Allied bombers neutralize Halmahera and launch new raids
Allied air forces say Halmahera in the Philippines theater is practically neutralized after two weeks of raids on its air fields and bases. Bombers also attack targets from Timor to Bougainville as MacArthur reports fires and explosions. Separate dispatches describe Allied landings on southern France beaches near Marseille and Nice with rapid objectives and minimal resistance inland.
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Associated Press Southwest Pacific
Aud
Halmahera
Wlack
PH Pines
New Guinea
Mindanao
Douglas MacArthur
Timor
Bougainville
Hal Munhers
Saipan
Tinian
Guam
Laine
Marignus
Dapan
Ine
Associated Press
Keneth Dixonr
Wolke
Chen
Increase in younger pupils seen in Pennsylvania enrollments
Harrisburg Apr 18 The first postwar years in Pennsylvania are forecast to show rising first grade enrollments while the long decline of the past decade continues. Executive Director F A Pitkin of the State Planning Board notes birth rates remain near 160000 annually with a few exceptions. Children born in 1937 and 1938 will start school this fall, while those born 1939 to 1942 may be deferred after the war. Public Instruction records show first grade enrollments at 140097 last year, up from 144074 for 1939 40, and a sizable drop from 1937 36 beginner levels.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
F. A. Pitkin
State Planning Board
Jody
Pitkin
Department of Public
Odds Trim War End Date Betting In London
London August 15 Allied processions in France sparked a burst of victory bets reducing the odds against ending the European War by October 31. Current odds stand at 100 to 15, down from 100 to 7 three months ago. Many bettors pick arbitrary dates based on tea cup readings, dreams, or astrology, often using D-Day themes and December 6th.
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Asociated
London
France
Allied forces tighten grip on coffin salient in Normandy
Allied armored and infantry forces narrowed the German escape corridor near Conde Noirau and closed the last links in the coffin salient. Northward advances threatened other German pockets as fresh landings in southern France aimed to link with Normandy victors. Von Kluge reportedly regrouped remnants as planners hoped for a wider breakout and continued assault across western France.
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Associated Press
Normandy
Palaise
Winns
Conde-Bur- Noireau
Allied Expeditionary Force
Argentan
von Lage
France
von Kluge
Board Adopts Calendar For School Year
The board of education approved the next year’s calendar at last night’s regular August meeting. School opens Wednesday September 6, with Thanksgiving November 28-24, Christmas vacation December 21, end of January, March vacation from March to April, and Memorial Day closing the year on May 1 with the term ending June 7. Delinquent tax collections totaled $16,087.80. One bus-transport bid was accepted at $75 monthly from F. W. Turent of Columbus. Mrs. Mary Louise Blakeslee resigned as third and fourth grade teacher at Washington school. no successor named. Coal and ice contracts awarded. trucking firm Zulaneck to unload. Continued on page six.
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Board of Education
Aecoepitions Cof Min Waar
Davis
New York State Department of Health
New York
Chaims
Peasoy
F. W. Tubent
Columbus
Fairhaven
Concord
Mary Louise Blakeslee
Washington
Vehunlig
Flurhurereok
Jand Une Vecaney
J Bau Tast
War Ively
Pittsburgh and
Erle Cox Company
Zulaneck
Onchavtin
Playgrounds At Schools Dropped
City school board ends shmmmer playground program early at Concord and Washington Junior Highs due to low attendance and conflicts with summer events. Help was recruited but many older students did not participate, leaving attendance under 200 in final weeks.
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Deo EA Dariel
Board of
Huestion
Concord
Washington Ad
Second White Russian Army crosses Biebrza River to threaten East Prussia
Soviet forces under General G P Zakatov push a bridgehead across the Biebrza River and advance toward Osowiec, penetrating toward the East Prussian frontier. Reports say heavy fighting destroys German guns as the Red Army extends its spearhead southeast of the border, while other Soviet units advance in the Baltic region and through southern Estonia.
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Biebrza
East Prussia
Moscow
Loreuk
Grajewo
Osuwice
Blebrea
G. P. Zakatov
Blebrza River
Zakhowrov
Byck
East Prussian
Biebraa
Biebrzy
Ity
Osowice
Poland
Reuters
Gontady
Akerman
Bobr
Zakharov
Ivan Cherniskhovyky
East Prussia-Lithuaniy
Osowiec
Ivan Maslennikov
Estonia
Antsle
Patton Drives Through Brittany in Breakout Campaign
Lt Gen George S Patton Jr leads a rapid push through Brittany after Omar Bradley’s breakout, forming new forces from the First Army and advancing along the Cherbourg peninsula. The drive strengthens the Allied line and widens Patton’s role in the campaign across the coast toward Avranches.
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Associated Press Supreme Headquarters
George 5. Patton, Jr
Sicily
Brittany
Trith
Dwight D. Hisenhower
Omar Ny. Bradley
Palion
le Mais
Bralep
Patton
Bea
Ayildile Tie
Palhlig
Bradley
U.S. Pirss
Imnder Patton
Cherbourg
Ths
Coutances
Avranches
Powerbous Peninsula
Civilian production order takes effect under war limits
Washington Aug 0 War Production Board orders civilian production to begin today. Chairman Donald Nelson says manufacturers with spare workers and machinery can shift to hundreds of consumer items previously banned since the war began. He warns manpower and material shortages will curb any large uptick in civilian goods for the near term.
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Iswomeen & Washington
Aug
Rulles
War Production Board
Donald McNels
Nelson
U.S. Bombers Hit Formosa and Iwo Jima Raid
U S heavy bombers based in China attacked Formosa about 200 miles north of the Philippines. Bombers struck Takao docks sinking three freighters as part of a broader raid around Formosa. Simultaneously land based Liberators attacked Iwo Jima with two bombers reported downed after aerial combat.
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Associated Press
Pormosa
Aichor
Japan
Fhiinpines
U. S
China
Joseph Stillwell
Rad
Abone
Teiland
Falmahera Island
Philippines
Takao
Formosa
Iwo Jima
Volcanoi Islands
Sail Radio
Union Officials Report Victory Shift Welcome
Officials at the Ajax plant announce acceptance of part time workers on the Victory Shift amid some objections from individual union and Aero union members. Union officers say no formal action has been taken, while management notes many volunteers for the extra shift and the UJ. 8. Employment office reports success in recruiting for Victory and other Ajax departments.
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T. A
M. Ledge
Jastron Wok
Hime
Aero Union
Ajax
Victory Shirt
Miss Hopkins
Corry
Victory
SRI
Jobs Ory
Local talent suspected in Avenue case
Clark and Averill safe burned open with acetylene torches yesterday. contents found intact. Robbery occurred Saturday night at the wholesale beer distributor on First Avenue. Intruders smashed the safe, but the money taken, about 60 to 75 dollars, was in a rarely used spot. Police consider local parties familiar with the firm and Clark family away from home as prime suspects. Fingerprints were not taken. Averill urged the step, but Chief Flanigan opposed it. Investigation focuses on a small circle likely to know the firm’s cash placement.
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Clark and Averill
First Avenue
Clark
Averill
Flanigan
Ross Man
Focal Voice
Mead
Flangan
Second Death From Polio At Dunkirk
Funeral services will be held for 11-year-old William Goulding, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth H. Goulding of Sheridan, the Dunkirk area’s second victim of infantile paralysis. William had been ill since the previous Wednesday and died Sunday after admission to Children’s Hospital in Buffalo. He was a Sheridan native who had lived there his entire life.
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Dunkirk
William Goulding
Kenneth H. Goulding
Sheriden
Dunnkirk
William
Children’s Hospital
Buffalo
Sheridan
Nis
Commandos Kelly Fined $90 After Court Martial At Fort Benning
Tech. Sgt. Charles E. (Commando) Kelly, Medal of Honor recipient, was fined 90 dollars and given three months of restrictions for returning late from a furlough. He asked to attend movies on the military reservation and was allowed. The 23-year-old Pittsburgh native arrived for infantry school July 11, had sought a furlough home, and his bravery in Italy 1943 remains noted as he proceeds without promotion.
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Associated Press
Fort Benning
Tech
Sel
Charles E
Kelly Locisy
Ares
Kelly
Pittsburgh
Italy
Infantry
Pittsburgl
Invasion Briefs Report Allied Landing in Southern France
The dispatches describe Allied forces landing along the Toulon to Cannes area and near Dornes, with planners claiming success against minimal German opposition. Reports note French resistance rising, underground support, and evacuations ordered by Marseille command amid the campaign’s unfolding.
Berlin Desperate As Allied Invasion Strikes Europe
London reports the desperate hour has struck as German railways vow to summon last strength. Pilots report anti-aircraft fire as Allied forces land along a broad southern coast from Marseille to Nice. American, British, French, Canadian, Dutch, Polish, Greek and Belgian ships support a large naval operation. Parachutists target multiple German strong points as thousands of Allied troops push inland in the Mediterranean front opening another major strike against Hitler.
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Rome
France
Marseille
Nice
Frm
Mediterranean
Witf
Donald Coe
Iigssaged
Europe
Hitler
Niether Mans
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