Finland quit war as German troops to withdraw from Finland
Premier Hackzell announced Finland would exit the war with Russia and Germany to withdraw its troops within 14 days. A Helsinki dispatch said the split with Nazi Germany began as Finland pressed for terms via Moscow and Stockholm talks. The Russian demand included a break with Berlin and an armistice delegation to Moscow.
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London
Finland
Hantti Hackzell
Russia
Helsinki
Stockholm
Germany
Moscow
Perms
Britain
Berlin
Hackzell
Balkan Fuse Spotters As Patriots Rise
In Moscow on September 2, Lt Gen Rudolf Viest says Slovak troops and police joined a patriot resistance against Germans. Patriots control much of Slovakia while Germans deploy six to seven divisions against two or three. A French detachment of escaped prisoners fights with Slovak forces in the Tatras.
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Moscow
Poice
Srtislava
Red Army
Poand
Slovakia
Rudolf Viest
Tatra Mounains
Viest
Lovak
Ss. Viest
Tertory
Commander of French fleet Is In Custody
New York dispatch reports a Marseille radio that Admiral Jean Joseph De La Borde, once in command of the French fleet scuttled at Toulon on November 27, 1942, to keep it from Germans, was placed in protective custody by French authorities. No reason given for the custody.
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New York
Pazzaville
Arseille
Adiral
Jean Joseph de la Borde
Tench
Toulon
Der
Fire Destroys Dickson Wood Carving Plant
Fire last night and early today destroyed the Dickson Wood Carving plant on Thomasville road about 1500 feet outside Dickson city limits. Owner Frank F. Dixon estimated about 50000 dollars in losses with insurance. The blaze, possibly incendiary, damaged the machine shop and lumber stocks, and fire crews outside the city limits could not reach it.
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Choice Lumber
Dickson
Thomasville Road
F. F. Dickson
Gulf Oil Company
Frank F. Dixon
Hitler's Talk Looms as War Speech Predicted
German diplomats in Lisbon report Adolf Hitler plans a sensational Sunday address likely to announce Patton's tank crossing into German territory and rally the nation on its holy soil. Observers compare the rhetoric to Churchill's 1940 salvo of blood toil tears and sweat as security limits advance notices.
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Richard Kasischke
London
Adolf Hitler
Lisbon
George
S. Patton
Hitler
Churchill
Invasion-Era Air Strikes Hit Davao and Palau
Allied air forces mounted a major pre invasion strike on the Philippines with Liberators destroying 38 Japanese planes in Davao on Mindanao and blasting Palau. Ground attacks burned airfields as 26 fighters and 11 bombers were reported destroyed. Tokyo claimed heavier losses while MacArthur confirmed some American losses.
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Yates McDaniel
Southwest Pacific
Philippines
Davao
Palau
Tokyo Radio
Douglas MacArthur
Mindanao
MacArthur
Mani
Tokyo
Singapore
World War II Front Distances Updated
The Associated Press lists current Allied routes to Berlin with distances from key fronts: Russian front 372 miles from the eastern suburbs of War saw, Northern France 410 miles from Sedan, Southern France 595 miles from Vairon, and Italian front 590 miles from Pesaro.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
France
Sedan
Vairon
Pesaro
American Fifth Army Drives Across Arno Seizes Pisa
American forces spearhead a broad advance on the Arno front driving out through a 20 mile Gothic line gap. Pisa falls as German defenders withdraw under heavy pressure from the Allied onslaught including British Canadian and Polish units.
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George Tucker
Rome
Fifth Army
Arno
Pisa
Albert Kesselring
Brenner Pass
Adriatic
Kesselring
Seventh Army Drives Toward Lyon After Rhône Valley Breakthrough
American Seventh Army forces pushed up the Rhône Valley gaining the Beaurepaire area and advancing toward Lyon as German resistance collapsed. Prisoners surpassed 55,000 as Americans widened their eastern front along the Mediterranean.
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Rome
Seventh Army
Lyon
Rhone
Vienne
Alexander M. Paich
Beaurepaire
France
Reich
Montfaucon
Torunon
Pindon
Mediterranean
Soviets Drive Nazis Across Danube Fronts Advance toward Bulgaria
Soviet forces breached the Danube front southeast of Bucharest on a 65 mile line and reached the Bulgarian border along a 150 mile arc from the Black Sea to Giurgiu. Moscow reported heavy Axis losses, with 418,600 enemy killed or captured August 20 to 31, and substantial matériel booty. The second Ukraine army claimed 100,000 killed and 108,400 captured. the third army 110,000 killed and 100,200 captured as Romanians and Germans retreated amid advances toward Transylvania and the Danube.
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London
Red Army
Danube
Bucharest
Black Sea
Giurgiu
Moscow
Balkan
Stalingrad
East
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
Germany
Budapest
Transylvania
Marosvasarhely
Targu-Mares
Aid
Sfantul-Gheorghe
Brasov
Ghymes
Oituz
Hungar
Carpathian
Danubian
Second Ukraine
Third Army
Ismail
Ukraine
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Olteniia
Fetesti
Bucharest-Fetesti-Constanta
Feodor
Tolbukhin
War Today: Hitler’s world conquest faltering in Europe
AP war analysis notes chaos in France as German retreat rumors spread from Italy the Balkans Denmark and Norway. Nazi claims of victory east fail to hide crises from Stalingrad to the Baltic with revolts and internal tensions rising as Allied forces advance toward Belgium and Germany.
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Associated Press
Hitler
Reich
Europe
France
Italy
Balkan Peninsula
Denmark
Norway
Carpathians
East Prussia
Stalingrad
Africa
Sicily
Russia
Baltic States
Nazidom
Slovakia
Germany
Poland
Belgium
West
Westward focus dominates Nazi strategy amid German setbacks
The article argues Allied pressure in the west near the Saarbrucken Gap has overwhelmed German plans, with mass manpower and aircraft aimed at a knockout blow. It critiques Hitler’s leadership, cites Bittmar’s warning, and suggests the regime may seek capitulation or cede German territory to the Allies while staving off the Russians.
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Bittmar
Germany
Saarbrucken
France
Hitler
Reich
George Norris Dies at Home in Nebraska at 83
Former Senator George Norris, 83, a famed liberal and 40-year congressman, died at his McCook, Nebraska home after a cerebral hemorrhage on August 29. Public funeral services will be held at First Congregational Church, with burial in Memorial Park. Dr. Bryant Drake to deliver the sermon.
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McCook
Nebr
G W. Norris
Congress
First Congregational Church
Bryant Drake
College of Crete
Neb
Memorial Park
McC
Norris
Tennessee Valley Authority
E. L. Leininger
National Citizens’ Political Action Committee
Roosevelt
Republican
Love
Senate
Patton's Men Reach Reich Border in Belgian Advance
Allied forces push toward the Reich as units surge across Belgium toward the German frontier. American spearheads capture Tournai and Seloignes near Liege while Germans flee and civilians evacuate west of the Rhine.
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Austin Bealmear
Tournai
Seas
Little Country
Fla
Uniit
Seloignes
Liege
Associated Press Corres
Don Whitehead
Glum
Reich
Saar
Lorraine
Courtney H. Hodge
F Tier
Berlin
Sweden
Transocean
New German Weapon Appears Over England
London reports two explosive packed aircraft used by German forces against England as a possible lower component of a composite aircraft. The weapon caused no casualties and aroused little fear, with one blast described as very heavy. Robot bomb attacks continued to ease as Allied advances in France progressed.
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Lewis Hawkins
London
England
Air and Home Security Ministries
France
Britain
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