Russians Capture Taganrog In South Ukraine
Soviet forces advance south and west of Kharkov and in the Donets Basin threaten 800000 German troops as Taganrog is evacuated after being described as completely destroyed. The drive aims toward the Dnieper bend, with Germans retreating from Rostov and Mius front.
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Berlin
Kharkov
Voroshilovgrad
Donets
Ths
Taganrog
High Command
Stalingrad
Rostov
Mius
Mariupol
Russia
Caucasus
Asia
Donets Basin
Lyubotin
Kursk-Kiev
Poltava
Krasnograd
Orel
Dnieper
Dniepropetrovsk
Anything Can Happen In A Family Room Heist
A man in Philadelphia let two youths inside to rob him at gunpoint, fleeing with 875 dollars. The Hollywood war effort features pin-up photography for service members, with Goldwyn staging a September 10 pin-up party at his studio and pictures taken by Army Navy and Marine photographers. In Milwaukee a man leaped from a second story window during a blackout and was aided by police who found an offender at a fuse box. Des Moines notes an odd license renewal request from Pvt Leonard S. Collard of Manchester Iowa, with a pennied extension for armed forces members.
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Philadelphia
Max Borland
Hollywood
Samuel Goldwyn
Goldwyn
Army
Navy
Marine
Milwaukee
George Mochowiak
Des Moines
Iowa Public Safety Department
Sicily
Pvt
Leonard
Collard
Manchester
President Roosevelt Returns to Washington Postwar Conference
President Roosevelt returned to Washington yesterday following the Quebec war conference and arranged appointments with diplomatic and military officials. The list includes Chinese foreign minister Dr. T. V. Soong Secretary Hull Gen. George C. Marshall Army chief of staff and Gen. H. Harnold commanding Army Air Forces.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Quebec
T. V. Soong
Hull
George C. Marshall
H. Harnold
Army Air Forces
Danes Fight Nazis to Last Bullet
Reports from Denmark describe fierce resistance as Royal Guard crews disabled German tanks near Copenhagen and Danes resisted martial law. Prime Minister Scavenius resigned, king and cabinet were targeted, and many officials jailed or placed under house arrest as Denmark collapsed into direct Nazi rule.
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Jaegersborg
Copenhagen
Scavenius’ Gov Stamient
Sweden
Christian X
Sorgenfri
Amalienborg
Royal Summer Castle
Niels Hasager
Politken
Gunnar Nielsen
Nationaltidende
London
Oeresund
Denmark
British Broadcasting Corp
Christians
Seattle
Landskrona
Hermann von Hannecken
Werner Best
Eric Scavenias
Service Flag Dedicated at Poestenkill
Twenty four Poestenkill Lutheran Church communicants in the armed forces were honored as the service flag was dedicated. Mothers Mrs Louise Jones and Mrs Hanna Gundersen bore the flag while Rev Robert J Van Deusen led prayers. Bruce Fisher played organ selections as the pastor marked the end of his Poestenkill ministry and announced his move to Gilead Lutheran Church Center Brunswick.
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Poestenkill Lutheran
Louise Jones
Hanna Gundersen
Robert J. van Deusen
Garrett Ives
DeWitt Christie
Chird Council
Harry Goeyen
Prout
Father
Bruce Fisher
Lorenz
Chopin
Rinck
van Deusen
Poestenkill
Gilead Lutheran Church
Center Brunswick
Charles Toussaint
Laws Bubie
Kenneth Miller
Georgen
Jail Suspect in Capital Murder
Washington police took 35-year-old radio mechanic John Walter Morton into custody on capital murder charges for the attack and slaying of 57-year-old Grace Grubb Groome whose battered body was found in Rock Creek Park. A witness identified a blood-stained man fitting Morton’s description boarding a streetcar near the park Saturday. Groome, a divorcee and former auto company employee, was killed Sunday.
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Washington
Murderer Of WAC Still Sought
An 18 year old youth told a guard at a New Castle Indiana factory he feared he was the WAC killer. Police chief Don Long said he doubted the claim and the prisoner was sent to Indianapolis for interrogation. Coroner Dr Ray Storms noted autopsy findings of blunt head injuries, multiple facial lacerations, throat wound, and wrist cuts suggesting possible postmortem harm. The body was prepared for shipment to Greenville Georgia after examination at Fort Benjamin Harrison.
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WAC
New Castile
Ind
Wacs
Don Long
Long
Indianapolis
Corp
Ridings
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Warm Springs
Annie Bullock
Dorothy Schrantz
The
Columbus, Gay Ledger
Roosevelt
New York
Corp. Ridings
Camp Atterbury
Billings General Hospital
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Greenville
Ray B. Storms
Saratoga Towns Need Apple Pickers
Saratoga Springs Farm Labor office seeks 150 harvest workers for Saratoga County orchards. Sept 10 to Oct 11 harvest window, 5 to 20 workers per applicant. Pay ranges 50 cents an hour up to 10 cents per box. Workers may be men women or youths. gasoline coupons offered for transportation.
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Saratoga County
Farm Labor Office
Saratoga Springs
Wiliam J. Cutbush, Jr
Ballston
Mitton
Clifton Park
Little
Extension Service
Extension Minutemen
Boy Admits Slaying Found in Polk County pasture
Sheriff Dewitt Sinclair said the body of 14 year old Eugene Matthews was found in a Polk County cow pasture after a four week disappearance. A 15 year old acquaintance Edwin Martin of Bartow confessed to fatally shooting Matthews in the back on August 3 to settle an old grudge and is held on first degree murder charges.
Farm Production Sees New Record in 1940s Outlook
Secretary Wickard announces at the Rural Electrification Administration conference that farm output will rise about one third above the 1934–39 average and 43 percent above World War I levels, despite a 14 percent drop in manpower. He says overall production will hit a new five year record if weather cooperates, with civilian food supply near the 1935–39 average. He spoke at the opening of a four day postwar planning conference.
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St. Louis
Wickard
Rural Electrification Administration
Dempsey Chosen to Lead Washington County Democrats
In Hudson Falls last night the Washington County Democratic Committee named Robert J. Dempsey as chairman to replace Paul A. Rowan who led the party for seven years. Rowan declined renomination and left with his supporters before adjournment. Eleanor Fitzgerald stepped down as secretary and Guy Johnson of Salem was elected secretary and treasurer. Marion D. Kelleher became vice chairman and Edgar Watlans named sergeant at arms. Walter LaRowe was chosen as district committeeman for District 3 to replace Joseph R. McLaren. The committee endorsed Lieut. Gen. William W. Haskell for lieutenant governor.
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Washington County
Democrats
Court House
Hudson Falls
Robert J. Dempsey
Dempsey
Paul A. Rowan
Granville
Rowan
Eleanor Fitzgerald
Whitehall
Guy Johnson
Salem
Frank Barber
Dresden
Marion D. Kelleher
Fort Edward
Edgar Watlans
Jackson
Walter LaRowe
Kingsbury
Joseph R. McLaren
Wiliam W. Haskell
Park homicide suspect admits presence with victim
Police said Morton acknowledged he was with the victim in the park Saturday morning before her body was found by a geologist during a morning stroll. He denies killing her. The victim had moved to the area 14 years ago from Logan County Kentucky.
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Morton
Logan County
Kentucky
Blackout At Cohoes Successful
Cohoes residents show growing acclimation to blackout drills as civil protection reports praise the test. Earl McDermott notes civil protection units functioned perfectly with three simulated incidents. The warning sequence ran 8:55 yellow, 9:23 blue, 9:37 red, 9:47 blue, and 10:00 white all clear.
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Cohoes
Grand Union
Columbia Street
Earl McDermott
Utah Whisky Ration Cut Again in Utah
Utah state authorities cut whisky allotment in half announcing that starting September 1 licensed holders may purchase one quart of whisky monthly and one bottle of wine semi monthly. Sour wine is added to restricted list while Utah law continues to ban sale by the drink and restricts liquor purchases to state stores.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
State Liquor Control Commission
Death House Condemned Sing Sing Prison Abandoned
The famous Sing Sing death house is abandoned as a housing building. The old structure housed 36 condemned cells once used for trusties with emergency night duties, while inmates under death sentence were confined in the newer facilities for years.
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New York
Sing Sing
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