Florence freed as Eighth Army clears city in Italy
Allied communique says British Eighth Army has cleared Florence of Germans and the city is liberated and in Allied hands. Polish troops on the Adriatic coast pushed north after brisk fighting as Kesselring may retreat behind the Gothic Line.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Florence
Gothic Line
Adriatic
Albert Kesselring
Italy
Arno
No Man’s Land
Fifth Army
Four Scribes Ordered to Leave France, United States Ninth Air Force
New York Herald Tribune reports four correspondents assigned to the Ninth Air Force in France were ordered home to London due to deemed inadequate standards by high ranking publicity officers. Names include Stanley Frank, Gordon Gammack, Lee McCardell, and John Groth.
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NEW York
New York Herald Tribune
United States
Ninth Air Force
France
London
England
Stanley Frank
New York Post
Gordon Gammack
Des Moines Register
Lee McCardell
Baltimore Sun
John Groth
Tribune
Jack Lait
Air Force
Robert Parham
Dewey to Campaign by Train and Air, Not Naval Ships
Herbert Brownell Jr says Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will likely ride trains and fly to campaign, ruling out battleships destroyers or cruisers already used in the effort. He gave no further details.
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New York
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Republican National Committee
Thomas E. Dewey
Former French Deputy Leader Bouisson Held by Allies
The 71 year old former president of the chamber of deputies Fernand Bouisson was found hiding near St. Raphael and jailed in Draguignan. He led Marseille as mayor and headed the Socialist party before collaborating with Vichy. He briefly served as France's premier in 1935 and was paraded by partisans for film.
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Draguigan
France
Pernand Bouisson
Chamber of Deputies
St. Raphael
Marseille
Socialist Party
Gestapo
Bouisson
Marshal Petain
Marcel Dent
L’oeuvre
Roosevelt signs easing of troop news ban
President Roosevelt signed amendments to the soldier vote law easing restrictions on political news and opinions shared with armed forces. The action relaxes rules on information dissemination to troops.
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F. R
Washington
Roosevelt
Armed Services
Hospital Staff Struck by Food Poisoning in Rochester
At Strong Memorial hospital in Rochester New York fifty staff members were hospitalized and forty could not report for duty after a food poisoning incident. None were in serious condition.
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Rochester, N. Y
Strong Memorial Hospital
Poisoning at Hospital Ties Spreading Outbreak Across Staff
A hospital reports 30 nurses 15 medical students two physicians and three dietitians infected by spoiled egg salad served in the cafeteria. Forty student nurses were treated at home as emergency admissions rose due to overcrowding and staff shortages. Officials expect a week to return to normal.
Notice for Proposals for Concrete Paving Cedar Rapids
City of Cedar Rapids Iowa invites sealed proposals for concrete paving on an alley between 1st and 2nd streets southeast from 4th to 5th avenues. Specifications call for a 12 inch plain concrete base under spur track 6 inch surface slab and expansion joints. Proposals due September 7 1944 at 10 am.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Linn County
Sth
Maude M. Krebs
Notice of Administrator Appointment in Novak Estate
Notice is given that on August 14 1944 F H Kubbeek was appointed and qualified as Administrator of the estate of Otto F Novak late of Linn County Iowa deceased All persons indebted should pay promptly Those with claims must file them duly authenticated with the Clerk of Linn County District Court Otto F Novak estate administration details and filing process provided by attorney F H Kubbeek
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State of Iowa
Linn County
Otto F Novak
Iowa
Jap Casualties In the Marianas Ten to Our One
U S Pacific Fleet reports 44 956 Japanese killed on Guam Saipan and Tinian with 201 killed on Tinian and 15 prisoners taken bringing total enemy dead to 5 745 In US reports 25 536 total casualties in the Marianas and 16 471 on Saipan with 25 144 Japanese killed there making it the bloodiest Pacific campaign The release notes new air strikes from the Kuriles to the Carolines including attacks on Paramushiro Yap Alamagan Pagan Nauru Wotje and Mille Atolls
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Marianas
Pacific Fleet
Guam
Saipan
Tinian
United States
U. S
Pacific
Kuriles
Carolines
Navy Ventura
Paramushiro
Seventh Air Force Liberators
Yap
Alamagan Island
Pagan
Central Pacific
Nauru
Tarawa
Gilberts
Wotje
Mille Atolls
Marshalls
Bob Hope Arrives in Hollandia for First Base Show
Bob Hope and his troupe arrived in Hollandia from Australia to give the first stage show at this advanced Southwest Pacific base. The visit seeks to entertain troops stationed at the forward location.
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Hollandia
New Guinea
INS
Bob Hope
Southwest Pacific
Australia
Nazi Coastal Chief Slain or Took Own Life Before D-Day
Admiral Siegfried Wieder, commander of German Mediterranean coastal defenses from Nice to Perpignan, was found dead with a bullet in his head at his St Eutrope HQ on August 11, four days before the Riviera invasion. U S Seventh Army reported his death after entering the villa fortress. German officials initially claimed a heart attack but police noted suicide in the face of inadequate defenses.
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U. S. Seventh Army
France
INS
Siegfried Wieder
Nice
Pempignan
Riviera
St. Eutrope
Wieder
Papal Secretary Of State Luigi Maglione Dies
Rome reports Cardinal Luigi Maglione aged 67 and Papal Secretary of State died Tuesday at Casoria near Naples from a heart attack after months of neuritis and circulatory troubles. He had sought sea bath treatment since Allied forces overtook Rome and was under American medical care. Maglione was a seasoned diplomat who helped ease tensions with states and once served as Papal Nuncio to France. His wartime roles included directing Vatican diplomacy and coordinating Vatican relations with France and Switzerland.
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Rome
Luigi Cardinal Maglione
Casoria
Naples
Maglione
Holy See
Switzerland
Vatican
France
Pius XII
Secretariat of State
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Coca-Cola
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Brest
Killian
Woryy
Killian Company
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