British Polish Troops Penetrate Gothic Line Near Urbino
British and Polish troops push through the Gothic line at three points as they advance toward Bologna. Montecchio and Monte Della Croce are seized while Belvedere Fogliense nears Monte Gridolfo. Heavy fighting, German counterattacks, and minefields mark the gains as coastal Pesaro blocks German holds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Roper
Rome
U.P
Gothic Line
Apennines
Adriatic
Bologna
Pol
Foglia
Montecchio
Monte Della Croce
Urbino
Monte Calvo
Belvedere Fogliense
Monte Gridolfo
Pesaro
Sth
Cassino
8Th Army
Florence
Arno
Partina
Bibbiena
Vin
War Service Discharges Reach Large Total in 1941–1942
The Navy reports 328,366 separations since December 7, 1941, while the Army totals 1,279,000 separations with 967,000 discharged, 74,000 dead, 72,000 missing or prisoners, and other separations. No full breakdown for the remaining 35,883.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Naval Service
Marines
Coast Guard
Army
Ken
Red Tanks Reach Danube Border After Bucharest Victory
Soviet forces drove 35 miles beyond Bucharest toward the Danube border with Bulgaria and continued west through Transylvania toward Hungary. Malinovsky’s 2nd Ukrainian Army liberated Bucharest in 13 days with thousands of German prisoners. Crowds hailed the Red Army as two American air prisoners were among spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Moscow
U.P
Romania
Danube
Bulgaria
Germany
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Transylvanian
Carpath Alps
Hungary
Giurgiu
Ploesti
Russia
Cairo
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Black Sea
Malinovsky
Royal
Red Square
Army Organ
Red Star
Walter Hughes
New York
Paul Blake
Cincinnati
Warsaw
Poland
Cegieinia
Praga
Theylvania
North France Route To Berlin Shortens 80 Miles In 7 Days
Allied lines reduce the distance to Berlin from Verdun area by 80 miles in a week. North France now 410 miles from a starting point east of Verdun while Southern France remains 590 miles from near Grenoble. Italy shows 570 miles from Pesaro with a 32 mile weekly gain. Russia holds at 328 miles from near Warsaw with no weekly change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North France
Berlin
United Press
France
Verdun
Grenoble
Italy
Pesaro
Russia
Warsaw
Lawyers Argue Over Disposal Of Tucson Utility Suits
In U S district court Judge Albert M. Sames heard continued arguments by George Darnell for the Federal Light and Traction Co on dismissing condemnation suits by Tucson and South Tucson. The case centers on valuing utility properties and the city’s 9 000 000 offer for Tucson Gas Electric and Power properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Nichols
Federal Light & Traction Company
Tucson
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Co
U. S. District Court
George Darnell
South
Albert M. Sames
Pima County
Arizona
Darnell
Norris in Critical Condition in Nebraska
In McCook Nebraska on September 1 physicians said former Senator George W Norris aged 83 was growing steadily weaker after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage Tuesday. He is attended by medical staff and remains in critical condition.
SEC Grants One Year Extension For Cities Service Firms
The SEC announced in a press release on Aug 19 1944 that Cities Service Power & Light and Federal Light & Traction have received a one year extension to dispose of properties listed in its Aug 17 1943 order. The record shows active negotiations with respect to dispositions of interests in Federal subsidiaries Sheridan County Electric Tucson Rapid Transit and Tucson Gas Electric Light & Power. The commission cites substantial compliance progress and due diligence, noting public interest and investor protection justify the extension to Aug 17 1945 and an appropriate order will issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Securities and Exchange Commission
Cities Service Power & Light
Federal Light & Traction Company
Power & Light and
Federal
Sheridan County Electric Company
Tucson Rapid Transit Company
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Company
Pet
Kesselring's Armies Ask Switzerland's Aid
Stockholm sources say Germany asked Switzerland how it would react if part of Marshal Kesselring's forces in Italy pulled back into Swiss territory. Switzerland reportedly gave an unfavorable reply, with main communications remaining through the Brenner Pass and Swiss rail lines. Recently Switzerland allowed transit of wounded German troops and medical personnel from Southern France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Switzerland
Marshal Kesselring
Italy
Brenner Pass
France
German 19th Army Evacuates Southern France
Allied reports say the German 19th army began retreating from Lyon as American columns close in from four directions toward the Rhone valley. Heavy movements observed on roads north and northeast as Allied forces near the city within 45 miles. A captured German general confirmed orders to fall back into Germany by any means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
France
Lyon
Rhone
Germany
Eleanor Packard
U.P
Italy
Rhone River
19Th Army
Nch
Canal du Midi
Nice
Ventimiglia
Otto Richter
198Th
19Th
Nimes
U. S
Maritime
Alps
Condamine-Chatelard
Isere
Bourg de Peage
Valence
al Townsend
York
Springs
Bourge de Peage
Oaks Seen As Wing Of Big 3-Point Plan
The dispatch describes Allied advances in France and Italy with American spearheads near Lyon and along the Rhone, plus reports of German retreat and heavy losses. It notes aerial observers describing the battlefield and the wider strategic aim of creating a world security framework.
Narcotic Ring Broken In Phoenix Nogales
Federal authorities say a narcotic ring importing drugs from Mexico to Phoenix and shipping nationwide has been disrupted. Arrests were made for three in Phoenix and one in Nogales, with warrants issued for two more. those detained include Arturo Levvas 38 Arnoldo Enriquez 29 and Connie C Duarte 39. The Nogales suspect’s full name was not available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Mexico
Frank E. Flynn
U. S
Nogales
Flynn
Arturo Levvas
Arnoldo Enriquez
Connie C. Duarte
Road Back To Verdun Aims For Symbolic Victory
Allied forces recaptured Verdun on the fifth anniversary of Hitler s war to rebuke his regime. The Somme valley drive drives German armies from northern France as Amiens Abbeville and other Somme towns fell to Allied advance. Winston Churchill led Britain after Dunkirk and the Belgian surrender as the war shifted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Verdun
Hitler
France
Somme
Amiens
Abbeville
Roche
Dunkerque
Germans Refuse Allied Decisive Battle Bid
A Berlin broadcast quoted a German military spokesman saying the high command refuses to accept an Allied challenge to a decisive battle in France. He described German actions as a delaying mobile warfare with forces on the western front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
France
Allied Armies Open German Front Across 100 Miles
American 1st and 3rd Armies press into Germany and Belgium along a 100 mile front. Verdun and St Mihiel fall, Ardennes gap near Sedan breached, Canadian units reclaim Dieppe without resistance, Patton’s troops reach near Metz as air power pounds Lorraine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Pinkley
AEF
U.P
Germany
Belgium
Verdun
St. Mihiel
Ardennes Gap
Sedan
Ardennes Forest
Dieppe
George S. Patton
Europe
United Press
Robert C. Miller
Metz
Alsace- Lorraine
Lorraine
Briey
Rhineland
Maginot Line
Meuse
United Nations
Algiers
First Army
Ardennes
France
Hertogenbosch
Holland
Antwerp
Mons
Namur
Liege
Nazis Occupy Budapest With Armed Forces
German troops reportedly seized control of Budapest as Bulgarian cabinet resignations circulated in reports from Berlin and UN radio in Algiers. Guerrilla resistances rose in Slovakia while Berlin prepared countermeasures amid Balkan upheaval and peace talks with the Allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Murray
London
U.P
Budapest
Berlin
Slovakia
Balkan
United Nations
Algiers
Truman Cuts Pattern For Fall Campaign
Senator Harry S. Truman in Lamar Missouri says there is no substitute for experience and praises President Roosevelt’s proven leadership. He stresses that voters won’t choose a President lacking experience and notes the time needed to learn a new job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Nutter
Lamar
Harry S. Truman
D-Mo
Truman
Roosevelt
United States
Yanks of Ploesti Battle Depart Bucharest
More than 1,000 of 3,000 American airmen shot down in the Ploesti air battles pass through Bucharest in a mass evacuation by the U S 15th air force. The column of airmen moves near the city outskirts as Romanians and Russians interact amid field aircraft and improvised convoys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sgt
L. E. Smith
Bucharest
Romania
U.P
Ploesti
U. S. 15Th Air Force
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St. Dizier
Paris
By Henry Shapiro
Sen
George Norris
SEC
Kesselring
Spain
John M. Hightower
World Security Organization
Dumbarton Oaks
Hull
World Agency
Teheran
Council
Assembly
Court
United Nations Relief Administration
Food Conference
DNB
Ivan Bagrianov
Bagrianov
Bucharest-Budapest
Bratocea Pass
Cap
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