Allied push slows Germans as Boulogne falls and Calais siege begins
Boulogne captured and Allied forces press toward Calais with heavy fighting around Metz and Aachen. Patton's Seventh Army pushes toward Belfort while Canadians trap thousands at Boulogne and advances reach near the Schelde estuary at Terneuzen. Arnheim airborne unit endures multi direction fire.
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Moselle
Seventh Army
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le Porte
Wimereux
Antwerp
Philippine
Schelde
Terneuzen
Arnheim
Farmers Wives Cease Transporting German Prisoners
In Peabody Kansas Lt Col L H Shafer ordered farmers wives to stop driving prisoners to and from Fort Riley camps. Local citizens complained that wives mended clothing and baked for the 1500 German workers. The purge followed a branch camp scene with women unloading prisoners and one with a child on a prisoner’s lap.
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Kans
Kansas
L. H. Shafer
Fort Riley
Hall Testimony Continues In Dorsey Apartment Incident
Testimony reveals details of a grand jury transcript filed with the clerk of the superior court. Hall described leaving a party at the Dorsey apartment and returning with Miss Jane Churchill of Kansas City Missouri to retrieve her purse. He recounted an exchange with bandleader Dorsey and said Dorsey struck him with a heavy object.
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Hall
Dorsey
Jane Churchill
Kansas City
Tommy
Pine Grove School Closes in Clarke County
Clarke County School Board closes Pine Grove School in Blue Mountain to provide better facilities. Teacher Pauline Saunder and students move to Berryville school where Saunder will teach part of the second grade. Berryville enrolls about 700 in total with 510 elementary and 150 high school students. Six buses serve the county transporting 900 children daily.
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Clarke County School Board
Pine Grove
Blue Mountain
Archie F. Robertson
Pauline Saunder
Berryville
Saunders
Robertson
Boyce
Belgium Declares Prince Charles Regent Amid King Leopold Absence
Press dispatches from Brussels report the Belgian parliament voted to install Prince Charles as regent in King Leopold's absence as he is held by the Germans. The swearing in was timed for today according to the dispatches.
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London
Brussels
Prince Charles
Belgium
Leopold
Public May Again View Constitution
The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution will be returned to public review in the Library of Congress on October 1. Librarian Archibald MacLeish announced the papers have been kept in a location of very great security since they were removed from public display December 26, 1941.
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Washngton
Library of Congress
Archibald MacLeish
Librarian of
Congress
Senate Adopts Tenadayme for Congressional Beginning
The Senate adopted without debate Tenadetme for a Congressional session starting this afternoon and running until November 14. The resolution allows Congress to be recalled for emergencies by presiding officers or by a joint written request from party leaders of both houses.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Headquarters Taken Near Eindhoven in Holland
German radio claimed at 4 30 p m today that the staff headquarters of an American airborne division had been captured north of Eindhoven in Holland. No official Allied comment was immediately available.
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London
Eindhoven
Holland
Nazis Exhorted To Greater War Effort
London reports a German high command radio message urging frontline troops to halt Allied advances at any cost. The spokesman warned that Soviet and Allied victory would mean the soldiers face death by their own hand, while promising new weapons and reinforcements.
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London
Germany
Star News Summary Card
Local and national briefs compiled for quick reading. This item highlights ongoing events, key figures, and notable developments across communities and world affairs.
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the Star
Three New Polio Cases Reported in Virginia
Richmond report shows three new polio cases bringing Virginia total to 544 since June 1 and 190 since September 1. The cases are from Campbell, Montgomery and Henrico counties.
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Richmond
Bureau of Communicatie
Campbell
Montgomery
Henrico
Verena Sarver Appeals $100 DUI Fine
Verena P. Sarver of Clearbrook was fined $100 and costs for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence and has appealed the Trial Justice Court decision.
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Verena P. Sarver
Clearbrook
Jigner
Trial Justice Court
Kyger Guilty On Four Charges
Elmer Kyger of Clearbrook was arraigned before Trial Justice W Erle Edwards on four charges. He was fined 25 dollars plus costs, had his driver's license suspended six months, and received a 30 day suspended jail sentence. Charges included operating with an improper license and without an operator's license, leaving the scene of an accident, and reckless driving.
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Elmer Kyger
Clearbrook
W. Erle Edwards
Clarke Rural Schools To Be Sold By Clarke County Board
Clarke County School Board lists six county schools and surrounding land up for sale on Saturday September 23 starting at 1 30 PM in front of Berryville Court House. Included are Glendale School building only Gaylord Hawthorne Louisville Providence Chapel Millwood with various acreages.
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Berryville Court House
Glendale
Gaylord
Hawthorne
Louisville
Providence Chapel
Millwood
Blockade and Internal Strife Plague Allied Burma Campaign
The article details China’s prolonged war, blockade, and dissident regional leaders undermining Chiang Kai Shek. It notes growing communist strength in north China, inflation and shortages, and a complicated Allied command with Stilwell Mountbatten Auchinleck shaping plans for Burma.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai Shek
Kwangsi Province
Joseph Stilwell
Chiang
All
Southeast
Burma
Louis Mountbatten
Mountbatten
Claude Auchinleck
India
Auchinleck
Rangoon
Wash
Chinese Leaders Urged by Washington and Chungking
Washington and Chungking have done what they could to encourage Chinese leaders, but it is felt here that more decisive steps are needed to solidify cooperation and curb growing tensions.
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Ington
Chungking
Real Encouragement Hinges on Proving Supplies Are on the Way
The only real encouragement is proof that long awaited supplies are really on the way. Such proof could come only in Germany's defeat and the transfer of forces to the Pacific theater.
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Germany
Ihe Pacific
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