Lend-Lease to Continue Until Unconditional Surrender
President Roosevelt told Congress lend-lease aid should continue until the unconditional surrender of both Japan and Germany. The quarterly report through June 30 values lend-lease at 28.27 billion dollars, with further figures on consigned and reverse lend-lease. The President stressed unity and continued aid to ensure overwhelming Allied power and a durable peace.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Japan
Germany
United Nations
Lendhease
Berlin
Tokyo
National Association of Manufacturers
State Department
United States
Enemas Treatment of Italy Patriots Severe Enemas
In Rome on August 23 the eighth army uncovers an order from Col Hofman demanding immediate shooting of anyone aiding partisans. The officer vows harsher measures and says civilians arrested in reprisals will be sent to concentration camps and gas labor camps. Moor activity minimal. Poles push enemy from the Metauro river region.
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Rome
Italy
Eighth Army
von Hofman
Metauro
Adriatic
Parisians Play Key Role in Paris Liberation
General Pierre Koenig records that on August 19 the Paris liberation uprising by 50,000 armed patriots and illicit police actions led to the Paris police prefecture seizure and the bastion defense at the He de La Cite. By August 22 German forces were beaten and public buildings captured as Vichy officials were arrested and the mayor fled.
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London
Pierre Koenig
Paris
National Council of Resistance
Paris Committee of Liberation
Provisional Government of the Republic
He de la Cite
Vichy
Reds Prepare Knockout Blow For Romanians
The Bucharest radio announced a royal proclamation accepting a Russian peace offer. Stalin said two Soviet armies advancing toward the Galati Gap captured Vaslui Tighina and Akkerman as Germany faced a strategic setback.
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Reds
New York
Bucharest
Federal Communications Commission
London
Galati
Ploesti
Vaslui
Tighina
Akkerman
Josef Stalin
Moscow
Soviet Offense Advances Toward Bucharest Gate
Soviet 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian armies push 43 miles in three days across Bessarabia and Moldavian plains, seizing Iasi and 350 localities, isolating Chisinau and Tichina. Combat losses exceed 37,000 Germans. The drive may mark the final phase of a summer campaign as forces press toward the Baltic and Balkans.
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Moscow
U.P
Romania
Germany
Bessarabian
Moldovain
Galati
Bucharest
Polesti
Iasi
Chisinau
Bessarabia
Tichina
Baltic
Balkans
Gulf of Finland
Black Sea
Fall Of Paris Due To Timely Strategy Ruse
London reports a timed maneuver misled German forces guarding Paris. French troops, aided by American columns, exploited a narrow eastern gap, prompting a retreat of the bulk of the garrison and the city’s unassisted liberation. General Pierre Koenig assessed the German threat as waning by Saturday.
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Paris
Bruce W. Munn
London
Pierre Koenig
Bipartisan Security Talks as Hull Dulles Meet
Secretary of State Cordell Hull and John Foster Dulles meet to map postwar world security with Republican input from Vermont's Austin and Michigan's Vandenberg. They discuss authority for small nations and use of force, aiming to harmonize Dumbarton Oaks plans with GOP views and campaign context.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Cordell Hull
John Foster Dulles
Thomas E. Dewey
Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Austin
Vermont
Vandenberg
Michigan
American Peace Organization
Hull
Gov. Dewey
Dumbarton Oaks
Dumbarton
Gov
Dewey
Peace Organization
Mayor Council To Talk Utility Deal Thursday
The mayor and city council meet at 7 30 p m to discuss the Tucson Gas Electric Light Power Co purchase and the Duff Phelps report valuing a 9 million buy. A council committee and Steifel-Nicholas Co telegram are on the agenda with a Federal Light & Traction reply expected.
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Tucson Gas Electric Light & Power Co
Duff & Phelps
Chicago
Henry O. Jaastad
Edward Vander Vries
Byron Ivancovich
R. H. Forbes
William Killen
E. H. Sisterson
Andrew P. Martin
James C. Grant
J. J. O'Dowd
Steifel-Nicholas & Co
C. H. Nichols
Federal Light & Traction Co
New York
Tanks Within Day's Ride Of Reich Frontier
American tank columns pushed toward Troyes within a day’s ride of the Reich frontier as Patton’s forces drive east after breaking from Paris. The Seine corridor tightens around remnants of the German Seventh Army in Normandy.
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Virgil Pinkley
AEF
U.P
Troyes
France
George S. Patton
Reich
Sens
Paris
Germany
Patton
Seine River
Seventh Army
Normandy
Channel
Seine
Touques
Vie River
Heaviest Halmahera Raid Reported in Two-Week Campaign
Allied air forces conducted a major operation against Halmahera dumping 135 tons of explosives on Monday. The campaign targets key stepping stones toward the Philippines as MacArthur’s headquarters notes intensified air strikes across the Southwest and Central Pacific. Bombing also hit Davao on Mindanao while other bombers raided Japanese bases from the Philippines to the Dutch East Indies.
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United Press
Halmahera
Philippines
Southwest
Central Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
New Guinea
Dutch East Indies
Davao
Mindano Island
Patriot Army Aids Civilians Take Marseille and Grenoble
French troops storm Marseille despite weak Nazi opposition and enter the city as American armor pushes 120 miles north through the hills to Grenoble. Nazi resistance in Marseille ends, with remaining pockets cleared from port areas.
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Rome
Marseille
France
Grenoble
Rhone
Third Allied Invasion Near Bordeaux Reported
A dispatch from Hendaye quotes French officials claiming an Allied landing near Bordeaux began last night under heavy bombardment. American and French forces were said to have linked up near the city, with French volunteers and land forces advancing from the Loire. Allied HQ declined comment and Washington said no information was available.
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London
Bordeaux
France
Supreme Allied
Hendaye
Charles S. Foltz
Associated Press
Madrid
Loire River
Foltz
Spain
Irun-Hendaye
Allied Supreme Headquarters
War Department
Washington
Berlin
Cadet Killed as BT-13 Crashes Near Marana
An aviation cadet died when his BT-13 trainer from Marana Army airfield crashed during a routine combat training flight about 19 miles northwest of the basic flying school. Col. Louis W. Proper announced the death and said a board will investigate. victim identity withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Marana Army Airfield
Basic Flying School
Louis W. Proper
Col. Proper
Marana
Fall Of Paris Shows How Far Fuehrer Has Slipped
War analysis notes Liberation of Paris marks a collapse of Hitler's civil and military apparatus in France. The AP writer argues Germany’s occupation regime is dissolving, with control fractured across north, south, east, and west. The fall signals a hastened end to his power in western Europe.
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Fuehrer
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Paris
Hitler
France
Normandy
Brittany
Europe
Yankee Tanks and Infantry Reach Grenoble
American tanks and motorized infantry pushed into Grenoble after a 140 mile Alpine advance from the Mediterranean coast. The drive neared the French Alps and outflanked theRhone valley while liberating numerous towns. Allies kept the progress secret.
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Eleanor Packard
Rome
Grenoble
Lyon
French Alps
Mediterranean
London
Paris
France
Italy
Rhone Valley
Paris rises as patriots free city from Nazi rule
Paris joins an uprising as 50 000 underground fighters and a massive American tank presence storm Nazi barricades. The capital is liberated amid street fighting that routs German forces and cuts escape routes, with police participation and notable artillery support from allied forces.
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Joseph W. Grigg
London
U.P
Paris
Pierre Koenig
Interior
Bastille
Europe
France
Years Since German Tanks Entered Paris Four Years After
Gen. Joseph-Pierre Koenig’s forces reclaim Paris four years and 70 days after German tanks first rolled through. Veterans who did not defend the city in 1940 join in the reoccupation as Germans retreat northward under Allied pressure. Paris, changed from the city of light to a war scarred capital, faced nine months of intermittent bombings.
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Joseph-Pierre Koenig
Interior
Paris
Jap Americans Among Wounded From State
Seven more Arizona soldiers are wounded in action. One in Europe, six in the Mediterranean theater. Second Lt. Howard K. Smith, whose wife Rachel lives in Phoenix, is among the European wounded. Names and hometowns of six Mediterranean cases listed.
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Washington
Arizona
Europe
Mediterranean
War Department
Howard K. Smith
Rachel
Phoenix
Manuel C. Alvarez
Julia C. Alvarez
Eloy
Inez Gonezales
Albert A. Gonezales
Clifton
Sadaichi Soda
Riyo Soda
Poston
Pfc
Kenneth F. Tertipes
Andrew Tertipes
10Th Street
Douglas
Takashi Wada
Rai Wada
Rivers
Sam H. Yoshihara
Kazuko Yoshihara
French Out To Reclaim Their Toulon Base
Reynolds Packard reports from outside Toulon on August 23 as French infantrymen reclaim their naval base through street fighting. German defenders hold the coastal guns while FFI units advance with regulars, supported by American bombing raids targeting coastal batteries.
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Toulon
Cassino
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By Henry Shapiro
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