EISENHOWER
DECLARES PARIS
AS LIBERATED
NEW YORK, Aug. 25.—Gener
al Eisenhower’s heaquarters today
broadcast the report that the lib
eration of Paris “is a fact”.
NBC reported that American
and French troops entered the
city today and found “final
stages” of the French forces of
the interior victorious, and the
streets filled with jubilant Paris
ians.
Brigadier General Jacques Le
Clerc entered Orleans gate at 9:45
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a. m., according to Paris broad
casts, and his 30,000 men and
armored forces started marching
in.
General Henri DeGaulle was re
ported to be at Batneux, awaiting
a formal escort, as cathedral and
church earillions pealed, and
throngs of estatically happy peo
ple shouted the revolutionary bat
tle cry: “T‘o the Barricades”.
Fighting is still going on in the
capital, with the Germans barri
caded in several places, but the
Patriots are occupying all of the
main official buildings and most
of the highways.
American troops are reported
to have entered the city in sup
port of the French, from Ver
sailles and along the Etampes
road.
ADVANCES ARE
MADE BY YANKS
IN ARNO AREA
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ROME, Aug. 25.—»APi—Allied
troops today made considerable
advances in the upper Arno Val
ley, Allied headquarters announc
ed, with patrol activity continu
ing on the Eighth Army front,
where they are firmly esablished
on the western slopes of Monte
Fecchieta. east of Florence.
WPB HEAD STILL
IN QUESTION
WASHINGTON , Aug. 25.—
(APt—President Roosevelt said
that Donald M. Nelson was still
the War Production Board Chair
man, but he could not say what
the status would be upon his re
turn from the special assignment
to China.
There have been reports around
the WPB headquarters that Nel
son would take over all authority
which was vacated by vice-chair
man Charles Wilson’s sudden res
ignation.
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CHANGES MADE
IN HUNGARY
LONDON, Aug. 25.—tAP)—Ger
many announced today that the
Hungarian government is under
going a complete change, “be
cause events in Romania caused
certain political tensions” in the
Nazi occupied country.
Details were undisclosed, how
ever, but Swiss reports yesterday
said capitulated Romania started
moving against Hungary.
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