Allied Armies Smash Normandy in Swift Advance Toward Paris
U S tank and infantry burst from Normandy advancing over 18 miles in a single day. American forces crossed the Lee river at Avranches and swung toward Brittany and Paris, while air and ground units coordinated to crush German resistance around Avranches and Granville. More than 10,500 prisoners taken as pockets of resistance were mopped up.
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Onold
Gen. Bradley
Prussia
Kaunas
London
Warsaw
Poland
German East Prussia
Jelgava
Latvia
Berlin
Praga
East Bank
East Prussia
Suwalki Triangle
United Nations
Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
Moscow
Vistula
Wolomin
Otwock
Warsaws
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Stalingrad
Generis
Premv
Joseph Stalin
Siedler
Siedlce
Stalin
Ard
Ger
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Goerman Bash
U. S
Supreme Headquarters
AEF
U. & Tank
Normandy
Avranches
France
Lee River
Brittany
Brest
Paris
St. Lo
Caumont
Lessay
Atlantic
Granville
Brehal
St. Denisle Gast
Cautances
Dewey pledges cabinet post to union labor in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on the 1944 campaign trail Governor Dewey presses reconversion timing and pledges a cabinet post for union labor. He meets AFL leaders and business officials, signaling support for organized labor while urging broader postwar employment and opposing wage controls if OPA stalls.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas E. Dewey
America
Pennsylvania
Republican National
Dewey
Edward Martin
Keystone
Hallanan
West Virginia
Dewey- Bricker
New York
Springfield
St. Louis
Martin
Dewey Party
AFL
American Federation of Labor Unions
CIO
United Mine Workers
Thomas Mallon
Philadelphia
Mallon
OPA
Tarn
Kanawha County Finances Healthy In 1943 44 Year
Sheriff N B R Henderson announced Kanawha County finished the 1943 44 fiscal year in strong financial shape with no overdrafts. The grand total balance across all funds stood at 900 233 with 28 465 in outstanding orders leaving a net 871 768 28. General fund balance reached 44 134, relief fund 21 835, school board fund 839 net, with small delinquency noted. Balances due municipalities will be mailed within 10 days.
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Kanawha
Kanawha County
N. BR. Henderson
School Board
Henderson
Post War Unit Peace To Bring Ordered on Tob
Senate leaders press reconversion and demobilization bills as military committee members are recalled to Washington. Tax plans for postwar expansion explored by Doughton and experts, aiming to reduce burdens while addressing national debt.
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Ray Cronin
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Military Committee
Senate
Barkley
D.-Ky
Congress
Reynolds
D-N. C
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Military Affairs Committee
Doughton
House Wars No Means Committee
Coughton
North Carolina
Boughton
Congressional Joint Committee
The
Treasury
Bureau of Internal Revenue
U S Plans Reduction In Submarine Building
Washington reports a navy decision to trim undersea production amid shifting war needs. The plan cuts starts of submarines toward the end of the program, while overall ship building is said to rise through the next year. Navy cites fewer anti submarine losses and broader needs for landing craft and air power.
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Washington
Pacific
Navy
Allied Air Blitz Across Europe Reported Large Scale Raid
Allied air forces reportedly dispatched around 3 000 planes to strike Nazi occupied Europe from end to end. Bombs hit Munich area targets and vital Balkan oil facilities, with heavy bombing of Ludwigshafen in western Germany and multiple sites in central Germany and France. Romania oil regions including Bucharest and Ploesti also attacked. 16 heavy bombers and four fighters reported missing.
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Supreme Headquarters
AEF
UNSI
Europe
Aels
Munich
Germany
Balkans
Ludwigshafen
U.S
France
Bucharest
Ploesti
Romania
Sth US
Air Force
DNB
Sa Fes
Landing Splits Nippon Forces Sunsapor 2 Isles Seized
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports American troops landed on Dutch New Guinea 60 miles northeast of Sorong, seizing Amsterdam surprise landings and by-passing Manokwari. About 15,000 Japanese troops were cut off, with air and sea support from American, Australian forces.
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Sunsapor
Isles
New Guinea
Dutch New Guinea
Sorong
Manoxari
Douglas MacArthur Ane
Amsterdam
Noemfoor
Geelvink Bay
MacArthur
Bofelkop
Santapor
Philippines
Middelburg
Sansaper
Sansapar
Anetz
Manokwari
Sth
Ikeda
Alert GI Joes Solve Nazi Hedgerow Defense Issue
A junior officer and small U S army team devised a method to blunt German hedgerow defense in Normandy. The plan, using equipment left by the Germans, was quickly adopted up the chain of command and will be used by U S and British forces. Eisenhower seeks the names for decoration. The device’s details are undisclosed.
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Rommel
London
INSI
DNE
BBC
Erwin Rommel
Normandy
Marshal Rommel
Bormmel
Berlin
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
INS
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S
Churchill surveys Caen devastation in Caen front visit
Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill, with Generals Montgomery and Dempsey, surveys destruction in Caen as Royal Engineers clear debris in the captured French city during a front-line visit.
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Britain
Winston Churchill
Bernard L. Montgomery
Miles Dempsey
Royal Engineers
Caen
Guam and Tinian Battles Press On In Pacific War
American forces push Japanese defenders into a dead end on Guam and Tinian as marines exploit a secret weapon and fleets control Apra harbor. Elsewhere in the Pacific, Japanese positions crumble in China Burma and India while Hengyang in Hunan suffers a hard fought breakthrough by Chinese forces.
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Guam
Tinian Islands
Marianas
China
Burma
India
Tokyo
Hunan
Hengyang
Tinian Island
Ishing
Apra Harbor
Orote Peninsula
Orote
Nazis Tighten Florence Line Near City
Allied communique reports German troops manning last-ditch defenses outside Florence as Allied forces push closer. New Zealand units grimly advance up a ridge six miles southwest of Florence, threatening sight of the city amid heavy fighting and strong German counterattacks.
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Sth
Rome
8Th Army
Florence
Great Art Center
Hitler
Lynn Heimerling
Associated Press
New Zealand
Allied Bombers Face Rocket Propelled Foe Over Germany
The U S air force reports German rocket propelled fighter planes engaged Allied heavy bombers with five sighted over Germany last Friday. One rocket plane was seen on the return trip while the others were not confirmed. The Atlantic station claimed they were used against American bombers at Meseburg during a raid on Leung factories.
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Supreme Headquarters
AEF
U. S. Air Force
Atlantic
Meseburg
Germany
Navy Rockets Drive Double Ammo Spend in War Effort
The navy announced a dramatic increase in ammunition procurement with rockets accounting for most of the rise. It projected an extra 100 million dollars per month at peak, citing rockets firing from planes and ships to strike enemy positions, with 41 000 tons of shells fired into shore fortifications and a demand for 40 millimeter guns for anti aircraft use across ships and landing craft.
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Navy
Pacific
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Army
Twenty Two WV Soldiers Reported Missing in Action
Twenty two West Virginians including two from Charleston were reported missing in action by the War Department. The list names officers and enlisted personnel from multiple towns across the state, with home addresses or family references, as they served in the European theater and Mediterranean theater of operation.
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West
Emile M. Ambrose
Hertha M. Amrose
Berkeley Springs
Pic
Harley R. Bohrer
Alva G. Bohrer
Paw Paw
Preston H. Borrer
Margie M. Horror
Alfred M. Campbell
Alfred M. Campbel
Gratton
John B. Eplin
Hazel Eplin
Marmet
Emil L. Jasinski
Helen Jasinski
Wheeling
William L. Mollohan
Mamie Mol Johan
Gassaway
Matthew Puskarich
Virginia T. Puskarich
Wellsburg
John H. Schneider
Alice Snyder
Albert
and Tech, Ltd
John L. Slack
Lessie Slack
Frame
Asiatic Area
Charles H. Card
Eloise Covert
Breeim
Mediterranean
Arnold Cook
Elsie F. Cook
Greenview
Elveston B. Cox
Elmers
Cox
Coalwood
Eugene G. Grimm
Lula Ann Grimm
Rowlesburg
William E. Roberts
Roscoe le Roberts
Gallagher
Kenneth
Rogers
Laura Nestor
Morgantown
Chester F. Ruskowski
Phyllis Huskowski
Virgil D. Tennant
Lottie A. Vincent
Fairview
Corbett Whareley
Irene Whorley
Chattaroy
Tin Can Day Urges Charleston Residents to Prepare Cans
Salvage officials urged Charleston residents to place empty tin cans at curbs early for collection. Cans should be cleaned and flattened to aid pickup and recycling efforts.
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Charleston
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Willie Willis
Stinker
Churchill
Tinian
Pas
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