Americans Carry Invasion Into Brittany Drives Foe Rout
Allied forces push into Brittany as American and Canadian units advance along a broad front in Normandy. The breakthrough around Avranches to Vire tightens, with Le Beny Bocage seized and Vire within five miles, while British columns penetrate 22 miles inland near Caumont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladwin Hill
Alalite
DPD
France
Brittany
Vire
trans-Normandy
Avranches
Selune
Normandy-Brittany
Pontaubault
Ducey
le Beny Bocage
Torigny
Souleuvre River
Caen
Tilly-L-Champagne
Normandy
Percy- Villedieu-Les-Peeles
Granville-Villedium
Supreme Headquarters
Villedieu
Percy
Tessy-Sur-Vire
Souleuvre
le Beny- Bocage
Caumont
Brest
Paris
U.S
Cherbourg
Allied Airstrike Sweeps German Front South of Paris
Up to 1700 American planes including 700 heavy bombers attacked German airfields south of Paris and near the capital in a 37th anniversary offensive. British Typhoons bombed suspected HQ areas at Le Beny Bocages and Aunay, while RAF heavy bombers hit robot depots and launch sites in northern France and Le Havre and La Roche targets in the day and night operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Bealmear
London
Paris
France
United States Army Air Force
le Beny Bocages
Aunay
England
RAF
le Havre
la Roche
Philippine Leader Manuel Quezon Dies at 65
Manuel Quezon exiled Philippine president and longtime independence advocate died of tuberculosis at 10:05 a.m. at a summer home near Saranac Lake New York after fleeing Luzon in 1942. He leaves widow and two daughters Maria Zenaida and Manuel Jr with staff in attendance. Born 1878 he rose from law student to resident commissioner and first insular senate president, shaping the Jones act preamble and Philippine policy under American rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saranac
L/KE
N. Y
Manuel Quezon
Quezon
Luzon
Philippines
Asheville
N. C
Maria Zenaida
Manuel Jr
Spain
United States
U. S. Senate
America
Washington
Islands
Emilio Aguinaldo
Senate
Philippine Commission
Lieutenant Hobbs Killed in Action in France
Mrs. Frank Hobbs learns her husband Lieutenant Frank K. Hobbs infantry officer was killed in action in France on July 10. She, formerly Mary Edith Elkins, lived with her father at 1316 Sixth Avenue East since he went overseas and left for Alabama to be with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hobbs
Frank K. Hobbs
France
Hobbs
Mary Edith Elkins
Sixth Avenue East
Aaplons
Alan
Price admin power upheld on company housing rents
The U S emergency court of appeals ruled the price administrator can regulate rents for company housing units rented to employees under the emergency price control act. The decision also set aside as 1941, as these freezing coal sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Emergency Court of Appeals
Rommel Declared Killed Again in France
In Algiers the French underground claimed Marshal Erwin Rommel and Gen Ott von Stuelpnagel are dead in France. Rommel supposedly died from a head wound in Normandy while Stuelpnagel allegedly killed himself after a failed plot against Hitler.
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Algiers
Erwin Rommel
Ott von Stuelpnagel
France
Committee of National Liberation
Rommel
Normandy
Ray Dio
Stuelpnagel
Hitler
Slow Allied advance on Florence faces stiff German defense
Eighth Army troops push toward Florence as five German divisions mount a last stand along a wide semicircular front. The Fourth Parachute, 29th Panzer Grenadiers and Third Panzer Grenadiers defend approaches with Tiger tanks and wire-triggered booby traps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Kennedy
Rome
Eighth Army
Florence
Allied
Italy
Panzer Grenadiers
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Germans Unveil Rocket Propelled Fighter Planes
London reports Germany has rolled out rocket propelled fighters, the ME-163s, claiming extraordinary speed. Allied pilots, including Col. Alvin P. Tacon Jr., say few were engaged and the craft eluded capture, with Mustangs surpassing 400 miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judson O’quinn
London
Berlin
U. S
Germany
U. S. Eighth
15Th Air Forces
Alvin P. Tacon Jr
Mobile
Ala
Allied Drive Shifts Normandy to Open French Front
War page analysis notes the Cotentin push transforming the Normandy battle into a Battle of France with space to deploy Allied forces. American thrusts at Granville and Avranches sever the German coastal wing, threatening a double wing outflank while Canadian British units advance. Von Kluge faces a tough choice as the front broadens and tank mobility improves the Allied outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville
Avranches
Whale Peninsula
Marshall -von Kluge
Valley dairy show planned in Decatur with heavy attendance
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce agricultural committee plans the first annual Tennessee Valley Dairy Live Stock and Small Grain Show in Decatur featuring dairy and beef cattle field seed and local colts. Governor Chauncey Sparks and P O Davis headlining a day of sessions and livestock exhibits at Riverside high school and the Farmers Gin precinct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
FFA Club
Decatur
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Tennessee Valley
Agricultural Committee
Maynard Layman
Decatur Daily
Riverside High School
Chauncey Sparks
P. O. Davis
Extension Service
Auburn
E. H. Thompson
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Akron
Dick Harris
Casto Jarvis
A. N. Mitchell
Cotaco High School
D. D. Marshall
John Pennell
Nazis Flee to Ankara Ahead of Turkish Assembly
An overnight Istanbul to Ankara express carried Germans and families, with more leaving by plane as Turkish censorship notes possible settlement with Germany before the national assembly meets Wednesday. Blackouts on the Black Sea and Mediterranean coasts are set to begin Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ankara
Istanbul
National Assembly
Germany
Marmara Sea
Bulgara
Balkans
Turkey
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Bottle Brings Longer Stay In Morgan's Jail
Coleman Crumpton's jail visit ended with his arrest for violating prohibition after a pint whiskey bottle was found in a side pocket. Sheriff Willoughby said Crumpton and his wife had come to visit their daughter. Crumpton was detained on Monday and held on $300 bond Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman Crompton
Morgan County
W. T. Willoughby
Crumpton
Mrs. Willoughby
Vast Empire Now in Ruins Advances in Pacific War Crush Japanese Forces
Allied forces led by General MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz surged across the Southwest Pacific, capturing Sansapor on New Guinea and tightening control toward Mindanao. Japanese losses mount as Guam Tinian Saipan and Marianas fighting intensifies while Tokyo denies landings and signals potential new operations. The drive has reduced Japan's hold from the Solomons to New Guinea with tens of thousands of enemy casualties and prisoners reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Japan
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Guam
Tinian
U. S
China
Tokyo Radio
Rota
Marianas
MacArthur
Solomons
Adm
Chester Nimitz
Sixth Army
Sansapor
Sorong
Manokwari
Mindanao
Halmahera
Noemfoor Island
Agana
Pago Bay
Nimitz
Saipan
New Britain
New Ireland
Postwar Allied Talks Set to Open August 14
Washington August 1 Acting Secretary Stettinius announced the United States will open postwar peace talks with Britain and the Soviet Union on Monday August 14. Britain and the United States will then hold similar discussions with China. Litvinoff is named as Russia’s representative though Russia and China have not disclosed their delegations.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
China
Stettinius
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
Soviet push on Warsaw and Praga during major assault
Reports from London and Moscow describe Soviet forces pressing on Warsaw and Praga with heavy bombardment and multiple attack directions. German forces evacuate and torch parts of the city as Rokossovsky commands from an advanced HQ amid red star aircraft and heavy artillery across a 143 mile front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel DE Luce
Moscow
Praga
Warsaw
Vistula River
Izvestia
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Red Army Breaks Russian Front Across Baltic Front
Nineteen Russian divisions reportedly smashed German positions along a 30 mile Estonian front from Lake Peipus to the Gulf of Finland. Reports say Moscow forces expanded in Northeast Karelia and crossed into Finnish border aiming for Joenssaa rail hub, 230 miles northeast of Helsinki.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED
Stockholm
Lake Peipus
Gulf of Finland
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Berlin
Helsinki
Gulf
Red Army
Karelia
Aftonbladet
Joenne
Warsaw Battles Rage as Red Army Attacks East Prussia
Front dispatches describe a prolonged Warsaw assault with Rokossovsky’s units launching an air and ground barrage to break the German defense. The Red army also advances toward East Prussia, with Cherniakovsky closing to within 118 miles of the region as Berlin warns against retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
United Nations
Germany
Red
Vistula
Hitler
Rokossovsky
Berlin
East Prussia
Ivan Cherniakovsky
East
Open House At Southern Airways Wednesday Afternoon
Public invited to an open house by Southern Airways on Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m. Officials will show facilities and operations to attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Airways
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
Falkville
Farm Extension Service Diretor
Farm Committee
Charles W. Young
John A. Caddel
R. W. Orr
Civic Unit
Birmingham
M. E. Everett
Atlanta
RFC
War Department
Ernest E. Maddox
Sallie J. Maddox
Decatur 3
Tech
Kenneth H. Bice
William O. Bice
Kyle Frazier
Camp McCoy
Jack Riethmaier
Donald Warren
R. H. D. Weaver
Camp Westmoreland
Euel Livingston
Pensacola
Robert Livingston
W. O. West
William Douglas
Lannie L. Clemons
Oahu Islands
Mrgaret Ann Emens
Nancy Harvery
Huntsville
War Production Board
Thomas R. Yarbrough
Chamber of Commerce
R. J. Smith
Eugene Dugger
Duggers
Smiths
Will Spanabel
W. G. Dugger
Mr. Dugger
Smith
Georgia
C. P. Stewart
Hamil
Trinity
Brown's
State of Alabama
Melvin Rhodes
Julian Harris
Jack Tucker
James T. Rogers
ATU
Tom Whitman
Miami
Florida
Oakworth
E. W. Strother
Buckingham Army Air Force
Fort Myer
Pfc. Strother
Army Air Forces
J. W. Cruse
Oakwood Avenue
Tuscaloosa
Decatur General Hospital
Land’s End
D'Ouessant
Douarnene
Roscoff
Quiberon
Belle
Coutance
St Nazaire
Fougeres
Laval
Angers
Dieppe
Bourges
Nevers
Quicxie
Ken Reynolds
Philippine
Lieut
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Cotentin Peninsula
Morgan
Risto Ryti
Finland
Reuters
Warshaw
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