Soviets Reach Close to Bulgaria in Balkans Push
Red Army forces moved within miles of Bulgaria as they pressed toward Constanta and Bucharest. Soviet units driving from Ploesti and in Transylvania aimed to crush German positions, threatening a complete Balkans-mop up with Romania and Hungary under pressure.
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Bulgaria
Moscow
Black Sea
Russia
Balkans
Constanta
Romnania
Licely
Bucharest-Ploesti
Wallachia
Ploesti
Buzua
Romania
Transylvania
Hungary
Slovakia
Central Europe
Red Army
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Fedor I.tolbukhin
Reich
Baltic
Bularian Dobrudja
Greece
Macedonia
Nis
Balkan Peninsula
Moscon
Hitler
Bucharest
Tolbukhin
Danube
Haseen
Bezau
De Gaulle Heads Paris Clean Sweep After Nazi Snipers
General Charles de Gaulle announced a general election soon after liberation while his patriot forces cleared the last collaborator sniper from Paris rooftops. He met with Georges Bidault to discuss a Fourth Republic and a consultative Resistance chamber to consider a new constitution. Parisians greeted Allied troops with a massive Arc de Triomphe parade as street scenes returned to normal amid war debris.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Georges Bidault
Council of Resistance
Resistance Council
Inormal
Arc de Triomphe
Champs Elysees
Czechoslovak Patriots Openly Fight Nazis
The Czechoslovak underground army issued its first communique via underground radio reporting the capture of one town and fierce battles with German forces in four areas. A separate report from Stockholm says German Marshal Von Kluge died of a heart attack at Hitler's headquarters after a summons to a conference. Tokyo announces Lt Gen Kenshiro Shibayama named vice minister of war succeeding Lt Gen Kyoji Tominaga.
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London
von Kluge
Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Zurich
Guenther von Kluge
Adolf Hitler
Japan
Tokyo
Kenshiro Shibayama
Kyoji Tominaga
Bombers Set Heavy Fires in Moluccas Campaign
U S bombers raided Amboina Island delivering the heaviest Moluccas strike to date while MacArthur’s force hit Halong seaplane base as Ambon harbor burned. Other actions targeted Ceram, Halmahera oil sites, Palau and Davao with night patrols over the Philippines.
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General Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Amboina Island
Moluccas
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Iwo Jima
Volcano Islands
Tokyo
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Ambon
Amboina
Bitter Fight Raging For Lishui In China
Japanese troops reached Lishui tonight and heavy fighting raged for the city seen as a potential base in Chekiang. The report notes the action near Chungking with updates continuing on later pages.
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Lishui
China
Chungking
Iity
Chekiang
Amusements and Comics in the Sunday Section
The page lists sections including Amusements and Comics on pages 20 21 with features like Doves and Crossword. It also notes Deaths in Lewes on page 10 plus Editorials by David Lawrence Paul Malion Marquis W Childs Eleanor Roosevelt and a Page of Pictures on page 32.
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Lewes
David Lawrence
Paul Malion
Marquis W
Childs
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Radin Ccsveeveceevee Zevee
Eeveeses
Eeececcecees Qesee
Walter Winchell
Allied Truce With Bulgars Reported by London and Cairo
Allied terms for Bulgaria appear accepted and an armistice likely to be signed at Cairo within days. Hungary’s Lakatos vows to stay in the war as the Pravda voices anti Allied views in Moscow. German control of Bulgarian railways persists while Bulgarians evacuate Yugoslav lands, with uncertain moves in Thrace and Macedonia.
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London
Bulgaria
Cairo
Stanbul
Hungary
Cal
Geza Lakatos
Germany
Lord Moyne
Middle East
United States
Lincoln MacVeagh
U. S
Greece
Yugoslavia
Lakatos
Russia
Turkey
Pravda
Slovakia
Reich
Poland
Istanbul
Sefia
Romania
Atlantic Radio
Thrace
Macedonia
Belgian Quisling Captured at Border by French Patriots
Henry de Man former Belgian minister captured by French patriot forces on the Swiss frontier and handed to Allied authorities. The Belgian News Agency says he did not hold office under German rule but aided the Germans after Belgium capitulated in 1940.
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London
Henry de Man
Europe
de Man
Nazis Try to Cross Drome Suffer Heavy Losses in Southern France
American Seventh Army and German forces clash north of Montelimar as Germans try to cross the Drome River. Allied forces report heavy combat, large German losses, many prisoners, and retreating troops along the Rhone Valley. Maj. Gen. Otto Richter captured at Montelimar.
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George Tucker Rome
Seventh Army
Rhone
France
Drums River
Sontelimar
Drome
Montelimar
Valence
Lorioi
Strean
Tralian
Briancon
Hautes-Alps
Nice
Italy
Maly
19Th
Dragnet
Sy Sea
Tialy
Marseille
Rhone Vailer
Otto Richter
498Th
Rhone Valley
Russia
Adm
Ruhfus
Toulon
Bagnois
Uzes
Poison gas as Nazi last resort warned by British press
London reports say Germany plans to use poison gas on a mass scale to force a negotiated peace. Swedish accounts claim Berlin touts a new war weapon likely to bring victory within six months, while observers doubt the propaganda.
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London
Germany
London Daily Mail
Hitler
Daily Mail
Berlin
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Scandinavian Telegraph
Joachim Fernau
Waffen
Fernau
France
Volkischer Boebachter
Bohemia
Italy
Reich
Mail
Bradley and Montgomery To Be Equals
Washington reports a new command reorganization making Lt Gen Omar Bradley equal in status to Gen Bernard Montgomery as Army Group commander in France. The change, linked to Eisenhower taking personal command, aims to simplify structure and follows British criticism.
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Washington
France
Omar N. Bradley
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eisenhower
Britain
Bradley
Montgomery
Suspreme Aled
Supreme Headquarters
12Th Army Group
St. Lo
London Mirror
Seventh Army
Alexander M. Patch
Rhone
Pateh
Army Group
Yank Planes Bomb Reich and France in Massive RAF Raid
London reports heavy Allied air raids over Kiel Bremerhaven and Stettin with bomber forces supported by Mosquitos and Liberators. German ports and northern French targets faced incendiaries and explosions as losses and damage were noted, with crews returning from the operation.
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London
Torgze
Kiel
Bremen
France
Gawn
Baltic
Stettin
Honigsserz
Berlin
Berlin and Weather Was Cal and Bombers Cast Their Explooy Ins £ Sieraehs Cigusie
Speedyo
Air Ministry
Americans Press On Across Aisne Front in War Update
Dispatches describe U.S. troops advancing on the Aisne front with limited resistance but heavier combat in places. Reports recount movements toward Neufchateau, Montaigu, and Laon, with the push extending along a broad front from the Marne toward Paris as forces consolidate on the north bank and near Louviers. (Continued from Pace 1, Col. 2)
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Merth
Ruims
Joerze Potton, Jr
Omany
Marne
Bes
Capain
Paris
Mangne
Neuf
Louviers
Belgium
America
Montaizu
Laon
Montaigu
Colume
War Today Aled Forces Press Nazis Toward Fragmented Frontiers
The War Today notes rapid mechanized Allied advance cutting Germans in France and suggests Hitler may seek refuge in neutral countries. It discusses potential chaos in the Reich if the dictator and his aides flee, leaving the German public unorganized and leaderless.
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Bs Dewitt MacKenzie
France
Reich
Washington
Hitler
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