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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1944

Page

5

Radio Program Guide Fragments and Listings Snapshot

A fragmented schedule listing radio programs and hosts including The Sex Hound's Sketch blue cast, The Bob Hawk Quiz, Captain Tim Healy BStory, World News and Commentary, and musical acts. It preserves era tone with numerous time slots, show titles, and performer names, though many items are garbled.

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Theaters and films listed with star names and period titles

A fragmentary list of film titles and star credits from mid century theater listings. It mentions actors such as Edward G Robinson, Lynn Bartrod, Fredric March, Claudette Colbert, Johnny Mack Brown, Ginger Rogers, Ruth Hussey, Belita, James Ellison, and others across several venues and programs.

Midtown Marine Raiders Paigeson Tom Hussey Sabert Ry MGM Novelty Viator Mc Ragles Edward G. Robinson Lynn Bartrod March of Time Amer Grantsand Rice Mark Teale Fredric March Alexis Donald Crisp Alan Hale Kialte Buete Ball Dick Powell Pred MacMurray Panitite Goddard Jamies Dunn Wands Miay Thieves Wiliam Claudette Colbert Johnny Mack Brown Neighborhood At Time Jon Hal Maria Montez Andrews Sisters Pandar Vere Vague Ror Acus Naees Ginger Rogers Ruth Hussey Margaret Ellen Sn Wen Madame Curie Greer Garton Walter Pidgeon Smeagan Spitfire Lupe ‘Velox Belita James Ellison Marsha Huot

Air forces target Berlin and French rail hubs in heavy raids

Allied air fleets based in Italy and in the region blasted Berlin targets including the Blese motor plant and Genshagen engine works, plus Brandenberg and Marienfelde bomber plants. They hit Hamburg area refineries, Kiel port facilities, Toulon submarine pens, and railway yards near Valence and Lyon Arles. Italian Mustangs attacked airfields near Valence and Avignon as ground troops advanced in France.

Berlin Germany Bth Italy Rhone Valley Toulon France Blese Genshagen Bradenbure Marienfelde Hamburg Magdeburg Kiel Ninth Air Force Alencon Orleans Dreux Arles Lyon Port Herriot Valence Avignon

Bases for Supers t continued from Tage 11 in the Pacific

From Hawaii based Tihha force leaders describe Saipan as a major Pacific base with aviation engineers building large bases in the Marianas near Tokyo. Arnold notes B 29 raids on Japan and China are testing operations hindered by fuel and parts supply from India and the Himalayan route. Marianas bases would allow unlimited supply landings at the B 29 air fields.

Hawaii Marianas Tokyo Saipan Pacific Arnold Japan China 20Th Bomber Command 14Th Air Force India

Hays Commands Guns of U S 2d Division

Supreme Headquarters announced Brigadier General George P. Hays, 52, artillery commander of the American 2d Division in France. The China born general won the Medal of Honor in the Champagne Marne defense in July 1918 after seven horses were killed under his command. He attended Oklahoma A and M and taught military science at Cornell, with long Washington duty.

Supreme Headquarters George P. Hays France Champagne-Marne Oklahoma A. and M. College Cornell University

Marines Advance on Guam Amid Heavy Fighting

US forces press north on Guam driving through Ukudu and Liguan while airfields at Orote Peninsula come under Marine aviation support. Geiger says Japanese resistance shrinking but last stronghold Mt Santa Rosa remains, with 18000 enemy casualties cited as proof of the island's narrowing control by Americans.

Jettabie Guamsland Ukudu Liguan Navy Marine Aircraft Wing Orote Peninsula Marshall Islands United States Tonape Wake Island Roy &. Geiger Guam Geiger U. S Mt. Santa Rosk 3D Marine Division Amantes Point Lumuna Point Ares Omar N. Bradley Breton Peninsula Battlefront Laval Mayenne U.S Big Breton Bse Brest Ontta Bry Loire Nanes France St. Nazaire Vannes Lorient Nazaire Ernst Rommel Strensih Dinan St Chatonmneut Dle Et Vilaine St. Mars St. Mato Breton Mortain Avranches Vire Caen Paris St. Pais Cherence Rousset Poiin Lapillerie Vire- Champs-du-Bou

Chinese Forces Ousts Waingmaw as Myitkyina Hold Persists

The Salween campaign sees Chinese troops occupying Waingmaw near the Irrawaddy, while fighting near Myitkyina intensifies. Gen Stilwell notes Japanese remnants between Myitkyina and Tengchung as a large 135 mm shelling gun is airlifted from India for Burma operations.

Teading Tengchung Salween Tengchhung Myiicyina Burma Stilwell Kandy Ceylon Myitkyina Tengcheng Southeast Asia Command India Broad Y

Hitler vows steadfast fight as Reich نیرو rallies banner

A British report quotes Hitler declaring he will not capitulate and will bear the banner of faith and confidence. Major General Hierl responds that Hitler's life is the state's life. Tass reports Himmler seeks greater SS strength and mobilization of foreign workers. Norway's Terboven calls for a single National Socialist soldier type and notes peak armament and rocket weapons while Britain faces continued retaliation.

Rage Hitler Konstantin Hierl Labor Service Tass Fron Zurich Heinrich Himmler Hangman Himmler Tass Bern Joseph Terboven Norway Oslo Germany Britain London England

German Guns Rake Arno River Front in Italy Advance

Allied forces press along the Arno as German positions retreat toward Rimini. Poles push across the Misa river, capturing Cavallari Scapézzano and Roneileili. American patrols probe enemy lines near Florence while Bibbiano falls in the Upper Arno valley. Bad weather hinders ground operations.

Rainine Florence Arne Iculy Arno Trent Pontie Vecchio Adriatic Rimini Brugnetto Monte di Ripe San Vito Misa Empoli Pisa Fisa Eighth Bibbiano Monte Grille Alpe di Catenala Monte Ailuccia Misa River Cavallari Scapézzano Roneileili Sii

Anglo American oil pact eyed as advisory plan

The article outlines a purely advisory commission to propose oil resource development to the US and Britain, with potential to become law. It discusses the Anglo-American Agreement as a framework for orderly, competitive resource use, mentions possible wider UN involvement, and notes exploratory talks with Britain and the Netherlands on syntactic rubber and review of wheat and cotton.

Congress Parliament United Nations Iinks Russi Venezuela Colombia United States Britain Netherlands

Philadelphia Strikers Face Army Rule and Court Action

The strike led by four leaders triggered a government response with a grand jury review and the Smith Connally act invoked. Army units from Pennsylvania New Jersey and Maryland were deployed to protect transit as thousands of soldiers kept trolley bus and train lines running. The Teaneport Workers union blamed management for the stoppage praising Roosevelt and urging a federal probe into company leaders and alleged collusion.

Sam Kage Ivate Biddle Pennsylvania New Jersey Maryland Hayes Teaneport Workers Union PTC Roosevelt Philadelphia TWU Cris Prident Gen. Hayes McMenamin

Red Triumph Slashes Through Front East of Warsaw

German high command claimed the 3rd Soviet tank corps was trapped after days of fierce fighting with severe Soviet casualties and heavy losses. Berlin broadcasts showed pressure on Carpathian passes as Soviet forces recaptured Drohobycz and other key towns in a 150 mile front, while Soviet generals redeployed to spearhead a Balkan campaign and the Kerch Crimea drive.

Warsaw Bug River High Command Jelgava Geman Delgave Riga Stalin Drohobycz Lwow Fromier Carpathian Passes Soryj Berlin Red Army Czech Hely Balkan Poland Boryslaw Stanislawow Rzeszow Jaroslaw Przemysl Stalingrad Andrei Sheremenko Novorossisk Kerch Strait Crimea Feodor Tolbukhin Tolbukhin Ukraine Sevastopol Tat Yeremenko Crimean 2Nd Baltic Army Latvia Rigs Ivan Bagramian 1St Baltic Army

Dies Asks Biddle About Political Action Committee Tactics

Congressional figure Dies faults Sidney Hillman and Earl Browder for using shifting organizations to dodge election laws. He cites the National Citizens Political Action Committee aiming to raise two funds of three million dollars to back Democratic nominees. The disclosure follows a Stripling report of White House and PAC communications and a three member subcommittee led by Reps. Starnes and Costello.

Political Action Committee Sidney Hillman Earl Browder National Citizens Political Action Committed George W. Norris Dies Robert E. Stripling New York PAC Reps Starnes D.-Ala Costelo i B.-Calr CIO

Five Warships Sunk in Bonins and Kazan Islands Raid

Tokyo radio reported June 14 raids on Chichi Haha Muko and Ane islands in the Bonins and Iwo in the Kazan group. U.S. losses include 41 planes. Japanese losses cited as 280 planes and 27 ships with other vessels probably sunk or damaged. Also noted are American captures including a quick take of a key target and half packed suitcases found nearby.

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Eire Government Promises Support Postwar Farm Effort

David Panama plans a new hotel eight room school and a veterinary lab at the agricultural station as the Eire government pledges to back farmers after wartime effort declines.

David Panama

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