Americans advance toward the sea near Rouen in France
American armored columns race along the Seine driving south of the river and capturing Elbeuf, 30 miles from the mouth. Allied airmen destroyed 500 German vehicles as Canadian and British forces push into western Rouen area, with heavy German resistance east of Lisieux.
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Wes Gallagher
Allied Expeditionary Force
Seine
Elbeuf
France
Elben
Rouen
Normandy
Lisieux
Piet
Germany
American forces capture Salon in northward march
U S forces 25 miles northwest of Marseille captured Salon as French poilus recaptured ports and drive west into the lower Rhone valley. Reports from Geneva and Algiers radio placed American troops near the Swiss frontier and at Annecy, Lyon, and Bordeaux as Allied pincers form to sever southern France.
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France
Bordeaux
Hitler
Atlantic Wall
Arrow
Riviera
Rhone Valley
Tolouse
Paris
Progress
International
George Tucker Rome
U. S
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Rhone
Salon
Associated Press
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Swiss
Grenoble
Annecy
Lyon
Algiers
Arles
Red troops deepen drive in Romania and Poland
Allied dispatch reports Soviet forces pressing toward Debica Tarnow and Krakow as German Romanian lines crumble. Red Army advances split German groups near Warsaw Lomza and a network of rail hubs while Romanian captives say Germans aimed to block their retreat.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Germany
Romania
Poland
Debica
Red Star
Lwow-Krakow
Tarnow
Krakow
Silesia
Warsaw
Red
Lomza
Reich
Grafton Sentinel invites Miss Fawcett to Strand or Dixie shows
The Grafton Sentinel invites Miss Charlotta Fawcett of Blueville to tonight's Strand Theatre presentation of Brother Rat starring Ronald Reagan, Jane Wyman, Priscilla Lane and Wayne Morris, or Bar 20 with William Boyd and Tiger Shark with Edward G Robinson at the Dixie Theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Charlotta Fawcett Blueville
Brother Rat
Ronald Reagan
Jane Wyman
Priscilla Lane
Wayne Morris
Strand Theatre
Front line distances to Berlin mapped from key hubs
The report lists distance markers for Allied fronts to Berlin. Russian front stands at 322 miles from Warsaw suburbs, Northern France 519 miles from east of Sens, Italian front 601 miles from Florence outskirts, and Southern France 608 miles from Grenoble.
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Warsaw
France
Sens
Florence
Grenoble
Romanian News Gives New Light at Oaks Meeting
Washington dispatch notes Romania’s evidence of Hitler’s European collapse strengthens British push at Dumbarton Oaks for early postwar security steps. Sir Alexander Cadogan leads calls to establish a partial security framework soon to bridge end of war and a formal league. Speculation grows on a three power postwar accord among Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Romania
Hitler
Europe
Dumbarton Oaks
Alexander Cadogan
International League
Moscow
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
West Virginia JOUA Speakers Open State Assembly
PARKERSBURG August 24 National Warden W B Simmons of Berkeley Springs gives the keynote as the West Virginia Junior Order of United American Mechanics opens its first general assembly at the state convention. About 200 members and the Daughters of America attend the opening session led by Evangelist J Novvis Taylor.
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Associated Press
Parkersburg
West Virginia Junior Order of United American Mechanics
W. B. Simmons
Berkeley Springs
Daughters of America
West Virginia
New Testament Teaching at Blueville Church of Christ
Blueville Church of Christ announces Bible study topics for the evening with a reserved section for colored race attendees. Tonight's topic is Word of God, Friday's is Proper Division of the Word, and Saturday's is Why Can't We Understand the Bible Alike.
November election results may not be told for weeks
Associated Press reports that 11 states will not count soldier absentee ballots on election day 7 November, risking a delayed result into December. With over 2 million absentees requested and estimates doubling, key states like Pennsylvania California and Missouri could sway the outcome, as Nebraska may decide its 7 electoral votes on the absentee tally.
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Edward Creagh
Associated Press
New York
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Pennsylvania
California
Missouri
Wilson
Charles Evans Hughes
City Wide Bargain Day Saves Housewife Money
NEW BRUNSWICK Aug 4 A slightly battered housewife boarded a bus after a city wide bargain day and told her neighbor she had saved a lot of money. When asked what she bought she quipped nothing I couldn't get wasted.
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Bouchelle Grants Temporary Order on WVU Presidency
Circuit Judge Julian F Bouchelle granted a temporary injunction to retain Dr Charles E Lawall as West Virginia University president beyond August 31 but denied it for Dean R P Davis. The ruling keeps the status quo while a Kanawha county suit over the dismissal and demotion proceeds, with the judge noting Lawall is a public officer but Davis lacks sovereign power.
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Julian F. Bouchelle
Charles E Lawail
West Virginia University
R. P. Davis
College of Neering
University Board of Governors
M. M. Neely
Lawall
Davis
Kanawha County
Bouchelle
Bradley Orders Some Aneringen Units Into Paris
Paris was liberated as the second French armored division and American units reportedly entered the city. Brig. Gen Jacques Le Clerc led the troops, under Lt Gen Omar Bradley, who ordered U S units to join the French armor. French forces elsewhere seized Lyon and Perpignan amid the news, with Patton’s columns pushing toward the German border as Germans reportedly withdrew.
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London
Paris
Lyon
Perpignan
Jacques le Clerc
Omar N. Bradley
Charles Collingwood
CBS
Bradley
U. S
le Clerc
France
de Gaulle
Hal Boyle
Associated Press
Sens
George 8. Patton
FFI
Romania Turns Against Nazis in Balkans War Turning Point
The Romania surrender to the Allies reshapes Balkans warfare. Hitler loses access to Ploesti oil and Balkan corn while Bulgaria Hungary and the wider Axis network face pressure. The shift fuels Allied morale and hints at shifting future alignments in the region as Juliu Maniu leads a pro Allied government.
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Romania
Balkans
Hitler
Bulgaria
Hungary
Germany
Reich
Japan
Ploesti
Balkan
Fuehrer
Juliu Maniu
Romania and Hungary at war in Balkans after surprise shift
Bucharest broadcasts said Romania turned belligerent and fighting raged between Romanian and German troops in the rich oil region. Bulgaria faced danger from the north as Turkey severed ties with Germany, while Yugoslavia and Greece held guerrilla resistance as Soviet advances press toward Bucharest.
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Wade Werner
London
Romania
Hungary
Balkans
Bucharest
Bulgaria
Turkey
Germany
Ugoslavia
Greece
Fini
Antonescu Ae
Yanks Raid Bonins Deepens Tokyo Troubles
Allied forces strike 600 miles from Tokyo in Bonin Islands as Japan braces for possible homeland invasion. Tokyo reports bombings on Chichi Jima while Adm Nimitz declares carriers set fires and cargo ships hit. General Koiso appeals for tougher defenses and increased national resolve amid expanding air raids. MacArthur cited as contributing to the bleak strategic outlook.
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J.B. Krueger
Associated Press
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Tokyo
Katso
Japan
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Chichi Jima
Adm
Chester Nimitz
Koiso
Tokyo Radio
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