Russians Sweep Through Poland and Close on Bucharest
Allied dispatches report Red Army breakthroughs across Poland and toward Silesia, with Debica overrun and factory hubs seized. Northeast of Warsaw, Lomza nears, while forces advance toward the Danube Basin and the Galati Gap. A new regime is announced in the capital today.
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Moscow
Germany
Rumania
Poland
Debica
Red Star
Krakow
German Silesia
Warsaw
Red Army
Lomza
Reich
Danube Basin
Galati
Bucharest
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Washington insiders recount FDR letter to Willkie controversy
The article describes how Judge Sam Rosenman and Steve Early confronted President Roosevelt after a press conference about a secret letter to Wendell Willkie. Roosevelt says it was a personal matter, not a political deal, and intends to proceed with his tal plans despite leaks and inquiries from reporters. News of the letter leaked despite its limited circulation.
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Washington
Wendell Willkie
Sam Rosenman
Steve Early
FDR
Willkie
Grace Tully
White House
Doughboys and Tankmen Press East in France Toward Berlin
American armor and infantry push beyond Sens toward the German border as the main battle for France concludes. Paris is secured and the bulk of German forces in France has been destroyed by Bradley and Patton drives. Doughboys and tank crews focus on Berlin as the ultimate objective.
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France
Berlin
Hal Boyle
United States
Paris
Sens
Seine River
Le Bourget airfield liberated and Paris entered by Allies
New York reports say LeBourget Airfield near Paris is liberated. London notes American tanks entered Paris via the Alesia gate. Russians reportedly seized Chisinau and nearest approach to Ploesti oil fields. Madrid mentions German fire at Versailles wing tied to 1918 treaty. Rome reports heavy bombers attacking Kolin and Paradubice oil refineries. With Canadian First Army breaking German rearguards along the Toques River.
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London
Paris
Alesia
Vichy
Rome
Czechoslovakia
Kolin
Prague
Paradubice
France
Toques River
Peace Plans Discussed by Hull and Dulles
John Foster Dulles, adviser to Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, conferred two and a half hours with Secretary of State Cordell Hull in Washington on peace plans. Dulles said substantial progress was made in exploring bipartisan cooperation.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Thomas E. Dewey
Cordell Hull
Dulles
Eleven Passengers Arrive After Alaska Airliner Flight
Eleven passengers arrived here yesterday on an oncoming Alaska Airliner. The list includes J. P. Wintz Mrs. M. W. Odom W. D. Roberts Mrs. Carl Durand Charles Durand George Combest Gertrude Burman L. H. Hancock Missy Cordelle Agnes Milton and David Abraham.
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Alaska
J. P. Wintz
M. W. Odom
W. D. Roberts
Carl Durand
Charles Durand
George Combest
Gertrude Burman
L. H. Hancock
Missy Cordelle
Agnes Milton
David Abraham
Four Leave Today For Sitka By Air
A flight carried Mrs Hatch Sara Pernald Elaine Harrington and M Harrington to Sitka and returned John Manders Annie Davis Robert Peters Elsie Werner Isabelle Carmichael and Stephen Carmichael to Juneau The Carmichaels boarded at Tenakee Dr Hays flew to Skagway and others were sent to Ketchikan Beatrice Murphy returned to Juneau Jimmy Martin Annie Jackson and Loren Conner came from Hoonah to Juneau David James W Weaver and L MacDonald received flying instruction in an Alaska Coastal plane
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Sitka
Alaska
Mrs. Hatch
Sara Pernald
Elaine Harrington
M. Harrington
John Manders
Annie Davis
Robert Peters
Elsie Werner
Isabelle Carmichael
Stephen Carmichael
Juneau
Carmichaels
Tenakee
Dr. Hays
Skagway
G. W. Schuster
Wv. D. Norden
John R. Stone
R. W. Goodpaster
C. N. Workman
Ketchikan
John Fee
Carl Gafert
Joe McNallen
Warm Springs
Beatrice Murphy
Jimmy Martin
Annie Jackson
Loren A. Conner
Hoonsh
David James
W. Weaver
L. MacDonald
4 H Demonstrations Highlight Social Rooms Meeting
The 4 H program last evening at the Methodist Church showcased demonstrations in shoe cleaning and polishing, blouse pattern laying, hems for straight and curved edges, transplanting lettuce, baking muffins waffles cookies pop overs, plus a film on Alaska. Albert W Blackerby and Fred Barkley showed movies. Garden Club Leader led a community singing with Florence Sargent on piano. helpers included 4 H leaders Mrs Robards, Phyllis Grant, Mrs Smith, and Mae Stephenson.
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Methodist Church
Dorothy Robards
Jean Boddy
Anita Brown
Josephine Hared
Juanita Diaz
Harriet Maurstad
Dick Keithahn
Marvin Rhodes
Beth Daigler
Doris Ann Bartlett
Joan Lesher
Bonita Clark
Betty Steele
Mary Nordale
Jimmy Nordale
Milton Purness
Alaska
Albert W. Blackerby
Fred Barkley
Florence Sargeant
C. L. Robards
Phyllis Grant
B. Smith
Mae Stephenson
Californians Register and Return in Juneau News
J P Wintz of Los Angeles is registered at the Gastineau Hotel. Evelyn Ohlson, a commercial language teacher at Juneau High School, has returned from the South and is staying at the Gastineau Hotel. War bonds urged for sale.
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J. P. Wintz
Los Angeles
Gastineaus Hotel
Evelyn Ohlson
Juneau
Gas Uneau
Two Cargo Ships Sunk and Third Ablaze Near Bonin Islands
Navy Liberators sink two cargo ships and set a third afire near Chichi Jina in the Bonin Islands, with a convoy of three ships and two destroyers in the area. One Liberator is lost. Separately, Romanian troops move on Transylvania as government shifts unsettle Germany. Antonescu flees to a German sanctuary and a new democratic regime forms with Mihai and Konstantin leading Romania.
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United States Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Chichi Jina
Bonin Islands
Navy
Chester W. Nimite
Tokyo
Seventh Army Air Force
Seventh Army Air Force Liberators
Yap
Carolines
Philippines
Asor Ulith
Marshal Antonescu
Hungary
Rumania
Mihal
Konstantin
Juliu Mani
Paramushiro Is Pounded By Bombers
American bombers battered Paramushiro in the Kuriles sinking a small cargo vessel offshore and scoring direct hits on enemy storage areas at the base. Admiral Nimitz said the attack occurred Sunday with one of seven Japanese fighters downed. Antiaircraft fire was light and all American planes returned to base.
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Washington
Paramushiro
Kuriles
North Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
German Seventh Army commander Hausser wounded in Normandy
Berlin radio reported Col. Gen. Paul Hausser commander of the German Seventh Army was wounded in Normandy while fighting near the Dives River area east of Falaise and southeast of Cuen, as his force falls back toward the Lower Seine under Field Marshal von Kluge.
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London
Paul Hausser
Normandy
Berlin
Hausser
Marshal von Kluge
Palaise
Dives River
Falaise
Cuen
Funeral services for Mae Sharp Morgan set Friday morning
Funeral services for Mae Sharp Morgan will be held Friday at 9 o'clock in the Catholic Church of the Nativity with Rev. W. G. LaVasseur officiating. Interment is in the Elks' plot at Evergreen Cemetery. Pallbearers include James Mee, Naughton, Earl Hunter, Major Lovgren, Dave Ramsey, Kenyon MacLean, and James Orme. Prayers will be said at 7:30 this evening at the Charles W. Carter Mortuary chapel.
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Mae Sharp Morgan
Allied air assault pounds Germany with 2300 planes
Aug 24 United States Army Air Forces and Royal Air Force conducted a massive strike against Germany and the Czech border. About 2300 American planes attacked multiple targets while bombers and fighters supported operations near Le Havre and the Seine estuary.
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London
Germany
Cech
Royal Air Force
le Havre
Seine
U. S. Airi
Unity of Action in Peace Plan Is President's Wish
President Roosevelt told delegates at the Dumbarton Oaks Security Conference that he hopes planning for peace will mimic wartime unity and cooperation. He welcomed 42 delegates at the White House and urged success for their postwar security work plan.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dumbarton Oaks
White House
Liberation of Paris Ahead of Official Announcement
Allied forces push into Paris as large areas are held by French Forces of the Interior. De Gaulle Koenig announce capital has been liberated though fighting continues. Underground leaders say 50,000 troops and hundreds of thousands of patriots join the action amid threats of destruction by German troops.
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London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paris
DeGaulle
Koening
Ani
Koenig
Gestapo
Safe Haven Sought for Laval by Swiss, German Radio Says
New York Aug 24 German ambassador in Switzerland asked Swiss government for asylum for Pierre Laval NBC recorded Atlantik radio broadcast said Laval left Vichy and fled to Belfort on the German Swiss border. The Swiss government had not yet decided on the step.
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New York
Switzerland
Atlantik
Pierre Laval
NBC
Atlantic
Germany
Laval
Vichy
Belfort
WPB Official Charles E Wilson Resigns in Shakeup
Washington Aug. 24 The War Production Board sees a major shakeup as Executive Vice Chairman Charles E Wilson resigns amid allegations of unfair attacks from aides and Nelson The President acknowledged WPB dissension and Nelson plans a China mission adding to the restructuring of top WPB leadership with Wilson blaming Nelson's staff for reconversion pressures.
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Washington
War Production Board
Charles £. Wilson
Donald Nelson
Wilson
Nelson
WPB
China
White House
Gustavian visitor Walter Norwalk stays at Baranof Hotel
Walter Norwalk arrives from Gustavus and checks into the Baranof Hotel in Juneau. The short visit to the capital city underscores local hospitality for travelers from remote communities.
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Gustavus
Walter Norwalk
Jubeau
Baranof Hotel
Eighth Army Advances Along Upper Arno River
Allied Eighth Army forces advancing on both sides of the upper Arno River in Italy report gains against light resistance. Captured points include Mount Foresto, with minor Adriatic gains by Polish and Italian troops along the Metauro about 12 miles from the coast. Allied units in contact with strong enemy positions on the north bank.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Arno
Italy
Mt. Foresto
Adriatic
Thhe Metauro
Stock quotations and figures from New York market
Closing quotations list Alaska Juneau mine at 6 percent and several major stocks with prices such as American Can 92 4, Anaconda 26 4, Bethlehem Steel 60 percent, United States Steel 58, Dow Jones averages Industrial 147.11, 40.70 fall, Utilities 25.19. Shuster and Stone of the Seward Air Service visit town, staying at the Buranof.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
Beech Aircraft Ca
Bethlehem Steel
Curtins- Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
United States Steel
Dow, Jones
Falls
Utilities
Patch and Patton In Great Push
Allied forces surge through France toward the Swiss frontier and the German border. Maj Gen Alexander Patch's Seventh Army advances 200 miles in ten days from the Mediterranean to the Swiss line, while Maj Gen George Patton's Third Army pushes 15 miles toward Milex near Sens. Paris and Marseille reportedly fall to Allied forces as Paris may be entered by Second French Armor. The Rhine front widens as Elbeuf falls and a pocket containing Seventh and Fifteenth armies tightens, threatening German retreat. Bordeaux is reportedly captured as forces sweep toward the Atlantic.
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London
Hitler
France
Alexander Patch
French Alps
Mediterranean
Con. George
Patton
Milex
Sens
Paris
Geneva
St. Julien
Avian
St. Ginogiph
Bordeaux
Algiers
Atlantic
Lartre
Maguis
Patch
Marseille
Rhone
Salon
Arles
Lyon
Seine
Third Army
Belne
Sea
Elbeuf
von Kluger
Rouen
Manders 10 Speaks on Radio Tonight in Alaska Race
John E. Manders Republican candidate for Delegate to Congress will discuss the aboriginal rights of natives on KINY at 8 30 tonight. He returns from a trip to Sitka and plans to depart westward tomorrow. FEMMER AND FAMILY NOW JUNEAU BOUND A postcard from D B Femmer Los Angeles says he and family will be back in Juneau in September.
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John E. Manders
Congress
Kiny
Alaska
Sitka
B. Femmer
Los Angeles
Juneau
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George Patton
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Ploesti
Madrid
Versailles
Hull
Dewey
Representaive
Center
Romania
Transylvania
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Balkans
Ovinice
Hunin
Mae Morgan
al- Med
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C. E. Wilson
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