Reds Drive Toward Riga In Major Soviet Offensive
Soviet forces pushed up to 28 miles toward Riga as three Red armies closed in on the Latvian capital. Meanwhile Hungary reported Red army incursions and the capture of Mako near Szeged, with Berlin signaling a broad advance toward East Prussia. Soviet units also reached the Czechoslovak border and probed the Rostok pass into Slovakia as Czech partisans fought German and Hungarian troops.
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London
U.P
Riga
Red Army
Hungary
Mako
Szeged
Adolf Hitler
Balkan
Baltic States
Berlin
East Prussia
Rostok
Carpathian
Slovakia
Latvia
Pskov-Riga
Yankees Fight to Regain Positions
Allied forces in Italy pressed to reclaim mountain positions lost to German reinforcements as Fifth and Eighth armies push along the Adriatic front. Mount Acuto hills and Monte Pratolungo fell to Allied troops while British units moved toward Bocconi and Florentine routes toward Forli and Faenza.
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Rome
U.P
Fifth Army
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Rimini
Po Valley
Bologna
Monte la Fine Ridge
Mount Acuto
Firenzuela
Monte la Fine
Monte Pratolungo
Acuto
la Fine
Florence-Forli
Bocconi
Forli
Florence-Faenza
Marradi
Faenza
Farm Machinery to Leave Ration List Today
Boise Idaho Sept 27 All farm machinery and equipment except corn pickers will be removed from rationing effective Thursday. The Idaho AAA office says the action follows War Food Administration policy of removing wartime controls when no longer essential. Corn pickers rationing continues to ensure equitable handling of the large 1944 corn crop in the corn belt.
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Boise
Idaho
Idaho Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Washington, D. C
J. M. Thompson
AAA Western Division
War Food Administration
Dewey Campaign Shifts to Personal Tactics on Trip
On a 6700 mile Pacific coast swing, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey shifts from formal campaigning to a more personal style. He rebukes New Deal figures while declining mudslinging, with crowds growing after Oklahoma City speech and renewed energy for front porch style appearances.
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Pacific Coast
Oklahoma City
Dewey
New York
Ickes and Perkins
Harry Hopkins
Rate Cut Promises $800,000 Saving in Electric Expense
Helena September 27 Austin B Middleton chairman of the Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission said after months of negotiations an agreement with Montana Power Company will cut electric rates. The annual saving is over 800000 for more than 90000 customers and takes effect October 1. Other commission members are Paul T Smith and Leonard C Young.
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Helena
Austin B. Middleton
Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission
Montana Power Company
Commission
Middleton
Paul T. Smith
Leonard C. Young
Treasury sets November start for sixth war loan drive
The U S Treasury tentatively schedules November 20 as the kickoff for the sixth war loan drive with a goal near 14 billion dollars The American Bankers Association will lead sales through local branches The goal is 2 billion lower than the fifth drive which oversubscribed by 4 5 billion dollars Reasons include strong Treasury cash position improving war news and expected lower redemptions after October 2 switch
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Treasury
Washington
U.P
American Bankers Association
Weather Aids Montana Grain Growers in Harvest Week
Montana grain men benefited from ideal harvest weather last week and progress in late combining and threshing. The joint report notes scattered showers, good seeding of winter wheat and rye, and late flax still to harvest in northern regions. Sugar beet, potato, and bean activities advance while labor shortages press farms.
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Helena
Montana
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
U.S. Weather Bureau
Victory Gardens
Granite County
Toole
Ribbentrop Sees Axis War to Go On Until Victory Is Certain
London reports marking the fourth anniversary of the tripartite pact Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop warned the war must continue until the enemy admits he cannot win. He denounced Axis traitors and urged renewed effort as Mussolini and Shigemitsu also spoke.
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London
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Europe
Germany
Italy
Japan
Benito Mussolini
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Ribbentrop
Romania
Finland
Bulgaria
Japs Threaten Chinese Railway Near Kweilin
Japanese forces pushed toward Kungcheng 47 miles southeast of Kwangsi capital as fighting along the Hunan Kwangsi railway 40 miles north of Kweilin continued. Chinese high command reports steady reinforcement to the area but no decisive push yet.
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Chungking
Kweilin
China
Kungcheng
Kwangsi
Hunan- Kwangsi
Hull Accused of Settling an Old Score Over Argentina
Buenos Aires dispatch says Cordell Hull faced charges in Cabildo of pursuing retribution before the November elections as the State department announced ships would stop calling at Argentine ports after September 30. columnist Pare des questions the move and Argentina’s reaction. La Fronda tones down the view, calling the suspension not an economic sanction.
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Buenos Aires
Cordell Hull
Cabildo
State Department
Hull
David Paredes
Roosevelt
Parades
la Fronda
Montana Thursday Weather Forecast Report
Associated Press notes fair conditions in Montana on Thursday with temperatures rising in the afternoon.
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Montana
Yanks Control Most of Peleliu Island
United States forces gained control of Peleliu Island except for two small Japanese pockets. The 12 square mile island's airfield is in operation as Adm. Nimitz announced. Japanese losses reached 8537 with Amurbrogol peak resistance and ongoing Marine and Army advances on the island.
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Mac R. Johnson
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
U.P
United States
Peleliu Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Amurbrogol
Tokyo
United Press
San Francisco
Peleliu
Kosusoru Strait
Palaus
Angaur Island
Angaur
Babelthuap Island
Palau
Koror
Babelthuap
Time magazine predicts Russia will declare war on Japan
Time magazine in its October 2 issue reports Russia will declare war on Japan as soon as Germany is defeated. The editors give no hint of their source, citing only “an authoritative source.”
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Associated Press
Time Magazine
Time
Germany
Russia
Japan
Prisoner of War Officers Return Home on 30 Day Furlough
The War department announced that 1,013 United States Army Air Force officers and enlisted men, former prisoners from Romania, arrived in New York on Wednesday for a 30 day furlough. Other wounded from Romania have been arriving by air and boat in recent weeks and were sent to Halloran General Hospital in New York.
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United States
Washington
U.P
War Department
United States Army Air Force
Romania
New York
Halloran General Hospital
Trucker Delegation Attends Montana Motor Transport Meet
District executives from 11 western states converge on Butte for an executive committee session at the Finlen hotel as a prelude to the Montana Motor Transport association annual convention. George Nordstrom of Portland will preside, with four to five hundred delegates and guests expected for the two day event.
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American Trucking Association
Butte
Finlen
Montana Motor Transport Association
Montana
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Nevada
California
George Nordstrom
Portland
Earl Moritz
Lewistown
Arnhem Heroic Stand Keeps Corridor Through Holland Open
Less than 2,000 of the 8,000 British First Airborne at Arnhem returned south of the Neder Rhine with a fierce eight day struggle. Allied dispatches credit the defense with delaying German thrusts along the Maas corridor, aiding a new push toward the Siegfried line while tying down forces near Metz.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Arnhem
Neder Rhine
Britain
Dunkerque
Coventry
First Airborne
Red Devils
Maas
Meuse
Holland
Siegfried Line
Metz
France
United States Third Army
Miles C. Dempsey
Eindhoven
Nijmegen
Associated Press
Robert C. Wilson
Reich
Survivors Evacuated From Arnhem Airborne Drop
Between 1,700 and 1,800 survivors of about 8,000 British air borne troops escaped across the Neder Rhine. About 1,200 were wounded. the operation aimed to seize Rhine bridges and held out for eight days amid heavy bombardment. The officer called it gallant but costly, with heavy enemy losses.
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Holland
Arnhem
Neder Rhine
Rhine
Chinese aid plan to require 2.5 million foreign engineers
Methodist Bishop W. Y. Chen told University of Southern California President Rufus von KleinSmid that China will need 2,500,000 foreign engineers to support a 30 year postwar industrialization program.
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Los Angeles
W. Y. Chen
China
Rufus von KleinSmid
University of Southern California
Allied Forces Land in Albania and Dalmatian Coast
Allied seaborne and airborne troops have landed in Albania and the Yugoslav islands to trap Germans in the Balkans and eastern Mediterranean. The action squeezes about 200000 German troops as part of a wide Adriatic front.
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Rome
Balkans
Mediterranean
Albania
Yugoslavia
Hitler
Balkan
Reich
Aegean
Balkan Air Force
Adriatic
Berlin
Dalmatian
United States
Himara
Two U.S. Generals Die Overseas
The War department reports deaths of two Army generals abroad from illness. Brig. Gen. Walter G. Layman, 56, died of a heart attack at Cheltenham England while commandant of the American school center in the European theater. Brig. Gen. Thomas E. Roderick, 51, died September 21 in the North African theater after a short illness.
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Walter G. Layman
Cheltenham
England
Thomas E. Roderick
Savage Aerial Battles Rage Over Germany
Allied air forces launch a sustained campaign against Germany with over 1 700 heavy bombers and 2 590 fighters targeting rail yards and industrial sites. Losses include 42 American bombers and seven fighters, while RAF heavy bombers strike Bottrop Wilhelm and Calais, as 4 000 tons of bombs devastate Kassel Ludwigshafen Cologne Mainz. The assault aims to cripple rail traffic and supply lines on the western front.
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London
Germany
Kassel
Ludwigshafen
Cologne
Mainz
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Sbottrop
Wilhelm
Essen
Calais
Channel
Goch
Metz
George 8. Patton
Hamm
Kasesel
Munchen-Gladbach
Emden
Koblenz
Bremen
Frankfurt
Osnaebruck
Ludewigshafen
Schedy
Jap ships sunk as Allied air raids widen campaign
Allied headquarters reported three Japanese freighters sunk near Dutch Celebes as part of intensified air assaults in the Southwest Pacific. Batavia on Java was strafed for the first time by Allied planes, and nine Japanese interceptors were downed in Celebes air battles. Navy Catalina boats set fires in Davao gulf and raids hit Ceram with 510 tons of bombs.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Batavia
Java Island
Dutch Celebes
Netherlands East Indies
Celebes
Navy
Catalina
Davao Gulf
Ceram
World Security Talks Set to End at Dumbarton Oaks
United States Britain and Russia near closure of six week talks at Dumbarton Oaks on peace agency structure. Stettinius announced progress toward a universal council with near 90 percent of issues settled though veto and withdrawal rules for great powers remain unresolved. Further talks with Moscow required before a full United Nations conference and possible fall treaty.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Russia
Dumbarton Oaks
Stettinius
Roosevelt
Moscow
Inter
Senate
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