Hull to Confer With Dewey Aide on Peace
Washington reports state secretary Cordell Hull and John Foster Dulles, Dewey’s foreign relations adviser, plan a conference on postwar world security. The meeting follows expected Russia Britain US talks and aims at bipartisan cooperation on a world organization with collective power but veto for major force nations.
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WASHINGTON
Cordell Hull
Thomas E. Dewey
world security organization
United States
Russia
Britain
Hull
John Foster Dulles
Dewey
Dulles
Albany
world organization
Andrei Gromyko
Kremlin
Jap Air Centers Smashed by Bombs
General Headquarters reports Allied air strikes under MacArthur neutralized Halmahera base and hit Japanese centers in Ambon Amboina Ceram and Boeroe. Attacks extended to the Davao sector of the Philippines. Japanese defenses contested the raids, with 14 Japanese planes down and two Allied fighters lost.
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Southwest Pacific
Japan
southiwest Pacific
Halmahera
Douglas A. MacArthur
Nippon
Philippines
Banda sea
Ambona
Ceram
Boeroe
flers
Davao
Amboina
Coram
Fewer Shoes Worn in U S
In wartime, more walking is done on fewer shoes. Paul Jesberg, a shoe industry executive, reported at a conference that men’s rationed shoe production fell by 7,813,000 pairs in the first five months of this year versus 1943, while women’s shoe output dropped by 22,476,000 pairs.
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LOS ANGELES
Paul Jesberg
shoe company
Pepper shortage could spoil millions of meat pounds
Washington reports Rep. Andresen says a few importers control the black pepper supply. More than 80 million pounds are stored but sellers refuse to move at the OPA ceiling price. He urges action as meat spoilage risk grows into 1945 without pepper.
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WASHINGTON
Andresen
R-Minn
OPA
Labor Warned By Dewey of Loss of Rights War Restrictions
Governor Thomas E. Dewey warned in a Labor Day proclamation that wartime labor restrictions kept by the government could destroy the freedom of the American labor movement and end collective bargaining if left after hostilities end. He praised home front cooperation and noted no major New York strikes since Pearl Harbor.
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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
Plane Carriers At Beachhead Off Riviera
Rome August 19 British and American B Nine air craft carriers total nine ships have been disclosed as operating off the Riviera beachhead. Warplanes from the carriers attacked road and rail targets and communications amid heavy antiaircraft fire. No air opposition was reported. Commanding the force is British Admiral Thomas Hope Troubridge.
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ROME
Riviera
Thomas Hope Troubridge
Plaster Ceiling Drops on Crowd at Rialto Theater
In Phoenix on August 19 a portion of plaster ceiling collapsed onto a partly filled balcony at the Rialto theater. Thirty one people were treated for injuries and eleven remained hospitalized. Only James Allred, 33, Blythe California, was seriously hurt with a possible broken back. his wife Zola, 25, was hospitalized.
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PHOENIX
Ariz
Rialto theater
James Allred
Blythe
Calif
Zola
FDR Shows Irritation At News Conference
President Roosevelt, in shirtsleeves with a blue bow tie, appeared irritable at his first White House news conference after returning from the Pacific trip. He challenged reporters about political motives and world organization plans, calling some questions fool questions and saying he could not answer every printed item.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
White House
Pacific
outer rim
Hawaii
Aleutians
world organization
senate
Terrific Blasts Trigger Fire at Quaker City Ironworks
A magnesium drum blast caused a five alarm blaze at the Quaker City Ironworks in Philadelphia. Nineteen people were hospitalized and many treated on site as explosions rattled blocks away and nearby structures appeared to melt. Firefighters could not approach within 100 feet until the blaze was declared under control at 12:30 p.m.
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PHILADELPHIA
Quaker City
EWT
Village Smithy Ordered To Reassemble Cast Iron Cat
Nebraska City paper recounts blacksmith Charles Lare who, after being asked by a youngster, willingly welded the tail back onto a cast iron cat, a prized possession he had repaired in the past. The incident highlights the smithy’s skill and community sentiment.
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NEBRASKA CITY
Neb
Charles Lare
Nebraska
Russians Advance On 100 Mile Front in Poland and East Prussia
Soviet forces push two armies across a 100 mile sector from Warsaw suburbs to the Lysa mountains with 3rd White Russian army and 1st Ukraine army spearheading main drives. Red Star reports strong attacks severing rail links toward Warsaw Krakow as Sandomierz falls and Soviet finally threaten southern Germany gates.
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MOSCOW
War Isaw
Lysa
German Silesia
Stalin
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
East Prussia
Warsaw
Red
Germany
Poland
Ivan 3. Koney
Ukraine
Sandomierz
Konev
Vistula
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Praga
Ossow
Bulgaria Seeks Way Out of War
Istanbul Aug 18 dispatch reports Prime Minister Ivan Bagranov urging the United States and Britain to help Bulgaria exit the war in a Sofia parliament address. The premier blamed earlier governments, said most Bulgarians opposed the war, and sparked debate with signals the regime seeks peace and a break with Germany. Some deputies supported his aims amid a tense political climate.
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ISTANBUL
Ivan Bagranov
United States
Britain
Bulgaria
Sofia
Baghanov
Germany
federal communications commission
Bagnanov
10000 Patients Taken From London
About 10000 patients have been evacuated from London hospitals after German robot bombs. The moves followed a long German vengeance salvo across southern England and London. Patients not too ill to travel are being sent to hospitals in Scotland Wales and northern and western England. Well over a million Londoners have moved out of the city, as rail stations remained jammed with crowds heading for extended stays.
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LONDON
VPI
England
Scotland
Wales
ministry of health
Surprise Attack Flattens German Headquarters Near Orleans
U S Ninth Air Force reports a surprise fighter bomber strike yesterday flattened a German headquarters hidden in forest south of Orleans. All four buildings were destroyed, including a camouflaged brick structure. Bombs were dropped on the front doors, according to a senior officer after examing strike photographs.
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U. S
NINTH AIR FORCE
France
Orleans
9th air force
Icelandic President Visits Washington for Talks
Iceland’s President Sveinn Bjornsson will arrive in Washington on August 24 for meetings with President Roosevelt and state department officials. A White House dinner will honor him, and he plans a brief visit to New York starting August 27 before returning to Ireland.
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WASHINGTON
Sveinn Bjornsson
Iceland
Roosevelt
state department
Bjornsson
White House
New York
Ireland
Americans Drive 32 Miles Inland Near Toulon
Rome Aug 19 Allied 7th Army extended the southern France beachhead toward the Rhone Valley advancing inland up to 32 miles and 31 miles from Marseille. French bases near Toulon endured heavy air and sea action as forces pressed through the Argens valley and captured towns north and northeast of Toulon.
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ROME
Alexander M. Patch
7th army
France
Marseille
Toulon
Allied
Strasbourg
Rhone
Marseile
Salesmes
La Raquebrussanne
Sollies- Pont
Garcault
Vins ard Brignoles
Bormes
La Roquebrussanne
Rhone valley
Avignon
Aix-en-Frovence
Brignoles
Argens
Carces
Salernes
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Maritime Alps
Draguignan
Cannes
Cap Benat
Nazis Doomed In Normandy Front Trapped In Seine Push
Allied reports claim the German Sixth Army is squeezed into two pen like pockets in Normandy. British forces blast east with tanks and transport, while Germans flee toward the Seine. Hundreds of enemy bodies litter roads as von Kluge’s forces suffer heavy losses and divisions are captured. A British officer predicts a single, wide retreat and a rapid Seine crossing attempt will fail.
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Tih
Normandy
Falaise
Guenther von Kluge
Seine
Boche
Nazis Hold Tight On Gothic Line
Allied patrols report German forces dug in along the Gothic Line near Florence despite Allied landings in southern France. No loosening of the lines was observed from Pisa to the Adriatic, with rain hindering larger operations as both sides continued probing pockets in the upper Arno valley and Atlantic sector. The last snipers were cleared from central Florence.
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FLORENCE
France
Pisa
Adriatic
Arno river
Atlantic
London Parley Denied by Early
Washington reports White House secretary Stephen Early called a New York Times claim that President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill would meet soon in London or Paris untrue. The president said he would confer with the British leader soon but did not specify timing or location.
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WASHINGTON
Stephen Early
White House
New York Times
Roosevelt
Minster Churchill
London
Paris
Times
Jacksonville Brothers Executed in Florida Chair
Earl and Edward Thompson from Jacksonville were executed in Raiford Florida today for the murder of 43 year old engineer Joe Henry after three postponements.
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BROTHERS
RAIFORD
Fla
Earl
Edward Thompson
Jacksonville brothers
Florida
Joe Henry
Soldier Seeks Ballot but Secretary Rejects Plea
A 19-year-old soldier wrote to Kansas Secretary of State Frank J. Ryan asking for a war ballot. He claimed he was old enough to vote, but was informed he could not receive the ballot.
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TOPEKA
Kans
ffldier
Frank J. Ryan
Patton Surges West of Paris to Hit German Forces
Allied forces under Lt General George S. Patton push 18 miles northeast from Dreux into the German lines near Mantes and Vernon, threatening Paris from the southwest while Paris reports fires and explosions as Germans destroy military sites. Canadian and British armies advance toward the Seine as resistance in southeast Paris liberates 70 villages near Troyes, raising the new flank threat.
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Dreux
Seine
George S. Patton
3rd
Paris
tself
RAF
Berl
Berlin
Troyes
France
supreme headquarters
Normandy
St. Pierre
Dives
Livarot
Falaise
beng
Moscow Criticizes Polish Revolt in Warsaw Campaign
Pravda denounced the Warsaw revolt as doomed from the start and fiercely rebutted foreign criticism of Red Army actions. It argued Polish government in exile sought propaganda gains amid German superiority and warned against adventurers amid tanks and planes surrounding the city.
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MOSCOW
Pravda
Warsaw
Red army
Joseph Stalin
Hassan David Yaltetin
Konstantin Demidov
United States
England
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