Party is tired quarrelsome and shifty and cannot rescue the nation from the morass created by the New Deal. He said he would vote for a Republican, favoring Dewey to lead a clean, vigorous administration and to drain the government of corruption.
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Louis Bromfield
Democratic Party
Louisville
Pulitizer Prize
National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs
Bromfield
New Deal
Roosevelt
Democraic Party
Dewey
Mr. Roosevelt
Mutiny by Japanese Prisoners Kills 231 in Australia Camp
London reports Australian Prime Minister John Curtin disclosed that 231 Japanese POWs were killed and 108 wounded in an August 5 mutiny at an Australian camp. About 900 prisoners participated, arming with knives and bats, with 18 huts and two admin buildings burned, and one officer killed during the search.
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John Curtin
London
Montana Weather: Partly Cloudy With Afternoon Thunderstorms
Forecast calls for Montana Friday with partly cloudy skies and scattered afternoon and evening thunder showers. Cooler temperatures are expected in the northern portion.
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Montana
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