Two Great Russian Armies Drive Toward Oil-Wheat Heart
Moscow dispatch reports two vast Russian army groups advancing toward central oil and wheat regions with companions driving in south and north Poland. Debica hubs yielded hundreds of German war directives. rail lines near Lwow Krakow bristled with German plants as advances neared Tarnow, Krakow, and Silesia. Romanian units suffered machinegun fire while Romanians reported German attempts to block retreat. Danube Galati sector pressured as Soviet forces reached near Bucharest and Ploesti, with numerous towns along the eastern front reported fallen.
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Moscow
Germany
Poland
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Red Star
Lwow-Krakow
Tarnow
Krakow
Silesia
Warsaw
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Lomza
Reich
Danube
Galati
Bucharest
Ploesti
Hitler
Tighina
Celatea-Alba
Vaslui
Paris Liberators Saluted by Roosevelt After Paris Liberation
President Roosevelt praised the liberation of Paris, noting the joy of civilized nations and the symbol Paris represents. He congratulated French and Allied commanders and fighting men whose efforts herald a brilliant presage of total victory.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Paris
White House
Hitler
Tennessee Paratrooper Honored In War Ceremony
In Cleveland Tennessee Sgt Paul Huff 26 earned the Medal of Honor for action in Italy. The paratrooper praised fellow servicemen and urged community support prayers and letters during a city and state commemorative event.
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Tennessee
Cleveland, Tenn
Paul Huff
Italy
Yanks Deliver New Blows on Philippines
General MacArthur's August communique reports attacks in Mindanao sinking a freighter near Mindanao and hitting a destroyer tender off Palau. Navy Liberators set fires at Davao and bombed a five-ship convoy off Chinami Jima with two cargo ships sunk and one Liberator lost.
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Japan
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Mindanao
Davao
Palau
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Chinchi Jima
Bonins
Tokyo
Finnish Minister Grips Helsinki Move Amid War Exit Talks
The Finnish minister to Sweden, iG A Gripenberg, flew to Helsinki in a bid connected to Finland leaving the war. Sources say Finland had no contact with Moscow as of Thursday morning. It is his second Helsinki trip in two weeks and observers speculate Romania’s exit could push Baron Mannerheim to act.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Ig. A. Gripenberg
Helsinki
Finland
Moscow
Gripenberg
Romania
Baron Mannerheim
Bucharest
Munich
Hitler
Hungary
Germany
Axis
Antonescu
Nine new polio cases reported across several counties
The State Health Department reports nine additional infantile paralysis cases since June 1, including a first in Chatham county. Counties affected include Cleveland two, Guilford two, Harnett one, Mecklenburg one, Rutherford one, Union one, with no new deaths.
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State Health Department
Chatham County
Cleveland
Guilford
Harnett
Mecklenburg
Rutherford
Union
Dozen Targets Smashed By Allied Planes
Allied air forces mounted a massive assault on Germany and occupied zones. About 1,300 heavy bombers and 1,000 fighters struck synthetic oil plants and military targets across Meiserberg Misburg Ruhland Brux near the Czech border Frietal Dresden Brunswick Killeda Merseberg Langenhagen Miemer Kiel. RAF coastal planes bombarded the Seine estuary flotilla for eight hours sinking and damaging ships. The raid destroyed about 50 German warplanes from British and French bases.
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Germany
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Misburg
Ruhland
Brux
Frietal
Dresden
Brunswick
Killeda
Merseberg
Langenhagen
Hannover
Miemer
Kiel
Salon Falls To Allied Drive In Southern France
Allied forces report capturing Salon 25 miles northwest of the Rhone as French units drive west into the lower Rhone valley. U S troops reach toward Geneva frontier while Marseille outskirts are breached. French and American action concentrates on Toulon, Grenoble and the Riviera corridor with B 25s bombing bridges and German pockets in the region.
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Rhone
France
Salon
Rhone Valley
Associated Press
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Bly
Drenshie
U. S
Annecy
Grenoble
Lyon
Paris
Algiers
Bordeaux
Aries
Marseille
Toulon
Riviera
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Turin
Eine
Mont du Paradis
Carquieranne
Mont Des Oiseaux
Sid Fed
Friction Triggers Resignation From War Production Board
The White House announced Charles E. Wilson would resign as executive vice chairman of the War Production Board. Wilson cited unfair attacks from subordinates and said rumors of his opposition to reconversion were inspired by staff tied to the board and Mr. Nelson.
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Washington
White House
Charles E. Wilson
War Production Board
Wilson
Nelson
American armored troops push along Seine toward Elbeuf and Rouen
Allied reports say American armored columns moved along the Seine aiming for the sea and Elbeuf, within nine airline miles of Rouen. Canadian and British forces pressed the western edge of the trap near Lisieux while air forces claimed 37 German planes shot down and heavy Allied damage to German vehicles and barges.
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Sonn
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Rouen
Normandy
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Paris
Fontainableau
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Germany
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Reich
Johnson
Lower
Raf Genitos
King George VI Congratulates Eisenhower for Allied Victories
King George VI telegrammed General Dwight D. Eisenhower offering warm congratulations to him and all in the Allied Expeditionary Force on the victories in France. He said his peoples join him in thanking the Allied arms for the outstanding success achieved.
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King George VI
Eisenhower
London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
Casualties In South France Reported By War Secretary
Secretary of War Stimson reported that the first five days of the southern France invasion cost the army 2,975 casualties. The landings began August 25 with 1,221 killed or missing and 1,734 hospitalized.
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Washington
Stimson
France
Navy
Mediterranean
Romania's Surrender Shifts Balkans in Allied Favor
In a belated turnabout Romania sides with the Allies over Germany, weakening Hitler's southern flank. Bulgaria and Hungary may follow. the Danube gateway opens to the Allies, depriving Germany of vital supplies and boosting Allied morale worldwide. Julio Maniu's cabinet signals pro Allied shift amid lingering Iron Guard influence.
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Balkan
Hitler
Bulgaria
Bor
Hungary
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Great Danube
Reich
Japan
Fuehrer
Julio Maniu
The
Iron Guard
Ion Antonescu
Romania Turns Co beligerent in War Against Germany
Romania appears to have shifted to a co belligerent stance against Germany after an armistice announcement. Berlin reports say a Communist regime governs Bucharest as King Mihai’s government struggles for control. Curfews and travel restrictions are imposed amid a Balkan upheaval affecting Bulgaria Yugoslavia and Greece as Soviet forces move toward Romania.
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Berlin
Aftonbladet
Stockholm
Turkey
Germany
Bulgaria
Ploesti
DNB
Mihai
Balkan
Ilin
Bucharest
Domi
Hitler's Hold On France Is Slipping
Allied forces push north from the Riviera to the Swiss border as Paris battles on. American troops seize Bordeaux with French Maquis aid while an Alpine drive by Patch’s Seventh Army nears the Swiss frontier, and Patton’s Third Army advances toward the German frontier. The Seine escape corridor tightens as Paris remains contested and German forces threaten destruction.
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Associated Press
London
Riviera
Switzerland
Hitler
France
Seine
le Havre
Bordeaux
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Supreme Headquarters
Resa
Ing
Gestapo
Pers
Lisieux
Alexander M. Patch
U. S
Mediterranean
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Patton
Third
Sens
All Parties In Hungary Ordered Dissolved
Nazi controlled puppet regime of Hungary dissolves all political parties, citing intrigue to pull Hungary out of the war. Official gazette publishes the decree, freezing party properties and threatening severe penalties for violations.
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London
Hungary
DNB
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