Americans Enter Grenoble In Fast France Advance
Allied forces push into Grenoble, major industrial city in the French Alps, as Maj Gen Patch’s 7th Army spearheads a swift armored and motorized thrust through German defenses toward the Rhone valley. Grenoble lies on the Paris Lyon Marseille rail route and signals fast Allied French front linkage. Romania ally move to United Nations follows Bucharest radio report declaring Antonescu government fallen.
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ROME
7th Army
France
Grenoble
Mediterranean
Alexander M Patch
Paris
Lyon
Rhone valley
YORK
A.P
Romania
United Nations
Bucharest radio
federal communications commission
Mihai
Marshal Ion Antonescu
Konstantin Sanatescu
Iuliu Maniu
Germany
Nazi Germany
Robot Raid Heaviest Yet
London reports its heaviest dawn barrage of flying bombs as South England and adjacent coastlines brace for the Pas-De-Calais launch, with dense anti aircraft fire, smoke clouds over the sea, and casualties from strikes on residential areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
England
Pas-De- Calais
Seine
channel
Axis spy ring uncovered in Argentina report
Buenos Aires dispatch says federal authorities uncovered a new active German spy organization, captured a large number of agents, and confiscated substantial material, announced Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AXIS
ARGENTINA
BUENOS AIRES
Federalee
Evacuees From Gibraltar Return Amid War Efforts
After nearly four years apart, Gibraltar evacuees begin returning to the Rock as part of wartime Mediterranean campaigns. In 1940 twelve thousand Gibraltarians were housed in London in hotels flats schools and other buildings. The first 1400 began returning in April with reunions mirroring the 1779 83 siege duration. Return order follows length of separation and service on the Rock.
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FTER
Gibraltar
Rock
Mediterranean
London
the Rock
Body of Fred Malyk Found in Rainy River Near Fort Frances
The body of 48 year old Fred Malyk, formerly of Yorkton Saskatchewan, was recovered from the Rainy River near Fort Frances Ontario yesterday. He had been reported missing about 12 days earlier.
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FORT FRANCES
Ont
Fred Malyk
Yorkton, Sask
Rainy river
here
French Sweep Nazis From Paris Liberates Capital in Mass Uprising
Paris rose in four years of bondage as 50,000 organized French Forces of the Interior led a street battle to expel Nazi occupiers. Allied forces surrounded the capital while de Gaulle and Eisenhower discussed civil control. Paris seized public buildings and captured remaining Vichy officials as La Marseillaise rang out.
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JAMES M. LONG
Associated Press
LONDON
Paris
Joose
light
Adolf Hitler
Rome
Italy
de Gaulle
Eisenhower
France
Seine
Vichy
Plane Crash Kills Fifty at Freckleton Lancashire
Manchester Aug 23 A passenger plane crashed into a church school nursery in Freckleton Lancashire killing about 50 people including 34 children. The craft struck the infant department in the school and set surrounding buildings ablaze. 31 bodies had been recovered hours after the disaster and many more feared dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MANCHESTER
England
Freckleton
Lancashire
Soviet torpedo boats sink 14 Nazi ships in Varanger fjord
The Soviet northern fleet reports sinking 14 of 31 enemy vessels in Varanger fjord in northern Norway. Air reconnaissance attacked three transports two invasion barges three torpedo boats eight patrol ships three minesweepers and 12 patrol launches in the fjord, per the Russian communique.
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LONDON
Varanger fjord
Norway
Shell Piece Had His Number on a Shell
In France, August 23, LAC George McMillan of Tatamagouche Nova Scotia, a batman in an ECAF Typhoon wing, found a jagged shell fragment the size of a silver dollar in a dugout. The piece bore the air force number 26750, which the lean bespectacled man confirmed on his identity card.
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RCAF
FRANCE
C.P. Cable
George McMillan
Tatamagouche
N.S
batman
McMillan
air force
Einstein Rescued From Upset Sailboat on Lake
In Saranac Lake New York on Aug 23 Albert Einstein and several companions were rescued after his 18 foot sailboat overturned in choppy waters. Neither Einstein nor his companions suffered ill effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SARANAC LAKE
N.Y
Albert Einstein
lower
Einstein
Petain Held By Gestapo Amid Belfort Move
Aged Marshal Petain was kidnapped from Vichy and, with Pierre Laval, kept as a prisoner by German forces in eastern France. Reports say Petain reached Belfort near the Swiss border after being spirited across France. Laval fled with them to a still unidentified French town as Maquis and German forces clash near Belfort and Bellegarde. Petain’s four years with the Nazis ended with his removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ALEX SINGLETON
Associated Press
LONDON
Marshal Petain
Vichy Vila
Gestapo
noo
Pierre Laval
Selfort
France
Petain
Belfort
Wiesbaden
Rhineland
Germany
LAVAL
Algiers
Roosevelt Seeks Lend-Lease Push to Final Victory
President Roosevelt urged Congress to extend lend-lease aid until unconditional surrender of Japan and Germany. The report shows total lend-lease at 28.27 billion dollars through June 30 1944 with 4.0 billion in the latest quarter, noting United Kingdom and Soviet shares and Canada trans shipments.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
congress
Japan
Germany
United States
United Nations
Berlin
Tokyo
United Kingdom
state department
Russia
Canada
Forest Lawn Cow Sets Milk Record in Canada
Ottawa report says Chestermere Ruth, owned by J. A. Hodgson of Forest Lawn Alberta, set a Canadian Ayrshire production record with 16,719 pounds of milk and 753 pounds of butterfat at 4.38 percent, the highest two year old class performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Ayrshire Breeders’ Association
J. A. Hodgson
Forest Lawn
Alta
135-ton Raid Against Jap Island Base
Allied headquarters in the Southwest Pacific announced a record 135 ton raid against Halmahera along with the destruction of eight Japanese planes five small coastal vessels and 28 barges. New strikes hit targets south and east of the Philippines as part of ongoing operations.
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ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
Southwest Pacific
Halmahera
Philippines
Soviet Drive Hits Romania
The Red army advances on a 150 mile front from Iasi toward Bucharest and Ploesti. Malinovsky Tolbukhin forces push within 51 miles of the Danube mouth as 25,000 Germans are said killed and 12,665 taken prisoner over three days. Bucharest faces panic while Antonescu supporters weigh surrender.
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MOSCOW
Red army
Romania
Hitler
Balkans
Iasi
Bucharest
Ploesti oi
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Fedor I. Tolbukhin
Danube
Tolbukhin
Bessarabia
Malinovsky
Galati
Balkan
Chisinau
Dniestr
Antonescu
Japs Await Allied Blow in Pacific Theatre
A wartime briefing discusses looming Allied pressure on Japan with mounting Pacific operations. Britain, Canada, Australia, and the United States coordinate manpower, air, and naval assets as Admiral Mountbatten prepares surprise actions in the Southeast Pacific theater.
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Japan
Pacific
Germany
Britain
R.C.AF
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Ceylon
14th Army
Urge Empire Communications Be Reorganized
Ottawa Aug 23 A Commonwealth Communications Council proposal urges reorganizing empire telegraph services through public utility corporations in the United Kingdom dominions and India. Corporations would be separately owned with linking arrangements. Proposals were discussed with prime ministers and Indian representatives. no decisions made, but the plan will be examined in detail.
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OTTAWA
United Kingdom
dominion
India
Commonwealth Communications Council
Mackenzie King
dominions
Revenge for Canadians in Normandy Pocket Battle
Allied dispatches report 40 000 to 50 000 prisoners captured from the Argentan trap in Normandy and German casualties not yet counted. A German panzer division that murdered 19 Canadian prisoners has been destroyed in the Normandy pocket battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
Argentan
Normandy
FRANCE
C.P. Cable
Allied landing reported near Bordeaux in France
A reported Allied landing near Bordeaux on the southwest coast of France circulated from the Spanish frontier with notes of coordination with American and French forces. French officials claimed a joint ground push reached the city outskirts and that Allied naval and air bombardment preceded the operation.
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LONDON
Bordeaux
France
Hendaye
Charles &. Foltz
Associated Press
Madrid
Loire river
Radio France
Algiers
Perpignan
Swift Drive By Canadians Race Toward River Seine
Canadian forces push east in a fast moving offensive across France. Armor and infantry drive through towns as British and Canadian troops advance on multiple roads toward the Seine. Deauville and Lisieux fallen. Pont l’Eveque cleared as offensive temperatures rise.
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SEINE
C.P. Cable
River Seine
France
w tich
green river
Deauville
Pont. 'Eveque
Lisieux
Orbec
Vimoutters
Pont l'Eveque
Churchill and Roosevelt to attend march into Paris
The Daily Herald reports plans for Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt to join the triumphant Allied march into Paris if feasible. French troops will lead under the Arc de Triomphe with Gen. de Gaulle possibly honored, as newsreel teams and military bands prepare. a Roosevelt Churchill conference may occur within weeks of French seizure.
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LONDON
C.P
The
Daily Herald
Churchill
Roosevelt
Paris
France
Gen. de Gaulle
Daily Mail
Don Liden
Paris Falls To Partisans Rally Across Seine Front
Allied air forces reported the German retreat toward the Seine becoming a rout as 1st Canadian Army troops captured Pont-l'Eveque and Lisieux. British and Canadian forces pressed the Seine line while American armor crossed toward Sens and Paris defenses collapsed under French patriots in the capital.
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SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
Seine river
lower Seine
Pont-l’Eveque
fallen Deauville
Lisieux
FRANCE
Laigle
Angles
Seine
Gros-La-Ferriers
ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
A.P
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Sens
Saar
Neunkirchen
Bordeaux
Eisenhower
Paris Freed Symbol of Frances Rebirth
Associated Press analysis credits the Liberation of Paris as a symbol of France’s rebirth, noting Hitler’s control in France has collapsed. The piece cites Allied air power, the expeditionary invasions, and the Maquis as key factors, with eastern fronts shifting as Russians prepare a major Vistula thrust and Romania’s offensive threatens the Balkans.
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PARIS
FRANCES
DEWITT MACKENZIE
Associated Press
Hitler
France
Normandy
Brittany
kaput
Europe
Weill
Fuehrer
Vistula
East Prussia
Rhine
Alles
Romania
Balkans
Allied troops enter Marseille as Paris railway strike disrupts traffic
Rome reports Allied forces seized most of Marseille with pockets of resistance, while Paris railwaymen halt trains causing major disruption. Stalin states Russians captured Dembitza in southern Poland and other gains on Dnestr. incindiaries praised by RAF noted for greater destruction. Red Dutton resigns from NHL presidency. Allied forces reportedly reached near Paris in German broadcasts, and German guns fired across the Channel as the conflict widens.
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ROME
Marseille
France
Toulon
PARIS
LONDON
C.P.Reuters
DEMBITZA
POLAND
C.P
Krakow
Stalin
Vixhina
Cetatea-Alba
Akkerman
Dnestr
R.ALE
RAF
RED DUTTON
N.HLL
MONTREAL
Mervyn
Red
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Jap Island
Reds
STUART UNDERHILL
Empire Communications
ROSS MUNRO
Joseph Koenig
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fbat
Rambouillet
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Chateau-Thierry
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