Agreement On Security Plan Reached
Washington reports progress at Dumbarton Oaks as the Oaks conferees announce general agreement on a future international security body. A council of principal powers plus smaller states is proposed with an international court for disputes. Details on small-nation powers and enforcement are still under discussion.
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Washington
Oaks
International Organization For Peace and Security
L Ance Cmp
Edward American
Dumbarton Oaks
Evey
Cadogan
Council of the League Nations
Russia
Weather outlook with storms and warmth following
Local forecast shows occasional thunderstorms with 80 degree warmth tonight and cooler conditions by midweek. Tonight's low around 64 and Tuesday near 76.
No Politics In Security Plan Voice From Washington
Secretary Hull and John Foster Dulles pledged that future international peace and security work must be nonpartisan. They issued the statement after meetings on world security, stressing that discussion of peace should be free from political contention and not tied to any candidate.
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Washington
Hull
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Thomas Dewey
Dewey
City Man Dies In Australia
Mrs Ethel Books 161944 Farnam street learns of the death of her son Robert L Books 20 in a hospital in Australia after a serious illness Aug 18 He enlisted in the navy June 28 1943 and trained at Farragut Idaho He was stationed at Pleasanton California briefly before overseas He attended Central high school years ago in Ames He is survived by his mother and his father in Oshkosh Wisconsin a brother Laverne and a sister Leatrice of La Crosse Wisconsin He was in the Navy during World War II and his service is noted in this obituary
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Ethel Books
Farnam Street
Robert L. Books
Australia
Navy
Farragut
Ida
Pleasanton
Calif
Books
Central High School
Amesa
Oshkosh
Wis
Laverne
Leatrice
la Crosse
Ponemoc Sryice
Rangement
Nelson to Succeed Byrnes in War Mobilization Role
Senator Ferguson said he heard from reliable sources Donald M. Nelson would replace James F. Byrnes as war mobilization director upon Nelson's return from China. Roosevelt reportedly plans to give Nelson the demobilization task via the War Production Board chairman. Byrnes reportedly desires relief from duties at the earliest convenient time.
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Washington
Ferguson
Mich
Donald M. Nelson
James F. Byrnes
Nelson
China
Roosevelt
War Production Board
Byrnes
Primary Vote Returns OK for Wisconsin Aug 15 Ballot
The state canvassing board approved the secretary of state’s tally of Aug 15 primary returns. Alexander O. Benz of Appleton won the Progressive nomination for governor by 241 votes in a four cornered race. Republican Gov. Walter Goodland and Democrat Daniel Hoan led in their parties. George A. Nelson was unopposed for Socialist nomination. Alexander Wiley leads GOP in U S Senate race with four candidates. Adelaide Woelfel failed to clinch Progressive nomination for secretary of state, with plans to run as independent. Ballot totals for November 7 general election to be included.
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Madison
Wis
Aps
Secretary of State
Alexander O. Benz
Appleton
Progressve
Leo Vaudreuil
Kenosha
Walter S. Goodland
Daniel W. Hoan
Milwaukee
George A. Nelson
United States
Alexander Wiley
Falls
Howard J. Mc
Wiley
Adelaide Woelfel
Chilton
Fred Zimmers
Two Teens Killed On Day Of Army Induction
In Manitowoc Wisconsin Gordon Bauch 19 of Two Creeks was killed when the car left the road and hit a tree. Gerald Schroeder 18 of Two Rivers was critically injured. Both were to be inducted into the army today.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Gordon Bauch
Two Creeks
Gerald Schroeder
Two Rivers
Biddle urges breaking German monopolies to safeguard peace
Attorney General Biddle told a Senate subcommittee that Allied powers must break German monopolistic firms to prevent future conflict. He cited 1925 explosive exports by I G Farben and described cartel actions restricting Latin American markets, strategic product manufacture, and American munitions sales, urging prompt action ahead of Germany’s occupation.
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Washington
Biddle
Eee Laél
Senate
Europe
Germany
Ing
German Dye Trust
State Department
DuPont Company
Aluminum Company
Standard Oil
Russians Roll Near Bucharest Ploesti Oil Fields
Moscow reports Red Army advances across Romania with pushes toward Ploesti and Bucharest. Armies cross the Danube, capture towns like Buzau, seal the Danube delta, and press toward Constanta as German and Hungarian forces mass in Transylvania. Russian forces reach near Brasov and threaten the Romanian capital while a Romanian general seeks reform of his 14th division.
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Moscow
Romania
Ploesti
Bucharest
Danube
Transylvania
Hitler
Hungary
Carpathians
Red
Bretscu
Buzau
Braila
Black Sea
Constanta
Brasov
Red Army
Carpathian Ridge
Sulina
Red Star
Makhai Boiko
Boiko
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
2Nd Ukraine
Oituz
Poiana-Sarata
Bretcu
Sulvia
Tulcea
Bitter fighting reported near Bucha rest and Ploesti
German radio reported intense battles between Romanian and German forces in the Bucharest area. Elite anti air units are said to operate in the Ploesti oil district about 35 miles north of Bucharest, with units driven from the capital by King Mihai's reorganized army.
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London
Bucharest
Ploesti
Mihai
Soviet drive near Ploesti and Bucharest accelerates
The report describes German resistance in the Buzau area as Soviet forces advance toward Bucharest. Romanian captives and German resistance are cited as bombardment and breakthrough push with 275000 Romanians prisoners and 11000 caged. Soviet Marines seize Sulvia Tulcea Braila and Danube delta while 12 encircled divisions are liquidated.
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Danube
Braila
Tulcea
Galati
Bucharest
3Rd Ukraine
Chisinau
Ploesti
Buch
Yank Troops At Montelimar
Allied forces report driving into Montelimar on the Rhone as Germans retreat south of the base town. U S troops and tanks clash with fleeing Nazis near Sauret while French forces sweep west of the lower Rhone and reach Uzes and Nimes. Toulon and Marseille are liberated, with port facilities secured for operations and relief supplies already reaching locals.
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Rome
Montelimar
Rhone
Marseille
U. S
Seventh Army
Sauret
Uzes
Nimes
Avignon
Air Force
Toulon
St. Mandrier
Gotthold Schaefer
Lorraine
Ramillies
Gulf of Genoa
France
Allied
Fighters Rip German Lines
American and British fighter bombers swept German positions in France and into Germany for a third straight day. Allied air efforts knocked out hundreds of enemy vehicles railcars tanks and artillery pieces in the prior two days.
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London
France
Germany
Coad
Strafi
Iacetals
U. S. Air Force
Seine
Seize Wealthy Brothers For Plot In Ecuador
Ramon and Oscar Gonzalez Artigas Spanish textile proprietors were arrested in Quito on charges of spreading salange propaganda and leading a revolutionary plot against President Velasco Ibarra. Their factories were seized after a government resolution condemned the brothers.
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Quito
Ecuador
Ramon and
Oscar Gonzalez Artigas
Salange
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Gonzalez Artigas
National Assembly
La Crosse Concert Band Holds Final Riverside Park Concert
The La Crosse Concert band presents its 15th and final summer park concert at 8 p m Wednesday in Riverside Park under director D Russell Wartinbee. The program, like all summer concerts, is free to the public.
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la Crosse
Riverside Park
Park Department
D. Russell Wartinbee
Paralysis Cases Climb Amid Delayed School Openings
The nation faces a mounting infantile paralysis surge with 6,258 cases through August 19, far above last year’s pace and not yet near a peak according to the U S Public Health Service. AP survey cites 169 deaths in nine states including 63 in Erie County New York. Kentucky bans under 14 from pools and cinemas as schools delay openings.
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Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
Associated Press
Erie County
Wny
Kentucky
Health Service
Norris, Veteran Senator, Is Critically Ill
George W. Norris, 83, former independent U.S. senator from Nebraska, suffered a cerebral hemorrhage early today. His physician said he is unconscious but resting easily.
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McCook
George W. Norris
United States
Nebraska
Paris Revolt Led By Six Men In Nazi Resistance
A Paris lawyer recounts a central committee of six men leading the Paris liberation movement against the Nazis. The group, using fictitious names, directed a citywide uprising from a candlelit cellar on August 19, coordinating through word of mouth and coded phrases. Suzanne, a key secretary, joined about 400 patriots at Hotel de Ville, repelling Germans with Colt automatics until Allied arrival.
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Paris
Suzanne
Resistance Movement
Hotel de Ville
Central Committee
Americans push toward Reims as flank threat hits Pas de Calais
Allied forces led by Lieut. George S. Patton drive from Chateau-Thierry toward Reims after capturing Belleau Wood and Soissons. The German line in Pas de Calais being flanked, American armor and air support inflict heavy losses as troops press near Verdun and the upper Marne.
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Hdarts
AEF
Third Army
Chateau - Thierry
Belleau Wood
Soissons
Reims
Germany
Belgium
Homela
George S. Patton
Chateau-Thierry
Marne
Cathedral
Champagne
France
Pas de Calais
7Th Army
15Th Army
War Work Halted At Hudson Plant
Detroit production of wings engines and aircraft components stopped by a strike at the Hudson Motor Car main plant affecting about 7,500 workers. At Racine Wisconsin about 300 Gor ton Machine workers stayed off job as AFL officials declined to comment on longer hours.
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Hudson
Detroit
Hudson Motor Car Company
Racine
Wis
George Gorton Machine Company
AFL
Probe Into Used Car Price Ceilings Ordered by Senate
Senator Stewart and Senator Wherry disclosed plans for a congressional inquiry into the Office of Price Administration order fixing ceiling prices on used automobiles. They warned the order could push toward a black market, threatening legitimate dealers.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Stewart
D-Tenn
Wherry
R-Neb
Senate
Small Business Committee
120000 Germans Listed Dead Captured In Falaise Trap
Allied forces report 122000 Germans killed or captured in the Falaise pocket as of Aug 25, with 30000 killed and 92000 taken prisoner. Since then advances toward the Seine and Rouen continue, tightening the net in the German retreat. Trapped troops resist as the encirclement closes.
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Falaise
John F. Chester
Seine
2Nd Army
U S Troops Reach Chateau Thierry Battle Scene
AP reports U S forces reached the Chateau Thierry front where German offensive failure in July 1918 led to a decisive American victory. The second Marne setback and Allied counter actions at Albert framed the turning point in World War I.
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Associated Press
U. S
Chateau- Thierry
The
Marne
Ala
Allied Push Across France Near Paris In Fast Allied Advance
Troops crossing at Mantes and Vernon linked with rapid progress north of the Seine. Canadians neared Rouen and Pont de L Arche while Americans pressed toward Châlons and Soissons within 15 miles of Reims. Patton's Third Army drove 15 to 25 miles east of Paris. British and Canadian units extended bridgeheads as Allied columns closed around the French capital. The Seine crossings swelled as the 5th Corps seized Letair and cleared Montmorency suburb amid German withdrawals.
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Seine River
France
Paris
Marne River
Lagny
Meaux
Soissons
Fismes
Upper Marne
Chalons
Vitry
Verdun
Seine
Mantes
Vernon
Rouen- Paris
Rouen
Joan of Arc
Chatan-Thierry
Cathedral of
Reims
George S. Patton
Third Army
Sedan
Ardennes
Aisne-Somme
Germany
Albert Canal
Belgium
Louviers
Pont de L’arche
2Nd Army
Marshal von Kluge
7Th Army
Compiegne
Lorraine
Leonard T. Gerow
5Th Corps
Great Let
Lindberg
Montmorency
Gera
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Oieppe
F. R
Alexander Cadogan
Andrei Gromyko
Es Board
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Omar N. Bradley
Signal Corps
Donald Nelson
O. K
Canvassing Board
By Eddy Gilmore
Selae
Count von Chulsen
Cots
Frederic Butler
Cagnes
Cannes
Vence
Nice
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Norris
Edward D. Ball
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