Americans Close Supply Lines For 20 000 Japs
Allied forces trap about 20 000 Japanese troops in the Lae Salamaua area of New Guinea by seizing an enemy air strip in the Markham valley. American paratroops, aided by Australian units, land near the field and close the ring around Lae and Salamaua. MacArthur watches the operation as air and ground forces combine to cut off the defenders.
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France
English Channel
Washington Evening Star
Star
Constantine Brown
George C. Marshall
U. S
England
Brown
Hitler
United Nations
Stalino
Donets
Southwest
Pacific
MacArthur
Lae-Salamaua
New Guinea
Vern Haugland
Southwest Pacific
Lae
Salamaua
Markham Valley
Douglas MacArthur
Markham River
Monte Kleban
San Regs. Tex
Tedimente
Married Men Called Next for Idaho Inductions
Idaho draft officials announced that fifty two percent of men called in October will be married. Brig. Gen. M G McConnel said the October call will match September, with single men called first and married men slated for the next three months. Local boards will close September 15 to 30 for a new inventory, continuing inductions and new registrations.
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Boise
M. G. McConnel
Idaho Selective Service System
McConnel
Norman Sp. Adkison
Salt Lake City
Idaho
Adkison
Red Star downplays Italy as a second front in Europe
The Red Army newspaper Red Star discounts the allied invasion of Italy as a true second front and says only about four to six German divisions are stationed there. Moscow sets 60 divisions on the Russian front as the standard for a real second front, while London reports of 20 divisions in Italy are contradicted by the paper’s figures.
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Moscow
Red Star Today
Italy
Europe
Russia
Red Star
London
Two Trustees Up for Election in Independent School District No 1
Election today decides two seats on the school board for a three year term with three nominees H B Yearsley Twayne Austin and Leroy E Jones Myron Porges and Jared O Anderson retire after 12 years in district administration Polls open at Bonneville Emerson Tyhee and senior high schools for registered voters who pay real property taxes and have children in the district
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H. B. Yearsley
Twayne Austin
Leroy E. Jones
Myron Porges
Jared O. Anderson
Independent School District No. 1
North Arthur
Bonneville School
North Seventh
Emerson
South Grant
Woodcraft Circle to Meet with Neighbors tonight
Neighbors of the raft plan a regular meeting at 8 p m in the Woodmen of the World hall to discuss community affairs and updates.
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Woodcraft
Raft
W.O.W
Canadians British Capture More Villages on Mainland
Allied reports say the British Eighth Army and Canadian columns advanced along the Calabrian coast and inland toward Palmi and Delianuova, with coastal arc about 60 miles long, while shelling and demolition slowed progress. Reinforcements and supplies flowed across the Strait of Messina under naval protection as air units pounded southern Italy targets.
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North Africa
Eighth Army
Italy
Santo Stefano
Delianuova
Pali
Felito
Palmi
Bernard L. Montgomery
Reggio
Calabria
Palms
Strait of Messina
Berlin
London
Ministry of Information
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Idaho beer sales fall under half a million gallons in August
Idaho beer revenue chief W. B. Trowbridge announced August consumption reached 474,164.4 gallons, with tax collections totaling 23,708.11 dollars. The 1942 August figures were 559,220.8 gallons and 29,811.04 dollars in taxes, while licenses for brewers, wholesalers and retailers totaled 65 dollars.
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Boise
Japs Claim Heavily Damaged American Cruiser
New York dispatch quotes Berlin radio reporting Japanese imperial headquarters saying an American cruiser was heavily damaged off New Guinea early this morning.
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New York
Berlin
New Gul Inea
Four Get Promotions In Utah Idaho Officers
The war department announced temporary promotions for Utah and Idaho officers. Reuben Wilson Hager of Harrison Idaho was promoted to major Oscar Booker Grace of Weiser Idaho to first lieutenant Seymour Kent Christensen of Ephraim Utah to first lieutenant. First Lt John A Kok of Boise was ordered to active duty.
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Washington
War Department
Utah
Idaho
Reuben Wilson Hager
Harrison
Oscar Booker Grace
Weiser
Seymour Kent Christensen
Ephraim
John A. Kok
Boise
Idahoan in Africa joins Red Cross staff in North Africa
Miss Inez Brown daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry A Brown Rexburg Idaho has arrived in North Africa to serve as an American Red Cross staff assistant the Red Cross reported.
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Salt Lake City
Inez Brown
Henry A. Brown
Rexburg
Idaho
North Africa
Donets Basin Recaptured as Russian Thrust Toward Kiev Grows
Moscow reports the Red Army has nearly completed the Donets mining region recapture while advancing toward Kiev after seizing Konotop rail junction and threatening Bakhmach. The push, aided by air strikes, has widened behind German lines with 10,000 German deaths and hundreds of towns captured as Red forces push toward the Dnieper corridor.
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Moscow
Red Army
Donets
Kiev
Ukraine
Konotop
Bakhmach
Donets Basin
Krasnoarmeyskoye
Stalino
Reuters
Red Star
Knotop
Bryansk
Bryansk-Kiev
White Russia
Kremenchug
Dnieper River
Bombers Raid Belgian and French Cities
American heavy and medium bombers strike Belgium and France as part of the sixth straight day of allied daylight offensives following a heavy RAF night raid on Munich. The Munich attack, Munich is a Nazi party birthplace and German industry hub, involved 16 bombers lost, with intruder patrols and naval strikes nearby. The offensive includes Stuttgart hammering and French targets, while Britain suffers night retaliation with minor bombings along the Thames estuary and London alert.
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London
Europe
Belgium
France
Munich
R.A.F
Berlin
Germany
Italy
Brenner Pass
British
Air Ministry
French
Stuttgart
Britain
Thames
Pennsylvania Wreck Kills 65 on Congresssional Limited
A Philadelphia wreck left 65 dead and many injured as the Pennsylvania Railroad Congressional Limited crashed last night near Frankford junction. Rescue teams recovered seven more bodies from coaches others remained trapped. FBI ruled out sabotage and cited mechanical failure as the cause. The Washington to New York express carried 541 passengers, many service members, when a hot box caused the train to derail and tear apart, with a Marine lieutenant among the first identified and crowds of relatives awaiting word at the city morgue.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Congressional Limited
Washington
New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Newark
N. J
Frankford Junction
Fall Fatal to John Cudahy
John Cudahy 55 year old director of the Wisconsin council of defense and former U S diplomat was killed while horseback riding on his Brown Deer area estate Earl Kramer of Racine watched the riderless horse and Deputies think the fall came when the horse stumbled near a drainage ditch Cudahy had served as ambassador to Poland Belgium and Ireland and was state civilian defense director since February 23.
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Milwaukee
John Cudahy
Wisconsin Council of Defense
United States
Cudahy
T. R. Murphy
Brown Deer
Earl Kramer
Racine
Wis
Sheriff's
Poland
Roosevelt
Eire
Belgium
Churchill Sees Continued Anglo American Alliance
Secretary Hull commented on Churchill's Harvard address but declined to endorse or deny the suggestion of postwar common citizenship for British and American peoples. He said Churchill’s views on international relations are of great interest and would receive consideration, including yesterday's remarks.
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Washington (P
Hull
Churchill
Harvard University
Idahoans Reported Wounded in Action in Europe
The Navy announced Carl Benjamin Pitts of Emmett wounded in action and named his mother Ruth Henderson Pitts of Emmett. The War Department listed Staff Sgt. Presciliano S. Herrera, wife Beulah B. Herrera of 2209 Smith venue, Bolse, among Idahoans reported wounded in action in the European theater.
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Washington
Carl Benjamin Pitts
Emmett
Navy
Ruth Henderson Pitts
War Department
Presciliano S. Herrera
Beulah B. Herrera
Smith
Bolse
Judge J. L. Downing Dies After Car Crash West of Mountain Home
Jay L. Downing of Pocatello a fifth district Idaho judge, died in St. Alphonsus hospital Boise from a skull fracture after his car overturned five times following a highway departure near Mountain Home. Hitchhikers Byron Parsons and Earl Randolph suffered minor injuries. Born May 21 1890 in Sunfield Michigan he studied law at the University of Michigan.
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Jay L. Downing
Pocatello
Fifth Judicial District of Idaho
St. Alphonsus Hospital
Boise
Mountain Home
Downing
Robert Love
Elmore County
Roscoe Ward
Byron T. Parsons
Kentucky
Earl Randolph
Kansas
Sunfield
Michigan
Ann Arbor
University of Mich
Boiler blast injures many as 3 die on Century Limited wreck
The eastbound 20th Century Limited derailed after a boiler explosion near Canastota New York killing three crew members and injuring at least seven. 173 passengers were aboard. Names identified include engineer George Pierce Syracuse fireman J Christian Larsen Syracuse and traveling fireman Clarence Wicker Albany.
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Canastota
N. Y
New York
Syracuse
Joseph Endres
George Pierce
J. Christian Larsen
Clarence Wicker
Albany
E. O. Hirsch
Chicago
Army Sells Stevens Hotel in Chicago to Kirkeby
The Stevens hotel in Chicago sold to A. S. Kirkeby for 5.251 million dollars by the War Department. The under secretary of war approved the sale with a 176 thousand dollar down payment within ten days and the balance due in 120 days. Four bids were received for the 22 story property, which the army had held for the air forces training program at a net cost of 5.559 million.
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Washington
Stevens
Chicago
A. S. Kirkeby
War Department
Kirkeby
Army
Two Wrecks and Hotel Fire Fatal to 117
The labor day weekend death toll rose with major disasters. A Philadelphia railroad wreck killed 65 with higher totals expected. Canastota N Y lost three trainmen. a Houston hotel fire left 49 dead. Overall, historians note hundreds of holiday fatalities across transport and fires.
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Associated Press
Ican
Congressional Limited
Philadelphia
New York Central
Twentieth Century Limited
Canastota
N. Y
Houston
Texas
National Safety Council
California
Roosevelt and Churchill Seek Momentous Italian Peace Move
Washington reports indicate Roosevelt and Churchill renew war talks amid signs of a possible peace bid from Italy. Vatican official Enrico Galazzi travels to Washington while Marsall prepares for potential Allied invasion plans with Marshall as commander in Europe. Catholic leaders say they know little of Galazzi’s mission.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Italy
Radio Romeo
Enrico Galazzi
Vatican
Whic
Atlantic
England
United Nations
George C. Marsshall
U. S
Europe
British Isles
Marshall
Unitations
European
Galazzi
Pope Pius
Guggenheim Leaves Idaho Falls After Emergency Surgery
Solomon R. Guggenheim, 82, wealthy mining industrialist from the Guggenheim family, was released from Idaho Falls hospital after an emergency operation for a strangulated hernia. He had vacationed at his Island Park ranch, 80 miles north of Idaho Falls, and began return to New York City.
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Idaho Falls
Solomon R. Guggenheim
New York
Guggenheim
Idaho Falls L.D.S
New York City
Island Park Ranch
Crash Kills Idahoan in Heavy Bomber Collision
Eleven flyers were killed when two planes collided in flight Saturday over Dyersburg Tennessee. The base public relations office identified the deceased as Donald A. Gooder, a coder for Wah, and Mrs. Allen A. Gooder of Idaho.
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Dyersburg
Tenn
Donald A. Gooder
Coder
Wah
Allen A. Gooder
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Pennsylvania
J. Downing
Army Sells Hotel
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