Russians Attacking Khales With Planes and Tanks Near Virbales
Russian forces battle on three fronts near East Prussia and Masurian Lake country with tanks and air support. Troops under Gen. Ivan Chernia kovsky press toward the frontier, threatening Insterburg and Konigsberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
East Prussia
Lyck
Carpathian
Krosno
Czechoslovakia
Tarnow
Krakow
Poland
Vistula River
Lake
Pskov
Peipus
Ossow
Warsaw
Wloscow
Vistula
Sandominerz
Silesia
Moscow
37 Cent Drop In Tax Rate Is Prospect
City and county officials report a proposed property tax rate of 4.5746 per dollar of valuation for residents inside the city and School District No. 1, down 37 cents from 1943 44. The rate, to be set by the board of supervisors and city council, breaks down to 1.8438 for the city 2.4482 for the school district 25 cents for the state and 0.0326 for the teachers retirement fund. Outside city limits the rate is 2.7308 per 100 valuation, including district 1 state and retirement levies.
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Board of Supervi
Tucson
J. D. Manders
French Patriots Free Towns and Trap Germans
French patriots liberated new sections of Haute Savoie and seized 14 towns across France while trapping about 1,500 Nazis in Paimpol Brittany harbor. Maquis occupied Evian and Thonon and surrounded Annecy. Bourg Saint Maurice garrison reportedly annihilated. 10 towns in Brittany fell to resistance forces.
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London
Haute-Savoie
France
Paimpol
Brittany
Chan
Bern
Evian
Thonon
St. Gingolphe
Lake
Anne
Bourg-St. Maurice
Supreme Headquarters
Germany's High Commander Visited Finland for Conference
Reports from Stockholm claim Reich Marshal Wilhelm Keitel supreme commander of German forces is in Finland for an important conference with Baron Marshal Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, newly named president of Finland.
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Stockholm
Recco
Third Army Advances Toward Rhine Front From Brest
Supreme Headquarters reports Lt. Gen. Patton's Third Army has advanced halfway from Brest to the Rhine border, about 270 miles to Chartres and 270 miles to the upper Rhine. Patton's forces drove west from Normandy through Brittany toward Brest and pushed east toward Paris.
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Brest
Rhine
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
George
Patton
Third
Germany
Chartres
Upper Rhine
Normandy
Brittany
Paris
Allied bombers strike at Halmahera and Truk in Pacific raids
Allied air forces from three theaters joined in attacks over the Philippines area. Australia New Guinea bombers hit Halmahera and Davao while central Pacific planes struck Truk and Ponape with numerous ships. China based planes bombed the Pescadores and Mako naval base as Davao's wharves faced another raid. All Allied bombers returned.
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Southwest Pacific
Philippines
Australia-New Guinea
Halmahera
Mindanao
Davao
Central Pacific
Truk Atoll
Carolines
Ponape
Wotje
Maloelap
Mili
Marshalls
Nauru Island
Pescadores
Pescadores Islands
Formosa
China Coast
Mako Naval Base
Takao Harbor
Boeroe Island
Allies Will Occupy Japan, Reich: FDR
President Roosevelt returned to Washington from a Pacific war trip to declare Allied forces will occupy Germany and Japan even if resistance collapses short of borders. He spoke aboard the train, noted tight proximity to Japan, and planned talks with military leaders and Hull. He discussed Churchill meetings and German internal strain, hinting at new Allied moves.
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Howard Flieger
Washington
Roosevelt
Pacific
Germany
Japan
France
Hawaii
Aleutians
Hull
Congress
Harry Truman
Missouri
Associated Press
United Press
International News Service
Seattle
Wash
Churchill
Great Britain
German Tanks In Florence Suburbs Again
German tank units returned to northern Florence, killing civilians and Carabinieri and spreading a terror that worsened food and water shortages. Civilians forage for food as Allied officials struggle to supply across the Arno. The 351st Infantry, under Col. Arthur S. Champeny, helped drive Germans from Garigliano to the Arno, with San Romano taken on July 25.
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Rome
Florence
Mugnone Canal
Arno
Eighth Army
Carabinieri
Empoli
Pontassieve
5Th Army
351St
Arthur S. Champeny
Wellington
Kan
Garigliano
San Romano
Allied forces strike 50 mile front in southern France
Allied troops widen a 50 mile coastal front across southern France capturing St Raphael and Frejus. American and French invasion forces linked beachheads, controlled several seaports, and liberated about 500 square miles as vanguards neared Toulon and Cannes.
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Eleanor Packard
Rome
U.P
France
St. Raphael
Frejus
Ste. Maxime
St. Tropez
le Levandou
Lorgues
le Lavandou
Collobrieres
le Duc
Toulon
Rivie
Cannes
Berlin
Nice
St. Maxime
le Muy
Luc
Lorque
Dramont
Tie Harbor
Riviera
Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean
GOP Parley Seeks Small Nation Participation in Peace
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey declares the GOP opposes a permanent four power world ruling council and urges broader participation by smaller nations in postwar peace and security decisions. Brownell says he has taken action on the matter as the party questions the Roosevelt plan for a four power guiding group.
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Albany
N. Y
Republican Party
Thomas E. Dewey
Washington
New York
Great Britain
Dewey
Roosevelt
United States
Russia
China
Brownell
Herbert Brownell, Jr
New York City
Paris Declared Front Line City By German Radio
Berlin said Paris is a front line city with approaching American guns heard at 4 p m. The report described chaos in Paris with food, transport, and police in short supply. Gendarmes strike, churches crowded, Notre Dame prayers, and an appeal for calm amid acute food shortage.
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London
Paris
Notre Dame
Transocean
Berlin
No Skullduggery Will Let Axis Escape Just Deserts
War analyst notes Roosevelt will occupy Germany and Japan after surrender to prevent a repeat of past softness. He argues occupation secures peace and discourages future aggression, citing Manchuria Ethiopia and Austria. He links appeasement to Nazi propaganda for a compromise peace and calls for a thorough Allied house cleaning.
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Axis
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Germany
Japan
Manchuria
Ethiopia
Austria
Americans threaten Paris as drive nears city gates
Allied forces push toward Paris with tanks and infantry reaching suburbs 22 miles from the capital. Reports claim Berlin may abandon Paris without a fight while Chartres Dreux and Orleans fall to American columns.
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Virgil Pinkley
AEF
Paris
Atlantic
Versailles
United Press
Henry T. Gorrell
Aunay
Auneau
U. S. First Army
Gorrell
Dreux
Chartres
Eure
Loire
Chateaudun
St. Calais
Orleans
Tours
Bordeaux
France
Robert C. Miller
Miller
Normandy
Falaise
Seine
Yankee Patrols Reach Paris Area From Chartres
American troops occupy Chartres Dreux Orleans and Chateaudun and push toward Paris from Chartres with light resistance. U S third army under Patton claimed about 100000 Germans knocked out including 11000 killed 41300 captured and 47500 wounded. Paris area air battles report strongest German opposition in weeks with eleven German planes destroyed.
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Orleans
Loire River
Paris
Chateaudun
Dreux
Chartres
U. S. Third Army
George S. Patton, Jr
Hull says Dewey fears about security talks unfounded
Secretary of State Cordell Hull dismissed Gov. Thomas E. Dewey’s worries that the forthcoming four power talks would permanently coerce nations. Hull cited the Moscow declaration and Connally resolution, noting no plan for a military alliance exists and Dumbarton Oaks aims to discuss a general international organization.
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Washington
U.P
Cordell Hull
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Hull
United States
Senate
Dumbarton Oaks
All United Hull
Two Arizona Marines Die and Two Wounded in Action
The Navy reports two more Arizona Marines killed and two wounded. Killed are Corp. James L. Bennett of Phoenix and Pvt. Rex F. Crandall of Litchfield Park. Wounded are Pvt. Reuben Curley of Winslow area and Pvt. Juan D. Sandoval of Phoenix.
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Washington
Navy Department
Arizona
James L. Bennett
Ruth E. Bennett
Phoenix
Pfe
Rex F. Crandall
Floyd O. Crandall
Litchfield Park
Reuben Curley
Winslow
Nellie Dixon
Leupp
Juan D. Sandoval
Juana D. Sandoval
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U. S
Eds
Khales
Finland
Ring of
Isles
Truk
Marianas
Yap Island
By James E. Roper
South
Noland Norgaard
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
GOP
By Jack Bell
Spain
Europe
Marseille- Nice
Italy
St. Arnoult
Chartres-Paris
George S. Patton
Aunay River
Edward D. Ball
Ising
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