Americans Drive Within 35 Miles of Paris
President Roosevelt, back in Washington from a 15,000mile Pacific trip, said Allied armies will occupy Germany and Japan even if resistance collapses short of enemy borders. He asserted Germany will not escape military occupation, a shift from wartime armistice hopes, as Allied landings reach the southern coast of France. See GERMANY Page 3.
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Roosevelt
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Germany
Japan
France
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Tyes
Hawaii
Aleutians
Wedges 30 Miles Deep Driven In South France
Allied troops punched out a solid 50 mile front and 30 miles deep along the southern French coast. Maj. Gen. Alexander Patch’s Seventh Army said west near Toulon and east near Cannes the advance reached within 10 miles. The invaders, led by three American divisions and supported by French forces, controlled about 500 square miles with nine towns listed in Allied hands.
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Rome
France
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
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Cannes
Napoleon
St. Tropez
Ste. Maxime
St. Raphel
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le Lavandou
le Muy
le Luc
Lorgues
Collobrieres
Cap Comarat
Chartres Falls as Allied Breakthrough Near Paris
Allied forces led by General Patton drive toward Paris with tanks and motorized units within 27 miles of Versailles and 35 miles of Paris after capturing Chartres and the key cities of Orleans Dreux and Chateaudun. German dispatches admit cannon fire near Paris.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Aunay
Chartres
Orleans
Dreux
Chateaudun
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Versilles
Seine River
Seventh Army
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Cepter
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Regionalized Peace Responsibility For Big Four Proposed
Washington as hull ready with reply to Dewey worries about postwar place for small nations. four powers discuss peace maintenance and small nations rights while Taft Hill and Fish react to fears of a permanent four power alliance and cynical power politics.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Hull
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Taft
Ohio
Hill
Ala
Fish
Russians Reach Close To East Prussian Frontier In Summer Offensive
Russian forces push within three miles of the East Prussian frontier near Virbales with tank and air support as fierce fighting continues. Gen Cherniakovsky’s troops have pressed toward the frontier after two weeks of heavy clashes, while other units threaten the Linings near Lyck and Ossow.
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Virbales
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Konigsbere
Ivan Cherniakovsky
Masura
East Prussia
Lyck
Ossow
Warsaw
Legislators Lay Plans To Sell War Surplus Plants
Washington August 17 legislators lay out plans to sell billions in surplus war products and plants. William L. Clayton of Texas is slated to direct the vast enterprise full time, with praise from Republicans and Democrats alike for his leadership. Other cited figures include Harry Hopkins Maury Maverick and Vice President Henry A Wallace as possible top appointees. Changes to the surplus property bill are expected before Senate consideration.
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House
William L. Clayton
Houston
Texas
Clayton
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Bender
Ohio
Harry Hopkins
Maury Maverick
War Plants Corporation
Henry A. Wallace
Senate
Herter
Mass
Treas
Dewey backs small nations in postwar peace role
Governor Thomas E. Dewey, the Republican nominee, pledges a policy that includes small nations in key peace decisions and opposes a permanent four power alliance. He criticizes reports of next week’s big four talks aiming to dominate global spheres of influence and hints at Roosevelt’s international peace organization plan. The remarks respond to alleged plans for U.S. control in a proposed world body.
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Jack Bell
Albany
N. K
Republican Party
Thomas E. Dewey
Washington
New York
Dewey
Roosevelt
United States
Great Britain
Russia
China
London Hit By Heaviest Night Bomb Barrages
Rescue squads removed the dead from debris as robots bombarded coastal towns last night and at dawn. RAF fighters halted some missiles while civilians sought shelter in lineups for fish and buses. Two drivers were killed and many injured as bombs struck through busy streets and alleys.
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Richard Kasischke
London
RAF
South England
Elks to Hold Rites for Thomas P Kenny at Family Home
Local BPO Elks will conduct rites for brother Thomas P Kenny tomorrow night at 7 30 p m at the Kenny family home.
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West Virginia Briefs From Huntington to Charleston
West Virginia news briefs report Huntington reporting a third infantile paralysis case, an 18 month old visitor’s daughter, with isolation wards full. White Sulphur Springs notes 102 sick and wounded soldiers arriving from France Italy and the South Pacific. Princeton announces Beaver high school principal change with Fred Coffindaffer and Lee Fretwell as assistant principal. Morgantown records a 38 year old man’s death from a heart attack at the Morgantown ordnance works. Bluefield covers a Women’s Missionary convention close and leadership. Wheeling introduces a new Junior Chamber branch with James A. Byrum as first president. Charleston notes two boys finding a nude decomposed 15 year old along Davis creek. See WEST VIRGINIAN Page 6.
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Ashford General Hospital
France
Italy
South Pacific
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Princeton
Fred Coffindaffer
Spanishburg High School
Thomas R. Egbert
State Education Department
Charleston
Beaver High School
Bluefield
Lee Fretwell
C. W. Jackson
Davis Creek
RAF Night Raiders Smash Kiel Berlin and Stettin Today
Nearly 1,200 RAF Lancasters and Halifaxes bombed Kiel Stettin and other German targets while Mosquitos hit aircraft behind the front and Berlin received blockbusters for the third night running. The raid followed a prior Allied assault by about 2,000 bombers, with sixteen planes lost in the mission. Stettin serves as a Baltic supply port, Kiel is a naval base and shipbuilding center, and the Berlin–Stettin canal has seen increased use for the northern front.
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Berlin- Stettin Canal
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Road distances to fronts listed in briefing
The Associated Press reports progress distances for fronts in Europe. Russian front from eastern Warsaw stands at 322 miles Italian front from Florence 603 miles French front from Seignoires 626 miles Southern France from Cannes 680 miles
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France
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Roosevelt pledges occupation to secure lasting peace
The War Today column argues United States policy must occupy Germany and Japan after victory even with unconditional surrender. It says occupation helps deter future aggression, contrasts past Allied softness, notes Nazi propaganda for a compromise peace, and urges thorough postwar cleansing to prevent a third world war.
Four New Polio Cases Reported In West Virginia
Four new polio cases were recorded in West Virginia along with the state’s fourth death this year, as Darrell McKinney six, of Herndon Wyoming county, died in Bluefield. An 18 month old daughter of a Washington DC resident visiting Huntington contracted polio, Cabell county’s third case, and Monongalia reported its third case with a ten year old girl. Kanawha county added two new cases to reach four, bringing August totals to 32 polio cases.
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West Virginia
Darrell McKinney
Herndon
Wyoming County
Bluefield
Washington, D. C
Huntington
Cabell County
Monongalia
Allied bombers strike islands surrounding Philippines
Allied air forces from three theaters conducted raids on enemy held islands near the Philippines and targeted Philippine ports. Australian New Guinea planes hit Halmahera and Davao. Central Pacific units bombed Truk, Ponape, Wotje, Maloelap, Mili, and Nauru. China based planes attacked the Pescadores and Mako naval base while hitting Takao harbor. Davao wharf raided by a patrol plane. eighth raid in the current Philippines offensive.
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West Pacific
Philippines
Australias New Guinea
Halimahera
Mindanao
Davao
Central Pacific
Truk Atoll
Ponape
Carolines
Wotje
Miloelap
Mili
Marshalls
Nauru Island
Pescadores Islands
Formosa
China Coast
Mako Naval Base
Takao
Pormoss
Lyons to Attend Tonight at Grafton Opera House
The Grafton Sentinel invites readers to attend tonight's Opera theatre program featuring Outlaw Trail with Hoot and Bot Steele and 4 Hands With Murder with Adrian and Frank Jenks at 254 West Washington street.
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Bot Steele
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