Allied Push Deepens In Normandy With Wide Front
British and Canadian forces expanded the Normandy front as they broke into key German positions south of Caen and across the Suleuvre River. Canadian troops attacked south of Hu bert Folie near Tilly la Campagne while British patrols pressed east of Caen, signaling possible broader offensive action.
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Omar N. Bradley
Pontaubault and Ducey
Avranches
Normandy
U. S
Percy
Avranches- Villendieu
Villedieu-Percy Road
Tessy-Sur- Vire
Souleuvre
St. Ko
Tessy
Suleuvre
le Beny-Bocages
Vire
United Press
William Wilson
Caen
Wilson
Hubert-Folie
Tilly la Campagne
MacArthur Leap Dooms Japs In Southwest Pacific
Japanese empire in the Southwest Pacific collapses as Allied forces push 200 miles westward to secure New Guinea. MacArthur and Nimitz advance on Guam Tinian and the Philippines while tallying Japanese losses and advancing beachheads at Sansapor and surrounding areas.
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MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Japan
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Guam
Tinian
U. S
China
Tokyo
Rota
Marianas
Solomons
Adm
Chester Nimitz
Sansapor
Sorong
Manokwari
Mindanao
Imahera
Min_80
Noemfoor Island
Saipan
New Britain
New Zealand
Pisa Falls to Allied Advance as German Defenses Break
Lond on Aug 1 U P American Soul troops broke through German lines in Italy and captured Pisa while the British Eighth Army moved into the area south of Florence. The DNB reported German evacuation to spare Pisa’s monuments, denying use of the leaning tower as an observation post.
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London
U.P
Italy
Pisa
DNB
8Th Army
Florence
Warsaw Ablaze As Reds Attack Suburbs In Warsaw Fight
Izvestia reports Warsaw enveloped in smoke as Germans abandon the city amid Soviet assault. Red Army crosses the Vistula and advances toward Berlin with fierce battles in the suburbs and widespread German evacuations.
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London
U.P
Izvestia
Warsaw
Adolf Hitler
Gestapo
Vistula
Red Army
Tropical Storm Swirling Off Carolina Coast
A tropical storm of gale force winds swirled off the Atlantic coast with its center about 200 miles southeast of Charleston. Storm warnings extended from Cape Hatteras to Brunswick as observers noted a possible change in course and urged coastal caution. In Washington, reps from the United States Great Britain and the Soviet Union set talks on an international peace security organization to begin August 14.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic
North
South Carolina
Weather Bureau
Charleston
S. C
Cape Hatteras
North Carolina
Brunswick
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Union
International Organization For Peace and Security
Absentee Voting for Second Democratic Primary Opens
Absentee voting for the second Democratic primary runs Aug. 26 to Aug. 22. Ballots available by writing or calling County Clerk Hubert Cole’s office. One voting box on the courthouse second floor. No contested local races. two contested state races. Farmers and outlying residents may vote anytime through Aug. 22. A special telephone number is posted for Sunday voters.
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Hubert Cole
German Radio Outlines Allied War Strategy
The German radio claimed Churchill and U S Secretary of War Stimson agreed to end the war in Europe by October at the latest. It alleged enemy leaders in London Washington and Moscow planned one last sweeping drive to win within weeks before German forces deploy new weapons.
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London
Churchill
U. S
Stimson
Europe
Washington
Moscow
Otto Kriegk
Shortages Delay Victory in War Material
Washington August 1 Gen Brehon Somervell commander of the Army Service Forces said shortages in 320 vital lines of war material threaten to delay victory. He warned shortages could impede production and delivery of essential supplies for the armed forces.
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Washington
Brehon Somervell
Army Service Forces
Germans Fleeing Germany’s Allies Move Toward Ankara
An overnight Istanbul to Ankara train carried Germans and families fleeing as Turkey prepared to meet parliament amid expected breaks with Germany. A special plane from Istanbul brought another group inland to Ankara before the assembly. Some may seek internment or refuge as potential war zones threaten coastal areas.
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Istanbul
National Assembly
Germany
Marmara Sea
Sbulgara
Balkans
Tanbul
Whey
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Four Stars for Joe Promotes Stilwell for General Rank
President Roosevelt nominated Lt Gen Joseph Warren Stilwell to be full general in the Army. The move signals expected new duties in the Burma China theater and aims to strengthen Chinese armies and logistics to sustain Allied war effort in Southeast Asia.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Joseph Warren Stilwell
Burma
Army of the
United States
Stilwell
George C. Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Burma-China
China
Southeast Asia
Lordage Mountbatten
Uncle Joe
Senate
Pacific
Guam
New Guinea
Sweden reports leader of retreating Nazis kills self
Aftonbladet quoted today that Marshal Ernst Busch commander of German forces retreating from White Russia killed himself after treatment at Hitler's headquarters. He had been missing from the Russian front where his army group suffered heavy losses.
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Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Ernst Busch
White Russia
Adolf Hitler
Basle
Switzerland
Hitler
Men Frown on Crimson Claws and So What
Carrie Bank asks Pulse Feeler what men think about painted fingernails. Readable responses from diverse professions include a florist who dislikes painted nails, a druggist who calls them terrible, a farm equipment man who says they help looks, a private in uniform who dislikes them, and a service station owner who thinks they ruin looks.
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Carrie Bank
East Ninth Avenue
F. D. Pendergraft
Paul McComas
Bill Jenkins
Robbery at Potters Home as Negro Strikes Woman
Police hunt a Black man who entered 616 Madison Street at about 9 last night, struck Mrs. Potter twice, and escaped with nearly 300 dimes. Mrs. Potter, at home with two young children, was counting saved dimes when the intruder battered her and fled after grabbing the money. Mr. Potter worked overtime at Builders' Supply Company.
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William H. Potter
Madison Street
Amarillo Post Office Receipts Edged Up in July
Amarillo postal receipts rose slightly in July totaling 66 117 06 compared with June 56 016 66 and July 192? last year 51 347 25. Postmaster W D DeGrassi noted July is typically a dull month while the year’s trend shows gradual gains.
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Amarillo
W. D. DeGrassi
Philippine Leader Manuel Quezon Dies in Exile in New York
Saranac Lake report says Manuel Quezon 65 former president of the Philippine government died at 10:05 AM EWT in a summer home. Quezon fled Luzon February 20, 1942 after Japan seized the Philippines and lived with his staff in New York. His family was at his bedside. he had urged American support for Philippine independence and hoped the United States would adopt a new wartime slogan Remember the Philippines.
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
Manuel Quezon
Quezon
Luzon
Maria Aurora
Maria Senaida
Manuel, Jr
Spain
United States
U. S. Senate
America
Philippines
Weather overview for West Texas and New Mexico
Partly cloudy today tonight and Wednesday in West Texas and New Mexico with widely scattered thundershowers over mountains. Little temperature change. Highs about 90 to 100 degrees. Overnight lows near 70. Noon reading around 96.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
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