Soviets Break Nazi Lines Northeast of Warsaw in Major Flank
Moscow reports Red Army forces stormed the Bug River crossing near Warsaw as Rokossovsky’s groups press a bold flank and narrow the German grip on the Polish capital. Baltic Front actions see German gains west of Riga and Soviet advances toward Tartu and the railway near Bialystok.
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Moscow
Bug
Jangec
Warsaw
Vistula
Estonia
Lake Peipus
Ivan Maslennikov
Tartu
Riga
Tukums
Bagramian
Jelgava
Latvia
Siauliai
Lithuania
Rokossovsky
Bialystok
Iasi Falls in Russian Offensive Deepens Front
Russian troops captured Iasi the fourth largest Romanian city in a three day advance on a 75 mile front reaching 38 miles deep. Stalin announced the victory hours after Berlin said it had been evacuated as Soviet forces widen breaches on both sides of Iasi and along the lower Dnestr river.
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London
Lasi
Nia
Stalin
Iasi
Berlin
Prut
Bocovina
Dnestr
Security Talks at Dumbarton Oaks Focus on Peace Framework
Reports from Washington indicate current diplomatic strains at Dumbarton Oaks pivot to establishing a basic peace organization framework. Sir Alexander Cadogan warned peace could come sooner than expected, as sessions refine principles while possible partial action may begin pending UN decisions. Secretary Hull pledged congressional briefing on progress and noted policy matters would involve the full conference.
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Washington
Dumbarton Oaks
United Nations
Alexander Cadogan
Cadogan
Andrei Gromyko
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Hull
Congress
U. S
Onalaska Property Hearing Seeks Davis Resignation
A county hearing in La Crosse demanded the resignation of R W Davis, chair of the county board, and for the city of Onalaska to receive four years of unpaid taxes. Alderman Charles Roddie led the inquiry with Crosby and Zahn, citing property titles tied to old age pensions and rent receipts.
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R. W. Davis
la Crosse County
Otto Briggs
Onalaska
Aiken Coal and Lumber Company
Marvin
Crosby
Zahn
Board of Supervisors
Davis
Olson
Lloyd Chase
Gevis Nee
Johnson
Drop Postwar Civilian Plan Struck From Senate Bill
The Ways and Means Committee removes postwar civilian retaining and re employment provisions from the mobilization and reconversion bill. The edit drops a Senate plan to fund civilian worker relocation and return costs up to 200 dollars, while preserving wartime retraining programs under Gen. Frank T. Hines. The vote was 15 to 5 to eliminate the new retaining and re employment section led by a director at twelve thousand dollars annual pay.
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Washington
Ways and Means
Senate
Frank T. Hines
Oil Targets Hit By Italy-Based Heavies
A Rome dispatch reports air raids by Italian based heavies with Liberators engaging strong resistance. Bombers struck oil storage tanks near Breslau and a refinery at Koree, while strategic targets around Oder and Vienna faced heavy escort opposition and delayed action bombs.
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Heavies
Rome
Vienna
Oder
Breslau
Korree
Duel? Fatal Madison Collision Involving Train
MARIEL Duvaies died Tuesday in Madison Wisconsin after a car collision with a North Western passenger train. Henry E An 50 R 1 was injured in the incident.
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Madison
Wis
Henry E. An
North Western
Local Weather Report Notes Cloudy With Cool Low
The forecast calls for cloudy skies and a cool low around 58 degrees. Wednesday should be partly hazy with a moderate high near 80 as temperatures ease.
Allies Near Marseille Encircle Toulon and Press West
Allied forces push toward Marseille from the east and encircle Toulon as they advance from Aix-en-Provence. American troops reach Ventabren and cut routes to the port, with major drive aimed at isolating Marseille and trapping German garrisons in southern France.
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Mediterranean
France
Toulon
St. Julien
Barreme
Basses Alps
Cannes
Marseille
Aix-en-Provence
Weather Again Grounds Allied Airmen Over Europe
Britain based Allied airmen remained largely grounded by adverse weather overnight with no clear indication of when their attacks on retreating German forces in northern France would resume. German radio claimed Allied bombers over Hungary and Silesia with some daylight raids penetrating into German territory, and reported bombers over Vienna.
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London
France
Hungary
Mediterranean
Berlin
Silesia
Vienna
Florence Free Of Nazi Force
Florence is fully occupied by Allied troops and 8th Army patrols as they push beyond the city’s northern outskirts. Gen Harold Alexander’s headquarters say delaying street fighting avoided heavy damage and civilian harm. The German report notes an Adriatic offensive and gains near Gothic Line outposts south of Rimini.
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Rome
Florence
8Th Army
Art Center
Harold Alexander
AMG
Adriatic
Italy
Rimini
Arrests for Counterfeit Bonds and Illegally Worn Uniform
U S Marshal John Comeford reported Dolores Tripp was arrested by treasury agents in Eau Claire on possession of counterfeit government bonds. A deputy marshal was sent from La Crosse to escort the prisoner for a bond hearing in Eau Claire. Also, William H. Peterson was arrested in Menomonie on a charge of illegally wearing an Army uniform.
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Madison
Wis
U. S
John Comeford
Delores Tripp
Treasury Department
Eau Claire
Comeford
la Crosse
Menomonie
William H. Peterson
Hines Ex Tammany Leader Gains Parole
James J. Hines former Tammany district leader was paroled from Sing Sing after serving three years ten months and eight days of a four to eight year sentence for conspiracy and operating a lottery linked to the Dutch Schultz policy racket. Parole effective Sept. 12 with no specific conditions.
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Ossining
N. Y
James J. Hines
Tammany
Sing Sing
New York State Parole Board
Hines
David Dressler
Five More Blue Stamps To Be Valid Sept 1
Washington says five more blue stamps for buying processed foods from ration book four will become valid September 1. The stamps numbered 65 through 75 will be good indefinitely.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Gestapo Arrests Petain as Maquis Attack Vichy
German secret police arrest Marshal Henri Philippe Petain at Hotel du Parc in Vichy along with several aides. Maquis forces reportedly strike at Vichy and seize parts of the provisional capital while Pierre Laval gains a new post in Belfort. Petain becomes a prisoner of the Nazis as tensions rise in France.
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Petain
Maquis
Vichy
Geneva
Henri Philippe Petain
Hotel du Parc
France
Verdun
Bridoux
Eugene Bridoux
Aamiral Biehaut
Rochat
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Bernard Menetzel
Pierre Laval
Opveimantt
Belfort
Basel National Zeitung
Berlin
Days of Great Battles End in France Say British
A British headquarters officer said the days of great battles in France are ended and Germany’s resistance is fading. He predicted the war would end soon with combined Soviet and Western assaults and noted the Normandy fighting fractured the German army. Allied advances toward the Seine push German forces back as pockets retreat into hills and forests.
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West
Germany
France
Hitler
Montgomery
Maginot Line
7Th Army
Eisenhower
Normandy Bulge
Normandy
Patriots Win More Towns
A dispatch from neutral Spain reports German troops surrendering to a growing French volunteer army around Bordeaux, while an American motorized column nears Bordeaux from the north. The report notes French advances mark deep American penetration south of the Loire River. Bordeaux is 170.
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Spain
Bordeau
Bordeaux
Loire River
French Forces Attack in Paris Place de la Republique Battle
French interior forces rolled up light artillery and attacked the Germans in Paris at Place de la Republique and Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle, according to a Koenig headquarters communique issued tonight.
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London
Paris
Place de la Republique
Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle
Koenig
France Lays Battle in Southwest as Resistance Surges
Allied reports say Bordeaux area falls to French interior forces as Germans retreat. Toulouse looms as Nazi garrison holds. patriots seize railways and highways to block German advances. Belfort near Maginot line sees fierce maquis battles as Laval seeks new seat of government.
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Paris
Rhone Valley
Angouleme
Bayonne
Seine
Toulouse
Belfort
Vichy
Laval
Toulon
Third Army
Petain
France
Pierre Laval
Maginot Line
Nantes
Loire
U. S
3Rd Army
Bordeaux
Vichy Radio
London
Algiers
Rhineland
Bellegarde
Bomb Killed Italian Anarchist Gino Lucetti
Avanti quotes an American soldier saying Gino Lucetti the anarchist who tried to kill Mussolini in 1927 was killed in a German air raid on Ischia last September an hour after Allied forces freed him from prison. He served 17 of 30 years. The dispatch also says Mussolini’s private secretary Osvaldo Sebastiani was killed by partisans in northern Italy recently.
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Rome
Avanti
Gino Lucetti
Mussolini
Ischia
Osvaldo Sebastiani
Palazzo Venezia
Italy
Brazil Foreign Minister Oswaldo Aranha Resigns
Montevideo reports Oswaldo Aranha resigned days ago amid nationalist opposition in Brazil. Buenos Aires adds a police raid on the Society of Friends of America occurred shortly before his planned address to accept the vice presidency of the group. The dispatch notes friction with War Minister Eurico Gaspar Dutra over navy strengthening with U S help.
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Uruguay
Brazil
Oswaldo Aranha
Buenos Aires
Aranha
Society of Friends of America
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
United States
War Production Board Urges Quick Boost in Farm Machinery
The War Production Board called on corn picker and binder manufacturers to accelerate output over the next six weeks to supply machinery for the upcoming fall harvest season.
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Washington
War Production Board
Roosevelt Accepts Stan ton Resignation in Civil Aviation
President Roosevelt accepted the resignation of Charles S Stanton as administrator of civil aeronautics and nominated Theodore P Wright of Port Washington New York to succeed him.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Charles S. Stanton
Civil Aeronautics Administrator
Theodore P. Wright
Port Washington
N. Y
Falaise Pocket Yields 100000 German Troops
Allied forces drive a major Seine crossing pursuit as three Allied armies enclose the German 7th Army in the Argentan Falaise pocket. U.S. 3rd Army reports over 100000 Germans captured, killed, or wounded in 21 days of flanking battles. Paris area sees heavy fighting near Etampes and Rambouillet.
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3Rd
Normandy
Seine
Mantes-Gassicourt
Paris
7Th Army
U. S
Etampes
Berlin
Malesherbes
Fontainebleau
Orleans
Rambouillet
Belgian Troops Advance Toward Deauville in French Front Crumble
With the Canadian First Army in France Belgian forces pressed toward Deauville nine miles beyond Cabourg as the German front from the Channel to Chambois showed signs of collapse. Deauville lies eight miles from Le Havre across the Seine estuary.
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France
Deauville
Seine River
Chambois
Cabourg
Seine Estuary
le Havre
Allied Break German Line Near Paris in Falaise Pocket
Front dispatches report the German army in retreat as the U S 3rd army advances from the Mantes bridgehead and aims toward the Seine. Canadian and Belgian units push up from the coast while German losses mount with 30 tanks and 16 planes fallen. Thousands captured in the Falaise pocket as British and American forces tighten their grip south and east of Paris.
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Paris
Seine
Pas de Calais
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Argentan
Belgium
Cabourg
Dives
le Havre
Houlgate
Gace
Falaise
von Kluge
Supreme Headquarters
Mantesgassicourt
Fontainbleau
Marne
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Ivan C. Bagra
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