Germans Halt Flight To Fight Yanks
German forces pause air operations as Soviet and Bulgarian actions push toward Burgas Varna and Burgas seaport. Toltaine reports large Red Army advances from Greece toward the Balkans amid new Bulgarian armistice tensions. Russian units move toward Hungary with aims to seize Silesia and threaten Krakow as the war widens across Europe.
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Yanks Byrnes
Iig
Bul
Burgas
Black Sea
E. S. Oktyabrsky
Bulseaport
Varna
Ware
Inj
Feodor I. Toltaine
Greece
Balkans
Krakow
Inva
Silesia
Hungary
Melinovsky
Plains
Ania
Batalia
Alba Sullay
Chi
Plans Ready For Quick Shift To Civilian Production
Washington war mobilization chief James F Byrnes outlines plans for a 40 percent cut in war output after V-E Day and a rapid shift of workers to home front goods. He advocates a return to the 40 hour week, easing controls, and price ceilings based on prewar costs plus a small increase.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Germany
Roosevelt
Europe
Byrnes
Bernard MM. Baruch
Battle converges as Allied columns close on Belfort
Allied forces push toward Belfort from Besançon and Dijon while French and American troops drive through the Jura Mountains toward the Rhine frontier. German resistance stiffens on a widening front as British and American units advance toward aid for the siege.
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Rome
France
Belfort
Germany
Rhine
Besancon
Jura
Fierre
Fontaine
Maiche
Partisan Armies Storm Zajecar Town in Serbia
Reports say Tite's partisan forces attacked the town of Zajecar near the Romanian border in Serbia. The clash involved about 4,000 Mihailovie Chetniks defending the area, with hundreds killed or captured as the attackers pressed into the frontier region.
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Tite
Zajecar
Zajecar Srom
Serbia
Turrok
Tin
Mihailovie
Ccs
Nuppet
Sigle
Germans Claw Back In Italy At Rimini Front
Allied and German forces clash around Rimini as British Eighth Army repels heavy counterattacks led by Field Marshal Albert Kesselring. Casualties run high on both sides as fighting extends from the Adriatic coast inland toward Croce and Gemany, with Canadian units near the Marano River and hill positions 151 held by British troops.
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van London
Guenther von Kluge
Ervin Remmel
Reuters
Belgium
First Army
Ardennes Forest
St. Hubert
Luxembourg
Germany
First
Ecouvier
Maginest
France
Moselle
Pompey
Nancy
Normandy
George
Patton
U. S
Gothic
Rimini
Harold Alexander
Albert Kesselring
Italy
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Fiorca
Croce
Marano
Palazo
Hill 151
Menghio
Croca
Japs Launch Small Plane Raid On B 29 Bases
A limited Japanese airstrike hit two U S B 29 bases near Anshan Manchuria after a large raid, but no runways were hit. Japanese bombers attacked in four waves over two hours, with the only visible damage a crater in a cabbage field. Allied Flugzeuge shot down several Japanese interceptors, with seven destroyed definitely and ten probably.
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U. S
China
Anshan
Manchuria
Manchurian
Bricker Tackles War and Freedom Speech in Indiana
Bricker urged America to prove it can wage war yet remain free at a campaign stop in Indianapolis. He attacked the New Deal as undermining personal liberty, claiming government overreach from cradle to grave and pledging to restore home freedom, opportunity, and security with Dewey as president-in-waiting.
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Bricker
America
Cindy
Gover¢ Bricker
United States
Columbus
Ohio
Trent
New Deal
Indiana Republican Editorial Association
Ohioan
Thomas E. Dewey
Republican Party
Algo
Japs Threaten Fresh Indo China Advances Near China
Chinese communique reports Japanese forces advancing along the Hunan Kwangsi railway reaching Tungan 0 miles from Hweilin and massing in Indo China for a potential drive toward Kunming. Chungking fears a prolonged war if China is split and notes Chinese defense near Chanqing, 37 miles south of Hengyang.
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Chungking
Tungan
Hweilin
Indo-China
China
Kweilin
Kunming
Burma
Hunan- Kwangsi
Chanqing
Hengyang
Reward Offered For Information On False Alarms
Kingsport will offer a 25 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone turning in a false alarm. Director of Safety L Lineback said several false alarms recently have endangered firemen and residents and risked property damage. Reports can be made to Lineback or Fire Chief Roy Pyle.
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L. Linsback
Kingsport
Lineback
Roy Pyle
Mead Employees to Get Pay Boost at Kingsport Plant
The War Labor Board at Atlanta approved a new top rate for each job classification at Mead Corporation Kingsport plant, effective September 10, following a plant wide job evaluation by employee representatives. The change will raise annual pay by about 160,000 for hourly workers, with the Kingsport unit employing around 400 workers under general manager C. B. Mead. Mead operates nearly 15 plants across the South.
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Juco Megional War Labor Board
Atlanta
Kingsport
Mead Corporation
Bruge Associates
Mead
Tennessee
C. B. Mead
South
Allies Land on Pacific Island Schouten group seized near Biak
General Headquarters reports unopposed Allied landings on Scepieri near Biak in Geelvink Bay completing conquest of the Schouten Islands off Dutch New Guinea. Air strikes hit Halmehera, Celebes, Palau, Ceram and Timor as amphibious forces also hit Seopiori, with no significant Japanese opposition sighted.
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General Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Moluccas
Philippines
Schouten Islands
Dutch New Guinea
Halmehera Island
Guardian
Palau
Ceram
Timor
Scepieri Island
Geelvink Bay
Seopiori
Biak
Schouten
Manokwari
Ory
Roosevelt Churchill meet to chart postwar Europe and Japan
Washington prepares for Quebec talks as Roosevelt and Churchill plan decisions on Germany occupation and European economic transition. Key aides Hull Stimson Morgenthau briefed on postwar framework with Allies, while high command updates continue ahead of the summit.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Quebec
Churchill
Teheran
Germany
Publbation
Cais
Japan
Europe
Hull
State Department
Stimson
War Department
Morgenthau
Treasury
Allied Air Assault Hits German Targets Near Front
More than 1,000 heavy bombers and 500 escort fighters struck rail yards and industrial targets near Mainz Mannheim and Dusseldorf, aiming 50 to 100 miles ahead of Allied advances. The operation, part of a week’s series, involved vast daylight raids plus supporting missions across northern Belgium, Holland, and western Germany, with several aircraft reported missing.
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London
Ssic
Mainz
Mannheim
Dusseldorf
Siegfried Line
Belgium
Sand Holand
Germany
Nurnberg
Ludwigshafen
Karlsruhe
Kestel
Mains
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Liege
Vengland
Rotterda
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Ume
Stuttgar
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Channel
Meuse and
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Apennines
WLB
Pacific Island
Reid
Military High Command
George ©. Mishall
Henry H. Arnold
William D. Leahy
Ernest J. King
Earl Ax
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Eisenh
Taian
Soudan
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