Bulgarians Collapse German Balkan Front and Romania Seizes Passes
The Balkan front collapsed as Bulgaria ordered Nazi troops out and Romanian forces seized Carpathian passes. Bucharest’s pro Allied government held ground. Ion Antonescu reportedly under arrest. German and Italian reports described upheaval and shifting loyalties amid mass evacuations and ongoing bombardments around Bucharest and nearby airfields.
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London
Balkan
Bulgaria
Carpathian
U.S
Federal Communications Commission
United States
Romania
Balkans
Bucharest
Ion Antonescu
Mihai
Stefani
Reich
Hungary
Transylvania
Moscow
Spain Withdraws Vichy Recognition
In San Sebastian the Spanish government announced Saturday night it withdraws recognition of Vichy. The foreign ministry stated the action came from Madrid and affects official relations.
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Spain
San Sebastian
Vichy
Foreign Ministry
Storms Hit Colorado Cities Causing Heavy Damages
Storms lashed Colorado sparing few areas in each of the three major cities. Damages appeared extensive with losses running into thousands of dollars across the region.
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Maver
Colo
Local Weather Outlook Clouds and Clear Afternoon
Cloudy Sunday forenoon with clearing in the afternoon little change in temperature. Highest around in the afternoon. Don't Burn This Paper. Paper '80 For Victory.
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Clearfm
Soviet Forces Reconquer Bessarabia and Press Nazis Toward Hungary
Soviet troops recaptured Bessarabia reaching the Danube from the Prut and pushed into the Carpathians in pursuit of retreating Nazis toward Hungary. Moscow reported about 61,000 prisoners taken in 24 hours, including 30,000 in five Romanian divisions. Allied bomber forces struck Japanese targets in Palau and the Philippines while land and sea actions continued across Burma and the Danube frontier.
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London
Bessarabia
Danube
Prut River
Black Sea
Carpathian Mountains
Hungary
Moscow
Valcov
Ude
Ismail
Red Army
Galati
Focsani
Bucharest
Ploesti
Balkans
Chisinau
U S Leaders Push Stronger European Advisory Council
U S officials urged extending and widening the European advisory commission to bridge the postwar gap before a permanent world peace body is formed. The Moscow created council, with John Winant, Fedor Guzev, and William Strang as members, has focused on German surrender and occupation.
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Washington
European Advisory Commission
Europe
Aseney
Dumbarton Oaks
Moscow
John Winant
United States
Fedor Guzev
Russia
William Strang
Britain
Germany
South France Struggle Near Closing Phase
Allied forces push through the Rhone valley as the 7th Army under Lt. Gen. Patch advances toward Lyon. Avignon and Briancon fall or near fall, and French and American units disrupt German retreat on key routes. Marseille and Toulon face heavy resistance with port facilities partly damaged by German actions.
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France
Rhone
Lyon
Alexander M. Patch
7Th Army
Avignon
Briancon
Rhone Valley
Patch
Montelimar
Henry Maitland Wilson
High Command
Toulon
Marseille
Europeans In U S anxious To Get Home
New York report says Europeans abroad are eager to return home as Allied advances press toward Germany. Americans seeking passage abroad flood travel lines with requests to sail on the first available plane or ship, leaving Pan American Airways with a growing waiting list. A merchant marine institute cites long Pacific war, potential occupation, and entry refusals as factors hindering tourist travel resumption.
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New York
Germany
Pan American Airways
Merchant Marine Institute
Europe
Wartorn
OPA cuts passenger tire allotment for September
The Office of Price Administration lowers the September passenger car tire quota to 1 600 000 casings from 1 950 000, citing depleted reserve inventories. Heavy truck and bus tires rise to 102 000 from 85 000 while B and C card motorists remain eligible for new passenger tires amid about 1 000 000 backlogged applications.
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Wadhington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Germans Admit Loss Of Paris After Last 10 000 Men Give Up
Allied forces report Paris liberated as German last strongpoints fall. De Gaulle walks Champs Elysees amid celebratory crowds while snipers are hunted and food supplies begin arriving. Paris newspapers resume, and carnival celebrations erupt across the city.
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Paris
Champigny
Charles de Gaulle
Champs-Elysses
Notre Dame Cathedral
Free French
Parisians Flee Paris for Food as War Strains Mount
Thousands of residents fled to the countryside in search of provisions as transport breakdowns and city fighting disrupted supplies. Housewives rode bicycles with baskets to barter for eggs and meat while soldiers described Paris as an Oklahoma land rush. Brigadier General LeClerc’s 2nd Armored Division moved toward the city after destroying two German 88-mm guns, with black market restaurants offering deluxe meals at high prices. Soldiers survived on K rations as official food shipments were awaited, and alcohol remained plentiful in Paris.
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Figaro
Oeuvre
Populaire
Vichy
Place de la Concorde
Orleans
Jacques LeClerc
2Nd Armored
France
Battle of France near Seine signals Allied advance
Supreme Headquarters reports Allied forces have breached the Seine and push German 7th Army toward the Reich frontiers. British and American units drive along multiple bridgeheads while Luftwaffe fights back in Northwestern France. Brest siege intensifies as Warspite shelling aids land assault.
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Seine River
Reich
7Th Army
France
Luxembourg
Alsace
Lorraine
Paris
Corbell
Melun
Seine
Brest
Warspite
Breton
Troyes
Saar
DNB
Marsigny-le- Chatel
Supreme Headquarters
Yank Airmen May Be Freed
Washington reports that Ro mania’s radio surrender raises the possibility of freeing about 500 imprisoned American airmen. Reliable notices indicate roughly five hundred U S flyers were held in the Balkans at the time of capitulation.
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Shelley Hansen
Ger
Romania
Bucharest
Moscow
Italy
Otopeni
Beneasa
Giurgiu
Danube
Bulgaria
Transylvania
Tettook
Gengary
London
Hungary
Balkans
Germany
Washington
Better Girdles Ahead Under New Ruling
Washington reports the Rubber Director opened the way for a better grade of girdles by lifting restrictions on neoprene use by elastic thread manufacturers. Civilian access to high grade synthetic neoprene increases, as girdle producers had relied on bunas. ORD says neoprene yields a superior girdle. Regulations also raise required synthetic rubber in highway truck tires from 70 to 90 percent.
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Washington
ORD
Woman rides police cab to jail after drunken ride
In Oklahoma City a tipsy woman hailed a cab but rode in a police car instead. She was driven to jail and fined twenty dollars by the police judge.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Dulles to Confer With Governor Dewey in New York Hospital
John Foster Dulles announced he will meet Gov. Thomas E. Dewey in a New York hospital next week to discuss talks with Secretary Hull in Washington. Dewey will announce the meeting details. Dulles plans to report on the Washington meetings in the coming days.
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New York
John Foster Dulles
Thomas E. Dewey
State Hull
Washington
Dulles
Dewey
Ford Walkout Demands End as 50,000 Lose Pay
Regional war labor board ordered Highland Park plant strikers to end a walkout that imperiled Ford aircraft production. About 8,500 workers stayed off shift since Friday after a tool grinders stoppage. If unresolved, Rouge plant's 13,000 workers and Willow Run's 30,000 could face idle time by midweek. Union leaders cited wage and seniority grievances.
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Detroit
War Labor Board
Highland Park
Ford Motor Company
Alfred H. Johnson
Army Air Forces Materiel Command
Ford
Big Rouge
Willow Run
State denies gas coupons for out-of-state pheasant hunt
A South Dakota Game Department official said no to a request to send gasoline coupons to Illinois hunters for a pheasant shoot. Game Director Elmer Peterson stated the board cannot furnish gas for out-of-state hunting trips in 1944 upland regulations.
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Pierre
S. D
Game and Fish Department
Board of South Dakota
Illinois
Elmer Peterson
End Of Organized Resistance In Southwest France
Reports from Hendaye France say ten thousand Germans encircled by American and French forces around Belin near Bordeaux surrendered Saturday afternoon ending all organized resistance in southwestern France. Allied forces had driven the Germans to flags of surrender after evacuating Bordeaux and moving into Landes. Some German troops reportedly retreated into the Pyrenees awaiting capture rather than risk death.
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Rhone
Reich
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Mediterranean Command
Bay of Biscay
Pyrenees
Germany
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