American Warships Hit Bonin Islands Near Tokyo
Pearl Harbor reports a two day carrier air and surface attack by U S forces on the Bonin and Kazan groups. Omura on Chichi Jima destroyed. Sixteen American planes lost, 19 airmen killed. Japanese losses include 11 ships sunk and 13 planes destroyed.
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Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Chic Island
Bonin Group
U. 5
Japan
Omura Towk
Chichi Jima
Sland
Nimitz
Omura
Port Lloyd
Chichits Best
Bonin
Kazan
U. S
Fast Carrier Forces
Bonins
Iwo
Chichi
Matianaa Islands
Allies Drive Eastward as British Sink Nazi Escape Fleets
Supreme Headquarters reports Allied armor and infantry break the Brittany defense, advancing toward Paris from Mayenne to Angers, capturing Mayenne Laval Chateau Gontier and pressing toward Nantes. British and Canadian ships destroy seven German vessels trying to flee St Nazaire, while Americans push from Brest and throughout Brittany, tightening the noose around coastal ports.
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Paris
St. Nazaire Dower
Mayenne
Laval
Chateau Contier
Domfront
Argenten
Middie
le Mans
Alencon
Supreme Headquarters
AEF
Brittany
Chateau Gontier
Brest
France
Rennes
Normandy
Barenton
Angers
Loire
Nanee
Dunkerque
St Nazaire
la Glacilla
Redon
St. Nazaire
Pears
St. Sever Forest
St. Michel de Montjoi
Philadelphia's Strike Ended by Ultimatum and Army
Soldiers guarded Philadelphia public transport after a five day unauthorized walkout crippled the city. Maj. Hayes seized the Philadelphia Transportation Co and ordered workers back by 12:01 pm Monday or face firing. Four strike leaders were arrested. one held on bail.
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Philadelphia
Philip Hayes
Philadelphia Transportation Co
Roosevelt
Gen. Hayes
James BR. McMenamin
PTC
William C. Dixey
Frank P. Carney
Frank Thompson
Esch
McMenamin
U. S
Normen J. Griffin
Dies Urges Biddle to Halt CIO Political Abuses
Rep. Dies of Texas, head of the House Un-American Activities Committee, formally asks Attorney General Biddle to act against alleged CIO PAC abuses in primary elections. He says the PAC spent large sums to influence outcomes and warns of forthcoming congressional action if not acted on by Sept. 1.
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Washington
Dies
D-Tex
Biddle
CIO
House Committee On un-American Activities
PAC
Bid-ge
Pinsse
Grandpa Says Age Brings Warnings Without Action
Willie Willis reflects on aging with the idea that wisdom grows with years but questions its value if one cannot actively pursue tasks or contribute. He voices frustration at inactivity despite desire to stay engaged.
Rocket Kills 11 Villagers in England Night Bombing
War dispatch reports heavy Allied air raids on Germany and France as American bomber groups strike deeply into Europe. In London and southern England, flying bombs caused casualties and destruction with rescuers uncovering bodies and injured villagers amid scattered incidents and counter measures.
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London
England
Air Ministry
France
Sth
Germany
Kilgore Presses Army on Breakers Hotel Sale
U S Senator Kilgore and Senator Ferguson of Michigan demand full explanation of alleged inconsistencies in army real estate transfers. The Senate committee investigating the national defense program will urge reconsideration of returning the Breakers hotel, Palm Beach, to owners, arguing it may be cheaper to acquire other properties than keep an active hospital.
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Kilgore
Breakers
Ream General Hospital
Palm Beach
Fla
Sen. Pepper
D.frs
Roosevelt
Army
U S Britain Reach World Oil Accord
Washington August 6 Britain and the United States near signing the first postwar formal oil accord. Hull and Beaverbrook lead talks over a week. The plan creates an Anglo American oil commission with debated powers, advisory versus enforcement.
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U. S.-Britain
Washington
Britain
United States
Hull
Lord Beaverbrook
Poles Reach Moscow To Meet With Reds
Premier Stanislay Mikolajczyk of the Polish government in exile opens preliminary talks in Moscow with the Polish Committee of National Liberation on achieving unity. Attending are Boleslaw Berizt Edward Osubka Morawski Col Gen Mihail Rola Jimerski and other officials who arrived from Lublin as Andrei Vishinsky greeted them at the airport.
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Moscow
Stanislay Mikolajczyk
Committee of National Liberation
Boleslaw Berizt
Polish National Council
Edward Osubka-Morawski
Mihail Rola-Jimerski
Lublin
Andrei Vishinsky
Poland
Soviet Union
Chinese Enter Tengchung Via Ladders and Bomb Holes
Chinese troops breach Tengchung by scaling ancient walls with ladders and blasting gaps with skip bombs from US 14th Air Force. Brig Gen Dorn reports 20th Army Group’s assault succeeds amid close combat as Japanese fighters struggle to break the encirclement.
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Tengchung
Chungking
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Walla
U. S 14Th Air Force
Marco Palo
Frank Dorn
Ir Force
20Th Army Group
Y-Force
Dorn
14Th Air Force
Supply Route Cut in Guinea and New Guinea Again
American forces in British New Guinea press toward the Drinitimer front threatening to isolate Japanese units around Alua village. Allied reports tally 5,935 Japanese dead since July, with Simultaneous landings at Sansapor near Aitape catching Japanese off guard. Allied bombers strike Amboina, Yap, Palau, and Woleai, dropping extensive bomb tonnages over two days.
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GHQ
Southwest Pacific
British New Guinea
Drinitimer Front
Douglas
MacArthur
Alua Village
Tithey Dumor River
Aitane
Wewak-Aitape
Sansapor
Dutch New Guinea
Aitape
Eurpriss
Monakwari
Sansanor
Geelgink Bay
Amboina
Netherlands East Indies
Yap Island
Carolines
Palau
Woleai
Imperial Campaign Pushes Japanese From India and Guam Fund Recovery
Allied forces report capturing Tamu in northeastern India and crossing the Burma frontier as Japanese resistance dissolves. A Mountbatten command bulletin notes many Japanese dead and prisoners after Tamu’s collapse. In Guam, Marines recover a small veterans fund and two war bonds from an old barracks bank, signaling steps toward normalcy.
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Kandy
Ceylon
India
Tamu
Burma
Manipur
Adm
Louis Mountbattten
Tiddim Road
Guam
Navy
U. S. Marianas Islands
Marine
Orote Peninsula
Marine Fund
Bank of Guam
Hitler Calls for Blind Faith as Germany Battles Uprising
London reports Nazi leaders faced mounting revolt as Adolf Hitler urged “blind confidence” on the home front. The German news agency DNB-Nopreed said Hitler addressed party leaders and Bauleiters at his headquarters, insisting on continuing the fight to the end and praising his role as the nation’s leader amid Allied advances.
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Aiex Prdeicior
London
Adolf Hiller
Europe
DNB
Hitler
Yanks Strangling Enemies on Guam
Marines and doughboys push back small Japanese forces on Guam as democracy reaches the front with soldiers offered voting cards for upcoming elections. Marine Col. William J. Scheyer says front line fighters will get time to fill out ballots as operations continue amid dense undergrowth.
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Peosn
ADM
CON
Ncally
Guam
Navy
William J. Scheyer
Fredericksburg
3D Amphibious Corps
Thirteen German Divisions Reported Eliminated
A British staff officer said thirteen German divisions have been thoroughly eliminated in France with about 22 facing Allied forces in a critical phase of the war. He praised the American victory from Cherbourg into Brittany and warned Germany may not hold a Siegfried line as Russians pressure the east, forecasting severe disasters. He asserted Hitler pulled armies back into Fortress Germany, abandoning Fortress Europe, as Allied bombers near the Reich.
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Normandy
France
Germany
Cherbourg
Brittany
al Hitler
Europe
Reich
Germans Fire On Florence As Allies Inch Forward on Italian Front
Florence sees heavy German shelling as Allied 8th Army presses along the Arno. London radio claims Florence nearly in Allied hands, while CBS reports South African troops bridging the river to replace destroyed crossings. Northern Florence holds act treasures as German forces resist along the Arno.
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Rome
Florence
Tuscan
8Th Army
London Radio
CBS
Arno
Bases for Supers Rushed on Saipan
Aug 1 report from Gen H H Arnold and Brig Gen Robert W Douglass hints a major B 29 base may move to the Marianas soon. Arnold notes current B 29 attacks from China while Douglass signals a broader strategic air war from multiple theaters.
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Washington
Im—A
Marianas
H. H. Arnold
20Th Air Force
Army Air Forces
Army Hour
NBC
China
Robert W. Douglass
Russians Seize Drohobycz Oil Center in Galicia
Soviet forces storm Drohobycz, a key prewar Polish oil center, amid a broad Carpathian drive. Col Gen. Ivan Petrov led the assault as 11 Soviet armies push along a 1200 mile front from Finland to the Carpathians, with operations also advancing west of the Dubissa and toward Tilsit as Berlin acknowledged setbacks.
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Drohobycs
London
Germany
Drohobycz
Poland
Carpathian
Czechoslovakia
Joseph Stalin
Galicia
Russia
Ivan Petrov
Sevastopol
Finland
Carpathian Mountains
Romania
Ploesti
Odessa
Black Sea
Dubissa River
Kaunas
Berlin
Tilsit
San Vistula
Warsaw
Vistula
San River
Tarnobrzeg
Mielec
Tar How
Wisloka River
Wisloke
Moscow
Soldiers' Days on Guam Filled With Discomfort
AGuam peninsula correspondent details a soldier's grueling routine on Orote Peninsula Guam. He endures fox holes daily marches through swamps under constant mosquito bites heat rash and damp clothing. Water is scarce and tasteless while rations are crackers as enemy mortar fire and sniper rounds punctuate his weary nights.
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Orote Peninsula
Guam
Agat Reef
Opera
Aura
Mas‘quitoes
Big Bombers Rake Berlin and Sub Pens
More than 2,000 American heavy bombers pounded Berlin and other industrial centers as part of a continuing campaign to curb German war production. Lt. Gen. James Doolittle said 29 major oil refineries and synthetic plants were seriously curtailed. The raids hit submarine pens at Toulon and rail lines in the Rhone valley, with Fortresses and Liberators targeting Pas de Calais. Thirty-three enemy planes were destroyed. American losses totaled 21 heavy bombers and nine fighters.
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Eqndon
Berlin
Reich
James 3. Doolittle
Bth WU & Tactical Air Force
Germany
England
Italy
Toulon
Rhone
France
U. S
Pas-de-Calax
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Franz von Papen
Istanbul
Turkey
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