Russians advance on Black Sea coast as Ploesti falls
Aug 30 dispatches report Soviet forces capturing Ploesti and closing within 29 miles of Igaria, threatening Constanta and pressing German positions in Wallachia and Transylvania. Bulgarians urged to aid swift liberation. German withdrawals from Greece noted amid Red naval dominance in the Black Sea.
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OSCOW
Black Sea
Igaria
Kanse
Constanta
Romania
Bucharest-Ploesti
Wallachia
Ploesti
Yond Constanta
Baltic
Dobrudja
Greece
Macesia
Bulgaria
Jis agrees on plant closing at magnesium works
Dolan, president of the Mathieson Alkali Works, defends the closing of the $54 million magnesium plant in Lake Charles La, saying government magnesium estimates were excessive. Representative Larcade claims faulty engineering raised costs and notes negotiations with E I du Pont to buy the plant.
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Lake Charles
George W. Dolan
Athies On Alkali Works
Larcade
Socrat
Louisiana
Dolan
Vom
New York
Mathieson Alkali Works
Larende
Opepusas
Tam
Subtle limits on Roberts commission in Pearl Harbor probe
A 16 day old report on the Pearl Harbor disaster shows the executive order shaping the Roberts commission inquiry. The document aims to provide basis for decisions while deflecting criticism of Washington leaders and military personnel.
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Roberts Commission
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Roosevelt
United States Army
New Bradley Command Seen in France Near Announcement
Reports indicate a new Allied command structure in France would place Lt Gen Omar Bradley on equal status with Gen Bernard Montgomery as an army group commander. British critics perceived this as a demotion for Montgomery, though officials note the move aligns with Eisenhower’s expanded control and strategic plan.
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Washington
France
Omar N. Bradley
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eisenhower
Britain
Bradley
Montgomery
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Supreme Headquarters
12Th Army Group
St. Leo
French Aid in War on Japs United Navy Join Reach Far Japan
The Free French and the American Navy unite to threaten Japan with new blows as air raids hit Nippon's defenses. Rear Adm. Montgomery expresses confidence in eventual Japanese extermination while Vice Adm. Fitch cites near 100 active aircraft carriers and plans to strike toward Guam and the Philippines. Scattered raids target Yap Palau Halmahera as Romulo voices cautious hope for the Philippines.
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Associated Pressi
Free French
Japan
Adm
Alfred E. Montgomery
Nip Pon
China
Burma
New Guinea
Radio France
Hitler
Indo-China
Asia
Adin Aubrey W. Fitch
United States
Guam
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Fitch
Montgomery
Yap
Palau
Halmaheia
Davao
Carlos P Romulo
Islands
Paris celebrates end of three day liberation parade
Parisians resume postwar life after a three day liberation celebration climaxed with a parade of American troops past the Arc de Triomphe. Generals Bradley and Koenig laid a wreath on France's unknown soldier tomb as crowds cheered and prayed. Public transport remained limited and orderly in Paris.
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Paris
Arc de Triomphe
New York
Fifth Avenue
Champs- Elysees
U. S
Yan
Omar N. Bradley
Joseph Pierre Koenig
France
Courageous Poland Gropes for New Life After Nazi Rule
From Lublin, Poland, a provisional government governs with wide authority behind the Red Army line as Poles pursue freedom and peace. A mass mobilization nears half a million, women arm themselves, and Jews live without barriers amid antiaircraft fire and Majdanek memories.
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Poland
Daniel de Luce
Lublin
Moscow
Roosevelt to Speak Labor Focus in 1944 Bid
President Roosevelt plans a September 23 political speech in Washington before the International Teamsters Union as part of his reelection campaign though he will not undertake a nationwide tour. Vice President Wallace and Senator Truman may share campaign travel as Dewey launches a 6,700 mile cross country tour beginning September 7 with seven major addresses across 21 states ending September 28 in Albany.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
International Teamsters Union
A. F. of L
Daniel J. Tobin
Teamsters
Wallace
Truman
Missouri
Bremerton Navy Yard
Chicago
Herbert Brownell Jr
National Committee
Dewey
Philadelphia
New York
Pacific Coast
Albany
Louisville
Seattle
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Oklahoma City
Brownell
Midwest
Far West
Nbc-Cbs
National Federation of Republican Clubs
Kentucky
Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Harry F. Kelly
Owosso
Des Moines
Iowa
Bourke Hickenlooper
Midwest Agriculture
Valentine
Neb
Sam R
London Struck by More Robot Bombs
London and southern England faced fresh waves of German flying bombs during the night, with attacks continuing after dawn as Allied advances push from Boulogne. Folkestone endured a strong shock near midnight, possibly from across the channel as Germany tests its so called vengeance weapon No 2.
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London
England
Boulogne
Folkestone
France
Stockholm
Elite Guard
Joachim Fernau
Pas de Calais
Hal Boyle Injured by Motorcycle Parade Crash
AP war correspondent Hal Boyle was struck by a speeding motorcycle during a Champs Elysees infantry parade in Paris. He suffered ripped back ligaments and will stay hospitalized for three days after the incident, from a crowd-control spillover as he gathered hometown names.
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Paris
Hal Boyle
Associated Press
Champs Elysees
Boyle
Tunisia
Sicily
Italy
France
North Africa
Kansas City
Rhone Valley Battle Expands as Germans Flee North
American Seventh Army troops pressed heavy fighting as German forces fleeing southern France clashed near the Drome river about Montelimar. Americans seized several German vehicles and 88mm artillery while pursuing remnants of the 19th Army along damaged roads toward Loriol and Briancon.
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Rome
Seventh Army
Rhone Valley
France
Drome River
Montelimar
Drome
Rhone
Valence
Loriol
Briancon
Hautes-Alps
Nice
Italy
19Th Army
Diploma Day at Northeast Junior College Commencement
The Northeast Junior College summer commencement in the college auditorium honored a class of four with diplomas. Amos W. Ford of Louisiana Polytechnic Institute spoke on The Responsibilities of Change, noting how new technologies create roles in transportation, road building, and governance as horizons expand.
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Northeast Junior College
Amos W. Ford
School of Business Administration
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, Ruston
Allies Push Deep Into Northern France Near Reims and Laon
American armored columns breached toward Reims and advanced beyond by ten miles while another unit pressed toward Laon within 38 miles of the frontier. Patton’s Third Army moved along a 70 mile front from Paris toward Vitry le Francois as Allies pinch the Seine region.
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Associated Press
London
Belgium
Reims
Laon
Seine
Pas de Calais
U. S. Third Army
Paris
Rouen
Champagne
Vesle
Brussels
George
Patton
Vitry-le-Francois
Marne
Reich
Verdun
Chalons-Sur-Marne
Les Grandes Loges
Chalons
Dieppe
le Havre
Somme
Berlin
Normandy
Neufmarche
Longchamps
Marineville
Louviers
France
United States Third Army
Aisne
Soissons
Pont-Acy
George S. Patton
Montaigu
Sedan
Troyes
Piney
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh
Rhone Valley
Overton War Vote Debate Backs Louisiana Senate Race
In New Orleans a four candidate Louisiana Senate primary centers on war preparedness. Overton defends his record on flood control and defense with letters from Bard and Truman backing his work. Opponents critique his embargo stance and flood plan while Hawkins Gerth and Stephens present alternative peace and postwar security approaches.
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New Orleans
Senator Overton
Louisiana
United States
E. A. Stephens
Senate
Overton
Pearl Harbor
Great Britain
France
Ralph A. Bard
Navy
Truman
Missouri
Bard
War Department
Stephens
Charless. Gerth
Griffin T. Hawkins
Lake Charles
Roosevelt
Hawkins
Germany
Japan
Italy
Gerth
Oklahoma contract marriages spark mail wedding trend
A Tulsa report describes a mail order marriage between a California woman and a French theater GI, legal only in Oklahoma due to contract marriage doctrine. Attorneys predict the practice will spread as the war prompts couples to wed remotely, with Oklahoma holding the legal standard for validity.
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Tulsa
Okla
UPIK
France
Oakland
Calif
Oklahoma
U. S
Army
Navy
G. I. Joe
War Department
Father of Quads Arrives at Home
Pvt. Charles E. Lee, 25, father of quadruplets, returns from Camp Blanding to Gainesville Florida. Two babies died. two surviving boys named Charles Edward Jr and George Robert. Doctors report remaining quads at two and three pounds and gaining strength after premature birth. Betty Mae, the three year old, greets her father.
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New Orleans
Olice
George Decker
Uptown
Decker
Gainesville
Charles E. Lee
Camp Blanding
Fla
Lee
Betty Mae
Charles Edward Jr
George Robert
George Karelas
War veterans in Louisiana seek new jobs after service
Baton Rouge Louisiana August 0 Brig Gen Raymond H Fleming head of selective service says only 40 percent of returning Louisiana veterans go back to their old jobs and about 7 percent are physically unable to work The state has about 200000 servicemen returning to civilian life at a rate of about 1000 a month An equal 40 percent seek jobs other than those they left while 3 percent desire rehabilitation or other educational training.
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Baton Rouge
Raymond H. Fleming
Selective Service
Louisiana
State Department
Fleming
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Westbrook
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General Eisenhower
Paris Street
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Signal Corps
Teamsters Union
Dean Ford
G. I
National Association of Legal Aid Committees
JR. Diggs Jr
Tulsa Legal Aid Committee
Supreme Court
Quads
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