McArthur Opens Drive to Regain the Philippines
General MacArthur announces the first bombing of the Philippines since Corregidor's fall, as Allied forces push toward reconquest. Saipan becomes a major American base in the Marianas, with Guam named a third bombing station for B 29s.
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M’arthur
Philippines
Saipan
Great American Naval and
Guam
Marianas
Associated Press
Southwest Pacific
Guatender
Corregidor
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Roosevelt
Pearl Harhor
Closter
Winneng
Waleldal
Amerie Marloner
Dhpan
Nagasaki
Nagasiki
Lve
Mitsubishi
Rivhnioutt Kefy ‘Wawner
United States
Lrowp
Pear
Mead Park Given Charter in Erie Court Action
Judge Himer Byams approved the Mead Park Association of Corry to incorporate as a non profit. Attorney Walter H. Scott filed the papers while Glenn C. Mead of Philadelphia donated park property. The measure aims to create a permanent body to manage park development and provide for future needs and protection against liability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Himer
Erie
Mead Park Association of
Corry
Derk Association
Paii
Wilnister
News Bulletins From World War II Fronts World News
Associated Press reports from London and Paris detail German bombing raids on Britain and Allied responses. Reports note American air activity near Alençon and Avranches, with claims of German losses and air support. Petain government status denied by Paris radio. In Denver a court convicts three Japanese American sisters of conspiracy, acquitting others accused of escape. Allied forces claim 4,392 German troops captured in France in 23 hours at Mag. L.
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Associated Press
London
Britain
Orue
Supreme Headquarters
Mag. L—Americam
France
Second Word From Survivor of Corregidor
A prisoner of war letter from Lieut. Albert B. Langeler, died in Japanese custody after Corregidor's fall, reached his sister in Chicago who notified his wife in Corry. The brief second message confirms his health and asks not to worry, noting his prisoner number and a faint birthday reference likely from last July.
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Albert B. Langeler
Corregidor
R. R. Setlert
Chicago
Helen Lange- Ter
Corry
Diet
Tamgéler
Jane
Russians Drive Deep Into East Prussia Corridor near Memel
Moscow reports a sweeping Soviet advance within 50 miles of Tilsit and Memel, threatening East Prussia’s southern flank. Rokossovsky's forces push toward Warsaw, with a Russian group maneuvering northeast of the Polish capital. In the Suwalki triangle and along the Vistula, Red Army units press forward, claiming hundreds of towns captured and declaring German defenses strained.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Prussia
Tilsit
Memel
Junkers
Narew
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Suwalki
Germany
East Prussia
Poland
Ivan Chernia
Kaveky
Severn
DNB
Warsow
Augustow
Warsaw
Vistula
Kielce
Red Army
Silesia
Krmkow
Vistua
Warka
Battic States
Syoveier
Baltic
Blea
Red Air Force
Balli Harbors
Fiver
Buvel
Lagaw
Ted
Warsaw-Kriow
Jekabpits
U S Radioman Tweed Survived 31 Months On Guam War Trail
Chief Radioman George Ray Tweed and a captured American “Lost Garrison” survivor were vindicated after 31 months on Guam. Hunted by Nipponese since December 1941, Tweed evaded capture, then returned to the United States to be reinstated and promoted. He reunited with his wife Mary Francis and sons Ronald and Robert after the war, recounting his perilous ordeal.
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U. S
Guam
Pssyonsveneres
Pacific Plebt
Pearl Harbor
George Ray Tweed
Garison
Tiveed
Ater
United States
Guin
Weed
Sen
Crie
U. S. Navy
Tweed
San Diego
Gaul
Mary Francis Tweed
Ronald
Robert
Gila
Fortland
Otc
Navy
Rmin
Tokyo Shows Alarm After New Attacks
Three bombers of the Super fortress raid on Sumatra and Nagasaki are not accounted for, with one down in friendly territory. Palembang saw strong results with limited opposition. Nagasaki faced weak resistance. Tokyo cabinet plans by August 15 to strengthen home defense as broadcasts downplay raids.
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Associated Press
Washington
Sumatra
20Th Bomber Command
Palembang
Nagasaki
Kyushu
Palem
Aufi Afrorafl
Nigenti
Japan
Toparese
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Tokyo
U. S
Gen
Sugiyama
Shugeo Odachi
Canadian Commander Wounded by U S Bombs in France
Aug 11 Major General R E L Keller commander of the Canadian Third Division was wounded as U S heavy bombers struck French areas. The attack caused fragmentation and shell damage to Canadian troops amid Allied operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
France
R.E.L. Keller
Phird
U. S
Lesley
MeNsir
State Game Commission Sets Dog Training Season Start
Aug 11 report says the commission opens dog training season Aug 20 and urges trainers to designate training areas to avoid damaging farm crops. The notice stresses preventing destruction of crops during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Game Commission
Corry to Market Hundred Properties for Tax Roll Return
Walter Scott reports to County Commissioners a plan to auction more than nine hundred Corry properties, vacant lots and buildings, for a low compromise price based on county costs. Proceeds and city costs will be shared by tax authorities. The program aims to clean up blighted areas, attract new owners, and boost tax revenue, though county solicitor Javol Held opposes the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Scott
Scott
Iis
Enn
Plusny
Hehee
Javol Held
Cherbourg Trophy Flag Captured By U S Troops
A banner flag captured at Cherbourg by the U S Fourth Division was sent to Corporal Rex Mulhelen now in combat service. Mulhelen forwarded the trophy to his mother Mrs J Mulherin of East Street, noting it as a prized symbol of the Cherbourg victory and a memento of the invasion push toward Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
Iternoom
Tiel
Rex Mulhelen
Paris
Ch J. Mulherin
East Street
Babe
U. S
Cherbourg
Mulherry
Wikwit
Mulhtedrey
Cherboure
Massive shift in U S aircraft production plans
The War Production shift guides hundreds of thousands of workers away from Liberator production toward Japan focused twins and heavy bombers. The B 20 and B 32 are highlighted as new priorities with 12 0,000 air craft workers to be released and 34,000 jobs waiting to absorb them. The plan includes moving Liberator lines from North American Dallas and Consolidated San Diego to focus on B 29 and B 32 deployment.
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Associated Prey
Washington
Auu
Japan
Germany
Bi Wie
Fortress
Europe
Mitiname
Miraral
Higgins Alri, Tae
New Orleans
North American
Dallas
Shold
Wilow
Consolidated-Valtee
San Diego
Dutlee
War Information
Planes blast Nazi reserves on way to front
American Navy bombers struck rail yards and airfields along the German border and western front centers including Saarbrucken Mulhouse Belfort Strasbourg Antwerpt Metz Lille and the Paris suburbs. Bombers attacked rail hubs bottling German troop movements as bomber formations ranged over Alsace Lorraine and western Germany.
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Associated Press
London
Une
Saarbrusken
Alier Lorraine
Ciites
Straans
Mulhme
Belfort
Ody
Puel
St. Plorentin
Puey
Armauncoil Flyer
Paris
Villacoublay
Toussin-Le-Noble
Coulommiers
Easit
Mulhousé
Alsice-Lorraine
Rhine
Berlin
Germany
Franconia
Bavatia
Keeper Morris Dies After60-Year Fire Duty Ends
William Morris, known as the keeper of the flame and a direct descendant of Robert Morris of Philadelphia, died yesterday at age about 60 in a hospital. He had tended a fire for decades in the Blue Ridge area and left the task in the care of his nephew Hampton Owens before his illness.
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Baluda
Biel
Nin Peri
William Morris
Ryote H Hospital
Iaat
Roberti Morris
Philadelphila
Blue Riden Mountains
Jhux
Gomez
Mortis
Hampton Owens
Warn That Polio Gains In State By Associated Press
Warn That Polio Gains In State reports 96 new infant paralysis cases in Pennsylvania this week raising total for the year to 229 with 29 deaths in 1929 state figures show Allegheny County leads with 70 cases, Philadelphia second with 5, and cases scattered across 85 counties. Health officials say the department does not outline destinations or places where people should go to avoid illness.
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Associated Press
Marrisburg
A. H. Stewart
Pennsylvania
Levin
Allegheny County
Stewart
Healh
Moose start work on new lodge rooms in Corry
Preliminary preparations have begun for the Corry Moose Lodge quarters in the Christensen Motors building on West Washington street. Modern dining and meeting rooms will be added, with an assembly hall a ladies parlor and a kitchen, plus partitions floors and interior refinishing. Completion is targeted for September 1 with heating upgrades and new facilities. Cooperation from the national order will aid furniture and equipment purchases, with local Corry firms supplying much of the materials. Officers expect early social events and a possible city trip later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry Lodge of Moose
Christensen Motors
West Washington
Moose Club
Christensen
Corry
Bradley's Lightning Blows Toward Chartres in Shift
Allied forces press through northwest France as Bradley’s tanks drive into Chartres in a rapid push. German defenses scramble while American armor and air support threaten a sweeping arc to pin the enemy. Reports indicate momentum shifting toward the Allies with strong mobile advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley
France
Allies hold Chartres as western front advances
Unofficial reports claim Allied forces advance beyond Le Mame toward Chartres while air power disrupts German armor near Paris. The Allied communique notes tanks destroyed near Le Mung and strong advances around Nantes Angers and Brest as troops push toward the Cherinetres defense zone.
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Dwight Pymkin
Associated Press
Pars
Elvers
le Mung
Meadquarters
Toighining
Omar N. Bradley
le Mane
Gharires
Paris
Orleans
Caen
W.cohavent
Nawi
Nantes
Vet Laken
Fe Brench Sampaign
Bie
Loire
Angers
Brest
Yarky
Breton
Allied Expeditionary Force
Wantes
Chiattres
Erwits Rommelis Mytaleus
France
U. S
Coen Hinge
Mante
Prune
Anvers
Supreme Headquarters
NBG
David Avid
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Alencon
Marshal Petain
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Duday
Petain
Eugene Gridous
Transocean
Avranches
Penver
Jelpfugg
Gerswan
Ligut, Langeler
Corry Girl
T Dae War Prison
Naren
Gilsit
Vistula Breac
City Ih
Morris J.harris
Associated Press Bureau
Shanghai
Jongtme
Janam
Zokyo
Mikado
de Tsyed
Hhide
Uys P
Normandy
Ulearfield
Durarfield
Coromer E. & Sihara
Tomes W Bishop
Clwirtine
Ald Kewd
Hig Tarther
Arthur Bishop
Cramptin
Chartres
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