Bonin and Volcano Islands Attacked by U S Forces
Tokyo radio reports from San Francisco say 10 cruisers and destroyers sighted east of Chichi Jima as American carrier air strikes hit Iwo Jima and Chichi Jima. Mitscher’s task force shelled Japanese bases, with prior June actions sinking ships and destroying planes.
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United Press
Bonin
Volcano Islands
Tokyo
Radio Tokyo
Marc A. Mitscher
United P Pss
San Francisco
Chichi Jima
Mitscher
Marianas
Iwo Jima
Saipan
Bonins
Myitkyina Falls falls to Allied forces in Burma campaign
Allied troops capture Myitkyina after ten weeks of fighting amid monsoon and jungle, clearing the way for Lt. Gen. Joseph Stilwell to advance the Ledo road toward China. The victory comes with heavy Japanese losses and secures key airfields and rail hubs in North Burma as Chinese, American, and imperial troops push toward Tengchung and Kamaung. Weather reports warn of continued heat with temperatures near 100 degrees.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Myitkyina
Burma
Ledo
China
Southeast Asia
Joseph Stilwell
Stilwell
India
Hukawng
Kamaung
Mogaung
Guam
Chester Nimitz
Tinian
New Guinea
Philadelphia transit strike flares again with army seizure
In Philadelphia bands of strikers threaten violence to halt return to service on government seized lines. Army orders police to ride all vehicles as Maj. Gen. Hayes oversees operation. The clash over racial staffing continues amid halted trains and damaged property.
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Philadelphia
Philip Hayes
Third Service Command
President ‘Roosevelt
Market Street
Broad Street
Washington
Biddle
Smith-Connolly
Transportation Company
Philadelphia Transportation Company
69Th Street
Hunting Park
James McMenamin
General Emergency Committee
PTC
Army
Roosevelt
Movie Star Jackie Cooper Faces Delinquency Charge
Four people including Jackie Cooper 22 of Beverly Hills are charged with contributing to and encouraging the delinquency of minors. The affidavits stem from a Lasalle Hotel party July 22 in South Bend Indiana. Also named are Pauline Frederic 19 George Bender a Notre Dame V-12 student and Olie Lowery a hotel waiter. Warrants will be issued for arrest and the four will be arraigned in juvenile court.
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South Bend
Ind
St. Joseph County
Arthur F. Scherr
Jackie Cooper
Beverly Hills
Calif
Cooper
University of Notre Dame
Navy
Scherr
Lasalle
Pauline Frederic
George Bender
Notre Dame
Olie Lowery
Leo J. Cook
Albert L. Doyle
Air Raiders Over Manchuria Scrambled by Ground Fire
Tokyo Radio reported three American aircraft, likely based in China, appeared over Southern Manchuria today but did not confirm if they were part of a B 29 raiding force following last week’s Manchuria raid. Ground fire drove them off with no bombs dropped.
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Tokyo
China
Manchuria
United Press
San Francisco
Readers pick front page picks and war news
The survey asks what readers check first after headlines. Cardholders name items from ads to sports to war updates, weather, and local crime. Choices mention Cardinals sports pages, Ernie Pyle, Old Tack, and army progress in France.
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Charles Burnett
M. L. Webb
St. Louis Cardinals
Jimmy Gorrell
Tack
Allie Merchant
Carl Schell
France
Amarillo Sets New Water Usage Records This Week
Amarillo municipal water use surged to more than 16 million gallons on Wednesday and yesterday, led by 16.6 million gallons on Wednesday and 16.4 million on the prior day. The previous daily high was 16 million on Aug 10, 1943, while last month’s average was 8,993,548 gallons, over a million higher than July 1943.
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Amarillo
N. W. Moss
City Water Department
German Baltic Front Leader Deserted to Russians
The German radio claimed General Lindermann, commander in chief of the Baltic front, has deserted to the Russians. He led the 16th and 18th Armies with 20 to 30 divisions said to be cut off by the Soviet Baltic advance.
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London
George Lindermann
Baltic Front
Baltic Sea
Weather Outlook for Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
Partly cloudy in Amarillo and vicinity with scattered thundershowers tonight and Sunday fair with cooler weekend. West Texas partly cloudy today to Saturday with thundershowers in the Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico fair today, partly cloudy with scattered showers Saturday, cooler in northeast today and east Saturday. High 106, low 75, noon 90.
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Amarillo
H. C Winburn
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Price Brooks
Russell Stationery Company
Allied Troops Pushing Toward St Nazaire and Nantes
American armored columns raced beyond Rennes toward St Nazaire and Nantes on the Loire Estuary, threatening to seal off the Breton peninsula. Bradley’s forces pressed from Dinan toward Brest and St Malo, with supply lines stretched yet advancing rapidly against scattered German resistance.
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AEF
Rennes
Brittany
St. Navaire
Nantes
Breton
Supreme Headquarters
Omar N. Bradley
Bradley
St. Nazaire
Loire
United States
Dinan
Washington
Brest
St. Malo
Broons
Breton Hills
Avranches
Peril Nazi Sub Bases Peril Nazi Sub Bases
American forces advance through Brittany driving toward St Nazaire and Nantes while probing Lorient Brest and Rennes areas. Heavy fighting concentrates near La Charbonniere and an airport south of Rennes as U S columns threaten key submarine bases and transport hubs.
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Brittany
U. S
Brest
Lorient
United Press
Robert C. Miller
Pipriac
Rennes
Bain de Bretagne
Mauron
St. Meen-la-Grande
Miller
la Charbonniere
St. Nazaire
Muzillac-La Roche-Bernard
Warsaw in revolt as Polish patriots seize city district
Polish underground leader Gen Bors reports more than 25 000 patriots have captured the Staromiastro district and seized key points in Warsaw as Soviet forces push toward East Prussia. German civilians evacuate as Red Army massed at the frontier amid heavy air battles.
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London
U.P
Bors
Staromiastro
Old City
Warsaw
East Prussia
Reich
Izvestia
Vistula
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Fraga
Ger
DNB
Red Army
Augustow
Vilkovichki
Don
Desna
Dnepr
Dnestr
Eighth Army presses toward Florence amid bridge destroyals
Allied forces reach Florence outskirts as five of six Arno bridges within the city are destroyed. German troops pull back from a ridge south of Florence with New Zealand and South African units driving toward the river. Impruneta and other towns fall as pressure builds for a possible fall of Florence to Gen. Alexander's forces.
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Rome
Eighth
Florence
Arno
Lynn Heinzerling
B. C. Freyberg
Crete
Greve
Eighth Army
Laramola
Giogoli
Impruneta
Sir Harold Alexander
Pesa
Allied air fleets strike Germany in massive daylight raid
More than 1,200 American heavy bombers with fighter escorts attacked German targets as RAF forces joined a huge daylight offensive. Lancasters and Halifaxes possibly the largest daylight mission, with British light and medium bombers also active over Europe. Observers expected this day to exceed yesterday's 5,000 sorties.
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London
U.P
Germany
RAF
France
Britain
Normandy
Ger
Mecklenburg
Pomerania
Reich
British Press Association
Hea
Vies
Continent
Night Battle Over London as Tempest Spitfires Defeat Flying Bombs
British airmen fought German flying bombs from midnight to dawn under moonlight using Tempest and Spitfire fighters. They knocked bombs down like tenpins, blasted waves of missiles, and shielded coastal areas though some bombs caused casualties and damage.
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London
England
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Agana
Hengyang
Canton
Hankow
Hunan
A Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
James P. McGranery
McGranery
Pulse Feeler
John Maynard Ltr. Co
W. Sth
Peril
Uh &M
Ivan D. Cherniakhovsky
Silesia
Tuscan
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