Red Army enters Bucharest amid Ploesti victory surge
Moscow reports the Red Army in Bucharest after capturing the Ploesti oil fields and advancing 40 miles in a day. Soviet forces around Ploesti regain control of the region as German resistance stiffens. A peace delegation prepares in Moscow while Marshal Stalin announces the triumph.
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Kidy Gumore
Moscow
Rea
Bucharest
Romania
Ploesti
Balkan
Ret Ster
Lzoestia
Red Army
Europe
Russia
Radvon Y. Malinovsky
Meriuta
Malinovsky
Transylvania
Carpathan Mountaina
London
Toaslay
Heil
Weitzner
Feodor I
Tolpukhin
Grad
Danube
Blackea
Dopreja
Walachia
Prom
Marshal Tito
Serbia
Stalin
Paper delivery service hours and complaint contact
The Nonpareil announces its business office remains open for complaints about missed deliveries until 7 p m on weekdays and 11 a m on Sundays. If you do not receive your paper within a reasonable time, call 4061 before 7 p m on weekdays or 1) a on Sunday and every effort will be made to deliver your paper.
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Nonparei
Fair Skies Will Remain Here Through Friday
Weather bureau forecast says fair skies will continue into Friday with cool temperatures through Friday afternoon. City records show a high of 70 Wednesday and a low of 33 Thursday, with light rain totaling .02 inches Thursday night.
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Weather Bureau
U.S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs and
Nebraska
Mosquitos Hit Transport and Industry Across Northern France
British Mosquitos struck enemy war transport and industries in northern France and Germany on Wednesday night despite poor weather. They bombed Frankfurt’s industrial center and raided targets from the fighting front to the German border, flying at low altitudes to wreck trains and tracks and leaving rolling stock burning from Ardennes to Metz and Saarbrucken. A sedan yard raid drew a large Mosquito response, while U.S. bombers allied with the effort on Kiel and Bremen. Two Marauder waves used pathfinder tech to hit Cezambre near St Malo as German defenses remained tight. All planes reportedly returned safely.
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Austin Bealnear
London
France
Germany
Frankfurt
Ardennes Gap
Metz
Saarbrucken
Sedan
U. S
Kiel
Bremen
Pas-de-Calais
U.S. Sth Air Force
Cezambre
St. Malo
Breton
Casualties rise as allies hit 400000 in France
United States casualties reach 343191 with army losses 284938 in northern France by Aug. 13 and 58,353 navy casualties. Patterson notes heavy July fighting and the invasion’s late August phase, while breakdowns show killed wounded missing and prisoners across services.
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Washing
France
Patterson
Navy
Smash at Airfields in Balkan States
In Rome reports of Strafing attacks by American 15th Air Force Mustangs destroyed numerous Nazi transport planes gliders and bombers massed on Romanian and Hungarian airfields. Five separate sorties hit an airdrome near Oradia while heavy bombers targeted two railroad bridges in Yugoslavia including a Cuprija bridge over the Moravia river and a Danube crossing near Belgrade.
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Rome
15Th Air Force
Romania
Weero
Oradia
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Belgrade
Cuprija
Moravia
Danube
Begrade
Flying Bomb Attacks Resume on London and South
London reports the Germans resumed flying bomb attacks on London and the southern counties early Thursday. An official British statement confirms damage and casualties as the night began quietly with periodic salvos, the nazis hammering southern England before dusk.
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London
England
Charge Violation Hearing Sought By United Mine Workers
Regional War Labor Board ordered Sewell L. Avery led U S and Gypsum to appear Friday for hearing over a complaint from United Mine Workers of America that the company did not comply with a YLB order. Weather and temperature data for Council Bluffs Nebraska follow with details on forecast conditions and past 24 hour readings.
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New York
U. S&s. Gypsum Company
Sewell L. Avery
Regional War Labor Board
United Mine Workers of America
Panor
Roosevelt and Churchill Set to Meet Soon for Postwar Plans
Roosevelt and Churchill expected to confer within a month to finalize plans for defeating Germany and shaping postwar security. Britain’s full participation in the war against Japan and other agreed roles are to be discussed. This marks their eleventh joint session with military and political advisers since the 1940 charter.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Washington
Germany
Britain
Japan
Quebec
Canada
London
England
Italy
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Middle East
Cairo
Accuse Bulgars of Double Dealing
London dispatch reports Moscow reproaching Bulgaria for still collaborating with Germany despite claims of neutrality. Bulgharia’s stance cited as hindering peace talks at Cairo, while Romanian and Soviet moves push toward armistice and territorial shifts in Romania and Transylvania.
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London
Russia
Bulgaria
Moscow
Sofia
Cairo
Tci
Romania
Transylvania
Hitler
Bil- Kan
Ankara
Ger Mans
Bucharest
Gestenberg
Ai Mssion
Constanta
Moscow Radio
S St
Bulgera
Gre
Ivan Bagdianov
Norris Condition Remains Critical
Senator George W. Norris remains in a semi conscious state after a cerebral hemorrhage Tuesday at his home. Physicians say the 89-year-old lawmaker is in a grave condition but show slight signs of improvement and are unlikely to move him to a hospital due to home accommodations.
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Mecook
George W. Norris
Norris
Bill
Lamar Ready for Truman's Big Day
Lamar prepares for Truman's vice presidential selection speech in Barton county near the birthplace Home of a seven room frame house. Sen Connally to relay the news. Truman to speak about 20 minutes with network broadcasts at 9 30 p m CWT as the town endures a hectic two weeks with both parties involved.
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Lamar
Deneas
Ats
Truman
Barton County
Sen
Harry
Sen. Connally
D.-Tex
Furst
Polish Troops Capture Pesaro In Baltic Front Victory
Polish forces seized Pesaro after a bitter battle involving infantry and armor as they crossed the Foglia river and pressed toward the Gothic line. Germans counterattacked but were repulsed with heavy losses. Polish units reported taking prisoners and advancing along the eastern front toward Urbina and beyond. Strong enemy resistance mounted north of Pontassieve while central and western sectors saw continued gains toward the Gothic line.
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Pesaro
Fegha
Foglia
Gothic Line
Sxing
Haly Lo
Violudnezi
Atlantic
Sth
Seid
Foghe
Urbina
Ain
Appenines
Tiber
Arno
Pontassivre
Florence
Lone Flier Given Prized Air Medal
In the South West Pacific Lt Gen George & Renney awards the Air Medal to S Sgt Lloyd W McNeil of Jamaica for meritorious achievement against enemy airfields and naval vessels.
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Southwest Pacific
Lpc
George & Renney
Allied Air Forces
Southwest
Rural Teachers Here on Saturday
County plans to emphasize health programs in rural schools with Dr L J Belding and Mrs Louise Scott leading the county health agenda. The afternoon features nutrition, vision screening, dental health films, and manual of the social health program, while the morning covers reading instruction and penmanship led by experts from Chicago.
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County
Laura Leonard
Han
L. J. Belding
Louise Scott
Department of Health
Red Cross
Nell Harper Fitzsimmers
Marjorie Peters
Olive Johnson
Marie Carney
East Pottawattamie County
Ruth Trabert
West Pottawattamie
Leonhard
Hahn
Chicago
Yotes Down Motion for Libelization of Jobless Benefits
Washington US House defeats a bid to liberalize postwar unemployment benefits. A substitute bill by Rep Dingell would set federal standards up to 52 weeks at 25 dollars weekly while keeping administration with the states. it failed 183 to 44. This marks the first test on underwriting worker job security during postwar reconversion.
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Washington
Ulp
House
Dingell
Dmich
Escape Through Belgium Only Corridor Left Open to Nazis
Allied forces push through southern France and Belgium as German remnants retreat toward Lyons and the Riviera towns, with Nice captured and Amiens seized. American, British, and Canadian units advance rapidly, while German losses mount in the Rhone valley and Alps frontier, signaling a broad push toward the Rhine and beyond.
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Belgium
Amiens
Imperia
Noland Norgaard
Rome
19Th Army
Lyons
7Th Army
Riviera
Nice
Niece
Brahe
Rhone
Drome
Livron
Alexander M. Patch
Drome River
Valence
Chabwail
Lyon
Alps
Switzerland
Larche
Mt. Genevre
Rhone River
Bourg-St-Anderl
Bagnols
James M. Long
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Somme
Reich
Laon
Sonune
Mecuse
Aircraft Hoard to Be Dissolved Soon
The wartime Aircraft Production Board, formed to ease a plane bottleneck, is recommended for dissolution as its task ends. With about 68,600 planes built and output at 100,000 annually, WPB executive Charles E. Wilson disclosed the board’s end while departing Washington. The plan goes to acting chief J. A. Krug for action.
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Washington
Aircraft Production Board
Charles E. Wilson
War Production Board
J. A. ‘Krug
WPB
Germans Kept In Close Touch With Propaganda War
London dispatch notes Nazi high command releases aim to rally Germans by showing allied gains while promising secret weapons. Analysis says eastern retreats precede Russian claims and that air superiority drives Nazi decline. Lt. Gen. Kurt Dittmar says Germany trades space for time amid shortages, with Goebbels stressing survival or annihilation.
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London
High Command
High
Wilcome
Kurt Dittmar
West
Ziela
Dittmar
Germany
Paul Joseph Goebbels
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Tia
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Okla
Per
NEA Tele
Sinow
Lerger
Dewight D. Eisenhower
Rouen
Dieppe
Abbeville
St. Dizier
Saar
Verdun
St Dizier
Nancy
Eisenhower
Biaginot
Siegfried Lines
Ardennes Forest
Maginot
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