Allies Drill Cross Channel Invasion In Northern France
Allied air fleets blasted Nazi targets across northern France in day and night operations as mock amphibious landings formed a channel umbrella. Flying Fortresses and Spitfires led assaults on airfields and coastal defenses while R A F Typhoons and Marauders attacked Dunkirk area targets amid a week-long prelude to a possible invasion.
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London
Italy
France
Straits of Dover
British Isles
Air Ministry
United States Army
Paris
Europe
England
Hitler
R. A. FL
Britain
Dover-Folkestone Road
United States Flying Fortresses
Channel
Iran Declares War on Germany in World War II Timing
Reuters from Tehran reports Iran has declared war on Germany. Iran with about 12 million people fields a 120000 strong army including 32000 officers and an air force with modern British-made planes. Neighboring Iraq, once Mesopotamia, declared war on the Axis on January 16 1943.
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London
Reuters
Teheran
Iran
Rusia
Germany
Persia
Britain
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Dewey Urges Bond Purchases For War Drive
Governor Thomas E. Dewey spoke at the New York dedication of the Third War Loan Drive warning against easing war effort after news of the Axis partner’s alleged crack up. He said New York is asked to supply nearly one third of the national goal of 15 billion in War Bonds and that success depends on small subscribers, not a few rich individuals or big corporations.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Italy
Dewey
Frontiers Closed and Nazi Nest Raids Reported
A radio announcement said the German Italian frontier was closed to civilians by train. Allied forces began a systematic campaign to destroy Nazi fighter nests, with Lille-Vendeville attacked on August 31 and about thirty other fields damaged. The Allies reportedly revisited the list and resumed the top targets.
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England
France
Channel
French
U. S
Lille-Vendeville
Lille-Nord
R.A.F. Mitchells
Vitry-en-Artois
London
Germany
Guard Regiment to Use New Weapons in Sham Battle
The New York State Guard Second Regiment plans a large scale mock battle at Saratoga Battlefield using tanks jeeps and scout cars. Units split into Blue and Red armies with local companies and a military police battalion providing equipment and communications. Umpires will be Maj. W. Frank Leversee and Capt. William Birkby while soldiers rehearse extended order signals and field maneuvers at Bemis Heights.
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Saratoga
New York State Guard
Old Battlefield
Morgan Hull
Fort Nelson
Timothy Murphy
767Th
Akers
State Guard
Blue Army
Red Army
Troy
John B. Prout
Hoosick Falls
James A. Brahan
Military Police
Lester J. Eustace
Cohoes
James A. Cain
Robert W. Bulman
Red Forces
Frank Gordon
Stephen H. Curtis
W. Frank Leversee
Joseph A. Gasheen
Michael Caulfield
John Kennedy
Edward A. Lory
Peter Bat
Kenneth Brown
Sydney Dworsky
Rankin Mealey
Arthur Durnage
Joseph Palmer
David Detony
Charlies Rosenberg
Bemis Heights
Wiliam L. Thompson
Third Brigade
William Birkby
Saraloxge Rattlefield
New York Guard
Troy Armory
John Corcoran
William G. Dippo
Detaia
Dictionary Guide to Word Origins Promoted by Frank Colby
A tradition of teaching P s and Q s is highlighted in a promotional piece for Frank Colby's Curious Word Origins pamphlet. It argues that many words contain hidden substrings and urges readers to consult a dictionary to avoid errors in spelling and usage.
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Frank Colby
Reich Cities Evacuated Aims Berlin Says
London via UPI reports a Swiss frontier dispatch stating Berlin officially announces evacuation of major southern German and Austrian cities including Vienna, Munich, Augsburg, Graz, and Stuttgart as soon as possible.
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London
UPI
The
Daily Express
Berlin
Germany
Austria
Vienna
Munich
Augsburg
Graz
Stuttgart
State Outlaws Jim Crow School in Albany
The State Education Department ordered the Hilburn Board of Education to arrange facilities for both white and colored children without segregation. Classes were suspended until Monday after eight Negro children enrolled but failed to report. authorities said parents would not send children until white and Negro students were taught together.
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Albany
State Education Department
Hilburn Board of Education
Auburn
Davidson
September meeting plans for harvest home supper at church
The September gathering of W S C 3 of Memorix Methodist Church met at Fidelity room on Wednesday. Mrs Wallace Bri and others led devotional. Abs Wiltse reported nearing year goals. Plans outlined for the 52nd harvest home supper on Sept 23 from 4 39 to 7 pm with committees and workers named. Personal note: Mrs John Miller of South Lake Avenue recovering after surgery at Leonard Hospital.
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W. S.C
Memorix Methodist Church
Fidelity Ss Rgom
Wallace
Stewart
Powers
Leste Coonrad
Thomas MacArthur
Stanley Wiltse
Hitchen
Mjsrs
A. Pleckner
Liam Patton
F. Reiner
Fred McCabe
Robert Husband
Charles Pratt
Lester G. Coonradt
Coffer
Sarah Johnson
Millard Carle
Wesley Griffith
MacArthur
Gilbert Lindgren
Henless
Grifath
Pper
Wiltse
Thomas Tynan
Maude
Lillian Miller
Daniel Gould
Leta Hussey
Henry Lawless
Russell
John Miller
South Lake Avenue
Leonard Hospital
Surrender Of Italy Seen As Good Omen By Stimson
Stimson argued Italy's surrender could lift Allied morale and signal a broader victory, while warning that Germany and Japan were not yet defeated. He stressed the moral factor of freeing Italians and maintaining renewed confidence as Allied gains expand in Sicily and southern Italy.
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Spinasg
Apple
Kahan
Germany
Japan
Jimeson
Northfrica
Naples
Sicily
Ita Stimaon
Stimson
Italy
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Tion
Lansingburg
Frontier
United States War Savings Bonds
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Cohoes Banks
Sham
Blockhouse
Susanna
Moscow
Ark
Coop
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Roosevelt
Reich
Peterman
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Glasses On Credit
Max E. Rubin
Rudolph
Third Street
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Ultex Clothing
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