Allied Forces Close On Paris As German Hold Falters
Allied reconnaissance patrols reach the Seine near Paris as Patton’s forces drive toward the city in a campaign described as a knockout blow to German armies in France. Paris endures explosions and fires while Germans retreat, with 18 divisions shattered in the Falaise trap and thousands of casualties reported.
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Hdarts
Paris
Seine River
France
George S. Patton
Falaise
7Th
Seine
Mantes
Patton
Dreux
7Th Army
15Th Army
Calais
Associated Press
William S. White
Allied Air Nower
Tth
Dwight D. Eisenhower
RAF
Toulon
la Boauebrussanne
Sollies-Pont
Soviet Offensives Reach Deep Into East Prussia Front
Berlin reported two Red Army formations totaling 300000 men driving through East Prussia with success near the border towns. Advances stretch toward Lomza and Ostrow Mazowiecki while Rokossovsky and Konev forces press from Warsaw toward Praga and Sandomierz, with heavy tank and air support and high German losses cited.
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London
Lomza
Ostrow-Mazowiecki
Moscow
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Reich
G. F. Zakharov
Warsaw
East Prussia
Wisna
Kolomija
Bialystok
Czyzewo
Bialystok-Warsaw
Siedice
Four Power Talks Move Toward Postwar World Security
Secretary Hull and John Foster Dulles prepare for a Monday start to international talks with Britain and Russia to chart a peace organization. Washington hosts the four power conference aimed at a common world body acceptable to U S leaders and China.
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Washington
Hull
John Foster Dulles
United States
Russia
Britain
Dulles
China
Moscow
Nazi Balkan Force Estimated at Under Sixty Divisions
Report from Bari notes Germany holds the Balkans with fewer than 60 divisions most under strength. Two thirds deploy across 600 miles from the Black Sea to Krakow with others near the Danube and in central and northwestern Yugoslavia. Allied air raids strain German logistics as Weichs commands limited all German units in Yugoslavia Albania and Greece.
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Bari
Italy
Balkans
Russia
Black Sea
Krakow
Poland
Danube
Yugoslavia
Germany
Ploesti
Hungary
Reich
Maximilian von Weichs
Albania
Greece
F.R. Sends Donald Nelson To China As Special Emissary
President Roosevelt dispatches two emissaries to China Generalísimo Chiang Kai shek to discuss military supply and economic questions for several months. War Production Chief Donald M Nelson and Major General Patrick J Hurley will lead the talks in Chungking amid wartime strategy.
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F.R
Donald Nelson
China
Roosevelt
Cieneraliccima Chianse Kaichetk
Patrick J.hurley
Donald M. Nelson
Molucca Straid
Douglas MacArthur
Palau
Carolines
Japan
Domei
Imperial
East Asia
Europe
Americas
Y Teden
Nelson
Charles E. Wilson
Army
Navy
WPB
Wilson
Maury Maverick
Joseph D. Keenan
Clinton Golden
Allied Drive Outflanks Toulon Base in French Campaign
French tanks and American forces pushed toward the Rhone valley as St Maximin and Toulon area positions were outflanked. German losses surpassed ten thousand with Gen Ferdinand Neuling among captives. Coastal defenses near Toulon remained contested while Cannes and Grasse area withdrawals continued.
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St. Maximin-Le-Ste. Baume
Marseille
Aix- En-Provence
Toulon
Rhone River
France
Ferdinand Neuling
62Nd
St. Maximin
Grasse
Cannes
la Bastilde
Sollies-Pont
Alexander M. Patch
Saltonstall's Son Killed On Guam
Marine Sgt. Peter B. Saltonstall 23 son of Massachusetts governor was killed leading a patrol to clear stray Japanese on Guam. He was struck multiple times and had served over two years since enlisting January 1942.
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Guam Island
Peter B. Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Young Saltonstall
Guam
Douglas C. McNair
McNair
77Th
Sgt. Saltonstall
Marines
Turkish Guns Down Second British Plane
Turkish antiaircraft gunners shot down their second British plane within a fortnight. The crew escaped unharmed from the damaged aircraft after a raid over Romania.
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Istanbul
Romania
Local Weather Outlook Sun Brings Warmer Temperatures
Partly cloudy and warmer conditions expected on Sunday with brisk to strong winds. High near 85 degrees.
Laval Abetz Quit Paris as Vichy Hints at Flight
Paris rumors say Laval and German ambassador Otto Abetz fled the capital with Nazi officials, as Axis forces clash south of Paris. Belfort reportedly hosts Laval with Petain due, while Vichy officials contemplate moving their government, per Transocean and Algiers broadcasts.
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London
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Otto Abetz
Paris
Transocean
Laval
Belfort
Marshal Petain
Algiers
United Nations
Associated Press
Berlin
Thunderbolts Fire Rockets Against German Armor
U S Ninth Air Force base reports American Thunderbolts secretly supported attacks on retreating German armored columns. The new armor piercing rockets split tanks from any angle, fired with standard gunsights. Col Anthony Grossetta said his unit destroyed 19 tanks using 45 rockets in a single day, with success against armored columns and air fields.
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U. S. 9Th Air Force
France
Anthony Grossetta
Tucson
Ariz
Buttles 100 Dies in West Pasadena
Marcus M. Buttles died at age 100 in Pasadena California Friday likely the last GAR member from La Crosse county. Born April 30 1844 in Wisconsin he served in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry then worked in cattle mining and later business. He served one term as sheriff of West Salem and one term in the Wisconsin Assembly. Funeral services and burial will be in Pasadena.
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Marcus M. Buttles
Grand Army of the Republic
la Crosse County
Pasadena
Calif
1St
Wisconsin Cavalry
Montana
Wisconsin
Ae Cronk
West Salem
J. M. Pierce
Onalaska
Wisconsin Assembly
California
John F. Grodfry
GAR
German Fleet Scuttled Near Bordeaux Bay
German fleet in southwest France including torpedo boats light submarines and coastal freighters was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay and Gironde channel near Bordeaux. Crews abandoned ships in lifeboats after sailing from Bayonne and St Jean de Luz. Heavier U boats had already left Bordeaux days earlier.
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Irun
Spain
France
Naval
Mercantile
Bay of Biscay
Gironde
Bordeaux
Bayonne
St. Jean de Luz
English
Poland exile leader aims for Warsaw pact with Stalin
Premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk of Poland’s exiled government has secured a personal assurance from Joseph Stalin that the Soviet Union will not interfere in Poland’s internal affairs. A reliable source says a possible accord with the Soviet and the National Liberation Committee could be reached within days, pending Warsaw’s liberation and future treatment of underground leaders loyal to Mikolajczyk.
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London
Stanislaw Mikolazczyk
Poland
Joseph Stalin
Sturday
Russia
National Liberation Committee
Mikolajczyk
Warsaw
OPA Sets Price Ceiling on Shuttlecocks Amid Debate
The OPA fixed a ceiling of 48.96 a gross for triple stitched shuttlecocks and 25.80 a gross for the poorer, double stitched kind. Senators Wiley Wherry and supporters criticise the move while officials warn against using wildlife feathers. sellers must file written resale explanations.
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Washington
OPA
Alexander Wiley
Wisconsin
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
Senate
National Association of
Fish and Wildlife Service
Chester Bowles
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Ivan S. Konev
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