Yanks Mass Across Seine as Paris Front Expands
Third Army troops crossed the Seine southeast and northwest of Paris while American tanks pressed near Mantes and Fontainebleau. Allied leaders said the German defeat was definite and the war nearing its end as resistance grew with heavy air support and bridgeshead success.
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Epward PD. Ball
T. S&s
Third Army Headwarters
U. 8
Third Army
Seine
Paris
Wes Gallagher
Case Expeditionary S
Bernard L. Montgomery
France
Mantes
Fontainebleau
Japs Expect Fresh Allied Offensives North of Australia
London dispatch reports Tokyo saying allied air activity north of Australia signals possible new offensives. Tokyo claimed 23 of 80 bombers shot down in a raid on the Japanese home islands, while other attacks hit Amboina Boeroe Ceram Kai Manokwari Rota Yap and the Carolines. Three fighters were lost in the homeland raid.
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London
Berlin
Tokyo
Australia
Im- 1
Tokyo Dispatch
Amhbaina
Boeroe Islands
Moluccas
Boera
Ceram Island
Kai Island
Manokwari
New Guinea
Kovor
Carolines
Rota
Marianas
Yap
20Th Air Force
Fae Mgm
Yawata
Kyushu
Tokyo Radio
New German Bomber Has Four Engines
A Berlin dispatch reported the HE 177 Griffin, a four engine German bomber, has seen action against British ports. The craft appears two layered with four engines paired in two drives, a 104 foot wingspan, 2400 horsepower, and thick double wheels, per Front Und Heimat via the FCC.
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New York
Berlin
Front Und Heimat
Luftwaffe
Tech
Federal Communications Commission
Nazi Radio Hints Paris to Be Spared
London dispatch quoting a German foreign ministry spokesman says Germany spared Paris in 1940 and aims to spare it again. The spokesman blames partisans for possible martial law and suggests Paris residents could decide their fate.
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Paris
London
Foreign Office
Five New Polio Cases Reported in State
Five new cases of infantile paralysis were reported to the state health department raising the total since June 1 to 571. New cases were reported from Gaston, iopeett, Mer Mecklenburg, Pender and Rutherford counties.
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Raleigh
State Health Department
Gaston
Iopeett
Mercklenburg
Pender
Rutherford
Rocket Guns Used Against Robot Planes
British reports say rocket guns successfully knocked down flying bombs in weekend raids near London. The move raises hope that Allied advances in western France may reduce Nazi launch sites while London endures continued but scattered drone attacks causing casualties and damage.
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London
France
Reds Smash Three Nazi Divisions in Polish Campaign
Soviet forces reported smashing three Nazi divisions in the Sandomierz salient below Warsaw as part of bold advances on the Polish front. In the Warsaw sector, Russian troops closed on Praga and seized vital positions north east of the city. Maslennikov and Yeremenko's Baltic armies pushed toward key rail lines while Bagramian's drive reached the Baltic coast, with German tanks fiercely contested in several sectors.
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Moscow
Sandomierz
Warsaw
Red Army
Ussian
Praga
Ivan S. Konev
Ukraine
Vistula
Konems
Konevs
Krakow
German Silesia
Jelgava
Gulf of Riga
Estonia
Ivan Maslennikov
Tartu
Tallinn-Riga
Latvia
Andrei Yeremenko
Riga
Erlin
Madona-Riga
Maslennikov
Yeremenko
Baltics
Ivan C. Bagramian
Baltic Sea
Berlin
Ploesti O Wells
Road To Berlin Distances From Allied Front Lines
The dispatch lists approximate distances to Berlin from major fronts. Russian front inside Warsaw area shows 822 miles to Berlin. Northern France about 585 miles from Me lun area. Italian front estimated 603 miles from Florence. Southern France distance near Castelie listed as 670 miles.
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The
Associated Press
Warsaw
Francce
Melun
Florence
France
Castelie
Bayonne Shelling by Allied Cruisers Reported
Allied light cruisers opened fire on Bayonne area defenses before dawn as German fortifications near the coast were abandoned last night. An American motorized column moved south toward the Spanish frontier with praise from French villagers along the Loire region.
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Trun
Spain
Bayonne
France
Bordeaux
Hitler
Atlantic
Angouleme
Nantes
Loire River
Ney
End Of War In Sight Says Gen Montgomery
Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery told British troops in France that the end of the war was in sight and urged finishing the task quickly. He described German forces in Santos France as defeated and promised surprises for the fleeing remnants.
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Gen. Montgomery
France
Bernard L. Montgomery
Santos
Montgomery
American Subs Sink 19 More Jap Vessels
American submarines in the Pacific and Far East have sunk 19 more Japanese ships, including a light cruiser and an escort vessel, the navy reported today, bringing the total to 706 enemy vessels sunk.
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Washington
Pacific
Far East
German forces face Seine bridgehead trap near Paris
Author notes a German Seine crossing at Mantes creating a trap for von Kluge’s 7th Army while Allied forces sweep south of Paris. RAF and American units target crossings. escape by barges unlikely. Normandy’s Falaise pocket battle ends with Canadian victory and heavy Arctic-fire from Typhoons. Toulon’s fleet is nearly surrounded as French and American troops close on Marseille.
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Europe
Paris
France
Seine
Mantes
Patton
von Kluge
7Th Army
Normandy
Elbeuf
Rouen
Royal Airforce
Oth
Ers
15Th Army
Rhine
Falaise
Tsaoe
Southere Fromerng
Grea Naval Bee
Toulon
Rhone
Marseille
Powers Agree On Fair Play In Peace Plan
Ambassadors from the United States Great Britain and Russia open talks at Dumbarton Oaks on a world security organization anchored in sovereign equality of all nations. Hull and Gromyak stress force must be ready to deter war, with Cadogan backing U.S. initiative toward a lasting peace system.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Hull
Dumbarton Oaks
E. W
Andrei A. Gromyak
Gromyak
Britain
Alexander Cadogan
Gromyok
Patton's Third Army Rolls Through Brittany and Paris March
General Patton reports U S Third Army has inflicted about 109,575 German casualties since August 1 in Brittany and northern France. The drive has 49,650 captured, 11,025 killed, 48,900 wounded, reducing about 11 Nazi divisions. Paris disturbances and resistance fighting noted as columns push toward the capital.
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France
Patton
U. S
Brittany
Paris
Invaders Close On Marseille as Allies Push Forward
Allied columns moved toward Marseille with American forces nine miles from the port and nearing Toulon while French patriots joined near Pertuis and Aix en Provence. German garrisons held Hyeres as ships shelled Toulon. observers warned of limited German strength and potential liquidation of positions in the Rhone delta.
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Rome
Valens
Toul
Toulon
Marseille
Reden
Hotel de Golf
Hyeres
Pertuis
Aix-En-Provence
Durance
Alexander M. Patch
Aix
Joseph Dynan
van Pronktoniae Ante Wit ‘Rench
T Aron
Dynan
Rhone Valley
Eisenhower
France
Cannes
Tha
Kimmel Denounces Truman Story Over Pearl Harbor Account
Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel told Senator Truman that the Roberts report lacks basic truths about Pearl Harbor and accused a Collier’s article of false statements. Kimmel and Major General Short face court-martial on dereliction charges and demand an end to untruths until the full account is public.
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Washington
Husband E. Kimmel
Truman
D-Mo
Roberts
Pearl Harbor
Owen J. Roberts
Supreme Court
Kimmel
Walter , Short
Hawaii
Japan
Charles B. Rugg
Boston
Collier's
Short
Pendulum Clocks Replaced by Quartz at Greenwich
In London on August 21 the Greenwich Observatory began replacing its long used pendulum clocks with quartz crystal chronometers. The new clocks promise accuracy within one thousandth of a second per day, vastly improving the old pendulum timekeeping which was off by about one hundredth of a second.
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Washington
Japan
Kyushu
London
Greenwich Observatory
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