Patton's Army Surging Toward Paris as Cannes Falls
Allied troops push a solid front 50 miles wide and 30 miles deep along the southern France coast. The spearhead, three veteran American divisions with French armor, nears Toulon and Cannes, with Cannes reportedly penetrated after heavy fighting. Berlin broadcast says Allied forces entered Cannes and airborne units landed northwest of the town. The communique notes nine towns captured as the advance continues toward Paris.
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Rome
France
Patch
Seventh Army
Toulon
Cannes
Berlin
Napoleon
Dewey Tightens GOP Base Before Election Day
The 12 week race to Election Day sees Tom Dewey consolidating party organization and smoothing wrinkles in the GOP. Campaign manager Herbert Brownell and aide Paul Lockwood guided a lengthy St. Louis Governors conference outreach as Dewey met 25 governors one by one. Note hints at future coverage on Page Four.
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Washington
Tom Dewey
Dewey
St. Louis
Herbert Brownell
Bricker
Paul Lockwood
Jim Farley
Allies to occupy Germany and Japan, says FDR
President Roosevelt announced that Allied armies will drive in and occupy Germany and Japan even if resistance collapses before borders. He spoke on returning to Washington from a Pacific tour and said occupation would follow unconditional surrender, indicating plans to discuss the Pacific campaign with military leaders.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pacific
Germany
Japan
Chaos in Paris as guns near capital
Paris becomes front line city as American artillery sound nears and German radio paints chaos with hunger, disrupted transport, and police strikes over a new high official. Notre Dame reports special prayers as churches fill and authorities appeal for calm amid food shortages.
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London
Paris
Transocean
Berlin
Notre Dame
City in Crisis Faces Gas, Coal Shortages And Limited Power
The city is described as dependent on community kitchens for meager meals. The capital reportedly lacks gas or coal and has power only from 12:30 p m to midnight, highlighting severe energy and hunger hardships.
Stock Quotations From New York Markets
Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 7. American Can 91 1 2 percent Anaconda 26 Beech Aircraft 10 Bethlehem Steel 62 Curtiss Wright 5 International Harvester 80 14 Kennecott 32 4 North American Aviation 84 4 New York Central 214 Northern Pacific 16 United States Steel 60 s Pound 4 04 Dow Jones averages today are as follows Industrials 148.46 41.81 utilities 24.96
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
Beech Aircraft
Bethlehem Steel
Curtiss Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
North American Aviation
New York Central
Northern Pacific
United States Steel
Dow. Jones
Forecaster Beall’s Daughter Born at St Ann’s
Mary Ann Beall, daughter of J M Beall of Fritz Cove Road, born at 11 20 pm weighing five pounds four ounces. Beall, a Weather Bureau employee, had predicted a boy for a first child. Mrs Edith Ohman, formerly a Fairbanks teacher, visits sister Ann Ohman of Seattle.
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Mary Ann Beall
J. M. Bealls
Fritz Cove Road
Weather Bureau
Beall
Miss Beall
St. Ann's
Bealls
Fairbanks
Edith Ohman
Ann Ohman
Seattle
Emmons Authorized to Command Alaskan Department
Lt Gen Delos Carleton Emmons takes command of the Alaskan Department succeeding in Alaska after serving as Commander of the Hawaiian Department and Western Defense Command. He notes offensive strategy against Japan and discusses air force roles while recalling Alaska service and World War I transitions.
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Alaskan Department
Delos Carleton Emmons
Hawaiian Department
Western Defense Command
Alaskan
Air Corps
Emmons
Alaska
Aleutians
Kuriles
Japan
United States Military Academy
Central Emmons
Tanana
30Th Infantry
Infantry
Signal Corps
Ailso
Air Division
Reds Suffer First Setback in Offensive
Bulletin from London reports Russian troops near the East Prussian frontier attacking Virbales on both sides while a major Soviet counterattack at Ossow northeast of Warsaw is driven back by German forces. The Red Star notes heavy losses for the Nazis and cites Red Army pressure elsewhere as Warsaw’s fate hangs in balance.
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London
Virbales
Moscow
Sande
Ossow
Warsaw
Red Star
Praga
Vistula
Sandominerz
German
Silesia
Baltic Ports and Oil City Are Blasted
Allen Bullock and Wayne Niemt are here from Anchorage and have registered at the Juneau Hotel.
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Baltic
Allen Bullock
Wayne Niemt
Anchorage
Juneau Hotel
New Draft Board Release Lists Classifications
The local Draft Board released a new list of classifications with names such as Eugene Baki Ralph Potter Edward Nelson Dick Horry and Mitchell Gook. A long roster includes 1-A 2-A and 4-A designations with many individuals listed for each class. Mrs Burton Shultts arrives in Juneau from Gustavus and is registered at the Baranof Hotel while William Kauffman of Seattle stays as a guest at Baranof.
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Eugene B. Baki
Ralph K. Potter
Edward J Nelson
Dick R. Horry
Mitchell V. Gook
Arthur J.thorpson
Wli
John Gaffney
Raymond H. Abrahamson
Karl G. Bland
Joe A. Brewitt
Robert B. Forrest
John J. Adams
Maryan A. Chase
Isodor Mercutieff
John M. Tamake
Jerry W. Cole
William F. Barnett
Louis A. Delebecque
Carl Con A. Lawrence
Fred W. Kenney
Elvin A. Wicklund
Douglas J. Oliver
Matt Minerich
Clifford Swanson
Charles L. Skuse
John A. Wolfi
Ernest A. Ehler
Charles Wagner
Gust A
Leighton J. Kern
Richard @. Shaw
Robert N
Mills
Roy E. Clements
Tommy V. Greenhow
Gustavus
Burton Shultts
Juneau
Baranof Hotel
William Kauffman
Seattle
Partisans Uprising on Nazis Sweeps Haute Savoie
French partisans fought a major uprising against occupying Germans in Haute Savoie aided by Allied air drops. Fires burned near Mount Saleve and German troops were forced from schools at Ville Larande as the revolt expanded across the region. Allied planes continued resupply as gliders landed after dusk.
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Thomas F. Hawkins
Haute Savoie
Mount Saleve
Geneva
Ville Larande
Third Army closing on Paris in swift advance
American forces reach within 85 miles of Paris as Patton's Third Army drives toward the Seine, seizing Dreux Chartres Orleans and driving toward Versailles. German retreat begins along a 30 mile front from Falaise to the Channel as Paris looms nearer.
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London
Paris
Arnoult
Lmits
Falaise
Troarn
Seven Milles
Caen
Normandy
TRE Exp
Third Army
Seine River
Arc
Patton
Versailles
Dreux
Chartres
Chateau Dun
Orleans
Lemans
Eure
Seventh Army
15Th Army
Pas de Calais
Bombing of Truk by Liberators Reported
United States Pacific Fleet Headquarters at Pearl Harbor releases word from Admiral Chester W. Nimitz that Seventh Army Air Force Liberators struck Truk off the Carolines with a 57 ton bomb load last Sunday. Nine interceptors met the raid. one plane was shot down, several Liberators damaged but returned to base. Truk has been neutralized since earlier carrier strikes and lies nearly isolated by the Marianas conquest over 600 miles west.
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United States Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Seventh Army Air Force
Japan
Truk
Carolings
Chester W. Nimitz
Iast
Nimits
Marianas
Harold Clark visits before trip south to Santa Barbara
Harold Clark stayed briefly here while awaiting a plane to Santa Barbara where Mrs Thelma Clark's mother Mrs Ogden lies gravely ill. The Clarks note Mrs Ogden recently spent time with them. Harold has worked with Morrison Knudsen Company since leaving Juneau and has traveled across Alaska and the Aleutians building radio beam stations and living quarters for crews.
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Harold Clark
Santa Barbara
Thelma Clark
Ogden
Clarks
Harold
Morrison-Knudsen Company
Juneau
Alaska
Aleutians
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