British air strikes damage Tirpitz in northern waters
British naval planes attacked the German battleship Tirpitz and at least 16 other ships in northern waters. Planes from carriers under Admiral Moore damaged radio stations and hangars along the Norwegian coast, shot down nine German planes, with eleven British aircraft lost, while smoke screens hindered damage assessment.
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London
Admiralty
Hammerfest
Arctic Circle
North Cape
Home Fleet
Adm
Sir Henry Moore
Altenfjord
Finland
Tirpitz
Thirty Ships and 107 Planes Fall to Yanks
The Associated Press reports a five day Pacific campaign where thirty Japanese ships and 107 planes were destroyed or damaged. Heaviest blows hit the Bonin and Volcano islands within 650 miles of Japan, with numerous ships sunk, planes downed, and Liberators and Catalinas supporting land and naval bombardments across multiple island groups. Six US planes were missing in the raids.
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Associated Press
Japan
Bonin
Volcano Islands
Philippines
Davao Gulf
Celebes
Wake Island
Bonin- Volcano Group
Paramushiro
Palau
Halmahera
Talaud
Truk
Ponapei
Carolines
Marshalls
Ianas
Dutch East Indies
United States
Holiday Loss Totals 245
Fatalities during the Labor Day holiday weekend reached 245 nationwide, more than half from traffic accidents. An Associated Press survey shows 137 traffic deaths, 54 drownings, and 54 miscellaneous causes. State totals include Idaho with 1 traffic death and 1 drowning.
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Associated Press
Idaho
Roosevelt backs Puerto Rico self government act
President Roosevelt urges House passage of legislation granting Puerto Rico broader self government and the right to elect its own chief executive.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Puerto Rico
Russia and Bulgaria Declared War Amid Frontline Tensions
Moscow announced formal war on Bulgaria after accusing Sofia of aiding Germany for over three years. Red Army forces massed along the Danube frontier as Bulgaria’s neutrality claim was rejected. The move jeopardizes ongoing armistice talks with the United States and Britain.
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London
Russia
Bulgaria
Moscow Radio
Foreign Office
Soviet Union
Balkan
United States
Britain
Tass
Cairo
Red Army
Romania
Danube
Moscow
Vyacheslav Molotov
Germany
Hitler
Londoners Celebrate False Surrender Report
A Brussels radio denial sparked a London rumor mill as headlines claimed Germany capitulated. Officials and telephones buzzed amid wild rumors of world news, with Supreme Headquarters denying any surrender and warning the war continues.
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London
Germany
Brussels
Britain
Reich
British Press Association
Supreme Headquarters
Northeastern Earthquake Shocks Canada and U S
A severe earthquake and two aftershocks rocked the northeast with damage in Cornwall and surrounding areas. Fordham seismologist Dr Joseph Lynch said the 12 39 a m shock near Malone N Y was a surface quake caused by ground contraction. Cornwall officials reported over 190 000 in unofficial damage and thousands fled homes after chimneys toppled and windows cracked.
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Associated Press
United States
Canada
Aral
Fordham University
Malone
N. Y
Cornwall
Joseph Lynch
Fordham
Virginia
Michigan
Lynch
New York State
St. Lawrence River
Ont
Aaron Horovitz
St. Lawrence
French seize wine center as Allies press in to Macon
French troops advancing in the Saone valley reach Macon near Lyon after routing resistance. Villefranche captures push total prisoner count above 65,000 since Mediterranean landings. American Seventh Infantry Regiment joins the pursuit amid a large German counterattack with some allied losses.
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Rome
Saone
Macon
Lyon
France
Lyons
Villefranche
Mediterranean
Saint Bonnet de Bruyeres
Montrevel
Chalon
Dijon
Seventh Infantry Regiment
Villiere’s Plantation
Louisiana
Infant suffocated in crib entanglement tragedy
In Ogden a six month old girl Karen Volker died after suffocating in her crib. Firefighters arrived too late and found the infant entangled as authorities investigated the cause of the incident.
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Ogden
Karen Volker
Arthur Volker
Upper Snake River Gets Flood Funds
Army engineers approve a hundred thousand dollar allotment for flood control on the Snake River in eastern Idaho. Work to occur at Heise-Roberts, near Blackfoot at two points, and near Weiser. Levee and revetment construction will comprise most of the project.
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Boiser
Army Engineers
Snake River
Idaho
John Thomas
R.idaho
Mark R. Kulp
Heise-Roberts
Blackfoot
Weiser
Weather Forecast for Pocatello and Vicinity
Clear and hot today tonight and Wednesday. Data from the Weather Bureau at Pocatello Municipal Airport for the 24 hour period ending noon Sept 5 shows a high of 74 and a low of 42 with a mean of 58. Departure from normal is -8. Precipitation is 0.02 inches for the 24 hours and 0.01 inches for the month to date. normal month to date is 0.10 inches. Sunset is 7:50 and sunrise 6:59.
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Pocatello and Vicinity
United States Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Gypsy Rose Lee Establishes Nevada Residence
Gypsy Rose Lee, now Mrs. Alexander Kirkland, has set up residence at a Reno area dude ranch to qualify for a divorce filing after a six week residency requirement. She says she has not consulted an attorney and it is too early to discuss divorce.
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Reno
Nev
Gypsy Rose Lee
Alexander Kirkland
Nevada
Nazis Hold Line as Canadian Forces Reach Near Rimini
Canadian eighth army units with British naval support push to six miles of Rimini amid rising German resistance on the Conca river bridgehead. Heavy fighting along the Abissina Misano ridge follows German attempts to retake Misano, with tanks and armored cars left on the field. West of Florence the Fifth Army advances toward the Serchio river and Lucca while Pisa east of Pisa and Lucca area remains contested.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Rimini
Po Valley
Conca River
Abissina
Misano
Florence
Fifth
Serchio
Lucca
Pisano
Pisa
Heiress Barbara Hutton Sues Over Trust Fund Payment
Representatives for Barbara Hutton Grant announce a federal suit in Wilmington Delaware to stop income from a 1.5 million dollar trust to her former husband Kurt Haugwitz Reventlow. The Hutton heir is also in court for custody of her son Lazice, eight, with Reventlow in Boston.
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Boston
Barbara Hutton Grant
Wilmington
Del
Kurt Haugwitz Reventlow
Hutton
Reventlow
Hes Son
Lazice
Allies Report Capture Of Aachen And Saarbrucken
Reports from the Swiss French frontier said Allied forces had captured Aachen Aix la Chapelle and Saarbrucken inside Germany near the border. Unclear word on Strasbourg and continued blackout to mislead German forces.
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Frontier
Aachen
Saarbrucken
Germany
Strasbourg
Rhine
France
Aix-la-Chapelle
Liege
Verdun
Patton
Nancy
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Troops Advance in Saone Valley Drive
ROMF reports French and American units pushing north along the Saone valley scoring gains up to 18 miles. French forces reach near Le Villars west of the Saone close to Tournus while American troops press east of Macon. A strong earthquake then struck northeastern Canada damaging Cornwall schools and triggering major repairs.
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ROMF
Saone
France
Macon
Lyon
le Villars
Tournus
Russians Cross Narew River in New East Prussia Advance
London reports Russian troops have crossed the Narew in a full scale offensive toward East Prussia. The nearest point is about 12 miles west of Lamar, with forces deployed on the eastern frontier for three weeks. The advance threatens invasion or outflanking and menaces Warsaw from the north.
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London
Nary River
East Prussia
Lamar
Narew
Warsaw
Allied Bomb Raids Hit Rail Hubs in Germany
American bombers attacked Stuttgart Karlsruhe and Ludwigshafen as part of a major raid with about 750 Flying Fortresses and Liberators plus Mustang escorts. Karlsruhe targets included rail yards and repair shops near the Rhineland border.
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London
Rhineland
Stuttgart
Karlsruhe
Ludwigshafen
Berlin
Italy
Hungary
Tran-sylvanian Alps
Britain
Hitler
Germany
U. S. Third Army
Daimler-Benz
Rhine
Republic
Switzerland
Moscow
Baltic Sea
Gulf of Finland
Finland
Idahoan Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Washington reports Lt. Robert M. Lattig from Payette receives the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism with the Eighth Air Force during World War II.
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Washington
Idaho
War Department
Robert M. Lattig
Payette
Eighth Air Force
Russians and Romanians Strike Plains in Eastern Europe
Soviet and Romanian forces push from the Hungarian plains toward the Mures valley during coordinated attacks on German and Hungarian troops. Romanian guides aided Russian scouts as the advance nears key Transylvania rail hubs and the Brasov region. The drive between the Bug and Narew rivers reports gains near Lomza and Ostroleka as Soviets seek the Hungary battlefront.
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Moscow
Red Army
Poland
Warsaw-East Prussia
Transylvania
Hungary
Lomza
Warsaw
East Prussia
Russia
Mures
Vallley
Sibiu
Turin
Brasov
Brerov Oc
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Bug
W Narew
Choromany
Narew River
Ostroleka
Warning Note Tied To Coffeen Murder In Spokane Bath
Police found elderly John Coffeen dead on a bloody Spokane bathroom floor. A note said the killing should deter selling bum whiskey. A fistful of hair clutched in his left hand is the sole clue. deputies estimate Coffeen was 70 to 80 years old and killed about 18 hours before discovery.
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Spokane
John Coffeen
Dudley Wilson
Lee Markwood
Coffeen
Four top Idaho candidates clash at Ririe fair debate
At the Jefferson county fair in Ririe Idaho four leading candidates faced off in a sharp exchange over what defines a Jeffersonian Democrat federal aid and a proposed pardon power amendment. Democrats Glen H. Taylor Ira H. Masters and Republicans C. A. Bottolfsen William H. Detweiler heatedly debated federal funds state autonomy and road and dam projects before about 150 attendees.
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Ririe Gymnasium
Masters
Taylor
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