Allied breakout across Metauro front and Florence advance teased
British and Allied forces push through German defenses along the Metauro river as the Eighth Army breaches the last line south of the Po. American Fifth Army crosses streams near Livorno and Florence, aiming for high ground north of Florence before final objectives. Police report a confession from Charlie Foster in a Gastonia homicide case.
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Albert Kesselring
Brenner Pass
Sonty
Ian
Metauro
River Po
Eighth Army
Desert Air Force
Fifth Army
Livorno
Leghorn
Arno
Florence
Eighth
Fifth
Bremen raid targets caves and garrison at Cezembre
Allied P-38s and Mosquitos bombed the Bremen area with cave mouths at Cezembre and ships harbors. German garrison at St Malo sheltered as white flags appeared. Planes dropped 3,000,000 leaflets in Abbeville pocket Brest St Nazaire and Lorient calling Nazis to surrender. Night raids hit Bremen rail lines and docks in St Quentin Givet and Kaiserlautern Saarbrucken sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cezembreis
St. Malo
Nurnes
Malaya
Abbeville
Brest
St. Nazaire
Lorient
Bremen
St. Quentin
Givet
Kaiserlautern-Saarbrucken
Last Nazi Resistance Fades as Allies Reach French Coast
In a rapid thrust, British and Canadian troops linked up and seized three bridges to isolate pockets of Nazi resistance south of Le Havre as Allies advanced toward the coast. German forces pulled back toward Belgium and the Netherlands, abandoning Pas de Calais rocket sites and signaling a close to the fight for France. Flying bombs paused, with defenses improving and robot bases possibly retreating into the Reich.
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le Havre
Pas-de-Calais
Belgium
Netherlands
Berlin
Luxem
Low Countries
Appead
Beland
15Th Army
Hitler
Finis
France
Loden
Reich
Bapaume
Amiens
Cambrai
Douai
Belere
Dun
Canadians celebrate Vimy Ridge victory and Amiens capture
In a message to Lt Gen Crerar British general Dempsey hailed Canada’s role in Amiens and Dieppe as a great day for Canada. Canadian troops push on the Somme, trapping German forces while Allied air and ground actions disrupt transport and weaken retreating units. German ports Brest Lorient St Nazaire hold out as Allied observers report tank and locomotive losses and shifting strategies. Mine workers in Amelia suffer strikes as a small supervisory faction impacts West Virginia pits.
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Miles C. Dempsey
Second Army
H. D.C. Crerar
First Army
Crerar
Amiens
Dempsey
Dieppe
Vimy Ridge
Canada
Somme
Abbeville
le Havre
Germany
Nancy
Saar
Belgium
Luxembourg
Brittany
Brest
St. Nazaire
Lorient
Ramske
Diplomatic Secrecy Case Ties Kent to Prison Term
The State Department said an American will face possible additional charges for leaking diplomatic abstracts to a German agent. Jurisdiction remains with American courts after Kent serves his seven year term in British prisons and is again under U S authority.
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Kent
Department
Labor Board votes to strike at six West Virginia mines
Advisory ballots by the National Labor Relations Board move to strike 1,725 workers at six West Virginia mines, with nearly 9,000 tons of coal produced daily. The War Labor Board asks Pennsylvania pit strikers to return to work as government seizure looms for 10 mines. Strike votes set for nine western and central Pennsylvania mines employing 4,975 workers. Supervisory employees in early 60s expected to follow.
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Tri-State
United Technical, Clerical and Supervisory Employes Union
District 50
United Mine Workers of
Amelia
West Virginia
National Labor Relations Board
War Labor Board
Pennsylvania
Unrest in Brussels as Nazis press advance in Belgium
Allied reports say German forces inflict brutality as they push through Brussels streets and seize territory. An Associated Press dispatch cites a grim massacre in Plomion and a coastal gun duel with Britain near Dover as the war widens.
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Brussels
Belgium
Holoe
Associated Press
William Smith White
Plomion
France
Channel
Dover
Pacific War Report Details Air Strikes and Bombardments
The dispatch notes increased activity in the Pacific theater with a warship shelling an island and 100 carrier planes conducting a bombing attack. Messages cite aerial actions against Medera shipping and land installations, harassment of Dutch New Guinea communications, an airstrip hit on Timor, and dumps and villages at Wewak. Liberator bombers from the 14th Air Force damaged ships in an attack on Takao harbor in Formosa.
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Pacific
Jima
MacArthur
Davao
Medera
Dutch New Guinea
Timor
Wewak
Norris’ Condition Critical In Nebrolia as Reporter
McCook Nebraska September 2 14 Former Senator George W Norris remains in very critical condition after a cerebral hemorrhage with a temperature of 106 degrees and a rapid pulse. He is reported to be still weakening and unconscious since yesterday.
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Norris
McCook
Nebr
George W. Norris
E. F. Leininger
Weather Summary for North Carolina
Partly cloudy and hot with scattered thundershowers in the mountains and northern areas this afternoon and evening. Tonight and Sunday remain warm with potential storm activity in exposed regions.
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North Carolina
Balkans tension as armistice talks stagger in Cairo
Bulletin notes Bulgaria Britain and Russia continuing to oppose Hitler while armistice talks pause after a Cairo report on Bagranov forming a leftist government. Soviet forces gain a height near Praga and Warsaw faces renewed pressure as war activity shifts from the Baltic. An early conclusion of the Russia Romania armistice is expected.
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Britain
Hitler
Bulgaria
Cairo
Bagranov
Giurgiu
Sofia
Yugoslavia
Greece
Bina Ht
Hungary
Buda
Pest
OWI
Transylvania
Balkan
Poland
Baltic
Ier
Stalin
Red Army
Praga
Warsaw
Moscow
Reich
Russia
Romania
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