Florence Liberated as British Drive Germans from City
Allied communique says Florence has fallen into Allied hands after British Eighth Army push, with Germans withdrawn to northern suburbs and Kesselring signaling no full retreat to Gothic line. Polish forces along Adriatic coast advance. other fronts report patrol clashes and limited activity.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Florence
Adriatic
Albert Kesselring
Gothic Line
Italy
Arno
No Man’s Land
Fifth Army
Four Scribes Ordered Out of France by Ninth Air Force
New York Herald Tribune reports four foreign correspondents assigned to the U S Ninth Air Force were ordered to leave Ninth Air Force headquarters in France. The recall affects Stanley Frenk Gordon Gammack Lee McCardell and John Groth. Col Robert Parham signed the order, which offered no explanation.
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NEW York
New York Herald Tribune
United States
Ninth Air Force
France
England
Stanley Frenk
New York Post
Gordon Gammack
Des Moines Register
Lee McCardell
Baltimore Sun
John Groth
Tribune
Jack Lait
Air Force
The
Robert Parham
Dewey to Use Trains and Planes in Campaign
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey likely will ride both trains and airplanes in his presidential bid, said Herbert Brownell Jr. on Monday. He added he doubts battleships destroyers or cruisers will be used for the campaign.
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Gov. Dewey
New York
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Republican National Committee
Thomas E. Dewey
Former President of French Deputies Prisoner of Allies
Draguigan, Southern France Aug 20. One of the biggest fish yet caught in the invasion of southern France is 71 year old Fernand Bouisson former president of the chamber of deputies. He was found hiding near St. Raphael and jailed pending judicial procedure. He led a complex career including Marseille mayor and information minister under Petain.
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Draguigan
France
Pernand Bouisson
Chamber of Deputies
St. Raphael
Marseille
Socialist Party
Gestapo
Bouisson
Merchant Marine
Marshal Petain
Marcel Dent
L’oeuvre
Roosevelt signs easing of troop news ban
President Roosevelt signed amendments to the soldier vote law relaxing restrictions on disseminating political news and opinion among armed service members. The action aims to loosen wartime censorship and improve informational access for servicemen.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Armed Services
Hospital Staff Stricken By Food Poisoning In Rochester
In Rochester New York Strong Memorial hospital reported 50 staff members hospitalized and 40 others unable to report for duty after a food poisoning incident. None were in serious condition.
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Rochester, N. Y
Strong Memorial Hospital
Notice for Proposals for Concrete Paving in Cedar Rapids
City of Cedar Rapids invites sealed proposals for concrete paving work on streets between 1st and 2nd South east from 4th to 5th Avenues. Project includes 12 inch plain concrete base, 6 inch surface slab, expansion joints, vitrified sewer pipe, and requires performance and payment bonds. Bids due September 7, 1944 at 10 AM. deposits 10 percent of bid.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
la Rapids
Linn County
Sth
Davee
Maude
M_ K City oe
Cedar Rapids Gaze
Appointment of Administrator in Novak Estate Iowa
Notice of appointment of Administrator for Otto F Novak estate in Linn County Iowa dated August 14 1944. James V Novak named as Administrator requests all creditors to file claims and debts to be paid promptly. FP Kubicek attorney noted.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
Otto F Novak
Iate
Iowa
Jap Casualties In the Marianas Ten to Our One
U S Pacific Fleet reports heavy enemy losses in Guam Saipan and Tinian with 44 956 Japanese killed and 15 taken prisoner. U S casualties total 25 536 across the campaign while Saipan alone accounts for 16 471 American casualties. New air raids extend from the Kuriles to the western Carolines with strikes on Yap Alamagan Pagan Nauru Wotje and Mille.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Marianas
Pacific Fleet
Guam
Saipan
Tinian
United States
U. S
Pacific
Moon
Kuriles
Carolines
Navy
Ventura
Paramushiro
Seventh Air Force Liberators
Yap
Alamagan Island
Pagan
Central Pacific
Nauru
Tarawa
Gilberts
Wotje
Mille Atolls
Marshalls
Bob Hope Presents First Stage Show at Hollandia Base
Bob Hope and his troupe arrived in Hollandia from Australia to give the first stage show at the advanced Southwest Pacific base. The visit highlights entertainment for troops stationed in New Guinea during the war.
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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 commanded the German Mediterranean coast defenses from Nice to Perpignan. He was found dead with a bullet in his head at his St. Eutrope headquarters four days before the Riviera invasion. German authorities reportedly hid the shooting, initially claiming a heart attack.
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U. S. Seventh Army
France
INS
Siegfried Wieder
Nice
Pempignan
Riviera
St. Eutrope
Weder
Wieder
Papal Secretary Of State Maglione Dies In Italy
Luigi Cardinal Maglione aged 67, longtime Papal secretary of state, died Tuesday at Casoria near Naples of a heart attack after months of neuritis and circulatory trouble. A veteran diplomat, he eased tensions between states and the Holy See and once healed the Switzerland Vatican breach before serving as Papal Nuncio to France and then head of the secretariat of state under Pope Pius XII.
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Rome
Luigi Cardinal Magtione
Casoria
Naples
Maglione
Holy See
Switzerland
Vatican
France
Pius XII
Secretariat of State
Brest as Navy Base for WWI Convoys to France
Brest served as the chief base of operations for American warships escorting merchant ships and troop transports to France during World War I.
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Brest
France
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Killian
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Soap
9 Avenue
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Killian Company
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