Allied Invasion Storms Ashore in Southern France
Allied forces launched a large scale assault on the southern French coast using sea and air power. Paratroopers and airborne infantry supported a coastline landings under heavy naval bombarding and air cover as missions targeted the Rhone Valley toward Marseille and Cap Camarat with minimal German resistance reported.
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Mediterranean
Rhone
Marseille
Sir Henry Maitland Wilson
France
Paris
Normandy
1918
Wilson
Charles de Gaulle
French Committee of National Liberation
Berlin
St. Raphael
Cannes
Cape Camarat
Marseilles
Nice
Toulon
le Mans
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Western
Europe
Germany
Churchill
U. S
James V. Forrestal
Robert Patterson
Brehon Somervell
U. S. Army
Italy
Mediterranean Air Force
William Tesch
Joseph
Far East bombing raid targets Formosa and Halmahera
U S heavy bombers based in China attacked Formosa’s main port as part of a broad operation that also neutralized Halmahera Island and hit Takao and three freighters. Iwo Jima and other Pacific actions continued with air assaults and naval activity reported by Radio Tokyo and Gen. MacArthur. Chinese forces pressed in Yun province while Koiso called a Diet session to discuss the war outlook.
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France
Italy
Mediterranean
RAF
Marseille
Coulon
Nice
Cannes
Genoa
French Riviera
St. Raphael
St. Tropez
Fejus
Cap Camarat
Formosa
Janga
Philippines
U.S
China
Joseph Stilwell
Halmahera Island
Takao
Ormosa
Iwo Jima
Kcano Islands
Japan
Radio Tokyo
Halmahera
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Mindanao
MacArthur
Marianas
Tokyo
Western Pacific
Chester Nimitz
Henayang
Hankow-Canton
Hengyang
Lungling
Tengchung
Yung
Heng
Burma Road
Kuniaki Koiso
Soviet Armies Encircle East Prussia Reach Toward German Soil
Two Soviet armies form a widening arc from the Niemen River to Masurian Lakes with a 15 mile gap to German territory. Zakharov’s 2nd White Army enters Osoviets while Cherniakhovsky’s 3rd assaults near Tilsit as crossing across the Vistula is reported north of Warsaw. Tokyo reports a new 14 pound anti personnel bomb controlled from a plane.
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Moscow
East Prussia
Niemen River
Biebrza
Georgi Zakharov
Osoviets
Ivan D. Cherniakhovsky
Einianai
Tilsit
Berlin
Vistula
Warsaw
Radzymin
Tokyo
London
Battle of annihilation in the Normandy pocket widens
Allied forces launch a massive assault trapping about 100000 German troops in the Normandy pocket. Patton's 3rd Army and Canadian troops push toward Falaise and Lisieux, while German defenses and retreats collapse under heavy air and ground pressure.
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Supreme Headquarters
AEF
Normandy
George S. Patton
3Rd Army
Patton
Argentan
Falaise
1St Army
Lisieux
Gunther von Kluge
Paris
Thury-Harcourt
Proussey
Conde-Falaise
St. Demis de Mere
Beaten prison death in Northwest Texas Hospital
John Edward Mitch ell died after severe beating by cellmate Clinton B backwell in a downtown jail. Mitch ell, about 40, carried Oklahoma City address 308 West California Street and Rock Island payroll slips. Curtis Locke suffered minor injuries. Blackwell held for investigation with two prow car men and jailers providing statements.
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John Edward Mitchell
Texas
West
California Street
Oklahoma City
Clinton
Blackwell
Monroe Street
Selective Service
Rock Island
Mitchell
Locke
District Attorney's Office
Italians Escape at Hereford Prison Camp
Three Italian POWs escaped from the Hereford camp in Amarillo. Descriptions list Guido Mollica 24, Castorino 21, Menghetti 21 with heights from 4 to 5 8 and weights 146 to 169 pounds. They lack English, wear PW marked clothing, and were last seen at morning check. FBI and local police seek tips.
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Hereford
Amarillo
Guido Mollica
Soldatore Castorino
Germano Menghetti
Castorino
FBI
Silver Box Typewriter
Russell Stationery Company
Mouse found in bathtub puzzles Mrs Frederick
Mrs C D Frederick of 907 North Taylor Street found a live mouse in her bathtub this morning. The unusual predicament puzzled her and she set a trap to remove it without harming the animal.
Betting odds cut against quick victory in Europe
Allied successes in France triggered a surge in victory betting. Odds now favor the war ending by the last of October at 100 to 15, down from 100 to 7 three months ago. Building materials advertisement follows.
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Europe
London
France
Weather notes and brassieres trade talk headline
Amarillo and vicinity forecast fair with little temperature change tonight and through Thursday. West Texas mostly fair with scattered afternoon and night thunder showers from Pecos Valley westward. New Mexico partly cloudy with scattered showers and storms today tonight and tomorrow. cooler in the north. Highs 90 to 100. Melbourne report notes Australia seeks Iran and British men to ease import restrictions on brassieres.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Melbourne
Australia
Iran
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Associated Press
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Albi
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Bedarieux
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Aosta
Soluxxo
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Vercelli
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Alghero
Sardinia
Vire-Tinchebray
Falaise-Argentan
Breton
Brest
Lorient
St. Nazaire
St.Malo
Raf Lan
Curtis Locke
M. L. Fuller
William B. Thomas
Fuller
Thomas
Bill McAdams
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
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