East Prussia Battles Rage as Soviet Forces Advance
Soviet reports say Cherniakhovsky's 3rd White Russian army group massed for a Szeszuppe river crossing while East Prussian towns, including Schirwindt, were set ablaze by retreating German forces. Allied bombers in Italy reportedly supplied Polish resistance inside Warsaw amid bombardment.
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East Prussian
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Szeszuppe River
Sky
Ivan
East Prussia
Lithuania
Estonia
Vistula
Warsaw
Rome
Italy
Bor
Council Airs Postwar Plans for La Crosse
La Crosse city leaders on a Thursday evening push postwar projects from storm sewer and city dock to marsh fill and a planned civic center. The group urged early action, coordinating with county planners on a united civic center site and a feasible auditorium city hall and county offices plan.
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Council City Planning Board
J. J. Verdota
la Crosse
City of la Crosse
Verdota
State Planning Board
J. H. Barth
City Civic Center
Marsh Fill
Civic Center
City Planning Board
Rw Civic Center
Fegpet Harbor
Isle la Plume
Copeland Park
Mississippi River
Ecme
Waste paper drive to aid troops with 100 pound goal
Harold Cram leads a wartime waste paper campaign urging residents to collect all paper for shipment to soldiers. A 100 pound bundle makes 12 012 containers of supplies like vaccines lifeboat parts and food. Doerflinger's window shows cartons and packaging. readers are urged to bundle scraps curbside for pickup starts 8 30 am with Scout and truck crews collecting under a new form.
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Harold Cram
U. K
Troop 28
Doerflinger
Boy Scouts
Climax Nearing In Normandy Trap Fight
A frontline report from a hilltop south of Falaise describes a widening encirclement of the German 7th Army under Field Marshal von Kluge. Allied forces including British American and Canadian troops press a deadly trap as NazIs try to break out amid heavy bombardment and chaos.
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Normandy
Guenther von Kluge
7Th Army
Falaise
Argentan
Snc
Allied Blockade Tightens Sea Lanes From Philippines South
General MacArthur announces a creeping Allied blockade threatening Japan south of China. Allied air and naval forces disrupt 800 miles of island garrisons, destroy 23 planes at Halmahera, and cripple barge traffic as ships avoid the expanding patrol net. Pearl Harbor reports further bomber strikes on Bonin islands and air raids near Paramushiro with no interceptions noted.
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Southwest Pacific
Philippines
China
Nippon
Douglas MacArthur
Halmahera
MacArthur
Japan
Celebes
Ceram
Philippines-Halmahera
Davao Gulf
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Bonin Islands
Tokyo
Liberators
Chichi Jima
Nimitz
Paramushiro
Kuri
No Confirmation of Landing in Albania
Tirana reported bombed by Allied planes with Albania in turmoil. Guerrillas fight Germans alongside Marshal Tito’s Yugoslav Partisans as wartime broadcasts lack confirmation of an Italian boat landing.
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Albania
Ase
Tirana
Marshal Tito
Stomach Battalion Fights Yank Troops in Orleans
Supreme Allied Headquarters reports American forces facing desultory opposition from a German stomach battalion. The unit comprises inferior soldiers with stomach ailments, organized into a single unit due to their special dietary needs.
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HDQRS
Allied Expeditionary Force
Orleans
Ramspeck Appointed DNC Director of Speakers
Robert Ramspeck was named by the Democratic National Committee to serve as a director of speakers for the presidential campaign. The announcement came from the committee chair during a weekday session in New York.
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Ramspeck
New York
Robert Ramspeck
Democratic National Committee
Robbe An
National Committee
Local Weather Forecast Notes Warm Saturday Ahead
Readable fragments indicate a mild weather update with tonight and Saturday warmer conditions. The report mentions Berane and a higher temperature expectation, but specifics are incomplete.
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Berane
Roosevelt urges study of training for youths 17 to 23
President Roosevelt proposed gradual public study of a one year postwar training program for youths aged 17 to 23. He described mixed military and civilian instruction using extensive camp facilities, possibly in Alaska and the Aleutians, built to last decades.
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F.R
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Alaska
Aleutians
Benz Leads Vaudreuil by Narrow Margin in Wisconsin Gubernatorial Race
In Wisconsin a Progressive governor race remains undecided as Appleton candidate Alex O. Benz holds a 22 vote edge over Leo Vaudreuil with 3,059 of 3,078 precincts reporting. Unofficial results show Benz 9,242 to Vaudreuil 9,220, with canvass looming. Merlin Hull leads in the 9th district for the Progressive ticket, ensuring a place on the Progressive line in November.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Progressive Party
Alex O. Benz
Appleton
Leo Vaudreuil
Benz
Vaudreuil
Merlin Hall
Black River Falls
Merlin Hull
Four Progressive candidates qualify for November ballots
County Clerk Esther M. Domke announced four Progressive contenders will appear on the November general election ballots for two assembly seats sheriff and state senator in the 32nd district. Each met the five percent threshold based on the average votes for Progressive governors in 1940 and 1942.
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Esther M. Domke
Miss Domke
Ay Fritz
First
Roy Lamb
Edwin Groth
Harry Schilling
la Crosse
Jackson
Trempealeau
Jackson County
la Crosse County
Trempealeau County
Pretty French Girls Lose Hair for Friendly Ties with Nazis
In S Raphaël France twenty five young women were shaved by the town barber after a seven member liberation committee condemned them for being too friendly with German troops. Crowds gathered as soldiers watched while one woman struck a girl with a basket and another protested innocence before further questioning.
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S. Raphael
France
Committee of Liberation
They Are Coming Report Silences Paris Radio Broadcast
London reports Paris radio went silent as Allied forces allegedly began a full push toward the capital. A 24 hour lull followed as the BBC heard a Paris frequency cry in German that the Allies are coming, with U S involvement noted.
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London
Paris
British Broadcasting Corp
Milwaukee Hit Run Driver Confesses in Fatal Overpass Crash
John Hester, 29, of Milwaukee county, admitted to Sheriff Joseph Shinners that he drove the hit and run car that killed 18 year old Caroline Berg and injured her sister Dorothy, 23, who were struck on a railroad overpass Sunday night.
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Milwaukee
John Hester
Milwaukee County
Joseph Shinners
Caroline Berg
Caroline
Dorothy
Tire stolen from Toledo resident’s car, replacement used
Police report a thief took a tire from Woodrow Wagner’s automobile in Toledo. The culprit replaced it with a poorer but usable tire, authorities said.
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Toledo
Ohio
Woodrow Wagner
Resistance In South France Being Broken
U S Seventh Army forces widened the Southern France front reaching Sollies Pont near Toulon and advancing toward Draguignan and Cannes. Allied officials report light Allied casualties, thousands of German prisoners, and a strong beachhead as air and sea support push inland along a coastal corridor.
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France
Toulon
Cannes
Rome
U. S
7Th Army
Sollies- Pont
Draguignan
Argens
U. S. Seventh Army
Riviera
Alexander M. Patch
Maritime Alps
Rhone
Aix-En-Provence
Marseille
Balkan
Divisions in Southern France Invasion Report
Rome report states the U.S. 3rd, 45th and 36th divisions are taking part in the invasion of southern France as announced today.
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Rome
U. S
Southernance
Bombers Hit Battleship Strasbourg in Toulon Harbor
American medium bombers scored direct hits on the French battleship Strasbourg in Toulon harbor in an effort to silence its guns used against advancing Allied troops.
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Rome
Strasbourg
Toulon
Nazis Fortify Paris Suburbs
Thirty thousand German soldiers are digging trenches and fortifying Paris suburbs, with enhanced defenses around civilian and military offices. Tank traps are placed at key street ends as occupation authorities seek to prevent a siege and heavy combat in the city.
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Associated Press
Paris
Die Illustrierte
Lucerne
OWI
Truman to Accept Vice Presidential Nomination Aug 31
President Roosevelt approved plans for Harry S. Truman to accept the vice presidential nomination August 31 in an open air speech at the Lamar Missouri courthouse. Truman, Roosevelt’s running mate, disclosed this after a White House conference and said he would also speak on Labor Day in Detroit.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Lamar
Truman
White House
Detroit
Democratic National Committee
Thrifty Shoe Shiner Leaves Large Buffalo Estate
Antonio Zupa who shined shoes for 40 years at Buffalo railroad stations left a gross estate of 134,909.42 dollars, according to an appraisal in surrogate's court on Friday. Thrift and investments accounted for the sizable estate.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Antonio Zupa
Allied air power routs German forces over Seine front
Allied planes swept German positions west and east of the Seine escape barrier shooting down 23 enemy aircraft. Liberators bombed Roye Field north of Paris and bases at Metz Nancy Essy St Dizier Romilly sur Seine, with a Metz factory hit. RAF Mustang and Polish squadrons downed 16 fighters, while U S 8th and 9th Air Forces targeted remaining front line bases and retreating columns. British Mosquitos struck Mannheim.
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London
Seine
Roye Field
Paris
Metz
Nancy-Essy
St. Dizier
Rommilly-Sur-Seine
France
U. S. 8Th Air Force
Roye
Argentan
U. S. 9Th Air Force
Mannheim
Plung
US Patton tanks near Paris threaten German retreat
Allied forces led by Patton's tanks moved toward Paris as American patrols operated near the French capital. Berlin reported nearing Paris by a 12 to 22 mile front, while Canadian and British units advanced toward Chambois and Le Havre. Authon, 22 miles southwest of Paris, was captured as the Seine region faced a widening fight.
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Hyeres Islands
Port-Cros
London
George S. Patton
Paris
Rouen
Seine
Patton
Eiffel Tower
Berlin
7Th Army
Gace
Laigle
Argentan
Caen
le Havre
Falaise
Chambois
Kerque
Etampes
Orleans
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Authon
H. D. G. Crerar
Supreme Headquarters
Chartres
St. Calaise
Associated Press
Edward D. Ball
Dreux
St. Arnoult
Versailles
Rambouillet
Partisans Capture 300 Nazis at Annemasse Frontier
French Maquis seized control of Haute Savoie frontier after a sharp three hour battle. Three hundred Germans capitulated at Annemasse while 120 fled to neutral Switzerland. The victory boosted morale as crowds cheered and the tricolor rose on houses. Reports said German losses mounted in Cure and Gueret, with open war declared in Creuse.
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Annemasse
Switzerland
Haute Savoie
Lake Geneva
St. Gingolph
Bellegrade
Doubs
Jura
Cure
Joseph Koenig
Interior
Creuse
Gueret
Vichy
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Chernovsky
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Dreux Chartres
Chateaudun
St. Pierre
Nips
Island
Dana Adams
Bulletin
By Edward Kennedy
Hint
la Napoule
Gulf of Napoule
Corsica
St. Raphael
Vidauban
le Luc
Besse
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