Russian Armies Push Toward Bucharest In Romania
Russian forces race toward Bucharest after breaking the Galati line and overrunning Ploesti oil fields. Tolbukhin and Malinovsky claim breakthrough while German and Romanian forces retreat amid destroyers of oil facilities.
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London
Todi
Moscow
Ploesti
Romania
Bucharest
Galati
Feodor I. Tolbuk- Rin
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Hungary
Transylvania
Focansi
Ramnicul-Sarat
Nations May Agree On Organized Force For Peage
Soviet American and British delegates at the Dumbarton Oaks talks pushed a three way compromise on forming a force to suppress future aggressors. A Russian proposal for an international air corps gains backing though not final, while the American plan envisions each nation committing at least a portion of troops to a unified policing mechanism.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Dumbarton Oaks
The Grafton Sentinel Theatre Invitations
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. Fred Collier of West Main Street to attend tonight's show offering two options. Step Lively stars Frank Sinatra George Murphy Adolphe Menjou and Gloria DeHaven at the Etrand theatre. Make Your Own Bed stars Jack Carson Jane Wyman and Irene Manning at the Dixie theatre.
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Grafton Sentinel
Fred Collier
Fifty Thousand Nazi Troops Destroyed in Southern France War
Rome reports over 50,000 front line German soldiers knocked out by the Allied invasion of southern France. Allied HQ cited heavy losses near Montelimar in the Rhone valley as Patton’s forces pressed a retreating German 19th army, with air power cutting bridges and hindering escape.
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Rome
Rhone
George Tucker Rome
Montelimar
Alexander M. Pat
Montelimor
Marseilles
11Th Panzer
Touplon
Slim Young Wife Of Army Private Delivers Quadruplets
Four tiny baby boys, each about three pounds, were born to Mrs. Charles E. Lee in Hall County Memorial hospital near Gainesville Georgia. The army private's wife, 28, said she is thrilled and puzzled by four sons, while father Pvt. Lee, stationed at Camp Blanding Florida, expressed happiness and a wish to come home. Doctors said the infants are healthy and have a good chance, two under oxygen tents with others in incubators. The couple also has a three year old daughter Betty Mae.
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Gainesville
Hall County Memorial Hospital
Charles E. Lee
Pvt
Lee
Cmp
George Karelas
Rogers
Commerce Ga
Slim Young
The War Today shows Allied drive toward Paris region
The Allied offensives press the Nazi defenses as American and Red Army forces push northward from Paris toward the Marne and the Vistula line. A Western flanking campaign threatens the Seine and Channel coast, while the eastern front advances gamble with momentous potential as Hitlerites retreat toward Belgium and England’s naval and air power close in. The odds favor Allied success as German forces grow weaker and flee before superior air and ground strength.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
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Warsaw
Red Army
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Seine
Belgium
Channel
England
Abnormally Cold Weather Shocks Nation From Coast to Coast
The Associated Press reports a nationwide cold snap with record low highs. Kansas City tied a record low maximum for the third consecutive day, Charlotte's 66 year old record fell to 54.8, and temperatures in cities from Boston to Des Moines lingered in the 50s. Fires lit in North Georgia, Indiana, and clothing layered in New York on Fifth Avenue reflect the unusual chill.
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Wile
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Des Moines
Detroit
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New French government begins in Paris after liberation
Paris unveils a new French government as resistance leaders gather in the city after a frenetic weekend that included Eisenhower’s triumphant reception, German bombing, and De Gaulle narrowly escaping sniper fire. Paris crowds cheered as Eisenhower paid tribute to Parisian spirit near the Arc de Triomphe with allied and French officers.
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Charles de Gaulle
London
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Omar N. Hyadley
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Joseph Pierre Koenig
Interior
Jacques Leclerc
Second Armored Division
Sir Arthur Tedder
Leonard T. Gerow
U. 8
Bernard L. Montgomery
L Montgomery
George Patton, Jr
Charles Be Gaulle
Pagee
Hope Natural Gas appoints Clark as general superintendent
West Virginia brief from Clarksburg reports Hope Natural Gas names John A. Clark as general superintendent following the death of Charles C. Reed. Other notes cover Bluestone Presbyterian meeting in Fayettesville area with Dr. Donald W. Richardson as speaker and Ballard Aircraft expanding Arthurdale plant staff by 350 to speed a war contract.
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Associated Press
Clarksburg
Hope Natural Gas Company
John A. Clark
Charles C. Reed
Morgantown
Jennings Randolph
Ww. Va
Ballard Aircraft Company
Arthurdale
Road distances map WWII fronts to Berlin
The report lists approximate eastern front distance to Berlin at 322 miles to the eastern suburbs, northern France 495 miles, southern Prance 545 miles, and the Italian front 600 miles from Florence’s northern outskirts.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
France
Prane
Florence
Japanese War Industry Hits Heavy Losses Over Weekend
Allied weekend announcements targeted major Japanese war industry centers including Anshan, Shanghai, and Indaroueng, with raids expanding production of long range bombers. British carrier planes attacked Sumatra’s Indaroeng cement plant and Padang port. Allied Pacific forces pressed toward Japan with Iwo Jima air battles and Palau and Halmahera raids. The blitz claimed multiple Japanese ships sunk or damaged and signaled intensified pressure on Nippon’s war economy.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
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Indaroeng
Sumatra
Padang
Iwo Dima
Palau
Philippines
Halmahera
Southwest Pacific
Hongkong
Hanoi
Indo-China
Berlin
Reconversion Program Faces Rough Uncertain Future
Washington August 28 The congressional reconversion program faced an uncertain future as capital bill debates begin. New Deal Democrats criticized the Senate unemployment compensation bill and the surplus property disposal plan. House leaders set two days for unemployment aid debate with potential extensions as factions seek liberalized compensation. Democratic and Republican members clash over federalizing state programs and funding, with a push to raise weekly benefits to about 35 dollars.
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House
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Eberharter
Pennsylvania
Lynch
New York
Forand
Rhode Island
Dingell
Michigan
Republican Committee
Threaten Ero Lines Of Retreat Is Nzs Viewlog
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force reports American troops widening the breach into German lines of retreat near Meaux and across the Marne. The advance follows the historic Marne battlegrounds as Allied forces sweep toward Paris, with broader bridgehead gains along the Seine.
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Mes
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Germany
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Acros
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Cerie
English Channel
Seine
Rouen
Armistice Terms Reported For Bulgaria And Romania
The European advisory commission prepared surrender terms for Bulgaria to be delivered in Cairo within days and armistice terms for Romania to be signed soon. In Moscow, Greek and Yugoslav interests were said to have protection in the terms, despite Bulgaria's bids to retain parts of Allied conquests. Terms were submitted to Washington and Moscow for approval as steps sought Greek and Yugoslav concurrence.
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