Paris Liberated as German Commanders Order Cease Fire
Paris radios report the city’s liberation after American and French troops entered the capital. The surrender terms from the German commander include ceasing fire, delivering mobile depots, and evacuating Wehrmacht personnel. Brig. Gen. Jacques LeClerc presented the document at Paris headquarters.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Lleue la Cite
Radio Diffusion de la Nation Francaise
Federal Communications ‘Commission
Arras
le Clercs
Wehrmacht
LeClerc
Jacques LeClerc
Arma
Interior
Congress Faces Battle Over Food Subsidies and Parity
Washington reports a new congressional clash over food subsidies and farm price ceilings as the administration seeks additional funds to sustain war food production. War Food Administrator Marvin Jones told committees that up to 2 billion dollars per year may be needed over the next two to three years to maintain prices at Congress prescribed levels. The dispute centers on price control extension act provisions and bills to stop selling government owned farm products below parity.
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Washington
Congress
Marvin Jones
Eastern League scoreboard messy game results
Scattered scores show Albany beat Williamsport 3 1 Wilkes Barre defeated Scranton 6 3 Ofica 5 Hartford 6 Elmira 3 and more. American League results include New York Washington 11 innings and Philadelphia Boston games with various scores.
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Eastern
Albany
Williamsport
Binghamton
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
Ofica
Hartford
Elmira
Eimirs
Tational
New York
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Chicago
Louis
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Boston
American
Washington
Retroit
St. Luuis
Cleveland
Romania Declares War After Bucharest Bombing
Romania declares war on Germany following Luftwaffe raids on Bucharest. King Mihai’s government says Romanians seized the capital from Germans and that German forces and their air and ground units faced stiff resistance from Royal Romanian Guards. German losses and prisoner counts are cited.
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London
Romania
Germany
Bucharest
Mihai
Bucha
Balkan
Federal Communications Commission
Baneasa
Urde
Romanta
Morale Upset as Garbled Orders Hit Burma Marauders
General Merrill reported the Burma Marauders suffered morale problems after misquoted orders delayed reinforcements from Stilwell. Some convalescents were sent to Myitkyina and others to Myitkying, but no one in combat. The uproar lasted about a week and then eased.
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Washington
Frank D. Merrill
Burma
Myitkina
Joseph W. Stilwell
Myit‘kying
Merrill
Coebat
Wallace Plans Informal Report On New England Trip
Vice President Henry A. Wallace said he would make an informal report to President Roosevelt on his current trip to New England. In Maine he spoke with workers officials businessmen and labor leaders about postwar plans and conditions with responses ranging from optimism to concerns about business closures. The itinerary included Portland Lewiston Augusta Waterville and Biddeford as he toured a traditionally Republican state.
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Wallace
New England
Portland
Gpi
Henry A. Wallace Lnstaight
Roosevelt
Maine
Lewiston
Augusta
Waterville
Biddeford
Nazis Bolster Defenses On Siegfried Line
Radio report claims more than 100000 foreign laborers toil under Nazi overseers at night and day to strengthen the Siegfried Line and West Wall facing France ahead of Allied advances. Local ads mention clubs and grocers in the area.
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Madrid
Efert
Siegfried Line
West Wall
France
Rubber Chief Accuses Nelson of Sniping in War Board Row
Washington reports a sharp clash as Rubber Director Dewey accuses WPB head Nelson of typical Washington sniping over the rubber program. Nelson defends the completion claim while WPB sources note acting chairman J A Krug received broad authority to run the agency.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelsson
China
igGll
Charles ©. Wilson
Bradley M. Dewey
WPB
Dewey
Nelton
Senate War Investigating Committee
Senate
Nelson
Rudolph Halley
Army
J. A. Krug
Japs to Allow U. S. Prisoners $10 Monthly
The Japanese government will provide about $10 a month relief to each American prisoner of war in the Philippines and to captured American merchant seamen. The Swiss relay funds through Japanese military channels under an agreement announced by the State Department. Similar aid has been sent to interned civilians and may extend to others in the Netherlands East Indies and elsewhere.
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Washington
Philippines
State Department
Tokyo
Départment
Sweden Reports Von Kluge Killed
Sweden reports Field Marshal Guenther von Kluge was killed according to Dagens Nyheter citing German information. Details were not confirmed by Axis or Allied sources. Von Kluge, 61, commanded German armies on the western front since July 6, succeeding von Rundstedt.
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Mockholt
Guenther von Kluge
Dagens Nyheter
Germany
van Kinge
Karl Rudolph von Riundstedt
American Bombers Force Landings in Sweden
Five American bombers and two fighters forced to land in southern Sweden yesterday. One bomber caught fire on landing while six crews were reported safe.
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Stockholm
Sweden
U S Troops Take Cannes and Advance Near Italy
American troops pushed east from the Riviera beachhead in southern France and captured Cannes and Antibes. Forces neared the Italian frontier with Nice in artillery range and expectations of its fall. Allied columns advanced toward the Rhone Valley as German retreats moved toward Lyon. Continued on page nine.
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Rome
Riviera
France
Cannes
Antibes
Nice
Gennardi Eisenhower
Rhone
Artes
Tarascon
Ebane
Lyon
Italy
Presidential Chat Sparks Army Broadcast Clash
The War Department reversed a decision to grant the Socialist Party overseas radio time after ruling President Roosevelt's Bremerton address was not political. Acting War Secretary Joan J. McCloy said the original grant was overruled, citing Public Law 277 and the soldier vote rules. Col. Robert Cutler and War Ballot Commission handled the earlier approval.
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Washington
War Department
Socialist Party
Roosevelt
Bremerton
Wash
Joan J. McCloy
McCloy
Amy
War Departmentbureau of
Robert Cutler
Secretary For Wars
United States War Ballot Commission
Thomas Charges Speech Monopoly
Denver candidate Norman Thomas denounces the War Department ban on a Socialist broadcast to overseas forces, saying troops abroad will hear mainly the President’s voice. He cites the Bremerton ruling that Roosevelt’s address was non political and says the Commander-in-Chief as war authority influences such rulings.
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Denver GC
Norman Thomas
War Department
War Departments
Roosevelt
Ad Bremerton
Wash
Romanian Surrender Still Murky to Allied Officials
Washington reports U S and Allied officials believe Romania's radio surrender likely to succeed but remain uncertain as key details are opaque. Officials say no official word yet from Bucharest on leaving the war and Russian authorities have not received confirmation either.
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Washington
Romania
Willkie Prefers Roosevelt Conference After Election
Willkie, in New York, confirmed Roosevelt’s invitation to a conference but said he would prefer to wait until after the election. He noted he would meet if the President wished sooner, though he aims to keep talks nonpartisan and not tied to the campaign.
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Willkie
Roosevelt
Washington
Wendell Willkie
New York
White House
G.O. P
Wilkie
United States
Duit
Jon
Foster Dulles
Thomas E. Dewer
Dulles
Woman's Body Found on Museum Grounds in New York
The unidentified woman, about 35, described as blonde, was found dead beneath a clump of trees on the American Museum of Natural History grounds. Medical examiner lists the case as homicide with strangulation as the cause. Found near the Hayden Planetarium, the site yielded a bead bag bearing cenin, red ration tokens, cigarettes, makeup, and undergarments.
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New York
The
American
Museum of Natural History
Ben-* Jamance
Delonde
Hayden ‘Planetarium
War Thins Eggshells in Wartime Food Shortages
Reports from Kansas City dealers say wartime scarcities weaken eggshells as hens receive cal Lelum grit in feed. Egg producers note shells crack easier, threatening output during the shortage.
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Kansas City
Reds Reach Galati Gap Defense Line
Russian forces push toward Bucharest linking Second and Third Ukrainian armies under Malinovsky Tolbukhin. Moscow claims 100 900 killed and 105 000 captured with 559 towns taken as Galati Gap defenses fall near the Danube and Carpathians.
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London
Romania
Orile
Galati
Danube River
Carpathian Mountains
Moscow
Chisinau
Bessarzina
Ukraine
Rodion ¥. Malinovsky
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Bucharest
Berlin
Tecuci
Ploesti
Malinovsky
Puiia
Siret
Danube
Barlas
Most French War Leaders Reported Alive
Jules Sauerwein, a French newspaperman, claimed several prewar leaders were alive. He cited Edouard Herriot in a cottage near Nancy, Georges Mandel killed in Paris, and Lebrun free after arrest. Other figures mentioned included Boncour, Bonnet, Le Siam, Reynaud, and Francois Poncet in German custody.
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Lisbon
Jules Sauerwein
Paris
Edouard Herriot
Chamber of Deputies
Aglassia
Sauerwein
France
Herriot
Georges Mandel
Nancy
Chalons sur-Marne
Maxime Wergand
Tyrol
Albert F. Lebrun
Joseph Paul Boncour
Georges Bonnet
Washington
Foreign Affairs and Justice
Avenue Foch
Leon Siam
Germany
Paul Reynaud
Andre Francois- Poncet
Rome
Romania to Cede Land and Pay Reds 600 Millions
Charles Davila, former Romanian minister to the United States, said Romania would surrender Bukovina to Russia and pay $600,000 as terms. He stated this during a press conference, noting Russia regards Bukovina as part of its territory.
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Romania
Reds
New York
Charles Davila
United States
Fromania
Ais Bukovina
Russia
Fearsome British flamethrower roars into World War II action
The article details a new British flamethrower nicknamed crocodile mounted on a Churchill tank. Described as the world's most powerful flame device, it hurls jet-fire up to 450 feet, can bend around corners, and aims to burn through Atlantic Wall strongpoints to save infantry lives. It was first used to disable a coastal battery at Dieppe and evolved from Kent beach experiments and captured enemy tech.
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Washington
Hugh
Normandy
Atlantic Wall
Vaann
Kent
Tanks Enter Troves Nazis Quit Seine
Allied armored push with Patton’s forces racing toward the Rhine closes in on German positions south of the Seine. Units link with Canadian and French forces as pockets of resistance shrink, while divisions advance toward Troyes and the Chaumont region with the Rhine and Rhineland looming ahead.
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Troves
Seine
Amera
Rhine
Jones
George S Patton
France
Troyes
Saar
Ward
Strasbourg
Belfort Gap
Rhineland
Marne
Mies
Chaumont
John J. Persning
Paris
4Hauie Hine
Somme
Japanese Open New Offensive in South China
The Japanese launched a new northward drive from Luichow Peninsula opposite Hainan Island as heavy fighting rages with heavy losses on both sides. Unclear if this is a mop up operation or a broader thrust toward Lucaow in Kwangsi. Capture of Luichow would threaten air bases and neutralize Kweilin, the Kwangsi provincial capital.
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Luichow Peninsula
South China
Bainan Island
Kwangsi Province
Lucaow
Hunan-Hwangsi
Kwangsi-Kweichow
Luchow
Kweilin
Kwangsi
Top Nazi Ace Has Bag of 301 Planes
German radio reported Lieut. Col. Ernes tania credited with 301 aerial victories on the Russian front. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with diamonds by the high command.
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London
Ernestania
Igh
Fer
Thuredar
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