Allied Airborne and Ground Forces Near Kleve Advance Across Rhine Front
Allied forces push toward Kleve from Holland as British second army relieves Dutch positions north of the Neder Rhine. American sky troopers join efforts, seizing Beck and entering Germany near the Ruhr line. Ike calls for action while Allied arms move to strike in the Reich and close the Kremlin-like defenses.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Neder Rhine
Arnhem
Holland
Germany
Siegfried Line
Kleve
Reich
Hitler
Eindhoven
Deurne
Reichswald
Beck
Ruhr
Essen
Rhineland
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gestapo
Marines Flank Japs on Peleliu in Palau Island Fight
U S forces push about 3000 yards along Peleliu coast flanking Japanese fortifications on coral ridges. Veterans nearing victory as engineers begin bomber field work on Angaur. Tokyo reports continue raids on Manila and Philippines air power damaged.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
U.P
United States
Peleliu
Palau
Guadalcanal
Philippines
Tokyo Radio
Adm
William F. Halsey
Manila
United Press War
Richard W. Johnston
Garekoru
Johnston
Mount
Amurbrogoi
Umurbrogoi
Angaur
Ray A. Dunn
New York
Tokyo
Halsey
Yellowstone unit backs plan oppose Missouri valley authority
Yellowstone Basin association directors meeting in Billings backed the Bureau of Reclamation plan for Missouri basin development and the O Mahoney amendment to flood control legislation. They opposed creating a Missouri Valley Authority and rejected Army engineer proposals. They urged negotiating a tri state compact to allocate Yellowstone river waters among Montana North Dakota and Wyoming.
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Billings
Yellowstone Basin Association
Bureau of Reclamation
Missouri Basin
O'Mahoney
House of Representatives
Missouri Valley Authority
Army Engineer
Yellowstone
Montana
North Dakota
Wyoming
Pearl Harbor Safe Washington
The joint chiefs of staff have concluded that the nation’s capital is safe from enemy air attack for the first time since Pearl Harbor.
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Pearl Harbor
Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
One Navy Catalina Destroys Three Japanese Vessels in Davao Gulf
Allied forces report a single Catalina bomber sank a Japanese sea plane tender and two destroyer escorts in Davao gulf Saturday night. The planed strike also hit Celebes and East Indies bases. Another bomber sank a 10,000 ton tanker and damaged a 3,000 ton freighter off Celebes. Fifty six tons of bombs knocked out northeastern airfields bringing total air offensive to about 2,000 tons. Interception by three enemy planes proved ineffective.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Davao Gulf
Philippines
Mindanao
Celebes
East Indies
Douglas MacArthur
Celebes Island
Davao
Pacific
Moluccas
Kace
Halmahera
Galela
Morotai
Scout Financial Drive to Open in Butte Tonight
Butte opens its annual Scout Financial Drive at 6:30 PM with a dinner at the Finlen hotel where 161 volunteers will map contact plans to reach 1,500 individuals and firms for subscriptions to sustain the Scout program. Max Dean chairs the drive with George B. Schotte as vice chair, aided by a 46 member executive committee. The Vigilante council’s six counties fund the year with a budget of 12,000 dollars aiming to expand war activities and camping facilities. The campaign committee lists numerous local leaders.
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Butte
Finlen Hotel
Max Dean
George B. Schotte
Tom J. Davis
William A. O’kelly
Reno H. Sales
James T. Finlen, Jr
M. R. Leslie
G. T. Cour
R. C. Redlich
J. E. Corette, Jr
Guy D. Pratt
August Grunert
J. J. Himes
J. A. Smith
Earle N. Genzberger
S. O. Meyer
M. I. Stenson
C. H. Gallagher
Hall Clement
L. G. Winter
William R. Squires
G. R. Stafford
J. B. Garrison
L. M. Hunting
Leo Walsh
Red army nears Riga as Estonia falls in Baltic push
Soviet forces completed the liberation of Estonia with a 32 mile advance capturing Happsala and closing on Riga. Govorov's Leningrad army freed hundreds of towns and vast territory, while Maslennikov and Yeremenko moved toward Riga from the north and east. Meanwhile Berlin claimed Warsaw was rubble, hinting at evacuation plans.
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London
U.P
Estonia
Baltic
Happsala
Riga
Moscow
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Govorov
Tallin
Virtsu
Gulf of Riga
Haademeste
Parnu
Latvia
Ivan I. Maslennikov
Dvina
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Warsaw
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Berlin
Chinese Engage Jap Columns Near Kweilin Front
Chinese troops clash with two Japanese columns attempting to envelop Kweilin in flanking movements as fighting rages along the front. Japanese units press toward Kwangsi from east of the Hunan Kwangsi railroad, recent high command reports say. One column captured Kwanyang and pushed southward from that point, exact distance undisclosed.
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Chungking
Kweilin
Kwangsi Province
Hunan-Kwangsi
Kwanyang
United States and Britain vow punishment for Axis aiding firms
The United States and Great Britain agreed that after Germany falls they will punish firms and agents aiding the Axis. The State Department said Allies will continue blacklist enforcement to target those who profited from the Axis and to deny stolen assets, with lists counting about 9,930 Latin American and 5,400 European names.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Great Britain
Germany
State Department
Department
Japan
Axis
United Nations
U. S
Dewey Attacks Roosevelt Record in Office as “Desperately Bad”
Governor Dewey in Oklahoma City accuses President Roosevelt of a dangerous New Deal record four months before Pearl Harbor. He cites Senate quotes to claim the White House bears responsibility for defense failures and calls Roosevelt indispensable to political allies and party leaders.
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Oklahoma City
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Senate
White House
Pearl Harbor
Dewey Sets Out War Aims In Oklahoma City Talk
Gov Thomas E Dewey spoke to a crowd in Municipal auditorium outlining his campaign program for home front victory and unity. He contrasted Roosevelt campaign rhetoric with his own wartime urgency and warned of mudslinging and demagogy. The speech referenced Roosevelt’s July nominating acceptance and criticisms tied to the campaign.
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Oklahoma City
Thomas E. Dewey
Municipal Auditorium
Franklin Roosevelt
Hitler
Goebbels
Dewey accuses Roosevelt of mud slinging in reply
Republican nominee Thomas E. Dewey trains his fire on President Roosevelt after Roosevelt’s campaign speech. He denounces the president for alleged fraud and falsehood and promises to respond with factual scrutiny, not mudslinging.
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Velt
Dewey
Oklahoma City
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Pacific Coast
Mr. Roosevelt
United States
German Defenses Weaken Steadily Near Bologna and Rimini
Fifth army forces pushed downhill toward the Po valley and were within 21 miles of Bologna and 12 miles from the Rimini Bologna highway. Eighth army crossed the highway and began a ditch hopping advance across irrigation ditches and marshy ground. Gurkha troops closed to 600 yards of the Rubicon river, while Canadian troops neared the river west of Rimini. Allied units moved along the Firenzuola Imola highway toward Castel Del Rio and cut the Prato Castiglione highway south of Castiglione as the Gothic line defenses buckled on a 20 mile wedge.
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Rome
U.P
Fifth Army
Bologna
Rimini
Eighth Army
Rubicon River
Mark W. Clark
Apennine Heights
Puta Pass
Firenzuola-Imola
Castel del Rio
Rimini- Bologna
Casetta
Covigliano
Coroncina
Firenzuola
Prato-Castiglione
Castiglione
2,000 Warplanes Batter Germans in Major Luftwaffe Raid
London dispatch reports over 2,000 American aircraft including about 1,300 heavy bombers hitting Reich targets. The raid dropped near 4,000 tons, hitting Frankfurt freight yards Coblenz rail hubs and Ludwigshafen oil plants amid poor weather and minimal German opposition. RAF Lancasters and Halifaxes also battered Calais with substantial tonnage in the same period.
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London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Reich
Frankfurt
Germany
Coblenz
Mosella
Ludwigshafen
Rhine
Royal Air Force
Calais
Dover
Balkans Threaten Enemy Forces Morass in the Balkans Endangers German Forces
Rome report describes the Balkans as a morass threatening to engulf remaining German forces in southern Greece, Albania, and Yugoslavia. Allied air command notes over 5,000 tons of guns, ammunition, and supplies flown to Yugoslav partisans and other resistances since 1942, boosting guerrilla efforts and weakening German positions.
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Rome
Balkans
Greece
Albania
Yugoslavia
Allied Air Command
Inter-Cabinet Peace Planners Split on German Sanctions
Vice Adm. Emory S. Land urged dividing German and Japanese trade to starve the enemy nations of world commerce. President Roosevelt’s peace planners remained divided on postwar deindustrialization, with Morgenthau advocating harsh limits and Hull, Stimson opposing sweeping obliteration of German industry.
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Germany
Washington
Emory S. Land
America
Treasury
Morgenthau
Reich
Cordell Hull
the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Henry L. Stimson
Hull
Britain
Russia
Europe
State Department
Roosevelt
Stimson
Montana Motor Transport group hosts three day convention
Montana Motor Transport association opens a three day convention at the Pinson hotel with speakers from war and peacetime transportation sectors. Dan Barney says the meeting will influence industry programs in Montana. Notables include Capt H H Stevens Roy Wallstein Brig Gen Charles L Sheridan EB Carlson and Ted W Rodgers slated as principal luncheon speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Motor Transport Association
Pinson Hotel
Dan Barney
Billings
Association
Montana
Capt
H. H. Stevens
Salt Lake City
Army Transport Corp
Roy Wallstein
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles L. Sheridan
Montana Highway Patrol
EB. F., Carlson
Helena
Office of Price Administration
Ted W. Rodgers
Washington, D. C
American Trucking
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United States Army Signal Corps
Frontier Village
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MVA
Scout
By Robert Musel
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Chile
Switzerland
Spain
Portugal
Peru
Sweden
Turkey
Ireland
Gardner Bridge
Harry Hopkins
Madame Perkins
Harold Ickes
Jersey City
Chicago
Bronx
Sidney Hillman
Political Action Committee
Earl Browder
Mr. Roose
Oklahoma
Rich Po Valley
Motor Transport Group
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