Driving U S Forces Enter Aachen Carrier Pilots Destroy 200 Japanese Planes
American carrier aircraft from Admiral Halsey's Third Fleet battled in the central Philippines striking Cebu Panay and Negros while attacking four Kurile bases and other targets. The force claimed more than 200 Japanese planes destroyed and numerous enemy cargo vessels sunk in a day long assault with further air battles anticipated over the archipelago.
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Cebu
Panay
Negros Islands
Frank Tremaine
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Adm
William F. Halsey
Philippines
Manila
Halsey
Western Pacific
Palau
Chester W. Nimitz
Kuriles
U. S
Pagan
Marianas
Nauru
Jaluit
Tokyo Radio
Leyte Island
Mindanao
Negros
Tanon Strait
Tloilin
Visayan Sea
Germany Suffers Greatest Air Blow in History
Allied air forces launched a massive attack on Germany with 5 000 to 6 000 planes, dropping about 10 000 tons of bombs between the Siegfried line and Berlin. The raid destroyed at least 53 German planes and damaged oil plants, rail yards, and factories.
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London
Germany
Siegfried Line
Berlin
Africa
Arthur Tedder
Eisenhower
Tedder
Walcheren
South Beveland
Holland
West Scheldt
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Onnsbruck
Nordstern
Italy
Silesian
Ninth Air Force
Hull Proposes Trade Conference to Outlaw Cartels
Secretary Hull outlines State Department plan for a postwar world organization and a United Nations conference to outlaw international cartels. He says tentative policy proposals to control cartels to promote trade and peace will be drafted soon, in reply to President Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hull
State Department
World Organization
United Nations
Roosevelt
Nazi Germany
Britain
Quebec
Churchill
UAW Rejects No-Strike Pledge Revocation Proposal
In Grand Rapids on September 13 a national United Automobile Workers convention rejected a proposal to revoke labor's no-strike pledge. The vote reflected internal debate over strike strategy during the labor movement's current actions.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
National Convention of the United Automobile Workers
Montana Weather Outlook Shows Clouds and Scattered Showers
Partly cloudy east on the forecast with clearer skies in the east. Thursday will bring partly to mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers mainly in the western portion and cooler conditions across the west and central areas.
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Montana
Lindbergh flies with state man in South Pacific combat
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh joins Marine fighter pilot Lt. Robert L. Veatch on a combat mission in the South Pacific. Veatch, a former Helena high school and Montana State College player, notes Lindbergh flew on his tenth and eleventh strikes and praises his efforts. Veatch’s letter to his parents in Great Falls mentions ongoing battles and technical engine trouble during a mission. Also, Jess G. Ragsdale of Bozeman and Kiwanis international appoints him to the vocational guidance committee.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Marine Corps
South Pacific
Roy A. Veatch
Great Northern Railroad
Robert L. Veatch
Veatch
Helena
Montana
Col. Lindbergh
Bob
Fifth Street
Great Falls
Montana State College
Armed Forces
Chicago
Jess G. Ragsdale
Bozeman, Mont
Kiwanis International Committee On
Ben Dean
Dewey to Arrive for Montana Meetings Today
Montana leaders from agriculture labor business and the Republican party prepared to meet Gov. Thomas E. Dewey in Billings with a 11 30 am Friday session after his 9 pm arrival and a press conference with Montana papers. Attendees include Ora J. Armstrong Sylvan Pauly C O Hansen E A Phillips L A Sutherland Claude Gray and other farm and Wool Growers officials.
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Billings
Montana
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Veterans, Labor
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Ashton Jones
Broadus
Republican Central Committee
Helena
Ora J. Armstrong
Kalispell
Veterans’ Committee
State Central Committee
Sylvan Pauly
Deer Lodge
Montana Wool Growers’ Association
C. O. Hansen
White Sulphur Springs
Wool Growers’ Group
E. A. Phillips
Montana Stockgrowers’ Association
L. A. Sutherland
Big Fork
Montana Grange
Claude Gray
Big Timber
Political fever at UMW convention splits Roosevelt supporters
At the United Mine Workers meeting in Cincinnati delegates debate Roosevelt's policies. Frank Hefferly urges voting out the administration while Percy Tetlow hints at 1945 wage goals. John Mascaro praises Roosevelt as the great organizer. Tom A Farmer of Morgantown attacks bureaucrats and government intervention during wage talks.
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Joseph A. Loftus
Cincinnati
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
Frank Hefferly
Colorado
John L. Lewis
Percy Tetlow
West
Virginia
Tetlow
John Mascaro
Canonsburg
Hefferly
Lewis
Tom A. Farmer
Morgantown
W. Va
Yugoslav Partisans Report Contact With Red Army
Marshal Tito announced that Yugoslav Partisans had made contact with the Red Army in an offensive to the north. The communique said Negotin was captured and their left wing joined Red Army troops, with Negotin near the Danube frontier and Turnu-Severin. Moscow had not confirmed Red Army entry into Yugoslavia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tito
Red Army
Free Yugoslav Radio
Negotin
Turnu-Severin
Danube
Transocean
Kladovo
Serbia
Moscow
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Ankara
Timisoara
Transylvania
Balkans
Keserov
Macedonia
Five Japanese Ships Are Sunk By WILLIAM DICKINSON
Allied air raids hit targets across the southern Philippines Moluccas Palau and the East Indies. American planes sank or damaged at least five cargo vessels and destroyed ground targets at Zamboanga Halmahera Ceram Boeroe and Celebes. No enemy interceptions occurred during the strikes.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Philippines
Moluccas
Palau
East Indies
Douglas MacArthur
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Halmahera Island
Ceram
Boeroe Islands
Celebes
Celebes Island
Boera
Kai Islands
Three Montanans Killed in Action
The Navy department announced Montana casualties: Marine Gunnery Sgt. Edwin H. Gieschen of West Yellowstone wounded, Marine Pfc. Dennis D. Goldsmith Jr. of Forsyth dead, Marine Cpl. Nels A. Halvorsen of Sidney dead, Marine SS Herbert H. Hauck of Missoula dead.
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Washington
U.P
Navy Department
Montana
Edwin H. Gieschen
Edna M Gieschen
West Yellowstone
Dennis D. Goldsmith, Jr
Mary McPhee
Forsyth
Marine Corp
Nels A. Halvorsen
Hans Halvorsen
Sidney
Herbert H. Hauck
Jacob M. Hauck
South Fifth Street
Missoula
Freed Americans and others liberated from German camp at Vittel
Five hundred Americans and some women were freed from the German internment camp at Vittel in France, along with women children and men. British and other nationalities were among the liberated groups.
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Third Army
France
Vittel
Neufchateau
Allies Reach Vital Passes In Italian Campaign Push
Allied forces driving toward the Gothic line reach key passes through the Apennines near Gua Pass and another northeast of Florence as Lt. Gen. Mark Clark’s Fifth Army advances toward Rimini and the Po valley. Heavy casualties reported on both sides while Kesselring reinforces rear guards. West coast advances include Berlamacca canal and Sant Ippolito vicinity.
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Rome
Italy
Mark W
Rimini
Albert Kesselring
Clark
Fifth Army
Berlamacca Canal
Florence
Sant’ Ippolito
Roosevelt Dewey cut inauguration fund to 25000
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Thomas E. Dewey agree this year to trim the presidential inauguration budget. Congress reduces the Capitol ceremony fund from 35000 to 25000 for January 20 1945.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
House
Senate
Capitol
Soviets Reach Border of Czechoslovakia
Soviet forces drive toward the Czechoslovak frontier in southern Poland and seize Lomza in northern Poland after an 11 day battle. They advance toward East Prussia, pressuring Warsaw and expanding gains across occupied territories, with Red Army and First Polish Army fighting near Praga on the Vistula.
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W. W. Hercher
London
Red
Krosno
Poland
Lomza
Warsaw
Praga
Vistula
Transylvania
Romania
Odorhei
East Prussia
Novsorod
Red Army
Stalin
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Camulung
Moldova
Roosevelt Sets Second Campaign Address for October 5
President Roosevelt will deliver his second major campaign address via nationwide radio from Washington on October 5. Democratic National Committee chairman Robert E Hannegan said the speech will reach about 125,000 voting precinct meetings, each with at least 10 attendees, following state-wide gubernatorial and senatorial broadcasts.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Washington
Robert E Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
Hannegan
Capt Patch III Wounded in Action in France
Capt Alexander M. Patch III, 24, son of Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch who led the American Seventh Army in France, was wounded in action August 28. His wife reported the injuries as slight.
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Chicago
Alexander M. Patch III
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
France
Yanks Hit Nazi Westwall near Aachen Front
Allied forces pushed into Aachen outskirts with light resistance and seized Rotgen, 10 miles southeast of Aachen, as American columns pressed along a 90 mile front. The drive near the Siegfried line signaled German retreat toward the Rhine and included gains in the Aachen area and outlying fortifications.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Aachen
West Wall
Rotgen
Berlin
Siegfried Line
Rhine
Courtney H Hodges
Germany
Clervaux
Luxembourg
Trier
The Road to Berlin Distances by Front
The Russian front stands 312 miles from Pulatsk. The Western front lies 319 miles east of Eupen. Eastern France is 440 miles from Montbeliard. The Italian front covers 583 miles from Rimini.
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Associated Press
Pulatsk
Eupen
France
Montbeliard
Rimini
Roosevelt Churchill Close To Final Quebec War Plan
The second Quebec conference nears completion as Roosevelt and Churchill narrow key wartime decisions. They plan continued talks in Quebec City to fill gaps in European and Pacific strategy, stressing interlinked campaigns and manpower, shipping, and timing with Allied leaders.
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Quebec
Roosevelt
Churchill
Japan
Cific
Europe
Pacific
China
Stephen Early
Emory S. Land
Lord Leathers
Land
Montana to Seattle oil pipeline plan announced
C O Risen of Billings disclosed a 15 million dollar 1100 mile pipeline from central Montana to Seattle with a 5 million dollar refinery south of Seattle and a 960000 barrel storage farm at Renton. Backed by Montana Wyoming oil men, the project aims to open markets for regional crude.
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Montana
Seattle
C. O. Risen
Billings
Mont
North Pacific Pipe Line Company
Renton
Risen
Washington
A. B. Langlie
Montanan
Montana Company
Montana and
Wyoming Oil Men
Wyoming
Harlowtown
Continental Divide
Butte
Missoula
Coeur d'Alenes
Idaho
Spokane
Russians Arrival in Edmonton Sparks Mystery Visit
A group of Russian officials including A. P. Morosov and Vv. A. Sergeev arrived in Edmonton on Tuesday night and left by plane on Wednesday likely for the United States. Canadian authorities had no details on the visitors identity or any link to the Churchill Roosevelt Quebec conference.
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Edmonton
Alt
United States
A. P. Morosov
A. Sergeev
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Earl of
Lindbergh
William Dickinson
Vital
Czechoslovakia
Yanks
Nazi Westwall
Reich
By William F. Boni
Belfort
Burgundy
Second Army
Belgium
George S. Patton
By Douglas B. Cornell
L. R. Hines
Ernest Eaton
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