Hitler urges fight to the last soldier as front widens
Soviet reports describe a widening eastern front with new German counterattacks and mass mobilizations in East Prussia. Hitler directs divisions to reinforce the border while Russian forces push near Liepaja and Siedlce, threatening Warsaw and the Krakow corridor.
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East Prussia
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Krakow
Berlin
DNB
Vilkaviskis
East Prussian
Insterburg
Holy Land
Reich
Pravda
Third Reich
Vistula
Mariampole
Paul Joseph Goebbels
British Second Army Advances 4000 Yards Across Orne
Counterattacks targeted the center and left flank as the British Second Army pushed a 4000 yard widening bridgehead on the Canadian right across the Orne River amid ongoing operations.
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Second Army
The
Orne
Allied Push Near Paris Tightens Threat to Capital
Reports say American troops neared Paris from multiple fronts as they entered Nantes and St. Malo and pressed Brest and Lorient. Canadian and British forces advanced toward Caen and Alencon while German counterattacks and minefields slowed gains.
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CBS
le Mans
Paris
Brittany
Nantes
Loire
Angers
Loise
Lorient
St. Malo
Brest
Omar N. Bradley
NBC
Dinard
Loire River
Britanny
Avranches
Mortain
Gatheme
Roulours
Vire
Estry
Hengyang Battle Claims Raise Disbelief Across Allied Lines
Japanese broadcasts claimed a major American disaster at Hengyang while Chinese officials reported heavy losses among defenders. No Allied source confirms American involvement at Hengyang, though U S troops later joined China ground fighting firing anti aircraft guns on Sungshan mountain in Yunnan Province.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Japan
Hengyang
Guam
Chungking
U. S
China
Sungshan
Yunnan
Burma Road
Salween River
All Agree They Want To Live In An Ultra Modern Post War World
A Pulse Feeler question on living in a post war world prompts varied views. Paul Nunn says he is satisfied except for the war, Minnie Christy imagines a glass house and stove, Matt Roberts prefers gradual change over 10 to 15 years, Boyd Elliott finds it interesting, Franklin Hyde cautions against too rapid a shift.
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Carolyn Munday
Paul Nunn
Minnie Christy
Matt E. Roberts
Boyd Elliott
Pvt
Franklin Hyde
Rome
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Sink 16 Jap Ships
U S submarines report sinking 16 enemy vessels in the Pacific and Far East, including five cargo transports, nine cargo ships, one tanker and one escort vessel. Total ships hit by American subs reach 839 with 687 sunk, 37 probably sunk and 115 damaged.
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Washington
U.P
U. S
Pacific
Navy
Far East
Allies Take Taungni in Northern Burma Drive
Allied troops advancing toward Mandalay seized Taungni ten miles southwest of Mogaung after overrunning Sahinaw. Sahman, midway between Taungai and Mogaung on the railroad, fell to the Third Indian Division which reported many enemy dead and abandoned equipment. Alice Jane Smythe, 12, visiting Fort Worth with Mrs. Virginia Smythe of West Tenth Avenue.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Mandalay
Burma
Taungni
Mogaung
Sahinaw
Sahman
Taungai
Alice Jane Smythe
Virginia Smythe
West Tenth Avenue
Fort Worth
Germans Sit Down at Stockton POW Sitdown Strike
Five hundred of 1,800 German prisoners at Stockton Army Ordnance Depot began a sitdown strike after being ordered to work nine hours daily. The workers, in non essential jobs at the depot and nearby Lathrop and Tracy, were previously on an eight hour day. Maj. Arthur Cook said the prisoners sat inside the enclosure and were placed on reduced rations.
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Stockton
Calif
U.P
Stockton Army Ordnance Depot
Lathrop
Tracy
Cal
Maj
Arthur Cook
Jackie Cooper Turned Over to Civil Authorities
Film star and naval V-12 student Jackie Cooper has been turned over to civilian authorities by Notre Dame Naval Training School officers to face charges of contributing to the delinquency of a 15 year old girl in South Bend Indiana authorities said today.
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South Bend
Ind
Jackie Cooper
Notre Dame Naval Training School
Stettinius Denies German Prisoners Killed in Italy
Acting Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr says it is untrue that American soldiers killed German prisoners in Italy. He stated the German protest alleging such killings has not been received, and he flatly dismissed the charge.
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Washington
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Italy
Stettinius
State Department
Eighth Army Corps in Action in French Battle
The United States Eighth Army Corps under Maj. Gen. Troy H. Middleton is operating in France. It is the fourth full corps disclosed in action, joining the Seventh Fifth and 19th. Middleton previously commanded the 45th Infantry Division in Sicily.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
United States
Eighth Army Corps
France
Troy Houston Middleton
Middleton
45Th
Sicily
Vatican Presses Aid for Florence as Allies Inch Forward
Vatican requests transportation to deliver flour and supplies via Archbishop Elia Della Costa for Florence amid food and water shortages. Canadian and Italian troops, aided by patriots, clear hostile elements in the Alliedheld city while Polish forces push across the Misa River line. Allied air power targets Budapest area and Bergamo as German defenses wane.
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Vatican
Florence
Elia Della Costa
Adriatic
Misa River
Prancavilla
Cesano
Rimini
Via del Serragli
Via Domana
Eighth Army
Eighth
Fifth Army
Arno
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Almassuzito
Gyor
Budapest
Brod
Yugoslavia
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas area
The forecast shows fair skies in Amarillo and vicinity with scattered afternoon cloudiness Friday and Saturday and little temperature change. West Texas may see afternoon and evening thundershowers from Pecos Valley westward today tonight and Friday with similar activity again Friday afternoon. New Mexico expected scattered thundershowers today and Friday mainly along mountains with little temperature change. High 96, low 70, noon 89. Desks chairs stools and tables.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
American Bombers Hit Paris Area and Ploesti Oil Centers
Allied air forces from England and Italy attacked fuel depots and rail links around Paris and near Ploesti Romania. About 500 planes targeted refineries and storage, with raids on rail bridges near Paris and at Anizy le Chateau and Fismes, while night raids hit Ploesti oil facilities.
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London
England
Italy
Paris
Foesti
Bucharest
Ploesti
France
Belgium
Seine
Nogent
Capital
Oise-Aisne Canal
Anizy -le-Chateau
Laon
Fismes
Unizy
Romania
Goebbels Bans Public Meetings as War Effort Tightens
Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels orders all public meetings and entertainments not tied to the war banned in Germany. He acts as Reich plenipotentiary for total war, drafting domestic servants for war industry and army use, and cutting staff in railways, postal and cultural services. Berlin radio says decrees will be published formally.
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London
Goebbels
Germany
Berlin Radio
Reds See No Quick End To War Says Moscow Source
Henry Cassidy reports from Moscow that a Soviet authority predicts it will take until next summer to crush Germany militarily. The view is cautious with little optimism for an early conclusion, but remarks note a sudden turn could alter the outlook. Cassidy has spent four years in Moscow.
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New York
Henry Cassidy
Associated Press
Moscow
Germany
Cassidy
Hitler
Fair Weather Forecast From Bureau Through Saturday
The U S Weather Bureau expects fair weather through Saturday with scattered afternoon clouds. Highs in the mid nineties and warmer evenings reflected in the notices for building materials and repairs from Tucker's Lumber Co at 800 W. 5th.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Tucker
John Maynard Lbr, Co
New Army Formed In Allied Airborne Consolidation
The Allied Expeditionary Force announces the consolidation of airborne and ground personnel into a unit the size of a full army under Lt. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton. Brereton, veteran of Pacific, Mediterranean and European theaters, will command. Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning of Britain is deputy.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Eisenhower
Lewis H. Brereton
Brereton
U. S. Army Air Forces
Pacific
Ninth Air Force
Frederick Browning
Hoyt Vandenberg
Allied Expeditionary Air Force
Vandenberg
Letter on delivery of Catholic vote cited in sedition case
A letter claimed to be from Eugene N Sanctuary in the mass sedition trial discusses a 1936 Catholic vote deal. It alleges Pope Pius XI now Pope Pacelli, Roosevelt, Farley Mundelein Gallagher and a congressman were present on a Pullman when the pact was made, and secrecy was sworn.
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Washington
Pius XI
Cardinal Pacelli
Roosevelt
Eugene N. Sanctuary
New York
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirts
Farley
Mundelein
Gallagher
Pacelli
Pope
We Have Sunk 500 Nazis Subs U Boat Fleet Still Impressive
Allied actions have sunk more than 500 German submarines since the war began. A joint Roosevelt Churchill statement notes the U boat fleet remains a formidable force. In July the submarines destroyed exceeded the merchant ships sunk.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
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