Germans Flee For Siegfried Line As Red Army Parades
Soviet troops roll into Bucharest and reach the Bulgarian frontier after a thirty mile advance from Ploesti. Gen Rodion Malinovsky leads forces through Romania’s capital in a victory parade with Moscow cannons marking the defeat of German forces.
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Red Army
Bucharest
London
Hungary
Germany
Black Sea
Constanta
Second Ukraine
Rodion ¥.Mablfievsky
Odessa
Paris
Ploesti
Greatet
Predeal
Transylvania
Moscow
Romakia
Vi¢torei
Romania
Russia
Romidhcians
Faz ‘Ark
Stalingrad
Montgomery Promoted to Field Marshal
London reports Gen. Sir Bernard L Montgomery is promoted to field marshal by King George. The move follows General Eisenhower naming Lieut. Gen. Omar N. Bradley to equal field commander status. The two appointments carry no implied field precedence. other supernumerary field marshals include Stoots, Wevill, Dill, Brooke, and Lord Gort.
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UPI
Bernard L
Montgomery
Matty
Britain
Naifin
Bistber
King George
Eisenhower
Omar N. Bradley
Wottrces
Bradley
Ian Christiaan Stoots
Archibald P. Weveil
John Dill
Alan Francis Brooke
Lord Gort
Knights of Columbus protest campaign ads object to venereal disease ads
New Haven Connecticut United States Catholic fraternal group the Knights of Columbus issued a statement objecting to a proposed advertising campaign promoting venereal disease awareness. They described the campaign as a perversion of patriotism and morally dangerous, noting it is sponsored by the Advertising Council with agencies including the Public Health Service and Office of War Information.
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Office’ of War ‘Information
Scoreboard snippet shows varied team scores and misreads
Fragmentary scoreboard list includes Eastern Seraditon Albany Atles Witches Barre Hartford Binghamtor Williamsport Xatiks American pace New York Washington Detroit St Louis with inconsistent spellings and unclear outcomes.
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Averican
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Detroit
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Newsman claims U.S. on wrong side of war in Finland talk
Donald Day, longtime Tribune correspondent, disclosed from Berlin that America backs Bolshevism and Roosevelt’s war aims. He urged support for Finland, calling it an obstacle to Roosevelt and Stalin, and said the U.S. government had changed. Day said he was discharged after refusing to return home as Finland entered the war.
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Donald Day
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Berlin
FCC
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Serlin
Finland
Sports Ten
Roosevelt
Stalin
Bialin
Lithuania
Poland
Latvia
J. Prespont Morgan
Chicago
Tribune
Strike Closes Buffalo Plant Making Artillery Shells
Buffalo plant of American Car and Foundry Co. halted operations yesterday after about 800 workers walked out. The strike shut down production of large artillery shells for the Army and Navy, with union officials unavailable for comment.
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Buffalo
American Car and Foundry Company
Army
Navy
United Steel Workers
Duchess of Windsor Recovers After Appendectomy at Roosevelt
New York reports Dr Joe Clemmon of Roosevelt Hospital says the Duchess of Windsor is entirely comfortable after an appendectomy performed yesterday morning. The Duke departed the hospital yesterday escorted by police and staff, saying the Duchess is doing very well with no special treatment beyond standard care.
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Joe Clemmong
Roosevelt Hospital
Duchess of Windsor
Oonm Qaid
Shea
Weldorf Astoria
Seventh Army closes on Lyon as forces push from Rhone
Allied Seventh Army reported nearing Lyon after heavy fighting in the Rhone Valley. American columns moved toward the great French city while German resistance tightened, with pockets along the Rhone and Drome collapsing.
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Lyon
Mediterranean
Rhone Valley
Alexander M. Patch
Nice
Riviera
Livron
Sid Feder
Associated Press
Belfort
Dwight D. Hisenhower
Paris
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France
Rhone
Seventh
Allies Bomb St Malo Isle as German defenses hinder port
Allied air forces struck St Malo and Cezembre with heavy bombers and Marauders, targeting German batteries and fuel dumps along the Brittany coast. Night raids by Mosquitos and daylight attacks on Frankfort and rail corridors continued, while G and M bombers hit Cezembre again and Halifaxes swept the islet, with no Marauders lost.
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Charmel
St. Malo Harbor
Brittany
Germany
Frankfort
Cezembre Island
St. Malo
Naat
Russia blasts Bulgaria over neutrality and wartime role
Moscow accuses Sofia of deception in declaring neutrality and urges Bulgaria to join the war against Germany with speed. Russian media says Bulgaria aided Hitler by an agreement with Berlin to withdraw troops and munitions, warning Moscow will not accept continued neutrality.
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Moscow
Russia
Bulgaria
Sofia
Germany
Red Star
U S Planes Hit Jap Destroyer and Shipping in Pacific Raid
General Headquarters reported Catalina flying boats damaged or sunk three Japanese destroyers and four merchant ships in a Southwest Pacific raid. In Celebes the loss list included two tankers and two freighters with other Nipponese vessels sunk or damaged. An August raid near Manado potentially sank a light cruiser among eight vessels hit.
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Southwest Pacific
Celebdes
Célebes
Celebes
Manado
War Anniversary Shows Nazis Strained By Defeats
On the eve of Germanys sixth war anniversary Col Gen Heinz Guderian warned the nation that even bars will be sent to last ditch frontlines. Goebbels ordered theaters closed and air raid services controlled by the Nazi party to bolster morale as German newspapers lament the war’s length and failures.
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London
Germany
Goebpels
Hitler
Nazi Party
Goebbels
Voelkischer Beobdachter
Eisenhower Expects Allied Victory Over Germany by 1944
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, bronze and smiling, voiced confidence that victory over Germany could come in 1944. He cited a map behind him showing Allied advances toward Belgium and the German border, and said Germany could be defeated by 1944 if all fought their duty. He blamed the Siegfried Line’s fortifications on German defensive stubbornness and warned the Reich could fall only with strong leadership and determined effort.
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Giuneral
Eisenhower
Germany
Belgium
Algier
England
Reich
Higenhower
von Bluge
France
Seine
Locusts Ravage Crops in Chungking and Shansi
Swarms of locusts devastate fields across Chungking and Shansi. Authorities appealed to the Chungking government yesterday for emergency funds to combat the Te Hevea famine and protect remaining harvests.
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Chungking
Shansi
Wodehouse Broadcasts From German Internment Camps
Paris dispatch reports P. G. Wodehouse, detained in German camps after capture in France, planned short wave broadcasts to share humorous anecdotes about life in internment. He described episodes such as washing one’s clothes and noted the Gestapo arranged Berlin lodging.
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Paris
Kez
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Berlin
Gestapo
Robots May Come From Lowlands
London reports indicate bombs possibly launched from low countries were dropped on London and southern England as Nazi propaganda claimed mobility in a bid to offset Allied gains in France. Bombardments yesterday came from northern sites in France or Belgium, with Holland possible, while dispatches noted dozens of launch sites already captured and hundreds more expected between Le Havre and the Somme.
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England
France
Channel
Belgium
Holland
le Havre
Somme
Peace Table Chair for John L. Lewis Urged
Shenandoah Pennsylvania readers report a proposal from the Mine Walkers of América to select US SLWL President John G. Lewis to represent Jabor at a peace conference. The group cites avoiding conflict by giving Jaber a voice in postwar decisions, as voiced during a two day biannual session.
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John L. Lewis
Shenandoah
Goering Kin Killed in Normandy Aerial Dogfight
A New York report claims Helmut Goering nephew of Hermann Goering was killed in an aerial duel over Normandy. Propaganda outlets allege this is his fifth nephew lost in the current war.
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New York
Rane Droacces & Transocean
Helmut Goering
U S Tanks 55 Miles From Reich Near Sedan Meuse Crossing
Allied reports say American armored units crossed the Meuse River near Sedan and Charleville as they push toward the Siegfried Line. German forces retreat in disarray toward Germany while Hodges and Patton lead rapid advances into Picardy, Amiens captured from German defenders.
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Ardennes Forest
Sedan
Siegfried Line
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Meusé
France
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Ysnk
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Germany
Eisenhower says northern France victory costly for Germans
Washington reports General Eisenhower calls the northern France action a great victory and cites German losses at about 400000 with two armies decisively beaten and allied air losses of about 3000 planes. Patterson provides totals for Army and Navy casualties through late August, noting ongoing heavy combat across theaters.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
War Department
Normandy
Pearl Harbor
Eisenhower
Robert P. Pattertom
Patterson
Government Seizes Closed Coal Mines in Western Pennsylvania
The Roosevelt administration, at War Labor Board request, seized ten coal mines in western Pennsylvania amid a UMW strike halting 2,000 workers. The Interior Department ordered Pittsburg Coal Co in Indiana and Ford Collieries Co in Curtisville to seize eight and two mines respectively, with 3200 workers affected. Mines to reopen Monday with all workers expected to return.
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United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
Interior Department
Pittsburg Coal Co
Indiana
Ford Collieries Co
Curtisville
Solid Fuels
OPA Standards Chief Resigns In Protest
The director of the standards division of the Office of Price Administration Harry D. Robinson resigned yesterday citing a lack of action on his recommendations to protect the public from substandard clothing and consumer goods. He said Congress opposes price controls and policies hinder enforcement.
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Price Acttation
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Road to Berlin Front Movements Reported From Several Fronts
Allied forces push across multiple fronts with advances toward Corbie Rouen Buchy Le Havre and Dieppe while German resistance appears to collapse. Canadian units drive toward the Cherbourg region as American troops sweep northeast with Sedan within reach according to field reports.
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Buzbomb
Rouen
Buchy
Dieppe
le Havre
Supreme Headquarters
Sedan
Poles Reach Gothic Line Capture Pesaro on Adriatic coast
Allied reports say Polish troops with British help stormed the Adriatic stronghold of Pesaro, an outpost of the Gothic Line, and crossed the Foglia River along a 16 mile front. Nazi counterattacks were repulsed with heavy losses as the Polish corps pressed their foothold.
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Two Chinese Die in Sing Sing Chair
Two Chinese immigrants were executed at Sing Sing Prison last night, dying within moments of each other. The men were Wei Wun 72 and Yun Tien Li 24, inmates linked to the January New York jewelry robbery case.
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