Allied Soldier in Guadalcanal Receives Ballot Letter
A Chicago soldier on Guadalcanal received a Democratic ballot request and a letter urging Roosevelt’s re election. Eldon W. Palmer in Missouri forwarded the materials to Missouri GOP chairman Grover Dalton. The letter urges a cross for all Democratic candidates and asks Is it legal.
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Guadalcanal
Roosevelt
Poplar Bluff
American Republic
Chicago
Edward J. Kelly
Central Committee
Democratic Party
Cook County
Eldon W. Palmer
Gene Metz
Soldi
Palmer
Grover Dalton
Missouri
St. Louis
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Harry S. Truman
Illinois
Metz
Submarine Fleet Sets Record Sinking 29 Japanese Vessels
Navy confirms 29 Japanese ships sunk by U S submarines, including three warships, raising total to 931 enemy craft since the war began. Three American ships were lost: the submarine Flier, minesweeper Perry, and transport Noa, with limited casualties reported. Commander John Daniel Crowley survivor. Flier crew about 65.
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Washington
Navy
Pacific
Perry
Palau
Noa
Marianas
John Daniel Crowley
Crowley
Springfield
Mass
Concordia
Kaw
Palau Islands
U. S
German Bombs Being Removed From Luxembourg Gardens
Paris report says workmen dig in Luxembourg gardens to remove Nazi land mines and scattered shells. After clearance and repairs, the gardens will reopen to the public. The German army used the Luxembourg galleries as a furniture factory during occupation, hiding its art collection.
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Paris
Luxembourg Gardens
Luxembourg Galleries
Fire Destroys Historic Beau Chalet
Beau Chalet, a historic Butte landmark built in 1885 and a social hub for dignitaries, was destroyed by a fire late Tuesday afternoon. Owned by Joe Beau, the blaze started around 5 30 and quickly engulfed two buildings on the estate, with investigations pointing to possible wiring and a downed utility pole as causes.
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Butte
Nine Mile
Joe Beau
Butteman
Beau
Montana West Of Divide Weather Outlook With Showers
Weather forecast for Montana west of the divide calls for mostly cloudy skies with showers on Wednesday and snow in mountains above 7 000 feet. Winds will be fresh to strong and gusty. East of the divide expect considerable cloudiness with morning showers in the west and west portion, spreading east in the afternoon, with fresh to strong winds.
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Montana
Divide
Stripped Statute Passes Senate
The Senate reluctantly passed a postwar reconversion bill removing House opposed provisions that would extend unemployment compensation to 3.1 million federal employees. A proposed $300 travel pay for displaced workers was dropped, with revival likely after the election. Leaders signaled further action on unemployment pay and travel benefits.
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Washington
Senate
House
White House
George
D-Ga
Barkley
Congress
Three Soviet Armies Launch Baltic Offensive Near Riga
Moscow reports three Baltic armies estimated at about 1 million men have driven toward Riga with a tank and infantry force within seven miles of the Latvian capital. The drive aims to seize the Baltic states and push to the sea while other Soviet Romanian forces approach Budapest.
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London
Baltic States
Riga
Moscow
Latvia
Estonia
Baltic Sea
Germany
Romania
Budapest
Hungary
Timisoara
Adolf Hitler
Balkan
Berlin
Kekava
Red Army
Vistula
Warsaw
Josef Stalin
Russia
Second Baltic
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Dvina
Yeremenko
Plavinas
Stalin
Ivan I. Maslennikov
Baltic
Valga
Ivan D. Bagramian
National Liberation Movement Calls Nationalization of Large Firms
The Paris based national liberation movement uniting six resistance groups with over a million members passed resolutions at its first mass meeting on Tuesday urging nationalization of France's large-scale business enterprises.
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Paris
National Liberation Movement
France
Dewey Challenges Roosevelt Indispensable Claim in Portland
Governor Thomas E. Dewey in Portland assailed the idea that Franklin D. Roosevelt was indispensable to the nation. He cited the War Production board quarrels and warned that one man cannot govern a free country. Dewey biked in from Castle Rock after a train wreck hours earlier, addressing 5,000 locals and a national radio audience.
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Portland
Ore
U.P
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Castle Rock
Wash
Dewey
Mr. Roosevelt
Acin
New Deal
War Production Board
Dewey Special Crashes Into Halted Train
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey escaped unharmed as his special train crashed into a halted Great Northern passenger train near Castle Rock Washington. About 50 people injured, several hospitalized. Dewey and his wife uninjured as he checked passengers and called the incident the luckiest trainload of people.
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Dewey
Portland
Thomas E. Dewey
Castle Rock
Wash
Seattle
Great Northern
Esther van Waggoner Tufty
Michigan
Kirkland King
United Press
Governor Dewey
Dewey Campaign Theme Emphasizes Unity and Indispensability
Governor Dewey in Portland argues for a fourth term amid postwar unity aims. He attacks New Deal dissension and cites running mate Truman on indispensability to world peace and prosperity, recalling quarrelsaw against group against group and race against race.
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America
Truman
Dewey
Ickes
Wallace
British Second Army surges in Holland near Nijmegen
Allied forces cut 70 000 Germans from the western Netherlands as British armor and airborne units push toward the Ruhr. Lt. Gen. Miles Dempsey’s army linked with paratroopers at Nijmegen after a 50 mile fast drive, capturing Eindhoven with American help.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Second Army
Holland
Reuters
Miles Dempsey
Nijmegen
Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
Rhine Valley
Netherlands
West Wall
Wehrmacht
Ruhr
Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
U. S. First Army
Rhine
Eindhoven
Miles C. Dempsey
Bloodied Peleliu ridge falls to Marines in fierce fight
U.S. Marines of the First Division captured Bloody Nose Ridge on Peleliu in the Palau group after a brutal assault. The ridge overlooking the Peleliu airfield collapse silences major Japanese fire as forces prepare for further operations on Angaur where the 81st Infantry Division meets light resistance.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
U.P
Nose Ridge
Peleliu Island
Palau
Coral Heights
Philippines
Peleliu
Palau Islands
Guadalcanal
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
81St
Angaur
Political Broadcast Schedule for Sept 20 6 15 p m M B S
Broadcasts list two national political spots with sponsors and times. Rep Everett Dirksen of Illinois speaks at 6 15 p m under the Republican National Committee and Sen Robert F Wagner of New York appears at 9 00 p m under the Democratic National Committee.
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Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Republican National Committee
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Democratic National Committee
Bricker Questions New Deal Postwar Employment Plans
Governor Bricker challenged the New Deal's postwar strategy asking if the administration intends to keep servicemen in the Army and Navy to curb unemployment or employ workers in government owned plants at taxpayers expense. He spoke in Erie and Pittsburgh drawing 4000 plus attendees and urged platform support with performance.
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New Deal
Army
Bricker
E. E
Pittsburgh
John W. Bricker
Erie
Union Station
Republican Party
William J. McDonald
Flying Bombs Fall On Patton’s Third Army In Meuse
Allied reports say German V-1 flying bombs and ongoing artillery and tank fire targeted Lt. Gen. George S. Patton’s Third Army in the Meuse valley. The heaviest engagements were around Nancy with minimal territorial changes.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Meuse Valley
George S. Patton
Third Army
Nancy
Airborne unit joins forces near Nijmegen on the Rhine
A joint operation forms late in the day with an airborne unit south of Nijmegen on the Rhine. The combined force presses the combat, advancing to within two miles of the target as reports indicate ongoing engagement.
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Nijmegen
Rhine
Campaign Heads Are Selected For Boy Scout Drive
The Boy Scout financial campaign opens September 26 with 20 team captains chosen by the campaign executive committee at a Hotel Finlen dinner. Each captain will line up six solicitors, giving eight men per team, to reach the $12,000 goal across six counties. Max Dean, George Schotte, and Tom J. Davis led the meeting, detailing campaign plans and urging support from local business leaders.
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Finlen
Butte
Max Dean
George Schotte
Tom J
Medium Bombers Blast Airdrome
Allied headquarters report Mitchell medium bombers bombed the Buayan air drome and harbor installations on Sarangani bay in southern Mindanao, starting fires as part of a wider strike on Celebes and East Indies. Liberators and Mitchells hit Langowan airdrome on Celebes with 145 tons in the 15th attack.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
U.p.—Mitchell
Buayan
Sarangani Bay
Mindanao
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Celebes Island
East Indies
MacArthur
Morotai
Halmahera Island
U.S
Pitu
Langoon
Celebes
British radio cites Himmler arrests ex Reichstag members
New York reports that Stockholm information says Gestapo Chief Heinrich Himmler has arrested former Reichstag and Prussian parliament members who held seats before 1930 along with Baron Konstantin von Neurath Otto Meisner and Werner von Rheinbaden, former officials aligned with Nazi regime.
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New York
British Radio Today
Stockholm
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Reichstag
Baron Konstantin von Neurath
Otto Meisner
Werner von Rheinbaden
Foreign Office
Gustav Stressemann
Mrs Irene Shorthill Dies in Billings After Long Illness
Mrs Irene Lucille Shorthill 47 wife of Earl V Shorthill of Billings formerly of Livingston died this afternoon at a local hospital after a long illness. She came to Billings from Livingston about 15 months ago.
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Billings
Irene Lucille Shorthill
Earl V. Shorthill
Livingston
Nazis Seize Danish Government as Uprising Spreads
German forces storm government buildings and Copenhagen police stations while rioting erupts across Denmark. King Christian X and royal family sheltered in Amalienborg cellar as 14 Nazis killed and civilians wounded amid clashes and a general strike called after the coup.
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Stockholm
Christian I of
Denemark
Amalienborg
Denmark
Royal
Copenhagen
Halsingborg
OWI
Christian
Alexandrine
Legation
American Fifth Army Captures Gothic Line Peaks near Bologna
American troops advance within 27 miles of Bologna after seizing Monte Pratone Monte Altuzzo and Monte Celli in fierce mountain fighting. The capture, dubbed a great success, involved heavy artillery and close combat with German forces. British Indian units under Lt. Gen. Mark Clark aided by flanking enemy emplacements.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Bologna
Po Valley
Monte Pratone
Monte Altuzzo
Monte Celli
Mark Clark
Oh Dear Dear Lady Drives To Squeeze Last Fuel
In Portland Oregon a motorist uses four A coupons to buy fuel before expiration. The attendant stops the pump at 11.9 gallons, but the driver contends it runs over. She urges the engine to squeeze the final tenth of a gallon, and the attendant yields.
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Portland
Ore
Hardest Armistice Terms for Finland Named by Premier
The Russo-Finnish armistice signed in Moscow imposes eight clauses described as the toughest in Finnish history. Finland withdraws to its 1940 border and relinquishes Petsamo while leasing Porkkala for 50 years. Allied control of southern airfields and the merchant fleet. The army on peace footing and disarmament of German forces. Indemnity of 300 million dollars to be paid over six years. The premier urges resilience and cautious alliance.
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London
Moscow
Ernst von Born
Petsamo
Finland
Porkkala
Soviet Union
Russia
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