Russians drive across Bulgaria into Greece frontiers reached
Russian forces push 160 miles in two days crossing Bulgaria toward Greece and the Turkish frontier. Berlin says Bulgaria broke relations with Germany as contact with the United States and Britain stalls. Russians cross the Danube near Giuriu and Ruse and approach Sofia area, with Demotica in Thrace reported as a focal point.
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Bulgaria
Greece
Demotica
DNB
Sota
Bulgar
Russia
Berlin
Germany
Balkan
United States
Britain
Danube
Giuriu
Ruse
Sofia
Esterday
Didymoteikhon
Les
Thrace
Salonika
Polio May Halt School Openings in Some Areas
Dr. Carl Reynolds says infantile paralysis cases are declining overall but peak timing varies by county. Some counties may delay opening until after September 18 while others with sharp declines will proceed, with a statewide survey to map affected regions.
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Carl Reynolds
Raleigh
Enterprise Today
Reynolds
Guilford County
North Carolina to Receive Big Postwar Road Funds
The South faces a federal postwar road program totaling about $3.38 billion over three years. The 10 southeastern states would share $200 million, with North Carolina receiving a portion of the regional $106.8 million annual allotment. States must provide 40 percent matching funds, and Georgia is listed with smaller allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
South
Southeastern
Senate
Georgia
Peace Offer From Germany Denied by British
London reports the British government denying a German peace offer to the United Nations. The statement says no talks are possible with any German emissary except possibly Eisenhower, who will not halt fighting without an unconditional surrender endorsed by the German high command.
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London
Germany
United Nations
Sogn
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Japanese Premier Alerts Diet on War Danger
Premier Gen. Kuniaki Koiso warned Japan faces mounting American air raids and possible Allied landings. In his first diet speech since July, he said Japan is in a grave period deciding the empire’s rise or fall and the Yamato race’s fate, urging full mobilization and a shift from defense to offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuniaki Koiso
Diet
Japan
Koiso
Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Bases in Pacific Blocked by Allied Air Sweep
The Pacific Fleet reports Allied air power forming a triangle of bases from the Marshalls to Celebes with Marcus Island attacked. Liberator bombers extended reach to the Bonins, and Nimitz announced the week long aerial offensive closing gaps and securing Wake Island.
Dewey Welcomed in Philadelphia by Large Crowds
President nominee Dewey arrived by special train in Philadelphia at 11:33 am EWT and was greeted by a police official and a throng of cheering supporters. Gov. Alfred Dewey, Mrs. Dewey, and 21 staff members accompanied him as thousands lined the streets to witness his arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Parsons
Dewey
New York
Edward Martin
Philadelphia
Reds Within 90 Miles Of Belgrade
Moscow reports heavy fighting near Belgrade as Soviet forces press toward Yugoslavia and aim to link with Tito partisans. Turda-Severn on the front captured. Russians push along the Danube 90 miles east of Belgrade. In Poland a major battle may free Warsaw with two Russian groups advancing toward East Prussia. Ostroleka falls as Russians close to the Narew frontier.
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Moscow
Danube
Tron Gate
Transylvania Alps
Red Army
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Turin-Severin
Warsaw
Poland
East Prussia
Narew
Ostroleka
Pitesti
Craiova
Bulgaria
Greece
Aegean
Russia
Germany Mobilizes Eighth Graders For War Plant Work
Dr. Joseph Goebbels announced total mobilization measures including dissolving the Prussian finance ministry and curtailing most of the 1,500 periodicals. Universities face closures while traveling shows and shops for fairs are abolished. Berlin radio says many students must abandon study to work on the war effort.
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RBNE
Red Cross
Joseph Goebbels
Finance Ministry
Germany
Berlin
Yanks Drive Nazis Back on Italian Front
American Fifth Army patrols entered Prato in northern Italy and won new positions as they advanced on the Italian front. The operation followed heavy fighting and extended control over key road centers.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Prato
Italy
Yank Planes Blast Nazi Convoy
American Thunderbolts from new bases in southern France struck a fleeing Nazi convoy within 20 miles of the German frontier. The Mediterranean Allied air force said at least 10 vehicles were destroyed, three locomotives blown, and nine damaged. The raid followed weeks of heavy air attacks across northern Germany and the Po valley, with large bomber formations and fighters involved.
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Rome
France
Mediterranean Allied Air Force
Po Valley
Os Walemith
Denver
Colo
Readen
St. James Place
Yardley
Hitler’s Last Reserves and Nazi Propaganda Crisis
The wartime column explains Nazi Dittmar’s blunt talk to Germans about peril and Hitler’s shrinking options. It notes Allies massing on the western frontier, renewed Russian pushes, and Goebbels’ propaganda, with Hitler drawing old men and youths into the Siegfried line as the front tightens. The piece forecasts strain on German defenses and a possible need for invasion to topple the regime.
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Kurt Dittmar
Reich
Dittmar
Germany
Eisenhower
Goebbels
Hitler
Siegfried Line
Oder River
Fuehrer
Europe
ROAD TO BERLIN DISTANCE MAP NOTES BY A P
The Associated Press sets distances for fronts in World War II briefing. Russian front reads 312 miles from outside Pulatsk, Western front 367 miles from Breda in the Netherlands, Southern France 510 miles from Arbois, and Italian front listed as 585 miles from Riccione Marina.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Pulatsk
Breda
Netherlands
France
Arbois
Riccione Marina
London declares battle of London over allied victory near end
London government announced that the air war against German robot bombs is nearing an end, with Sandys signaling greatly reduced threats and casualties. He cited 2900 Allied airmen lost and 450 planes in the campaign, and noted only 2300 of 8000 bombs reached targets since June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Exac
England
Agarn
Prowler Sprays Poison Fluid Among Residents
Mattoon police increased night patrols as they hunt a prowler feared to be behind a toxic fumes incident. Nine residents, including 45 year old Carl Cordes, reported nausea and partial paralysis after inhaling vapors from a damp cloth found in the area.
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Mattoon
Sinat TP
Iaw
Cole
Carl Cordes
Funeral of Cannon in Richmond Monday
Funeral services for B James Cannon Jr age 79 who died in Chicago yesterday will be held Monday at 3 pm in the Broad Street Methodist church Richmond Virginia. The presiding minister and other service details were not announced.
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Chicago
James Cannon, Jr
Broad Street Methodist Church
Richmond
Patton’s Third Army Pushes Toward Siegfried Line
In France the Third Army under General Patton drives toward the Siegfried Line, reaching toward Nancy and Metz as Hodges’ First Army forms a 15 mile assault line from the Meuse. American forces on the Moselle fight heavy at Pont a Mousson but sustain losses as Germans retain the high ground.
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S&s
Paters
France
George &. Paleton
Moselle
Metz
Germany
Ponta-Mouston
London
George S. Patton
Third
Nancy
Third Army and Seventh Army in Allied Forces Movement
Allied forces under Lt General George S. Patton from the Third Army and Alexander M. Patch’s Seventh Army engage in coordinated operations. The report notes joint advances, supply lines, and strategic position adjustments across designated fronts. No specific dates or locations are provided.
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George &. Patton
Third Army
Latien. Alexvender M. Pateh
Seventh Army
Allied Drive Through Ardennes Stymied by German Resistance
After Antwerp seizure and Seine advance, British Second Army nears the Albert canal south of the Belgian border but meets renewed German resistance. Patton’s forces press toward the German border from Nancy as Moselle bridgeheads near Metz are gained at heavy cost. unclear if American spearheads have penetrated further.
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Paris
French Forces of the Interior
Cross of Lorraine
Gaston Madru
News of the Day
Leuven
Louvain
Sedan
France
Ardennes
Miles C. Dempsey
Antwerp
Canal
Seine
Albert Canal
Patton
Nancy
Moselle
Metz
Ankeercans
Maintenance Men Go On Strike Paralyzes Detroit Plants
DETROIT Sept 7 UP maintenance men strike idles 14 500 workers. Briggs Conner plant 11 000 employees sent home amid 765 maintenance walkout. Packard plant lays off 7 500 production workers as 1 000 maintenance men halt several departments threatening wartime output. Regional war board appeals to UAW president to urge work resumption.
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Detroit
Conner Aircraft
Briggs Manufacturing Coe
Packard Motor Car Co
War Taber Board
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers
Tool Ax
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Sandys
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Sands
Glants
First Army
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