Americans Break Through German Line in Western Normandy
United States forces led by Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley breach the German defenses west of St Lo, driving four miles inland to Marigny and pushing toward the heart of Normandy. British and Canadian units report gains below Caen as tank and air power dominate the fight across the region.
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AEF
First Army
Normandy
Marigny
St. Lo
Omar N. Bradley
Coutances
Seves
Periers
Montrabot
Caen
Verriers
St. Giles
Smite Palau and Sabang in Allied offensives across Pacific
Allied naval forces attacked Palau in the Western Pacific and Sabang off northwest Sumatra, Japanese broadcasts said. Carrier forces reportedly hit Palau with minimal damage and Sabang saw air and sea strikes sinking two Allied destroyers and a submarine.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
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Western Pacific
Sabang
Dutch East Indies
U. S
Tokyo
Sumatra
Guam
Tinian
Marianas
Japan
Philippines
Mindanao
Hollandia
Saipan
Orote Peninsula
Apra Harbor
American Planes From Russia Help Red Drive
American planes flying from U S bases in Russia joined the Red Army offensive near Lwow. The U S 15th Air Force based in Italy destroyed 38 German aircraft, with 29 in combat and nine grounded, while strafing gun emplacements, traffic, and railroads. They also downed Junkers 87s, hit the Mielec airdrome, and reported destroying locomotives and trucks. No American planes were lost.
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Russia
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Mielec
Wistoka River
Lnow
Soviet Union
Cossacks Drive Germans To Vistula's East Bank
The report highlights Allied units in Normandy praising the small observation plane Diablo for guiding artillery that decimated German forces. It notes Eisenhower's personal congratulations to Maj. J Elmore Swenson and the praising words from front line troops. In a broader dispatch, Bricker and Dewey meet in Albany as Germany fights on across Europe. The war update covers Russian advances pushing Germans toward the Vistula and around Lwow, with strategic moves toward Warsaw Riga and Przemysl as Red Army drives reshape Poland and East Prussia.
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Doughboys
France
John Holloman
Livingston
Tex
Pred
Luke) Madden
Hazard
Madden
J. Elmore Swenson
Salt Lake City
Eisenhower
Swenson
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Wisla
Pulawy
Warsaw
Lwow
Berlin
German Silesia
Kiev
Hungary
Czecho-Slovakia
Stanislawow
Tartar Pass
Carpathians
Ivan Bagramian
Daugavpils
Dvinsk
Latvia
Riga
Baltic
Red
George Lindemann
East Prussia
Lipsk
Suwalki
Poland
Junkers
Bialystok
Radom
Krakow
Europe
Ivan D. Konev
Przemysl
Les
Silesia
Red Army
One Box For Run Off Demo Primary In Potter County
Potter County holds a second Democratic primary on August 26 with a single polling place at the courthouse hall second floor. To cut costs, only one ballot box will be used. rural voters may vote absentee between August 7 and 22 by request, with poll tax receipt. County Clerk Hubert Cole or deputies issue ballots for residents and armed forces members who paid poll tax. Two statewide contests: attorney general and associate justice of the Supreme Court.
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Potter County
Hubert Cole
the Supreme Court
Boston
R. W. Norman
Western Union
Clyde Holtzclaw
M. E. Day
America
D. L. Browder
Sgt. C. Stepinski
Pulse Feeler
Texas
Peggy Patton
Poll Tax Opinions Stir Debate Across Community
Pulse Feeler surveyed locals on poll taxes with mixed views. Clyde Holtzclaw supports payment as a civic duty while Mrs. M. E. Day opposes voting fee. D. L. Browder dislikes the idea, and Sgt. Stepinski questions freedom under Texas rules. Lampe returns with two federal prisoners as U. S. Marshal activity continues.
To Berlin By The Associated Press
Russian front is 365 miles from Siedlce, Normandy front lies 630 miles from Troarn near Caen, and Italian front stands 610 miles from Ancona.
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Associated Press
Siedlce
Normandy
Troarn
Caen
Ancona
Oil Field Worker Injured by Falling Tongs Near Dumas
Watt Waybourn of Schrib ner and Bee-Bee Drilling Co. was struck by tongs that fell from an oil well rig seven miles southwest of Dumas. He sustained a fractured skull and a broken hand and was rushed to Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo around noontime.
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Watt Waybourn
Schribner and
Bee-Bee Drilling Co
Amarillo
Waybourn
Northwest Texas Hospital
Boxwell Brothers
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
The bulletin notes fair conditions tonight through Friday with moderately high daytime temperatures and cool nights. General fair skies expected across West Texas and New Mexico today through Thursday with little temperature change. Highs around 91 and 89, lows near 64.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Nazis Form Arch Nazi Big Four to Drive Total War
London reports Adolf Hitler plans a general mobilization of all manpower in German controlled Europe. Goebbels to address the nation on total war as Goering takes control of defense and public life. Reports say Himmler to purge rebel Junkers, while Allied offensives test German resolve and strength.
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Reich
Occupied
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Foreign Office
Germany
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Hitler
Berlin
Goebbels
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Ministerial Council For Defense of
Goering
Datttle
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Barcelona
Spain
Brussels
Paris
Vichy
Milan
United Nations
Veterans Defeat Long‑time Senators in Southern Primaries
In South Carolina and Arkansas primary races, veteran incumbents fall behind. Johnston leads Smith in SC with 109,332 to 69,569. Daniel and Epps trail. In Arkansas Fulbright tops Caraway with 49,440 to 18,018, while Adkins and Barton also seek voters’ support as runoff chances loom.
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Johnston
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Smith
John M. Daniel
Tropical Storm Near Jamaica Raises Hurricane Risk
Tropical storm near Jamaica may have reached hurricane strength as Weather Bureau warns to take every precaution and monitor developments closely.
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Jamaica
Miami
Fla
United States Weather Bureau
War Industries Ordered to Increase Working Schedule
The War Department ordered a one hour increase in daily work for all war industries with backlogged orders and issued a similar edict for military and civilian personnel in certain administrative and service offices.
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Washington
War Department
Temperatures Reach the 90s in Amarillo After Summer Lull
Amarillo enjoyed a return to the 90s yesterday the first since July 18 with clear skies. The Weather Bureau forecasts fair weather continuing tomorrow and Friday with mid 80s expected.
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Amarillo
Weather Bureau
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