Paris Bombed as German Raid Strikes City
German planes bombed Paris just before midnight with fires lighting the sky and a 110 dead and 719 injured. Paris radio said the city would resume work and recalled strikers, while communications and mail service were to be restored in liberated areas. Eisenhower toured the capital with Patton and other leaders, amid shattered plate glass and frightened crowds.
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Paris
Upy
London
Charles de Gaule
Iself
Orly
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Capitol
Paria
Arc de Triompre
Patton
Lisat
Omar N. E Bredhey
U. S
12Th Army Group
Joseph Pierre Koenig
Twenty-Five Nazi Commanders Lost in Western France
British headquarters in France reports heavy losses among German command staff since D-Day. Twenty-five generals and officers have been killed wounded captured replaced or disappeared in western France since June 6, with announcements made late yesterday.
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France
Sports Scoreboard Roundup From Eastern and National Leagues
The scoreboard lists results across leagues and games with teams like Albany Hartford Binghamton Utica Williamsport Eisnira Scranton Wilkes-Barre New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Boston St Louis Chicago Detroit Cleveland and St Louis in various outcomes. Several games note extra innings postponements and delays due to darkness reflecting a busy schedule.
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Hartford
Albany
Harford
Binghamton
Utica
Williamsport
Eisnira
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
National
New York
Brooklyn
Brodkhima
Philadelphia
Boston
Innshes
Fitteburg
St Louis
Pittstate
St. Louis
Chicago
York
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
Battle for Marseille Rages Anew
The battle for Marseille resumes as German forces fall back to prepared waterfront defenses along the harbor. French troops attack Notre Dame De La Gard hill and artillery positions near St Charles station, with German lines described as well stocked for a long resistance. A round hit near the Seventh Army headquarters but no casualties were reported.
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Marseille
France
Motit
Notre Dame de la Gard
Artiery
St Charles
St Charles Station
Seventh Army
Versailles Palace Faces Neglect Amid Postwar Repairs
Versailles France once a symbol of 1919 peace now shows neglect though gardens are overgrown yet intact. The palace suffered damp damage to historic rooms including Marie Antoinette’s reception room after four years of wartime disruption.
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Versailles
France
Versailles Palace
Hitler
Marie Antoinette
Teacher Faults Regents Physics Test As Unfair
Watkins Glen science head Timims terms the Regents physics exam unfair after all students at the high school reportedly failed. He notes 100 percent failure and cites last week’s tests conducted at the Watkins Glen High School with eight students from Elmira Corning Greece Wayland and Watkins Glen taking the examination.
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Watkins Glen UP
Clerence J.timims
Watkins Glen High School
Nofair
Semmer
Timms
Elmira
Corning
Gdessz
Wayland
Watkins Glen
Swiss Pass Wounded Germans Pass Through Switzerland
German Trans Ocean news agency reported Swiss authorities were partulizing the movement of severely wounded Germans from the Italian front through Switzerland to Germany in a broadcast dispatched yesterday.
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London
Deepitultraing
Switzerland
Germany
Snipers Halt DeGaulle Victory March in Paris
Paris endured a terror as gunfire disrupted General Charles DeGaulle’s victory parade. Spectators were killed and wounded while crowds fled toward shelters. DeGaulle escaped harm as the parade route from the Arc de Triomphe to Notre Dame erupted in rifle and machinegun fire.
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Paris
Charles DeGaulle
Four Mile
Dogens
DeGaulle
Arc de Triomphe
Hotel de Villa
Notre Dame Cathedral
Interior
Americans May Fight Japs In South China
Berlin reported Tokyo sources indicating American aid to Japanese forces would test in southwest China. A DNB commentator claimed U S divisions were stationed at Kiweilin and could join the Hunan front, with Chinese forces shifting to Henan and Yunnan provinces. No Allied confirmation available.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Tokyo
China
Son
D.N B
Pacific
Kiweilin
Kwangsi Province
Hunan Province
DNB
Hunan
Canton-Hanken
Henan Province
Chungking
Yunnan
Burma
Germans Resume Robot Bombings Over London and South England
German raids continue with robot bombs striking London and southern England. Attacks occurred after midnight and at dawn, causing damage and casualties. Anti aircraft fire and fighter planes responded, with some bombs penetrating and flattening houses and commercial buildings in the business district.
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London
England
OPA Maintains Butter at 16 Points Despite 20 Point Listing
The Office of Price Administration announced that butter point values will stay at 16 points in September though a prior listing had shown 20 points. Retailers will be notified and a pasted slip will cover the 20 point figure for creamery butter as printed.
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OPA
Washington
UPI
Office of Price Administration
Russians Pour Across Ploesti as Marne Fronts Open
An avalanche of Russian tanks and motorized infantry surged into the Ploesti oil region of Romania, driving through the Galati Gap and overrunning German defenses. Bucharest reports Romanian troops defecting to the Allies and blocking Carpathian passes as Berlin concedes a precarious German position amid the Ploesti disaster.
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Romania
Galati
Danube
Carpathians
Hungary
Stalingrad
Focgani
Ramnicul-Sarat
Focsani
Bucharest
Plonsti Oi
Thesylvania
Berlin
Moscow
Hungary Urges Ousting Nazi Troops Amid Front Turmoil
London based Free Hungarian Council calls on all Hungarians to overthrow their government and turn against the Germans as Budapest faces renewed pressure. CBS quotes underground Hungary stations urging the army to expel Germans. Moscow says Germans rush workers to Hungary borders amid Transylvania tensions. Romania vows to regain Transylvania and to drive Germans from its soil to protect oil and wheat wealth.
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London
UPI
Balkan
Hungary
Rughng Defense
Bulgaria
Romania
Transylvania
Free Hungarian Council
CBS
London Radio
Moscow
Germany
Mihai
Bucharest
Wife of Soldier Delivers Quadruplets in Gainesville
Mrs Charles Lee, wife of an Army private stationed at Camp Blanding, gave birth to four boys at Hall County Hospital in Gainesville, all reportedly healthy. The mother also has a three year old daughter. The newborns weighed about three pounds each and were placed in incubators for protection with a fourth incubator prepared.
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Gainesville
Camp Blanding
Fla
Hall County Hospital
Charles ©. Lee
Lees
Roser
Lee Rogers
H Hospital
George Rarelas
Lee
Onondaga Indians Stage Green Corn Dance
Chiefs of Iroquois tribes join Onondaga Indians in their annual green corn dance at the preservation. After a tribal longhouse program giving thanks for a bountiful harvest, the outdoor dances drew several hundred white visitors.
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Syracuse
Task Force Strikes Again At Sumatra
Allied air raid targets Sumatra near Padang and Indareng cement plant as heavy bombs hit vessels, port facilities, coal yards, and rail yards. Planes attacked Pa dang port Emmahaven airfield and Padang. one plane shot down with few enemy interceptors. Rear Admiral Clement Moody led the operation with minimal AA resistance.
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Cevrion
Javans
Padang
Butiatia
Guich
Pavite
Europe
Japan
Indareeng
Ocupi
Emmahaven
Pa-dang
Clement Moody
Army Grants Equal Radio Time to All Parties
The Army announced a policy of equal time on overseas troop broadcasts for five political parties from early September to November 17. Each party including Democratic Prohibition Republican Socialist and Socialist Labor will receive a set period weekly. If a party does not use its time, other parties’ rights are unaffected. Republican chairman Herbert Brownell Jr. said he would wait to see if the ruling stands.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Revertomb
R-W. WV
Herbert Brownell, Jr
New York
Volcano Islands Bombed by American Liberators
Adm. Chester Nimitz reported a 32 ton bombing of Japan's Iwo Sima in the Volcano Islands by American Liberators. The raid faced intense antiaircraft fire and fighter opposition. Several Liberators were damaged but all returned. Japanese defenses remain strong.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Volcano Islands
Adm
Chester Ass Nimitz
Atttack
Tat
Yidardf
Seventh Airforce
Sifil
Marianas
Tokyo
Ces
Ivot
Navy to Commission Coney Island Hotel for Convalescent Use
The Navy will commission a Jestery building hotel at Coney Island as a convalescent facility on Wednesday. It will have 800 rooms to accommodate patients and feature a private beach, a large auditorium, sun deck, library, and glassed-in lounge.
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New York
Hell Moon
Coney Island
Naval Convalescent Hospital
Navy
Troy Marine Killed In Action In Pacific
Pte. Charles Decetise 27 Marine Corps veteran of Saipan and Tarawa was killed in action in the Pacific. He had served about two years and spent 11 months overseas in the Pacific. Son of Mrs Rose Decetse of 673 River Street he worked at Adirondack Foundries before joining the Marines. Survivors include his mother four sisters and two brothers. The last word to his wife dated July 23 was sent from Saipan. No details were provided by the Marine Corps.'
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Marine Corps
Saipan
Tarawa
Pacific
Joan Hapgood
Sixth Avenue
Decetise
Rose Decetse
River Street
Adirondack Foundries and Steel
Marines
Margaret Pape
Eugene Cantanucci
Felix
Champutd
Thomas. Covatla
Ralph A. Deretise
Navy
John Deretise
10Th Infantry
Beautiful Woman Sought as Clue in Museum Death
New York police pursue a lead in the murder of a well-dressed woman found near the America Majesty of National History. Detectors report a single laceration to the throat and a discolored eye after the body was dumped in bushes. A man named Melville G. Newmark appeals for two unidentified women seen with his wife near the Clifton Hotel days earlier. Observers describe the dead woman’s companion as beautiful and attractive.
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New York
Sizyer
Pheilis Nesmark
Melville G. Newmark
America Majesty of National
West Side
Clifton Hotel
West Wath Street
Swedish Report Hints Finnish Peace Move
The Stockholm paper Svenske Dagblade reported that Finland’s President Mannerheim and close circles knew whether a peace treaty with Russia had been reached. It said a decisive step was taken recently and Finland neared significant developments. Finland appeared to arrange supplies from other nations, likely Sweden, with materials provided via Germany.
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Tockholm Gi
Stockholm Paber Svenske Dagblade
Finland
Mannerheim
Russia
Sweden
Germany
Nazis Leaving En Masse in South France
Allied forces chase through southern France as German units retreat toward remaining strongholds around Toulon Marseille and along the Rhone. About 20,000 Germans abandoned Bordeaux and surrendered near the Spanish border while French and American units push to seal routes and keep German withdrawals hidden.
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Rome
France
Rhone
Srisorere
Towlon
Toulon
Marseille
Lyon
U. S. Armory
Paris
Reich
Interior
FFL 1
Herfaye
Spanish
Berder
Bordeaux
Nazis Retreat In North Italy From Metauro River
Allied forces report a wide Metauro River bridgehead seized after German withdrawals along the eastern Italian front. Polish and Eighth Army troops crossed the Metauro under heavy fire, establishing a bridgehead extending six and a half miles inland from Borgo Lucrezia toward Mantefelcing.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Metauro
Harold Alexander
Eighth Anas
Adriatic
Arno
Florence
Nine G. O. P. Governors Stump for Dewey Campaign
Nine Republican governors will participate in a series of radio addresses and preside over forthcoming campaign speeches for the party's presidential nominees. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will speak in Philadelphia on Sept. 7 and Louisville on Sept. 8. Gov. John W. Bricker opens his campaign in French Lick Ind. Sept. 3. The radio tour, described by Brownell as an impressive example of Republican teamwork, starts tomorrow night with Earl Warren of California Dwight H. Green of Illinois and Raymond E. Baldwin of Connecticut speaking on a 15-minute program from their state capitals.
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New York
Herbert Brownell
Thomas E. Dewey
Philadelphia
Louisville
John W. Bricker
French Lick
Ind
Brownell
Repubican
Earl Warren
California
Dwight H. Green
Winds
Raymond E. Baldwin
Connecticut
Chinese General Executed for Loss of Changsha
Official report states General Chang Teh-seng commanding China's Fourth Army was executed August 28 for dereliction of duty during Changsha defense. Convicted by court martial for letting a commanding hill fall to the Japanese, leading to the enemy capture of the city.
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Chungking
Chang ‘Teh-seng
China
Fourth Army
Changsha
Stan Coats
Nazis Chased From Seine River Pocket
Allied forces drive a broad advance from the Seine toward Paris and beyond. US spearheads crossed the Marne at Vitry while British and Canadian armies seized four Seine bridgeheads. German pockets eliminated. Le Havre and Rouen threatened. Paris left largely cleared as Eisenhower visits.
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Tars
Troyes
Belgium
Paris
Meath
Min
Reich
Algiers
Marne
Vitry
Verdun
Favis
Traves
Pech
Mansis
Provins
Seine
Bonilly
Vernon
Ohi
Bestivals
Mantes
Dwight Eisenhower
Second Army
First Army
Lower
le Havre
Rouen
la Havre
Melis
Yan Nangis
Pecy
Supreme Headquarters
Buffalo to Delay School Openings
Buffalo Health Commissioner Francie E. Fronczak planned to issue an order delaying the reopening of Buffalo public, parochial and private schools for September 3 due to an infantile paralysis epidemic. The order, to be issued after meetings with education and health boards, would keep children from congregating and remain in effect at least until October 2 unless the spread is checked, excluding colleges within the city.
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Buffalo Up—Health
Citr
U S Planes Trigger Air Alert in Manchuria
A Domei broadcast says two American planes over Anshan in southern Manchuria yesterday were engaged by antiaircraft fire and dropped bombs. Tokyo radio later reported three heavy bombers came from China, indicating a larger strike.
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Anshan
Tar
China
Tokyo
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