Yanks Reach Outskirts of Nazi Bastion
Allied dispatch reports United States troops driving near Lessay and edging within about a mile of the vital St Lo road junction as British forces push east of the front. Heavy German counterfire and weather limited Allied air support but advances continued along the Lessay St Lo corridor and toward Periers. Counts show 16 towns seized in 24 hours with Reinforcements rebuilding to about 20 to 25 divisions in Normandy.
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HDQ
A. EF. F
Lessay
Normandy
St. Lo
Periers
Lessay-St. Lo
St. Lo’s
Esquay
Maltot
Caen
Plessis
Cherbourg
Omar N. Bradley
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hitler
von Rundstedt
Rest Cure Is Aim Of Mme. Chiang Kai-shek
Mme. Chiang Kai-shek, China's first lady, arrived in Rio de Janeiro for a rest cure. Friends said she was pale and listless after flight and planned to spend three months in Brazil to escape China's summer heat while suffering from nervous exhaustion insomnia and chronic urticaria.
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Chungking
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Rio de Janeiro
Chiang
Brazil
Willow Run Bomber Plant Shuts After Crane Operators Strike
Detroit dispatch reports 13,000 Willow Run workers were sent home at noon Saturday as crane operators walked out across the vast bomber plant, Ford Motor Co spokesman said. The stoppage halts production and underscores mounting wartime labor tensions.
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Willow Run
Detroit
SNS
Ford Motor Company
Guam Harbor Defenses Reef Under Attacks
Japanese defenses guarding Guam port Apra are crumbling under a sustained carrier task force surge from the Pacific Fleet. Admiral Nimitz said attacks on Guam and nearby Rota continued for 10 days with bomb and rocket blows, supported by warship shelling and carrier planes.
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U. S. Pacific
HDQ
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Port Apra
Pacific
Saipan
Chester W. Nimitz
United States
Rota
Marc A. Mitscher
British coastal forces sink German armed trawler off Ijmuiden
London report says British light coastal forces sank one German armed trawler and severely damaged another off Ijmuiden Holland early Friday. Admiralty announced Saturday, detailing the action as part of ongoing anti-shipping operations.
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London
Ijmuiden
Holland
Admiralty
General Dies in Wreck of Plane Near Chattanooga
Major General Paul W. Newgarden and at least two colonels plus two other crewmembers died when an army plane crashed in a thunderstorm near Chattanooga Tennessee. The group was en route from Fort Knox to Augusta for a Camp Gordon troop review. five parachutes were found. The crash occurred near Bonny Oaks dormitory and the municipal airport.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Paul W. Newgarden
Tenth Armored Division
Here
Lester M. Nichols
Camp Gordon
Newgarden
Renn Lawrence
Fort Knox
Augusta
Howard Clark
Fort Oglethorpe
Bonny Oaks
N. P. Hicks
Probable Nazi Tactics: Hold Outer Defense Fronts
Washington observers on Saturday concluded Germany would press on along its wide defense perimeter, withdrawing only to avoid entrapment. They estimated German divisions by region, weighed risks of pulling back from the Balkans, Finland, and Norway, and noted potential impacts on morale and economy as Allied air power targets withdrawals.
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Washington
Europe
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Baltic
Finland
Baltic Islands
France
Low Countries
Germany
Italy
Russia
Norway
Denmark
Balkans
Romania
Ye Bary
Bulgaria
Croatia
Slovakia
Danube
Belgium
Yanks Close on Livorno as Nazis Retreat in Italy
Allied forces push toward the Livorno area with American troops within three and a half miles of the port and Chianni captured. French advance seizes Poggi Bonsi as Germans fall back toward the Arno. Prisoners exceed 32,000 as Fifth and Eighth Armies press along Highway One toward Pisa and Florence.
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Livorno
Leghorn
Chianni
Fifth
Arno
Bastille
Poggibonsi
Ghizzano
Villamagna
United States
Belvedere
Era Valley
Pecci'oli
Third Panzergrenadier
Fifth Army
Eighth
Florence
Pisa
Apennine
Youth Stressed by Iowa Republicans in Convention
Des Moines AP reports the newly elected Republican state central committee voted to retain present officers at the organized meeting after the state convention. Willis York, Madrid, chairman. Gertrude Wilharm, Sumner, vice chairwoman. R. E. Hill, Oxford Junction, secretary treasurer. Ed S. White of Harlan and Bertha Lambert of Sigourney named presidential electors at large. White and Mrs Lambert will cast Iowa’s 10 electoral votes for Dewey and Bricker if GOP wins the November popular vote. The convention, in Des Moines Coliseum before about 2,000 delegates, emphasized youth in its resolutions praising Dewey and Bricker. Senator George A. Wilson lauded Dewey as a youthful leader and urged electing officials who serve the public and disclose actions. He warned liberty risks if freedom is overextended. Continued on Page 2.
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Des Moines
Republican State Central Committee
Willis B. York
Madrid
Gertrude Wilharm
Sumner
R. E. Hill
Oxford Junction
Ed S. White
Harlan
Bertha Lambert
Sigourney
White
Lamberti
Iowa
Thomas E. Dewey
John W Bricker
Chicago
Dewey
Thomas E
John W. Bricker
United States
George A. Wilson
New York
Bricker
Congress
Wilson
Six Month Fight To Save Life Of Mrs Yanda Fails
Cedar Rapids reports a six month effort to save Mrs. William Yanda who died at St Luke's hospital after a trailer fire that killed her three children Robert Allen 8 Marilyn Mae 6 Joyce Dephene 11. Only the father William Yanda survived. Services set in Toledo.
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Yanda
William Yanda
St. Luke's Hospital
Japanese broadcast hints some airmen executed
New York AP reports a Japanese radio broadcast directed at American forces in the Southwest Pacific warned that any Allied airman who bailed out over Japan will be executed. FCC monitors noted limited English excerpts from a Singapore transmitter. The origin story had suggested possible execution, but details did not confirm B 29 crew status.
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New York
Southwest Pacific
Federal Communications Commission
Kyushu
Japan
Tokyo
FCC
Singapore
Office of War Information
Youthful bicyclist struck by car in SE streets
James Riss, 17, of 1234 Fourth Avenue SE, was seriously injured Friday night when a car struck him from behind as he rode south on Sixteenth Street SE. He was taken to Mercy Hospital and remained conscious only briefly. Max Todd, 16, of 936 Eleventh Street NE, driving south on Sixteenth Street, was charged with violating a restricted license and fined $10 and costs by Justice Howard R. Churchill.
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James Riss
Fourth Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Mercy Hospital
Max Todd
Eleventh Street
Todd
Howard R. Churchill
Mistaken Fire Kills Two on PT Boat Carrying Gen Clark
The U S navy said mistaken fire by a minesweeper caused the death of one officer and one man and wounded three others aboard a PT boat carrying Lt General Mark W Clark during an Anzio inspection trip on January 28. The PT boat and escort entered an area on red alert and were not identified as friendly. The minesweeper captain was exonerated. details were withheld pending inquiry results.
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Rome
United States Navy
United States
Mark W. Clark
Anzio
Dies of Wounds In South Pacific Navy Man Maurice Hurtt
Maurice T. Hurtt pharmacist's mate first class on a minesweeper in the Southwest Pacific died of wounds received in the line of duty. He had served about two years in the Navy and overseas nearly a year. An honor student at Great Lakes training stations, he finished training in San Diego. His wife Leanna Hurtt lives at 1120 G Avenue NW. His mother lives with his sister Ruth Miskimen and H. D. Miskimen at 1126 C Street SW.
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Maurice T. Hurtt
Southwest Pacific
Navy Department
Rose E. Hurtt
Navy
Great Lakes
San Diego
Calif
Leanna Hurtt
G Avenue
Ruth Miskimen
H. D. Miskimen
C Street
Gold Star Mother Jose phine Talks Dies at 79
Washington national treasurer of the American Gold Star Mothers Mrs. Josephine Talks, 79, of Denver, died Friday night.
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Denver
Josephine Talks
Washington
American Gold Star
Berlin Reports Start of Lwow Drive on Southern Front
Berlin says a powerful Red army offensive on the southern front near Tarnopol and Luck began Friday, with a great concentration of rifle divisions and tanks aimed at Lwow, a major railway hub. The attack followed hours of artillery and air support, while German reports claim local breaches were sealed and fighting remains fierce along the 900 mile front toward Berlin.
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Red
Berlin
Lwow
Gulf of Finland
Carpathians
Grodno
Tarnopol
Odessa
Ernst von Hammer
DNB
Germans brace for street by street defense in East Prussia
Soviet forces pushed west in fierce campaigns across Lithuania and Latvia, threatening Riga and Kaunas as Germany faced imminent fighting on its soil. German line fell back from Grodno toward the Pripyat marshes while Russians widened their strikes along Kaunas and Dvinsk. Konigsberg began dismounting installations as pressure increased.
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East Prussia
Grodno
Ialystok
Brest Litovsk
Baltic
Kaunas
Dvinsk
Velikaya
Middle Baltics
Pripyat
Pinsk
Konigsberg
Ivan Bagramian
Lithuania
Riga
Estonia
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Germany
Latvia
Red Army
Army denies ban on magazines for soldiers
Washington AP reports the army on Friday denied circulating restrictions that would bar certain magazines among soldiers. No official ban or policy restricting distribution was announced, despite rumors. The denial leaves questions about press access and unit morale unresolved.
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Washington
Army
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