Romanians On Allied Side To Battle Germans
New York report says Romania has declared war on Germany and will fight alongside Allied forces. The Cairo broadcast noted lack of confirmation elsewhere while Bucharest and Berlin outlets also commented on Romanian wartime alignment and shifting loyalties.
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Cairo
Romania
Germany
Bucharest
FCC
The
Sea Radio
Eet
Rosci
King's Party
Berlin
Romania and Axis Collapse Deepens as Soviet Push Reaches Balkans
An Allied dispatch reports rapid German retreat in Romania as Soviet forces press toward the Danube and Siret rivers. Romanian King Michael seeks armistice while Bulgaria, Hungary, and Greece face shifting fronts. Transylvania’s fate looms amid talks of co belligerency with Romania and a possible cease fire.
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Cairo
Black Sea
Balkans
Romania
Transylvania
de Luce
Local Weather Turns Warmer With Showers Tonight
Local thundershowers move in today with warmer temperatures and a low around 60. Skies clear by Saturday night as the high reaches about 80 Saturday afternoon. Burn This Paper is a call to victory.
Retreating Germans Prepare Stand Along Somme Marne Line
Allied forces press the German retreat as Field Marshal von Kluge pulls troops back to the Somme and Marne. Canadians reach Honfleur near Le Havre while Allied armor closes in from the Seine pocket toward Paris, aiming to end the retreat soon.
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Hoqtrs
Guenther von Kluge
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Maine
Channel
Paris
Seine
Honfieur
Seine Bay
le Havre
RAF
von Kluge
Aree
Rnce
Somme-Marine
Normandy
Rhine
Marne
Abbeville
Reds Push Deeper Into Romania Near Bucharest and Ploesti
Soviet front dispatches report two Red armies advancing toward the Danube gateway with 47,000 prisoners taken in five days and 25,000 German and Romanian captives in a single day. They near the Galati gap and Ploesti oil fields as Liberator columns move toward Bucharest. Civilians celebrate new Soviet assurances to Romania.
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Romania
Transylvania
Hitler
Vienna
Constanta
Moscow
Galati
Danube
Bucharest
Ploesti
Kinovsky
Hin
Red Army
Allied air raids cut German oil output in summer
A joint U S and British air forces statement reports Allied bombardments reduced German finished oil product production by about 49 percent in May June and July. It notes sharp curtailment of gasoline and lubricants production as a result of the raids.
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Germany
United States
Army expects Nazi fall around Oct 1 1944
Chairman Woodrum of the House postwar military policy committee said the army tentatively expects the war to end around October 1 1944. Rear Admiral James H Irish testified the navy foresees ongoing combat in the Pacific through that period. Woodrum did not explain his information source.
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Washington
Woodrum
D-Va
House
James H. Irish
Navy
Pacific
Hungary Has New Setup
Berlin announces a government reshuffle in Hungary due to tensions from events in Romania. German officials cite dangers facing Hungarians and say no details were disclosed. Hungary’s government changes follow a decree banning political parties as Romania mobilizes near the border.
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London
Germany
Romania
DNB Dispatch
Hungary
Berlin
DNB
Europe
Allied forces repulse Nazi escape fleet at Le Havre
American and British light naval units intercepted Nazi ships attempting to flee Le Havre on the Seine. In running battles Friday an escort vessel an armed trawler and an E boat were blown up and at least five more enemy warships were damaged.
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London
le Havre
Seine
Allies Attempt New Island Invasion Near Philippines
Allied troops reportedly tried a fresh island assault near the Philippines with Tokyo radio saying the invaders were driven off after heavy losses. Gen Stilwell reports 10,000 square miles retaken in Burma with over 20,000 Japanese killed as Halmahera suffers its heaviest bombing. MacArthur air forces drop 156 tons in New Guinea and nearby areas as Nimitz confirms a Sunday raid on Paramushiro north of Japan.
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Tokyo
Sumatra
Amiead Nomenti
St. David
Mapias
Manokware
New Guinea
Palau
Joseph Stilwell
Burma
Halmahera
MacArthur
Adm
Nimitz
Paramushiro
Japan
Senate approves debt retirement fund from surplus war goods
The Senate voted to devote revenues from surplus war goods to a debt retirement fund. The Wherry amendment will place sale proceeds in the treasury while the disposal bill details are set for conference. A separate rejection blocked profit recapture by renegotiation, and Downey-backed real estate purchase priorities were approved for states and local subdivisions.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Wherry
R-Neb
Treasury
House
Chamber
Downey
Calif
First Polio Case Reported in La Crosse Area
A. M. Murphy of the local health department announced La Crosse’s first polio case, a small girl from Campbell near Onalaska road. The mild illness began Aug 17 and was diagnosed Aug 23 with quarantine imposed. Parents should watch for fever restlessness stomach upset neck stiffness and limb weakness, while noting many symptoms overlap with other illnesses.
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A. M. Murphy
la Crosse
Campbell
Onalaska Road
Murphy
Polio Quarantine Quiets Shorewood Youths
In Shorewood a polio myelitis quarantine confines all under 16 to quarters. A druggist reports a playful caller, a little girl asking if the store is on a bus line and then telling the druggist to get it off as a bus approaches.
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Milwaukee
Shorewood
Americans seize Cannes and Grasse on French Riviera
Allied forces report U S troops of the southern invasion army capture Cannes and Grasse along the Riviera near Nice. Patch’s units push toward Arles and the Rhone while French troops encircle Toulon and its naval arsenal as 20 000 prisoners pass through beachhead pens.
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Seventh
Antibes
Mediterranean
France
Nice
Alexander M. Patch
Arles
Rhone
Parascon
U. S
Riviera
Cannes
Berlin
Lyon
Marseille
Grasse
Salon
Grenoble
Geneva
Toulon
Ollioules
Innocent of Extortion Charge in Milwaukee Case
A municipal court jury cleared Ulysses J. Girard of extortion allegations after he was accused of threatening to demand 500 dollars from C. Frederic Wehr, president of Wehr Steel Co. The case centered on claims of coercion to keep quiet about alleged unfair labor practices at the Wehr plant.
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Milwaukee
Ulysses J. Girard
C. Frederic Wehr
Wehr Steel Co
Wehr
E State
Steffes
Wisconsin couple shifts child based on party ads
A Shawano couple, staunch Republicans, let a two year old lead a backyard political experiment. The toddler, sent to the Democrats’ stronghold, first urged voting for Dooey, then corrected by the child to say vote for Woosevelelt.
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Shawano
Wis
Dooey
Woosevelelt
Grand Palais Burns Near Paris Amid Clash
Report from August 24 notes the Grand Palais on the Champs Elysees burned during a Wednesday circus performance. Parisians described a pitched battle in surrounding streets between Germans and French patriots with large casualties and widespread chaos in central Paris near the police station.
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Grand Palais
Champs Elysees
New York
Madison Square Garden
Ile de la Cite
President Roosevelt Confirms Private Talks With Willkie
President Roosevelt disclosed private contact with Wendell Willkie but said no meeting was planned. He noted he may meet other private contacts and sees many people. Willkie declined to comment when asked about any correspondence with the Herald-Tribune report.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
New York
Herald-Tribune
Pact Over Peace Organization Sought by Hull and Dulles
Secretary Hull and Mr. Dulles after three Dumbarton Oaks meetings signaled substantial agreement on peace organization as a non partisan issue yet did not resolve how openly the topic should be discussed during the 1944 campaign. Dewey’s rep is guiding further talks while public discussion remains possible.
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Washington
Hull
John Foster
Dulles
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Dumbarton Oaks
State Department
Paris Liberates as Allied Columns Enter City
Paris cheers as American and French forces move into the heart of the capital from the south. German and collaborationist units fire from Luxembourg to the north as streets fill with joyous, fearful crowds and fighting continues around central landmarks.
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Paris
Luxembourg
Paris Falls to Allied Forces as German Commanders Surrender
Paris radio reported the German commander in Paris surrendered to Brig. Gen. Jacques le Clerc and the French forces of the interior. Tanks and patrols entered Paris as the city began its liberation while American troops supported the advance and French patriots called Parisians to the barricades.
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Paris
Jacques le Clerc
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Columbia Broadcasting System
Hotel de Ville
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NBC
London
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Supreme Command
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City of Light
Joseph Pierre Koenig
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Koenig
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Pont de Sevres
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Rolle
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Chatillon
Boulevard Brune
Reuters News Agency
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Port d'Italie
Isle de
Surprise Homecoming Ends With Mixed Greeting
Lieut. Donald Karr, a Silver Star, DFC and Air Medal recipient with 30 European missions, returns to Rhinelander to surprise his parents Mr. and Mrs. Ove Karr. He slips into their home at dawn, shouts surprise, only to find the couple had moved, prompting a startled apology to the strangers in the bedroom.
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Rhinelander
Wis
Donald Karr
Ove. Karr
Lieut
Karr
Spy Ring Smashed as 7 Teenagers Arrested in Buenos Aires
Seven teenagers were arrested in Buenos Aires on espionage charges after raids by police tied to a German government spy ring. The operation described as highly organized was disrupted in the crackdown.
Thousand Bombers Hit Peenemunde and Brest in Allied Raid
More than 1,100 American heavy bombers escorted by fighters struck north German targets including the Peenemunde experimental station and four aircraft factories and oil plants. Simultaneously, nine waves of Marauder and Havoc bombers attacked Brest forts for nearly an hour. About 300 planes took part. The Peenemunde site has been linked to V-2 development.
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Sens
Troyes
Brest
Brittany
9Th Air Force
America
Britain
Seine
France
London
Peenemunde
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