Allies On German and Belgian Borders In World War II News
Red flying columns move toward Serbia as Soviet and partisan forces edge closer. Gen Makovsky advances to within 120 miles of Yugoslav Romanian border. German command tries to fortify a line along the Olt river near Sibiu to defend Transylvania from advancing Allied and partisans.
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Daniel Deluceow
Transyl- Alps
Thorugh
Bucharest
Serbia
Tewn Mountains
Marshal Tito
V. Makovsky
Olt
Ser
Ing Sibiu
Transyl
Liberated Allied POWs Loosened in Bucharest After Armistice
In Bucharest Russian troops liberated about 1,100 American air prisoners of war and released them into the city. The writer saw a motorized column patrolling streets with the freed prisoners, and learned that among the liberated were roughly 12 Britons and other Allies.
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Joseph Morton
Bucharest
Red Army Breaks into Bucharest as Germans Fall Back
War dispatches describe Soviet forces crossing the Danube at Cor river mouth and pushing west past Budha pater day while German troops retreat in a disorderly flight through the Danube valley. Malinovsky leads an armored advance with heavy self propelled guns and tanks as workers and residents brace for battle in the capital. A Red Star correspondent reports no Soviet fighters seen in Bucharest streets.
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Danube
Cor
Bulysky
Tito
Westet
Bucharest-Craiova Ay
Ger
Danube Valley
Malinovsky
Red Star
Alex Krivitsky
Bucharest
No Easy Way Out Is Seen For Bulgars
The Bulgarian government under Ivan Bagdanov fell after failing to secure neutrality and an early exit from the war. An international armistice terms draft by British American Russian allies was revealed as Bulgaria faced Allied pressure. Russian forces advanced on Bulgaria's northern frontier amid rumors Hungary sought armistice terms while Romania neared Moscow negotiations.
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Ivan Bagdanov
Balkan
European Advisory Commission
Bulgaria
Hungary
Europe
Romania
Hitler
Moscow
Senet
Somme
Dunkerque
France
Wheather
Liberation of France from Beachhead Record by Allies
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower's armies have set a record by almost securing a France beachhead, matching the 1940 blitz pace in places but advancing along a longer route. Since July 25 Lt Gen Omar N Bradley's American forces have pushed from St Lo toward Paris, with fast strides and heavy engineering support, outpacing German spearheads in parts. The British reached Amiens in two days, covering 60 miles.
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Carl CC. Cranmer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hitler
France
St. Lo
Omar N. Bradley
Holland
Belgium
Bourg
Normandy
Paris
Gerrontier
Eisenhower
Cheris
Garris
la Havre
Brest
St and
Lorient
Abbeville
Sedar
Avranches
Nantes
Chartres
Amiens
Nazis May Quit Denmark Norway Without Fight
NBC reporter Bjorn Bjornsen from Stockholm says Germans are evacuating Denmark and Norway without a fight. Large troop movements are reported and German papers no longer speak of fortress Europe, now they mention fortress Germany.
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Denmark-Norway
New York
National Broadcasting Company
Bjorn Bjornsen
Stockholm
Denmark
Norway
Fortress Europe
Fortress Germany
National Polio Fund Sends More Money to State
The State Foundation for Infantile Paralysis received 129474.17 from the National Foundation to aid the polio fight. Since June 1 the National Foundation has sent 229474.17 to North Carolina and counties plus private gifts bring total available funds to 280320. Four new polio cases were reported today. The state’s total cases now stand 28 short of the 1935 toll of 675.
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Raleigh
State Foundation For
National Foundation
Leroy Martin
Martin
North Carolina
Burlington Shows Population Increase
The Census Bureau reports Burlington North Carolina had 21 830 residents on July 19 1944 up 9 632 or 7 percent from 1940. Occupied dwellings reached 5 593 up 96 7 percent. The 1944 gender split was 9 410 males and 12 420 females. whites numbered 19 293 and non whites 2 537 versus 11 484 and 714 in 1940.
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Washington
Burlington
N. C
Census Bureau
North Carolina
Norris in Critical Condition Amid Illness in Nebraska
Former Senator George W. Norris, 83, has lost consciousness and grown progressively weaker in McCook Nebraska. Dr E F Leininger reports Norris is being nourished by intravenous injections as his condition worsens.
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Norris
Mccook
Nebr
George W. Norris
E. F. Leininger
Leininiger
Germans Flee Big Industrial City On Rhone
Allied forces report Seventh Army units pushing toward the Rhone. Lyon remains in German hands, with Valence and Le Bourg du Peage captured. French forces kill hundreds of Germans near Valence, and German command orders retreat to Germany as airmen observe movements from Lyons area. A French column advances toward Narbonne region in a coast sweep.
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Rhone
Noland Norgaard
U. i. Seventh Army
Rhone Va
Lyon
Tournon
Valence
le Bourg du
le Bourg du Peage
London
France
Germany
Nimes
Narbonne
Medite
Orrusting
Ziers
Seventh Army
Pope speaks as war nears five-year mark in world radio
Vatican radio reports Pope Pius XII says the spirit of justice is dying out on the war's fifth anniversary. Churchill and Roosevelt to meet likely in Quebec to plan shifting Allied focus. Dieppe falls with little opposition and Paris reports 80 percent of France free as war news. Japanese General Masanori Yamanouchi dies on Imphal front. Allied broadcasts claim advances beyond Sedan. Few robot bombing sites used. damage limited around London.
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Pope
London
Pope Pius
D. KR. Churchill
Churchill
Roosevelt
Europe
Quebec
France
New York
Masanori Yamanouchi
Imphal
Intro
Burma
Tokyo
Foo
8th Army Advances in North Italy Columns
8th Army pushes into north Italy during March with aims to strike between the Adriatic and Apennines in a serious effort to gain access to the Po Plain. Commanders report heavy fighting and strategic pressure on supply routes.
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8Th Army
Italy
Comorous
Gamadryon
Beteen
Adriatic
Appennines
Breakthrough in Italy as Eighth Army breaches Gothic Line
In northern Italy the Eighth Army breached the outer Gothic line with a 1000 yard penetration west of Borgo Santa Maria and Montechi to collapse German defenses. Tank supported infantry moved into position as fighting continued near Pesaro where Polish recon units had been active and the town remained split along a railway axis.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Gothic Line
Italy
Foglia River
Borgo Santa Maria
Montecchio
Pesaro
Cassino
Twin Anniversary In War Circles
Today marks a twin anniversary reflecting on September 1, 1939 when Germany began World War II with Poland. The piece notes General George C. Marshall as U S chief of staff and recalls the Allied victory in perspective with the Pentagon scene.
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Washington
Germany
Poland
U. S. Army
George C. Marshall
Hitler
Pentagon
Five More Nip Ships Bagged By Americans
General Headquarters reports American air forces sunk or damaged five Japanese ships and renewed strikes near MacArthur reports blasts at Davao. The offensives span from Dutch Celebes to the Philippines pre invasion, with Japan suspected of hoarding planes for a larger clash.
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Southwest Pacific
America
Japan
M Nao
Philippines
Dutch Celebes
Iuriles
Millard F. Harmon
Douglas MacArthur
East Indies
MacArthur
Davao
Local Oil Firm Robbed Of Coupons
Two unmasked youths robbed a local oil firm this morning at about 10 o clock, tying the manager and taking roughly 4 000 gallons in gasoline coupons and tickets. The men fled in a nearby car. no arrests yet, but photographs were shown to manager J M Shore who identified two suspects.
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Marine Company
Southern Avenue
J. M. Shore
C. C. Stoker
Shore
Road distances to fronts from key European theaters
Road to Berlin listing distances from major fronts: 1 Russian front 322 miles from eastern suburbs of War saw 2 Northern France 410 miles from Sedan 3 Southern France 602 miles from Grenoble 4 Italian front 590 miles from Pesaro.
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Warsaw
France
Sedan
Grenoble
Pesaro
British Fast Sealing Off Robot Coast
The Allied advance around the French coast tightens as American and Canadian forces push toward Dieppe, Le Havre, and Calais while British troops close the coastal gap. Patton’s tanks drive 65 miles toward Verdun in a single day as German defenses buckle along the Meuse and Ardennes routes.
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Dieppe
le Havre
la Treport
Abbeville
Arras
Belgium
France
Longpre
Channel
Calais
Dover
Amiens
Brest
Britann
Montgomery
Dunekerque
Berlin
Seine
Sommer
Vervins
Rethel
Verdun Recaptured as War Anniversary Echoes in WWII
War Today notes the Allied recapture of Verdun on the war's fifth anniversary and reviews the 1940 Somme battles, Churchill's resolve, and Hull's assurances. It argues for unconditional surrender and contends a decisive push into the Reich, with postwar peace aims for Germany.
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Hitler
Germany
United Nations
Hull
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Blue Network
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Clark
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