Allied push punches toward Paris as Meaux front opens
Allied forces press along the Seine and Marne advancing from Meaux toward Lagny and Paris. U S Third Army widens a consolidated front around the capital while British and Canadian troops seal bridgeheads and push toward the rocket bomb coast near Le Havre.
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Seine
Marne
Paris
Meaux
Lagay
Americ Mans
Algiers
U. S
Verdun
Troyes
Arcis - Sur - Aube
Saar
Second Army
First Army
Seine River
le Havre
Germany
Bombing Blitz Hits Axis Oil Refineries and Rail Targets
Allied air offensive reports heavy US bombers struck the Moosbierbaum and Szony oil refineries in Austria and Hungary, plus Miskolcz rail yards and Brenner Pass rail line sites. Preliminary counts claim about 500 American fighters disrupted troop trains, locomotives, oil tanks, barges, and communications installations.
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Austria
Szony
Hungary
Danube
Budapest
Miskolcz
Aviso
Ora
Brenner Pass
Italy
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Mie
Weather and War Developments Across Europe
Partly cloudy in North Carolina with brief rain possible westward. In Europe Allied air forces attacked targets across Austria Hungary and Italy. Bombing hit oil plants in Austria and Hungary and rail bridges near the Tisza river. Tactical planes with the Seventh army bombed bridges near Lyon and targets at Villa Franca di Verona Imperia and Savona on the Riviera.
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Badenville
Italy
Austria
Hungary
Tisza
Budapest
Seventh Army
France
Lyon
Villafranca di Verona
Verona
Imperia
Savona
Soldiers oversea voting concerns spark debate in New York
Congressman Celler and Rep Knutson clash over Dewey backed soldier ballots citing WW II era mailing and registration issues. Celler says thousands of New York service members overseas cannot vote due to a cumbersome system with 360,000 not filing for state ballots.
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Harness
Dewey
OWI
War Department
India
Celler
Thomas E. Dewey
Rep
Knutson
R-Minn
New York
Congress
Russians push toward Bucharest as Germans face collapse
Russian forces overwhelmed Nazi lines at Focansi and Galati and advanced toward the Ploesti oil region. Soviet spearheads under Malinovsky and Tibukhin moved along the Danube and Transylvanian approaches, signaling a major push on Bucharest with surrender of two Nazi corps commanders and two major generals and about 18,000 troops.
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Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Bucharest
Ploesti
Hungary
Transylvania
Focansi
Galati
Ramnicul-Sarat
Malinovsky
Transylvanian Alps
Tibukhin
Danube
Carpathians
Transylvanian
Nazis Retreat Under Allied Air Pressure Near Valence
German forces are being forced to withdraw from positions along the Rhone as Allied air power harasses their retreat. The flight is described as hazardous and costly for the Nazis with their hopes to move east and north of Valence diminishing daily.
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Rhone
Allied Air Force
Valence
Montelimar
Funeral Rites Set for Mrs. Ernest Reddick in High Point
Funeral services for Mrs. Ernest Reddick of Route 2 High Point are planned for Tuesday at 3 pm at Springfield Friends Church with Rev. Harold Hadley officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. The body will be moved to the home this afternoon at 5 pm.
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Ernest Reddick
Route 2
High Point
Springfield Friends Church
Harold Hadley
Funeral for James Lawrence Hunt Held in Thomasville
The funeral for six month old James Lawrence Hunt, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Hunt, was held Saturday at 11 o clock from the family home at 401 Polk street. Rev. Roy H. Parker officiated for the Wesleyan Methodist church with musical trio accompaniment. Interment was in Mount Zion Holiness church cemetery.
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Enterprise
Thomasville
James Lawrence Hunt
David Hunt
Polk Street
Roy H. Parker
Wesleyan Methodist Church
J. F. Lockabill
Lucille Beck
Mae Childress
E. C. Graves
Mount Zion Holiness Church
Paris Braces as 3000 Trucks Bring Food to Capital
Paris mobilizes nearly 3,000 trucks to haul about 75,000 tons of food monthly amid wartime disruption. German raids hit suburbs, triggering fires and a death toll of 110 with 719 injuries. Crowds cheered De Gaulle’s victory parade as rooftop gunfire broke out.
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Paris
de Gaulle
Timidity Displayed By Stock Market Amid European Victory News
New York stock market showed cautious behavior as European victory news boosted peacetime industrial issues. Some gains appeared in Santa Fe, Great Northern, Republic Steel, American Telephone, General Electric and Kennecott while laggards included U S Steel, Southern Railway, General Motors, U S Rubber, Sears Roebuck, Consolidated Edison and Sperry.
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Europe
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Great Northern
Republic Steel
American Telephone
General Electric
Kennecott
U. S. Steel
Southern Railway
General Motors
U. S. Rubber
Sears Roebuck
Consolidated Edison
Sperry
Short Robot Bomb Attacks On England
London reports 4 robot bombs fell in London and south England around noon breaking a 30 hour lull. Germans may be using new sites possibly shifted or reserved as 450 flying bombs were launched in the week ending today totaling about 7 700 since attacks began. The night was bomb free.
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London
England
13 New Polio Cases Reported In State
Raleigh reports 13 new infantile paralysis cases raising North Carolina total since June 1 to 623. Cases span 70 counties with new counts from Caswell Pasquotank and Transylvania and single cases from Beaufort Chatham Cleveland Forsyth Gaston Guilford Rowan Rutherford Wake and Watauga. The total remains 52 under 1935 record.
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Raleigh
State Health Department
North Carolina
Caswell
Pasquotank
Transylvania
Beaufort
Chatham
Cleveland
Forsyth
Gaston
Guilford
Rowan
Rutherford
Wake
Watauga
British and Jungle Raiders Harass Japs
Allied headquarters reported British and Indian jungle raiders operating about 100 miles behind Japanese lines in Burma below Tiddim. Japanese forces retreating from India are withdrawing toward that area as the campaign advances.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Burma
Tiddim
India
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