Allies Break German Lines Across Eupen and Moselle Fronts
American First Army penetrated into Germany beyond Eupen driving about six miles into Nazi territory with limited resistance. Third Army established new bridgeheads over the Moselle while French forces advanced near Nancy and Pont-a-Mousson. British and Canadian troops captured Le Havre as Eisenhower warns inhabitants to evacuate border regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
First Army
Hitler
Reich
Eupen
Germany
Trier
Luxembourg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ruhr
Rhineland
France
Moselle
Nancy
Pont-a-Mousson
le Havre
Aachen
Siegfried Line
Russians Drive Advances Over 40 Miles Toward Budapest
Soviet forces break toward Budapest from Transylvania with Deva and Cluj among key gains. Malinovsky's Second Ukranian Army nears Cluj while Romanian and Hungarian actions unfold. Berlin reports a repelled Danube thrust as Lomza battle continues near East Prussia.
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London
U.P
Budapest
Transylvania
Moscow
Hungary
Adolf Hitler
Red Army
Transylvanian Alps
Vienna
Reich
Deva
Brasov
Berlin
Danube
Iron Gate
Turnu-Severin
Lomza
Germany
Enemy Bases Are Again Bombed
American heavy bombers and fighters destroyed 105 enemy planes in a raid on six German synthetic oil plants costing 43 Fortresses and Liberators and 17 fighters. RAF bombers hit additional oil plants in the Ruhr while U S based forces attacked Ulm and Lechfeld and Allach near Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Ernest Agnew
Reich
U. S
Ruhr
Ruhland
Bohlen
Magdeburg
Brux
Hemmingstadt
Misburg
Friedrichstadt
Kiel
Bulgarian King and Queen Mother Flee to Syria
Budapest radio quoted Ankara reports that the young King Simeon of Bulgaria and the queen mother have fled through Turkey to Syria, indicating a royal flight amid unrest.
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London
Budapest
Ankara
Simeon
Bulgaria
Turkey
Syria
German POW escapes from Dead Mountain camp near Fort Collins
The Denver office of the FBI announced Tuesday night that a German prisoner of war escaped from a camp at Dead Mountain, located 65 miles northwest of Fort Collins.
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Denver
Dead Mountain
Fort Collins
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Roosevelt and Churchill Plot Destruction of Japan at Quebec
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, with military experts, focused on crushing Japan. They conducted private talks and then met with Army Navy and Air chiefs at Quebec to draft action plans. The Pacific campaign appears advanced with intensified air assaults on the Philippines. Formosa and eastern China may follow.
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Quebec
Roosevelt
Churchill
Quebec War Council
Japan
Pacific Theater
Central Pacific
Philippines
Formosa
China
Legislation for Veterans Urged at DAV Convention
Senator Pepper D. Fla urged veterans legislation at the Disabled American Veterans convention. He proposed a $20 boost in total disability compensation, broader education aid, dependents' assistance, and a 10 percent minimum disability rating. Pensions for totally disabled World War II veterans would rise from $115 to $135 monthly. He urged family support be added to the pension law.
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den’ ER
Pepper D.fla
Pepper
Battleships and Cruisers Join in Fight
American battleships and cruisers joined carrier planes in a double-barreled attack on Palau in the western Carolines. Halsey’s Third Fleet, fresh from the Philippines, struck Palau with carrier aircraft while surface ships shelled Babekthuap Peleliu and Angaur. Helldivers Wildcats and Avengers dropped 120 tons of bombs on enemy positions. a small cargo vessel near Palau was sunk. Seventh Air Force Liberators hit Truk with 72 tons of bombs. B-24s faced light AA fire and damaged several interceptors.
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Frank Tremaine
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Pearl Harbor
U.P
Palau
Carolines
Adm
William F. Halsey
Third Fleet
Philippines
Hellcats
Avengers
Davao
Babekthuap
Peleliu
Angaur Islands
Halsey
Mindanao
Navy
Truk
Atoll
202-Ton Raid Is Made on Islands
Allied bombers struck in force against islands near the Philippines in a record 202 ton raid on Celebes and attacks on Palau Talaud Halmahera and East Indies islands. Five Japanese vessels were sunk or damaged and the Menado airdrome on Celebes was heavily damaged. Palau was hit by night patrols. Talaud lies within 100 miles of the Philippines.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
U.S
Philippines
Celebes Island
Palau
Talaud
Halmahera
East Indies Islands
Douglas MacArthur
Celebes
Ceram
Menado
MacArthur
Ngesebus
Talaud Islands
Mindanao
Austrian Prince Franz Josef von Hohenlohe Joins U S Army
Franz Josef von Hohenlohe, son of Princess Stephanie von Hohenlohe of Hungary, has been inducted into the United States Army, according to his Palo Alto draft board. He arrived in this country last winter and was granted complete freedom by the Justice Department despite his mother being detained as an enemy alien.
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ARMY
Palo Alto
Calif
Franz Josef von Hohenlohe
Stephanie von Hohenlohe
Hungary
United States Army
Franz
Justice Department
Hillman Fouls the Nest of America’s Organized Labor
Dayton editorial attacks Sidney Hillman head of the CIO PAC and its leadership calling PAC Hillman’s brainchild and labeling him America’s top disruptor. Breidenbach, Ohio labor official, writes in The Labor Union that Hillman’s activities foul the nest of organized labor. Continued on Page 3.
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Hillman
America
Organized
Dayton
Ohio
Sidney Hillman
Tion
Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council
PAC
Breidenbach
Butte Postwar Outlook Reveals Bright Economic Tide
Butte Chamber of Commerce surveys estimate 16,401 jobs after the war and $67,948,000 in total retail sales across Butte’s trade area. Residents plan large purchases including furniture appliances, cars, and home improvements with significant bank balances and war bond holdings.
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Butte
Silver Bow County
Lewis Appeals for Defeat of Roosevelt
John L. Lewis opened the United Mine Workers convention in Cincinnati urging members to vote against the Roosevelt administration. He accused Roosevelt of mistreating coal miners and warned of renewed wage talks next April, while offering no clear call for Dewey endorsement.
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Cincinnati
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers’ Convention
Thomas E. Dewey
Fettle
Agriculturists and Veterans to Confer With Dewey
Montana livestock and agricultural leaders and War Veterans’ organizations will meet Governor Thomas E. Dewey in Billings on Friday. Ashton Jones of the state Republican central committee said participants were chosen from farm and veteran groups. Labor leaders in Montana will also select their conference committee. Ora J. Armstrong of Kalispell will head the veterans’ conference as past commander of the Montana American Legion and chair of the Republican veterans committee.
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Billings
Montana
War Veterans’ Organizations
Thomas E. Dewey
Helena
Ashton Jones
Montana Republican Central Committee
Dewey
Jones
Veterans’ Conference
Ora J. Armstrong
Kalispell
Postwar plans outlined for nation and Butte
More than 350 Butte residents heard national and local postwar plans at a chamber dinner in the Hotel Finlen. Fred Sperling of St Paul presented national prospects while A. J. Knievel Ward Fanning and William Meyer outlined local aims, with a dramatic stage setting titled Butte Sitting on Top of the World.
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Butte
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Silver Bow Ball
Hotel
Finlen
Fred Sperling
St. Paul
St. Paul Association of Commerce
A. J. Knievel
Chamber
Ward Fanning
Consumers Survey Committee
William Meyer
Hank Scovil
Montana Power Company
Russell Lane
Butte Survey Projects Postwar Jobs and Spending
A Butte Chamber of Commerce survey finds 16 401 available jobs and total spending of 19 731 713 by consumers and firms for modernization. The report, presented at a Finlen hotel dinner by Ward Fanning, covers consumer spending of 16 170 343 and business outlays of 3 561 370, signaling growth for the mining city after the war.
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Butte
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Finlen Hotel
Ward Fanning
Chamber of Commerce Consumers’ Survey Committee
United States
Committee On Economic Development
Paul Hoffman
Studebaker Corporation
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Balloting Light in Colorado Contest
In Colorado only 26 candidates won automatic nomination as voters filed into a notably light election. Reports described turnout as incredibly light with polls closing after a predicted total near 80 000 ballots statewide.
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Colorado
Denver
British Army in Italy Stalled in Gothic Line Positions
Allied patrols penetrate Gothic Line areas north of Florence amid moderate German opposition while the Eighth Army stalls south of Rimini on the Adriatic front. American troops reach Barberino and Scarperia, as Kesselring faces a split strategic choice between defending the Gothic Line or withdrawing to regroup for a Reich flight.
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Rome
United States
Fifth Army
Florence
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Rimini
Barberino
Appennines
Scarperia
Albert Kesselring
Gothic Line
Reich
Nazis Ground to Bits as Allies Drive in France
Twenty thousand trapped Germans from the Nineteenth army are being ground to bits as the American Seventh and Third armies advance from the Belfort gap westward. Seventh army makes rapid gains west of Belfort while Vesoul and Gray areas report Allied progress north of the Saone. Substantial enemy forces remain west of Dijon with mopping up near Autun. transfer of Seventh army to Eisenhower’s command looms ahead of a unified assault on Germany.
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Rome
Belfort Gap
Alexander
Seventh Army
Belfort
Vesoul
Port-Sur-Laone
Gray
Saone River
Dijon
St. Seine L'Abbaye
Val-Luzon
Couritivron
Orville
Champlitte
France
Patch
George S. Patton
Germany
Autun
Mersault
Sir Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cabbage Shipping Ceilings Lifted By OPA
The Office of Price Administration suspended all cabbage shipping ceilings through September 30 to offset weather losses. New ceilings are to be set September 30. The suspension enables cabbage from high producing areas to reach shortage regions.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Pro Roosevelts Control Texas Convention After Test Vote
Texas pro Roosevelt Democrats won a key test vote 799 to 769 seating a Dallas county delegation favoring their cause. They then elected Robert W Calvert as temporary chairman and moved to appoint a committee on presidential electors to back Roosevelt and Truman.
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Dallas
Texas
Roosevelt
Truman
Executive Committee
Robert W. Calvert
Hillsboro
House of Representatives
Mark McGee
Fort Worth
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
National Party
Austin
Chicago
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