Americans Push Toward Valence and Montelimar Front
American Seventh Army soldiers and German forces battled along the Rhone valley in southern France. U S troops reached within six miles of Valence and about 27 miles up river from Montelimar as heavy fighting centered near Loriol. German attempts to cross the Drome were repulsed. pontoons were used but return unclear. Meanwhile forces near Briancon were driven back to the outskirts of the Alpine city by an attacking force crossing from Italy.
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Rome
U. S
Rhone
Valence
Montelimar
Marseille
Seventh Army
France
Drome
Despera
Telimar
Loriol
Briancon
Hautes-Alps
Nice
Italy
Bitter Fighting As Japs Reach Lishui City Gates
Chinese forces report heavy combat as Japanese troops reach Lishui gates in Chekiang. A Japanese broadcast claims Lishui is a top air base in southwest China. Reconnaissance planes over the Salween bridge drop supplies to garrison on Sungshan mountain. Chinese troops seize two more fortified hills in Sungshan.
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Chungking
Lishui
Chekiangee
High Command
U. S
China
Chekiang Province
Burma Road
Salween River
Yunnan
Sungshan
Bombers Hit Nazi Baltic Ports and German Targets
Allied air forces pound Stettin and Konigsberg as British bombers support Russian northward operations. Mosquito aircraft drop heavy munitions on Berlin while weather clouds hinder visibility. One bomber reported lost. fighters returned. Up to 500 heavy bombers and escorts fly missions across northern Europe.
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Geof Kiel
France
Baltic
Stettin
Konigsberg
Berlin
Polio Cases in North Carolina Reach 638 Mark
Five new infantile paralysis cases were reported to the state board of health, lifting the total since June 1 to 638. The counts include Buncombe 2 Forsyth 1 Guilford 1 and Haywood 1, with a misdiagnosed Macon county case corrected. The epidemic nears the 1935 outbreak peak, with officials seeing no indication the peak has passed.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
Macon County
Buncombe
Forsyth
Guilford
Haywood
North Carolina
Allies Smash Through Nazi Paratroopers On Italian Front
British and Polish forces drive Nazi paratroopers from a three mile ridge above the Foglia river. The offensive breaks near the Gothic line as Allied units push toward the Po valley rim within 18 miles of the Po. Heavy combat follows near the Arzilla and Foglia rivers.
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Rome
Po Valley
Cassino
Foglia
Arzilla
Reds Close In On Bulgaria As Ploesti Falls
Russian forces report capture of Ploesti oil region with the Red Army in control. Soviet columns near Bucharest and Constanta threaten a quick Balkan mop up while Bulgaria faces pressure from advancing troops and a looming armistice offer.
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London
Ploesti
Stalin
Red Army
Associated Press
Moscow
Black Sea
Russia
Bulgaria
Balkans
Constanta
Romania
Bucharest-Ploesti
Wallachia
Buzua
Transylvania
Hungary
Slovakia
Central Europe
Cairo
French to Fight On Against Japanese
London dispatch reports Radio France in Algiers stating French forces under General Charles de Gaulle will continue the fight with the Allies to defeat Japan after Germany falls. The broadcast rejects the Vichy decree granting authority to Indo China colonial governor to collaborate with Tokyo. Indo China policy to be decided by the French Republic and Japan, settled by arms.
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London
Radio France
Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Japan
Germany
War today by Dewitt Mackenzie imagines German collapse
The Allied blitz in France appears to push German forces toward chaotic retreat. Neutrals may again face pressure to shelter Nazi leaders as Hitler and aides lose unified control. If Nazi armies scatter back into Germany under fanatical officers, observers warn of a fractured war front and no armistice.
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France
Eich
Washington
Hitler
Germany
Liberation Celebration In Paris Ends With U S Troops Parade
Paris completes three day liberation celebration with a parade of American infantry down the Champs Elysees. Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley and Lt. Gen. Joseph Pierre-laid lay a wreath on the tomb of France’s Unknown Soldier. Paris remains orderly amid postwar adjustments and fuel shortages.
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Paris
U. S
Arc de Triomphe
New York
Fifth Avenue
Omar N. Bradley
Joseph Pierre
France
Fire Directed At Robots In England
London reports heavy raids as German robot bombs rain on London and southern England. American B-17s and fighters joined antiaircraft fire in countering the launches. Flight Lt Rene Van Lierde and others have tallied multiple downed bombs while night waves continue to strike coastal towns.
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London
Engand
France
Rene van Lierde
England
Boulogne
Folkestone
Nazis Must Quit Unconditionally Asserts Hull
Secretary of State Hull said Germany shows interest in a negotiated peace but Allied demand for unconditional surrender remains clear. He warned Hitler and aides may seek escape to neutral countries and noted U.S. and Britain urged neutrals not to shelter Nazi leaders. He cited past appeals and ongoing efforts to prevent sanctuary.
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Washington
Hull
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Argentina
Roosevelt
Uncle Sam Builds 65 000 Vessels In Five Years
Navy Secretary Forrestal reported that the United States has built 65,000 vessels of all types in the last five years, totaling about 9,000,000 tons. About 86 percent are war ships, 22 percent landing craft, with remaining auxiliaries. fighting ships number roughly 1,150, and combatant totals have been trebled since before the war.
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Washington
Navy
Forrestal
United States
Negroes to Put Candidate In Senate Race
Osceola F. McKaine 51 of Sumter was named by the Progressive Negro Democrats as their U S senatorial candidate to oppose Governor Olin D Johnston in November. McKaine is associate editor of Lighthouse and Informer in Columbia. The party executive committee backed him after opposing Johnston over the April repeal of primary laws.
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Columbia
D. C
Osceola FE
McKaine
Sumter
U. S
Olin D. Johnston
Johnston
Lighthouse and Informer
Progressive
Democratic Party
United States
Senate
John McCravy
Progressive Party
McCravy
Ambonia Bombed Heavily by Yank Liberators in Pacific Raid
General Headquarters reported a 188 ton bombing of Ambonia in the Moluccas as MacArthur’s air force pressed toward the Philippines. Additional raids hit Halmahera Ceram and Halong bases, Palau, with no losses. Davao in the Philippines saw night patrols.
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General Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Ambonia
Moluccas
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Iwo Jima
Volcano Islands
Tokyo
Adm
Chester W. Nimitae
Pearl Harbor
Kape
Halmahera
Palau
Carolines
Davao
Thomasville Reports Second Polio Case
Thomasville records its second infantile paralysis case as 9 year old Claiborne Hill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Hill, is diagnosed with polio. The child was to be transferred this afternoon to an orthopedic hospital in Gastonia for treatment. his condition is not considered serious. The Hills live at 209 Moore Street.
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Thomasville
Claiborne
Carlos Hill
Gastonia
Hill
Moore Street
Correspon dent Hal Boyle injured in Paris parade incident
Paris August 30 Associated Press war correspondent Hal Boyle was injured yesterday after being struck by a motorcycle during an American infantry parade down the Champs Elysees. He had survived North African landings and campaigns in Tunisia Sicily Italy and northern France without wounds.
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Paris
Hal Boyle
Associated Press
Chamys Elysees
Boyle
Tunisia
Sicily
Italy
France
North Africa
Two Columns Push Forward Against Nazis
Allied advance across northern France tightens as American armored columns reach near Belgium and Reims while Laon and Paris corridors open. Patton’s Third Army moves along upper Marne toward Vitry le Francois. Rouen falls to German reports but evacuation followed. Seizing Le Havre flank and Seine river progress cut German routes to Dieppe and Le Havre as Paris airdistance shortens to invasion front.
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Paris
Marne
3Rd Army
Troyes
Luxembourg
Belgium
London
Reims
Laon
Seine
Pas de Calais
U. S. Third Army
Rouen
Champagne
Vesle
Brussels
Patton
George 5S
Vitry-le-Francois
Upper Marne
Reich
Verdun
Chalons-Sur-Marne
le Grandes Loges
Chalons
Dieppe
le Havre
Somme Valley
Berlin
Dewey Plans 6700 Mile September Campaign Tour
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will undertake a 6700 mile cross country campaign in September delivering seven major speeches. The trip starts September 7 in Philadelphia and runs through 71 states ending in Albany on September 28 with chief talks in Louisville Seattle Portland and San Francisco Los Angeles and Oklahoma City. Brownell noted stops in 10 states to meet governors and leaders from industry agriculture and other groups.
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Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
Herbert Brownell, Jr
GOP
Dewey
Philadelphia
New York
Pacific Coast
Albany
Louisville
Seattle
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Oklahoma City
Brownell
Midwest
Far West
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LA Mans
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Corbeil
Orleans
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Imelan
Ghent
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Claarbrucken
Strasbourg
Champs-Elysees
Uncle Sam
Yank
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Alexander M. Patch
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