Paris Struggles With Postliberation Disorder in Streets
Paris remains tense as sporadic fighting and unrest recur after liberation. Gen. de Gaulle faces calls to curb Maquis and FFI elements while the Allies hesitate to deploy troops openly. Eisenhower meets de Gaulle. a parade may follow as Paris debates security and peacetime return.
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Paris
Charlies de Gaulle
Jacques Eres
FFI
France
de Gaulle
Gen
Eisenhower
Wen
Owners Of Lake sue Martin for 875000 over death publicity
Eastwood Incorporated operators of Eastwood Lake near Chapel Hill sue Edward J. Martin for 875000 claiming publicity from the death of Mrs Edward M Jewett damaged their swimming boating and fishing business for 1944 and future seasons. Martin is jailed awaiting trial for Mrs Jewetts death with venue undecided between here and Boonville Missouri.
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Durham
Aug
F. BR. Lynch
Orange County
Eastwood, Incorporated
Eastwood Lake
Chapel Hill
Edward J. Martin
Allied Aerial Bases Nearer Jap Capital
Allied air power in the Pacific increases tempo with heavy raids on multiple Nimitz MacArthur theaters. 89 tons on Iwo Jima, 142 on Palau, 150 on the Moluccas. Eight Japanese craft sunk or damaged, 11 enemy planes downed. Middelburg near Sansapor reported as a new closer base, ground fighting near Sansapor with 320 enemy KIA and 199 captured.
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General Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Tokyo
Pacific
Nimitz-MacArthur
Wo Jima
Volcano Islands
Palau
Moluccas
Middelburg
Sansapor
Dutch New Guinea
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Middleburg
Mindanao
Abnormally Low Temperatures Across Nation Reported
From Wichita to Boston the nation shivered with record low maxima. Charlotte plunged to 54.8 F as Kansas City and other cities posted unseasonal cold and rain. Pools closed in Kansas, while Denver and Yuma saw extreme hail and heat, respectively, as statewide swings continued.
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Nation
Charlotte
Associated Press
Wichita
Boston
Kansas City
N. C
North Georgia
Indianapolis
New York
Fifth Avenue
Kansas
Missouri
Swope Park
A.A.U
Florida
Texas
Denver
Yuma
Ariz
20000 Nazi Troops Trapped Near Seine in Escape Bid
British headquarters near the Seine reports that about 20,000 German troops from five divisions are driven from ground and air as they try to break the Argentan-Falaise trap. Rouen likened to Chambois. many vehicles and bodies litter the area. Germans abandon equipment and attempt river crossings. Allied pressure tightens north of Le Havre and Pas de Calais as American thrust threatens flank.
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Seine
Rouen
Chambois
Argentan-Falaise
South Wen
Vernon
Elbeuf
Paris
le Havre
Pas de Calais
Dri
Polish Troops Break Through German Lines on Italian Front
Allied dispatch reports Polish forces driving Germans from the Metauro front behind the Gothic line and advancing toward Pesaro Rimini and Fano. Polish units crossed the Arzilla after heavy artillery barrages blocked German retreat, with the Eighth Army reaching within five miles of Pesaro and about 20 miles of Rimini.
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Rome
Italy
Metauro
Arzilla
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Pesaro
Rimini
Fano
Fourth Parachute Division
Russian Forces Close On Bucharest In Romania Drive
Moscow dispatch reports two large Russian army groups with Cossack support advancing within 50 miles of Bucharest as they push toward the Ploesti oil region. An unconfirmed report says columns may have penetrated 50 miles into Transylvania, once part of Romania and now under Hungarian-allocated status per the 1940 Vienna dictate.
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Moscow
Bucharest
Ploesti
Transylvania
Romania
Hungary
Hitler
Vienna
Russians advance near Hungarian border amid Carpathian passes report
A German radio broadcast claimed Russians reached the Hungarian border at a Carpathian pass. It cited a German counterattack southwest of Hungary and suggested an advance through Romania toward Transylvania. Other Russian units in southern Poland neared five passes into Hungarian annexed provinces.
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Carpathian
Romania
Transylvania
Hitler
Hungary
Poland
Czecho - Slovakia
Russian and German Forces Clash Across Eastern Europe
German communique reports Hungarian and German counterattacks to block entry into Hungary through the eastern Carpathians. Russians push toward Bucharest with deep Transylvania incursions while air forces bomb German positions day and night.
Surrender Terms For Bulgaria Expected In Days
Terms for Bulgaria are to be delivered to a Cairo envoy within days, with armistice terms for Romania to be signed soon in Moscow. Greek and Yugoslav interests are to be protected in the Bulgarian settlement, despite its plea to keep parts of Allied territory. Terms were drawn by the European advisory commission and sent to Washington and Moscow for approval. The Russians urged Germany’s remaining allies to quit the Nazis before it is too late. Bulgaria has yet to move its forces from Yugoslavia and Greece.
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London
Bulgaria
Cairo
Romania
Moscow
Balkan
European Advisory Commission
Washington
Germany
Finland
Hungary
Slovakia
Communist Party
Pravda
Yugoslavia
Greece
Germans Suffer Heavily In Southern France Drive
Allied advances in southern France crippled German forces as American units cut the Rhone valley retreat, with the 11th Armored and 19th Army hit hard. About 50,000 enemy front line troops were knocked out in the invasion to date, while 15,000 of the battered 19th Army were eliminated and key divisions lost at Marseille and Toulon. Valence and Grenoble were key targets as Butler and Patch forces pressed northward, harassing Germans amid rapid mobile operations.
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Rome
France
Rhone
Montelimar
Marseille
11Th Armored
Valence
Butler
Marseilles
Toulon
Talk By FDR Yank Planes Sent Troops Charged
Rep Harness charges mimeographed talk by President Roosevelt being distributed to soldiers worldwide. He says he will watch with interest to see if speeches by Governor Thomas E. Dewey, the Republican presidential candidate, are also distributed.
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Washington
Harness
R-Ind
House
Thomas E. Dewey
Bombing Push Strikes German Forces Across Europe
American fighters and fighter bombers flew thousands of sorties from the west and from Italy, hitting fleeing German troops and transport facilities across northern France, the Low Countries, and into Germany near Frankfurt as Allied forces press the air offensive.
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London
France
Low Countries
Germany
Frankfurt
Italy
Meaux Captured as Allied Forces Reach Marne Front
American troops crossed the Marne and captured Meaux 23 miles east of Paris in a wide arc threatening German retreat toward the Reich. British forces established a bridgehead near the Seine while Canadians crossed between Vernon and L Arche. It marks the first time Americans fought on a World War I battlefield as the Allied assault advances along the Seine toward the coast.
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Herarters
Reich
Marne
Meaux
Paris
Sedan
Seine
Louviers
Vernon
Point - de - L’ Arche
Chateau-Thierry
Road To Berlin Distances From Front Lines
Road distances listed from major fronts show 322 miles from Eastern Suburbs, 495 miles from Senate France, 545 miles from Perly in Southern France, and 600 miles from Florence on the Italian Front, mapping Allied advance routes.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Senate France
France
Perly
Florence
Allied offensives tighten grip on Nazi Germany in war wrap
Dewitt Mackenzie reports three major Allied operations poised to push Germany back. American troops reach the Marne as western forces plan flanking moves above the Seine while the Red Army drives into Romania and inches toward the Vistula line, threatening a wholesale collapse of Nazi defenses.
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Germany
United Nations
Seine
Paris
Romania
Vistula Line
Arsow
Red Army
Marne
France
Marne River
Seine River
English Channel
Seine An
Channel
England
Calati Gap
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Carpathians
Galati
Danube
Baragan
Eiffel Tower
U. S
Signal Corps
Ficht
Berlin
By Dewitt Mackenzie
North Sea
Ostende Otrers
Troyes
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Chateau Thierry
Holland
Verdund
Ochaumont
the Rhine
Boccarar
Ter Sit Zerland
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