Allied Troops Enter Grenoble as France Push Quickens
American forces of the 7th Army surge into Grenoble 140 miles north of the Mediterranean as Patton's spearhead closes on the Rhone valley. French interior units assist as momentum tightens toward the Swiss frontier and a broader push toward southern France accelerates.
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Anti-Trust Action Targets 47 Railroads and AAR Leaders
The Justice Department filed an anti-trust suit in Lincoln Nebraska charging a collusive scheme by private financial industrial and railroad interests to fix noncompetitive rates. The case targets the Association of American Railroads and the Western Association of Railway Executives along with 47 railroads and 31 individuals. Injunctive relief seeks dissolution and bar on revival of the western agreement while naming top executives and directors as defendants.
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Francis Biddle
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Canadians Destroy Nazis In Normandy Pocket Battle
The German 12th SS division, accused by an Allied board of murdering 19 Canadian captives early in the French campaign, has been destroyed in the Battle of the Normandy pocket following the Canadian First Army gains.
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South England Hit In Heaviest Buzzbomb Barrage
South England faced its heaviest buzzbomb bombardment as Allied forces closed on Pas de Calais beyond the Seine. Casualties were reported including several deaths in residential areas. Bomb shelters withstood parts of the onslaught. an American army officer awaiting a bus was killed.
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Bulgar Government Bids For Peace But Keeps Balkan Claims
London dispatches report Premier Ivan Bagdanov’s government again proposed a tentative peace move. A Bulgarian foreign official said the declaration of war on the United States and Britain was a mistake and that Bulgaria’s interests lie in the Balkans.
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Local Weather Outlook for Tonight and Thursday
Weather report indicates cool tonight and Thursday with a low around 52 degrees. Strong phrasing mentions a cool Thursday and a mention of Burn This Pea Ripon pea and Tes Paver as readable fragments from the source.
Roosevelt urges extending lend-lease until defeat of Axis
President Roosevelt told Congress that lend-lease should continue through June 30 1945 and until the unconditional surrender of Germany and Japan. He cited unity among the United Nations as key to speed victory and a durable peace. The latest report shows lend-lease value at 4.045 billion for the quarter ended June 30 and total aid totaling over 28.27 billion since 1941 with large transfers and reverse lend-lease exceeding three billion.
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Germany
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Britain
Invasion Report Near Bordeaux Awakens War News
A new landing was reported near Bordeaux as Allied and French forces push inland from Hendaye and St. Jean de Luz. Berlin radio cited a small shore party, while Spanish dispatches said American columns moved 170 miles from Nantes toward the Gironde estuary.
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Charles SS. Foltz
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Loire
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Spain
Gen Koenig to Move Staff to Paris at War's End
Gen Joseph Koenig the military governor of Paris plans to bring his London staff to the French capital tomorrow. He may join Gen Charles de Gaulle at headquarters and waits to relocate the civilian government until Paris is fully cleared of German forces. De Gaulle is expected to bring the French Committee of National Liberation from Algiers to Paris when conditions allow.
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French Committee of National Liberation
Algiers
Roosevelt Orders Seizure Of Mines In Pennsylvania
President Roosevelt ordered government seizure of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron mines and other workings in Pennsylvania because of strikes and labor disturbances.
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Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Reading Coal and Iron
Pennsylvania
Vargas Accepts Resignation of Brazilian Foreign Minister
President Getulio Vargas announced on Wednesday the acceptance of Oswaldo Aranha’s resignation as Brazilian foreign minister, confirming the cabinet change and shifting diplomacy in Rio de Janeiro.
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Getulio Vargas
Oswaldo Aranha
Band Sets Thursday Copeland Park Concert
The La Crosse Concert band will give a concert at Copeland Park Thursday at 8 p m. Director D R Wartin said the performance will close a series of concerts in that park.
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Reds Capture Vaslui Near Iasi in Romania
Premier Stalin announced the Red army seized Vaslui a key strongpoint 36 miles south of Iasi between the Siret and Prut rivers. The Moscow order of the day confirms the advance, with the operation reportedly secured.
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Red Army Drives Deep Into Romania and Balkans Front
Russian offensives forge across a 150 mile front from Iasi toward Bucharest and near Ploesti. Moscow reports 25,000 German and Romanian dead as Malinovsky Tolbukhin forces push toward the Danube and Galati gap. Romanian panic grows with Bucharest and Antonescu regime under strain.
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Royal Navy Sinks Eight Nazi Ships in Bay Battle
Royal Navy ships in two running battles destroyed eight enemy vessels in Audienne bay between Brest and Lorient before daybreak. Two minesweepers, three supply ships and three escort vessels were knocked out. The cruiser Mauritius, destroyer Ursa, and Canadian destroyer Iroquois participated and returned without casualties despite German shore batteries joining.
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Hull And Dulles Meet To Discuss Postwar Peace Plans
Senators Austin and Vandenberg met with John Foster Dulles and reviewed Russian American and British peace proposals. They said no party cleavage would arise over peace issues and emphasized bipartisan support for postwar security. Talks focused on small nation authority and use of force commitments to curb aggression.
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German 7th Army Commander Wounded in Normandy
Berlin radio said Col. Gen. Paul Hausser, commander of the German 7th Army, has been wounded in Normandy. No further details were provided.
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Paul Hausser
Normandy
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Allied Forces Roar Through Nazi Lines Near Paris
Allied columns advance toward the Seine as German forces retreat in a widening trap from the lower Seine to Paris outskirts. Patton's 3rd Army pushes from Sens toward Fontainebleau while Canadians and British strike toward Le Havre and the Seine estuary. Allied airmen report a routlike retreat with ferries and rubber boats fleeing across the river under heavy bombardment.
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Paris Liberated as 50 000 French Force Drives Out Nazis
Paris rose in jubilation as De Gaulle announced liberation after four days of street fighting led by 50 000 interior French forces bolstered by civilians. The city’s prefecture seized, public buildings secured, and Vichy officials captured. Allied confirmation was unclear while broadcasts carried La Marseillaise and relief across France.
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Flaming bomber crash kills 50 at Freckleton church school
An American B 24 Liberator crashed in Freckleton England killing at least 50 people including 34 children at a church school. American crews aided rescue as witnesses described a village engulfed in flames in one of England's worst air disasters.
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