Reds Reach East Prussia Frontier in Historic Breakthrough
Red Army forces under Gen. Ivan Cherniakhovsky crossed into East Prussia along the Szeszuppe River after a brutal advance through Lithuania. Moscow reports say they battered fortified German defenses and repelled counterattacks as reserves from Himmler's forces were deployed in the frontier region.
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London
Szeszuppe
Lithuania
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Moscow
Red Army
Heinrich Himmler
Bulgarian Premier vows peace move to end nation’s entanglement
Premier Ivan Baghatov urged parliament and the nation to pursue peace and remove obstacles to the people’s will for peace. He criticized past Bulgarian governments and warned occupation forces in Greece and Yugoslavia should not cause new suffering. He called for patience as Bulgaria faces economic chaos and must avoid large scale conflict.
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Ivan Baghatov
Federal Communications Commission
Greece
Yugoslavia
Toj Bayé
Bulgaria
168th Circus Fire Victim Dies
The July 6 Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus fire claimed its 168th victim when Clara Goulke age 16 of West Hartford died of burns at St Francis Hospital. She was the fourth family member to die from the fire.
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Hartford, Conn
Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus
Clara Goulke
West Hartford
St. Francis’ Hospital
Eastern scoreboard notes clear but flawed game details
The Eastern section shows postponed games Albany at Binghamton and Hartford at Etica with scattered, misread scores and team notes. National results include Louis over New York seven to six and Philadelphia paths with disputed innings, while several other scores and calls appear garbled.
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Albany
Binghamton
Iain Hartford
Etica
Tain
Witkes-Barre
Elmira
National
Louis
New York
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Pitttiergh
Dewey Opens Campaign Next Month in Philadelphia and Louisville
President nominee Thomas Dewey will deliver major speeches in Philadelphia September 7 and Louisville September 8 as part of an early campaign push. A possible pre Philadelphia address may occur, with Bricker opening in Indiana. The Philadelphia talk will be broadcast nationally and the Louisville speech alongside a women’s club conference.
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Albany
Thomas Dewey
National Administration
Washington
Philadelphia
Louisville
James C. Hagerty
Dewey
Paul Lockwood
Pennsylvania
Republican State Committee
Harvey Taylor
Wendell L. Willkie
Hagerty
John
Bombers Attack Bonin Islands Seaplane Base
U S Pacific Fleet aircraft attacked Chichi Jima and nearby Maug Mang islands in the Bonin chain less than 600 miles from Tokyo. Seaplane bases and enemy positions were targeted in a fresh neutralization campaign as Jaug island was bombed for the first time.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Chichi Jima
Japan
Bonin Island
Tokyo
Jaug Island
Maug
Thilet North
Saipan
Mang
Marianas
Britain and U S Will Aid Hungarian Jews
The State Department said the United States and Great Britain accepted Hungary's offer to release Jews. Anglo American authorities will arrange care for Hungarian Jews who travel to neutral or United Nations territory. The announcement, issued jointly with Britain, noted the Red Cross had forwarded the offer.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Great Britain
United Nations
London
International Committee of the Red Cross
United Kingdom
Government Deluged With Bids for Jeeps
Washington AP reports Chairman Carter Manasco of the House Expenditures committee faces a flood of bids to buy surplus war goods. The panel oversees disposal of surplus material and has received letters from seafaring buyers seeking Jeeps and related items.
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Washington
Carter Manasco
D+Als
House Expenditures Committee
Manasco
Seatomers
PT Monte
Roosevelt vows occupation of Axis nations after surrender
President Roosevelt returns from a Pacific tour and declares Allied troops will occupy Germany and Japan regardless of surrender timing. He dismisses 1918 failures, plans campaign talks with running mate Truman, meets Hull and Marshall, and travels 21 states on the cross-continental train. He will brief Congressional leaders but not file a formal report.
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CPI
R Rooseveltt
Germany
Japan
White
Pearl Harbor
Adak
Aleutian Islands
Hull
Tat Ha
George C. Marshall
Army
Len Harry. Truman
Missouri
Roosevelt
Jmp
Congress
Associated Press
The
United Press
International News Serve
Vichyites Seek Haven In Berlin
London reports last night that most Vichy ministers fled to Berlin leaving 5 000 mobile guards in doubtfully loyal positions. Allied forces and French resistance move to destroy German Vichy defenses, derail trains, isolate pockets along the Swiss border, and target Axis sympathizers on black lists. Brig Gen Joseph Koenig says French forces of the interior attack German convoys with heavy losses to enemy materiel.
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London
Swise
Berlin
Laval-Petain
France
Swiss
der Bund Bern
Switzerland
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Henri Petain
Joseph Koenig
Interior
Ramspeck to Steer Democratic Speakers
Robert Ramspeck of Georgia is named director of the speakers bureau for the coming campaign by DNC chair Robert E. Hanagan. Ramspeck has served in Congress since 1929, winning an unexpired term and continuing in the post.
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New York
Troops Push Thirty Miles Into France
American Seventh Army drives inland in southern France reaching Draguignan and La Napoule near Cannes as they push more than thirty miles from the beachheads. Allied forces storm inland through coastal towns and seize road centers while advancing toward northern France.
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Rome
France
Seventh Army
Maritime Alps
la Napoule
Cannes
Draguignan
St. Raphael
Toulon
U S Strategy In France No Stroke Of Luck
UPI reports the Allied invasion plan to push the Seine front advanced by General Eisenhower and staff relied on field commanders in execution. Patton Bradley Montgomery and Patton directed the assault wave while adapting prewar plotting to front conditions, with decisive American grit securing the north western France breakthrough.
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Supreme Headquarters
UPI
Third Army
Seine
France
Dwight D. Hisen- Rower
Eisenhower
Bernard J. Montgomery
Omar N. Bradley
George S. Patton, Jr
Patton
Bailie
Prices Fixed on New Electric Irons
The Office of Price Administration stated that eighty one percent of the 2,037,838 electric irons produced this year will retail from 5.30 to 7.60 dollars, reflecting March 1922 prices. Most of the 1,768,958 irons in the moderate range are automatic models costing 7.0 to 3.73 dollars.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Brigadier General James E. Wharton Killed in France
The Army reports Brig Gen James E Wharton was killed in action in France on August 12 He had served as assistant commander of the Eightieth Infantry Division at Camp Forest Tennessee before being sent overseas in October
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Washington
James E. Wharton
Ation
France
Wharton
Eightieth Infantire
Camp Forest
Tenn
Insi
Hull Invites Dewey to Confer on Peace Plans
Secretary of State Hull said a world security organization may be formed this fall if nations agree. He offered to meet Gov. Thomas E. Dewey free from partisanship to discuss peace plans and kept peace out of U.S. politics while reaffirming consulting with both small and large nations.
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Hull
United Nations
Thomas E. Dewey
Polio Cases Reach Record High in 28 Years
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reports 3 992 polio cases through August 3, the highest first 31 weeks in 28 years. States with epidemics include New York North Carolina Kentucky Pennsylvania and Virginia.
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New York LH
National Foundation For
United States
U. S. Public Service
Foundation
New York
North Carolina
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Virginia
India Cleared of Last Jap Troops
Final Japanese holdouts from the Lord Division in Southeast Asia have been eliminated as the Allied forces complete the repulse of the invasion of India. The 15th Army’s operations, begun in March, ended with the last stragglers captured or neutralized in the theater around Ceylon and Indian command regions.
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India
Southeast Asia
Handy
Ceylon
Ticdin
15Th Army
Allies Invade Albania Report From Ankara Broadcast
Turkish radio claimed Allied forces landed at Durazzo Albania but the report lacked Allied confirmation. Durazzo is Albania's main port near Tirana, with guerilla activity linked to Yugoslav partisan groups. US War and Navy departments said they had no comment.
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London
Ankara
Duranzo
Albania
B.5.c
Bulgaria
Durazzo
Tirana
Adriatic
Brindisi
Bari
Italy
Marshal Tito
Washington
United States War and Navy Departments
Fatal Shooting Tragedy Ends Four Lives in Reading
In Reading Pennsylvania a hunting trip accident turned deadly when 29 year old Clyde Portner shot his housekeeper's baby daughter and then killed his two young sons before killing himself. Police were summoned after Portner's parents found the bodies. The father claimed the gun discharged accidentally while he was returning it to the car and could offer no other explanation.
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Reading
Clydé G. Portner
West Wromisging
MarguetHe McDermott
Mary Elizabeth, McDermott
Terrance Alana Robert C. Portner
Twins Celebrate Ninety at Omre Wisconsin
Two elderly siblings Mrs Anna Mate vel and Mrs Annie Parker celebrate their ninety years today in Omre Wisconsin. The pair are among the state's oldest twins and marked with family gatherings and local cheers.
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Omre
Wis
Anna, Matevel
Annie Parker
Na- Hoa
French Patriots Guide Yanks Through Mine Fields on Riviera
Bands of French patriots aided American forces on Aug 15 near Ste. Maxime and St Tropez, guiding troops through mine fields and pointing out pillboxes. They attacked German troops from the rear, freed prisoners, and helped secure an assembly point for assaults on a German citadel. Villagers endured shelling as the invasion progressed.
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Riviera
Doughty
France
Ste. Maxime Jeader
Watt
St. Tropek
Bila
Fulbright questions Dewey on postwar security plan
Representative Fulbright criticizes Governor Dewey's postwar security plan. He says Dewey supports close military cooperation among major powers but opposes a permanent four power alliance. Fulbright argues small nations must be protected yet cannot have equal voices in United States plans for peace and security.
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Washington CP
Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate
Arkansas
Dewey
Ahderra
Honduras
United States
Great Britain
Russia
China
Fourteen Overcome In Army Depot Fire
Fourteen people overcome by smoke in an Army Engineers Depot fire yesterday. An open warehouse stored many machines at the depot, described as the largest in the country. Captain B. F. L. Goodall, depot administrative offices, valued the machinery at thousands of dollars.
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Mane Machiners
B. FL Goodall
Chinese Army Hits North and South of Yarigize River
The Chinese army opened a fresh operation north and south of the Yarigize River near Tungling Lake in central China, the high command announced yesterday.
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Chungking
Tungling Lake
China
Ormimand
Nazis Admit Normandy Battle Lost to Allies
Allied and German reports show Patton’s forces closing on Paris as German defense collapses. German front lines retreat under heavy Allied pressure with transit by barges and ferries planned for escape routes while Paris and Dreux drew German counterthrusts in a wide spear.
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London
Paris
Berlin
Normandy
George S. Patton
Seine River
Seventh
Max Krull
Correspon Bent
DNS
Dreux
Dunkerque
London Press Today
Ettler
Patton
Surplus Property Bill Passes House
The House backed administration plans to dispose of surplus war property and rejected rivals to align disposal with a seven member board and terms with the President. A bipartisan group pressed unemployment benefits for civilians and veterans as part of broader reconversion to peacetime economy. A task meeting was planned before Ways and Means reports.
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House
Roosevelt
cNort
Celier D-Ny
Ways and
Rail Rates Cut for Discharged Soldiers
Washington announces a special railroad rate for discharged service men and women. They will receive one and one fourth cents per mile from their release post to destinations in the United States and Canada. The rate becomes effective September 2.
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United States
Canada
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