Americans Turn North At Le Mans In Normandy Drive
Allied forces press a swing north from Le Mans toward Alencon and Chartres as heavy fighting swirls south of the Seine. British and Canadian units push toward Caen and Falaise while Brest tightens under naval and air assault. German resistance stiffens in St. Malo and Cherbourg amid heavy losses.
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le Mans
Seine
Supreme Headquarters
AEF
Chartres
Paris
Versailles
Alencon
Falaise
Caen
le Havre
Orleans
Loire
Brittany
Loire River
Nantes
Angers
St. Malo
Europe
Rommel
Orne River
Thury- Harcourt
First Army
Rom- Mel
Vimont
Troarn
Belgium
Germany
France
Vire
Brest
Cherbourg
Associated Press
Hal Boylé
Veterans recall Company B in Nantes during WWI
Lenawee county World War I veterans who served with Company B of the 32nd Division recall the Nantes and Angers advance in 1918 as U S troops captured those cities. Diary entries recount April 5 1918 movements from St Nazaire to Nantes and Angers noting early US involvement. The article adds WWII action with Company B stationed in the South Pacific and two New Guinea campaigns.
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St. Nazaire
France
United States
Nantes
Angers
Enders
South Pacific
New Guinea
Egg Prices Rise 2 3 Cents a Dozen Under OPA
OPA announces price increase of 2 to 3 cents per dozen for grade A and B eggs due to seasonal scarcity. Clinton Campbell, price specialist, notes further rises possible. New schedule raises grade A extra large, large, and medium by two cents with grade B extra large up to three cents. other grade B eggs up two cents. Group 1 stores grade A extra large 60 cents, Group 2 59. large 58 and 57. medium 51 and 50. small 42 and 41 cents.
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OPA
Clinton Campbell
Adrian Temp Hits Century Mark As Heat Lingers
The Adrian area saw 100 degrees for the third time this season with scattered thunder showers expected tonight and Saturday. After a 69 degree low, the day rose to 92 by noon, near a century again, while cooler weather moves in from Fargo and Minnesota by Saturday.
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Adrian
Michigan
Detroit
Fargo
N. C
Minnesota
Battle Creek
Traverse City
North Dakota
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Death penalty ordered for German officers over salute
London reports Adolf Hitler issued a decree directing courts martial to impose death on officers who insist on the army salute rather than the Heil Hitler salute. The Mos cow radio quoted the order today.
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London
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Wounded Again Awarded Purple Heart Recipient Keith Elliott
Staff Sergeant Keith Elliott of 967 Michigan Avenue has been wounded again in the South Pacific after receiving the Purple Heart last April for prior wounds. He has served in the Pacific for three years and was last wounded in June, currently hospitalized in the Pacific area.
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South Pacific
Keith Elliott
Lloyd Elliott
Michigan Avenue
Pacific Area
Polio Outbreak Grows Outstate While Detroit Lags
Michigan reports ten new poliomyelitis cases bringing 1944 total to 153 with 146 since July 1. Outstate counties show slight increases while Detroit remains steady. One death reported in Adrian area. Hudson youth dies. Robert Green treated in Ann Arbor.
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Lansing
Michigan
Wayne County
T. M. Koppa
State Health Department
Bureau of Epidemiology
Detroit
Lenawee County
Livingston County
Battle Creek
Fort Huron
Koppa
Dearborn
Adrian
Robert Green
Rome Center
University Hospital
Ann Arbor
Hudson
Applications Filed For Prisoner Labor In Blissfield Meeting
A Blissfield high school gathering gathered representatives from Home Canning Blissfield Campbell Soup Acme Preserve Adrian Knox Pickle Pet Milk Ida and Dundee plants to file German war prisoner labor applications. Major Williams Detroit contracting officer detailed contract procedures transport supervision and approval steps before labor allocations proceed to plants for final consent.
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Blissfield High School
Williams
Detroit
Home Canning Company of
Blissfield
Campbell Soup Company
Acme Preserve ‘Company
Adrian
Knox Pickle Company
Hudson
Pet Milk Company
Ida
Dundee
Generals Sign Anti Hitler Statement
Two captured German generals Lt Gen von Kurowski of the 110th Infantry Division and Maj Gen Lindeman of the 361st Infantry Division urged the German people and army to end the war. They warned over 30 German divisions faced extermination under Hitler and urged stopping the struggle and laying down arms. The dated August 6 declaration aligns with a manifesto reportedly signed by 60 generals on July 22 repudiating Hitler.
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Moscow
Hitler
von Kurowski
Lindeman
Germany
Japanese Soldier Fails To Escape Marines
A Japanese soldier leaped onto a crest and taunted U S Marines shouting you can’t catch me The Marines closed in and fired a volley of bullets capturing him in a brief firefight near Guam on August 11 The incident ended with the Japanese soldier killed or captured by Marines amid combat conditions
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Guam
U. S
Auction highlights in Ohio and Illinois markets
An August sale notice lists events near Reading in Fulton County Ohio and Fayette in Fulton County with Aaron Towne estate and Victor Sharp as auctioneers. It invites readers to see Market Page for details on the Aug 14 auction and related listings in the Reading area.
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Reading
Victor Sharp
Fulton Co
Ohio
Fayette
Aaron Towne
Death Factory at Lublin Alleged Nazi Atrocities
Moscow reports say German SS and Gestapo captives try to shift blame for the Lublin death factory where thousands of Poles and Jews were exterminated. Pravda names officers, describes gas cells, five-store crematory, and warehouses of belongings. Bodies and shoes found near crematory ovens. POWs allegedly used and killed after one month.
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Lublin
Moscow
Red Star
Konstantin Simonov
Committee of National Liberation
Pravda
Tuman
Lublin-Chelm
Simonov
Katyn Forest
Smolensk
Sisters Guilty of Treason Conspiracy in Denver Trial
Three Japanese American sisters were convicted by a U S district court jury of conspiracy to commit treason for aiding two German prisoners escape from an internment camp. they were acquitted on treason charges. Judge Symes withheld sentence, max two years and ten thousand dollars. defense may appeal. The defendants are Tsuruko Wallace Florence Otani and Billie Tanigoshi. They showed no emotion as verdict read. The government accused them of furnishing maps clothing and aid to escape from Trinidad Colorado internment camp.
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Denver
U.S. District Court
J. Foster Symes
Kenneth W. Robinson
Tsuruko “Toots” Wallace
Florence “Flo” Shioze Otani
Billie Shitara Tanigoshi
Symes
Germany
Robinson
U. S
Thomas J. Morrissey
America
Heinrich Haider
Herman August Loescher Ir
Trinidad, Colo
Wallace Could Be Put In Government Post If Roosevelt Wins
The New York Times reports Vice President Henry A. Wallace has been assured by President Roosevelt he can hold a significant government role if the administration returns to office in November. Wallace allies say he would seek details of the program upon Roosevelt's reelection and would back the president, with the job offered depending on how liberal the administration’s plans would be.
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New York
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
New York Times
Washington
The
Times
Wallace
Center opens venereal disease treatment center in Ann Arbor
A state health department rapid treatment center to curb venereal disease spread opened to the public in Ann Arbor yesterday. The facility aims to provide quick diagnosis and treatment, reflecting ongoing public health efforts in the city.
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Ann Arbor
State. Health Department
Planes Strike Rail Yards and Oil Dumps Near Paris
Allied heavy bombers smashed oil dumps and rail yards near Paris and in Saarbrucken, Strasbourg, Mulhouse, and Belfort. Rail facilities through Strasbourg, Antwerp, Brussels, Metz, Lille and Sedan were hit. Up to 1,000 bombers attacked oil supplies for submarines and trains as Berlin endured another restless night from air raids. The campaign appears aimed at isolating Paris. Weather favorable. reports claim good results.
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London
Paris
Saarbrucken
Alsace Lorraine
Strasbourg
Mulhouse
Belfort
Antwerp
Brussels
Metz
Lille
Sedan
Berlin
Perseid meteor shower promises nightly sky fireworks
New York reports free entertainment tonight with the annual Perseid meteor shower. Astronomers expect about one shooting star per minute as Earth crosses the debris from Tuttle’s comet, seen last in 1862. The display, possibly brightest after midnight, may linger into early morning depending on conditions. The comet is due again in 1980 if intact, says Hayden Planetarium expert Charles O. Roth Jr.
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New York
Tuttle
Charles O. Roth Jr
Hayden Planetarium
Navy Radioman Tweed Lived 31 Months as Guam Survivor
Chief Radioman George Ray Tweed, sole survivor of Guam garrison, recounts 31 months of evading Japanese forces after escaping Agana in December 1941. He survived on rain water and scavenged food, aided by a rescue July 10, and later returned to the United States with his family.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
George Ray Tweed
Tweed
Guam
Agana
United States
U. S. Navy
San Diego
Calif
Mary
Iris Tweed
Ronald
Robert
Japs to Strengthen Home Defenses After Plane Raid
The Japanese cabinet plans by August 15 to prepare a defense strengthening plan after a yesterday Superfortress raid on Nagasaki. Tokyo radio said the plan contrasts with propaganda abroad. Palembang oil refinery was hit with six planes, one oil tank set aflame, two raiders downed, no Nagasaki destruction claimed.
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Nagasaki
Japan
Tokyo Radio
Empire
Federal Communications Commission
Palembang
Sumatra
Tokyo
Mexican conductor unveils thirteenth sound system
In Mexico City on August 11, Julio Carrillo announces a new musical system called the Metropolitan Group 13. He claims a thirteenth sound creates a new octave with 96 tones in total, each divided into 16 parts. Instruments must be redesigned for the approach.
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Mexico City
Julian Carrillo
Carrillo
Air Phase of Philippines Battle Opens After Guam Victory
General Headquarters reports the air phase of the Philippines recon quest begins as Guam ground fighting ends in American triumph. MacArthur announces the first Philippines bombing since Corregidor’s fall, and Nimitz notes Guam’s organized Japanese resistance ended August 9.
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Philippines
Guam
Associated Press
Southwest Pacific
Corregidor
Gen. MacArthur
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Adm. Nimitz
United States
American Marianas
Japan
Nagasaki
Adm
Turner
Marianas
Dramatiao
Saipan
Coal Shortage Looms As Fuel Season Nears
Local coal dealers warn of tighter supplies as Interior Dept directs a scaled 90 percent of last year’s quota with only 40 percent for October and 5 percent after. Adrian’s growing demand faces shipment delays and staffing shortages as orders pile up and deliveries lag.
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Department of Interior
Theodore Matthes
Adrian
William H. Stevenson
Stevenson Lumber and Coal Co
Bombing Raids Hit Palembang and Nagasaki by B-29s
Two waves of B-29 Superfortresses struck centers of Japanese industry, hitting the Pladjoe refinery at Palembang in Sumatra and Nagasaki on Kyushu. Reported good bombing results, weak opposition, and several aircraft losses. One plane forced to land in China was strafed. three aircraft unaccounted for.
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Japan
Miami
Boston
MacArthur
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Davao
Mindanao
Philippines
Grant Jensen
Kenosha
Wis
Spencer Davis
Associated Press
Dutch New Guinea
BBC
New York
NBC
Halmahera
Ceram
Amboina
Boeroe
Washington
Unace
Sasebo Naval Base
20Th Bomber Command
Palembang
Sumatra
Nagasaki
Kyushu
Pladjoe
China
20Th Air Force
Southeast Asia Command
Far East
Pelembang
Mitsubishi
Lawmaker proposes $5 penalty for not voting in primaries
Rep. Barry of New York drafts a bill to tax every eligible able bodied citizen who fails to vote in a primary. The plan would add a $5 penalty to the person’s income tax bill, arguing that organized minorities exploit voter indifference in primaries.
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Washington
Barry
D.-N.y
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Company B
Staff Sergeant
Boeing
Industrial Aircraft Co
Wichita
Kansas
Guam Garrison
Norman Tompson
Tompson Coal Co
Jap City
Heavy Producer
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