Balkan Front in Peril as Romania Sides With Soviets
Romanian troops switch sides and march into Transylvania threatening Germany across the Balkans. Berlin reports a communist Romanian government amid riots as Moscow’s offensive pushes toward Bucharest. German panic grows as Russia and allies press the Romanian capital from east and south.
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Balkans
Germany
Romania
Bucharest
Transylvania
Hitler
Hungary
Moscow
Cees
Bessarabia
London
Americans Press Ahead as Allies Close in on Rouen and Le Havre
Allied columns drive along the Seine toward the sea with Elbeuf captured and Rouen within reach. Canadian and British forces deepen incursions near Lisieux as Germans retreat from Rouen area. Air battles over France leave 37 German planes downed while 4 Allied aircraft are lost.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Seine
Elbeuf
Rhea Hn
Elbenf
Rouen
Normandy
Lisieux
Paris
Fontainebleau
Sens
Germany
Thereich
Lower
Seing
R.A.F. Uites
Louviers
Duclair
Candebec
Quillebeuf
Ae Quitoa
le Havre
le Nebourg
Forces drive toward Rhone to split southern France
U S forces 25 miles northwest of Marseille seize Salon and advance toward Arles as French and allied units drive west across the lower Rhone valley. B-25s hit rail hubs while Mitchells target southern France’s rail centers. Toulon area battles continue as patches of territory from Avignon to the Riviera are reported liberated.
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Rome
U. S
Marseille
Rhone
France
Salon
Aya
Geneva
Algiers
Bordeaux
Arles
Grenoble
Riviera
Settimo
Turi
Toulon- Marseille
la Pradet
Fort Faron
Toulon
Lavalette
Arsenal
Alexander M. Patch
Avignon
Massive U S Bombardment Hits Germany And Czech Border
London August 24. A U S 2300 fighter bombers and bomber armada struck 12 German targets and artillery near the Czech border. Targets included synthetic oil plants at Merseburg Misburg and Uhland plus an oil refinery at Freital near Dresden two Brunswick air plants German air force stations at Kollada and Langenhagen radio factory at Miemar and other industrial targets at Kiel Le Bourget field. Liberation claim reports Le Bourget airfield near Paris freed, French radio in Algiers says.
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London
UPA
Germany
Czech
RAF
le Havre
Seine
United States
Merseberg
Misburg
Uhland
Brux
St Freital
Dresden
Brunswick
Kolleda
Langenhagen
Hannover
Miemar
Kiel
Allied air raids widen push into Mindanao and Chichi Jima
Aug 24 report from South west Pacific notes Gen Douglas MacArthur confirming six enemy vessels sunk near Mindanao including a freighter, plus large fires at Davao. Palau destroyer tender left dead in water. Admiral Nimitz reports Liberators sinking two cargo ships off Chichi Jima with one lost, and another raid later claimed.
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Southwest Pacific
Japan
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Mindanao
Davao
Palau
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Chichi Jima
Bonins
Tokyo
War casualty totals rise in southern France invasion
Washington reports 2975 army casualties over first five days of southern France landings from August 15 to 19 including 1221 killed or missing and 1754 hospitalized. Navy totals 56,257 casualties. overall armed services tally to date 261,589 for the army and 56,257 for the navy. Comparative July figures shown. Dumbarton Oaks secrecy protest noted with pledge of periodic communiques.
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Washington
Stimson
France
Armed Services
Stmaon
Navy
Mediterranean
Stimgon
Stock Market Index Edges Lower Across 60 Stocks
The stock market index for 60 listed stocks falls to 54.9 from 55.2 yesterday as market conditions soften. Investors monitor broader signals and regional trends while small gains in some sectors are offset by overall decline.
Paris Not Cleared Of German Forces
Reporting from New York and London reveals conflicting accounts of Paris fighting as Allied troops push toward the city. General Eisenhower confirms heavy combat and the French interior forces claim control of central Paris despite a looming threat of Nazi destruction and a failed armistice.
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Paris
New York
Cne
Cpim
Vichy
NBC Today
Alesia
Interior
London
Eisenhower
Charles de Gaulle
Mans
Iia
Paria
Gestapo
Supreme Headquarters
Seine
Path Command
Mmee
Thurman Hill Nomination Questioned by McDonald
Topeka Kansas August 24 UP The nomination of Thurman Hill by the time sees the committee to. The nominee for U. S. ed for 4 nag tral in the opinion Joseph former state Bene of foe Xanege Cley Kew le le ne for P us suggested that the committee had no authority to fill the vacancy for the ill, now chief case cary brpenretia in Washington.
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Topeka
Kan
Thurman Hill
U. S Ed
Joseph
Xanege Cley
Kew
le le Ne
P Us
Cary Brpenretia
Washington
Kansas
Army names committers to decide postwar status of guards
The Army announces a panel of committers to plan the postwar status of the National Guard and reserves. The group will determine future roles and organizational arrangements following the war, signaling possible changes in structure and authority.
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National Guard and Reserves
Germans Claim Control of Paris Amid Fighting
An ABC broadcast reports German forces claim control of Paris despite continued resistance by French patriots. A prior German broadcaster hinted that General Patton and the U.S. Army prepare a sweep on Paris from the southeast, targeting Sens and Troyes in a large-scale movement.
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Weine
Sarcesm
George 5. Patton
U.S Army
Paris
Sens
Troyes
Dinner for Quigley at Hotel Eldridge to welcome KU
A community dinner on September 8 at the Hotel Eldridge welcomes E. C. Quigley as newly appointed KU athletics director. Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce Expo, the men-only event starts at 6:30 with tickets at 50 cents. Quigley, KU alumnus and renowned sports official, will headline.
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E. C. Quigley
University of Kansas
K. U
Hotel Eldridge
Expoibee of Commerce
Solon G. Ayera
Chamber of Commerce
Quigley
Sr State Board of Regents
Nei Pring Lawn
Kansas City
Siripela
Leavenworth
Olathe and
Recht
Showers In East Bring Heavy Rains Across Kansas
Topeka reports cool conditions as Weather Bureau forecaster S D Flora notes the summer decline while eastern Kansas sees more showers. Kaw River streams remain high but no floods expected. Towns from Hill City to Goodland log varying rainfall with readings from 61 to 85 degrees.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Kaw
Flora
Hill City
Wichite
Larned
Hutchinson
Walker
Rusgel
Salina
McPherson
Pratt
Concordia
St. Francia
Dresden
Herin
Columbus
Manhattan
Winfield
Fort Riley
Centralia
Clay Center
Lebo
Quinter
Independence
Hanover
Philipsburg
Florence
Emporia
Syracuse
Coffeyville
Scandia
Lecompton
Dodge City
Goodland
Local Firms Invited to Kansas City Meeting
The Chamber of Commerce has received two notices from the district office of the Smaller War Plants Corporation in Kansas City Missouri. A meeting will be held at the Little Theater Municipal Auditorium on September 8 at 10 p.m. to inform manufacturers in the area about potential contract terminations and access to opportunities.
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Chamber of Commerce
War Plants Corporation
Kansas City
Little Theater
Municipal Auditorium
Fighting Spreads Between Armies In Romania And Poland
Soviet offensives push toward the Danube and Galati gap as Red Army groups advance from Odessa and Warsaw advances threaten Krakow and Lwow. Debica overrun hundreds of German war plants. Bucharest and Ploesti within reach as Romanians report German fire on retreating units. Paris liberation and Allied gains in France are noted.
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Moscow
Germany
Romania
Poland
Debica
Red Star
Lwow-Krakow
Tarnow
Krakow
Silesia
Warsaw
Red Army
Lomza
Prussian
Freich
Danube Basin
Galati Gap
Bucharest
Ploesti
Morkh
Danube
Dipsa Trang
Hitler
Tighina
Cetates-Alba
Valui
Bessarabia
Mihai
Paris
France
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Scory
Odessa
Fedor I. Tolbukhin
Tasi
Chisinau
Carpathians
Ivan S. Knoev
London
Oland
Bor
Service 8
Bad Weather Favors German Getaway in France Pocket
Bad weather aided German forces as Allied troops hesitated to enter the Seine pocket. German units reportedly moved toward the Seine while British air intelligence observed armor and vehicles jammed on roads, with limited air strikes possible before daybreak. Thiberville and nearby pockets were seized as patrols closed on Breteuil.
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Seine
Pas de Calais
Thiberville
Orbec
Bernay
St. Aubin de Alton
Davighones
Breteuil
Help Is Promised In Sunflower Ordnance Works Drive
The Citizens Manpower committee of Kansas City pledged full cooperation to recruit workers for the Sunflower Ordnance Works. Lt. Col. Donald R. Hyde said 2,000 more workers are needed by December 1 and 800 immediately, with women composing a large share. The September to December schedule calls for 540, 588, 620, and 666 women workers respectively. Agencies discussed transportation, overtime, and hot lunches as incentives while officials commit to expediting hires.
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Citizens Manpower Committee
Kansas City
Sunflower Ordnance Works
WMC
William Denham
Donald R. Hyde
Vice Chairman Resigns
The White House announced the resignation of Charles E. Wilson as executive vice chairman of the War Production Board. In his letter he cited unfair attacks by subordinates and said stories of opposition to reconversion were inspired by board officials tied to Mr. Nelson. Donald M. Nelson conferred with President Roosevelt before the resignation was announced.
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Washington
White House
Charles E. Wilson
War Production Board
Wilson
Nelson
Donald M. Nelson
WPH
Roosevelt
Retired Cattleman Dies in Len City Kans
Samuel Oxley aged 87, noted as a retired cattleman, landowner, and booster for good roads, died in a local hospital after a period of illness. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the family in Len City, Kansas.
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Len City
Kan
UPI
Samuel Oxley
Douglas County to get 12 corn pickers for 1944 season
George Butell, chair of the Farm Implement Rationing committee, announced the allotment of 12 corn pickers for Douglas County with 60 applicants. Committee members Perry Stevena and Lawrence Leonhard weighed town needs, availability, and past distributions while aiming for broad spread across the county.
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Douglas County
George Butell
Perry Stevena
Lawrence Leonhard
Butell
Breers Brothers—Butlers
Kennedy Brothers
Richland
Pes Heffner
Harley Lyons
Carl Miller
Lawrence, Thorn and
Boehle
Eudore
Harry Richardson
Lawrence
M. L. Schaake
Lawrence, Givde 2Zak
Ralph Ritchie
Joseph Bowe
Civil Aeronautics extends sale of surplus planes in region
Kansas City Aug 24 The Fifth regional office of the Civil Aeronautics Authority expanded its surplus army and navy plane sales advertising 15 open bids to be received by September. Nine are in storage here and four more for sale. Seven are small aircraft and eight are Patrol CAA units. About 700 planes used in training services were involved.
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Kansas City
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Ita
SHELL
Silver Star for Hero of Fifth Army Front in Italy
Carmen J. Lerma of Ellsworth Kansas receives the Silver Star for leaping on a flaming shell and saving lives during the Rome push on the Fifth Army front in Italy. Lerma, in Cannon Company of the 2nd Regiment, 85th Custer Infantry Division, acted after seeing a shell ignite a sandbag. His father John R. Lerma resides in Kanopolis Kansas. Oklahoma truck strike ends after War Labor Board orders new five cent per hour wage contracts for operators.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Armen J. Lerma
Ellsworth
Kan
Lerma
85Th
Custer
Rome
John R. Lerma
Kanopolis
Oklahoma
Oklahoma ‘City
UPI
Oklahoma City
Evans Nash
Pen
War Labor Board
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le Bourget
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Nimitz
Itakya Radio
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Dumbarton Oaks
State Department
Polents’ Association
Edward R. Stettinian
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Ilegal
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Milton Allen
Obera
Carls
Eldridge Pharmacy
Round Cover
Rankins and Chamber of Commerce
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Ballet
Roman
Iasi
Romenia
Stalin
Joseph Stalin
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K. W. Mahen
Sidney Haysler
Harry R. Barnard
U.S. Employment Service
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War Proaction Board
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Harnsley
Harry S. Truman
Lamar
Robert S. Kerr
Senate
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Salweer River
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Yunnan
Chinese High Command
Vf—Vinland
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Mitchell Tamrense
N. F. Thome
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Elmer Ousdahl
Lawri
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