Allies Cross River Marne Enter Meaux In World War I Echo
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITARY FORCE reports Allied troops crossed the Marne and captured Meaux 22 miles east of Paris sweeping toward German lines of retreat. The push extends north along the Seine with bridgeheads, threatening Le Havre and Brest as American, British, and Canadian forces encircle German positions in a widening advance toward Paris and beyond.
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James M. Lang
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Reich
Marne
Meaux
Paris
Sedan
Chateau-Therry
Seine
Tilesea
English Channel
Séine
Houen
Joan of Arc
Rouen
Pranre
le Havre
Pas de Calais
Mantes
Vernon
Etbeuf
Pont-de- Lorche
U. S
Laguy
Algiers
Vitry
Verdun
Troyes
Arcis-sur-Aube
Saar
Germany
Melun
Provins
Peey
Nangis
Lagny
Chateau- Muerry
Proving
Pecy
Chateau
Yhierry
Nogent
Fontainesleau
Breton
Brest
Trusties Released to Aid Firestone Tire Plant
Akron reports Sheriff Walter P. ONeill releasing eight county jail trusties daily to work forenoon shifts at the Firestone Tire and Rubber company. The men will sleep at the jail while assigned to duties at the plant, easing the labor shortage.
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Akron
Summit County
Walter FP. Oneill
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
New French government forms in liberated Paris amid parade
Paris hosts a tumultuous weekend as a new French government emerges in liberated Paris with De Gaulle amid Eisenhower and allied leaders. German bombing leaves 110 dead and 718 injured while crowds fill Champs Elysees. Paris Radio reports quiet Monday as resistance leaders join the new administration.
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Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Charles de Gaulle
Snipen
London
Algiers
Quartus Cerat
de Gaulle
Cerat
Champs- Elysees
Eisenhower
Arc de Triomphe
Kansas Prairie
Omar N. Bradley
U. S
Joseph Pierre Koenig
Inter- Hier
Jacques LeClerc
2Nd Armored Division
Arthur Tedder
Leonard T. Gerow
Miss Thordsen Wins Fall Garden Show Sweepstakes
Miss Bessie Thordsen, 63 percent Ninth Avenue, led the Nonpareil fall garden show as overall winner in the vegetable and fruit division. Earl H. New announced the results. Close runner up was Mrs. E. H. Sylvester. Other divisional winners included John Nicolint and Mrs. Pearl Edson. Prizes included a sweepstake with a 350 maturity value.
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Bessie Thordsen
Earl H. New
Thordsen
E .H. Sylvester
John Nicolint
Canning Street
Pearl Edson
South Tenth Street
Weather forecast for Council Bluffs region and Nebraska
The Weather section outlines a Memorial Day weekend forecast for Council Bluffs and nearby areas, with fair and warmer conditions in Iowa followed by increasing clouds and a chance of showers later Tuesday. Nebraska sees fair and warmer conditions with highs ranging from the upper 70s to the upper 80s, calm evenings, and warmer readings into Tuesday.
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U.S
Fake War Hero Bound Over on Federal Charge
Willam Hugh Welch, 19, displayed in court a fake “war hero” persona claiming service with the Flying Tigers in China. He waived preliminary hearing and was bound over on a charge of illegal wearing of military uniforms after being arrested in Clarinda while donning a Second Lieutenant Army Air Corps outfit with medals. Authorities noted he never left the United States and held a highest rank of staff sergeant. Welch listed Omeana Illinois and Riverside California as homes. bond set at 1010 dollars.
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Willam Hugh Welch
United States
Ralph Ferguson
Welch
Omeana
Riverside
Calif
Clarinda
Wells
Clarinda J
Ed Hips Jey
Army Air Corps
China
Pacific
FBI
Thumbs Ride Back to Prison Camp
Lisban FBI said German POW Jonny Hoffmann, 32, escaped Camp Stark on August 18. He thumbed a ride north of Lisbon to Police Chief Harry Androgs who recognized him and drove him to the Lisbon jail. Army officials then sent him back to Camp Stark with FBI agents.
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Lisbon
Jonny Hoffmann
Camp
Stark
FBI
Hoffmann
Harry T. Androgs
Husband to Be Bakes Announcement Cakes at Wedding
In Fairview a bride Mary Vir El Johnson and Rev Randall Parker plan marriage. Parker, a student minister serving three Methodist churches, baked two angel food cakes for Saturday night reception. The couple will wed later this month at a local church.
Bulgaria Inches Toward Allied Peace Terms In Moscow
London reports surrender terms for Bulgaria will be handed to a Nazi satellite envoy in Cairo within days while armistice terms for Romania are expected to be signed soon in Moscow. Terms prepared by the European advisory commission include Greek and Yugoslav protections for Bulgars, with pressure on Germany’s remaining allies to quit. Pravda urges nations to abandon the Nazis to avoid shared fate, while noting Russia’s nonbelligerent stance toward Bulgaria.
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London
Bulgaria
Cairo
Romania
Moscow
Balkan
European Advisory Commission
Washington
Germany
Finland
Hungary
Slovakia
Communist Party
Pravda
Russia
Red Troops Reported to Be in Transylvania
An unconfirmed dispatch claims columns of two large Russian armies pushed into Transylvania, threatening 50 miles into the region. The area’s 16,642 square miles were carved from Romania and given to Hungary by a 1840 Vienna dictate, with reported counterattacks by Hungarian and German troops to halt enemy entry through the eastern Carpathians. Russian assaults at Piatra-Neamt near Transylvania were reported foiled.
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London
Lartasters
Sundy
Air Ministry
Berlin
Nazi Europe
Italy
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Czecho-Slovakia
Mumoyecques
Pas de Calais
Rhineland
Mannheim
Low Countries
Moe
Transylvania
Moscow
VPI
Russia
Rowe Mania
Ramatia
Hitler
Vienna
Eastern
Carpathians
Piatra-Neamt
Mercury Dips to Near Record Across Regions
Cold snap grips much of the nation with near record lows from Des Moines to Charlotte. Des Moines hit 42 degrees as August 28 yielded the second coldest reading. Kansas City tied a record low maximum at 63. Boston’s 37 and Philadelphia’s 30000 at the Athletics game reflected widespread chilly conditions. Temperatures were higher in the sunlit South though Georgia and Indianapolis reported frost-like mornings.
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Weather Bureau
Onawa
Iowa
Towa
Wichita
Boston
Kansas City
Charlotte
N.C
Indianapolis
New York
Fifth Avenue
Yuma
Anz
Iowa Woman Ends Life by Hanging Herself
New Hartford coroner Dr. F C McKean reported Monday that 24 year old Mrs Minert Priysner hanged herself Sunday in the Prusner Place double corner of the Priusner property at the west edge of New Hartford She had been despondent over ill health and the death is considered a case of suicide by hanging.
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New Hartford
F. C McKean
Allison
Butler County
Minert Priysner
Prusner Place
New Hertford
Pipr
Nazis Withdraw to Gothic Line in Italy Front
Allied forces press the German retreat to the Gothic line in northern Italy as Polish troops push through Metauro and Arzilla sectors toward Pesaro Rimini and Fano. Sth Army reports significant enemy losses while 8th Army advances cross the Maggiore river and take Fesombrone. British troops move near Pontassieve as German withdrawals continue north and east of Florence.
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Ank
Rome
Italy
Metauro
Arzilla
Advacas
Sth
Adriatic
Pesaro
Rimini
Fano
Arzilia
8Th Army
Maggiore
Fesombrone
Florence
Arno
Pontasmere
Remnants of Nazi Armies Pressed in Southern France Escape Bid
American forces moved into the Rhone valley north of Montelimar as they closed in on retreating German units. Field dispatches say more than half of the German garrison in southern France had been killed wounded or captured in under five weeks, with At least 50,000 front line troops knocked out since the invasion began.
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Gen. de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Preich
Interior
Rome
France
Hilasia
Mark W. Clark Dechire
Y2nd
Italy
Sth
George Tucker
UPI
Rhone
Montelimar
Marseille
Reds Pour Into Ploesti Oil Region Amid Romanian Breakthrough
Moscow dispatches report two massive Soviet mobile armies racing toward Bucharest after breaking Nazi defenses at Galati and advancing through Ploesti oil country. Romanian forces reportedly sided with the Allies against Germany, while German broadcasts conceded a precarious position. Surrender notices note German corps and generals yielding 18,000 troops, with Axis casualties surpassing 300,000 in eight days of the Romanian offensive.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Ploesti
Romania
Bucharest
Galati Gap
Rent
Germany
Feodor I. Toltukhin
Rodion Y. Malnovsky
Focansi
Galati
Nezi
Ramphul-Sarat
Vocansi
Ploesul
Malinovsky
Ploest
Transylvanian Alps
Tobukhin
Danube
Carpathians
Galati Cap
Transylvanian
Gomanesti
Focaani
Targu-Oena
Chisinau
Praga
Warsaw
Georgia Quadruplets Said to Have Fair Chance to Live
Four baby boys born to Mrs. Charles E. Lee in Hall county Memorial hospital near Gainesville weigh about three pounds each. Doctors say they are normal and have a good chance to live. two are in oxygen tents. Father Pvt. Lee stationed at Camp Blanding, Fla., hopeful to return home after the war. The mother, 23, had a three year old daughter and will breastfeed with medical support as the quads grow toward five pounds.
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Gainsville
Hall County Memorial Hospital
Charles E. Lee
Oxygen Tenta. Pvt
Lee
Camp Blanding
Fla
Tim
Robert Lee Rogers
Lee Ges
Betty Mae
Rogers
George Karelas
Commerce
Karelas
World Series to Open on Oct 4 in St Louis
CHICAGO UPI The 1044 world series will open on Wednesday Oct 4 in St Louis. The plan was announced Monday at a conference in Baseball Commissioner K M Landis office.
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Chicago
UPI
St. Louis
K. M. Landis
German forces in Greece plan retreat through Yugoslavia
A Swiss dispatch cites German units in Greece regrouping to break out toward Valence then through the Rhone valley. American troops press to block the withdrawal as Butler’s mobile column advances from Grenoble. Reports claim untold hundreds slain as Allied forces strike the retreating Germans near Montelimar and along the Marseille region.
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Valence
Montelimar
Rhone
Eost
Aleander M. Patch
Marseilles
Toulon
Downes PAC Seeks to Capture Either Party
Sidney Hillman told house investigators that the CIO political action committee will obey campaign laws and does not seek to capture either party. He said the PAC aims to influence thinking and turnout to reflect the American electorate's judgment, asserting it is not an appendage of any party.
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Washington
Sidney Hillman
House
CIO Political Action Committee
Cio-Pac
Anderson
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Thumbs
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Bern
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Gazette de Lausanne
Yugoslavia
Downes Pac
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