Reds Withdraw In Latvia and Warsaw Gap
Soviet forces pressed a western Latvia push as Red Army units struck toward the Vistula while 15,000 Germans in the Sandomierz salient faced encirclement. Moscow reported heavy losses for Germany and a Baltic naval sortie, with significant tank actions and German counterattacks ongoing near Jelgava and along the Gulf of Riga.
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London
Sandomierz
Warsaw
Latvia
Ivan &. Honey
Ukraine
Vistula
Moscow
Jelgave
Gulf of Riga
Berlin
Baltic
Jelgava
OPA rescinds beer price ceilings in Cleveland area
The Office of Price Administration revoked its order setting ceiling prices for beer sold for on premise consumption in Cleveland. Regional price executive A H Anderson said the move will reduce local board workload and that a rational regulation will be introduced soon. Original plan would have set dealer classifications and ceilings from 12 to 25 cents per bottle and 10 to 15 cents per glass.
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Cleveland
Eastern League Scoreboard: Elmira and Wilkes-Barre lead in extras
The scoreboard shows Elmira beating Albany 14 in 12 innings while 2 Elmira defeats Albany 77 5. Scranton edges Binghamton 5 2 and Wilkes Barre 7 4 over Otlen 10 tapings. National league results feature St Louis Boston Chicago and New York in multiple crossings with varying scores and dates.
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Albany
Elmira
Scranton
Binghamton
Wilkes-Barre & Otlen
Gtica
Wilkes Barre
Hartford
Willamsport
Williamsport i
St. Louis
Boston
Chicago
New York
Pittsburg
Brookish
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Faenspail
Philadelphia
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
St. Louas
Chico
Allen B. DuMont Delivers Commencement Address at RPI
Allen B. DuMont, radar pioneer and president of DuMont Laboratories, spoke at RPI’s Class of 1945 commencement, praising graduates who will join war work or civilian production. The ceremony featured a procession through the Sage Building and gym, with musical selections and tributes to DuMont’s inventions in electronics and radar.
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Allen B. du Mont
du Mont Laboratories
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Livingston W. Houston
Joba
Guanassium
Slam
Sage
Troy
Harold A. Wilson
Frederick Mt Sebast
Institute
Gyminasium
Burton Wdinfield
Maren
Clark
Hey
Saxmour A. Senith
Alien B. DuMont
Alien BL DuMont. Laboratories, Inc
New Jersey
Pouston
Allen “B. du Mont
Bermuda
B. DuMont Laboratories
Passaic
Cérpe
Byrd to Receive 15. Texas Electoral Votes
Fifteen of the Texas Democratic convention electors, named for May 23, will not vote for President Roosevelt. Houston elector John H. Crocker said the group will cast ballots for Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia, though he declined to name the electors publicly to avoid aiding the opposition.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Roosevelt
John H. Crocker
Harry F
Byrd
Virginia
Crocker
Rik
Nelsons China trip seen as personal blow to reconversion
Washington reports that Donald M Nelson and Maj. Gen. Patrick Hurley will be away for several months to discuss military and economic issues with Chiang Kai-shek. Democrats and Republican leaders express concern, fearing delays to civilian production resumption and WP operations. Roosevelt assigns Wilton to lead the War Production Board during Nelsons absence.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
China
Wong Rouhi
Con ‘Gressmen
War Production Board
Roosevelt
Nelson
Patrick
Hurley
Chiang Kai-shek
White House
Congress
Wherry RN
Bii Nelson
Wherry
Ferguson
Rymichl
Senate
Wer
Charles E. Wilson
Wilton
Government to Sell Cheddar Cheese Stocks
War Food Administration announced the sale of 507357 pounds of American cheddar to prevent spoilage of government stocks. The sale, based on grade certificates, invites bids by Sept. 13 and covers cheese stored in Philadelphia Erie Scranton Syracuse Albion and Toledo.
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Chicago
War Food Administration
WFA
Philadelphia
Erie
Scranton
Syracuse
Albion
Toledo
Ohio
Navy Shifts Postoffice For Christmas Rush
The Navy moves its post office from downtown to Hudson River Pier 51 to handle a Christmas mail surge. Third Naval District increases staff from 20 to 900 sailors and WAVES, estimating four times as much mail between September 15 and October 15 as the prior year for overseas packages.
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New Fork
Navy
Feet
Hudson River Pier 51
Third Naval District
Superforts Raid Japan Home Island In Two Attacks
U S Twentieth Air Force reported B 29s over Kyushu conducting two raids on the Japanese home island. Bombing targets included Yawata and Kyushu cities, with claims of fighter destruction by Japan and varying counts of Lost aircraft. Official details pending fighter reports and post mission summaries.
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Arti2an
Bed
Yawata-Kyushu
North America
U. S
Twentieth Air Force
Kyushu
Fyers
Federal
Communicatons ‘Commission
London
Gers?man Radio
Pekuoka
Moji
Yokuri
Ya Wata
Tas
Choguku
DN. B
Shikoku
Hansu
Twentieth Airforce
Japan
Yawata
Palembang
Sumatra
Nagasaki
Republic Steel Plant Blast Blasts South Side Homes
An explosion at Republic Steel near Main Street in the South End showered the area with red hot coke injuring Mrs. Mary Skupa of 11 South River Street. Police and ambulances responded as crowds gathered. officials said the furnace was being shut for a sixty day repair and not expected to keep it down longer than planned.
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Republic Steel Corp
Main Street
Mary Skupa
South River Street
Samaritan Hospital
Francis Brearton
Republic Steel
Nazis Step Up Robot Attacks On London
AP reports hours of bombardment as German forces intensified robot bombings over southern England. At least 11 killed, including Canadian soldiers. Production declines in London prompt relocation of subcontract plants, while theaters begin reopening after wartime disruptions.
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London
England
Areo
Wigre
Legion and Auxiliary Back Postwar Training
National president of the American Legion Auxiliary outlines support for universal military training after the war. In a speech prepared for delivery at a memorial service during the Nebraska American Legion Convention, she says the Legion and its auxiliary are working toward a postwar training plan.
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Omaha
Lawrence HK. Smith
Racine
Wis
American Légion Auxiliary
Nebraska Starz American Legion
Legion
Red Envoy Arrives for Peace Talks at Dumbarton Oaks
Soviet ambassador Andrei Gromyko arrived in Washington from Moscow to push for a postwar world organization. He joins U.S. Undersecretary Stellinius and British representative Cadogan in exploratory talks at Dumbarton Oaks to fuse plans for a world assembly, world court, and enforcement of peace.
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Washington
Andrei A.gromykov
Moscow
Russia
United States
Britain
China
Tan
Edward KR. Stellinius, Jr
Sir Alexander, Cadogan
Gromyka
World Assembly of Nations
Russig
Dumbarton Oaks
Georgetown
Hull
Cadogan
Gromyko
Ailo
Cotierees
Boy Impaled on Fence In Cash from Police
New York report describes a car theft eluding police in Brooklyn. The speeding vehicle overturned in Park Place, killing one boy and injuring three others as crowds watched. Police say the car was stolen and the victim was thrown from the vehicle, impaled on a fence near an underpass.
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New York
Park Place
Brooklyn
Singer with Krupa Orchestra Drowns in New York
Evelyn Ambrose, 24, once with Gene Krupa's orchestra, drowned early yesterday near Atlanta after reportedly fleeing an incident. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ambrose, reside in Dekalb County. Police report the death is under investigation.
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Atlanta
Evelyn Ambrose
Gene Krupa
New York
Jake
Dekalb County
Peilee
J. A Ambrose
Allied drive isolates Marseille as Patton nears Paris
Allied Seventh Army pushes across southern France and nears Aix en Provence. Marseille and Toulon are effectively cut off as French forces encircle Pertuis and Maquis units press German troops behind the Durance. American infantry guard crossings. ABSIE notes hundreds of thousands of Allied troops in Europe.
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Rome
Seventh Army
France
Durance
Aix-en-Provence
Marseille
Toulon
Touton
Largeta
Pertuis
Gurance
Alx
Mediterranean
Rhone
Broadesst
Europe
ABSIE
Hurricane alert as Jamaica storm threatens Caribbean
A tropical storm with sixty mile per hour winds lashed Jamaica as a hurricane warning was issued for Cuba’s south coast the Isle of Pines and the Cayman Islands. Forecasts expect it to reach full hurricane strength of 75 miles an hour within hours as it tracks west northwest toward Jamaica and away from Miami shortly after 4 pm.
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Miami
Fla
Jamaica
Federal
Cuba
Isle of Pines
Cayman Islands
National Observatory of Cuba
Kingston
Weather Bureau
Polio Cases May Be Admitted to General Wards
Washington reports the Children's Bureau of the Labor Department urged immediate hospitalization of polio cases in general hospital wards. Dr Betty Hose of the bureau noted many hospitals resist admitting infantile paralysis patients to wards when only general beds are available, though segregation may be desirable for certain cases.
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Washington
Children’s Bureau of the Labor Department
Bear
Betty Hose
Bureau
Crippled Children’s Service
Dulles Willkie Set For Postwar Policy Talks
Albany AP Gov Dewey arranged an exchange of foreign policy views between Wendell Willkie and John Foster Dulles on postwar plans. Dulles will consult with Hull and likely meet Willkie in New York before proceeding to Washington. Dewey seeks broad, nonpartisan input to inform peace-building efforts.
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Peace Aibe
John Foster Dulles
Thomas E. Dewey
State Department
Wall Street
Dulles
Albany
Wendell
L. Willkie
John Foster
Dewes
Hull
Willkie
Hoth Dewey
Persoms
Wilkie
1Ho-G. O. PL
Dewey
Mackinac Island
United States
Great Britain
Auto- Mobile
New York City
Ruhr
Waller
Germany
Iliott V. Bell
Banks
New York
Executive
Duliex
Washington
Eyes Shot Out Yank Dies a Hero in New Guinea
Anaps New Guinea August 11 Pvt George Klym of Grand Forks North Dakota, blinded and comatose, urged a medic not to help him as he begged to be shown where to shoot. Under midnight watch he repelled a Japanese banzai attack, firing with an automatic rifle until mortally wounded. His daring likely saved 20 to 25 comrades as dawn revealed over twenty enemy corpses before his foxhole.
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Anaps
New Guinea
George Kigm
Gertamn
N. D
Fank Soidier
Klym
Kirin
Didiexy
Sulieis
Stille
Aring
Atty
Kiym
Yanks Reach Seine Front as Patton’s Force Stages Breakthrough
American armored command under Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton drives east through France, reaching the Seine on both sides of Paris. German resistance tightens near the capital while units near Nantes Vernon Fontainbleau and Versailles advance toward the river, prompting reports of French city demolitions and a Paris radio silence as mapped by Allied observers.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
George S. Patton
France
Seine
Paris
Nantes
Seventh Army
Vernon
Capital
Fontainbleau
Versailles
Corbell
Méiin
Montarriz
Loire River
Allied Planes Rain Bombs on Nazi Retreat
Allied air forces pound German retreat across France in a week of heavy air warfare. American Marauders hit crossing efforts on the Seine while fighter bombers disrupt pontoon bridges and ferries. Italian-based heavies strike in Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary as main actions focus on northern France.
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London
France
Seine
Vesterdar
Italy
Steined
Szeked
Huns
Gary
Germany
Polish
Silesia
Slovakia
Hungary
Laval Reported Near Swiss Border Town
Brazzaville radio broadcast claimed Maquis forces controlled Vichy and that Gestapo agents moved from Vichy and Paris to Nancy. Reports said Laval and other Vichy officials reached Bek fort near the French Swiss border about 28 miles from Basel and another distance to Germany.
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New York
Brazzaville
Vichy
Gestald
Vicar
Paris
Nancy
Pierze
Laval
Bekfort
Basel
Switzerland
Germany
Haiti Quake Shakes Port-au-Prince Night
A mid intensity quake jolted Port au Prince on a Saturday night with underground noises reported beforehand. No injuries or damages are immediately confirmed. Local authorities urge calm as residents assess affected areas.
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Port Ac Prince
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Krupa Orchestra
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White House Mystery Quiz
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Haiti
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