French Patriots Liberate War and Enter Industrial City
American Seventh Army troops broke through German defenses and entered the industrial city of Grenoble in southern France. An armored advance, supported by French Interior forces, positions Maj Gen. Alexander M. Patch's spearhead within 240 miles of the southernmost announced Allied progress, signaling a rapid expansion of the Allied fronts toward Paris.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Seventh Army
France
Grenoble
Mediterranean
Allied
Alexander M. Patch
Paris
Sige
Russians Roll On From Isin To Iasi Fronts
Two Russian armies broke through heavy German resistance in twin offensives on the lower Ukraine fronts. One drive pushed beyond the Romanian industrial hub Iasi, while another moved southwest to 60 miles from the Danube. The operation, announced four days after it began, involved Malinovsky and Tolbukhin’s fronts with wide advances and major German Romanian losses. The fall of Iasi was ordered by Premier Stalin.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Ukraine
Iasi
Danube
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Feodor Tolbukhin
Tast
Stalin
Malinovsky
Mironeasa
Targu-Frumos
Ungheni-Targa
Prut
Dorothy Thompson Attends Strand or Dixie Tonight
Mrs Dorothy Thompson of 242 West Boyd street holds a theatre ticket for tonight. She may see Brother Rat at the Strand starring Ronald Reagan Jane Wyman Priscilla Lane and Wayne Morris or The Hour Before the Dawn at the Dixie theatre with Franchot Tone and Veronica Lake.
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Dorothy Thompson
West Boyd Street
Brother Rat
Ronald Reagan
Jane Wyman
Priscilla Lane
Wayne Morris
Strand Theatre
Franchot Tone
Veronica Lake
Dixie Theater
Allied Report Of New Landing Near Bordeaux
Allied officials and Washington sources did not confirm a reported new landing near Bordeaux on the French southwest coast. Dispatches from Hendaye attributed to AP quoted French authorities describing a night operation with naval and air bombardment and joint American French ground action near Bordeaux.
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Allied
Bordeaux
London
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Hendaye
Charles S. Foltz
Associated Press
Madrid
France
Allied Supreme Headquarters
War Department
Washington
Second Huntington Plant Affected By INCO Strike
Huntington August 23 A strike at a second INCO plant raises toll to about 2500 workers affected across the International Nickel company. CIO United Steelworkers ballot to continue a six day stoppage affects over 2000 workers including about 200 women. War Production Board and Navy appeals preceded a mass meeting led by Mackay local President James C Johnson and other officials.
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Huntington
CIO
United Steel Workers of America
International Nickel Company
War Production Board
Navy
R. W. Ward
American Car and Foundry Co
Ward
United Steelworkers
Mackay
James C. Johnson
Labor Department
Conciliation Service
Roosevelt urges continued lend lease until total victory
President Roosevelt told Congress lend lease aid should continue until the unconditional surrender of Japan and Germany. He defended the program against calls to curtail after victory in Europe, citing a $28.2 billion commitment through June 30 and the need to keep Allied power overwhelming. He urged unity to speed victory and secure a durable peace.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Japan
Germany
United Nations
Lend Lease
Halmah era air offensive hits Halmahera with 135 ton blow
The unceasing Pacific air offensive against Japan reaches a new climax with a record 135 ton bombing of Halmahera island 300 miles south of the Philippines Gen MacArthur says the strike targets airfields supply dumps and defenses. Liberators and Mitchells destroyed eight parked planes and a freighter in a bold raid following a 110 ton blow announced yesterday. The Allied air effort spans from Flores Sea to Marcus Island as invasions loom.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Pacific
Japan
Halmahera Island
Philippines
MacArthur
Halma
Hera
New Guinea
Flores Sea
Marcus Island
Tokyo
Halmahera
Monongahela West Penn Sells Holdings Inc Va
Monongahela West Penn Public Service company announced it will sell all electric railroad and bus transportation holdings in West Virginia to City Lines of West Virginia Inc A new corporation The deal covers equipment property and franchises in Fairmont Clarksburg Parkersburg and Marietta and the Clarksburg Weston Clarksburg Wolf and Fairmont Rivesville interurban lines.
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Fairmont
Liberation of Paris marks collapse of Nazi regime in France
War Today columnist DE WITT MACKENZIE notes Paris’ liberation signals Hitler has lost control of the Nazi state. He argues France’s collapse undermines German occupation from Normandy to the Atlantic, aided by Allied air power and the Maquis. The piece portrays a turning point foreshadowing wider Western Europe defeat.
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DE Witt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Paris
Hitler
Normandy
Brittany
France
Europe
al Hed
West Virginia Briefs Fire Damage In Huntington And Senate Clash
Huntington, Aug. 20. Fire damaged the second floor of the Huntington Chair Corp, caused by fumes from past spray apparatus igniting, with losses estimated between 10000 and 15000. Fort Gay, Aug. 23. Wallace Peck, 52, died from injuries suffered in a mining fall at Dehue. Washington, Aug. 23. Congress faces a fight over disposal of surplus war goods and one man control versus board governance, with Will Clayton backing the House plan and the Senate weighing an eight member regional board alternative. Page 4.
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Huntington
Huntington Chair Corp
Washington
Wallace (Watt) Peck
Senate
Fort Gay
Policy Board
Dehue
House
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Congress
Will L. Clayton
Houston
Tex
Roosevelt Clayton
Parkersburg men honored for saving truck driver life
Harold E. Bush and Marion G Keffer of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. West Virginia received the Vail medal for rescuing a truck driver overcome by carbon monoxide. They forced the door open and administered first aid after finding the unconscious man in New Martinsville on January 20, 1943.
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Huntington
Harold E. Bush
Marion G Keffer
Parkersburg
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
West Virginia
Vail
J. R. B. Crigler
New Martinsville
Bush
Keffer
Paris Liberated by French Rising in Street Fighting
London dispatch reports Paris freed after four years of Nazi occupation. About 60 000 French forces of the interior led the assault with thousands more joining, while Allied air power and Allied troops tightened the noose around remaining German forces. The German Seventh army fled across the Seine as Paris celebrated Bastille Day style scenes.
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London
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Seventh Army
Seine
Americ
Dewey Plans Wartime Campaign Swing Across States
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and running mate Gov. John Bricker prepare a two month drive likely to cover many states. Dewey will speak in Palo, Sept. 7, and Louisville, Sept. 8, with Oklahoma City stop Sept. 25 on return from a west coast tour. Senate ally Senator Ed Moore says the campaign aims to begin vigorous speeches as Roosevelt contemplates a fourth term. Truman foresees GOP dominance of campaign stops while veterans group events proceed.
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Jack Bell
Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Union
Palao
Louisville
Pacific Coast
Ed H. Moore
Dewey
Oklahoma City
Moore
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Roosevelt
Snd
Harry
Truman
Missouri
Telegraph Worker Finds Road to Berlin Demands Closer Look
Port Arthur Texas notes a telegraph clerk Mrs Reba Pitman 28 received a telegram stating Pvt Jesse Pitman 30 was killed in action in France. The clipping lists fronts and distances to Berlin from Warsaw Sens Florence and Grenoble but the focus is the telegram announcing a casualty.
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Berlin
Port Arthur
Tex
Reba Pitman
Telegraph Company
Department
Jesse Pitman
France
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