Paris Liberated? Allied Drive Continues Amid Roving Chaos
Allied HQ reported Paris still contested as Patton’s 3rd Army thrust toward Troyes and a second Yank column near Montargis pressed the German garrison. French patriots rose in revolt denying a pledged armistice, while Leclerc’s 2nd Division supports street fighting and evacuations creep toward Le Havre and Rouen.
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George S. Patton
3Rd Army
Troyes
Orleans
Loing
Montargis
Paris
Radio France
Algiers
Tojnight
Versailles
Koenig
Cominique
London
Courtney Hedges
1St Army
Seine
Channel
le Havre
Conches
Blbeuf
Seine River
le Neuberg
Evreux
Dreux
Louviers
Elbeuf
Rouen
Jeanne d'Arc
Army advances as Polish and British forces move in Italy
Polish troops of the British Eighth Army capture San Giorgio and Piagge near the Metauro River and Italian units take Gagli near Cantiano. British forces push past Subbiano toward Salutio and Castelnuovo while patrols clash near Florence and shells fall on central and southern Florence.
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Rome
U.P
Eighth Army
San Giorgio
Piagge
Metauro
Adriatic
Ippolito
Gagli
Cantiano
Mount Maggiore
Arno
Prato Magno
Subbiano
Arezzo
Salutio
Castelnuovo
Florence
Everyone Has Own Ideas on Relaxation
Pulse Feelers survey gathers varied leisure thoughts from Velma Gold and others. Reforming routines include lying on the floor with a magazine, a six week mountain vacation, sleep, easy chairs with newspapers, radio listening, and summer swimming.
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Velma- Gold
W. D. Cloud
Iceman
Art Querry
R. B. Grove
Postman
Soldier absentee votes may delay 1944 election result
New York August 25 Associated Press survey shows over two million service members have requested absentee ballots and more will vote in November. Eleven states delay counting such ballots possibly delaying the outcome for weeks maybe until December 7 when Nebraska's absentee tally could decide seven electoral votes for Roosevelt or Dewey.
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New York
Spain
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
California
Missouri
Amarillo Area Weather Report
Weather bulletin notes cloudy conditions across Amarillo and vicinity with light rain and occasional thunder. West Texas expected mostly cloudy with intermittent rain, while New Mexico sees scattered showers today and Friday. Highs reach 85 to 95, 24 hour highs around 93 with a low near 69 and noon 74.
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U. S
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Freight wreck near Rams 19 miles west of Shamrock injures three
An east bound Rock Island freight crashed into an extra freight near Rams nineteen miles west of Shamrock early this morning. Five empty tank cars and an engine overturned while a caboose was damaged extensively. Three men were injured, none seriously. The wreck occurred between 4 and 5 o'clock.
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Rock Island
Rams
Shamrock
Rain Forecast Brought By Weatherman Winburn
Weatherman H C Winburn expressed hope for rain as light showers were predicted for this afternoon and tomorrow. Yesterday moisture was seen only in Hereford and the South Plains while clouds keep temperatures in the 80s.
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H. C. Winburn
Hereford
South Plains
Cherbourg Port Rebuilt Receives Allied Troops and Supplies
Cherbourg, a devastated Atlantic port, has been transformed into an Allied facility. It is now receiving troops and war supplies after secrecy around its operation was lifted to conceal German attempts to block the harbor.
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Merbourg
Cherbourg
U.P
France
Reds Rout Through Bessarabia and Romania Fronts
Soviet and Romanian front dispatches report heavy fighting as Red armies push 170 miles toward Bucharest. Tolbukhin’s Third Army advances to Saddo and Cetatea Alba while capturing Cetatea Alba mouth of the Dnieper. Konev’s First Ukrainian Army seizes Lechica and advances toward Krakow. Zakharov’s Second White Russian Army nears Lomza as Soviet forces push into Latvia and Estonia regions.
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Moscow
Bessarabia
Romania
Bucharest
Michael
Roman
Cernauti-Ploesti
Iasi
Fedor I. Tolbukhin
Saddo
Galati
Ploesti
Third
Black Sea
Cetatea-Alba
Dnepr
Odessa
Sarata
Danube River
Dnestr
Red Army
Ivan S. Konev
Krakow
Germany
Lechica
Roza
Tarnow
Warsaw
George Zakharov
Lomza
East Prussia
Tartu
Estonia
Riga
Air Colossus Bombers Strike Deep Into Germany and Balkans
Allied air forces led by American heavy bombers from Italy and Great Britain attacked central and northern Germany and Balkan targets as weather cleared. The raid included 750 Liberators and Fortresses targeting oil refineries, airfields, and industrial sites in Czechoslovakia Hungary Yugoslavia and Italy with 1,300 additional bombers and 750 fighters striking Germany from Britain. The US Eighth Air Force reported generally good to excellent results. British RAF Mosquitoes and Mitchells later attacked Cologne Ruhr and a German fuel dump near Dieppe with all aircraft returning safely.
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London
U.P
Italy
Great Britain
Germany
Balkan
Kolin
Pardubice
Prague
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Ferrara
Brux
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Eighth Air Force
Mersburg
Misburg
Ruhland
Freital
Dresden
Brunswick
Merseburg
Hannover
Weimar
Bordeaux Liberated By Allies
Allied troops and French partisans reportedly liberated Bordeaux the fourth largest city in France. Radio Algiers said interior forces occupied the port this morning with details unclear. Unconfirmed reports placed American units near Angouleme and along the Loire corridor.
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British Broadcasting Corporation
Bordeaux
United Press
New York
France
Radio
Algiers
Loire River
Nantes
Angouleme
The
Loire
Finnish Peace Rumors Grow As Minister Departs
Stockholm August 24. The Finnish minister to Sweden G A Gripenberg left for Helsinki by air in what is viewed as linked to Finland leaving the war. Reports say Finland has not yet sought direct contact with Moscow. Gripenberg has made a second Helsinki trip in two weeks. Observers think Romania's exit could speed action by Baron Mannerheim.
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Sweden
Stockholm
G. A. Gripersberg
Helsinki
Finland
Moscow
Gripenberg
Romania
Baron Mannerheim
Gunners Return After 10 Days With French Maquis
Sgt. Robert Allen of Austin Texas and Cpl. Harold Waldron of Columbia Alabama, B 26 gunners, returned to base today after ten days in enemy territory protected by French Maquis. They bailed out when their Marauder was shot down over Toulon on August 13 and were sheltered fed and hid by patriots until shelling forced them from the hills Tuesday night. An RAF officer found them near Toulon as he entered the town with French troops.
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Rome
Robert Allen
Austin
Tex
Harold Waldron
Columbia
Ala
Toulon
J W Roberson Killed In Action On July 10
J W Roberson son of J W Roberson of 700 Belleview Street has been killed in action in the Air Forces. He was enlisted in Amarillo in 1935 and served in the Army since. Survived by his father and a niece Mrs J T Dearen of Amarillo. Vi. For shingles lumber posts etc. See John Maynard Lumber Co.
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J. W. Roberson
Belleview Street
War Department
Amarillo
J. T. Dearen
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Public Hearing Focuses on Canadian River Flood Control
County officials from the Panhandle business leaders editors and landowners will attend a public hearing called by Col. F J Wilson Corps of Engineers to discuss flood control on the Canadian River. The 10 30 Friday morning session at the Amarillo Hotel will consider dam construction near Sanford and invite land owners to speak.
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Panhandle
Canadian River
Col
F. J. Wilson
Corps of Engineers
Amarillo Hotel
Sanford
Balkans in upheaval as Hungary Bulgaria Romania pivot toward Allies
Reports from Allied and Axis sources indicate Hungary facing a revolt with DNB claiming dissolution of political parties beneath Dame Szotjay. Bulgaria seeks Allied armistice terms as Romania shifts to join the Allies, with King Michael denouncing the Tripartite Pact and ordering troops to expel German forces from Transylvania.
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Bulgaria
Romania
Germany
Hitler
Balkan
DNB
Hungary
Dame Szotjay
London
Szotjay
Zurich
Ankara
United States
Britain
Sofia
Bucharest
Michael
Lamation
Transylvania
Moscow
CBS
Bern
Black Sea
Constanta
BBC
London Times
American Columns Seize Frontiers Near Swiss Border
Allied forces report a 68 mile rapid advance from Grenoble to the Swiss frontier with American battle flags near Lake Geneva. French troops push through Toulon after heavy bombardment as Marseille area livens with gains along the Rhone delta and Lyon area activity continues.
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Can
Grenoble
Toulon
George S. Patton
Troyes
Paris
Lake Geneva
Lyon
Italy
France
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Supreme Headquarters
AEF
Washington
Charles Collingwood
Pierre Koenig
Interior
Free French Empire
Europe
Ile de la Cite
Charles de Gaulle
French Committee of National Liberation
2Nd Army
Honfleur
Lisieux
Monnai
Bernay
Orbec
Thiboutere
Sth
Gli
U. S. Weather Bureau
Russell Stationery Company
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Murry Watts
Western Cowpunchers’ Association
Tri-State Fair
George Hayden
Mel Armstrong
John Snider
By Henry Shapiro
Austin Gunner
Maquis
Balkans
Slovakia
Cairo
FCC
Radio Bratislava
Eleanor Packard
Ameri
Henry Maitland Wilson
Marseille
Rhone River
Arles
Salon
Grenobie
Riviera
Chambray
Atlantic
Econtae
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