Allied drive tightens as Germans rout near the Seine
Allied columns trap the retreating German Seventh Army below Paris as U S forces push toward the lower Seine and further from the Reich, with Patton's Third Army beyond Sens and Canadians crossing toward the estuary near the Seine.
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Wes Gallagher
Seine
Paris
U. S
Sens
Anier
St. In
George S. Patton
Third 1
Woods
Fontainebleau
Wer
Seventh Army
Lower Seine
Falaise
Seine Estuary
Se Vre
ULL DULLES DISCUSS PEACE IN HIGH LEVEL MEETING
Washington August 23 The prospect of bipartisan backing for postwar world peace policy centers on an unprecedented session between Secretary of State Hull and John Foster Dulles advisor to Governor Thomas Key. The talks include Republican committee members and center on Russian American British plans for organizing world peace with broad agreement but lingering problems.
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Washington
Secry
Cordell Hull
John Ter Dulles
Thomas Key
Nolaminery
Dulles
Ate
Stin
Vermont
Vandenberg
Higan
Ustin
Ndenberg
Hurricane Nearing Coast at Tampico
The United States Weather Bureau warned that a Gulf of Mexico hurricane would move northwest toward the Mexican coast near Tampico. At 9 am the storm appeared near 30°30' N, 92°30' W, with winds about 85 mph near the center and gales extending 100 miles north. High winds and tides were expected to reach from Tampico northward up to 175 miles this afternoon.
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New Orleans
States Weather Bureau
Gulf
Mexian
Tampico
Cen‘y
Third invasion landing reported near Bordeaux
A third Allied invasion landing was alleged near Bordeaux in southwestern France with German and American coordination claims. Hendaye officials cited French forces closing on Bordeaux while reports from Berlin and Stockholm echoed a possible new landing near St Jean de Luz.
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London
France
Bordeaux
Hendaye
Charles S. Foltz
Associated Press
Madrid
Foltz
Berlin
St. Jean de Luz
Biarritz
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Marseille
Mediterranean
Fish Advices
Loire
Mantes
Spain
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Henry M. Wilson
Morocco
Blois
Paris
Caital
Carcassone
Loire River
Plane crashes on school in Freckleton kills fifty
A Liberator bomber crashed into the Freckleton village school in Lancashire killing at least 50 people, including 34 children. American crew possibly three dead, troops and volunteers aiding rescue as flames engulf the center of the village and evacuees from London are among the dead.
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London
Freckleton
The
Press Association
British
Hitler
Einstein Docks Boat in Saranac Lake Incident
Prof. Albert Einstein and companions were aboard a sailboat that capsized in lower Saranac lake yesterday. They were rescued quickly with no injuries reported.
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Einstein
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Albert Einstein
Soviet Drive Into Romania Stuns Balkans Front Advances
Soviet forces push on a 150 mile front from Iasi toward Bucharest and the Ploesti oil center, breaching lines and driving 25 000 Germans to death or captivity. Bucharest panics as Antonescu regime contemplates peace terms amid Balkan tremors.
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Bucharest
Ploesti
Daniel de Luce
Moscow
Red Army
Romania
Hitler
Balkans
Iasi
Ploesti Oi
Riga
Baltic States
Danube
Chisinau
Poland
Warsaw
East Prussia
Jelgava
Latvia
Antonescu
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Greece
Germany
47 Railroads Sued by U S
The justice department filed an anti trust suit in Lincoln Nebraska against the Association of American Railroads the Western Association of Railway Executives J P Morgan and Company Kuhn Loeb and Company and 47 railroads. The complaint accuses a private interests cartel of maintaining non competitive rates and hindering western rail service improvements. It seeks dissolution of the two associations and an injunction against the defendants to stop further offenses.
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Washington
Justice Department
Lincoln
Neb
Association of American Railroads
Western Association of Railway Executives
J. P. Morgan and Company
Kuhn, Loeb and Company
Atty
Francis Biddle
United States
Western Systems
Chinese advancing in Tengchung fight reaches one third
Chinese forces seized about one third of Tengchung after fierce fighting and push the Japanese toward the city center. The U S Army Air Forces supported by strafing in the northwest corner and blasting through walls aided the advance from the southwest. Minor rains reported around Sungsina and Lungling as troops clear the Burma road west of the Salween.
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Chungking
Tengchung
Yunnan
United States Mth Air Force
Sungsina
Lungling
Burma Road
Salween River
R U R Robots and Capek in Prague
The piece discusses the term robot from Capek's R U R and its mispronunciations, noting its origination with Theatre Guild productions in the 1920s and Capek's later works. It recounts a meeting in Prague in 1936 where Capek dismissed rumors about Russia and the pathway between two blades of grass, hinting at broader wartime themes and a continuation on the fourth page.
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Theatre Guild
Old Garrick
Rossum
Karel Capek
Chapek
Prague
Russia
Five Towns Taken En Route To Grenoble Advance
American Seventh Army forces broke through German lines in southern France and entered Grenoble, a major industrial city about 140 miles from the coast. The rapid thrust linked Maj. Gen. Alexander M. Patch’s spearhead with allied French forces, advancing past Digne, Sisteron, Aspres, Gap and St Bonnet as Grenoble loomed on the Paris-Lyon-Marseille rail axis.
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Rome
Seventh Army
France
Grenoble
Mediterranean
Alexander M. Patch
Paris
Lyon
Rhone Valley
Digne
Sisteron
Aspres
Gap
St. Bonnet
End of Cruel Nazi Rule Spurs Paris Partisans
Paris, long under four years of occupation, glimpses liberation as partisans and underground networks persist. The city endured queues for food, curfews, executions, and Nazi control while daily life persisted amid Allied air raids on targets near Paris.
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Paris
Renault Works
le Bourget
Germany
Roosevelt urges continued lend lease until total victory
President Roosevelt told Congress that lend-lease aid must continue through unconditional surrender of Japan and Germany. He cited a June 30 total of 28.27 billion dollars and urged maintaining unity to speed victory and secure lasting peace amid Allied offensives toward Berlin and Tokyo.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Japan
Germany
United Nations
Lend-Lease
Berlin
Tokyo
National Association of Manufacturers
Aerial Assaults on France Resume as Weather Clears
Allied air forces resumed attacks on German units in northern France with 600 vehicles, tank and rail components destroyed in 24 hours. Germans fled toward the Seine in many small craft while Allied Mediterranean targets were attacked in the Danube region.
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London
Alrien
France
Paris
Seine
Danube
Paris Freed as French Forces Seize City from Nazis
Paris, liberated after four days of street fighting led by 50 000 interior troops and hundreds of thousands of volunteers, is reported back in French hands with public buildings seized and Vichy officials captured. De Gaulle met Eisenhower amid talks on civil control as Allied air pressure pushes Germans eastward.
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James M. Long
London
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Light
Adolf Hitler
Rome
Italy
Ile de la Cite
de Gaulle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
Committee of National Liberation
Rennes
Brittany
Bombers Hit Halmahera in Record 135 Ton Air Strike
General MacArthur announced a record 135 ton bombing of Halmahera Island 300 miles south of the Philippines aimed at eroding the area as a barrier for New Guinea and the Philippines. Liberators and Mitchells hit airfields dumps and defenses destroying planes and a freighter.
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Pacific
Japan
Halmahera
Philippines
MacArthur
New Guinea
Flores Sea
Marcus Island
Tokyo
Ceram
Davao
Vogelkop
Dutch New Guinea
Biak Island
Wewak
Palau
New Ireland
New Britain
Bougainville
Central Pacific
Nimitz
Marcus
Truk
Ponape
Carolines
Yap Island
Guam
Wake
Road to Berlin fronts distances by frontiers
The report lists Allied advance distances on multiple fronts. Russian front is 322 miles from War saw suburban area, Northern France 525 miles from a point near Sens, Italian front 601 miles from Florence outskirts, Southern France 610 miles from Grenoble.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
France
Sens
Florence
Grenoble
Horse and Rider Killed on Bee Bayou Road
Ernest Phillips a 35 year old Richland parish man riding a horse was killed when the horse was struck by an ice truck on the gravel Bee Bayou road 11 miles north of Rayville Louisiana. Vision caused by a sharp turn led to the collision. Phillips body was taken to Mulhearn Funeral Home Rayville with funeral planned at McKnight Cemetery Holly Ridge. He is survived by his mother and several brothers and sisters.
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Rayville
Bee Bayou
Ernest Phillips
Richland Parish
Phillips
Mulhearn Funeral Home
McKnight
Holly Ridge
Addie Phillips
Woodie Phillips
Philadelphia
Francis Phillips
Bill Phillips
Eddie Phillips
Julian Pearce
Alvin Ijrons
Bill Dove
Pelly
Tex
Bill Masters
Pally
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