Westbrook Pegler Attacks Thomas and Union Ties to War Efforts
A Pegler column accuses R. J. Thomas and certain unions of conspiring to push the country into war to help demoralize workers and aid wartime agendas. It cites the United Auto Workers and actions at Allis-Chalmers and American Aviation as examples of communist influence and plots to establish a new order.
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Isit
R. J. Thomas
McAn
France
Sol
Thomas
United Auto Workaving
Allis-Chalmers
Milwaukee
Ewood
Calif
Britain
Hitler
Red Army Reach Bucharest After Ploesti Victory
Moscow reports Soviet forces near Bucharest after seizing the Ploesti oil fields and pushing 40 miles in a day. Malinovsky’s Second Ukrainian Army advances around Ploesti and toward Transylvania as German losses mount. A Romanian peace delegation travels to Moscow for talks. Donald Nelson and Major General Hurley arrive in Moscow en route to Chungking.
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Moscow
Red
Bucharest
Romania
Ploesti
Balkan
Red Star
Izvestia
Ploesti Oi
Rodion V. Malinovsky
Meriuta
Malinovsky
Transylvania
Carpathian Mountains
Proesti
London
Hesl
Weitzner
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Danube River
Black Sea
Danube
Dobruja
Walachia
Marshal Tito
Serbia
Stalin
Truman Nominates Vice Presidential Candidate in AMAR
In Amar, Missouri, August 31, crowds prepare as Sen. Harry S. Truman is picked to be the Democratic vice presidential candidate. Local turnout is strong with banners, a grandstand, and a press room set up, while logistics include a misrouted load and a pretime drugstore press area.
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Bartonty Court House
Sen
Harry S. Truman
Ublicans
Kansas City
Deco- Ng
Arkansas
Res Aid
Joplin
Ration point changes in September for meats and dairy
The Office of Price Administration extends meat point levels for four weeks through September 3 and 10 while cheese and canned milk gain points. Milk costs adjust as full basic cans rise to two points per two can pack, butter values hold, and overall civilian meat allowances increase by about 2.1 points. T/Sgt. Robert Oree dies from a car crash in Ville La, details limited. his next of kin listed as Mrs. Kate Graves of Jacksonville Florida.
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Ashington
Anc
OPA
Ville
Vision
Robert Oree
Oree
Kate Graves
Duval Street
Jacksonville
Fla
German 19th Army Pressed Toward Lyon and Nice
Allied forces report remnants of the German 19th Army racing north toward Lyon with costly rearguard actions while Seventh Army units move through Nice toward the Italian frontier. Nice falls with harbor damage minimal. prisoner totals exceed 50,000. Enemy losses include thousands of vehicles horses and artillery pieces in the Rhone valley pocket.
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Rome
19Th Army
Lyon
Seventh Army
Riviera
Nice
France
Rhone
Drome
Livron
Three Negroes Sentenced to Death in Florida Rape Case
Three men James Williams 26 James Davis 16 and Freddie Lane 20 admitted forcing a 22 year old white woman to have sex six times at gunpoint. They were sentenced to death by electric chair in Gainesville Florida with State militia and hundreds of officers providing protection. The victim testified the assault occurred July 30 between Quincy and Chattahoochee in Gadsden county after she was abducted from her car.
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Gainesville
Fla
Pistol Point
W. May Walker
Tallahassee
Walker
James Williams
Williams
James Davis
Freddie Lane
Quincy
Chattahochee
Gadsden County
Florida
Bradley Is Made Full Commander
Congressman Hatton W. Sumners warns that demobilization legislation will decide if the federal government will dominate national finances or preserve individual liberty. He argues the House substitute would shift unemployment control to states, urging a choice between decentralization and federal purse strings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hatton W. Sumners
Texas
Sumners
House
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Belgium Braces for Shock of Becoming Battlefield
London reports Belgium readies for renewed warfront fighting as Allied troops near the border. Underground forces report sabotage on rail hubs while Nazi repression rises with mass deportations and executions. Leon Degrelle reorganizes Rexists into a spy network amid occupation.
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Belgium
Dirksen Attacks Roosevelt Over Hawaii Campaign Trip
Rep Everett Dirksen accuses President Roosevelt of using the navy to aid his Hawaii trip campaign. He says a presidential candidate must present only one role to the voters and denounces Roosevelt for courting allies and using military power for political gain.
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Old Orchard Beach
Everett Dirksen
United States
Dirksen
Ilinois
Roosevelt
Hawaii
United States Navy
Churchill
Winnie
Stalin
Joe
Army
Navy
Germans Capture Injured Newsman Near Marne
Berlin radio said an injured American war correspondent from New York was captured by German troops during fighting in a small Marne town. A fully laden car exploded as German sappers attacked the American column. the reporter was rescued from a burning vehicle and is suffering from burns.
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London
Berlin
New York
Marne
Red Cross
Bradley elevated to full field commander status in northern France
General Eisenhower announced Omar N. Bradley as a full field commander equal to Montgomery in northern France. Bradley, previously subordinate, led the First and Third Armies from Saint Lo through the Brest peninsula toward Belgium and Germany. Eisenhower predicted operations ten days ahead of schedule after Von Kluge's defeat.
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James M. Long
Allied Expeditionary Force
Eisenhower
Omar N. Bradley
France
Bernard L. Montgomery
Germany
Bradley
Missouri
Montgomery
St. Lo
Brest
Paris
Belgium
von Kluge
Roosevelt to Meet Churchill to Plan Postwar Europe
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill are near a meeting within a month to outline postwar security for the western world and discuss Britain’s role in final victory over Japan after Germany’s defeat. The talks may focus on Europe’s security structure and expanding the European advisory commission amid questions about Stalin’s future role.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Germany
Britain
Japan
Quebec
Canada
Europe
European Advisory Commission
United States
Moscow
Stalin
North
Africa
Army Casualties Rise to 284 838 in Northern France
Washington reports total army casualties reached 284 838 on August 13, up 23 249 from a week earlier. Navy casualties bring total to 343 191, with combined armed services at 343 191. Patterson notes this reflects the heaviest fighting late July break through German lines. southern France invasion casualties through August 24 add 1 247 killed and missing and 5 090 wounded, not included in the August 13 total. By August 13, 53 101 were killed, 142 686 wounded, 44 643 missing, and 44 408 prisoners. 60 314 of the wounded have been returned to duty.
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Washington
France
Armed Services
Patterson
Bulgaria Accused by Moscow of Aiding Nazis in War
Moscow blasted Bulgaria for collaborating with Germany despite neutrality as Bulgarian talks with Western Allies in Cairo raised hopes of peace. Roma nian armistice and Red Army advances deepened, while German forces bombed Bucharest and Bulgarias armed forces were reported fighting alongside Germans.
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London
Russia
Bulgaria
Cairo
Moscow
Sofia
Romania
Transylvania
Hitler
Balkan
Ankara
Bucharest
Gestenberg
Constanta
Ivan Baghanov
Radio France
Algiers
Duchess of Windsor to Undergo Appendectomy
New York August 21 A spokesman for the duke announced the Duchess of Windsor may have an appendectomy today at Roosevelt Hospital. An official British Information Service release confirmed she is entering the hospital for the procedure and will be operated on soon. A 10 room suite and six nurses have been engaged for her.
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New York
Duchess of Windsor
Roosevelt Hospital
British Information Service
Duke of Windsor
Lightning 60 Mile Advance Across Somme to Belgium
Allied forces in France report a rapid 60 mile advance over 48 hours capturing Amiens and overrunning Laon as British, American, and Canadian units drive toward Belgium. Eisenhower says northern France campaign five days ahead of schedule with Germans in retreat from the Somme to the Meuse.
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James M. Long
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Amiens
Somme
The
Reich
Laon
Belgium
Meuse
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
Rouen
Dieppe
Abbeville
St. Dizier
Fallen Vitry
Saar
Germany
Sedan
Maginot Line
Verdun
Metz
Nancy
Eisenhower
Maginot
Siegfried Lines
Ardennes Forest
Seine Line
Belegium
Warren says talk altered before radio speech
Governor Earl Warren says a Republican drafted speech denouncing Sidney Hillman and the CIO PAC for backing a fourth term for Roosevelt was altered by him before a national radio delivery. He says the original draft was released by the party without approval and claims the revised version was killed by headquarters before publication.
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Los Angeles
Republican National
Sidney Hillman
C. I. O. Political Action Committee
Roosevelt
Earl Warren
New York
Capitol
Sacramento
Warren
Republican National Committee
Republican
Hillman
Republican Party
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Green
Ilinois
Baldwin
Connecticut
Chicago
Herbert Brownell Jr
O’mahoney
Allied recount shows nearly 300 Japanese ships destroyed in August
An Associated Press summary details August Allied communiques listing at least 175 ships sunk and 18 combatants. Submarine losses reached 52 ships in the month while U S forces pounded the Philippines and attacked targets near Japan. Air forces continued pressure across the Pacific with raids on Iwo Jima and Davao.
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Associated Press
China
Haimahera
Davao
Philippines
Japan
Iwo
Tokyo
Paramushiro
Hengyang
Chungking
Lishui
Shanghai
Amoy
U. S
Provisional French Government Named by National Committee
Paris August 31 The French National Committee of Liberation forms a provisional government led by Gen Charles de Gaulle as president of the council. It includes some Communists and others under war names as it seeks to restore voting rights for deported Frenchmen. Arrests of suspected collaborators continue as fighting reported near Paris and Champigny. Key posts include Andre le Troquer Quartus Cerat Henri Queuille Francois Billoux Andre Phillip Georges Catroux with Cerat using an assumed name and acting as liaison with underground groups.
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Paris
French National Committee of Liberation
Charles de Gaulle
Geremany
Champigny
Madame Titayna
Francois Lehideux
Vichy Automobile Industry
Andre le Troquer
Socialist Party
Quartus Cerat
Henri Queuille
Francois Billoux
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Westbrook
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Red Army
Soviets
By Eddy Gilmore
Nelson
Donald M. Nelson
U. S. War Production Board
Patrick J. Hurley
Newson
Ruman
G Isourian
Amar, Mo
Truman
Lena Connally
Democrat
Nation AT
Bel-gian
Robert Pierlot
Leon Degrelle
Rexist Party
Rexists
Joseph Darnard
Vichy
Forrestal
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