Lend-Lease Details Stir Congress and State Department
The F D R report notes Britain pressed to keep lend-lease alive after Germany falls, while the act runs to June 30 1945. It tallies aid since 1941 at over 28 billion, with 4.0 billion in the latest quarter, and outlines ships, tanks, vehicles, and munitions supplied to Allied forces and in reverse. It cautions that true impact is battles won and lives saved, not dollar figures, and discusses postwar trade implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
State Department
Britain
Japan
United States
England
Russia
United Kingdom
Allied forces drive German retreat along Seine front
Allied airmen report German withdrawal at about 30 points across the Seine under heavy bombardment. The Falaise pocket yields 40 000 to 50 000 German captives with many dead. Paris liberation unconfirmed as Americans push toward Meaux and Chateau-Thierry and seize Trouville Deauville Le Havre and Lisieux while German resistance collapses south of the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reux
Vernon
Seine
Supreme Headquarters
Falaise
Berlin
U. S
Lower Seine
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
Meaux
Chateau-Thierry
Guenther von Kluge
le Havre
Trouville
Villers-Sur-Mer
Deauville
Pont-l'Eveque
Lisieux
Laigle
Gace
Seine Trap
Evreux
Elfelzt
Argentan
Dulles Arrives with Ideas on World Peace Plan
Secretary Hull and Dulles discuss future talks on small nation authority and use of force to curb aggression. Dulles, arriving late, said he carries his own and Governor Dewey’s ideas on organizing world peace and may propose changes to the Dumbarton Oaks plan if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dulles
Dewey
Hull
Dumbarton Oaks
Births at Naval Hospital North Island and St Francis Sanitarium
Mr and Mrs Earl T Alpha welcome son Stephen Earl born August 19 at Naval Hospital North Island California. Mrs Alpha formerly Nancy Ashbridge of Los Angeles. Lt and Mrs W R B Albritton 903 North Secord greet a daughter born August 21 at St Francis Sanitarium. The Jewish people have been Europeans for more than 1,000 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl T. Alpha
Stephen Earl
Naval Hospital
North Island
Calif
Alpha
Nancy Ashbridge
Los Angeles
W. RB. Albritton
North Secord
St. Francis Sanitarium
Railroads Face Antitrust Suit Details and Allegations
The justice department widens antitrust action against seven railroads and major oil pipelines. It cites collusive rate maintenance west of the Mississippi, stifled tech use on trains, delayed air conditioning and spur construction, and blocked relief rate reductions for drought areas. Pending war related postponements, a full case would take 9 to 12 months to prepare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee of Directors
Atty
Wendell L. Berge
War and Navy Departments
Service Departments
Berge
Justice Department
United States
Paris Liberated as Resistance Rises Over Occupation
London reports Paris victory with official lines praising the Paris uprising. French forces of the interior, estimated at 50,000 armed men, joined a four day struggle to reclaim the capital, while underground and partisan efforts continued across France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maginot Line
Paris
France
Germany
Vive de Gaulle
United States
Gestapo
de Gaulle
Normandy
London
Joseph Pierre Koenig
Interior
National Council of Resistance
Paris Committee of Liberation
Parisian
Ile de la Cite
Vichy
Manchester
St. Pauls
Soviets Sweep Iasi Front in Major Black Sea Drive
The Red Army announced a two pronged offensive by Generals Malinovsky and Tolbukhin driving through 350 towns to retake Iasi and surrounding areas. Iasi fell in 24 hours, with 25,000 Germans and Romanians killed and 12,000 captured. Bolstered by air raids on Constanta, the advance pushed toward Galati and Bucharest as transports and vessels were sunk and an oil refinery set afire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Star
Isai
Prut
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Feodor Tolbukhin
Mironeasa
Iasi
Targu-Frumos
Ungheni-Targ
Prut River
Tighina
Cimislia
Tarutino
Volintiri
Danube
Tarutino Tolbukhin
Galati
Ploesti
Bucharest
Red Army
Constanta
Black Sea
Warsaw
Estonia
Riga
Latvia
Zambrow
Bialystok
Bug River
Fire destroys rare art at Hearst estate Gables building
A blaze yesterday at the Gables main building of Hearst estate near McCloud destroyed rare art items with damage estimated at 300000 to 400000 dollars. Several firefighters were slightly injured and investigators blamed a short circuit. The Gables housed guests. surrounding buildings and timber groves were spared. Easter Island note appears unrelated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Wyntoon
William Randoph Hearst
McCloud
French forces reportedly land along Bordeaux border
A French force described as a well armed division of volunteers was reported north of Hendaye with explosions audible from the Bordeaux area. A plane dropped flares along the frontier, while Allied chiefs declined comment. Bordeaux, a key Atlantic port, may become a major Allied debarkation point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendaye
Foltz
Spain
Bordeaux
Irun-Hendaye
Allied Supreme Headquarters
War Department
Washington
Berlin
Gironde
France
Reynaud
Germany
England Suffers Heavy Dawn Raid by Flying Bombs
London reports the heaviest dawn barrage of flying bombs as Allied forces push toward Pas de Calais. Anti aircraft fire roars along the coast and bombs strike residential areas causing casualties while shelters hold. An American officer awaiting a bus was killed. Red Cross and relief services aid victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Pas de Calais
Seine
Channel
Women’s Volunteer Service
Red Cross
United States
Fire damages a Delta Theater light fixture transformer
Fire crews responded Wednesday morning to a transformer burn out at the Delta Theater 115 North Third. Firemen reported no damage at the scene and the alarm was handled by companies one and two. Philadelphia’s apartment stock remains sparse compared with peers after a decade of growth.
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Delta Theater
North Third
Allied advance in southern France nears major targets
Allied forces pushed from the Riviera toward Toulon and Marseille with encirclement at Marseille advancing on a broad front. American columns rolled west from Aix en Provence and moved toward Avignon as French units helped seal off communication with northwestern Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Associated Press
Geneva
Lyon
Grenoble
Province of
Dauphine
Department
L'Isere
Napoleon Bonaparte
Elba
Napoleon
French Alps
Digne
Hans Schubert
Mediterranean
Toulon
Marseille
Hyeres
Cherbourg
St. Mato
Marseille Contin
America
Et de Berre
Marseilles
Associated
Edward Kenn
Kennedy
Aix-en-Provence
Carnival on Harrison Street Not On Army Lot
The carnival operating on Harrison street is not on Salvation Army property. The Salvation Army owns a nearby lot near the Shield Club unused for any purpose. Aircraft designers and AAF equipment makers used plastic manikins matching average AAF specifications in their work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Street
Salvation Army
Jack Hesketh
Army
Shield Club
Army Air Forces
AAF
Also Mentioned on This Page
F.D.R. Reports
Defeci
Allies
Nemours
Montereau
Highway Department
Western Association of Railway Executives
J. P. Morgan and Company, Inc
Kuhn, Loeb and Company
East
Association of American Railroads
Western Railroads
Hull, Dulles
Rics
Monroe
Louisiana
Desiard Street
Patriots
New York
United Nations
Rockefeller Plaza
Richard de Rochemont
Lily Pons
New Orleans
Jean de Lastrac
de Lastrac
Lafayette
Delta
Marguerite de Lustrac
Mississippi Valley
Easter Island
Rembrandt
Bernhardt
Short
Philadelphia
U.S
Pradet
Tou Harbor
Meg
John R. Ward
Desjard St
James Machine Shop
Bella C&church Cay Widtion
DeSiard
Walnut St
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