Allied Forces Reach Paris and Cannes as Nazis Retreat
U S troops seize Cannes and advance toward the Italian frontier within 20 miles of the border. German withdrawals from southwestern France extend across the region while patrolling forces push toward Lyon and Grenoble. American columns near Aries and the Rhone threaten a junction with northern Allied forces, with a swift flying column driving north from Draguignan. In Toulon French forces encircle remaining German positions in the naval port.
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Rome
U. S.S
French Riviera
Cannes
Berlin
France
Lyon
Marseille
Notre Dame de la Garde
Grasse
U. S
Salon
Aries
Rhone River
Alexander M. Paton
Grenoble
Geneva
Swiss
Draguignam
Wich
Toulon
Europe
Warsaw
Gien
George Patton
U. 8
Third Army
Paris
U. S. Seventh Army
Patton
White Citizens Thwart Trial of Rapists
In Quincy Florida the trial of three negro men charged with raping a white woman was moved to Gainesville after authorities cited danger of bloodshed. Governor Holland reported a large state militia presence and highway patrols to prevent violence as the defendants were not produced. A convoy then moved the suspects from the Tallahassee jail to Raiford prison. The accused are Fred Lane 19 James Davis 16 and James Williams 26, tied to a 20-year-old army sergeant’s wife.
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Quincy
Fla
Gainesville
Gadsden County
Spessard L. Holland
Tallahassee
W. May Walker
Raiford
Fred Lane
James Davis
James Williams
Romania stops fighting for Nazis as king shifts stance
Berlin announces Romanian troops have thrown in with the Allies after King Mihai’s proclamation. The move alters military front lines near the Falati gap and Danube delta, prompting rapid diplomatic shifts across Europe and new armistice conditions with the Soviet Union.
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Balkan
Oteer
Falati
Carpathians
Danube
Soviet Union
Romania
Red Army
Mihai
Bulgaria
London
Burma War Gains Claim Large Japanese Losses
Southeast Asia Command reports 20 000 Japanese killed in north Burma during 1944 campaign. Over 10 000 square miles captured as Allies recapture equipment and supplies. Mountbatten returns to command, weather limits air activity and slows operations.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Joseph W. Sti
Burma
Adm
Lord Louis Mountbatten
London
Churchill Meets Pope Pius XII in Rome Talks
Prime Minister Churchill left Rome after a 48 minute private audience with Pope Pius XII. A Vatican statement said many essential questions were touched upon relating to important problems of the present hour. The visit was observed with papal court splendor.
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Rome
Churchill
Pius XII
Vatican
Papal
Polio Cases Show Notable Drop in North Carolina
Raleigh August 25 report shows new infantile paralysis cases fell appreciably today with Polk county as a new case, lifting total since June 1 to a higher count. Death toll remained at 23.
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Raleigh
Polk County
FDR Willkie Conference Hinted Again
President Roosevelt said he had contacted Wendell Willkie but no plans for an immediate meeting were stated. The Herald Tribune reported Roosevelt renewed a possible conference on foreign policy, while Willkie indicated he would meet if asked but preferred post election timing.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
New York
The
Herald-Tribune
Willkie
Sais
United States
Woodrum Sees End Of Conflict By October
Chairman Woodrum of the house postwar military policy committee said the army tentatively looks to October 1, 1944, as the date for the end of the war against Germany. Rear Adm. Irish noted the navy hopes to remain in the Pacific through 1945 due to shipbuilding and supply delays.
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Washington
Woodrum
D-Va
House
Germany
James H. Irish
Navy
Pacific
Admiral Irish
Irish
Planes Raid Halmahera Near Philippines Reported
General Headquarters in the Southwest Pacific says Liberators raided the northern Halmahera area, the closest reach toward the Philippines, destroying many buildings and starting fires in Japanese bivouac and dump areas. The raid involved 156 tons of bombs dropped in the effort.
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General Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Halmahera
Philippines
Battle below the Seine nears end as Allied pressure tightens
Allied forces including Americans, British, Canadians press from all sides in the pocket below the Seine where Von Kluge retreats toward the Somme. Canadian units reach Honfleur near Le Havre as the German defense folds under attack.
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Arters
Guenther von Kluge
Somme
Marne
Channel
Park
Seine
Honfleur
Seine Bay
le Havre
RAF
von Kluge
Absentee Ballots Forwarded On Misdated Deadline
Secretary Thad Eure said 10 to 12 federal ballots arrived from sailors who expected they could not be used after October 1 and cannot be counted. He noted some service members may still vote if they turn 21 before election day.
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Raleigh
Thad Eure
Eure
APO
Alne
Bure
Red Armies Take 47 000 Nazis in Five Days Near Ploesti
Two Soviet armies under Malinovsky and Tchukhin sliced deeper into Romania and captured 47 000 enemy troops in five days. They moved within 35 miles of the Galati Gap and the Danube while advancing toward Ploesti oil fields and Bucharest. About 150 towns fell as 25 000 prisoners were taken in a single day.
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Moscow
Romania
Galati Gap
Danube
Ploesti
Rodion V. Malinovsky
Feodor Tchukhin
Mihai
Chisinau
Kishinev
Bucharest
Red Army
Bombers Smash Nazi Targets North of Berlin and Brest
More than 1,100 American heavy bombers escorted by fighters struck north German targets near Berlin including the Peenemunde rocket and flying bomb development center and four aircraft factories. Simultaneous raids by 300 planes bombed Brest Fortifications for about an hour as Allied forces pressed the Brittany port siege.
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London
Peenemunde
Berlin
Brittany
Brest
Eisenhower
Rman
Changes in Hungarian government amid Romania tensions
London reports a German reshuffle of the Hungarian government caused by events in Romania. Details were not disclosed by the German foreign office. A DNB dispatch quoted a spokesperson saying tensions in Hungary were eliminated due to dangers facing the Hungarian people.
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London
Germany
Romania
Hungary
DNB Dispatch
Hitler's Fight to the Bitter End Warns Against Optimism
The War Today analyzes that Nazi forces can still mount fierce resistance around Paris and in Russia, warning that even if Hitler’s retreat begins soon, weeks will pass before denial ends. Dr Eduard Benes predicts the army will fragment and continue to fight to the end.
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Hitler
Paris
Bernard Montgomery
France
Eduard Benes
Benes
Paris Liberated as American French Troops Enter City
The Allied columns breached into Paris from the south as American and French forces moved toward the center. Crowds cheered wildly while Germans and Vichy militia resisted near landmarks like Notre Dame and the Louvre. Fighting continued near Luxembourg as streets flooded with joy and confusion.
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Itrig
Paris
Enbourg
Gestapo
Notre Dame
Luxembourg
Ciliepe
Elysees
Place de la Concordé
Quai D’orsay
Tuileries
Louvre
Madelaine
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Pareis
France
Times Square
Longjumeau
Allied Troops Advance In Upper Arno Valley
Allied forces report considerable advances in the upper Arno valley central Italian front. They occupy Castelnuovo Fornich and La Montania near Pontassieve east of Florence as Eighth Army pushes toward the Gothic Line on Monte Fecchieta. Polish patrols push beyond Metauro river and Italian regulars aid in Adriatic sector.
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Rome
Arno
Castelnuovo
Fornich
la Montania
Florence
Pontassieve
Eighth Army
Monte Fecchieta
Fifth Army
Metauro
Adriatic
Harold Alexander
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Mihail
Yugoslavia
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Finland
Pope Pius XII
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Donald M. Nelson
Right
War Production Board
James M. Mead
Senate War Investigating Committee
Army
Charles E. Wilson
Dewitt Mackenzie
Bengland
Barebones
Norway
Austria
Russia
Poland
Heart of City
Jacques Leclerc
Interior
Columbia Broadcasting System
By Don Whitehead
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