Churchill in Canada for Roosevelt victory conference
Prime Minister Churchill arrived by ship and will meet President Roosevelt in Quebec for a high level talks with top Allied commanders. King aids as host and Churchill leads a port procession before departure for Quebec. The war strategy on Germany and Japan dominates discussion with key naval and transport leaders in attendance.
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William L. Beale
Quebec
Churchill
Canada
Roosevelt
Japan
Chateau Frontenac
War Information
Britain
Germany
Trinity House
W. L. Mackenzie King
Ottawa
King
Byrnes Proposal Wins Approval On Farm Aid
Washington report that James F. Byrnes urged Congress to authorize up to 2 billion dollars next year to prevent farm price slumps. Critics doubt another unemployment plan will pass, while Senators pledge duty to parity and broader postwar price protections for poultry, dairy, and livestock sectors.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Congress
Capitol Hill
War Mobilization
Byrnes
Russell
D.-Ga
Appropriations Committee
Aiken
R.-Vt
Agricultural Committee
Governor Ford Backs Aid to Small Miners in Montana
Helena Sept 10 Gov Sam C Ford endorsed western governors mine conference recommendations aimed at aiding small miners and boosting postwar employment He praised calls for stockpile freezes liberal investment rules removal of bans on gold operations funding for geological work fairer freight rates and a mine to market roads program The governor may convene a fall conference in Butte or nearby.
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Helena
Sam C. Ford
San Francisco
Carl J. Trauerman
Butte
Mining Association of Montana
Montana
Ford
Butte Reports No New Infantile Paralysis Cases
Silver Bow county has no new infantile paralysis cases, announced Sunday by county physician Dr J L Mondloch and city physician Dr J E Garvey. They noted two cases last month, both recovering, and said precautions are in place to prevent spread from affected areas.
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Silver Bow
J. L. Mondloch
J. E. Garvey
Dr. Mondloch
Reds Advance Along Wide Front in Transylvania Drive
London dispatch reports Soviet forces widening the offensive in southeastern Transylvania on a 225 mile front. They penetrated into Hungarian annexed territory and neared Cluj as 60 towns and villages fell along the eastern side. Berlin noted paratroopers and a large Axis encirclement in Yugoslavia, Greece, and Albania.
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London
Transylvania
Hungary
Moscow
Cluj
Teius
Budapest
Carpathian
Bulgaria
Balkan
Greece
Aegean Sea
Berlin
Turnn- Severin
Danube River
Red Army
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Albania
Peace front New Cabinet Formed
Paris reports Gen Charles De Gaulle forming a cabinet of national unanimity with Jules Jeanneney as minister of state. De Gaulle said the cabinet will reconstruct the republic and defend its interests until a properly constituted national assembly can meet. He plans to invite other noteworthy republican figures to join.
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Paris
U.P
Charles de Gaulle
Jules Jeanneney
Third Republic
Senate
de Gaulle
Jeanneney
Germans Leave Helsinki for Stockholm by Train and Steamer
About 100 members of the German legation staff and their wives left Helsinki by train Sunday for Turku to board a steamer for Stockholm. The German women wept and there were no heils or seigs as the group quietly boarded.
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Helsinki
Finland
Legation
Turku
Stockholm
Reconversion Plans Proposed By House Committee
The House committee on postwar economic planning proposed a rapid reconversion program aiming for full employment with minimal regulation. It projects 54 to 56 million postwar jobs, 8 million above 1940 and 20 percent above peak peacetime levels, while warning unemployment could reach 5 million if industry does not expand.
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Washington
U.P
House Committee On
William M. Colmer
D.miss
James F. Byrnes
Congress
Byrnes
Nazi Garrison Surrenders at Domo d Ossola
Swiss report says a German garrison of 500 to 600 troops including many SS men surrendered Sunday to Italian partisans at Domo d Ossola near the Simplon tunnel. The surrender marks a notable collapse of German forces in northern Italy as partisans sealed the end of a key transit route.
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Bern
Switzerland
Swiss Telegraph Agency
Domo d’Ossola
Simplon
Nimitz Leads New Blazing Action in Western Pacific
United Press reports a bold start to a new campaign as Adm. Nimitz’s surface fleet and carrier air power strike Palau Yap and Ulithi in the western Carolines. MacArthur touts air supremacy over the southern Philippines while US attacks hit Manchuria. Tokyo says Japan may invade the southern Philippines soon and claims about 300 Allied bombers and fighters struck Mindanao.
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Mindanas
Caroline Islands
Tokyo
London
United Press
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Western Pacific
Palau
Pacific
Pacific Fleet
Yap
Ulithi Islands
Carolines
Douglas MacArthur
Far Eastern
Manchuria
United States
Nimitz
Denver Schemer Proposes Laundering Butte Weather
A Denver man writes Mayor Barry O Leary and the Butte City Council proposing a contract to launder the weather. He claims winter cooling of the atmosphere and summer cooling by removing heat and pollen, with residents asked to open doors when temperatures drop. He cites the health committee as recipient.
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Denver
Butte
Barry O'Leary
Montana
Nations urged to unite for world news freedom
The United States drafted a proposal urging all nations to guarantee free news worldwide as a path to lasting peace. The plan centers on freedom for reporters to gather and transmit news without hindrance and open reception of international news, aligning with postwar diplomacy and Dumbarton Oaks talks.
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U.S
Washington
United Nations
State Department
Europe
Congress
Fulbright
D.-Ark
Senate
Russia
United States
Britain
China
Roosevelt
Churchill
Quebec
Canada
Hull
Montana Weather Forecast With Cool East Banks
Fair tonight in Montana with continued cool conditions in the east. Monday brings warmer temperatures east of the Continental Divide by afternoon.
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Montana
Continental Divide
Allied push along Gothic line deepens in Italy clash
American forces punched into the Gothic line northwest of Florence and pressed to the Ombrone and Pistoia areas while British troops seized high ground near Florence. The Adriatic campaign slows into a bitter slugging match below Rimini amid mud and rain.
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U.P
Florence
Italy
Pistoia
Bologna
Eighth Army
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Rimini
Villa Basilica
Ombrone
Proto-Pisa
Monte Caroso
Monte Calvana
Monte Giovi
Sieve
Monte Morello
Corano
Coriano
Savino
Apennines
Edward Heberling Faces First Degree Murder Trial
Seattle September 10 Edward Heberling 34 confessed slayer of 14 year old Harriett Lindstrom will stand trial tomorrow morning for first degree murder defended by Seattle attorney Louis T Silvain Heberling was arrested after the fatal attack and is expected to be prosecuted on the strongest charges by county prosecutors sparking a high profile case in the city courthouse and among local residents.
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Seattle
U.P
Edward Heberling
Harriett Louise Lindstrom
Louis T. Silvain
55 mm Rifles Fire Shells Into Reich Near Aachen
American artillery fired the first rounds onto German soil near Aachen as Hodges First Army and British Second Army pressed toward the Siegfried Line. The advance linked the Albert canal line with Belgian operations, capturing Verviers and prompting German claims of a wider drive. Canadians entered Zeebrugge as forces pushed toward the Netherlands frontier with thousands of prisoners taken across the front.
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Siegfried Line
Aachen
Courtney H. Hodges
Germany
France
Belgium
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
First Army
Second Army
Albert Canal
Hasselt
Luxembourg
Ardennes Forest
Siegfried
Verviers
Liege
Zeebrugge
Netherlands
Third Army
Dutchy
Rhineland
First
Berlin
Paris Pair Freed After Hours of Police Questioning
Count Rene de Chambrun and his wife Marie Jose daughter of Pierre Laval were released by police after several hours of questioning, the interior ministry and police prefect announced on Sunday night.
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Paris
Rene de Chambrun
Marie Jose
Pierre Laval
Ministry of the Interior
French and Nazis Engage in Bitter Fighting
French troops near Belfort moved 16 miles into the gap toward the Black Forest while engaging German defenses near Blamont. American units reached within 24 miles of Belfort from the southwest as French forces pushed along the Saone valley toward Dijon, with Dole falling as German resistance faltered. Belfort’s pass remains a key objective as battles continue along the Vosges Jura corridor.
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Belfort
Black Forest
Geremany
Blamont
Belefort
Juba Alps
Pont de Riode
St. Hippolyte
Doubs River
Sentinel City
Besanecon
Saone
Reich
Urvy
Chamboeuf
Dijon
Dole
Doubs
Vosges
Jura
France
Germany
Dewey Returns to Campaign Trail After Owosso Homecoming
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey resumes his presidential bid with a westward swing from Owosso Michigan after visiting his mother. He plans limited speeches until Seattle on Sept. 18, meeting Midwest leaders in Des Moines, while stressing postwar reconversion and revival themes. Dewey drew a massive hometown welcome and renewed focus on main street prosperity.
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Dewey
Kirkland I. King
Thomas E. Dewey
Owosso
Mich
George M. Dewey
Des Moines
Iowa
Roosevelt
Seattle
Wash
New York
Owesso
Christ Episcopal Church
Oliver Street
City Hall
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