Roosevelt Churchill to Meet on War Plans Soon
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill are set to meet within a month to formalize plans for postwar security of the western world and Germany’s defeat. Britain’s full participation in final campaigns against Japan is to be discussed as well, a pledge made at Quebec last year.
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John M. Highbower
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Germany
Britain
Japan
Quebec
Can
Soviets Enter Bucharest After Fast Push From Ploesti
The Red Army announced by Marshal Stalin that second Ukrainian front troops, after a swift offensive, routed German forces around Ploesti and south of it and entered Bucharest on August 31, liquidating the northern threat to Romania’s capital. Bucharest became the third major European capital entered by United Nations troops.
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London
Red Army
Bucharest
Stalin
Roedion VV. Malinovsky
Second Ukrainian Front
Ploesti
Romania
United Nations
Moscow
U.P
Dobruja
Bulgaria
Germany
Michael
Russians Drive Toward Bucharest After Ploesti Victory
Soviet forces push from Ploesti toward Bucharest as Malinovsky’s 2nd army advances into the suburbs. Romanian king’s loyal troops reportedly hold Bucharest, while German resistance collapses and 316,000 prisoners are taken in 12 days.
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Rodion V. Malinovsky
Bucharest
Ploesti
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Budapest
Constanta
Giurgiu
Danube
Ten Year Dream Ends For Mother Of Maestro Russ Columbo
Hollywood reports the 78 year old Julia Columbo died after a decade of false hope. Believing her son was alive, she received monthly checks and letters from relatives pretending Russ Columbo, a 26 year old maestro and singer, was abroad and busy.
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Hollywood
UPR
Russ Columbo
Julia Columbo
Russ
Europe
John
Albert
Tony
Philadelphia
Eisenhower says Nazism routed in northern France by end of year
Supreme Headquarters reports 81 days of battle left Germany crushed in northern France with 400000+ casualties and vast losses of tanks planes and vehicles. Five Panzer divisions and twenty infantry divisions destroyed along with 1300 tanks and 2000 guns, 3545 planes, and 200000+ prisoners. Eisenhower says Allied drive ahead of schedule.
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Supreme Headquarters
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
France
Washington
Eisenhower
Dwight Eisenhower
Addrtion
Fifth Anniversary War Report Tracks Wehrmacht Decline
London observers on the eve of the European war’s fifth anniversary note a turning tide as Wehrmacht retreats grow and Allied leaders, including Churchill and Smuts, hint at early end. With Rome Paris and Bucharest liberated, Nazi strength waning and Russian resistance stiffening, the war may end sooner than expected.
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Adolf Hitler
Poland
United Press
London
Third Reich
Wehrmacht
France
Ialy
Russia
Luftwaffe
Reich
Churchill
Jan ©. Smuts
Europe
Roosevelt
James Forrestal
Mediterranean
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Germany
Rome
Paris
Bucharest
Italy
Hitler
Britain
United States
California train carries American Legion team home
The Californian Southern Pacific train bearing the American Legion team left El Paso at 1 05 p m about one hour late. The scheduled arrival is 8 20 p m. Hundreds of fans are expected for the welcome home ceremonies. Delays may push the celebration to 8 30 or 9 p m.
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Southern Pacific
American Legion
el Paso
No Tire Record No Gas, Local Ration Board Warns
The Pima county ration board demands tire inspection records with gasoline book renewal applications. M. A. Harvard, board clerk, says Phoenix office allegedly allows destruction of records but Arizona enforces submission. The message: no tire inspection record means no gasoline after Sept. 22.
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M. A. Harvard
OPA
Phoenix
Hazard
Pima County
Arizona
Utilities May Allow Minor Plant Changes Without WPB Approval
Washington August 31 The War Production Board authorized public utilities to make minor plant additions and extensions up to 10000 without Office of War Utilities approval The move aims to simplify orders cut paperwork and reduce accounting and records workload
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Washington
War Production Board
Office of War Utilities
WEB
Polish Troops Take Pesaro in Gothic Line Push
Allied forces report Polish troops capture Pesaro and press along the eastern Gothic Line after crossing the Foglia river. German resistance remains stiff inland as eighth army units advance beyond Urbino toward the interior.
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Rome
Adriatic
Pesaro
Foglia
Eighth Army
Gothic Line
Italy
Urbino
Monty Elevated To Field Marshal Rank
Gen Sir Bernard L Montgomery was elevated to field marshal with king approval. The promotion, effective tomorrow, comes as the war office confirms his command of British armies in northern France after his success at El Alamein.
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London
War Office
George VI
Ft Alamein
France
Bulgaria Romania peace terms threaten Balkan front collapse
Bulgaria and Romania received Allied armistice terms in Cairo and Moscow and likely will sign them before the weekend, signaling a break with Germany. The move comes as Slovak rebels surge, and Bulgarian envoys headed to Cairo to formalize terms.
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Cairo
Moscow
J. Edward Murray
London
Bulgaria
Romania
Germany
Balkan
Slovakia
Cadca
Csacza
Zilina
Bratislava
Air Force Fliers Make Notable Haul Near Hankow and Canton
In battles near Yochow, U.S. 4th Air Force fliers destroyed 49 planes, the best total yet. The Stilwell communique also reports fresh raids on Hankow and Canton and a dogfight near Hankow in which eight enemy planes fell and five were damaged.
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Chungking
Yochow
Hunan
U. S. 4Th Air Force
Joseph W. Stilwell
Hankow
Canton
Shotwell To Address Navy Graduates
Col. Phillip V. Shotwell will speak at the Navy indoctrination school's Sept. 12 graduation on the University of Arizona campus. The 60 day course trains 15 Arizona naval reserve officers for active duty, with additional graduations planned for October and November.
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Phillip V. Shotwell
Department of Military Science and Tactics
University of Arizona
Navy
W. E. Cheadle
Naval Reserve
Arizona
Ens
Audra W. Reger
Tucson
John Franklin Kelly
Howard E. Rolce
Sam Hearn
Vance Harer
Marvin Henry
Phoenix
Arizonians
Eleventh Naval District
Jeff M. Ferris
Harvey K. Mangum
William Troxell
Flagstaff
Joe B
Germans Abandon Bomb Sites as Allied Push Advances
British coastal watchers and German radio report increasing abandonment of flying bomb sites in northern France. Observers say attacks originate mainly from Calais to Dunkirk with possible Belgian rear areas. German agency DNB says V-1 adapted for mobile warfare and that only shells remain for capture as Allies close in.
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London
U.P
France
Calais
Dunkerque
DNB
Allied advances push toward Somme as British strike on Seine
Allied forces report rapid gains in France with Patton's column north of Laon threatening the Somme valley and British bridgehead offensives across the lower Seine. The combined thrusts aim to compel German withdrawal from the coast and trap remaining forces. further details promised on Page 3.
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Seine
Aniens
Somme
English Channel
German front breach opens near Rhineland belated push
Allied reports say tanks and infantry flooded a widened battle screen west of the Rhineland, approaching Belgium as American forces break through. The U S First Army crossed the Meuse and advanced toward Sedan and the Belgian frontier, with units moving through the Ardennes forests.
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Supreme Headquarters
AEF
U.P
Rhineland
Belgium
U. S. First Army
France
First Army
Meuse
Sedan
Belgian
Ardennes
Resort City Of Nice Falls To Yankee Troops
ROMF August 31 French armored columns swept 82 miles around the Gulf of Lyons capturing Montepellier Beziers and Narbonne and advancing near the Spanish frontier as American forces herded remnants of the German 19th Army northward through the Rhone valley toward Lyon.
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Romf
Gulf of Lyons
Monte- Pellier
Beziers
Narbonne
Rhone Valley
Lyon
British Allied Drive Captures Amiens and Races to Belgium
Allied forces under James M. Long report a 60 mile drive across the Somme front with Amiens fallen and German retreat intensifying toward Belgium. American columns overran Laon as trains carrying German troops fled, signaling a major breakthrough in northern France with Eisenhower claiming the advance is days ahead of schedule.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Good
Allied Supreme Headquarters
France
Patton
Laon
Somme
James M. Long
Allied Expeditionary Force
Amiens
Reich
Belgium
Meuse
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Seine
Ludendorff
Americans capture Nice and press toward Lyon in France
American troops pierced German defenses in southern France sending remnants of the 19th Army toward the Lyon area. Nice, the Riviera resort city, fell without opposition as Allied pursuit pushed to 12 miles from the Italian border.
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Eleanor Packard
Rome
U.P
France
19Th Army
Lyon
Nice
Mediterranean
Riviera
Rhone
Montelimar
Livron
War Department Names 4 Wounded Arizonians
The War Department released names of four Arizona servicemen wounded in action. In the European area Sgt. Forrest O. Lewis of Miami, Pfc. Joe G. Vasquez of Globe, Tech. 56 Lark J. Wilkins of Duncan, and in the Southwest Pacific First Lt. Ellsworth M. Long of Yuma are listed.
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Washington
War Department
Forrest O. Lewis
Ethel Lewis
Railroad Avenue
Miami
Joe G. Vasquez
Mary G. Vasquez
Globe, and Tech
Lark J. Wilkins
Clara Wilkins
Duncan
Southwest Pacific
Ellsworth M. Long
B. W. Long
Rt. 1
Yuma
Allied Airmen Sink 23 Japanese Vessels in Pacific Sweep
General MacArthur reports Allied airmen ranging from Mindanao to Celebes and Kai islands destroyed nine enemy craft and sank or heavily damaged 23 vessels in a Pacific operation. Bombers targeted coastal defenses and supply centers, including a 7,000-ton freighter transport, with additional damage to patrol ships, tanker, and cargo ships during attacks in the Kuriles and Halmahera area.
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Panzer Grenadier
Southwest Pacific
Kuriles
Nippon
Dutch Fast Indies
Douglas MacArthur
Japanese East Indies
Mindanao
Philippines
Celebes
Ceram
Kai Islands
New Guinea
Halmahera
Wasile
Kape
Chester W. Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
Patamushiro
MacArthur
Oil Installa
Pacific
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