Hungary Shakeup Amid Romania Tensions Held Back
London reports Germany reshuffled Hungary s government citing tensions sparked by events in Romania. Berlin said measures were taken to cope with Southeast Europe developments as Romanian forces reportedly moved against Hungary and Moscow urged armistice terms. Russian advances approached the Galati gap as King Mihai sought allied positions.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Romania
Hungary
Con
D.N.B. Dispatch
Foreign Office
Berlin
D.N.B
Europe
Moscow
Mihai
Balkan
Nazis Appear Planning New Marne Defense
Allied observers report German movements beyond the Seine suggesting Field Marshal Guenther von Kluger plans a new stand along the Somme Marne line. Canadian troops advance near Honfleur at the Seine mouth opposite Le Havre, while the lower Seine pocket shrinks to under 15 miles with signs it may vanish within 24 hours. Allied forces engage only sporadic rear guard action as American British and Canadian units push forward.
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Associated Press
London
Seine
Guenther von Kluger
Somme-Marne
Honfleur
le Havre
Red armies push toward Bucharest and Ploesti gates
Soviet forces led by Malinovsky and Tolbukhin pierced into Romania with 47,000 prisoners taken in five days and now sit within 35 miles of the Galati Danube corridor. They captured 550 towns and seized 25,000 German Romanian prisoners in a day as spearheads moved within reach of Ploesti and Bucharest.
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Carpathians
Danube
Soviet Union
Romania
Red Army
Mihail
Daniel DE Luce
Associated Press
Moscow
Galati Gap
Bucharest
Ploesti
Rodion V. Malinovsky
Feodor Tolbukhin
Mihai
Chisinau
Kishinev
Balkan
Allied forces near Rhone front advance toward Italy
Allied dispatches describe French Interior troops entering Lyon and a wide push from Marseille toward the Italian frontier. American troops seize Cannes and Grasse on the Riviera while a northwestward column nears Arles, with Geneva reports placing forces near the Swiss border as fighting continues in Toulon and Marseille.
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Associated Press
Seventh Army
Cannes
French Riviera
Infance
Grasse
France
U.S
Salon
Marseille
Arles
Rhone River
Alexander M. Patch
Grenoble
Geneva
Draguignam
Toulon
Qollioules
Paris Liberated as Allied Forces Enter City
Paris greeted the first Allied units with cheers as French and American troops moved into central Paris. Brig. Gen. Le Clerc's 2nd Armored Division advanced via Pont d’Italie and Pont St. Michel, while De Gaulle prepared to enter the capital. Notre Dame bells rang and flags flew as the Hotel de Ville broadcast confirmed the entry amid fighting and fires. The FM press and Eisenhower HQ announced the liberation.
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Associated Press
London
Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jacques le Clerc
Orleans
Pont de Sevres
Charles de Gaulle
Bagneux
Seine
Reuters News Agency
Hotel de Ville
French Forces of the Interior
F.F.I
le Clerc
Port D’italie
Fort D'Italie
He de la Cite
Resistance Council
la Cite
Pont St. Michel
Boulevard St. Jacques
Verocco
Notre Dame
Allied Forces Press Germans Across Seine Into Paris
Allied dispatches report German forces fleeing toward the sea as a Canadian advance pushes them 20 miles, creating a 25 by 15 mile pocket. The first Allied force and the second French armored division enter Paris at 2:30 a.m., meeting considerable resistance and joining Parisian patriots to claim the city’s liberation.
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Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
Associated Press Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Seine
France
Paris
Supreme
Foreman Beaten In Penna Strike Sparks Violence
In western Pennsylvania miners resumed work on orders from John L. Lewis as three attackers beat a Jones and Laughlin Steel supervisor at Vesta 5 mine. The clash occurred during a strike tied to recognition demands by newly organized supervisors' locals, leaving 1,000 miners idle and total Western Pennsylvania losses at about 8,000.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Vesta 5
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Mountbatten Reassumes CBI Post After London Talks
Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten has returned to head the Allied command in Southeast Asia after conferences in London with British and American leaders about intensifying the war against Japan. His visit coincided with James V. Forrestal, U S navy secretary, in the area.
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Associated Press
London
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Japan
Mountbatten
James V. Forrestal
U. S. Navy
Tokyo reports invasion try on Mapia Islands
New York The Toyo radio said today a force of 28 carrier based planes had raided the western coast of Japanese held Sumatra yesterday morning. An English language broadcast directed to North America asserted Japanese ground forces had shot down two of the raiders. The transmission was recorded by FCC monitors.
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Associated Press
New York
Toyo Radio
Sumatra
North America
F.C.C
Allied landing attempt reported at Mapia islands off New Guinea
Tokyo radio quoted by London claimed Allied troops tried to land on Mapia islands northwest of New Guinea but were repulsed with heavy losses. No independent Allied confirmation. Mapias lie near Schouten islands and Halmahera, close to the Philippines, amid ongoing bombing activity.
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Associated Press
London
Toyko Radio
Mapia
St. David
New Guinea
Mapias
Schouten
Halmahera
Philippines
The
Federal
Communications Commission
Pope to address world on war anniversary
Vatican City Pope Pius XII will broadcast via Vatican City radio on September 1 marking the fifth anniversary of the war's start. The broadcast aims to reach global listeners as the war's early phase is commemorated.
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Pope
Vatican City
Pius XII
Wilson Resigns and Nelson Gains WPB Control
President Roosevelt said Donald M Nelson remains war production board chairman but may change after his return from a China mission. Charles E Wilson has resigned as executive vice chairman, triggering a rapid reshuffle and the appointment of J A Krug as acting chairman during Nelson's Chungking trip. The move ends a feud and leaves the WPB leaderless for weeks.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Donald M Nelson
War Production Board
China
Nelson
Donald M. Nelson
Charles E. Wilson
J .A. Krug
Chungking
Krug
T.V.A
W.P.B
Raleigh Farmers May Get Aid From Drought Effects
County Agent H B Thomas said Raleigh County is in the drought area and will cooperate in a plan to distribute hay shipped from Michigan to ease stock feed shortages. An August 30 estimate is needed. a farm bureau meeting is set for Monday at 8 in the courthouse office to set figures for the agriculture department.
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H. B. Thomas
Raleigh County
Michigan
Thomas
Commissioner of Agriculture
J. B. McLaughlin
Farm Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Raleigh
State Department
Principals of High Schools Meet for Fall Term Plans
Fifteen Raleigh county high school and junior high principals met with Assistant Superintendent D. W. Bryson at Woodrow Wilson high school to discuss fall term preparations. Topics included scheduling, teacher issues, equipment, library books, and required instructions before opening. Elementary principals, white and Negro, were informed about free text books being made available to all students this year and will meet next Wednesday at Beckley junior high school.
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Raleigh County
D. W. Bryson
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley Junior High
Frost Reports First Freeze in Upper Shady Spring
Frost and ice were observed at daylight in Upper Shady Spring and Cool Ridge with reports from Farmer Lee Ferguson to county Agent H. B. Thomas and corroboration by Arch Thompson near White Oak mountain. No damage noted except worms may eat late cabbage. Beckley reports reference the main story on page 4.
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Cool Ridge
Lee Ferguson
H. B. Thomas
Arch Thompson
John Hoye
White Oak Mountain
Beckley
Man Killed by Falling Slate at Koppers Mines
William Everett Cockerham, 42, of Sophia, was killed instantly by a slate fall in the Koppers mines at Stotesbury yesterday at four. He leaves a wife Edith Marcum and two stepsons, plus several siblings. Funeral set for Sophia Church of God with burial at Sunset Memorial Park.
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William Everett Cockerham
Sophia
Koppers
Stotesbury
Mingo County
North Carolina
Dalley
Martha Poe Cockerham
Edith Marcum Cockerham
Chester
North Wilksboro
Vivian Roope
Winston Salem
Dalley Cockerham
Wilbur
Ashland
Kentucky
Calfee
Church of God In
R. B. Underwood
Sunset Memorial Park
FDR Says He Spoke Privately With Willkie
President Roosevelt acknowledged private contact with Wendell Willkie but said he knew of no plans for an immediate meeting with the 1940 Republican nominee. When a reporter pressed, the President confirmed the private exchange and anticipated further questions.
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Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Former Officer Sells His Home In Beckley West Street Sale
O N Hutchinson former patrolman on Beckley city police and now a Chesapeake and Ohio special officer sold his West C Street home to W D Crowder. Sale price was 6500 with buyer assuming a FHA loan of 2915.86. Hutchinson bought the lot in October 1940 from W Wayne Anderson and plans to settle in Ronceverte with his family.
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O. N. Hutchinson
Beckley City
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company
C” Street
W. D. Crowder
Hutchinson
W. Wayne Anderson
Ronceverte
Bombers Strike Ten German Targets and Brest
London reports American heavy bombers with escort attack ten northern German objectives including Peenemunde, plus a major assault on Brest Fortifications. The raid hits four aircraft factories, three air force stations, a research center, a synthetic oil plant, and the robot bomb station, with about 300 planes in Brest engagement lasting near an hour.
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Associated Press
London
Peenemunde
Berlin
Brittany
Brest
Eisenhower
Allies Take Three Villages On Arno
Allied troops report considerable advances in the upper Arno valley on the central Italian front and have occupied Castelnuovo Fornici and La Montania. East of Florence the Pantassieve sector sees progress toward the Gothic line with forces on the western slopes of Monte Fecchieta. In the fifth army area west of Florence patrol activity continues on both sides of the Arno.
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Associated Press
Rome
Arno
Castelnuovo
Fornici
la Montania
Florence
Pantassieve
Eighth Army
Monte Fecchieta
Fifth Army
Weather in West Virginia Clears and Warms Weekend
Clear and cool tonight in West Virginia with a sunny Saturday and slightly warmer conditions. Weekend outlook calls for warmer temperatures and improving conditions overall.
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