Battle reports highlight fierce fighting around Leyte coast
The narrative details intense clashes off Bohol and Flores with American forces repelling Japanese thrusts near Ormoc and Kananga. US bombers hit targets on Negros while several hull losses and air battles are noted. Weather remains poor but expected to improve as combat intensifies on Leyte.
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Bondoc Peninsula
Luzon
Bohol Island
Philippine Archipelago
Flores
Timor
Java
Netherlands East Indies
Kananga
Ormoc
Leyte Island
Leyte
MacArthur
Dumaguete
Negros Island
Alcaly
Carigara Bay
Ormoc Tih
Kirk Recalls Shootout In UAW Labor Case
Kirk testified about a deadly confrontation in which Elmer Groves and others argued with him near a car. He said he fired after Groves struck him and he faced continued threats, recounting a struggle that ended with shots to Groves and Elmer. Brazil produces three-fifths of the world’s coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirk
Groves
UAW
Elmer Groves
Elmer
Joe
Brazil
British and American policy clash over Greece aid
Washington reports clash between Eden and American policy as Britain and the United States debate Greece and liberated territories. British MPs press for clarity while Eden defends a hands off approach, noting U S influence in Belgium and the role of Allied troops under Eisenhower.
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Edward Stettininus
Unit
Ede
Greece
Washington
United States
Eden
Britain
Manchester Guardian
Yorkshire Post
North Africa
Iver Thomas
Thomas
Belgium
Eisenhower
U. S. State Department
Jnly Feft
Postwar Europe Influence and Allies Conference Notes
Fragmentary text references the Allied Control Commission and Marcow conferences between Churchill and Stalin. It mentions spheres of influence in Europe, wartime decisions, and future positions of Eastern and Western European countries.
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Sia
Allied Control Commission
Britain
Uacht
Marcow
Rita
Churchil
Marshal Stalin
Europe
Byrnes Advances War Mobilization Board Appointments
Byrnes announced O Max Gardner as chairman of the War Mobilization and second version advisory board and disclosed his designation by Roosevelt. Gardner, former North Carolina governor, has served as cotton textile institute counsel and sits on Sperry Corp. board. Gardner stressed wartime production and global trade as essential to keeping American workers employed after the war. The report also notes a new production campaign leader is Clay, a West Point graduate and engineer. Separately, 100000 acres in French Morocco's Ben Amir district are being irrigated to convert barren land into farming soil.
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War Manpower Commission
O. Max Gardner
War Mobilization
Byrnes
Roosevelt
Gardner
North Carolina
Cotton Textile Institue
Sperry Corp
United States
Clay
West Point
Amy
Convicts Rebel in Varsi Prison Riot With Nazi Suspects
The report notes convicts in a Varsi prison revolt continued from wage disputes amid claims of insufficient freedom. Six saboteurs were identified, two described as Nazis, among about 24 convicts strongly involved while 106 inmates remained in the building.
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Warren Joseph Sanford
Lnwere Wang
Varsi
Fire destroys set for Old Maid at C. of C.
Period costumes received due a short fine and the set designed by James Phillippe and director Gage were nearly complete when a fire consumed the rear of the properties. Phillippe and Gage lost personal belongings in the blaze.
Stars and Stripes seeks Belgian and German datelines
The Stars and Stripes notes editions printed in London Paris Marseilles and Benevento California. Lewellyn hopes for a Liege dateline and another dateline Inside Germany. Profits support the army welfare fund for enlisted men.
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London
Pars
Marseies
Bensarbon
Cal. Lewellyn
Liege
Germany
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Fabrica
Nerros
Vis
Bran
Wuwon
Somerset Importers, Ltd
New, York
U.S
Beni Amir
French Morocco
Mata
Py Ees Sci
D'Oranya
Penney’'S Shoe Dept
Penney
J. E. J. Brach
Fame and Fortune
Chicago
Bracks
Penney's
Smnexs
Trentwood
Faurey
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