Argentina Withdraws Delegates From Inter-American Defense Group
Buenos Aires reports Argentina pulls its delegates from the Inter-American Political Defense Committee meeting in Montevideo. Angel Chiappe, counselor at the Argentine embassy, is blamed for lack of cooperation and absent from 15 sessions. The foreign office says the group refused to inform American republics of tensions between the Argentine government and other hemispheric nations.
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Foreign Ministry
Argentina
Emher
Montevideo
United States
Brazil
Uru
Mexico
Venezuela
Chile
Itina
Angel Chiappe
Montideo
Uenos Aires
Foreign Office
Cing
Hemisphere
Five New Polio Cases Reported Across Counties
Five new infantile paralysis cases were reported to the State Board of Health, raising the year total to 688 with 676 since June 1. Dr. Carl V. Reynolds said Guilford county added three cases while Buncombe and Cleveland counties added one each. The year’s death toll remained 29 and officials expect the epidemic to ease.
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State Board of Lealth
Carl V. Reynolds
Guilford County
Buncombe
Cleveland
Reynls
Reynolds
Owever
Ie State Board of Education
Roosevelt Speeds Plans For Churchill Conference
Roosevelt accelerates preparations for a pivotal meeting with Churchill amid wartime diplomacy. Cabinet leaders Hull Stimson Morgenthau report on Germany occupation and European postwar economics as aims for talks with Churchill, Stalin absent, and Halifax updates in Washington.
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Washington
Teheran
Germany
Dumbarton Oaks
Japan
Europe
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State Department
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War Department
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Treasury
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George C. Marshall
Henry H. Arnold
William D. Leahy
Ernest J. King
Army Ordered To Take Over Bushing Plant
President Roosevelt directed the War Department to operate the Tenth Century Brass Works Inc in Minneapolis after a CIO led work stoppage halted bronze bushing production. The move follows a Wage dispute under a War Labor Board order. The plant has been closed since August 21 with 35 to 40 workers.
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Roosevelt
Tentieth Century ‘Brass Works, Inc
Minneapolis, Minn
CIO
White House
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
Davis
Secretary of War
Sam Levy
Minneapolis
Soviets Reach 80 Miles From Greece in Balkan Drive
Soviet forces pushed 100 miles into Bulgaria and seized Burgas, 52 miles from Varna, as Moscow announced a halt to operations with Bulgaria after it cut ties with Germany. Red Army advances north and east carved deep into Transylvania and northeastern Romania, nearing the Hungarian frontier.
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Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Ukraine
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Romania
Hungary
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Sibiu
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Cluj
Valea-Lunga
Carpathian Mountains
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Brasov
Sfantu- Gheorge
Targui-Sacuese
Bistricioara
Tulghes Pass
Czernowitz
Frasin
Campulung
Warships Fire On Palau Ahead Of Amphibious Assault
U S warships blasted Palau while air forces pounded targets across the region amid plans for a three way invasion of Palau Yap and Halmahera to support the drive to retake the Philippines. Major strikes hit Angaur Peleliu Koror and Arakabesan with ships and aircraft continuing pressure on Iwo Jima and nearby Bonin Islands.
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Halmahera
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Adm
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Arakabesan
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Japan
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Chichi Jima
Bonins
Pagan Island
Venezuelan woman held as witness in Newmark murder probe
A Venezuelan woman, Angela Alvarez, 29, was held on $10,000 bail in New York as a material witness in the murder of Mrs. Phyllis Newmark, whose body was found near the Hayden Planetarium. Alvarez claimed little knowledge of the case and could not identify the apartment or floor of the Newmarks.
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Phyllis Newmark
Hayden Planetarium
Angela Alvarez
Patton Faces Relentless German Counterattacks Across Europe
Allied forces push through central Europe as Patton’s Third Army bears the brunt of German massed counterattacks along the Moselle near Metz while British and American units cross the Albert Canal and press toward Liege. German defenses stiffen from the Belfort gap toward Dijon and Rimini on the Adriatic front, with repeated savage counterattacks against Allied gains.
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Metz
Associated Press
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Aae
U. S. First Army
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Iman
18Th
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Dijon
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Adriatic
Albert Kesselring
Rimini
Italy
Dewey Returns to Owosso With Strong Welcome Crowd
In Owosso Michigan Thomas E Dewey Republican presidential nominee received a rousing homecoming addressing more than 12000 supporters. He urged a national shift to peacetime pursuits and stressed world peace as the campaign’s core issue. He traveled from Lansing with his mother Mrs Anne Dewey and his wife amid a festive street welcome. He spoke after meetings with Governor Kelly and labor farm and Negro leaders. He forecast an early end to the German war and noted policy discussions focused on postwar security and Axis sanctions rather than military strategy.
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Dewey
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Main
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Harry F. Kelly
Roosevelt
Final Crash toward Berlin Seen as Allied Russian Drive
The piece argues that German defenses across Europe are collapsing under a coordinated Allied Russian offensive. It cites Teheran plans and mounting pressure from the east, west, and south, with a likely breakthrough near the Vistula and Masurian lakes corridor and imminent decisive rupture on western fronts.
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Masurian Lakes
East Prussia
Mosselle-Meuse- Scheldt
France
Seventeenth Polio Case Reported in High Point Area
Alice Lain two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs J W Lain of High Point Rt 2 west of the city was taken to the emergency hospital near Hickory after a late yesterday diagnosis of infantile paralysis. The case marks the seventeenth polio case for High Point and vicinity during the current epidemic. Nine cases have been reported in the city and eight in surrounding areas.
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Alice Lain
J. W. Lain
High Point
Rt. 2
Hickory
Radio Turned Off At Dewey's Address
The radio system at Walter Reed Hospital cut off during Gov. Thomas E. Dewey's address. A hospital spokesman said a sergeant attempted to comply with Army rules on political broadcasts, though the program had been cleared in advance for rebroadcast on one circuit.
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Washington
Walter Reed Hospital
Thomas EF. Dewey
Army
Troops of Third Army In Furious Artillery Storm
The U S Third Army spearheads heavy shelling as picked troops engage in a fierce artillery battle aboard the European battlefield. Reports indicate sustained bombardment and combat operations continuing through the day as Allied forces push forward.
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Moselle
France
Italy
Walther Model
Belgium
Nelands
Howard Cowan
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S. Third Army
Spanish Urged To Oust Franco Regime
The Moscow radio urged Spaniards to oust Generalissimo Francisco Franco in a broadcast reported by the FCC. It claimed fascists sought refuge with Franco and that Nazis planned to join the 300000 Germans already living in Spain.
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New York
Moscow Radio Tonight
Francisco Franco
Federal Communications Commission
Franco
Mediterranean
Spain
U S Diplomats Open Offices In Europe
Washington announces opening of offices in Brussels and Paris as vanguards of full diplomatic representation. A chargé d affaires will reopen Brussels embassy while four foreign service officers are ordered to Paris, one already en route.
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Brussels
Paris
State Department
Tremor Shakes Canton Residents Briefly
Earth tremors were felt in Canton New York at 7 26 p m lasting about five seconds. The quake rattled houses and furniture and marked the first reported shock since last Monday.
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N. Y
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