Russian Advance Deepens Across Poland Carpathians Seize Pass
Soviet forces drive to within 91 miles of Silesia and within five miles of Czechoslovakia after pushing from Jabonkow toward Uzok Pass. Units patrol the Gulf of Riga, strike East Prussia, and press toward Krakow and Tarnow while heavy German reserves redeploy along the Baltic- Carpathian line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Vistula
Silesia
East Prussia
Carpathians
Red Army
Czechoslovakia
Jabonkow
Uzok
Russia
Hungary
Krakow
Old Poland
Warsaw
Tarnow
Kielce
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Baltic States
Gulf of Riga
Riga
Pravda
Liepaja
Latvia
Grange Delegates Elected at Lenawee County Meeting
Mrs. Fred McClenathen of Gorman and Milton Wheaton of Woodstock were elected as delegates to the Michigan State Grange convention by the Lenawee County Pomona Grange. Other delegates will be chosen at the county convention on the first Thursday in September in the courthouse. The group opposed consolidating rural schools into fewer districts. Attendance cups were awarded to Rome and Palmyra Granges during James Marrs business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred McClenathen
Gorman
Milton Wheaton
Woodstock
Michigan State Grange
Lenawee County
Pomona Grange
Junior Project
Fair Grounds
Court House
James Marr
Rome
Palmyra Granges
Marr
Grange
Nazis Refuse To Call It Quits
HAL BOYLE reports from near Rennes Brittany as German forces under siege refuse surrender. American tanks and infantry encircle the city while German squads maintain stubborn defense, keeping Rennes as a tense war zone for observers including NBC's John MacVane and Lt Jim Rugg.
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Brittany
John MacVane
NBC
Jim Rugg
Redondo Beach
Calif
Rennes
Clinton Child Drowns At Evans Lake West of Clinton
Jerry Lee Ackley two year old son of Mr and Mrs Lee Ackley of Clinton drowned at Evans lake while staying with his grandparents. Attempts at artificial respiration failed after rescuers used oxygen and called in Trooper Emerson Claude Gee and Capt Herbert Vandenberg. Survived by parents sister Susan grandparents Van Nest and Ackley and several aunts uncles with services planned at House Funeral Home Riverside Cemetery Monday at 2 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Jerry Lee Ackley
R. L. Washner
Britton
Clinton Fire Department
Emerson
State’ Police
Claude Gee
Dundee
Herbert Vandenberg
Toledo Fire Department
House Funeral Home
Riverside Cemetery
French Armored Division Arrives in United Kingdom
The Second French Armored Division is now in the United Kingdom according to an announced update from the American Expeditionary Forces on August 4. The move places French armored units on British soil for potential operations in the European theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Headquarters
AEF
United Kingdom
Governors pledge cooperation with Dewey if he wins
In St Louis on Aug 4 1944 26 Republican governors said they have unity of thought with Thomas E Dewey and will work closely with him if elected. They faulted Roosevelt for not consulting state leaders and urged better federal state cooperation to reduce power grabs and ensure national unity. Dewey stayed to meet labor and business leaders before heading to Pawling New York for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Dewey
United States
Pawling
N. Y
Mercury at 102 Degrees Shatters Heat Wave Records
Yesterdays heat peaked between 5 and 6 pm with readings hitting 102 in several areas tying a season high set on June 27. Overnight showers cooled some regions Devils and Roundlake but noon today the thermometer rose to 94 as heat and humidity persist. The Weather Bureau forecasts continued hot weather with possible relief this weekend as scattered thundershowers may break the heat wave. Owosso reported 104 and other cities saw 97 to 100 degree readings while water-use restrictions strain crops and gardens.
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Devils
Roundlake
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Michigan
Detroit Weather Bureau
Mercury
Owosso
Jackson
Benton Harbor
Bay City
Flint
Pontiac
Battle Creek
Detroit
U S First Army Breaks Through Brittany toward St Nazaire
US forces push 20 miles beyond Rennes and 43 miles from St Nazaire at river Loire mouth, cutting off most of Brittany. Armored divisions spread toward St Meen Gl, Evran, and Dinan areas. German reports note others near St Malo. Dispatch indicates rapid progress with limited resistance aside from Rennes hub.
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Supreme Headquarters
A.E.F
U. S. First Army
Brittany
Rennes
St. Nazaire
Loire
St. Meenie Grand
Brest
Dinan
Evran
St. Malo
Associated Press
Bombers Raid Flying Bomb Station in Germany
More than 1,200 U S heavy bombers attacked targets in Germany including the Peenemunde experimental station where flying bombs and rockets are developed. About 1,000 fighters accompanied the force making the armada 2,200 strong. Targets also listed include Anklam fighter parts plant and air field, Rostock aircraft assembly plant, Kiel port facilities, and an oil refinery at Bremen. The mission covered about 1,200 miles to the Baltic coast near Peenemunde. Before dawn bombers from Italy and Britain hit German supply routes via France.
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London
U. S
Germany
Peenemunde
Anklam
Stettin
Rostock
Baltic
Berlin
Kiel
Bremen
Italy
Britain
France
Byrnes Tightens War Labor Rules to Free 200,000 Workers
War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes ordered ceilings on nonessential labor to release 200,000 workers for lagging war production. He directed agencies to enforce the limits, even withholding materials from noncompliant employers and using war prisoners to speed essential supplies.
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Byrnes
Mexico
War Manpower Board
Wasnington
James F. Byrnes
War Department
GIs in France doubt old tales as they tour Normandy
In July 1944 dispatch from France describes American soldiers hearing old WWI legends of wine and maidens with humor and disillusion. Doughboys report rugged Normandy peasants, practical tasks, and wary courtship as brief romances clash with war amid cider, calvados, and German cog nac prose.
WPB charts 30 percent tire output rise this fall
Washington Aug 4 The War Production Board aims to boost heavy truck and bus tire production by thirty percent in August and September with an army pledge to furlough qualified soldiers. Charles E. Wilson said the industry must perform a miraculous effort to fill critical casing shortages. Maj Gen Lucius D. Clay announced a policy to return non infantry soldiers over 30 with one year of heavy tire experience to manufacturers.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
War Production Board
Lucius D. Clay
Army Service Forces
Auctions Aug 5 At Blissfield Community House
Auction notice lists Aug 5 sale at Blissfield Community House with A A Dings as auctioneer. Soe Market page appears in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blissfield
A. A
Dings
Soe Market
GM gear plant strike may shutter five more GM factories
A War Department notice said the Gear and Axle strike could force closing of Pontiac Michigan and Norwood Ohio Chevrolet plants and Atlanta Georgia GM facility August 7, with Tonawanda New York and St Louis plants facing August 8 shutdowns. The action affects parts for an aircraft engine produced at Tonawanda. UAW Local 235 members have threatened to quit the international union and refused to surrender documents.
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Detroit
General Motors
Chevrolet
War Department
War Labor Board
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Pontiac
Norwood
Ohio
Atlanta
Tonawanda
St. Louis
N. Y
Uawc1o
International Union
Schools to Issue New Gasoline Book in Michigan
Lansing Aug 4 The state announces a new basic A gasoline ration book will be issued through Michigan public schools September 18 to 20. Dr Eugene B Elliott state superintendent says issuance will follow the pattern of war ration books with county school commissioners distributing the new books and city superintendents aiding. Current A books for over 1 000 000 Michigan auto owners expire September 21.
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Lansing
Michigan
Eugene B. Elliott
Elliott
Office of Price Administration
Strike Studied For Federal Violations
Washington August 4 An immediate investigation of the Philadelphia transit system strike to determine possible federal law violations was ordered by Attorney General Biddle. Henry A Schweinhaut will supervise the probe focusing on possible Smith Connally War Labor Disputes Act breaches. The FBI was directed to assist the investigation.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Biddle
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Polish underground in Warsaw seizes key targets
The Polish Telegraph Agency reports General Bor’s underground army in Warsaw has captured the 16 story Prudential building the general post office main power station and gas works. The forces claim control of the State Minsk region and the city centers except Zoliborz with heavy enemy losses and prisoners taken. The population supports the fight and barricades fill the streets while ammunition runs short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Warsaw
Japs Report P-38 Attack on Manchuria
New York reports Japanese broadcasts said P-38 aircraft attacked southern Manchuria and proved fighter raids from continental bases are possible. The Tokyo claim said no damage was done. B-29 Superfortresses reportedly reached Manchuria last week.
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New York
Manchuria
FCC
Tokyo
7,000 Japs Trapped On Guam and 40,000 in New Guinea
U S Pacific Fleet reports massive traps in Guam and New Guinea with thousands of Japanese dead and prisoners. Guam sees 7,893 dead counted as Marines push toward the sea. In New Guinea, 60,000 Japanese lured between Australian and American forces face heavy casualties and dire material conditions. MacArthur notes 3,870 Japanese dead since July 12 and ongoing heavy losses amid brutal combat by ground and air forces.
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Guam
New Guinea
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
British New Guinea
Sepik River
Aitape
MacArthur
Driniumor River
Wewak
Marlin Spencer
Associated Press
Philadelphia transit again crippled by riots and strikes
Bands of strikers threaten violence as operators try to resume service after the army seized lines. General Hayes says protection will be provided on trolleys buses subways and elevated lines while noting delays fueled by apparent Axis sympathies and fierce racial clashes that left Franklin Howard 13 hospitalized and workers kept from war production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Army
Philip Hayes
Third Service Command
Hayes
Roosevelt
Franklin Howard
Howard
American Observers Reports Nazi Defeat at Front
Maj. Gen. John R. Deane, head of the U.S. military mission to Russia, said after a five day visit there is ample evidence the Germans suffered a disasterous defeat despite stubborn resistance. A prisoner quoted noted the Red Army's speed and crushing power troops unable to cope with.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
John R. Deane
United States
Russia
Red Army
Monroe Pilot Lands Liberator Bomber With Engines Dead
Lt. Allen Blum of Monroe piloted the bomber Liberator "Rough Rider" to a base in Britain after losing four engines and exhausting fuel. Flak damaged an engine near Frankfurt. six miles from base at 6,000 feet the remaining three quit. He ditched into grass after a controlled approach, escaping with the aircraft intact.
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Britain
Rough Rider
Allen Blum
Monroe
Frankfurt
Channel
Blum
Missing in Action Corporal Nachtrieb in France
Mrs P George Nachtrieb reports War Department confirmation that her husband Corporal Nachtrieb has been missing in action in France since June 20. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Bruce Nachtrieb, entered service in 1941, trained at Camp Wolters and Ft Sam Houston and Camp McCoy, and went overseas in 1943 as a ranger in the 9th Infantry. Mrs Nachtrieb formerly Norma Laser of Fayette.
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Hudson
P. George Nachtrieb
War Department
Corp. Nachtrieb
France
Corp
Nachtrieb
Bruce Nachtrieb
Camp Wolters
Texas
Ft. Sam Houston
Camp McCoy
Wis
9Th Infantry
Norma Laser
Fayette
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Eydtkuhnen
Niemen
Tilsit
Cherniakhovsky
Lukse
Rai
Granges
Mrs. Wermuth
Hal Boyle
GOP
U.S
LA Belle
GI Joe
American Legionairres
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Johnny Doughboy
Papa
Mamma
Janet
Mademoiselle
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