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ASKS FREEDOM
OF WORLD NEWS
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By John M. Hightower
WASHINGTON, D C. Sept.,11, i
—r(AP>~w\n American proposal
' to all the nations to join together^,
.4* and Vgua/antec* wortd freedom of -f
news, which would be one way j
to insure future peace, has been
drawn up here. It may be sub- f
mitted soon to othe nations.
The proposal was worked out1
by the State Department, and is j
known to have been underway
for* some time. i
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It is understood to cover two .
main points, one, that newsmen
should have the right tc gather I
news of whatever develops or ex
ists, and two, that they shoul
also be permitted to write or ■
transmit out of any country with
out hindrance, and that each!
country should permit unhind- i
ered receipt of. news from else-j
where in the world.
ALBERT CANAL ;
LINE BROKEN
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LONDON, Sept, 8, — <AP)—'The
allied battle term today brol
through the Alter Canal line and
and closed in on Liege and "Tetz.
Advances were csried to within
25 miles of the German frontier
on a 200 mile front to menace
Hitler’s Reich.
General Patch's northbound 7th j
army stabbed within 50 miles of
Belfort Gap in southwestern Ger
many.
There is apparent aspe ct'on
along the whole buffer front from
J the Siegfried line to the Rhine
river, as the Germans are putting
up the fiercest fight s are the bat
tle of Normandy.
:SEN. PEPPER
SUPPORTS F.D.R.
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A PORTLAND. Over, Sept, 11 —j
(AP)—Claude Pepper, Democratic j
Senator from Florida, said ‘ A Re
publican victory in November
will halt industrialization to the ;
hinterlands of America, and will
be a death toll to the “Good j
• Neighbor” policy. .
Sen. Pepper is a strong sup-:
4 porter for President Roosevelt,,
and charges that the Republican;
' administration is dominated by,
big business, and would attempt i
; to keep the west and south as
“Hewers of wood” and “drawers j
of waters’*.
FDR CHURCHILL
MEET IN QUEBEC
QUEBEC, Quebec, Sept., 11, —
(AP>—President Roosevelt and
Prime Minister Winston Church
ill met once again and began at
once a victory conference, in the
Moated, and ivy-covered citadel
in Canada's oldest city.
The President’s secretary said
tliat the inspection tour of he
Pacific, Pearl Harbor and the Al
eutians, in conjunction with his
conferences with MacArthur and
TVimitr, were necessary prelim
inaries to this conference.
When, asked if the conference
would stress the wrar in the Pac
ific.^he stated, “It would be large
ly so”.
As Churchill met the Pres
i" .fecit, hs exclaimed, “Victories
everywhere", and then shook
hands.
Churchill arrived via Halifax,
while the President came from
tl e south across the border an
hour earlier.
Both Mrs. Churchill and Mrs.
Roosevelt accompanied their hus
band-, and Fala, the President’s
dog, -curried everywhere.
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F OH j ft Ox
LONDON, Sept., 11, — (API
More than 1000 American heavy
bombers struck at industrial tar
gets in Germany for the third
day in succession, while other
swarms of allied planes struck
from bases in England, and from
the north and south of France.
Fortresses and Liberaors atack
edMeresburg, Lutzkendorf and
Mvsburg. just a few hours after
the RAF Mosquitos created fresh
havoc in Berlin.
A great fleet of British heavy
bombers besieged LeHavre.
More than 5000 tons of bombs
were dropped on Germany dur
ing the day as weather permitted
Visual bombing of the cities
named
VON KLUGE IS
DEAD, REPORT
VON KLUGE
LONDON, Sept., 11, —fAP>—A
captured German general con
firmed field reports that Field
Marshal Von Klug«~k dead, arid
that General Rommel was ser
iously wounded, a Reuters d*s->
patch from the British 2nd army
headquarters said.
FRENCH ARMY
IN DIJON
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ROME, Italy, Sept., I —
French Troops penetrated the ou1»
skirts of Dijon, an important com
munications center, 156 miles
southeast of Paris. Other unit’s
in conjunction with the 7th army
met with biter opposition in the
battle for Belfor Gap.
Allied headquarers said that
American units of Patch’s 7th.
army advanced to RougemonT,
25 miles from the historic gate
way to southwest Germany.
French troops are inching their
way through the Jura mountains
along the Swiss frontier, and are
meeting with stiffening resistance.
! French forces fighting near
Blamont, 16 miles south of Bel
fort, and 36 miles by airline to
! the German frontier, report that
I the Nazis are making a last des
perate stand to keep the Belfort
Gap lifeline open. They now
find that they are in a bottleneck
with the French to the south and
the Americans to the west.
The French advance at Rouge
mont virtually sewed up the es
cape cdjrridbr for the Gorman
19th army.
REDS STEAM UP
DANUBE RIVER
MOSCOW, Sept., 11, — fAP)
The Red army is driving the Ger
, man and Hungarian troops from
strongholds in the Carpathian
i mountains, by frontier flank as
saults, after crushing enemy re
sistance in Transylvania.
; Armored troops are less than
30 miles from the Transylvanian
capitol of Kluj, and are advanc
ing to control the entire mountain
area which protects Hungary.
The Soviet Radio increased its
I intensity in appeals to the Hungar
! ian and Austrian people, to throw
off the Nazi yoke, as the Red ar
j my rolls closer to them.
| Soviet flotillas are steaming up
j the Danube river toward the
! “Iron Gate”.
These forces are expected to
assist in the crossing into north
western! Serbia.
It is indicated that the lull on
the eastern front will explode in
to one on the bigges drives of the
war.
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Attention Pioneers of Alaska ...
... The Pioneer men will meet ai
the Masonic Temple, Wednesday
evening at 8:00 pm.
AIR ROAMERS
SINK TANKER
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GEN ERAJL HE ADQU ART ER|&4
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC Sept.,
11. —<APv— Roaming unchalleng
ed in a 12fi0 mile bombing arc
from the Band*$ Sea to the Phil
ippines, allied aircraft sank a
10,000 tanker and smashed sev
eral airfields. Headquarters re
ported that there were 4 succes
sive sweeps ove Halmahera and
an assault on the Dutch Celebes.
t Among the aerial forays
against the Japanese aircraft fac
-ilities in this area, Navy Cat
alina bombers are patrolling near
Zamboanga on Mindanao island
and sank a tanker ove the week
end. This is the lasgest ves
end. This is the largest ves
Philippine waters.
Liberators unloaded 180 Ions of
explosives on Langoan airdrome
in the Dutch Celebes, in the heav
iest raid on that part of western
New Guinea. They destroyed
runway installations and several
planes on the field, then cruised
to the westward and sank a
1200 ton freighter.
Another group of Liberators
swept the Banda Sea and des
troys or damaged many .grounded
planes in the Kai islands.
MRS. B. G. BAKER IS
ON HER VACATION
Mrs. B. G. Baker, district nurse
i stationed here for the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, left yesterday by
plane, for a visit with her fam
ily in Minneapolis.
Mrs. Baker has worked un
flinchingly both by day and night
for the welfare of the native peo
ple for whom she was- caring.
With the influx of natives from
: other villages all over the penin
! sula, her work has been extreme
| ly hard, as she has had no add
I itional help.
She is the: wife of Mr. B. G.
Baker, of Polet’s Store, an who
is a candidate for the House of
I Representatives ’ on the repub
lican ticket).
BEN GILLETTE IS
IN FROM CAMP
Ben Gillette, well-known mine
■operator is in town from his
camp at Anvil creek.
REMEMBER TO VOTE
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The voting booths in the
! City Hall will be open from
! 8:00 anu, to 7:00 pm.
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1st ARMY' FIGHTS
y
IN GERMANY
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF
THE ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCES IN FRANCE, Sept., 11,
—(AP)—Allied troops are offic
ially reported fighting on German
soil tonight.
General Hodges and his 1st
army crossed the border, beyond
Luxemburg, in easonable strength
; some 5 miles north of the Ger
man town of Trier, this afternoon
and are now more than 5 miles
inside the Reich.
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I LONDON. Sept. 11, __(AP)—
British troops are reported strik
ing into Holland, sweeping tow
ard the north end of the Sieg
fried line, after a mass slaughter
of Germans.
The U. S. 1st army punched
less than 10 miles of the German
border in two places, capturing
the capitol of the Dutchy of Lux
emburg.
American troops are bombard
( ing the German border city of
l Aachen, for the first time in his
j tory. This city is, a troop con
centration center.
A Brussels broadcast stated
that the British had crossed he
Netherlands border tor the first
time, although earlier reports
said they had done so before.
Another frontline dispatch said
the British forces had stormed a
cross the Schede Meuse canal,
which is the last water barrier
before the Dutch frontier, after
a 3-day battle, in which 12,000
prisoners were taken.
GERMAIN WAR
END NOVEMBER
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LONDON, Sept., 11, —CAPlGen.
Eisenhower now has 4 big armies
in position against the vaunted
Seigfried line for a knockout
punch.
A dispatch from his headquar
ters said that the end of the war
in Germany would come early in
November. Even the Siegfried
line appears to be of little con
cern to the allied advances at a
terrific pace.
The only concern is supplies,
and gas and oils for the vehicles
which are making rocket-like ad
vances into' German territory
Howard Cowan, AP correspon
dent, who has been representing
the entire American press, had
a dispatch held up for 5 day*.
It was released today, and it sta
ted it was his belief that the last
big battle in the west has .already
foeon fought.