Seventh Army Drives Toward Rhone From Southern France Beachhead
Allied forces led by Maj. Gen. Alexander Patch push from the 1000 square mile southern France beachhead toward the Rhone valley. The advance nears Toulon and Marseille, with Salernes and La Roquesbrussanne captured as American and French units converge on Avignon via highway seven and inland routes. Toulon appears vulnerable as German defenses retreat and a large battleship Strasbourg was silenced.
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Rome
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
France
Marseille
Toulon
Strasbourg
Rhone
Salernés
Salernes
la Roquesbruss-~anne
Solliers- Pont
Garcault
Vins
Brignoles
la Roquebrussanne
Argens
Maritime Alps
Draguignan
Cannes
Cap Benat
Vaughn Thomas
Gas Shortage Warned by Major Oil Firms in Cumberland
Cumberland Md August report warns residents that three large oil companies say gasoline supplies are nearly exhausted in the Cumberland area. A dealer says stations are low and may close within days unless relief arrives, with the shortage expected to last about two months as current supply is about half of last August.
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Cumberland
Cumberlanders
President of Iceland To Visit White House
President Sveinn Bjornsson of Iceland will visit Washington August 24 for meetings with President Roosevelt and State Department officials. He will be a White House guest with a dinner in his honor and plans to travel to New York on August 27 before returning to Iceland. Pilot Officer Leonard Revilliod, 21, grandson of Czechoslovakia’s late president Masaryk, has died on active RAF duty.
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Washington
Sveinn Bjornsson
Iceland
Roosevelt
State Department
Bjornsson
White House
New York
London
Leonard Revilliod
President Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
RAF
Vast Areas Controlled By Patriots In Europe War Report
London dispatches report that patriot groups opposing the Nazis have seized large French and Italian regions. Paris remains the major resistance hub in France with vast forces, while Italian partisans reportedly number tens of thousands in a single Italian battle.
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London
Bern
Paris
France
Italy
Liguria
Piedmont
10000 Evacuated From London Hospitals
London authorities disclosed that about 10000 patients were evacuated from London hospitals after a new German robot bomb salvo ended a 20 hour lull. Patients not too ill to travel were moved to hospitals in Scotland Wales and northern and western England per the Ministry of Health.
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London
England
Scotland
Wales
Ministry of Health
Big Nazi Headquarters Flattened By Bombers
U S Ninth Air Force headquarters in France reports a large German complex hidden in a forest south of Orleans was flattened in a surprise fighter bomber strike yesterday. Initial word says all four buildings were destroyed, including a camouflaged thick brick structure.
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U.S
Ninth Air Force
France
Orleans
Forrestal Arrives in London for D-Day Shore Visit
Secretary of Navy James V. Forrestal arrived in London amid censorship on the purpose of his trip. He will travel to France to inspect shore defenses shelled by British and American forces on D-Day, as part of postwar observations.
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London
James V. Forrestal
France
Withdrawal to Cezembre Island in St Malo siege
The German news agency DNB reports Col Andreas Von Aulock has withdrawn with remnants of his forces to Cezembre island off St Malo in north Brittany as Allied siege operations continue. In Cumberland a Celanese Amcelle plant dye house stoppage affected about 100 employees last night.
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New York
Andreas von Aulock
St. Malo
Cezembre Island
Brittany
DNB
Cumberland
Amcelle
Celanese Corporation of America
Missing and Wounded Twice in France A Poole Family Update
A Knoxville family reports one son missing in France since July 31 and another wounded twice in action. Sgt. Paul Poole was slightly wounded on August 1 in Normandy and hospitalized again. Col. Samuel T. Poole was seriously wounded earlier, brought home, and is in a Richmond hospital. Pfc. Harry Iusz is missing in France. Mrs. Carrie Nusz learns her son’s status as well. The Poole family has two other sons in service and hopes to visit Samuel in hospital.
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Knoxville
Harry Iusz
Charles E. Poole
Frederick Junction
War Department
Paul Poole
Normandy
Samuel T. Poole
France
Richmond
Pfc. Nusz
Carrie Nusz
Pic. Nusz
Poole
Sgt. Poole
Export Ban Relief for Turkey Signals Reopen Trade
Washington reports removal of export bans on Turkey and cash sales of civilian goods to the neutral nation. Military lend lease may resume soon depending on Allied supply and Turkey’s war status. British origin most lend-lease, board approval required. Ambassador Steinhardt returns after White House talks with Roosevelt. Observers doubt Turkey will join the war soon.
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Washington
United States
Turkey
Germany
Combined
Britain
Ankara
Laurence Steinhardt
White House
Roosevelt
France
Red Army
French Patriot Forces Occupying 70 Villages
French resistance announces Maj. Gen. Koenig states that 70 villages in a triangle near Troyes have fallen to patriot forces. Saone and Loire police join the Maquis as German negotiators seek surrender at Thonon Evian Le Fayet and Chamonix. Two small fires occur in city area with minor damage.
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London
Joseph Pierre Koenig
Saone
Loire
Troyes
Paris
Chartres
Thonon
Evian
Lefayet
Chamonix
Nazi Armor Heavily Damaged By Allied Air Raids
Allied air forces destroyed or damaged more than 3,800 German vehicles in northwest France as they struck retreating divisions of Field Marshal von Kluge. RAF bombers hit Bremen oil and rail targets while Mosquitoes pressed on Berlin and French front lines. More than 5,000 offensive sorties were flown with 51 Allied planes lost and extensive strikes on oil plants, depots, and airfields across Germany, Belgium, and France.
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Condon
France
Guenther von Kluge
RAF
Bremen
Germany
Belgium
Berlin
Seine
George 5. Patton
U. S. Third Army
Tne
Focke-Wulf
Sterkrade-Holten
Ruhr
Rienne
Connantre
Paris
Cologne
RAF Heavies
L'Isle Adam
Third Army
Argentan
Dreux
Seventh Army
von Kluge
Sth
Aircraft Plants Plan to Cut 300,000 Workers in 1945
Maj. Gen. Oliver P. Echols told a Senate committee that nearly 300,000 workers in aircraft plants could be laid off within a year due to reduced wartime production. He cited about 8,000 obsolete planes turned over to War Property Admin and expected additions in two to three months, with Willow Run near Detroit seeing up to a 50 percent employment drop by December amid overall U.S. aircraft employment exceeding 1.9 million.
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Washington
Oliver P. Echols
Echols
Senate
War Property Administration
Willow Run
Detroit
Wyoming to Challenge Federal Monument Plan
Wyoming files suit against a presidential proclamation creating Jackson Hole National Monument of 220000 acres. Gov Hunt calls it an arbitrary action and invasion of state rights while Sen O Mahoney says it opposes the will of Wyoming residents who fear grazing disruption and loss of tax base.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Wyoming
Jackson Hole National Monument
Federal District Court
L. C. Hunt
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wye
Airport Day Observance Plans Are Completed
Frederick plans for a new municipal flying field advance with a 7 30 p m concert by the Seventh Battalion State Guard band and speeches by U S Senator Millard E Tydings and Representative J Glenn Beall at Baker Park. The event, to be chaired by Roger B Wolfe, involves Civil Aeronautics Administration speakers, a rain contingency, and visits by out of town officials hosted by Frederick city leaders and airport committees. A noted land plot is to be surveyed by CAA engineers for a site east of the Frederick Fair Grounds near the Monocacy River. Respective committees continue to push for federal funding and public support as city flags rise in honor of the project.
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Frederick
Roger B. Wolfe
Chamber of Commerce
Seventh Battalion State Guard
Sperry L. Storm
Baker Park
U. S
Millard E. Tydings
J. Glenn Beall
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Wolfe
State Armory
Francis Scott Key
Joseph H Himes
Edward P. Thomas
Robert E. Deélaplaine
William B Bennett
Yarry W. LeGore
CAA
Frederick Fair Grounds
Monocacy River
Fredericks
Gittinger
Reds Launch Large Scale Offensive Against Nazis
Moscow reports coordinated Soviet offensives across a 100 mile Warsaw to Silesia sector. Units under Marshal Cherniakhovsky and Konev strike east of Warsaw and along the Vistula, aiming to sever rail links and push toward East Prussia, with Red Star noting Hitler ordered Sandomierz garrison to defend to the last.
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Moscow
Warsaw
Lyso
Silesia
Marshal Stalin
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
East Prussia
Red
Germany
Poland
Ivan S. Konev
Ukraine
Sandomierz
Vistula
Ra‘dom-Kielce
Warsaw- Krakow
Soviet Union
Red Star
Hitler
Konev
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Praga
Ossow
Siauliai
Red Army
Junker
Petain Government Moves From Vichy as Paris Falls
London reports Marshal Petain’s government is relocating from Vichy to an unidentified new capital. A Berlin broadcast claims American tanks are fighting German security forces south of Paris, while Laval is said to have fled Paris. Reconnaissance armor linked to Patton’s forces is mentioned with no location provided.
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London
Marshal Petain
Vichy
Berlin
Paris
Foreign Office
Pierre Laval
George 8. Patton
Five Alarm Fire at Quaker City Iron Works
A magnesium drum explosion set off a five alarm blaze at the Quaker City iron works in Philadelphia at noon. Eleven people were hospitalized for burns while many others were treated on site. The blast damaged nearby structures and could be heard miles away as firefighters kept back from the flames.
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Philadelphia
Quaker City Iron Works
Allies Clean Up Last Snipers In Florence
Rome reports the Jalian front quiet with the last snipers cleared in central Florence. Sporadic fire along the Arno persists and enemy patrols are repulsed. Allied patrols conduct deep reconnaissance in the upper Arno valley and in the Adriatic sector.
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Rome
Florence
Arne
Arno
Adriatic
Allied drive nears Seine as Paris area battle surges
American armored columns push toward the Seine northwest of Paris while British and Canadian forces trap retreating German divisions. U S spearheads reach points along the river 27 to 42 miles from Paris, signaling a rout and the likely fall of Paris as German resistance collapses.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Dreux
Seine River
Mantes
Paris
London
U. S
Seine
Berlin
France
Second Army
Normandy
Patton
First Army
Cabourg
Dives-Sur- Mer
Caen
le Havre
Hurricane Expected To Hit Jamaica
A hurricane alert was issued for Jamaica as a tropical disturbance in the Caribbean moves west northwest at about five miles per hour. The center lies roughly 200 to 225 miles south of Port au Prince Haiti with winds near 60 mph or more. Interests from Jamaica westward were urged to take precautions. The system was about 1,000 miles southeast of Miami.
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Miami
Fla
Jamaica
Caribbean Sea
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Miami Weather Bureau
Caribbean
Dewey Proclaims Labor Day Push to End Wartime Controls
Gov Thomas E. Dewey, GOP nominee, issues a Labor Day proclamation urging ending wartime labor restrictions by next Labor Day. He warns keeping controls with the government could destroy free labor unions and erase collective bargaining rights, noting no major New York strikes since Pearl Harbor. He cites Allied fronts as benefiting from war effort.
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Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Philip Pearl
American Federation of Labor
AFL
New York
Pearl Harbor
Dewey
Tuscany
Normandy
Brittany
Provence
Pacific
Lord Baltimore Laundry Destroyed by Six Alarm Fire
A six alarm blaze gutted the Lord Baltimore laundry in Baltimore today destroying machinery clothing and bedding worth thousands within an hour the two story brick building and its wooden annex were consumed and the roof collapsed observers at Fort McHenry Coast Guard station reported the blaze visible across the harbor.
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Baltimore
Lord Baltimore
Fort McHenry Coast Guard
Japs Propose Postwar World Bloc System
Japan's wartime committee advocating postwar policy proposed three regional blocs led by a leading nation in East Asia Europe and the Americas. Allied air raids pound Nippon from Timor to the Volcano Islands while China fighting remains indecisive as the war deteriorates on multiple fronts.
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Timor
Volcano Islands
China
Japan
Neverthless
Tokyo Radia
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Richard H. Best
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Alice F. Snowden
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