Tucson council offers nine million for utility properties
After a two hour discussion the Tucson city council and a citizens committee endorsed Duff & Phelps details and drafted a telegram offering 9 000 000 for the Gas Electric Light and Power Co properties subject to electorate approval. Some members argued time for study was insufficient.
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Shee
Duff & Phelps
Citizens Committee
C. H. Nichols
Federal Light & Traction Co
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Co
Tucson
Nichols
21St
Tucson Co
Pooler
New York
van Winkle, Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis
Health Official Appeals to Londoners to Keep Children Safe
London officials urged parents to remove children from the capital as Nazi buzz bomb raids caused heavy casualties and property damage. Health Minister Henry A. Willink, with Lord Woolton, toured bombed districts and warned dangers would persist despite Allied advances, noting Lincoln's Inn suffered extensive damage.
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London
England
Henry A. Willink
Lincoln’s Inn
Chancery Lane
Lord Woolton
Lincoln’s Inn Gatehouse
Romanians Told To Earn Armistice By Aiding Fight
Radio Cairo reported Romania declared war on Germany after Luftwaffe bombing of Bucharest. Soviet Foreign Commissariat urged Romanian troops to fight with the Red Army to win an armistice, while Moscow backed reclaiming Transylvania and aiding Allied efforts against the Axis.
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London
U.P
Cairo
Romania
Germany
Bucharest
Berlin
Balkan
Radio
Associated Press
Russia
Red Army
Soviet Commissariat For Foreign Affairs
Moscow
Washington
Bulgaria
Hughe M. Knatchbull- Hugesson
Turkey
Sofia
Bessarabia
Soviet
Soviet Foreign Commissariat
Transylvania
Vienna
Hungary
Osborn Seeks Names of French Refugee Children
Governor Sidney P. Osborn appeals for the names ages and addresses of French refugee children in Arizona to aid family reunification. The request follows a plea from Charles De Lessart San Francisco consul general of the provisional French government.
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Osborn
Phoenix
Arizona
Franca
Gov
Sidney P. Osborn
Charles de Lessart
San Francisco
Roy Robinson Seeks Reinstatement in Civil Service Hearing
Former police captain Roy Robinson testified to a civil service commission that he was framed over a sexual misconduct claim. He said he was not alone in the patrol car and that another girl was present. He described escorting waitresses home after late shifts and said a frame was set up by an opposing bookie operator.
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Roy Robinson
Civil Service Commission
John J. Lyons
Robinson
Harold C. Wheeler
EF Charro
Wheeler
Ralph Marmion
Allied Chiefs Arrange To Administer France
The United States and France announced arrangements to administer liberated France until a permanent government is chosen. General Eisenhower and General Koenig exchanged letters detailing civilian administration and military censorship terms.
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France
Washington
State Department
Eisenhower
United States
Koenig
Tokyo Reports Yank Landing Costly Failure
Tokyo radio claimed Allied troops landed on Mapia island north of Manokwari in Dutch New Guinea but were driven off with heavy losses. No confirmation followed. The report suggested a potential encirclement of Manokwari, while other notes described raids near Padang Emma and earlier strikes against Palembang and Sabang by Allied air and naval forces.
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Tokyo
Mapia
Manokwari
Dutch New Guinea
Japan
Geelvink Bay
New Guinea
Sorong
Riak
Noemfoor
FCC
Padang-Emma
Sumatra
Padang
Emma
Queens Bay
Palembang
America
Sabang
Krug Takes WPB Helm As Roosevelt Assigns Duty
Lt. Cmdr. J. A. Krug returns from Normandy to Washington and is named acting War Production Board chairman by President Roosevelt as Donald M. Nelson is away in China. The move follows Charles E. Wilson’s resignation and signals possible leadership uncertainty at WPB. Krug says the assignment was simply to take it and run it. Wilson accuses Nelson of delaying recon, fueling a clash over WPB control.
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Joseph Laitin
Washington
Cmdr
J. A. Krug
Normandy Battle Front
Navy
War Production Board
Roosevelt
Donald M. Nelson
White House
China
Krug
WPB
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Nelson
United Press
Italy
France
General Electric
Paris Liberated as Allied Forces Reach City
Paris falls to Allied forces with American and French armor overrunning the capital. General De Gaulle leads French troops entering with a partisan force in support of the liberation amid ongoing street fighting and German resistance.
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London
Paris
Omar N. Bradley
Jacques LeClerc
Montparnasse
BBC
Robin Duff
United Press
James MecGlincy
Robert C. Miller
Henry T. Gorrell
Edward W. Beattie
DeGaulle
Robert Miller
Charles DeGaulle
French Committee For National Liberation
Versailles
Seine
Pierre Koenig
DNB
Louvre
Nazi Secret Weapon To Overwhelm Allies At Very Last
A Domei dispatch quoted by United Press says German military circles claim the V-2 secret weapon has appeared on the eastern front and will soon affect the western front. The broadcast predicts a miracle where a full enemy division is destroyed by high explosives and tanks and armored cars may be eliminated by liquid air pressure.
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Western Front
Domei
Berlin
Tokyo Radio
United Press
San Francisco
Adolf Hitler
Balkan Army collapses as Reds pour in
Soviet onslaught overruns Bessarabia and northern Moldavia driving Romanian army to surrender in mass. 25,000 prisoners taken as Soviet armadas press toward Galati and Ploesti. German forces still resist as Romania accepts a Soviet armistice and coordinates with Red troops for liquidation of German units.
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Balkan
Moscow
Bessarabia
Moldavia
Bucharest
Galati
Romania
Ploesti
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Soviet
Red Army
Romanian
Cannes Falls to U.S. Forces as Riviera Drive Opens
American troops capture Cannes and push toward Grasse and Nice as Allied columns threaten Toulon and Lyon. Reports say Cannes, Grasse, and nearby coastal towns fall after a weeklong siege, with Canadians advancing along the Risle and French Maquis active around Lyon.
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Eleanor Packard
Rome
U.P
Riviera
Cannes
Lyon
Rhone Valley
Mediterranean
United Press
Annecy
Haute Savoie
Grenoble
St. Julien
Evian
Il Tempo
France
Italy
Toulon
Ollioules
Alexander M. Patch, Jr
7Th Army
Marseille
Arles
Rhone
Grasse
Nice
Monte Carlo
Henry Maitland Wilson
Hitler's Paris Stand Signals Ongoing Nazi Resistance
War analyst Dewitt Mackenzie argues Hitler remains capable of renewed push in Paris despite a retreat. He warns against premature optimism and notes the German dictator could still relapse, insisting Allied victory requires continued hard work and vigilance.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Hitler
Paris
Sir Bernard Montgomery
FDR May Meet Dewey But No Date Set Yet
President Roosevelt said he has had private contact with Wendell Willkie but has no plans for a private meeting with the 1940 Republican nominee. He noted a possible meeting might occur but no date was fixed.
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Fdr
Dewey
Washington
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
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Boston
Peter Saltonstall
Marine Corps
South Pacific
Field Artillery
Guadalcanal
International
Krug Lap
U. S
By Henry Shapiro
Rhineland
Seine River
Channel
Normandy
Virgil Pinkley
AEF
Reich
Dieppe
Amiens
Beauvais
RAF
Lyons
Max Krull
Krul
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le Havre
Risle
1St Army
Honfleur
Seine Estuary
Elbeuf
RAF Fliers
Radio France
Algiers
Liseieux
Brionne
Orbec
Thiberville
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Monnai-Bernay
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