Finland and Germany sever ties amid ceasefire talks
The Finnish government breaks with Germany and plans to disarm all German troops by September 15. President Mannerheim as commander in chief announces hostilities cease on the Finnish front as Russia presses terms for ending the war. Tass criticizes Prime Minister Hackzell’s stance.
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Helsinki
Russia
Baron Carl Gustav
Germany
Ger
Finland
Tass
Hanti Hackzell
Iets
Hackzell
Gera
Carl Gustav Manner
Mannerheim
Manner
Soviet Armies Readied for New Eastern Front Push
Soviet forces announce a major renewed offensive across Poland Romania and the Baltic region eight Russian armies refreshed after a summer drive prepare for another all out assault on Hitler s eastern front Gen Rodion Malinovsky s Second Ukrainian Army pushes into Transylvania Alps near Ploesti Brasov Rasvada captured 135 miles from the Yugoslav frontier and aimed toward Tito s Partisans Tolbukhin s Third Ukraine Army and southern forces threaten to drive toward Greece and Bulgaria as the drive extends 150 miles.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Carpathians
Poland
Estonia
Baltics
Hitler
Romania
Rodion V. Malinovsky
Transylvania Alps
Ploesti
Brasov
Rasvada
Marshal Tito
Bulgaria
Olteniia
Giurgiu
Malinovsky
Ukraine
SC President McKissick dies at 59 in Columbia hospital
Dr James Rion McKissick long serving president of the University of South Carolina died of a heart attack at a Columbia hospital. A Union native, he led USC from 1936 to 1950s, expanded the campus and curriculum, and was a key figure in South Carolina journalism and Baptist lay groups. His widow Virginia Dick McKissick survives.
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Columbia
D. C
James Rion McKissick
University of Carolina
McKissick
Union
University of Southarolina
Harvard University
Ie University of Wisconsin
O the Baptist Church
Virginia Dick
Sumter
Universan
Labor Day Death Toll and Labor Split in Wartime
A Labor Day toll reaches 137 deaths across 30 states, led by California with 17, including 84 traffic, 26 drowning, and 25 other causes. The piece then shifts to labor relations, noting a deepening AFL CIO split over political action and control of the labor relations board amid wartime tensions and looming elections.
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California
Pennsylvania
New York
Illinois
AFL
CIO
Political Action Committee
National Labor Relations Board
WLB
Labor
French Surge Beyond Lyon As Nazis Flee
Allied reports say French troops reached Villafranche 15 miles north of Lyon while American forces repelled a Nazi rearguard near Montrevel 42 miles northeast. Paris and Lyon-area patrols entered Lyon from three sides though the city was not yet captured. airfields east of Lyon were seized and German remnants from the 19th Army were retreating toward the fatherland.
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Rome
Villafranche
Lyon
Montrevel
France
Saone
Villefranche
Bourg-En-Bresse
Certines
Bourg
Ceyzerrat
Rhone
Nazi Leaders Urge Germans to Hold Line Amid War Front
London dispatch reports Berlin radio urging steadfast resolve as American forces near the frontier. A Berlin spokesman says weakness invites defeat and urges continued work to win victory while Hitler delays any direct appeal.
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London
Berlin
Home Front
Adolf Hitler
The
Reich
Reconquest of Philippines Nears as Yanks Sweep Jap Planes From Skies
General Headquarters in the Southwest Pacific reports heavy air raids on Davao as American bombers and Lightning fighters push toward the reconquest of the Philippines. The attack involved 150 tons of explosives on Davao installations and extended operations to the Celebes, Halmahara, Ceram, Timor, and Palau as Allied air forces return home from a 1400 mile mission.
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Southwest Pacific
Davao
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
MacArthur
Sansapor
New Guinea
Tokyo
Talaud Islands
Mindanao
Celebes
Halmahara
Ceram
Timor
Dutch New Guinea
Palau Islands
Road To Berlin Distances From Key Fronts
A concise list shows distances to Berlin from major fronts. 1 Russian Front 372 miles from eastern suburb of War saw. 2 Northern France 885 miles from Namur. 38 Southern France 365 miles from near Bourg en Bresse. 4 Italian Front 588 miles from south of Cattolica.
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Warsaw
France
Namur
Bourg-en-Bresse
Cattolica
Spain Not To Give Refuge To Hitlerites
Washington dispatch reports Spain under Franco denies harboring Nazi and Fascist leaders. Ambassador Juan Francisco de Cardenas says Spain is Christian in principle and has no ties with Nazism. He rejects Moscow charges and states Axis agents and ships entering Spain are interned.
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Washington
Francisco Franco
Juan Francisco de Cardenas
Moscow
Franco
Generalissimo
Gestapo
Spain
Armistice shifts Finland to Russia with German retreat
Finnish capital Helsinki reports an armistice with Russia effective today. German troops in Finland must evacuate by September 15 or be interned, likely withdrawing via Norway to avoid Soviet sea and air attacks. The move eases Berlin’s peril and signals broader Nazi retreat in Europe as Bulgaria faces pressure from Moscow and Allied air power.
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Finland
Hitler
Russia
Norway
Moscow
Helsinki
Germany
Reich
Berlin
Europe
Fuehrer
Allied Eighth Advances on Rimini Port in Italian Campaign
Allied Eighth Army troops broke a 20 mile Gothic line gap and reached within striking distance of Rimini as Canadian forces push toward the Adriatic coast. Fifth Army cleared high ground along the Pisa Florence road while Polish units tightened control around Pesaro and coastal routes near Meleto and San Giovanni. American divisions further advanced north of Pisa as tank action and river crossings shaped the Emilia and Lombardy plains.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Rimini
Fifth Army
Pisa
Florence
Pesaro
Piece
Grandara
Conca
San Giovanni
Ventena
Meleto
Saladecio
Gridolfo
Ventenca
Reich
Balkans
Italy
Canton girl dies in polio hospital outbreak
Hickory reports the death of Mar Quitta Davis daughter of Mr and Mrs Wallace Davis of Canton at the emergency polio hospital. She is the eleventh fatality at the institution since the current epidemic began.
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Hickory
Marquitta Davis
Wallace Davis
Canton
Germans Leave Turku to Flee from Finland
Two small German steamers loaded with possibly 800 German troops departed Turku harbor on Finland's southwest coast as indications grew that Nazi forces were evacuating northern Finland.
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Stockholm
Turku Harbor
Finland
Last Escape Route Sealed Yanks In Reich
Allied forces reported advancing rapidly through western Belgium and northern France with Americans entering Antwerp and Namur while British and Canadian units liberated Brussels. Reports placed US Seventh Army toward the Reich and Patton’s Third Army along the Moselle as Allied lines neared major border routes.
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Reich
Loneorecon
Supreme Headquarters
Are Ge Wed
Antwerp
France
Belgium
Calais
Dunkerque
Brussels
Namur
Coelogge
Dusseldorf
Duisburg
Berlin
Seventh Army
Lyon
Atlantic
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Juan Carbrera
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Champs Elysees
Peter J. Carroll
War Picture Pool
Assest
Joseph A. Leftus
By Dewitt Mackenzie
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Sofia
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Rimini Port
Boulogne-Calais-Dunekerque
England
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Canadian First Army
Someme
Bucharest
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Miles C. Dempsey
Dempsey
Tournai
Britain
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Perl
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Thionville
French Forces of the Interior
U. S
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Mons
Charleroi
Etain
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Juliana Canal
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