Dismissal Hearing Focuses on Meaning of Two Words
The civil service commission hearing into charges against Capt. Roy Robinson centers on whether being alone or along in a police car with a female person violated regulations. Testimony from Marmion discusses gambling busts and patrol duties as the case unfolds with city officials leading the inquiry.
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Civil Service Commission
Roy Robinson
Police Department
John J. Lyons, Jr
Robinson
Ralph Marmion
Thomas J. Elliott
Harold C. Wheeler
Ben West
Marmion
Elliott
Sou Sixth Avenue
la Jolla
South Sixth
Capt. Robinson
Lilly
Capt
Lyons
Balkan Satellites Revolt Ask Peace
President Roosevelt hailed the liberation of Paris as displacing a patch of gloom, saying Allied successes had lifted morale as the war progressed. The report notes rising momentum and calls for peace amid these developments.
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Balkan
Ask Peace
Paris
FDR
Washington
Roosevelt
Resistance In Romania Stiff As Reds Go On
London dispatch says Red army troops captured Chisinau a key communications center and German defense base in Bessarabia strengthening resistance efforts in Romania per Radio Moscow report.
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Moscow
Romania
London
Bucharest
Constantin Sviatescou
Viacheslav M. Molotov
Red Army
Red Star
Iasi
Dnepr
Galati
Fedor Tolbukhin
Bessarabia
Sadon
Ploesti
Black Sea
Cetatea-Alba
Akkerman
Odessa
Sarata
Danube River
Chisinau
Radio Moscow
Romania Quits and Balkans in Revolt
Reports say Hungary's army mutiny and party bans erupt as Bulgaria seeks Allied peace terms after Romania breaks with Germany and joins the Allies. Romania braces for reprisals as King Michael denounces the tripartite pact and orders expulsion of German forces from Transylvania.
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J. Edward Murray
London
Bulgaria
Romania
Germany
Hitler
Balkan
DNB
Hungary
Dame Sztojay
Sztojav
Zurich
Ankara
United States
Britain
Sofia
Bucharest
Michael
Transylvania
DNR
Moscow
CBS
Bern
Black Sea
Constanta
BBC
London Times
Balkans
Slovakia
Cairo
Yugoslavia
First American Tanks Enter Paris via Alesia Gate
Free French radio on a Vichy frequency cited by NBC claimed American tanks entered Paris through the Alesia gate and linked with French forces of the interior. The report said Americans were in Bourg La Reine while German forces massed between Orleans and Chantilly gates, though not yet officially confirmed.
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New York
NBC Today
Paris
Alesia
Bourg la Reine
Orleans
Chantilly
Paris fighting flares as patriots misled by armistice plea
Supreme Headquarters says French patriots clashed with Germans inside Paris. An earlier communique claiming the city’s capture was premature as patriots were lured by a German appeal for armistice. Roosevelt hailed liberation as Allied forces moved toward the capital.
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Supreme Headquarters
AEF
U.P
Paris
Allied Supreme Headquarters
Charles E Wilson resigns from War Production Board
The White House announced President Roosevelt accepted Charles E Wilson's resignation as executive vice chairman of the War Production Board. Wilson claimed he supported reconversion and had implemented steps toward it, despite critics who accused him of opposing Nelson and siding with the Army. Nelson said farewell as he left for a mission to China.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Charles E. Wilson
War Production Board
Wilson
WPB
General Electric Co
Donald Nelson
Nazis Flee France In All Directions
Allied advances in France push toward the German frontier as U S forces reach the Swiss border and move through the Rhone valley. Patton and Patch drive from the Mediterranean toward Paris and the Seine as Bordeaux falls and Lyon Perpignan come under patriot control.
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London
Adolf Hitler
France
Alexander M. Patch
U. S. Seventh Army
French Alps
Mediterranean
George S. Patton
U. S. Third Army
Sens
Paris
Algiers
Bordeaux
Atlantic
Loire
Patch
Seventh
Marseille
Rhone
Salon
Arles
Lyon
Perpignan
Gulf of Lyon
Senate adopts surplus disposal bill with sales ban
The Senate approved a provision barring domestic sale of surplus war goods at below parity or market price. Senator La Follette said the measure protects farm price structures. The vote was unanimous. The bill also raises the 1944 cotton loan rate from 92 to 95 percent of parity.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. la Follette
P-Wis
Romanian Twin Blow Weakens Hitler Hold in Balkans
Romania's surrender to the Allies following a back flip against the Germans shifts the Balkan balance. The move opens the Danubian basin to Allied forces, pressures Bulgaria and Hungary to waver, and robs Hitler of critical supplies while boosting Allied morale across Europe and Asia.
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Hitler
Balkans
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Romania
Balkan
Bulgaria
Hungary
Germany
Danubian
Reich
Japan
Soldier Ballots Delays Count After Election
An Associated Press survey shows more than 2,000,000 armed forces members have requested absentee ballots and about twice that number may vote in November. Eleven states will not tally soldier ballots on election day risking a delayed result into December as Nebraska and others weigh absentee votes that could swing key electoral votes.
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Edward Creagh
New York
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
California
Missouri
Wilson
Charles Evans Hughes
Edward Martin
Wendell L. Willkie
Colorado
Delaware
Florida
North Dakota
Rhode Island
Utah
Washington
Bordeaux Liberated by Allied Forces and Partisans
United Press reports Bordeaux, France’s fourth largest city, liberated by a combined Allied unit and French partisans. The broadcast cites an American column crossing the Loire near Nantes over a week ago, with unconfirmed notes of U S troops in Angouleme, 65 miles northeast of Bordeaux.
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United Press
British Broadcasting Corporation
Bordeaux
New York
France
Loire River
Nantes
Angouleme
Loire
American Forces Break German Stronghold in Toulon and Advance toward Lyon
Allied columns sealed Alpine passes after a rapid 68 mile move from Grenoble to the Swiss frontier and pushed toward Lyon and Chambéry. French and American troops strengthened positions around Toulon while Marseille and the Rhone delta fell to Allied advances. Reports say Lyon may be occupied as Patton's spearheads threaten Troyes, with Bordeaux and other coastal ports reportedly liberated or under threat.
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U.P
Grenoble
Toulon
Swiss
S. Patton
Troyes
London
Bordeaux
Henry Maitland Wilson
Marseille
Rhone River
Arles
Salon
Riviera
Lyon
Chambery
France
Italy
Atlantic
Algiers
Finnish minister flies home as break nearing
The Finnish minister to Sweden G A Gripenberg flew to Helsinki in a move linked to ending Finland’s war. Reports say Finland has not directly contacted Moscow as of Thursday morning. Gripenberg’s return follows two Helsinki visits in two weeks amid war weariness and speculation of an armistice.
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Edwin Shanke
Stockholm
Sweden
G. A. Gripenberg
Helsinki
Finland
Moscow
Gripenberg
Romania
Baron Mannerheim
United States
Hjalmar Procope
U S Airmada on Jap Steppingstones Continues
American bombers pressed attacks from Halmahera and the Philippines to the Bonin Islands. Japanese radio reported new strikes on Volcano Islands and continued raids on Iwo Jima and Chichi Jima. Liberators and patrol planes hit targets in Ceram, Davao, and Mindanao as Hirohito urged greater fighting spirit.
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Halmahera
Philippines
Bonin Islands
Tokyo
U. S
Volcano Islands
Southwest Pacific
Kape
Davao
Mindanao Island
Ceram
Moluccas
Chichi Jima
Tokyo Radio
Iwo Jima
Hirohito
Kuniaki Koiso
House Aviation Group Leaves Phoenix Today
A touring congressional aviation subcommittee left Phoenix for Salt Lake City Denver and Kansas City after inspecting airfields and aircraft plants in the Salt River valley. The group joined aviation enthusiasts from Tucson Prescott and Douglas and met local committees before drafting interstate commerce legislation. Richard F Harless accompanied the party.
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Phoenix
Congressional
Salt Lake City
Denver
Kansas City
Salt River Valley
Tucson
Prescott
Douglas
Alfred Bulwinkle
North Carolina
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Arizona
Richard F. Harless
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Charles Wilson
Board
Third Army
Seine
Elbeuf
Guenther von Kluge
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le Neubourg
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Channel
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Seine Bay
Eleanor Packard
Helsinki Debates
U.S
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