Troops Enter Philadelphia To End The Strike
Thousands of troops in full dress streamed into Philadelphia by truck and rail under orders to restore service on the strike paralyzed transit. The army said workers will operate vehicles if drivers refuse to work. Selective Service cancelled deferments. Maj. Gen. Hayes warned strikers they will be fired and federal law will be enforced. FBI and DoJ to invoke Smith Connally act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
U.S
William C. Dixey
WCAU
U. S
James A. Byrne
Diney
David Landis
Dixey
James McMenamin
Frank P. Carney
Frank Thompson
National Selective Service
Washington
Philip Kayes
Nnes
Roosevelt
Hayes
Selective Service
FBI
Department of Justice
Biddle
Dewey Doubts FDR Can Change Gears
Governor Thomas E. Dewey on a campaign train predicts the national administration lacks competence to begin a rapid postwar conversion. He cites a substantial reduction in production after Europe’s war ends and says no single measure will speed civilian readjustment. an integrated program is needed.
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Pawling
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Pawling, N.Y
St. Louis
Europe
Dewey
Nazis in Turkey Revolt Against Returning Home
In Ankara a mass German revolt grows against returning to Germany as Gestapo threats loom over families. Franz von Papen, the Nazi ambassador, may not return, with Germany delaying relations and trains limited for returnees. An estimated portion of the 3,000 Germans in Turkey prefer internment or restricted freedom to repatriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ankara
Turkey
Gestapo
Germany
Franz von Papen
Reich
von Papen
Reconversion Bill Assailed by George in Senate Clash
Sen Walter F George denounced the Kilgore Murray Truman postwar demobilization bill saying it would keep wartime tax levels and hinder private job growth. The measure passed the Senate Military Affairs Committee 10 to 7 on party lines, setting up a battle with Republicans and southern Democrats backing a separate unemployment bill.
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George
Washington
INS
Walter F. George
D.-Ga
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Senate Republicans
Senate
Prices rise for postwar goods to cut costs after war
Washington reports government and trade sources expect new cars, refrigerators, and washing machines to cost 20 to 35 percent more than prewar models. Radio sets should rise less. Wage hikes, material costs, and taxes drive the increases while the OPA plans a policy statement by August 15 to guide pricing as reconversion begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Soviet Troops Cross Border Into Germany
Soviet reports claim two break-throughs into East Prussia near Konigsberg with tanks air and artillery support as Red Army advances northwest and west of Kaunas. Stalin hailed gains near Stryj and Suyj while Warsaw defense tightens against a major Soviet offensive.
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East Prussia
Peril
Konigsberg
London
INS
Ivan Chernyakhovysky
Moscow
Red Army
Kaunas
Wirballen
Sudauene Schaken
Suratien
Fast Prussia
Insterburg
Joseph Stalin
Ivan 5. Kanev
Suyj
Stryj
Poland
Siedlce
Warsaw
San
Vistula
Rozwadaw
Tarnobrzeg
Sandomierz
Lath
6Th Armored
Germany
Holland
Core Drilling Delays Postpone Port Bid Plans
Unavoidable delays in finishing core drilling at the Coonskin Ridge site of Kanawha airport push back bids for the first stage of the airport development. County court President Carl C. Calvert said timber clearing on 234 acres is complete and plans by Whitman, Reynardt and Associates were approved. Mott Core Drilling Co. will start three 100 foot holes tomorrow to inform earth strata details with goals to finish by the 15th. Stadia officials met last week to present initial development plans amid ongoing questions on drainage and grading tied to project funds.
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Coonskin Ridge
Kanawha Airport
Carl C. Calvert
Calvert
Whitman, Reynardt and Associates
Baltimore
Mott Core Drilling Co
Huntington
F Calvert
Ezra Whitman
Gustav Reynardt
Tanks Enter Brest As Columns Attack Nantes St Nazaire
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, AEF, Aug 6. American armor swept 75 miles in one day to Brest and reached the Loire to seal off the Brittany peninsula base. Other forces moved 27 miles east toward Paris while units reported racing toward Nantes and Saint Nazaire.
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France
Brest
Breton
St. Nazaire
Peninsular
Mayenne
Paris
Nantes
Supreme Headquarters
AEF
Brittany
Loire River
Loire
Stilwell’s Burma drive nears Myitkyina junction
Lt General Stilwell reports Chinese forces have captured two thirds of Waingmaw and close to Myitkyina, clearing Japanese north of the town. He contemplates linking Burma road or pressing toward China as airlift improves. British Gurkhas and Kachin levies push toward Maingwa to assist the Burma front.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Weddy Rive
Myitekyina
Joseph Stilwell
Waingmaw
Stilwell
Burma
Yunnan
Stilwel
China
Myitkyina
Bhamo
Fort Hertz
Maingwa
Myittkyina
Fura Ta Page
Hale Ae Naathe
Londoners Continue Exodus From Capital
Londoners flee the capital amid bank holiday exodus while many stay to ride out a dull period in German flying bomb attacks. The past days’ success in stopping mass raids raises hope clear weather will aid defenses as fewer bombs land and a store is wrecked without heavy casualties.
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London
Reds Reportedly Okay Coalition in Poland
Premier Mikolajczyk in Moscow reportedly won Stalin’s go ahead to form a coalition government for Warsaw’s post liberation, including exiled Polish government members and the Soviet backed Polish Committee of National Liberation. A two and a half hour Kremlin meeting with Harriman and Kerr reportedly produced a plan granting legal status to the new regime.
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Pierre Loving
Washington
UNS
Stanislat Mikolajczyk
Poland
Stalin
Warsaw
Mikolajczyk
Moscow
Government
Foland
Committee of National Liberation
Edward R. Stettinius Jr
London
Soviet Union
International Red Cross
Polish Committee of National Liberation
Russia
Allies Send Aloft Balkan Air Force
Balkan air force bases on Yugoslav soil to support Marshal Tito and resistance forces. Predominantly British and American crews, with Italian Polish and Greek squadrons. Air Vice Marshal William Elliott commands a mix of 20 aircraft types from Liberators to rocket planes. Bases in Italy and partisan Yugoslavia, plus a Dalmatian island airport, enable operations focused on the Balkans.
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Balkan
Balkan Air Force
United Nations
Tito
Wiliam Elliott
Gibraltar
Balkans
Halian
Adriatic
Italy
Yugoslavia
15Th
Ira C. Eaker
Mediterranean
Suez
Navy Admiral Sees Long Pacific War Ahead
SEATTLE Aug 5 Adm Clark H Woodward the navy industrial incentive division and a veteran of 48 years predicted the Pacific war will not end until 16 or 17 There is much optimism about the war with Japan he said in a Post Intelligencer interview It is dangerous This war is not almost over it is going to be long and tough People who say Japan will surrender six months after there is peace in Europe just dont know a damn thing about it
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Clark H. Woodward
Navy
Ison
Japan
Post-Intelligencer
Europe
Morale of German Troops Sags From Normandy Defeat
U S Army dispatch from Normandy reports a wave of pessimism sweeping the Wehrmacht in France. Prisoners describe resignation and futility as defeats mount and promises from German high command go unkept. Even elite SS and parochial troops show weariness amid the rapid Allied advance into Brittany and beyond. The trend suggests the war may be nearing a turning point.
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U. S
1St Army
Normandy
INS
Wehrmacht
France
Germany
Brittany
Eule
Hitler
Two More German Generals Lost to Allies
London report says Nazi purge hits high command in northern France as two generals are removed. One died from close combat in Normandy while the other, linked to the Hitler assassination plot, was relieved of corps command after being summoned to Paris on July 21.
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London
INS
Hitler
Reichswehr
France
Normandy
von Drabisch Waechter
U. S
1St Army
Paris
Une
Gestapo
Reich
Court of Honor
Vicioos
People's Court
French Welcomes Us Advance Through Rennes Amid Street Turmoil
In Rennes 80,000 residents cheered American troops entering the city and attacked collaborationists. Civilians offered to kill collaborators and mobbed journalists shrinking space to photograph. Tanks roared within the city as jeeps paused to allow soldiers through. In the crowd a young man guided to a supposed collaborator raid, while Germans reportedly retreated.
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Pete Carroll
Rennes
France
Street violence and police intimidation in French resistance scene
A chaotic street scene shows a man kneeling with two gendarmes aiming pistols at his head while he salutes a French traitor. A second group drags an Italian man, beating him as they pull him along. Some passersby note members wearing uniforms are gendarmes among resistance supporters.
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Hanay
Resince
Jim
Violence by Collaborationists Toward Defectors Reported
Eyewitness account describes collaborators forced to kneel and shout patriot slogans, two others dragged from a veil, one punched bloody, then kicked down stairs and lined up. French group claimed they would take photographs and threaten executions, insisting the men are traitors after four years of waiting.
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France
de Gaulle
70 009 U S Casualties on 2d Front AEF Aug 5
Allied forces report total U S casualties since D-day amount to 116 188 killed wounded or missing through July 20. United States forces suffered 56 killed and 52 718 wounded with 6143 missing. Canadian losses tally 819 killed 4354 wounded 1272 missing.
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U. S
Supreme Headquarters
AEF
France
United States
Unsure Brest operations log notes ports in Brittany region
The report details Brest and surrounding ports including St. Nazaire Pontivy Locient and Morlaix in Brittany. It notes entry time into Brest was not reported by HQ while British bombers attacked submarine pens at midday and Spitfire escorts reported Allied vehicles near Morlaix as Brest continued to smoke.
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St. Nazaire
Pontivy
Locient
Brest
Supreme Headquarters
Morlaix
Nort
Nazi Inland Line Is Proved Myth By James W. Long
LONDON Aug 54 A proclaimed German inner defense line guarding Paris and inland Florence is proven a myth by Allied reconnaissance and the Normandy breakout. The Nazis used propaganda to claim a Herculean barrier, but Allied action shows no fixed front beyond the Maginot and Siegfried lines. Bridges and lines feeding German positions have been damaged, aiding Allied and French advances toward Paris.
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James W. Long
London
Paris
Florence
Normandy
Maginot
Siegfried Lines
Hitler
von Rundstedt
Brittany
Hennes
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