Paris Liberated Rumors Spur Confusion Amid Fighting
August 25 1944 dispatch from Rambouillet reports Le Clerc’s division entering Paris center as fighting continues in suburbs. Fire battles near Hotel de Ville and Notre Dame scenes of war as radio reports clash with German claims and Allied advances. Second Lieut Malcolm J Johnson wounded in action in England based B 24 crew.
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la Cite
Seine
le Clerc
Paris
Hotel de Ville
Pont St. Michel
Morocco
Notre Dame
Metre Dame
Ani
Lieut
Johnson
Malcolm J. Johnson
John J. Johnson
Corrine
Guest pastor to lead Our Saviors services Sunday
The Rev. E. B. Christopherson of Pigeon Falls will be guest pastor at Our Saviour's Lutheran church. Sunday services open at 9 30 a m with the guest preacher delivering the sermon while the regular pastor Rev O C Birkeland is on vacation.
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E. B. Christopherson
Pigeon Falls
Our Saviour’s Lutheran
O. C. Birkeland
Paris Fights to liberate city as German pockets shrink
Germans fall back toward Paris while French troops and patriots seize key positions in the capital. Montereau and Montargis are reported occupied with advances east of Montargis. American units reportedly reached within 150 miles of the German frontier near Sens as the lower Seine pocket from Elbeuf to Bernay faces imminent clearance within 24 hours.
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le Clerc
Paris
Chatillon
Issy
Bois de Boulogne
FFI
Montereau
Fontainebleau
Montgaris
Sens
Seine
Elbeuf
Bernay
Honfleur
Nelson Gained Power Questioned As War Board Pace
Roosevelt said Nelson remains WPB chairman but could change after his recovery from a China mission. Acting chairman J A Krug to run WPB during Nelson’s absence. Wilson resignation sparked a feud and reconversion disputes. Krug, born 1907 in Madison, Wisconsin, has held key WPB roles since 1942 and directs war utilities.
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WPB
Nelson
Charles E. Wilson
Roosevelt
J. A. Krug
Chungking
Krug
White House
Wilson
James F. Byrnes
Baruch-Hancock
Byrnes
Julius Albert Krug
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Telephone Company
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Federal Communication Commission
Washington
Kentucky Public Service Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Office of Production Management
War Production Board
Office of War Utilities
Kroog
Idle or abandoned farms count in United States reaches 76,704
A U.S. survey records 76,704 idle or abandoned farms nationwide reflecting agricultural land underutilization. The figure highlights regional disparities and policy discussions on farm reclamation and rural development.
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United States
Nelson Leaves Washington for China Economic Mission
Donald M. Nelson has departed Washington on the first leg of a mission to China. He is accompanied by Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley, both selected by President Roosevelt for a special assignment to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
China
WPB
Nelson
Patrick J. Hurley
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai-shek
Talks at Dumbarton Oaks Shape Postwar Security Plan
Reported discussions at Dumbarton Oaks indicate limits on a world security agency. British and London line stress separating war liquidation from peace organization, favoring nonagency groups for non dispute work and coordinating with a central security body. Delegates end week overwhelmed with papers and plan a New York weekend. A stray note notes tire wear remaining miles after non-skid surface loss.
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Dumbarton Oaks
London
Organization of the Peace
Security Agency
New York
What Went Haywire After First Liberation Report
The Paris liberation story reveals conflicting reports from a Swedish diplomat a Belgian counsel two FFI members and a British officer. General Bradley confirms uncertainty about who to trust while planning to move the second French armored division into Paris within 48 hours. Paris remains contested with German defenses still intact as air reconnaissance notes ongoing barrages.
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Paris
Koenig
Omar Bradley
FFI
Patton
Bradley
Kiwanis District Meet Heads to Wisconsin Soon
Seventy seven clubs are expected to send 300 delegates and alternates to the three day annual convention of the Wisconsin Upper Michigan district of Kiwanis International beginning Sunday afternoon, according to local club officers.
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Kiwanians
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin-Upper Michigan
Kiwanis International
Mortimer E. Cooley Dies Former Michigan Engineering Dean
Mortimer E. Cooley, longtime dean of the University of Michigan College of Engineering from 1904 to 1928, died Friday in University Hospital in Ann Arbor Michigan.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Mortimer E. Cooley
University of Michigan College of Engineering
University Hospital
Romania Accepts Allied Peace Terms And Moves In Transylvania
The article reports Romania to accept Allied peace terms and potentially engage German forces. Moscow claims Romanian troops surrendering as Soviet offensives push into northeastern Romania and Bessarabia. The Soviet Union backs Romania’s aim to regain Transylvania with support against Hungary while denying ambitions to annex Romanian lands.
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Ment
Romania
Washington
London
Bulgaria
Hughe Knatchbull-Hugesson
Turkey
Sofia
Moscow
Bessarabia
Soviet Foreign Commissariat
Transylvania
Vienna
Hungary
Russia
Living costs rise in South African cities postwar
Living costs in South African cities are reported to be about 25 percent higher than wartime levels, reflecting inflationary pressures and altered consumer prices.
Coal Miners Back On Jobs After Seizure
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania miners return to work at Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron mines under government seizure. Company says 85 to 90 percent are on duty while United Mine Workers locals announce end of the strike. Leaders cite wage violations as low as 3.83 dollars per day.
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Shenandoah
Philadelphia
Reading Coal and Iron Company
United Mine Workers
UMW
John L. Lewis
Hall To Speak At Whitehall Luther League Meet
Congressman Merlin Hull of Black River Falls will be guest speaker at a Senior Luther league meeting in Whitehall on Sunday evening, to be entertained on the S. N. Hegge lawn.
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Whitehall
Wis
Merlin Hull
Black River Falls
Luther League
S. N. Hegge Lawn
Rollersnake of O Hau Leaves S Shaped Sand Traces
A rattlesnake with a rolling locomotion travels through O Hau terrain leaving disconnected S shaped imprints in the sand, illustrating an unusual movement mode and track pattern observed by onlookers.
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