Allies Pour Troops Into New Beachheads as War Expands
Soviet forces press toward Warsaw from the east as Rokossovsky’s army group advances in the Praga district across the Vistula. Red Army hopes to breach German defense lines in East Prussia while counterattacks from German reserves seek to blunt the Soviet drive.
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Moscow
Red Army
Warsaw
Praga
Anoijier
Idenace la Lye
Béon Kuyt
Prussia
Lek
Prusalyn Masurian
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Ie Warn Miitle
Rokossovsky
Vistula
Ms Thal
Witts Deret
Tyan
Korev
Yi Vistula
Warsay
Krakow
Wffarl
Continerabisielesti
Geenie Ware
Oles Trish
Ak Ranssiiony Quein
Mie
Jilsh Peyeubvie
Fey Labsuasita Anid Weal
Riwhlais
Ivar Masler
Nilfor
Sweep Mendes
Batyuila
Umoltior
UG Balle
Carpatislanis
Ammles
Hapad
Rattler Displays Draw Crowds in Pittsfield Area
Local reports describe visitors seeing large rattlers on Davey Hill south of Pittsfield. A three and a half foot snake with seven rattles was shown by Messinger, and a separate 50 inch specimen was brought in by Mésehnger. A 48 inch warden encountered a harvester on Cole Fil luni yesterday.
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Messinger
Wis
Davey Hill
Pittsfield
Is Harvester
Cole Filluni
Vichy in Turmoil as Underground Rises in France
Reports from Paris and the French border describe a rising underground movement amid Allied landings. Demonstrations spread in Vichy and across towns like Limoges and Aurillac as patrols clash with patriot groups supported by rumors of large mobilizations. German archives burnings and widespread unrest mark a chaotic moment in occupied France.
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Vichy
Paris
Rivieri
Caliabaralionisty Eau Mtriots
Marseillasse
Madrid
Daily Mail
Auth
Agen
Mantava
Rude
Perigues Tulle
Aurillac
Limoges
Surious Geriin
TPA
Burn
Airborne Troops From Corry and Columbus D-Day Action
A Journal release details Corry and Columbus youths among 82nd Airborne Division troopers who parachuted into Normandy before D-Day. They helped hold off German divisions to secure the beachhead, with several named local servicemen among those reporting the action and casualties.
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D-Day
Corry
Columbus
Normandy
Tice
Pennsylvanis
V. C. Nielsen
Dawson
Hulett
Fom
Bern
82Nd Airborne Division
Corpatin Peninsuanto
Renchinishw
Asswsimont
Chef du
Pont
Allied Forces strike southern France and Paris era events
Allied invasion troops reached eight miles inland in southern France after securing initial objectives. British and American airborne units reportedly blocked enemy reinforcements behind lines as Maj. Gen. Alexander M. Meade led ground forces, previously fighting in the Pacific theater. German Seventh Army fragmentation and aerial assaults on London were reported, with sustained bombings causing casualties and damage.
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Home
France
Lieut. Bulard Names Plane Miss Corry in France
Lieut Homer Bulard, a fighter pilot in France, named his P 47 Thunderbolt Miss Corry after his home town. The Corry youth, now with five siblings mentioned in a public relations release, has completed seventy combat missions.
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Lieut. Bulard
France
Corry
Homer Bulard
Gary
Homer Bulard Thas
Ninth Air Force
Fmm
Series of Allied Bombings Across Pacific Theater Reported
U S Pacific Fleet headquarters reports renewed Allied bombing of Kuriles Iwo Jima and Spice Islands. Liberator bombers hit Halmahera and Ternate as MacArthur says attacks cripple Japanese bases. Nimtz notes shipping damaged near Parazigghiro and airstrip bombed on Stribichi with enemy ships and patrols engaged. Marianas-based bombers strike Iwo Jima and nearby targets. one Liberator downed in combat.
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Associated Press
U_ 8
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Pacific Islands
Kuriles
Nortl
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Spice Islands
Equator
Gutien-Carolines
Farmont
China Coast
Douglas Mararthur
Halmahera
Almahera
Ternate
Halmahern
Cerain
MacArthur
Arlt
Chester W. Nimita
Arnsy Léheratov
Parasigghiro
Stribichi
Nazis Prepare For Balkan Invasion Press
Istanbul dispatch reports German General Rosier ordered urgent preparations against any Allied attack in western Greece and Albania. The Greek Aegean command on Samos and Lesbos concentrates troops near ports and towns, with indications that evacuation of islands may be underway.
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Asmournece
Istanbul
Turkey
Americans Plight Highlighted By Handicap Survey
Washington reports one in six Americans are physically handicapped after a survey by the Howse Labor Sub Committee. The study also notes about 2,000,000 persons are confined to beds or wheelchairs, with Kelley noting the need for aid programs.
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LIN & Handicapped
Washington
Howse Labor
Kelley
D-Pi
War Production Board Order Aids Corry Plant Conversion
A WPB reconversion order effective yesterday may aid Corry Plant conversion toward civilian production within months. It preserves metal office fittings manufacture and allows limited reversion as war orders free capacity. Corry plans a redesigned modern line. full switch depends on labor and material availability after war contracts end.
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Nelson
War Production Board
Carry-damestown Manufactur Corporation
Corty
Corry Man Wounded in France Recovered in England
Kenneth Young, formerly of Corry, wounded in France during July 27 to August 4, now in an Army hospital in England. He is recovering, writing that his wounds are not serious, and his family in Corry awaits letters at the APO 51% address in New York.
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Kenneth Young
England
France
Kennet
A. Young
Ninfinger
Invary Army
Bnet Mies
Shady Avenue
Sons of the
Young
Pvt. Young
Tetler
Yourth
Pat
Allied Air Fleet Pounds Germany and France in Large-Scale Bombing
An Allied air offensive strikes targets across Germany and occupied France with about 2,000 planes. Berlin faces heavy bombing as American forces push through the Tyrol and Bavaria while raids hit the Magdeburg area and central Saxony. In the south, operations over France continue with significant bomber activity and losses reported by German sources.
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Associated Press
London
Hull
Germany
Vuedet
South Preneh
Uy Leipele
Magdeburg
Berlin
Vadig
Alps
Tyrol
Wid Baviirla
U.S
Air Force
West
Saxosy
Haitnever
Brunswicke
Varia
France
Canmuuilques
July births set record at Corry Hospital
Supt Lue Nichols reports July likely the all time high for births at Corry Hospital with 48 total births, 244 admissions, 1965 days of service, 41 average daily patients and four deaths. Iron lung equipment tested for emergencies as infantile paralysis prevails. a special committee to aid collections on overdue accounts was formed.
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Gary Hospital
Lue Nichols
Hawkins
Hillstrom
Smiley
Scheppnen
Smith
Rainesald
Iton
Nichols
Corry Hospital
Columbus Youth Wounded in France, Pvt Lowell Fargo
Mr and Mrs Warren Fargo of Columbus received a War Department telegram stating their son Pvt Lowell Fargo was slightly wounded in France on July 2. The brief notice said details would follow and noted he was treated in a hospital in England and was recovering.
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Columbus
Warren Fargo
War Department
Pvt
Lowell Fargo
France
Bargo
England
Pt. Fargo
Weatherman Warns Cooler Weather Tomorrow
A weather forecast notes thunderstorms sweeping across the region today with cooler air on the way. Temperatures tonight will fall, offering relief from several warm days, with Thursday expected to run several degrees below recent highs.
Man reports missing large sum of currency in East End
An East End resident told police he might have been robbed of a large amount of money last night after returning to his parked car and falling asleep. He first claimed over $700 was missing but later said he did not know what happened and did not have the money. Further details were uncertain as investigators awaited word from the supposed victim.
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East End
Hal
Sis
Dulon
Quarterly inspection of Corry Guard Unit
Major Porter and a Meadville star visited Corry to conduct the regular quarterly inspection of Company A Blue Guard. The drill inspection focused on company property equipment and records and the Corry unit presented a fine appearance during the inspection.
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Porter
Star
Meadville
Company A
The
Blue Guard
Corry Company
U S Bombers Raid Mako Naval Base Fairhaven Dwellings Open
Aug 10 report from Ghungking notes American Liberators bombed Mako in the Pescadores Islands. Fairhaven Housing Development announces occupancy opened to resident civilian war workers and inductees' families when private housing is unavailable.
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U.S
Mako Naval Base
Fairhaven
Mnmonsyou Tin
Ghungking
Mako
Pescadores Islands
tolleyIn
Formosa
Ching
Takao
Claire L Chennault
U08
14Th Air Force
Malo
Miss Swanson
Corry
Coastal forces resist. allies advance inland
German coastal forces resist as Allies push through to high inland positions. Reinforcements are poured ashore behind smoke screens as operations proceed, with commanders claiming progress according to plan.
Allied forces push into southern France amid heavy fighting
Reports say Allied ships landed reinforcements along three coastal holds near Marseille as German defenses contest the beaches with smoke screens and coastal batteries. British and American units drive toward Paris from Le Mans area while the Normandy pocket tightens, with widespread claims of German divisions trapped and reduced.
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France
Atherlean
Beech
Jwuill Corts Geneisl
Henry Matta Wilson
Agusigl
Blaise
Normandy
Roommrunique
Paris
Alencontres
Charees-Dreux
Lusigalles
Anoh
Marseille
Almacy
Nice
Cap Negee
Toulon
Frejus
Rhone
Brother of Mrs Stearns Dies in Italian Front Fight
Mrs Ray Stearns learns from a lieutenant of the unit in which her brother P Raymond D Rapp served that he died in action on the Italian front after sixteen hours at a machine gun post. Rapp, with Company H of the 170th Infantry, part of Gen Clark's Fifth Army, was killed while returning to his foxhole near a point 17 miles from Rome. He had previously served in North Africa and the Mediterranean theater.
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Ray Stearns Bys Receivan Fronr
Leutenant
Pe Raymond D. Rapp
Ulsedi
Hils
Young Rapp
Hi Wis
Rumbi
Rome
Pie
Rann
Go. H
Bim
170Th Talantry
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