Red Army Captures Ploesti Oil Centre as Balkans Advance
Stalin announced Soviet forces have captured Ploesti and nearby Bucharest area, seizing Romania’s key oil region and signaling broader mopping up of German forces in the Balkans. The move threatens German oil supply and opens paths toward Bulgaria and Hungary as Red armies press across Wallachia and Transylvania.
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London
Ploesti
Stalin
Red Army
Germany
2Nd
Ukrainian Front
Rodion Y. Mal
Buzau
Allied Supreme Headquarters
Moscow
Black Sea
Russia
Bulgaria
Bulfor Sa
Balkans
Mee Bomania
Bucharest-Ploesti
Wallachia
Buzua
Romania
Transylvania
Hungary
Slovakia
Central Europe
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Fedor I. Tolbukhin
Reich
Baltic
Bulsarsen Dobrudja
Greece
Macedonia
Nis
Balkan
Constanta
Medal of Honor Ceremony Honors Marines and Soldiers
President Roosevelt awarded the Medal of Honor to families of two Marines killed in the Pacific and to six Army heroes. Recipients include 1st Lieut. William Jenkins of El Paso Texas Lieut George F Powers of Massachusetts and other officers and a specialist recognized for actions in the Pacific theater.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pacific
Williamkins
el Paso
Texas
George F. Powers
Mass
Arnold L. Bjorklund
Seattle
Jessie R. Crowley
Luzerne
Forrest L. Vosler
Livonia
N. Y
Wiliam J. Johnston
Colchester
C. Jane Hawkins
Hawkins
Sher
Power
George F. Power
George F. Power, Remedal
Namur Island
Marshalls
Local Weather Ahead With Cloudy Tonight And Showers
The forecast calls for considerable cloudiness tonight with a low around 68. Thursday brings scattered showers, cooler conditions, and brisk winds with a high near 78.
Russians Eye Mediterranean In Dardanelles Demand
Washington reports indicate Moscow seeks unlimited access to the Mediterranean via the Dardanelles by pressuring Turkey. Pravda attacks Turkey and notes a shift away from Nazi links while Russia pushes for international control or rights to passage, signaling broader war settlement aims.
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Washington
Soviet Pravda
Turkey
Mediterranean Sea
Dardanelles
Russia
New World Security Organization
Bulgaria
Germany
Mediterranean
Bradley to Have Equal Status With Monty in France Command
Washington reports a new French command structure will grant Lieut Gen Omar N Bradley equal status with Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery as an allied army group commander. Britons fear demotion for Montgomery, but observers say the shift follows Eisenhower's assumption of personal command in France.
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Washington
France
Omar N. Bradley
Bernard L. Montgomery
Esenhower
Britain
Bradley
Ania
Montgomery
Eisenhower
Yanks Press Toward Valencia After Fighting in Rhone Valley
U S troops neared Valencia six miles from the Rhone valley front near Montelimar, 115 miles from Marseille, as heavy combat centered around Loriol. Germans attempted to flee across the Rhone with pontoons while American forces captured over 800 German vehicles and two 88 mm batteries. Prisoners exceed 45 000 with 10 000 in Marseille area.
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Rome
U. S
Rhone
Valence
Montelimar
Marseille
Drome
Loriol
Briancon
Hautes-Alps
Nice
Italy
19Th Army
France
Flying Bombs Strike London and Southeast England
New waves of flying bombs hit London and southern England overnight, many from the Boulogne area where Allied forces advance. Folkestone endured a heavy explosion at dawn, considered the strongest blast of the war for the town. Reports suggest Germany tested their vengeance weapon No 2.
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London
England
Boulogne
Folkestone
Wartime Ballots Mailed and Returned in Wisconsin Primary
Complete returns from 47 of 71 counties show 54 635 service ballots mailed and 12 326 returned for primary tabulation. Additional reports will follow in the secretary of state's office. Returns reflect about 3 percent of the total state vote and roughly 23 percent of service members used wartime balloting.
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Madison
Wis
Secretary of State
Army Surplus Trucks and Cars to Be Sold Nationwide
Thirty thousand army trucks and cars will be sold as surplus property across the United States within the next two weeks. The public sale plan was announced by officials in the Treasury Department's procurement division following information from Representative Thomason of Texas.
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Washington
Thomason
D-Tex
Treasury Departments
Navy reports 65000 vessels added to U.S. fleet in five years
Navy Secretary Forrestal announced that the United States has built 65 000 vessels totaling about 9 million tons in five years. The combatant fleet tops 1 150 fighting ships while air power and auxiliary craft surged, including 57 600 planes on hand and over 30 000 more scheduled for delivery in the next year.
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U. S
Navy
Washington
Forrestal
United States
Mmeur
Pee Serre
Pacific
Forrest Sher
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Naval Air Services
Nazis Seek Negotiated Peace, Hull Says Allies Stand Firm
Secretary Hull stated Germany appears eager for a negotiated peace but Allied demand for unconditional surrender remains clear. He noted concern that Hitler and aides may flee to neutral countries and that the United States is addressing this potential. Hull mentioned possible sanctuary in Argentina or Spain and recalled prior appeals to neutrals against aiding Nazi leaders.
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Washington
Hull
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Sone
Hitler
Argentina
Spain
Roosevelt
No Word On Chevalier Arrest Report
Paris dispatch says French interior forces have no confirmation of reports that Maurice Chevalier has been arrested and shot by the Maquis. Chevalier’s whereabouts since the Paris fighting remain secret and unconfirmed.
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Paris
Interior
Maurice Chevalier
The
Maquis
Chevalier
Four Power International Air Corps at Dumbarton Oaks
Reports from Washington indicate a possible four power recommendation to create an international air corps diverging from the US push for national forces. Russia and China back the idea with speed in mind, while Roosevelt outlines a three step plan culminating in a rapid action council to quell aggression.
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Washington
Dumbarton Oaks
Russia
China
Iain
Congress
Roosevelt
Hunger Strike at New Mexico Interment Camp
Twenty six internees including Fritz Kuhn demand redress of alleged mistreatment at the Stanton camp. A. M. Tenny, a Department of Justice officer, says the strike seeks unjustified demands and aims to press for changes.
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FT. Stanton
N. M
Fritz Kuhn
A. M. Tenny
Department of Justice
Tenny
Hart-Carter Grain Separator Sued Over Cartel Pact
Attorney General Biddle announced an antitrust suit in Minneapolis charging Hart-Carter Grain Separator and Henry Simon Ltd of Cheadle Heath England with maintaining a cartel agreement to divide world markets.
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Washington
Biddle
Minneapolis
Hart-Carter Grain
World Markets
Henry Simon, Ltd
Cheadle- Heath
England
Surrender of Isle Off South France Reported
Navy Secretary Forrestal announced the surrender of Porquerolles island off southern France to the USS Omaha amid the invasion. He described a stubborn defense, with the garrison surrendering after several days of naval bombardment, as Allied forces completed the Hyeres island investment near Toulon.
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Washington
Porquerolles
United States
Omaha
France
Navy
Forrestalay
Toulon
Hyeres Islands
Forces of Heavies Hit Reich and Robot Areas In World War II Raid
Allied air forces pounded Kiel and Bremen ports and northern France robot sites as heavy bombers backed Russian advances. More than a thousand aircraft attacked Stettin Konigsberg Berlin Hamburg with high explosives and incendiaries, while U.S. heavy bombers struck Szeged Szolnok and Moravska Ostrava in support of Balkan and Eastern Front actions.
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London
Kiel
Bremen
France
Anf
Dsicumn Bnag
Berlin
Hamburg
Pas de Calais
Stettin
Konigsberg
Germany
Baltic
Air Ministry
U. S
Italy
Romania
Szeged
Szolnok
Balkan
Czechoslovakia
Moravska Ostrava
Europe
Yugoslavia
Concert Postponed By Rain In La Crosse Band
La Crosse concert band postpones its final season concert due to rain. The performance is rescheduled for Thursday at 8 p.m. in the same venue.
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la Crosse
Crack Down On Gasoline Black Market In Chicago
The regional office of price administration cut off 20 600 gallons from 44 Chicago area stations on Wednesday in a new drive against counterfeit coupons. Rae E Walters said 194 stations were debited in two days totaling 278 600 gallons dispensed from counterfeit coupons in the past two weeks. Operators will have inventories reduced by the counterfeit gallons detected by the OPA verification center. Walters blamed both accidental and deliberate violations.
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Chicago
Office of Price Administration
CPA
Rae E. Walters
Walters
OPA
Republicans Lash Sidney Hillman Again
In Washington on Wednesday Republicans criticized Sidney Hillman CIO leader claiming he dictated to the Democratic convention and accused his tactics of making him an asset to the GOP in the 1944 campaign.
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Washington
Sidney Hillman
House
CIO
Bulgars yield to Tito partisans on Mount Slatibor
Yugoslav communique says two Bulgarian battalions at Mt Slatibor in Serbia were forced to surrender to Marshal Tito's partisans after heavy fighting that killed 850 and left 120 captured.
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London
Mt. Slatibor
Serbia
Tito
Allied raid on Korcula island succeeds
Allied infantry artillery air and naval forces conducted a successful raid against enemy forces on Korcula island in Dalmatia Saturday night according to an announcement.
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Rome
Dalmatian
Korcula
Groton Machine workers end one day strike in Racine
In Racine Wisconsin 400 union employees returned to the George Groton Machine plant on the morning shift after a one day work stoppage ended Wednesday.
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Racine
Wis
George Groton Machine Company
Paris Welcomes Liberation Parade Returns To Normal
Paris ends three day liberation celebration with a parade of American troops along the Champs Elysees. Generals Bradley and Koeniz lay a wreath at the tomb of France unknown soldier. Paris faces fuel shortages with no public transport and scarce hot water as American aid resumes dining and traffic.
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Paris
Arc de Triomphe
New York
Fifth Avenue
Champs-Elysees
U. S
Polio Quarantine Extended Across Milwaukee County
Poliomyelitis deaths in greater Milwaukee rise to nine with a 9 year old boy and a 5 year old girl among the fatalities. Active cases total 56 with Milwaukee 35 Shorewood 20 and Wauwatosa one. County wide quarantine extends restrictions on children under 12 in Waukesha County and various Milwaukee area communities. State reports 12 new cases bringing 104 total this year with several towns and cities contributing. Officials seek expert analysis and circus officials await health board guidance on presenting Ringling Brothers in Milwaukee.
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Associated Press
Greater Milwaukee
Milwaukee
Shorewood
Wauwatosa
South Milwaukee
West Milwaukee
Greendale
Oak Creek
Lake
Greenfield
Franklin
Waukesha
Waukesha County
Milwaukee County
Whitefish Bay
State Board of Health
Madison
Gilman
Taylor County
Wein Township
Marinette County
Janesville
Cazenovia
Osceola
Rib Lake
State Board
Carl N. Neupert
State Health Board
John L. Bohn
E. R. Krumpiegel
National Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Circus
Lift Ammunition Ban Opens Hunt Season for Hunters
The War Production Board lifted the ammo ban for hunters yesterday, signaling the first postwar hunting season. The WPB also raised ammunition quotas for farmers and ranchers to combat predatory animals.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Czecho Slovak underground goes public with battle claims
London reports the Czecho Slovak underground army emerged as a fighting force. In a first communique it says they captured Cadca near the Slovakia Moravia frontier and battled Germans in Zilina Povazska Bystrica and Trencin, with Cadca a key rail junction south of Jablonica pass.
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London
Slovakia
Cadca
Moravia
Zilina
Povazska Bystrica
Trencin
Jablonica Pass
Bratislava
Berlin
Krakow
Viara
White Carpathians
Allied Armies Push Toward Belgium Frontiers
American armored columns moved within 40 miles of Belgium as the 3rd army pressed along a 70 mile front from Laon to Vitry-le-Francois. Rouen reportedly evacuated, Le Havre outflanked, and Patton’s force advanced toward Verdun and Chalons with Neufchateau area reports emerging from the Seine region.
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Chateau-Thierry
Soissons
Reims
Laon
Marne
Chalons
Vitry
Verdun
Paris
Seine River
Vernon
Mantes
Rouen
London
Belgium
Seine
Pas de Calais
U. S
le Havre
Champagne
Vesle
Brussels
George S. Patton
Vitry-le-Francois
The
Reich
Chalons-Sur- Marne
Les Grandes Loges
Neuf
Allied forces advance toward Reich frontier in France
London broadcasts say American troops seized Laon 36 miles from Belgium while Berlin radio claims units approach St Dizier about 80 miles from the German border. The drive marks the nearest reach to the Reich and pushes near Vitry le François on the upper Marne.
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London
United Nations
Algiers
Laon
Belgium
Berlin
St. Dizier
Reich
Vitry-le-Francois
Upper
Marne
U. S
Allied Push Clears Seine Bank as Forces Drive toward Paris
Allied forces widened control along the Seine from Louviers to Paris, cutting German hopes of a stand. U S Third Army moved northeast of Paris from bridgeheads at Soissons and Pont Arcy, approaching Laon, while Patton’s units reached Montaigu and near Sedan. German detachments faced mop up actions in a broad northeast and east corridor.
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George S. Patton
Montaigu
Laon
Sedan
France
Paris
Seine
Caudebec
Bretonne Forest
Speeches Changed For Propaganda Charge
Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney accused three Republican governors who spoke for Gov. Dewey on nationwide radio of revising their remarks to tone down the Dewey Brownell propaganda. He cited Earl Warren's earlier repudiation of Dewey leadership and said the revised speeches were withdrawn from the press.
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New York
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Thomas E. Dewey
Democratic National
Republican National Committee
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