Allied Air Strikes Sink Two Jap Vessels Off Mindanao
Allied air forces report a Navy Catalina bomber sank two Japanese merchant ships of 2 000 and 500 tons off southern Mindanao. Other long range bombers hit shipping off Borneo destroying a 1 000 ton freighter. Ground forces claimed 835 Japanese killed with 201 prisoners and 101 natives freed in New Guinea.
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Allied Headquarters
South Pacific
Mindanao
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Borneo
MacArthur
New Guinea
Darvel Bay
Morotai Island
Morotai Strait
Halmahera
U.S
Hit
Mapanget
Menado
Sidate
War analyst details potential rout across Rhine Vistula fronts
The Associated Press notes threatened Nazi collapse on four fronts as weather favors air power. Russian and Allied forces push toward Rome and Budapest while Rhine defenses buckle at Arnhem and Warsaw yields to Red advance. Allied capture of Rimini signals possible Po valley push.
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Associated Press
Nazi Germany
United Nations
Rhine
Vistula
Adriatic
Italy
Seven Montanans Die in Action in World War II
War department listed 2,780 U S soldiers killed in action in Europe. Seven Montanans named Lt Frank L Adams Jr Whitefish, Lt Adelbert F Emswiler Ekalaka, Tech Sgt Norman S Haakenson Big Sandy, Pfc Hilary P Hohn Anaconda, Capt John W Marsh Billings, Staff Sgt John Susich Red Lodge, Pvt Edward Weinmeister Nashua.
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Washington
War Department
U. S
Hilary P. Hohn
Fred Hohn
Anaconda
John W. Marsh
Paul H. Marsh
Billings
John Susich
Mary Susich
Red Lodge
Edward Weinmeister
David Weinmeister
Nashua
Eisenhower injures knee in French air crash recovery underway
General Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered a knee injury in a recent air crash in a marshy area in France but has recovered and is fit again. The disclosure came from Merrill Mueller in a Paris broadcast.
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London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
Merrill Mueller
Paris
Roosevelt Charges Republicans Claiming New Deal
President Roosevelt opened his fourth term campaign charging Republicans with stealing credit for the New Deal. He told the AFL Teamsters union that GOP orators seek to claim Democrats caused the 1929 crash while Republicans deserve social progress under the New Deal. He defended his administration against Dewey criticisms and urged world cooperation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
A. F. L. Teamsters Union
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Roosevelt Addresses Teamsters Union After Four Years
President Roosevelt speaks to the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Teamsters, noting aging and Medicare style reforms since 1933. He accuses Republicans of courting labor before elections while dismissing labor achievements. The speech ends with a reference to a continued discussion on page 10.
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Washington
Roosevelt
A. F., S. International Teamsters’ Union
Chicago
Harry C Bacorn Taken by Death in Montana Mining
Harry C. Bacorn, noted Montana mining engineer and mine operator, died at his home in Butte after a long illness. Born in Chicago, he held key roles in several mines including Cable near Anaconda and Golden Sunlight near Whitehall, led Jardine Mining, and worked for Metals Reserve. Survived by his widow Stella and two daughters, with services noted to continue.
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Harry C. Bacorn
Montana
South
Washington
Mr. Bacorn
Chicago
Marysville
Philipsburg
Bacorn
G. H. Robinson
Robinson
Tintic
Utah
Ophir
Allis-Chalmers
Sonora
Mex
PF. W. Bacorn
Butte
Gibbonsville
Idaho
Golden Sunlight
Whitehall
Mont
Cable
Anaconda
Savery
Jardine Mining Company
Jardine, Mont
The
Metals Reserve Company
Washington, D.C
Jardine
Las Vegas
Nevada
Mining Association of Montana
American Mining Congress
Montana Society of Engineers
Stella Dix
Salt Lake City
Harry Dix Bacorn
Earl C. DuPaix
Dewey Intensifies Campaign Tour Across Midwest and East
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey mapped an intensive 6200 mile campaign tour after seven major coast to coast broadcasts. He attracted large crowds in Los Angeles and San Bernardino while vowing a major Washington house cleaning and insisting on western inclusion in the cabinet.
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Dewey
Oklahoma City
Thomas E. Dewey
Midwest
New England
California
Earl Warren
Los Angeles’ Memorial Coliseum
New York
Albany
San Bernardino
Calif
Los Angeles
United States
Washington
Mercury Reaches 105 in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on Saturday noon temperature hit 105 degrees the year’s high. The prior record for 1944 was 104 set on September 8.
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Mercury
Los Angeles
Marines Gain in Bloody Palau Fighting
American marines resumed the northward advance on Peleliu in the Palau group and report about three quarters of the island under control after nine days of heavy combat. Adm. Nimitz said 7 020 Japanese were killed and 205 planes destroyed in the latest operations. He also noted a successful strike on Yap and other targets across the Pacific as Japanese attempts to reinforce Peleliu were sunk or repelled.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Peleliu
Palau
Chester W. Nimitz
Saturda
Coral
Tokyo
Philippines
United States
Britain
Philippine
Manila
Berlin
C.B.S
Nimitz
Yap
Marianas
Bonins
Carolines
Marshall Islands
Marcus Island
Japan
Mindanao
Butte Stocker Show Reset to October 17
The Butte Chamber of Commerce Livestock committee announced the stocker and feeder show is reset for October 17 at the Butte public stock yards with 30 entries and $2,000 in prizes. Buyers from Iowa and Nebraska are expected. H B Sager will auction. Entries include Shorthorn Hereford and Angus purebreds.
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Butte
Butte Chamber of Commerce Livestock Committee
Butte Public Stock Yards
Iowa
Nebraska
Sioux City
St. Paul
Kansas City
Denver
H. B. Sager
Bozeman
Montana Fair Tonight and Sunday Outlook
Forecast calls for fair weather in Montana tonight and Sunday with no significant temperature changes. Expect clear to partly cloudy skies and light winds across the region.
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Montana
Montana Farmers Fear Hillmans PAC in State
Montana farm and livestock groups warn against the CIO Political Action Committee program in Montana advocating unionization of farms. They say large political funds extracted from workers would harm agriculture and oppose government dominated by labor or any special faction. Continued on page 2.
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Bigfork
Mont
Montana Farm and Livestock Organizations
Montana
Allied Relief Push Powers Arnhem Front In Holland
British Second Army patrols linked with airborne units in Arnhem as thousands of glider troops and supplies were flown in under heavy enemy fire. US Third Army armor advanced six miles toward Baccarat and Nancy while fighting across mud and Nazi counterattacks. Cape Gris Nez reported captured as fighting rages along a 100 mile front from the Dutch border to the Moselle.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Second Army
Arnhem
Holland
Miles C. Dempsey
United States
Third Army
Burnville
Baccarat
Nancy
Ruhr
Berlin
Eindhoven- Nijmegen
Lower Rhine
Beek
Nijmegen
Eindhoven
Moselle
Aachen
Metz
Pournoy
Channel
Cape Gris Nez
Calais
Boulogne
Eindhoven-Nijmegen
Allied Forces in Italy Gather for New Drive
Allied forces in Italy launch a major push toward Bologna and the Po valley after breaking German Gothic line defenses. Eighth army advances from Rimini toward Ravenna, while Fifth army moves from Florence through the Futa passes toward Bologna and Genoa, with British units securing Casalecchio and Verucchio and taking prisoners as German supply lines falter.
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Rome
Italy
Bolognia
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Rimini
Fifth Army
Florence
Futa Pass
Firenzuela
Santa Lucia
Puta Pass
Monte Citerna
Monte Tronale
Futa
Ligurian
Viareggio
Genoa
Marecchio River
Bologna Island
Ravenna
Casalecchio
Verucchio
OPA Rejects Plan To Liberalize B Gas Rations
The Office of Price Administration decided against expanding B gasoline rations to cover hardship cases. A proposed plan would have raised B limits for certain border-line motorists to about 825 miles per month, while current ceilings stand at 325 miles in the East, 400 in the Far West, and 475 elsewhere.
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Washington
OPA
Publisher Harry Chandler Dies at 80
Harry Chandler former publisher of the Los Angeles Times died at Good Samaritan hospital after suffering a stroke earlier in the week. He was 80 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
U.P
Harry Chandler
Los Angeles Times
Good Samaritan Hospital
Sweden closes Gulf of Bothnia to foreign shipping
Sweden bans foreign ships from all territorial waters in the Gulf of Bothnia effective next Wednesday, blocking access to the Lulea port and Narvik ore route. The move aims to curb clashes between Soviet and German naval forces but primarily cuts German access to Swedish iron ore, wood, and paper exports.
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Stockholm
U.P
Gulf of Bothnia
Lulea
Tornio
Falsterboro Canal
Baltic
Malmoe
Germany
Narvik
Atlantic
Scandinavian Cape
Skagerrak
Kattegat
Occupy Tongzang Southeast Asia Command Advances
Allied headquarters announced that the British 14th Army occupied Tongzang in Ceylon and pushed eight miles farther toward Tiddim, extending progress reported on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tongzang
Southeast Asia
Reds Capture Estonia's Second Port
Russian troops push across Estonia capturing Parnu on the Gulf of Riga sealing off thousands of Germans in a week old offensive. The Red army with an Estonian corps seized Parnu in a two mile per hour advance from Paide, 50 miles northeast, cutting land escape routes for Germans between Parnu and Talinn. Red naval planes sank 11 German evacuation ships near Tallinn. Riga is threatened as four Soviet armies press Baltic operations. Stalin orders further offensives across East Prussia and Hungary.
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London
Estonia
Parnu
Gulf of Riga
Red Army
Paide
Tallinn
Gereman
Gulf of Fineland
Riga
Latvia
Red
East Prussia
Poland
Hungary
Red Fleet
Baltic Sea
Joseph Stalin
Bombers Stream Across Channel and Sudetenland Fronts
Huge formations of Italian based heavy bombers attacked industrial targets in the Sudetenland while U S Air Force heavies hit rail lines in southern Austria and bridges in northeastern Italy. Mitchell bombers targeted Taranto at La Spezia as German anti aircraft batteries fired on strikes. weather hindered earlier operations but the Ninth Air Force and P-47 Thunderbolts supported missions along the Rhine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sudetenland
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Austria
Italy
Taranto
la Spezia
Rome
Airforce
Coblenz
Saarbrucken
Gordon P. Savilles
Tactical Air Command
Loss of Six Small Naval Craft in Mediterranean Noted
The Navy announced the loss of six small vessels in the Mediterranean on Saturday including two minesweepers, LST 282, and three PT boats 202 218 555. Lt Samuel R Pruett of minesweeper 24 was killed. Lt Thomas S Rothwell survived. Lt Lawrence E Gilbert of the LST was wounded as his vessel was lost. Wives named Mrs Marie H Rothwell Yonkers N Y and Mrs Francis G M Gilbert Havana Cuba. Names of torpedo boat commanders unavailable.
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Washington
LST
Mediterranean
Navy
Samuel Robert Pruett
Kellyton
Ala
Pruett
Thomas Sutherland Rothwell
Rothwell
Marie Hahn Rothwell
Yonkers
N. Y
Lawrence Edwin Gilbert
Francis Grace McGovern Gilbert
Havana
Cuba
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By Ralph Teatsorth
Aache Stadt Forest
Harry Harris
By Kirkel, Simpson
Eisenhower
By Howard W. Flieger
F. R
Gardner Bridge
Peleliu Island
By Mac R. Johnson
Hillman’s P.A.C
Grange
L. A. Sutherland
Ernest Agnew
Po River
Reynolds Packard
Sweden
Gulf of
Bothnia
Reds
W. W. Hercher
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