Marines Capture Palau Islands and Peleliu Positions
U S Marines seized Ngesebus island north of Peleliu and continued mopping up on Kangauru as Nimitz announced. The Babelthuap airfield was attacked by Corsair fighters from Peleliu airstrip, aiding the Palau operations which run parallel to ongoing Peleliu efforts.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Palau Islands
Peleliu
Adm
Chester M. Nimitz
Ngesebus
Kangauru
Palau
Babelthuap
Palaus
Second Marine Aircraft Wing
Ngesebus Island
Kangaura Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Angaur
81St Army
Amurbrogol Hill
Students Assist Scrap Campaign
Students from public and parochial schools gathered and delivered 105000 pounds of waste paper and over 15000 pounds of rags to schools as part of the Silver Bow post American Legion campaign. The drive aims to reach 200000 pounds of paper and 35000 pounds of rags with business houses urged to place materials curbside early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Bow Post
American Legion
Jack Healy
Transportation
Weekend Weather Across the Divide
West of the continental divide expect considerable cloudiness and scattered light showers on Saturday with snow in the northern mountains. East of the divide colder with freezing temperatures in the north by morning, cloudy and colder later with 30 to 35 degrees, light snow north and northwest by afternoon, light mixed rain and snow in the south, winds 20 to 30 mph Saturday.
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Continental Divide
Mountains
Northwest
Roosevelt Warns Argentina Over Axis Influence
President Roosevelt warned Argentina that continued growth of Nazi Fascist influence impeding the UN program could bring consequences. He denied rumors of U S policy divisions and reaffirmed inter American obligations and the need for a united front against Axis aggression.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Argentina
United Nations
Churchill
House of Commons
Oil Settlement Ratified by Mexican Senate
Mexico City Sept 29 The Mexican Senate ratified a 1938 expropriation settlement with the United States. Mexico will pay 23,995,991 dollars to five oil firms, led by Standard of New Jersey, plus 3 percent interest from the expropriation date. First third installment paid in 1943, remaining in five yearly installments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Senate
United States
Mexico
U. S
Standard of
New Jersey
Truckers to Name Officers Today at Montana Meet
The sixth annual Montana Motor Transport association convention at the Finlen hotel closes with officers to be named this afternoon. President Earl Moritz presides as sessions continue with business, a noon luncheon, and an evening banquet featuring Gov. Sam C. Ford as speaker and Tom J. Davis as toastmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Motor Transport Association
Finlen Hotel
Convetion
Earl Moritz
Lewistown
Finlen
Sam C. Ford
Tom J. Davis
Butte
Rotary International
Bishop's School of Dance
Marilynee Kitto
Pearle Littlejohn
James Cummins
Margaret McHale
the Finlen
Charles
Chinese growing more pessimistic about coast landing hopes
Chinese leaders in Chungking say Allied plans for coastal landings fade as Japanese advances stretch war length and hurt Chinese forces. Chennault's 14th air force risks lost forward bases. Kunming could become main base complicating shipping raids. Supply strains and disorganized divisions threaten reconstitution for months.
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Chungking
China
Claire L. Chennault
U. S. 14Th Air Force
South
Chennault
Kweilin
Tanchuk
Lichow
Kunming
German Says Second Hitler Assassination Attempt Foiled by Star Gazer
A German source in Madrid says Hitler's second assassination attempt failed when his private astrologer Ossietzky warned not to drink poisoned coffee. The tale cites a Berghof room of stars and a tasteless poison found in the beverage.
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Hitler
Madrid
U.P
Stuttgart
Adolf Hitler
Bavarian
Berghof
Ossietz
Fuehrer
Rudi Wanger
Adlon
Berlin
Germany
Allied air strikes sink or damage 17 Japanese vessels in Indies raid
Allied operations reported by Gen. Douglas MacArthur targeted ships across the Philippine seas Makassar strait and Dutch East Indies. Night patrols sunk two freighters two barges and two coastal vessels with several other vessels crippled or damaged during the sweeping action spanning Mindanao Balikpapan Kendari and Celebes. A fighter patrol destroyed a troop barge near Ternate as six Japanese planes attacked Morotai but caused no damage.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Philippines
Makassar Strait
Dutch East Indies
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Indies
Mindanao
Borneo
Celebes
Balikpapan
Kendari
Ternate Island
Halmahera Island
Moluccas
Ceram
Boeroe Islands
Morotai Island
Rain and Mud Slow Allied Push in Italy’s Po Valley
Rain and mud, plus ferocious German counterattacks, slow the Allied Fifth and Eighth armies in northern Italy as American troops reach Mt Battaglia and nearby heights. British forces repel assaults while Canadians seize San Mauro di Romagna and push a bridgehead on the Fiumicino.
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Rome
Albert Kesselring
Italy
Appennine Mountains
Bologna
Imola
Mt. Battaglia
Rimini
Mt. Bastione
Mt. Canda
Mt. Il Pogio
Canomica
Savignano
San Mauro di Romagna
Fiumicino
Major Horst Ademeit Missing After Flight Report
Berlin radio reported that Major Horst Ademeit, credited with 166 air victories, failed to return from an operational flight. The London dispatch notes the missing status and ongoing search or uncertainty surrounding his fate.
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London
Berlin
Horst Ademeit
Russians and Romanians Cut Nazi Lines
Russians and Romanians breached Axis lines along the Czech Polish border and in northern Transylvania in a major three way drive aimed at knocking Hungary from the war. Moscow stated the Leningrad army has freed Estonia and pressed toward Riga, with reports of 30,000 German deaths and 15,745 captured between Sept. 17 and 26. Szeged Gyula and Oradea were claimed to be in Hungarian hands as Russians advance across the Mures river toward Targu Mures.
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London
Transylvania
Oradea
Hungary
Bucharest
Moscow
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Riga
Berlin
Red
Szeged
Gyula
Americans Drive on Lower End of Siegfried Line
Allied forces report American armies breaking toward the lower Siegfried line after smashing five miles toward the Belfort gateway and near Metz Nancy. Canadian troops seize Cap Gris Nez area while Remich falls to U S First Army. Calais armistice allows civilians to evacuate ahead of final assault.
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Siegfried Line
Seventh Army
Belfort
Germany
Third Army
Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
U.P
Neder-Rhine
Arnhem
Holland
First Airborne
Alexander M. Patch
George S. Patton
U. S. Third Army
Metz-Nancy
Cap Gris Nez
Schilling
Calais
Channel
Mediterranean
Service Officer Named to Aid Returning Veterans
Walter Barnard of Silver Bow Post No 1 American Legion leads a new service office to assist veterans and families. The headquarters open October 2 in Room 222 Owsley Block, with 24 hour access. Funded by Butte businessmen through the Chamber of Commerce, the program runs 15 months and aims to aid rehabilitation and civilian readjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Barnard
Silver Bow Post No. 1
American Legion
Barnard
Owsley Block
Butte
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
American Red Cross
American
Flyer Is Believed Killed in Crash Near Gore Field
In Great Falls a search plane crash left Lt Arch E Perkins hospitalized after he wandered from hill country seeking help. Perkins reported examining his co pilot and believing him dead while the other pilot died in the wreckage of a missing Gore field training craft. Lt Charles F Rowland, 24, of New York, was killed in the prior crash.
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Great Falls
Gore
Arch E. Perkins
Hill Country
Here
Perkins
Charles F. Rowland
New York
German Railroad Systems Are Pounded Heavily
Allied air forces continue heavy raids on German railways feeding the Siegfried line. Ninth Air Force reports 11 locomotives disabled and 29 rail cars damaged, plus 29 track breaks. RAF Second Tactical Air Force targets Geldern and Saarbrucken switchyards while Marauders hit near Saarbrucken and Webenheim.
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London
Rhineland
Siegfried Line
Saarbrucken
Germany
U. 8
Air Force
France
Eugene L. Hinkley
Modesto
Calif
Cologne
Arnhem-Nijmegen
Netherlands
Second Tactical Air Force
RAF Heavies
Brunswick
Berlin
Mitchell
Boston
RAF
Second Tace
U. S
Ninth Air Force
Geldern
Webenheim
Calais
Congress Will Get Report on Airport Expansion Plan
Civil Aeronautics Administrator T. P. Wright said a report on a proposed billion dollar postwar airport expansion will be submitted to Congress next week. The plan envisions increasing U S airports from 3,000 to 6,000 and provides state by state details for a major expansion and repair program.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics
T. P. Wright
Congress
CAA
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Buenos Aires
Sate
Cordell Hull
Edelmiro
By Preston Grover
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Gestapo
East Indies
Ralph Teatworth
By Noland Norgaard
Saare
Osel
Ristna
Gulf of Riga
Estonia
W. W. Hercher
Targu-Mures
Cluj
Mures
By Phil Ault
U. S. First Army
Luxembourg
Remich
Moselle
Luxembourg City
Businessmen Finance Organization
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