Romania Breaks With Germany Citizens Free Paris After Bloody Battle
Romania announced it would quit the Axis and fight with the Allies. A Soviet dispatch said clashes occurred between retreating Romanian and German forces on the eastern front as King Mihai proclaimed Romania would cease hostilities with the Red Army and align with the Allies.
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Romania
Germany
Paris
London
Soviet Union
Great Sitain
United States
Bucharest
Moscow
Mihai
Red Army
SFO K
Britain
America
Ploesii
Balkans
Hitler
Balkan
Churchill
Italy
House of Commons
Russia
Eden
Transylvania
Hungary
Hiller
Vienna
United Nations
Bulgaria
Parvan Draganov
AXIS
Ion Antonescu
Konstantin Sangrescu
Grigore Niculescu-Buzesti
George Bratianu
Julix Maniu
Carpathian Mountains
Hitlér
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Moldavia
Carol
Stalingrad
Crimea
Sevastopol
Paris Liberation Reported. French Armistice Negotiated
A Paris liberation report describes Allied and French forces entering the city as German troops withdrew under an armistice. General Bradley and Gen. Le Clerc are cited, with American spearheads advancing toward the German border and Paris hailed as liberated after four years of Nazi rule.
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London
Paris
Omar N. Bradley
Patriots
Charles Onlingwood
Bradley
Fortaine Anninad Siant
ABC
Ycaicenage
Associated Press
Hal Boyle
Sens
Bordes
George S. Patton
Jacques le Clerc
France
Gollingwood
Horesii
Seing
Forces of the Interior
Patx
Nouth
Evreaux
Seventh
Seine
Allies drive toward Bordeaux from both sides
French authorities report Allied forces landing 800 French commandos near Hendaye and American troops reaching Libourne as they close in on Bordeaux. Frontline dispatches say German resistance centers shrink with coastal landings continuing south of Arcachon.
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Trun
Spain
Hendaye
Bordeaux
Libourne
Dordogne
Bordéaux
France
Arcachon
Arca
Labor Shortage Threatens New York Fruit Harvest
Dr. W. E. Myers warns the state faces a desperate need for 140000 temporary workers for the August 33 to October 10 peak period. Volunteers drawn from vacationists students and out-of-state migrants will fill roles in western New York and the Hudson Valley as fruit output rises about 40 percent from last year with 18000000 bushels of apples and large peach pear and grape crops awaiting harvest.
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Ithaca
New York
W. E. Myers
State College of Agriculture
Sisalabie
Myers
Hudson Valley
Labor group endorses Roosevelt for a fourth term
The A F of L and the New York State Federation of Labor endorsed Franklin D Roosevelt for a fourth term in a convention vote. Delegates struck a passage labeling Governor Dewey as an enemy of labor and approved the candidacy resolution yesterday afternoon.
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Syracuse
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York State Federation of Labor
Thomas B. Dewey
Eastern scoreboard chaos with postponed games listed
A scrambled scoreboard notes postponements in the Eastern division with Albany, Williamsport, Harttor, Scranton and Binghamton affected. National shows St Louis defeating Chicago 11 to 1 while American and other games are postponed or unclear due to rain.
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Jaalbany
Wideoiwort
Williamsport
St Albany
Elinira
Harttor
U S Seizes Strike Bound Coal Mines
President Roosevelt ordered the seizure of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co properties to end a strike that began June 29, leaving about 4000 anthracite miners idle. Undersecretary Ralph E. Taggart was named operating manager, with work to resume next morning.
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Shenandoah
Philadelphia
Reading Coal and Iron Co
Roosevelt
Abe Fortas
Ickes
Shenandoah General Mine Board
United Mine Workers
Taggart
Wartime veterans urge three million peacetime army
The Veterans of Foreign Wars national encampment urged a peacetime army of at least three million with up-to-date equipment to deter aggression. They said the nation was unprepared for World War II and argued for priority in military discharges based on length and type of service, favoring combat veterans and those who saw the longest service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United States
Lsd
Marseille and Grenoble Fall To 7th Army
American forces swept inland from the Mediterranean and captured Grenoble as Marseille fell to the Seventh Army. French troops closed in on Toulon while Maj. Gen. Alexander M. Patch’s forces pushed toward northern France.
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Reme Cps
Marseille
France
Awitt
Mediterranean
Grenoble
Eisenhower
Paris
Marnei
Alexander M. Patch
Forthern
Toulon
Alexander M. Patch, Jr
Senate
General Patch
Seventh Army
Red Armies Deepen Drive Into Romania and Poland
Soviet forces surged into Romania advancing up to sixty miles into German defended zones and seizing Vaslui and the Ploesti area. The Ukrainian armies pushed toward Bucharest while Marshal Konev’s group captured Bebica near Krakow as German counterattacks faltered with losses.
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Romania
Vaslui
Ploesti
Tighina
Cetatea-Alba
Dnestr
Bucharest
Ivan I. Konev
Poland
Bebica
Hrakow
Tarnow
Warsaw
Praga
Brownell Dodges Dewey Overseas Camp Talk
Republican National Committee chairman Herbert Brownell declined to say whether Gov. Thomas E. Dewey would travel overseas or visit Army camps during the presidential campaign. He noted that party leaders are weighing the possible voter mood and plan coordination of senatorial and congressional campaigns with the national drive. He refused to announce any new dates beyond those already published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Brownell
Veterans Cemeteries Seen as Business Threat on Heels of Bureaucracy
Buffalo lawyer Thomas L Raskin representing the Association of American Cemetery Superintendents warned delegates at the ten and tenth annual convention that pending bills to create new national veterans cemeteries within 100 miles of large cities would turn private burial grounds into state controlled enterprises. He said such measures amount to paternalistic regimentation violating personal rights beyond life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Thomas L Raskin
Kenmore, & Trustes
Association of American Cemetery Superintendents, Inc
Britain Bombing Tragedy Kills 54 at Lancashire School
A U S bomber crashed into a church school in Freckleton Lancashire, killing 54 people including 35 children under five and injuring many others. Rescue teams battled flames as crews searched for victims amid a chaotic scene across the street where a snack bar housed soldiers and civilians.
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London
Hurch
Lancashire
Freckleton
Britain
U. S. Strategic Air Force
Aaterf
Box Car Falls on Worker in Derailment Wreck
A welder named Harry Armbruster, 33, of Waverly, was killed when a box car dropped from its jacks pinning him during wreckage clearance after a freight derailment. Another man was injured. The Dele 46 of 67 cars derailed near Beth station on the Lackawanna and Western line. Conductor Christopher Dutt, 31, of HiGnira died of a heart attack shortly after the wreck.
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Bath Cpr
Harry Armbruster
Waverly
Lackawanna
Western Railroad
Beth Station
Itew
Christopher Dutt
HiGnira
Nazi Armies Race Toward Fatherland
Allied dispatch describes American armored spearheads marching across central France toward the German frontier. U S forces seize Evreux and advance near the Seine, with Patton’s Third Army pushing toward Corbeil and Melun while Paris is liberated by French patriots.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Paris
Reich
Harold Borle
Associated Press
Seng
Berlin
Sens
Seine River
Seventh Army
Evreux
Seine
Elbeuf
Georges Patton
Third
Corjbeil
Melun
Nazi ‘Transocean Agency
B.S
Reuters
Versailles
Bulgarian Peace Bid Receives Cold Reception Abroad
British sources report Sofia’s bid to exit the war before German collapse met a cool response from Allied and German officials. Evidence suggests Britain Russia and the United States warned Bulgaria it is too late for peace bargaining and that surrender terms include expelling Germans and withdrawing troops from non Bulgarian areas.
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London
Bulgaria
Germany
Heilligerente
Amn
Iragandy
Sofia
Tian
Balgarian
Brizin
United States
Hitler
Foreign Office
Drazarov
Britain
Russia
Bulgevig
Bltjer
Gretee
Yugoslavia
Petain Urges Unity With Liberators in France Letter
The letter from Henri Petain to the French people calls for unity around leaders who can guarantee France a rebirth. He says there is only one France, the France of ancestors, and urges readers to unite for honor, order, and renovation.
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London
Henri Petain
France
Ophe
Ito
House Group Kills Federal Jobless Pay
The 2nd Means Committee fought postwar spending by striking a section that would have provided federal unemployment compensation for 3,500,000 government employees. The panel also cut back retraining and reemployment plans for war workers, leaving only a single major provision in the Senate bill to create an office of war mobilization and oversee contract terminations and surplus property disposal.
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Washington
2Nd Means Committee
Senate
Eariier
Shumls
Ways and Meats Committee
House
Aft
Dawn Robot Raid Strikes Southern England in Dawn Attack
German forces launch a dawn operation against southern England, dropping flying bombs as RAF defenses intensify. Despite early casualties, Britain reports improved anti aircraft actions later in the day and prepares an evacuation plan for 800 expectant mothers weekly from London as authorities seek to limit casualties.
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London
England
Britain
Seveas
Ministry of Health
Highway Hazard Closes Route. Irritated Workwear Sparks Stoppage
A garbled report notes a highway construction worker in Harrisburg Oregon allegedly caused a traffic jam by exposing a swimsuit on a hot day. The State Highway Commission sent a rep to probe why Pacific traffic was disrupted.
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Arrisburg
Fagman
Jana
Rom
Nissior
Pacific
Alghiay
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Marshal Ion Antonescu
Konstantin Sanatescu
Minai
Antonescu
Konstantin, Sanatescu
U.S
A.F. of L
Sk Louis
U. S
Marseille and
7Th Army
Veterans
Petain
House Group
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