Allied Seventh Army Opens Southern France Front
U S and French invasion forces under Alexander Patch break through German coastal defenses and push 70 miles along the Mediterranean coast from Toulon to Cannes. Allied command is all American with Patton’s Sixth Corps leading advance as Cannes reportedly falls to Allied control.
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Rome
Seventh Army
U. S
Alexander M. Patch
France
Mediterranean
Toulon
Cannes
Hitler
Allied Headquarters
Sixth Corps
Anzio
George S. Patton
Europe
OWI
Algiers
Riveira
Japanese Warned Of Blows to Come
U S Pacific Fleet leaders say decisive American power will strike Japan from the Marianas. Admiral Nimitz outlines multi directional pressure by the Fifth Fleet and Halsey’s Third Fleet. Allied air forces continue raids on northern islands including Paramushiro and Chichi Jima as Halmahera raids persist.
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U. S. Pacific
Marianas Islands
Japan
Chester W. Nimitz
Fifth Fleet
Raymond Spruance
Halsey
Nimitz
Pacific Theatre
Halmahera
Chichi Island
The
Bonins
Paramushiro
Kuriles
Very Small Casualties In S France Invasion
Rome reports the United States Seventh Army crumbling enemy resistance in southern France and consolidating on the Riviera with assault casualties under 300. General Patch’s forces moved through the maritime Alps valleys, extending 50 air miles along the coast and within 10 miles of Toulon and six of Cannes as fresh Allied landings were reported on both sides of Toulon.
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Rome
France
United States
Seventh Army
Riviera
Patch
Alps
Toulon
Cannes
Paris in View of Allied Patrols Near Paris
Allied forces push toward Paris with American tanks advancing beyond Chartres and Eiffel Tower reportedly in view. German radio says Sherman units are within 12 miles as Montgomery leads British and Canadian troops to trap remnants of the German Seventh Army. Western front reportedly swings east from Caen.
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London
Patton
Paris
Chartres
Montgomery
Seventh Army
Caen
Associated Press
Edward Ball
Eiffel Tower
Stabbing at Washington Bay Lands Man in Hospital
A fight at Washington Bay left one man hospitalized and another in federal jail. Claude Freedle, a night fireman, stabbed Earl W. Campfield, a packing company employee, in the mess hall and outside. Campfield received treatment for wounds to the back and abdomen. Freedle was jailed on $1,000 bail awaiting hearing after the incident drew Coast Guard help from a nearby freighter.
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Washington Bay
Claude Freedle
Storfold & Grandahl Packing Co
Earl W. Campfield
Campfield
Freedle
Mess Hall
Crickett
Coast Guard
Petersburg
President vows Allied troops to occupy Berlin and Tokyo
President Roosevelt declared at a Washington news conference that Allied armies will drive into and occupy Germany and Japan even if resistance collapses before borders. He returned from a 35 day Pacific tour via Hawaii and the Aleutians, planning to brief military leaders soon.
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Berlin
Tokyo
Washington
Pacific
Germany
Japan
Roosevelt
Hawaii
Aleutians
Action Light on Italian Fronts
Action at the front tapered off on Wednesday as artillery and snipers held off. The Allied military government moved in food for civilians in liberated areas. There was no change in the Fifth and Eighth army fronts.
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Rome
New Packing Plant Planned on Petersburg Waterfront
Chris Dahl has leased 40 by 80 foot waterfront land west of Fryer Machine Works to build a quick freeze seafood plant for clams shrimp and crab. W Arnold Waring of Haines Oyster Co Seattle advised and discussed postwar markets. War Department approval is awaited before construction can begin.
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Chris Dahl
Forrest Fryer
Fryer Machine Works
Dahl
Petersburg
W. Arnold Waring
Haines Oyster Co
Seattle
War Department
Germans Burn Own Prussian Towns
London reports that retreating Germans burn their own towns along the East Prussian border to hinder Russian advance. NBC says the Red Army crossed into Germany while a German communique claims 20,000 trapped in the Baltic states and a major Russian attack with 225,000 plus men. Fresh fighting continues near the Danube frontier and a large tank battle rages east of Warsaw.
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London
Moscow
Germany
Baltic States
Peipus Lake
Esthenia
Dnester River
Warsaw
Chennault's Raiders Strike Jap Naval Base in Mako Islands
Liberator bombers led by Major General Claire Chennault raided the Japanese naval base at Mako in the Piscadores Islands in a large Tuesday night attack. Details were not released. this marked the first Allied strike against the islands between Formosa and China.
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Chennault
Jap Naval Base
Chungking
Claire Chennault
Mako
Piscadores Islands
Formosa
China
Spanish War Veterans Endorse Postwar Training
The 46th annual encampment of United Spanish War Veterans in Cincinnati on August 17 adopted a resolution urging compulsory military training after the war. The measure states that the fighting forces must be kept ready, properly equipped, and not sent into battle barefooted or unarmed.
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United Spanish War Veterans
Chinese Forces Begin Offensive Near Ichang
Chinese forces have started an offensive in the Yangtze River port area near Ichang, a central China stronghold, the Chinese high command announced Wednesday.
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Chungking
Yangtze River
Ichang
China
Chinese ‘High Command
Allied air raid hits Mili airdrome Halmahera Island
General Headquarters reports a large Allied bombing raid on Halmahera's Mili airdrome destroying or damaging 23 planes and starting fires in adjacent areas. Liberators and Mitchells attacked. no Japanese fighters rose. The August campaign marks 14 raids on Halmahera as enemy shipping and garrisons struggle to use small craft for essential supplies.
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General Headquarters
Southwest Pacific Air Corps
Mili
Halmahera
Molucca
Miti
Guardian of
Philippines
Ceram
Banda
Arafura Sea
Nazi Seventh Army Flees Normandy Front and Guerilla Warfare
Allied dispatches report the German seventh army breaking under shellfire and bombs in Normandy. The retreates through a narrowing gap as armor evacuates and infantry stream out toward safety between Paris and the Seine amid disrupted communications.
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Supreme Headquarters
AEF
Seventh Army
Normandy
Paris
Seine
Chartres Dreux
le Mans
Falaise
George S. Patton, Jr
Navy orders action at San Francisco shops over overtime
Rear Admiral H. G. Bowen acting under presidential authority directed the director of Selective Service the OPA and the War Manpower Commission to take immediate steps against AFL Machinists, tiers not complying with Navy and National War Labor Board overtime orders at five San Francisco shops.
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San Francisco
H. G. Bowen
Selective” ‘Service
OPA
AFL
Navy
National
W. Labor Board
Officials Checking Fish Situation Here
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service director Dr. Ira Gabrielson Alaska director Frank Hynes and Wildlife agent Jack Conner visited Petersburg. They announced a two day northward extension of the season to Icy Straits with potential wider expansion if fish runs justify it. Cannery totals show declines from last year across Wrangell and Petersburg area plants.
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Ira Gabrielson
U. S. Fish.and Wildlife Service
Frank Hynes
Alaska
Jack Conner
Petersburg
Icy Straits
Theema
C. Howard Baltzo
Wrangell
Roosevelt visits Aleutian base in surprise tour
President Roosevelt arrived at an Aleutian base by warship for a surprise inspection tour with Vice Admiral Fletcher. He praised armed forces for driving out the enemy and building new bases quickly, and predicted people at home will see Alaska’s growth after the war. He spoke of settlement and said Japan cannot threaten North America with an invasion of Alaska.
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Aleutian Island
Roosevelt
Aleutians
Honolulu
Fletcher
North Pacific
North America
Alaska
United States
Navy
Army
Open Season and Game Limits Announced for 1944
Alaska announces 1944 45 season dates and bag limits for moose caribou mountain goat bear and duck species. Seasons run Sep 1 to Sep 30 and Dec 1 to Dec 31 for moose south and north regions. caribou Sep 1 to Oct 15. mountain goat Sep 1 to Oct 31. bear ranges vary with Kodiak Afognak Island limits two per season and others two per season with no season in rest of Territory. migratory birds require federal stamps and grouse ptarmigan allow specific taking methods and daily limits of 10 birds.
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Alaska Range
Bapgeiend
Longi- 417
Kodiak- Afognak Island
Mrs Longworth and daughter visit kin in Oregon
Mrs Jack Longworth and her daughter Ann Susan return home after several weeks visiting Mrs Longworth's parents in Portland and her sister in Elmira Oregon.
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Jack Longworth
Ann Susan
Former UMW Leader Sentenced to Jail
James Aaron Thacker former president of the United Mine Workers local at Middleboro was sentenced in federal circuit court to two concurrent one year terms for violation of the War Labor Board disputes act in Connecticut tied to a coal strike at a government operated Bell County mine last year.
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Lexington
James Aaron Thacker
United Mine Workers
Middleboro
War Labor Board
Refugees May Become Italian Citizens
The Italian government approved a proposal to offer citizenship to part of about 20,000 refugees sheltered in the country. Most are Yugoslavs with others being Polish, Austrians, and Czechoslovakians.
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London
Bonomi
Italy
Inuiicipal
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Norman Bell
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