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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1944

Page

2

Bulgaria bids for peace seeks to hold gains in Balkans

London Aug 23 The Bulgarian government led by Premier Ivan Baghatov renewed a tentative peace bid conditioned on retaining part of the Belkan territory gained with German aid. Foreign Minister Parvan Draganov said Bulgaria cannot be a major power and seeks Thrace Macedonia and other former Yugoslav lands. Greece and Yugoslavia oppose any peace that leaves these regions with Bulgaria. Available reports say talks in Turkey moved toward only unconditional surrender as a possible armistice.

London Ivan Baghatiov Belkan Bulgaria Hulgaria Parvan Draganov United States Britain Balkans Thrace Macedonia Balkan Yugoslavia Greece AML Turkey

Nazis to Deal Severely With Italians

Eighth Army reports an order from Colonel von Hollman calling for immediate shooting of anyone aiding Italian partisans in northern Italy. The measure urges officers to exceed restraint and says civilians arrested in reprisals will be sent to concentration camps and shipped to Germany as laborers. Minor activity noted on the Italian front. Poles clear remaining positions on the south side of the Po River.

Germany Peohaure Adriatic

Callaghan Explains Map Proposal Denies County Offer

Alfred Callaghan rejected claims he offered the city maps to the county without cost. He urged sharing expenses for appraising annexed areas and completing a unified set of maps, noting city funding of about $18,000 vs an estimated $35,000 total.

Ity Fox Alfred Callaghan Callaghan Charles W. Anderson Anderson Clly J. Frank Gallagher

Marseille Falls Under Allied Drive Toward City Outskirts

Allied forces reported over 17 000 prisoners as Marseille and peripheral fronts saw rapid advances. American troops pushed west toward the Rhone valley while French units hit toward the city outskirts and Durance valley pillars with several advances near Aix and Avignon.

Marseille Lawson Eveir Etang de Berre Als-en-Provence Velaux Eailles Aix Durance Cadenet Avignon Rhone River

Solons Trim Post War Bill

Washington August 29 the house ways and means committee struck from the senate approved post war demobilization and reconversion bill a provision extending unemployment compensation to 3 500 000 federal workers. The panel kept a tie in to federal solvency guarantees for state unemployment funds and left unemployment benefit levels to states under guidance.

Washington House Ways and Means Senate

Allied advance routs German Seventh in Normandy drive

Allied forces across the Seine estuary seize Trouville Trouville Deauville Pont L Eveque and Lisieux advancing 10 to 30 miles inland. German major general Elfelzt captured as Argentan battlefield yields mass dead and wreckage.

Selne Mie DE le Havre Trouville Villers-sur-Mer Deauville le Havre Seihe Lisieux Elfelzt

Einstein Dunks Saranac Lake Boat Rescue Tale

Noted physicist Albert Einstein and companions faced capsizing near Saranac Lake in August 1923. The crew were rescued promptly after the sailing mishap, with local authorities reporting swift response and safety measures following the event.

Einstein Saranag Lake Albert Einstein Lower Saranac Uke

American Bombers Hit Vienna Area and Southern France

Several hundred American heavy bombers and fighters attacked targets in the Vienna area of Austria for the second straight day and struck bridges near Lyons in southern France. Major strafing and air battles disrupted German rail and fuel production as Top American ace Major Herschel Green claimed his 18th kill.

Rome Vienne Austria Yall France Lyons Markersdorf Weiner Neustadt Po River Ferrarra Italy Herschel H. Green Mayfield Kky Mediterranean

Norway Raid Reported By Berlin On Norway Bombing

Berlin radio today reported another aircraft carrier raid on Norway. A parade of hit values are listed in light want ads.

Norway New York Berlin Radio Today

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