Romania switches sides as King Mihai denounces Antonescu
Romania announces armistice terms accepted from Russia Britain and the United States and declares it will join the Allies. King Mihai proclaims Romania's capitulation and ousts Ion Antonescu and his pro German cabinet amid Soviet advances toward Bessarabia and Ploesti. Earlier reports say German Romanian clashes erupt on the eastern front as the Red Army pushes into Romania.
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London
Romania
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Red Army
Bessarabia
Ploesti
Danube
Daily Express
Mihai
Bucharest
Italy
Hungary
Transylvania
Russia
Great Britain
United States
Britain
Churchill
Ion Antonescu
Washington
Balkan
Flying Dutchman Youth Center Opens This Evening
The Flying Dutchman youth center in Somerset holds its formal opening from 7 30 to 10 30 p m Thursday at the Stewart Walker building on West Main street to introduce supervised recreation for youths. The event continues Friday and Saturday nights with all invited.
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Somerset
Stewart Walker
West Main Street
Ed Morin
Robert Martin
Alvin Shoemaker
Guy Critchfield
Emil Barnett
Clara McKelvy
M. Jay Ream
Nancy K. Ream
Virginia Craver
Elwood Lanner
Marjorie Moore
Richard Ling
Madaline Lease
Donald Cassler
Mary Alice Hare
Eleanor Vare
Martha Doherty
Lloyd Poisel
Isis Statler
Alvin Rose
Emma Jean Lint
Dean Mickey
U S Seizes Struck Hard Coal Mines in Pennsylvania
President Roosevelt ordered the government to take possession of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company mines to end a June 29 strike that has left about 4,000 anthracite miners idle. Ralph E. Taggart named operating manager for the United States. Fortas urged resumption of work Friday as losses mount.
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Shenandoah
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Roosevelt
Abe Fortas
Ickes
Ralph E. Taggart
United States
Fortas
Shenandoah General Mine Board
United Mine Workers
Philadelphia
Taggart
United Mine Workers of America
UMW
John L. Lewis
Lewis
War Manpower Commission
National Selective Service System
War Department
Department of Justice
Pennsylvania
United Clerical, Technical and Supervisory Workers
National Labor Relations Board
Pittsburgh
Philippines Raided Tenth Time in Two Weeks
U S navy Liberators struck Davao and nearby waters in the tenth raid on the southern Philippines in two weeks, sinking a small freighter near Mindanao and hitting five more enemy vessels. Other raids hit Celebes, Palau, Halmahera, Ceram, and Truk as Allied air power targeted warships, airfields, supply dumps, and defense positions across the Southwest Pacific.
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General Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Philippines
U. S. Navy
Davao
Mindanao
Celebes
Plau
Caroline Islands
New Guinea
Palau
theSday Lo Aiward Kate Munsroyer
Ceram
Halmahera
Wasile
Kaoe
Ocean
Truk
Carolines
7Th Army Air Force Liberators
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Marianas
Marshalls
Nauru
Yap
Fortresses Fall as Soviet Offensives Sweep Romanian Front
Soviet drives across Romania push toward Bucharest with major gains at Vaslui and Bender Tighina while Ukrainian armies reach near Lomza and Debica. Baltic operations report breaches near Tartu as air attacks strike Constanta and other targets.
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Latvia
Baltic States
Riga
East Prussia
Tartu
Romania
Romanian Black Sea
Constanta
Su- Ma
Valkov
Keuuer Stan
Seconda
Danube
Pali
Vaslui
Rodion V. Malinovsky
Prut
Sire
Iasi
Galati
Feodor Tolbukhin
Ceteataalba
Tighina
Bessarabia
Russia
Alsa
Russ
Bender
Allied air push batters Vienna rails and Paris area
In wartime dispatches from London observers report heavy Allied air raids across northern France and Vienna as 1,400 Allied sorties target rail yards and retreating German units. Mediterranean air forces support southern France invasion while a Tito Yugoslav operation evacuates about 900 wounded soldiers and several Allied aircrew.
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London
France
Vienna
Aiir
Mediterranean
Markersdorf
Seine
Paris
Berlin
Mantes
Vernon
Canal Valges
Cambria
Cilisy
Lille
Channel
Balkans
Balkan
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Look for More Soft Coal Strikes
Pittsburgh August 23 Possibility of work stoppages at many bituminous coal mines was seen as supervisory employees of 59 pits in Pennsylvania West Virginia and Kentucky awaited strike votes within two weeks. Meanwhile 5000 miners in western Pennsylvania mines remained idle due to supervisory union walkouts seeking recognition.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
United Clerical, Technical and Supervisory Workers
District 50
United Mine Workers
Vesta 5
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Vestaburg
Washington County
John L. Lewis
UMW
John McAlpine
War Labor Board
Smith-Connally
Plane Crash in England Kills 54 at Freckleton Church
In Freckleton Lancashire a flaming American Liberator bomber hit a church school infant department, killing 54 people including 35 children under five and eight American soldiers. Rescue teams struggled as darkness halted search for 30 to 40 missing near a nearby snack bar. the crash followed a sudden storm.
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Lewis Hawkins
London
Lancashire
Freckleton
Britain
U. S. Strategic Air Force
Negotiations Break Down Over Penelec Contract
Johnstown August 23 negotiations for a new contract between Pennsylvania Electric Co and the AFL IBEW broke down. The dispute centers on proper evaluation of job categories for about 900 workers across the Johnstown Bradford and Oil City divisions. A U S conciliator may seek a settlement. a strike is not expected.
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Johnstown
Pennsylvania Electric Company
AFL International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
U. S
W. C. Stantom
Bradford
Oil City
Stream Of Robots Fall On England
German flying bombs pounded southern England at dawn as Allied fire reduced casualties later. The British health ministry planned evacuation of 800 expectant mothers weekly from London. Rescue workers recovered nine people from rubble including a three year old girl after a dawn attack.
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London
England
Britain
Channel
Ministry of Health
Petain Urges Rebirth For The French
Swiss radio quoted Marshal Henri Petain in a letter to the French people urging unity around leaders who can guide France to rebirth and renovation. The letter stresses France of ancestors and a return to honor and order, with no date given.
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London
Marshal Henri Petain
France
Petain
Vichy
Belfort
Allied armor pounds toward Paris in new advances
American and Canadian forces press south and southeast of Paris driving deep into German-held lines. Evreux is freed and advances inch toward Orleans and Sens while a Belgian push along the coast shifts to Deauville.
Police Captain Fractures Finger Tripping on Carpet
Chicago police captain Frank Reynolds tripped over a rip in the Town Hall carpet and fractured the middle finger of his right hand. He immediately filed a requisition for a new carpet using his left hand.
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Chicago
Frank Reynolds
Town Hall
Allies Push Ahead on Burma Front
Allied troops advancing toward the western Burma base at Tiddim drive forward unopposed to force a battle with retreating Japanese. Monsoon limits land combat around Myitkyina while artillery hits strike the Kabaw valley. Allied airmen target a 120 foot steamer and 22 small craft along the Irrawaddy from Mandalay to Katha.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Burma
Tiddim
Myitkyina
Kabaw
Eastern Air Command
Irra~waddy
Mandalay
Katha
Allied drive seizes Marseille and Grenoble in swift southern push
Smoke over Port reports Marseille fallen to French infantry and armor as American forces race 140 miles inland capturing Grenoble within 240 miles of Eisenhower's lines. Seizure secures supply flow for the Seventh Army while encircled Toulon hinges on moment of collapse. 17,000 prisoners taken as Yank columns advance toward the Swiss border near Geneva and threaten to cut German routes between France and Italy.
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Ivan S. Konev
Poland
Debica
Krakow
Tarnow
Konev
Rzeszow
Warsaw
Lomza
Praga
Rome
Marseille
France
Mediterranean
Grenoble
Eisenhower
Paris
Poilus
Alexander M. Patch
Toulon
French Alps
Seventh Army
Geneva
Italy
Digne
Sisteron
Aspres
Gap
St. Bonnet
L’argentiere
Diane
Paris Liberated by French Patriots as Nazi Rule Ends
Gen Charles de Gaulle announced Paris is freed by French patriots with American armored support near the capital. 50 000 armed French patriots and hundreds of thousands of citizens seized public buildings and arrested Vichy leaders. movement followed police and railway strikes and street battles on the Île de la Cité. Koenig will relay to Paris with his London staff as plans for governing liberated France unfold.
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James M. Long
London
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Vichy
Joseph Pierre Koenig
Interior
de Gaulle
New York
Buenos Aires
Algiers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Churchill
Koenig
Gen. de Gaulle
France
United States
Eisenhower
French Committee of National Liberation
Bastille
Ile de la Cite
Maryland and nearby regions forecast sunny with clouds
The forecast calls for strong sun in Maryland on Thursday with some cloudiness and a slight cool down. Eastern and Western Pennsylvania expect Thursday to be fair and cooler while West Virginia sees cooler conditions with showers.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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