Bradley Promoted to Full Field Commander in Northern France
Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower announced Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley has taken full field command of American armies in northern France, equal to Gen. Montgomery, with operations five days ahead of schedule. Bradley led the breakthrough from St Lo to near Belgium and Germany, signaling intent to press into Germany decisively.
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ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
Eisenhower
Omar N. Bradley
France
Bernard L. Montgomery
Germany
Bradley
Missouri
Montgomery
St. Lo
Brest
Paris
Belgium
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Rhine
Mar
Montgomery Promoted to Field Marshal in Britain
London reports Sir Bernard L. Montgomery advanced to field marshal effective tomorrow. King George VI approved the promotion after Eisenhower praised him as a great soldier and close friend. Washington notes Montgomery will now serve under a single field command as the breakout proceeds. Paris parade request by French urged by locals amid ongoing fighting.
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LONDON
Bernard L. Montgomery
war office
George VI
El Alamein
France
Montgomery
Monty
Eisenhower
Adriatic Port of Pesaro Seized by Polish Troops
The Adriatic port of Pesaro fell to Polish forces after a bitter fight involving infantry and armor. Allied troops reached strong German positions inland following a broad front assault across the Foglia river. German counterattacks were repulsed with heavy losses and a sizeable number of prisoners were taken.
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ROME
Pesaro
Foglia
FDR to Meet Churchill Soon
Washington reports confirm plans for Franklin D Roosevelt and Winston Churchill to meet within a month. They will formalize Germany defeat plans and discuss postwar Western security and Britain's role in Japan. This would be their eleventh wartime session and follows Quebec talks a year ago.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
Churchill
Germany
Britain
Japan
Quebec
Canada
Littie
London
England
Italy
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Middle East
Cairo
Chiang Kaishek
Stalin
Teheran
Ismet Inonu
Turkey
Warning of Epidemic Like 1916 Paralysis Outbreak
New York August 31 Dr Louis J Dublin statistician with Metropolitan Life warned the current infantile paralysis outbreak may reach levels second only to the 1916 Palio epidemic. He said more than 5000 cases have been reported nationwide to date with over 4000 since July and that the peak has not yet been reached. He projected yearly cases could exceed 15000.
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NEW YORK
Louis J. Dublin
Metropolitan Life Insurance company
Norris Takes Food As Consciousness Remains Shaky
McCook Nebraska August 31 83 year old former Senator George W Norris has begun taking some liquid food but has not yet regained full consciousness say doctors attending him.
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McCOOK
George W. Norris
Belgian Underground Awaits Revolt Orders
London dispatch reports Belgium girding for possible uprising as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower nears the border with American troops. The underground, now focusing on sabotage, claims strong local support and has already destroyed railroad depots locomotives and cars.
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LONDON
UPI
Belgium
Dwight D. Hisenhower
Hubert Pierlot
France
destruc
Chinese Break Enemy Defenses near Ichang and Hengyang
Chinese forces advancing toward the Yangtze river port Ichang have penetrated into enemy defenses by five and a half to seven miles northeast of the city. In Hunan province, Chinese units repelled Japanese attacks ten and a half miles southwest of Hengyang and entered the town of Chaling where street fighting continues.
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CHUNGKING
UPI
Yangtze river
Ichang
Hunan
Hengyang
Chaling
Duchess of Windsor Undergoes Appendectomy at Roosevelt Hospital
The Duchess of Windsor had an appendectomy today at Roosevelt Hospital. Surgeon Henry Cave of New York performed the operation, with Dr. Joe R. Clemmons medical director announcing it was successful and without complications. The Duchess remained conscious and in excellent condition as the Duke stayed nearby.
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NEW YORK
Duchess of Windsor
Roosevelt hospital
Joe R. Clemmons
Henry Cave
Lay Machin
Baltimore
Traffic Signal Installed So Man Can Get His Beer
Aged Ed Kennealley will hobble to Ma Pederson's taproom across from his waterfront hotel to reach beer. He wrote Mayor Roger L. Lapham about being knocked for a loop by trucks crossing to the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge. The mayor ordered a traffic signal at the crossing.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Ed Kennealley
Ma Pederson
Roger L. Lap
San Francisco-Oakland bay bridge
West Coast Trip Sparks House Debate Over Roosevelt Visit
Washington August 31 The trip to the west coast and Pacific drew sharp partisan exchange between Democrats and Republicans. Rep Knutson ridiculed naval campaign claims by Rep Dirksen's beach speech calling it political. McCormack called Dirksen speech a new law and insult. Outland joined criticizing Kelland over Pearl Harbor blame.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
west coast
Pacific
Rep
Knutson
R-Minn
McCormack
Massachusetts
Dirksen
Ill
old Orchard Beach
Marshall
King
Rep. Outland
D-Calif
Clarence Buddington Kelland
Arizona
Pearl Harbor
House Beats Benefit Plan
Washington reports the House defeated a bid to liberalize postwar jobless benefits. Lawmakers then advanced a bill to place unemployment compensation under state control, with federal standards proposed for up to 52 weeks at 25 dollars weekly. The substitute measure was rejected 188 to 4.
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WASHINGTON
house
German Army Races North to Escape Yankees
German forces in the south of France push north toward Lyon as American columns pursue. Nice falls without opposition. 50,000+ prisoners taken since the southern landings, with heavy enemy matériel losses in the Rhone valley pockets.
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ROME
Lyon
ith
Riviera
Nice
7th army
France
Rhone
Livron
Alexander M. Patch
Drome river
Valence
Chabeuil
Lyon l
Montelimar
Patch
Clary
Alps
Switzerland
Larche
Mt. Genevre
Truman to Learn Of Nomination in Lamar
LAMAR Mo Aug 31 Sen Harry S Truman will be informed that Democrats have nominated him for vice president. The event takes place near the Barton county courthouse beside the home where he was born. Connally will announce the news then Truman will deliver a brief campaign speech followed by a 20 minute address broadcast at 9 30 p m CWT
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LAMAR
Lamarr
Truman
Barton county court house
Sen
Harry
Connally
D.-Tex
Bomb Attacks Continue on London and Surrounding Areas
German flying bomb assaults resumed on London and the southern counties early today. An official British statement confirmed damage and casualties as the night began with a relatively quiet start and intermittent salvos against southern England.
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LONDON
England
Red Troops Enter Romania's Capital
Moscow reports Red Army enters Bucharest after seizing Ploesti oil fields and advancing about 40 miles in a day. Moscow broadcasts say the way to Bucharest is open while Red Star notes German destruction attempts and fires across Proest fields. Romanian workers aided firefighting as Germans burned wells and machinery.
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MOSCOW
Red
Bucharest
Romania
Ploesti
Germany
Balkan
Red Star
Tzvestia
Europe
Russia
Fedor I. Tolbukhin
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Malinovsky
Greece
Aegean islands
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Proest
Red army
War Casualties Jump as Fighting Peaks in France
Washington reports total army casualties rose to 284 833 on August 13 with navy losses at 58 353, bringing armed services total to 343 191. Patterson says figures reflect delayed reporting and the heavy July fighting in northern France, while August actions in southern France add 1 247 killed and missing and 5 090 wounded, not included in the August 13 total.
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WASHINGTON
France
armed services
Patterson
Slovakia Revolt Acknowledged by Berlin
Berlin admitted a revolutionary movement in its puppet Slovakia with garrisons deserting. DNB reported riots across Slovakia linked to partisans and Tito’s agents, calling the actions bolshevist terror with murders of priests and assaults on women. Tito appealed for aid, which Germany granted.
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Berlin
Slovakia
DNB
foreign office
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Joseph Tito
Germany
Murphy Given Ranking Post in Allied Germany governance
Washington reports that Robert D. Murphy, adviser to General Wilson, will travel to London as ambassador to join Eisenhower's staff in the Allied military government of Germany. He becomes ranking diplomat on the staff, ahead of Samuel Reber who succeeds Liam Phillips as adviser.
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WASHINGTON
Robert D. Murphy
Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean high command
London
Germany
state department
Murphy
Eisenhower
Samuel Reber
Liam Phillips
Phillips
Negro Pilots Hit Nazi Field Over Romania
Headquarters of the 15th Air Force reports that Negro fighter pilots attacked a crowded German airfield near Oradea just inside the western Romanian border. Dozens of enemy planes were wiped out, with a noted number of Merseburg powered gliders among those destroyed. total figures pending study of photographs.
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15TH AIR FORCE
Italy
Oradea
Reds Rebuke Bulgar Chiefs Over War Aims
London dispatch says Bulgaria accused of aiding Germany while professing neutrality as Bulgarian armistice delegates were held in Cairo awaiting Allied terms. Lincoln MacVeagh’s return from America to brief exiled Greek and Yugoslav governments delayed the formal presentation.
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LONDON
Moscow
Bulgaria
Cairo
Amenca
Lincoln MacVeagh
Last Year's Holiday Gift Reaches Captain in Topeka
In Topeka Kansas on August 31 Captain George M. Cahan, public relations officer at the Topeka army air field, reveals a renewed plea to mail Christmas gifts early to troops overseas. He reports receiving last year’s gift from his wife, which traveled to New Guinea and back, though mildew spoiled the hooks and the chocolates were a smeared remnant of their former selves.
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TOPEKA
Kan
George M. Cahan
Topeka army air field
New Guinea
Allied forces crush German lines in northern France drive
Allied armies in northern France report over 460 000 enemy casualties since D day with 25 divisions destroyed and 18 mauled. Eisenhower notes decisive defeats of German 7th and 5th Panzer armies, 3 000 planes lost, and 1 300 enemy tanks captured as Amiens falls and a 60 mile Somme push unfolds toward Belgium.
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WASHINGTON
Aug
France
Eisenhower
7th army
AMIENS
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
Allied Expeditionary Force
Somme
Reich
Laon
Belgium
Meuse
Rouen
Dieppe
Abneyville
Ami
13 More Jap Ships Sent to Bottom
Allied airmen stalking Japanese ships from the Kuriles northeast of Nippon to the Dutch East Indies have knocked out 23 more vessels, 10 sunk. Gen. Douglas MacArthur lists nine enemy craft destroyed, small freighters, coastal vessels and barges, the supply carriers for many garrisons. Bombers found these ships from Mindanao to Celebes and Kai Islands, now within easy range of Allied air bases in northwestern New Guinea.
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Kuriles
Nippon
Dutch East Indies
Douglas MacArthur
Japanese East Indies
Mindinao Island
Philippines
Celebes
Cerzm
Kai islands
New Guinea
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