French Troops Break Through Nimes As Allies Push South
Rome Aug 29 French seventh army swifts deep into southern France reaching Uzes and driving through Nimes to form a southern buffer against the battered German Nineteenth Army. Columns move toward the Franco Spanish border while others swing west and northwest from Avignon toward Uzes, pressing fleeing Germans near Montelimar as American forces advance.
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George Tucker Rome
Seventh Army
Rhone
France
Uzes
Nimes
Avignon
Russians Pouring Through Romania to Ploesti
Moscow dispatches report rapid Russian advances through Romania toward Ploesti and Bucharest. One army crossed a 75 mile Danube span while another pushed 15 miles into Transylvania. Brestu becomes a rail hub as Russians seize Danube assets and push toward Constanta on the Black Sea.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Romania
Ploesti
Bucharest
Danube
Transylvania
Hitler
Hungary
Carpathians
Red
Brestu
Buzau
Buchareet
Brails
Black ‘Sea
Constanta
Black Sea
Probe of slush funds opens in Congress today
Washington August 29 The house campaign expenses committee starts a drive to uncover slush funds and reveal who contributes to campaigns in the November elections Labor and industry will be called. Sidney Hillman CIO PAC defense of charges that the PAC is communistic engineered from the top down is aired. Hillman says he opposes communism and totalitarianism in industry and that the PAC is non partisan. He notes it may back a Republican in some races and that in 1937 the CIO gave 5000 to Gov. Dewey in New York.
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Washington
House Campaign Expenses Committee
Sidney Hillman
CIO
Political Action Committee
PAC
Church
Hillman
Progressive Congress
Democratic National Committee
Thomas B. Dewey
New York
Theatre Ad Mission Clip Teases Strand or Dixie Shows
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Foster Schilt Maple Avenue to attend tonight's presentation of Step Lively with Frank Sinatra George Murphy Adolphe Menjou and Gloria DeHaven at the Strand theatre or Make Your Own Bed with Jack Carson Jane Jayman and Irene Manning at the Dixie theatre, verification may be required.
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Grafton Sentinel
Foster Schilt
Maple Avenue
Ton Zht
Frank Sinatra
George Murphy
Adolphe Menjou
Gloria DeHaven
Strand Theatre
Jack Carson
Jane Jayman
Irene Manning
Dixie Theatre
Road to Berlin Fronts Distances Across The Front lines
AP survey tracks distances from key fronts. Russian front shows 322 miles from eastern War suburbs. Northern France sits 495 miles from Troyes. Southern France at 545 miles from Perry. Italian front lists 600 miles from Florence outskirts.
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Associated Press
Milles
Warsaw
France
Troyes
Perry
Florence
Trouble Makers On WPB To Be Let Out By Krug
Julius A. Krug warned the War Production Board of dismissals for "trouble makers" as he asserted there will be one WPB team. Sidney Weinberg resigned as WPB vice chairman amid clashes over civilian output and staff politics. Wagner?
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KRUG
Associated Press
Washington
Julius A. Krug
Roosevelt
WPB
Senate War Investigation Committee
Sidney J. Weinberg
Weinberg
Donald M. Nelson
China
Nelson
Charles E. Wilson
Nelsons
Ivory Tower
Stettinius cites progress at Dumbarton Oaks talks
Washington August 29 The Dumbarton Oaks talks on world peace organization show progress toward an American British Russian accordEdward R Stettinius Jr heads the U S delegation and reports substantial accomplishmentsAreas of agreement focus on regional arbitration to settle trade and territorial disputes with local knowledge guiding early solutions Disputes may rise to higher international bodies and eventually the top world authority for final judgment The conferees expect reliance on judicial and diplomatic means to resolve most issues See STETTINIUS Page 4
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Washington
Dumbarton Oaks
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
United States
Stettinus
Nazis Finally Announce Paris Fall To Allies
London reports Germany officially confirms the fall of Paris four days after the event. The communique says Nazi strongpoints within the capital succumbed to enemy superiority and troops withdrew to the north bank of the lower Seine. Heavy fighting was reported along the Marne front as Allies advanced northward.
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London
Germany
Paris
Seine
Chateau Thierry- Charrons
Marne
Berlin
Federal postwar economy takes upper hand in reconversion debate
Washington August 29 Advocates of a rigid federal postwar economy gained momentum as the House opened debate on how far treasury underwrite should back worker security in reconversion The Ways and Means Committee chairman Doughton outlined a state administered unemployment plan claiming the first aim is to help private enterprise find jobs for war workers If not possible the government should provide jobs not a dole Rep Knutson said the party has enough strength to pass the committee bill He framed the issue as promoting individual initiative after the war versus fostering idleness He noted strong backing for the bill despite opposition from Rep Celler and others
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Washington
House
Doughton
DN. C
Doughto
Rep
Knutson
R. - Minn
Celler
D.-N
West Virginia briefs report on confessions and flood plans
In Williamson Phillip Hunter and Gertrude Jackson, suspects in the 1928 slaying of Charlie Green, repudiate an alleged confession and seek to avoid removal to West Virginia. authorities sent to Lynchburg for custody returned empty handed. In Parkersburg Lt. Harry Pockras says Army engineers will build a 3.5 million flood wall along the Ohio and Little Kanawha rivers once funds and right of way are secured, with right of way costs estimated at 200 to 300 thousand dollars after a prior injunction. In Charleston Governor Bricker to deliver a major campaign speech in Patersburg high school auditorium amid national race tensions.
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Lafe B. Chafin
Phillip Hunter
Lynchburg
Charlie Green
Chafin
Hunter
Gertrude Jackson
West Virginia
Parkersburg
Ohio
Little Ran
Army Engineers
Harry Pockras
Pockras
U. S. Army Engineers District
Huntington
State Spreme Court
Charleston
John W. Bricker
Patersburg
War tycoons appeal for more munitions and planes
Japanese war lords urged industrialists and workers to boost aircraft and munition production to counter the Allied air offensive. Tokyo warned that Nippon’s defense would crumble without planes, as MacArthur reported ongoing Allied bombings in the Southwest Pacific and Japan prepared new production and armament plans.
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Associated Press
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Tokyo Radio
Nippon
Imperial Command
Pacific
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Kuniaki Koiso
Kuriles
Tokyo
U. S
Omekotan
Bonin - Volcano
Marianas Island
Fond Memories Of Parisian's Great Restaurants Mingled With War Talk
White Paris dispatch recalls Maxim's closure due to power and food shortages while recounting a Fourth of July gathering at Maxim's. The event featured a pro Nazi atmosphere and former leaders Goering and Goebbels cited in clippings, noting the restaurant’s long decline since July 9.
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William Smith White
Paris
Maxim's
Maxim’s
Marshal Heymann Goering
Paul Joseph Goebbels
German retreat and Allied pressure reshape Western Front
War analyst Dewitt Mackenzie reports rapid Allied gains in France. General Patton’s 14 mile push north of Meux threatens to cut the Marne, while Canadian British forces forge a Seine bridgehead near the coast. Germans likely to withdraw toward the Somme and Aisne fronts as Allied pressure tightens across northern France.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Hitler
France
Marne
Patton
Chateau-Thierry
Meux
Seine
Belgium
Reich
Somme
Aisne
Eng
Allied Troops Kill or Capture 128000 Germans
British forces near the Seine report that by Aug 25 Allied troops had killed or captured 122000 Germans in the Fa laise entrapment. The tally includes 30000 killed and 92000 captured, with thousands more expected as enemy retreat across the Seine continues.
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Seine
Falaise
Second Army
Americans advance toward Belgium after rapid push in France
Allied forces drive through Chateau Thierry and Soissons, reaching near the German frontier. US troops press north from Paris area, advancing rapidly into the Pas de Calais region as the Seventh Army and 15th Army remnants face new dangers. The drive follows historic battle paths of 1918, signaling a broader Allied push across northern France.
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James M. Long
Allied Expeditionary Force
Historic
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Soissonrs
Belgium
Marne
Chauteau-Thierry
Soissons
Tea Upper Mame
Betwe Gharlons
Vitry
Saat
CIO TAKES CHARGE OF UNION'S LOCAL AT NICKEL PLANT
Huntington August 20 District Director W D MacKay of the CIO United Steelworkers announced the international union has taken charge of the union local at the strike bound International Nickel Co Major Joseph T Hall of Fort Hayes joined War Labor Board disputes director Jack Day in conferences with union and company officials as army navy representatives arrive to aid negotiations The strike enters its third day idling over 2000 workers and a department cutback to 40 hours is reported
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Huntington
W. D. MacKay
CIO
United Steelworkers
International Union
International Nickel Co
Joseph T Hall
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Jack Day
Regional War Labor Board
Hall
Army
Palmer H. Beam
Navy
MacKay
Grafton Sentinel Invites Ada Sheets to See The Invisible Man
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Ada Sheets Parkview to attend tonight's presentation of The Invisible Man at the Opera House theatre starring Jon Hall Leon John Carradine Alan Curtis and Evelyn Ankers, current at the venue.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Ada Sheets
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