Crushing Blows Buckle Nazi Lines ne N eR RN in ro
Soviet forces swept into Bulgaria on a 135 mile front capturing Varna and opening drives toward Hungary. Tolbukhin’s Third Ukraine army crossed from Romania as Malinovsky’s Alpine corps moved through Transylvania to Sibiu. 48 miles were covered on day one from Ramnicul-Valcea. Bulgarian resistance appeared minimal as Moscow reported invasion from a Balkan front.
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London
Bulgaria
Danube
Varna
Hungary
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Third Ukraine
Romania
Yugoslavia
Greece
Marshal Tito
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Ukraine
Transylvania Alps
Bosta Pass
Sibiu
Ramnicul-Valsea
Balkan
Germany
Moscow
Berlin
Preliminaries Begin at Belfort Gap Front
At the French Swiss frontier on Sept 8 Allied artillery barrages and air attacks opened the Belfort gap campaign. Three Allied motorized columns pressed toward Belfort within 10 miles as German defenses held strong in prepared positions.
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Belfort Gap
Belfort
Montebeliard
Delemont
Montreux-Vieux
Balmont
Abbevillers
Allied Bridgeheads Deepened in Violent Fighting
Allied forces push across Belgium and into Germany as the First Army nears Aachen and the Third Army expands Moselle bridgeheads. British and Dutch units reach near the Prussian border, Ostende and Nieuport fall to Canadians, while heavy fighting and tank assaults press the advance against Siegfried Line.
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William F. Boni
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S. First Army
Liege
Siegfried Line
Germany
U.S. Third Army
Moselle
Saar
Metz
Verdun
Albert Canal
Hillman Liability Questioned By Erickson Rally
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Leif Erickson rejected reports of direct C I O Political Action Committee backing from Sidney Hillman. He called for party unity, welcomed any union or non union support aiding Montana, and criticized Republican efforts to split the Democrats as Young Democrats re elected leaders in a meeting at Lewistown.
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Lewistown
Leif Erickson
Sidney Hillman
C. I. O. Political Action Committee
Erickson
Montana Young Democrats
Montana Democratic Party
Young Democrat
George O’brien
Butte
Jock Weist
Billings
Margaret Anderson
William Dunn
Bombing raid hits Japanese chemical and explosive plants
Large force of B-29 Superfortresses bombed Anshan and surrounding war industry centers in Manchuria. Primary targets were chemical and explosives factories with no planes lost. Maj. Gen. Curtis LeMay led the operation as crews received a solemn briefing and prayer.
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John Grover
U. S
China
Anshan
Manchuria
Japan
Curtis le May
20Th Bomber Command
Motor Transport Meeting Set in Butte September
State and Western conference delegates announced a three day Montana Motor Transport association meeting in Butte from September 28 through 30 to discuss postwar highway problems. President Earl Moritz of Lewistown and secretary manager Dan Barney of Billings led preliminary arrangements, with an expected 400 to 500 highway users and visitors. An executive committee meeting of the Western states conference of the American Trucking association will accompany the event.
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Montana Motor Transport Association
Butte
Earl Moritz
Lewistown
State Association
Dan Barney
Billings
American Trucking Association
World Security Organization Needs Multinational Support
Governor Thomas E. Dewey urged that a permanent world peace security body with power to use force be developed by many nations. He said 60 nations must shape and back such an organization, stressing open discussion and broad public support.
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World Security Organization
Dewey
Gardner Bridge
Louisville
Thomas E. Dewey
Teheran
Cairo
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Chiang Kai-shek
Infantry Captain Wounded in Action in France
Capt. Charles L. Whittinghill formerly of Helena high school and Montana State University, now in the Army in France, was seriously wounded August 20. He is married to Mrs. C. L. Whittinghill of 912 West Platinum, with daughters Colleen and Maureen. The family resides in Butte with their parents.
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Charles L. Whittinghill
Helena High School
Montana State University
Army Infantry
France
War Department
Whittinghill
C. L. Whittinghill
Colleen
Maureen
Butte
P. C. McDonald
Montana Evening Weather Outlook Sees Warm, Fair Skies
Weather forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Saturday across most areas in Montana, despite a few local thundershowers in the southeast portion this evening. Temperature remains warm with continued mild to warm conditions.
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Montana
Allied strike traps 250000 Germans in Balkans during war push
Allied forces push into Yugoslavia and Greece after coordinated air, land, and sea operations sentence. They report 250000 German troops blocked by destroyed rail lines from Adriatic to Romania, with Red Army and Tito's forces seizing a Yugoslav town. Weichs commands 26 divisions trying to reach home.
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Rome
Yugoslavia
Greece
Balkans
Allied Mediterranean Air Headquarters
Adriatic
Romania
Germany
Red Army
Marshal Tito
National Army of Liberation
United Nations Algiers Radio
Air Force
Baron Maximilan von Weichs
Deadly Battle Rages Along Adriatic Front in Italy
Rome reports a brutal 12 mile clash near the Adriatic coast as German forces throw reserves into a desperate attempt to halt Allied pressure toward the Po valley. British Eighth Army pockets reach the Marano river near Rimini while Kesselring signals willingness to pay any price to stop a breakthrough.
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Rome
Adriatic
Great
Po Valley
Italy
Marano
Rimini
Albert Kesselring
Ligurian Sea
Explosion Rocks Brooklyn Tanker Gallia During Repairs
An explosion aboard the tanker S. S. Gallia in Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co yards Brooklyn injures sixteen. Fifteen were rushed to hospitals with burns and shock, ten in serious condition. Welders overhauling the ship sparked fumes from recent high octane gasoline. A fire followed but was quickly put out. Damage extent unknown but believed heavy.
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New York
S. S. Gallia
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co
Brooklyn
South Pacific Air Forces Dominate Southern Philippines
Allied Headquarters in the Southwest Pacific reports air supremacy over southern Mindanao with a 113 ton attack on Davao area airfields. Liberators and Mitchells, escorted by long range fighters, attacked Davao airdromes while Catalina patrols sunk three freighters off Ceram.
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South Pacific
Philippines
MacArthur
Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Douglas MacArthur
Mindanao
Davao
Matina
Sasa
Licanan
Lasang
Ceram Island
Ineies
Bismarck Archipelago
Dutch New Guinea
Vogelkop Peninsula
Kavieng Island
Administrators Outline Plan to Convert Industry to Civilian Production
Washington reports outline an integrated plan to shift a thick segment of American industry to civilian output after Germany falls and Japan is defeated. WPB chief Krug says civilian goods production is essential to bridge postwar gaps as government purchases decline from about 90 billion to 65 billion dollars.
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Washington
Germany
Japan
War Production Board
J. A. Krug
Senate War Investigating Committee
Paul V. McNutt
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W. W. Hercher
Carpathians
Thomas F. Hawkins
Piazza de Duomo
Pisa
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Ostende
Nieuport
First Army
Leuven
Louvain
St. Trond
Sedan
St. Cecile
Blagny
Third Army
Walter von Model
Federal Communications Commission
Supreme Headquarters
Reich
Second
Belgium
Beeringen
Antwerp
Bourge Leopold
Rhineland
Dusseldorf
Cologne
Pavdt
Hedemete Af
Mandy
Hillman
National Federation of Women’s Republican Clubs
Philadelphia
United States
Britain
Russia
Poland
Low Countries
Norway
Dumbarton Oaks
Organization of Peace
Capt. Whittinghill
Georga Bria
New York Area
William Dickinson
Europe
McNutt
James F. Byrnes
Rep
Knutson
R-Minn
Joint Conference Committee
Krug
WPB
A. H. Bunker
Hiland G. Batcheller
Bunker
Batcheller
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