Allied troops seize Marseille and Grenoble in southern France
Bulletin from Rome reports Allied troops entering Marseille the second French city to fall with little resistance while American Seventh Army spearhead drives through German lines to Grenoble, a major industrial city, amid talks of continuing German resistance at Toulon and involvement of French Forces in the Interior.
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Rome
Marseille
France
Toulon
Seventh Army
Grenoble
Mediterranean
Foster Mize South To Confer With FHA
Foster and Mize travel to Seattle to confer with Federal Housing Administration officials on rehabilitating Hoonah after the recent fire. Don Foster of the Office of Indian Affairs led the delegation, accompanied by Ralph Mize, Construction Engineer for the Indian Service.
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Federal Housing Agency
Hoonah
Don Foster
Office of Inedian Affairs
Seattle
PAA
Foster
Ralph Mize
The
Indian Service
General Clay Admits War Dept Lacked Front Supply Records
General Lucius Clay testified before the Truman Mead Committee that the War Department kept no full inventory of front line supplies beyond about 100 item types. He said regular forwarding of stocks continued regardless of existing levels, contradicting wartime checks. Clay claimed five years of small arms was an overestimate, estimating 19 months to two years on hand, plus 100 days at the front, with further details to follow.
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Washington
Lucius Clay
Truman
Mead
War Department
Clay
Pershine
WPB
W. Lewis Bassie
Irving Kaplan
Kilgore
West Virginia
General Clay
Brutal Mass Casualties Reported by Collaborationists and Germans
Reports from La Rogue Brussanne detail mass killings by German forces and Vichy Militia against Free French forces. Ivan Koleff cites three small post outposts attacked by a brigade, with villagers coerced and bodies found with eyes gouged and hands severed. Henry Bertolicci confirms the brutal mistreatment.
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Koleff
Henry Bertolicci
FFI
Yap Bombed Without Jap Opposition
U S Pacific Fleet reports Yap raids with heavy bombers from the Marianas on Sunday facing no enemy opposition. Liberator attack on Truk met fighter resistance during return. Additional raids hit Nauru and Marcus Island where a cargo vessel was destroyed and a smaller ship burned. Nimitz notes 90,000 square miles raided with little opposition, demonstrating broad American reach.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Marianas
Yap
Philippines
Truk
Chester W. Nimitz
Nauru
Marcus Island
Nimitz
Stock quotations from New York market report
Closing prices for Alaska Juneau mine at 7 and American Can at 921 dominate the list with other majors including Anaconda 26% Bethlehem Steel 61% Curtiss Wright 5% Kennecott 32% United States Steel 58% and Dow Jones averages Industrials 147.87 Rails 41.02 Utilities 25.35. Buy war bonds.
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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
Willkie Dulles Confer On International Peace Efforts
In New York Aug a lap teeper L Willkie and Joli Foster Dulles conferred extensively on international problems affecting world organization and lasting peace. The talks were described as nonpartisan and not related to any candidacy, with a telegram from Dewey seeking Willkie's counsel on the matter.
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New York
Willkie
Joli Foster Dulles
Thomas E. Déwey
Dewey
Allied drive tightens noose on retreating Germans near Paris
Allied columns pressed the German retreat along the lower Seine and toward the frontier. Patton’s Third Army pushed beyond Sens as Canadian and British forces closed in on the Seventh Army, while air power and river crossings tightened the eastern jaws toward Evreux and Vernon. Official figures claim 40,000 to 50,000 Germans captured in the Falaise pocket as the rout deepens.
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Seine
Paris
Sens
Patton
Third
Fontainebleau
Seine River
Seventh Army
Falaise
United States
Evreaux
Vernon
Supreme Headquarters
Berlin
Mantes
Attacks intensify in Southwest Pacific theater
Aug 23 reports from General Headquarters detail a record 136 ton raid against Halmahera and the sinking or wrecking of eight large Japanese vessels, five coastal ships and 28 barges. Liberator patrols near Mindanao miss a 4,000 ton freighter as two bombs strike anew. Aerial strikes on Moluccas and surrounding targets continue, with Liberators and Mitchells delivering a record month total of 225 tons.
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Southwest Pacific
Halmahora
Philippines
Davao
Gulf of Mindano
Molucca
Third Invasion of France Claimed Near Bordeaux
London reports a third French invasion and landing in southwestern France near Bordeaux amid naval and air bombardment. Charles Foltz of AP in Madrid confirms the news after crossing into southern France. Berlin later cites small forces ashore near St Jean de Luz. A Stockholm dispatch says Allied landings at Bordeaux with French coordination pending. The foggy Spanish frontier town hears distant bombing as French officials withhold details.
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London
France
Bordeaux
Charles Foltz
Associated Press Bureau
Madrid
Foltz
Berlin
St. Jean de ‘Luz
Hendaye
Biarritz
Stockholm
Five to Sitka by Alaska Coastal flight today
An Alaska Coastal plane carried Mrs A L Goddard Ben Tortoise Frank Jones M Manelers and Mrs R Black to Sitka. A Ketchikan flight brought Fred Lorz Robert Achenhausen Keith Chapman Jim Young M Marshall and Jenny Garands to Sitka. A charter sent J G Ellison to Hawk Inlet. Bill Burdette and Fannie Burdette were flown to Excursion Inlet with Nels Pearson and Paul Bell going to Tenakee and Peter Hawkins to Hoonah.
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Sitka
Alaska
A.L. Goddard
Ben Tortoise
Frank Jones
M. Manelers
R. Black
Ketchikan
Fred Lorz
Robert Achenhausen
Keith Chapman
Jim Young
M. Marshall
Jenny Garands
J. G. Ellison
Hawk Inlet
Bill Burdette
Fannie Burdette
Excursion Inlet
Romania Leaves War Accepts Russian Peace Terms
London bulletin reports Romania withdraws from the Axis, accepts Russian peace terms, and aligns with the Allies. Bucharest radio confirms the decision, with a royal proclamation urging citizens to rally and fight the enemy. Premier Antonescu resigns as Gen Konstantin Sanatescu forms a new national government.
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London
Rumania
Bucharest
Balkan
Romania
Antonescu
Konstantin Sanatescu
Offensive Aims at Rumania Rages On Front Near Bucharest
Moscow reports a Red Army drive across a 150 mile front beyond Tasi to within 180 miles of Bucharest and 155 miles from Ploesti. German broadcasts claim Russians reached Riga as battles slice through Baltic positions. Aggressive gains near Lomza and Jelgava press Warsaw and East Prussia. Bucharest in panic and Antonescu allies court peace talks.
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Moscow
Rumania
Hitler
Balkans
Tasi
Bucharest
Ploesti
Riga
Baltic States
Warsaw
East Prussia
Lomza
Jelgava
Latvia
Antonescu
England Hit by Robot Bomb Barrage at Dawn
London reports the heaviest dawn barrage of flying bombs as Allied forces move toward Pas de Calais and beyond the Seine. Antiaircraft fire roars along the coast. many bombs reported brought down in the Channel with casualties and deaths noted.
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London
England
Pas de Calais
Seine
Channel
Leonard Allen Back in Junmem After States Vacation
Leonard Allen and his wife return to Junmem with their child after a vacation in the United States. He previously served as Supervisor of Social Welfare with the Office of Indian Affairs.
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Leonard Allen
Junmem
States
Office of Indian Affairs
Snite Is Liberated Free Town In Maquis Drive
Kenneth L Dixon reports from the Alpine front where French Interior Maquis, aided by Americans, stormed the German garrison at Snite. Four years under occupation ended with near total surrender of German forces and a youthful partisan leading a final assault against barriers in the town square. Casualties were minimal, with two Germans killed or wounded in the close action.
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Kenneth L. Dixon
Riviera
Alps
Snite
Maquis
Interior
Army
Gestapo
Capt Maurice J Whittier on Overseas Duty
Juneau reports Capt Maurice J Whittier, son of M S Whittier, is on overseas duty with the Army. He moved from Alaska command to Officers Training School at Port Benning Georgia, then Camp Roberta California, Fort Butner North Carolina, and finally overseas. His wife and daughter remain with relatives in North Hollywood California.
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Juneau
Maurice J. Whittier
Army
Whittier
Alaska
Port
Benning
Georgia
Camp Roberta
California
Fort Butner
North Carolina
Well Baby Conference Set for Tomorrow Afternoon
The Well Baby Conference will be held tomorrow from 1 to 4 o'clock at the Juneau Health Center.
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Juneau Health Center
Paris Is Free Again as Nazis Swept From City Streets
Paris rose in victory after four years of German occupation as French forces and armed citizens repelled the enemy. De Gaulle’s headquarters in London announced Paris’s liberation after four days of street fighting, with French troops seizing public buildings and control of the capital. Rome’s fall is noted as checking the axis, while Eisenhower and De Gaulle discuss affairs control.
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London
Paris
de Gaulle
la Marseillaise
Vichy
Hitler
Rome
Italy
Tre de la Cite
Eisenhower
France
Universal military training endorsed by War Secretary Stimson
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson publicly endorses compulsory universal military training. In a letter to Archbishop Teacher, chairman of the Second Service Command, Stimson states that the key congressional provision for national defense is a system of universal military training.
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New York
Secretary of
Henry L. Stimson
Archibald Teacher
Second Service Command
Citizens’ Committee For Universal Service
Stimson
Congress
Florence Holton Here
Florence Holton, Supervisor of Education with the Office of Indian Affairs, arrived in Juneau last evening to assume her duties in her new headquarters here.
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Florence Holton
Office of Indian Affairs
Juneau
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W. Pacific
Russia
Red Army
Malinovsky
Tolbukhin
Danube
Leonard Allen Back
Free Town
Rench
Capt. Whittier
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