Russians surge toward border of East Prussia in bold move
Allied and American forces report heavy activity across the Pacific and European theaters. US units push a 35 mile wedge into Brittany while Australian and Allied troops tighten the Marianas trap, killing thousands of Japanese as airfields fall. In Burma and China, British, American and Chinese forces press Japanese positions amid harsh weather and logistics, with casualties mounting.
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Chester W. Winkamimnne
Guam
Tinian
Spa
Steip
Iain
Marianas
Hilippines
Ching Coast
Pipa
Carolines
Jomonus
Sansapor
Philippines
Indina
Chungking
Elesa
Alreleli
Unes
Tokyo
Ts Cs
Wi Wits
Milayla E Tiddim
Iito
Burma
North Ruma
Order Halts Erie Firm Sunshine Packing in Pa
Judge J Paul Rupp granted a preliminary injunction against Sunshine Packing Corporation of Pennsylvania North East Erie County restraining food selling in the commonwealth. A hearing is set for Monday August 14 after Attorney General James H Dust urged the order claiming unsanitary plant conditions produce contaminated and unfit products. The petition notes the firm processes fruits preserves Havering and the key for sale and consumption.
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Anpveayou
Sean Harrisburg
J. Paul Rupp
Dabphis County
Sunshine Packing Corporation of Pennsylvania
North East
Erie County
Commonwealth
James H. Dust
Isbel
Allied Air Forces Down 150 Planes in July War Report
The Mediterranean Allied Air Force announced it shot down 150 enemy planes in July, losing 476 aircraft including 200 heavy bombers. The MAAF dropped 42 000 tons of bombs while Allied forces pressed operations over southern France and the Rhone valley as fighting intensifies.
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Rome
Mediterranean
Allied Air Force
MAAF
Rhone Valley
France
Mary's Po Valley
School Paint And Clean-Up Work Moving Ahead At City Schools
The city school painting and cleaning project is progressing with crews redecorating Concord building interiors and exteriors. Classrooms will receive varied color tones to avoid monotony, while the Senior High basement rooms and art bedroom are refinished. Preparations near completion for next month’s opening, with more buildings ready soon and two still needing work. Additionally, Spanish Foreign Minister Francisco Pome Jordana Sousa, 68, died in San Sebastian after a heart attack.
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M. E Shambaugh
Concord
a/rt
San Sebastian
Spain
Francisco Pome Jordana Sousa
Suain
Jordana
Soviet Cannon Now Shelling German Soil Near Warsaw
Front reports from Moscow on Aug 3 describe heavy fighting as Soviet Third White Russian Army advances from Dydinghe toward East Prussia. Shelling targets key towns near the border, while Rokossovsky’s forces push along the Vistula east of Warsaw and advance near Lake Peipus and northern Estonia.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Dydinghe
Schirwindt
Bydtiulmen
Wehrkirchen
Ganna
Khermiakhovsky
Tilsit
Tusterburg
Konigsbere
Prus
Sfast
Insterburg
Virbalis
Wizainy
Bailshire
Berlin
Reilers
Augusta
Warsaw
Konstantin I Rokossavsky
Germans Leaving Finland Report
Reports from Finland indicate Germans may evacuate all troops as Mannerheim replaces Ryti as Finnish president. Finns received one infantry division and a panzer brigade for southern front, with another German division in northern Finland drawn to Estonia. Reuters dispatch notes a Pictish German pact to Berlin approving a separate Finnish peace with Russia and evacuation of southern troops.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Finland
Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerheimi
Risto Ryti
Ryti
Russia
Weals
Estonia
Reuters
London
Berlin
Nasi
Republican Governors Map Action Calls Postwar Reconversion
A six point statement by 26 Republican governors led by Thomas W. Dewey urges prompt postwar contract termination to speed peacetime conversion of industry. They advocate shared leadership to boost commerce, industry, and agriculture for full employment and warn federal control could threaten state self government. They call veterans’ job planning, state and federal cooperation in reconstruction, equitable tax distribution, and a retained National Guard both as a state force and a reserve component.
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Associated Press
V. Louis
Thomas W. Dewey
Saiid
National Guard
Army of the United States
Sophis
Fifth Breaks Up Counterattacks on Arno Near Pisa
Allied report says Fifth Army halted German counterattacks across the Arno near Pisa and Pontedera. German troops attempted to push a south Arno crossing while Eighth Army units pressed Nazi defenses around Florence. Civilians reported Germans clearing areas along the Arno north bank. Also notes a Nazi monastery proclamation and a pilot shot down over Avignon by Allied fighters.
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Pisa
Pontedera
Erie
France
Associated Press
Rome
Fifth Army
Arno
Italy
Eighth
Jay
Robert D. Thompson
Hubbard
Tex
Rogers Zierenberg
Tacoma Road
Boll
Avignon
Thay
Draft board issues August call from Corry district
Eight youths from Corry and surrounding areas were summoned for August physical examinations as the draft quota for the district is set for the month. A published notice lists those called, with some residents living on FL and DL routes as well as in Elgby. The August call may not be final, with some believed to be deferred to the reserve pool until quotas are allocated. Names from Corry include Alpin Leon Maine, Robert Fores Brace, Norman George Haner, James Howard Walters, George Prankovite, Rexford Geary Webb, Jack Foster, Jane Lynn Potter, and others from nearby towns such as Union City, Geneva, Waterford, Edinboro, and Wellborn. The publication notes no new service order for the district has been announced yet.
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Union City
Dingeoupw
Corry
Elgby
Robert Fores Brace
Norman George Haner Jamnes
Howard Walters
George Prankovite
Rexford Geary Webb
Jack
Foster
Jane Lynn Potter
William Duda
David Prederick Fithian
David Wilford Gilmore
Emmeth Henry Herman
Geneva
Sparta Parents Learn Youth Killed in Action
Cpl Russell Davis of Spartansburg was killed in action in France according to a War Department telegram received today. He was 29, husband of Evelyn Burton of Corry, son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Davis, employed at Aero plank before joining the service in 1942, went overseas last May and last letters dated June 28 from England. He trained at Camp Pickett and participated in maneuvers in Arizona and California. Survived by his wife, parents, a sister Dorothy and no brothers Ralph and Robert, all at home.
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Cpl
Russell Davis
Spartartsburg
Corry
War Department
Davis
Arthur Davis
Spartansburg
Evelyn Burton
Aero Plank
Ue Servite
England
Opl
Camp Pickett
Tennessee
Anewu Inter
Arigona
California
Dorothy
Ralph
Robert
White House Action Near In Strike At Philadelphia
Philadelphia during Aug 3 reports show Maj. Gen. Phill Hayes arriving as the Army prepares to seize Philadelphia's paralyzed transit system. The White House moved toward ending a three day work stoppage that crippled the city’s transportation, amid racial violence and calls for FEPC action. Officials warned a government seizure of Philadelphia Transportation Company and possible troop use may follow.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Phill Hayes
Service Command
White House
Dent Roosevelt
FEPC
Prt
Philidelphia Transportation Company
Ley
Metro
PTC
Transport Workers Union
GIO
Army Casulaties Reach Eleven Thousand One Hundred Ninety
Army casualties announced for the week ending August 1 total 11 190, with next of kin notices bringing the Army total to 218 479. War Secretary Stimson also reported Navy, Marine and Coast Guard casualties at 51 871, lifting the combined service branches total to 210 344.
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Army
Associated Press
Washington
Stimson
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
District 1 Highway Concrete Probe Details
District Engineer Jackson says Governor ordered investigation into highway concrete in District 1. Probe, led by P M Tebbs, aims to curb deterioration of culverts and bridges in northern counties where freezing damages recur, noting southern sections less affected. Cement manufacturers and other specialists have been consulted.
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Jackson
Highway Department
Cief Frenklin
Eiasitte
Martt
Corry
Franklin
Cement Macufacturers Association
Truman quits as head of war committee
Washington August 8 Chairman Truman of the Senate war investigating committee resigned amid protests from colleagues. Hugh Fulton also resigned as chief counsel. Truman cited his candidacy for vice president and said remarks could be construed politically. A new chairman will be chosen in a future session, with Hatch and Mead among possible successors.
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Mazemeemesill
Washington
Truman
D-Mo
Senate War Investigating Committee
Hugh Fulton
Senator Hatch
D-4m
Mead
Lumber Ruling Tightens Local Retail Trade
Wartime policy tightens lumber sales with a 9 Limitation Order 835 requiring dealers to prioritize shipments to cover town consumers. Farmers and homeowners face restricted access as timber is funneled to WPB-approved Class T buyers, risking further curtailment of small building projects amid wartime controls.
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Selline
Wisich
Glass T
War Production Board
WPB
Bombers Pound West Germany and Austria into Bavaria
Berlin said heavy American bombers struck through Austria into southwest Bavaria and western Germany in coordinated blows from the United States and Britain. The great assault hit numerous targets in France from the west and south, while foul weather grounded the British armada for a second night. Swiss reports noted planes over eastern districts with sirens in Zurich St Gotthard and St Moritz. The likely target area was Munich a rail hub and manufacturing center for robot bomb components.
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Berlin
Austria
Bavaria
Associated Press
London
Germany
Tily
England
France
Zurich
St. Gotthard
St. Moritz
Af Ter Hight
Adres
Munich
Canadians Open New Offensive Aimed at Paris
Canadian forces launch renewed push toward Paris as Bradley's armor advances reach Rennes and Dinan. British reports claim the capture of two Nazi armored divisions and a wire entrapment operation disrupts German defenders.
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Paris
Bradley
Rennes
Dinan
Allied Forces Break Into Brittany and Take Rennes
Allied advance under Gen Omar Bradley sieges Rennes as armor wedges 30 miles deep in Brittany while Dinan and St Malo fronts move toward Paris. Vire falls to British forces and German rear guard tightens around the Villers-Bocage pocket as 85,000 prisoners are counted along the invasion's eastern flank. A new oil fire erupts near Philadelphia.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Omar N. Bradley
Brittany
Fan
Bradley
Rennes
Dinon
Avranches
Bay of St. Michel
St Malo
Dinin
Brest
Br. Nazaire
Lotre
Paris
Oxzen
Vir
Vire
Normandy
St. Pats
Elue
Tessy - Percy -Villedieu
France
Inndmisn
Strik Tinge
Villers-Bocane
Aunay-Sur-Odon
Tal Tage
la Lande
Gil
Villers Boonge
Aunay-Sur-Odons
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East Prussia
Venth
Saipan
Sue
Aswmiated Press
Ags
Vicky Hifi
Fress
New York
China
Mattelmina
Formosa
Pescadores
Japan
Dr, Hh, King
Vistule
Faren
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Augustow
Latvia
Mannerheim
Presi
Union City Board
Sparta
Gram
ROBE
West Germany
Ave
Ture
Omar Bradley
ACARM
Iraime Bullae ‘Nga
Penally National Oil Company
Philadelpda
J Ta
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