Germans Flee Normandy in Disarray as Allied Pressure Grows
Reportage describes German Seventh Army breaking into scattered bands under pressure from Allied advances toward the Seine. Bridges fall to air attacks, and pockets from Brest to Argentan are surrounded or reduced. Captured numbers include 39,000 prisoners by Third Army and 11,000 killed, with thousands more cut off and fighting a guerrilla war.
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Atlantic
von Kluge
Butchers and Bakers
Normandy Bulge
Conde - Sur - Noireau
Normandy
Seventh Army
Palaise
Argentan
France
Third
Brest
Loire
Angers
Germany
Hitler
George S. Patton
Alencon
le Mans
Falaise
Dreux
Chartres
Paris
Seine-Loire
Allied forces push inland from Cannes to Toulon front
Allied troops and airborne units pushed 8 miles inland from the beachheads along the Cannes to Toulon corridor within 24 hours. The assault secured objectives with light initial casualties as paratroopers and gliders landed ahead, aiding the advance toward Nice and St. Tropez while engineers landed to support airfield construction.
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Toulon-Cannes
Radio London
Cannes
Theoule
CBS
Rome
St. Tropez
Gannes
Toulon
le Muy
Frejus
St. Raphael
DNB
Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean
Great
Allied Forces Landings in Southern France Face Strong Resistance
Allied forces completed landings on several southern France beaches but met stiff opposition at one sector that delayed disembarkation. Air support bombed Valence airfield and coastal targets while gliders ferried in reinforcements. Sky trains and naval ships from Italy, North Africa, Corsica and Sardinia backed the push toward Lyon and Paris with tens of thousands of troops landing in the first 12 hours.
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Lyon
Paris
Valence
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Italy
North Africa
Corsica
Sardinia
Normandy
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Toulon
Radio Atlantic
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Hyeres
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Frejus
Cannes
German push hard to stabilize front near Warsaw and East Prussia
Soviet communique reports heavy German attacks to plug gaps on the eastern front as Maslennikov and Konev advance on multiple sectors. German counterattacks near East Prussia throw back Soviet villages while losses rise, and the overall battle tally shows hundreds of thousands of enemy casualties since June.
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U.P
Red Army
Warsaw
East Prussia
Wehrmacht
Germany
France
Ivan I. Maslennikov
Third Baltic
Baltic
Anne
Valga
Kassi
Riga
Tartu
Maslennikov
Ivan S. Konev
Vistula
Sandomierz
Konev
Raseinai
Tilsit
Amarillo tenor joins Oklahoma! company as understudy lead
Brenton Flenniken formerly of Amarillo has signed with the Chicago Oklahoma! company as understudy to the lead and will sing in the show. His wife Ruth Mitchell, known from Let's Face It in Chicago, may also join the company.
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Brenton Flenniken
Amarillo
Chicago
M. B. Flenniken
Washington Street
Oklahoma
Flenniken
Ruth Mitchell
Mop-Up in Empoli Is Complete
Eighth Army troops have mopped up German resistance in Empoli on the Arno's south bank, 25 airline miles west of Florence, as the Italian front remains largely stable. Florence shelling by German long-range guns eased, while the Allied Military Government feeds about three quarters of Florence residents though some suburban areas remain cut off from food. Building materials for repairs. See John Maynard Lbr. Co., 800 W. 5th.
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Eighth Army
Empoli
Arno
Florence
Summons Served On Man In Stamp Tax Case
Emmett Sullivan found a summons on his car demanding he report to the Internal Revenue Office over missing use stamps. He showed washed off windshield stamp bits. A second summons appeared, then a third to report to police for an over parkin g fine.
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Sedalia
Emmett Sullivan
Internal Revenue Office
Sullivan
Japanese Retrenchment and Allied Advances Across Pacific Fronts
Japanese forces retreat from northeastern India into Burma as Allied offensives train on Halmahera Ternate Paramushiro Shumushu Araito Iwo Jima Pagan Rota and Marianas. MacArthur and Nimitz prepare serial attacks while air patrols destroy small craft and clash with interceptors as hard fighting continues around Hengyang in China.
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Associated Press
Japan
Halmahera
Kuriles
MacArthur
Nimitz
Ternate
Philippines
Para
Paramushiro
Iwo Jima
U. S
Iwo
Marianas
New Guinea
Saipan
Hengyang
China
Why Not Wynot When Wynot Is His Name
Boston police struggle with a toddler and his nickname Butch during a lost child incident. Harold Anthony Wynot, age two and a half, insists his name is Butch Wynot, forcing officers to chase the full given name until his father arrives to clarify.
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Boston
Harold Anthony Wynot
Butch
Allied Troops Advance Toward Mandalay Reach Thai Wagon
Southeast Asia command reports Allied forces advancing on the Taungi area and reaching Thai Wagon two miles north of Pin baw as other units push along the Tiddim Road.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Taungi
Thaiwagon
Pinbaw
Tiddim
Paris
Alencon
Chartres-Dreux
Weather Outlook for Amarillo Region and West Texas
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with cooler temperatures. West Texas sees partly cloudy skies with scattered thunder showers across Panhandle, South Plains, Pecos River westward. New Mexico reports scattered showers today and tonight, little temp change. highs reach 85 to 90s, 100 yesterday, 69 overnight, 88 at noon.
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West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos River
New Mexico
Bombing raid blitz across central German heartland
An American air armada of about 2000 planes hit aircraft plants oil facilities and airfields in Leipzig and Magdeburg while other groups attacked front lines in northern and southern France. Berlin endured a night raid with two ton bombs as RAF Mosquitos disrupted the capital.
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Germany
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Magdeburg
Berlin
Italy
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Tyrol
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U. S. Eighth Air Force
Saxony
Hanover
Brunswick
Panhandle Sees General Showers with Light Rain
Rain fell generally across the Panhandle last night with Shamrock recording the heaviest amount at half an inch. The Weather Bureau in Amarillo measured .32 inches. Forecaster H. C. Winburn noted the rain did little to cool conditions and expected a drop from yesterday's 100 but high humidity will keep Amarillo hot. Additional totals included Adrian .10, Claude .24, Hereford .10, Pampa .04, Panhandle .14, Spearman .07.
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Weather Bureau
H. C. Winburn
Amarillo
Panhandle
Adrian
Claude
Hereford
Pampa
Spearman
Vatican Newspaper Foresees Allied Victory in War
L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican City paper, stated belief in an Allied victory in World War II. An article on the Atlantic Charter asserted the world is now dominated by Allied armed forces and urged that the charter principles become reality in international life.
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Vatican City
L’osservatore Romano
L’osservatore
Tokyo Radio Reframes Allied Invasion Of Southern France
Tokyo radio claims the Allied invasion of southern France was prompted by slow offensives in northern France and German pressure on the eastern front, twisting events to fit its narrative.
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London
Tokyo Radio Today
France
Nazi Chiefs Leaving Paris In Wake Of Allied Breakthrough
London and Madrid dispatches report German forces ordered most Paris command posts to evacuate and administrative offices of the puppet government to move east. Allied advances near Paris and in Brittany push toward liberation as German resistance collapses in the Falaise pocket.
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Madrid
Paris
Vichy
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