Taft attacks Army get out the vote plan and censorship
Senator Taft criticized the War Department for creating an apparent get out the vote setup that would assist soldiers in obtaining federal and state ballots for the November election. He warned that extensive instruction and personal solicitation to troops could overstep boundaries, while noting amendments allowing sales of political news at posts may clash with anti propaganda rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Ohio
War Department
Senate
Army and Navy
Hitler
Air War Highlights Allied Bombing Off South France Normandy
Allied air forces raided 21 German bases and supported D-Day in the south of France with 14 000 fliers. In three trains near Paris and 30 vehicles near Livarot, Mosquitos faced weather limits yet hit targets. German attacks on London caused casualties and damage as robots fell on southern England.
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France
Normandy
Seventh Army
Paris
Oise
Livarot
Britain
London
England
Russians Confident to Strike for Warsaw Amid Soviet Defense
Reds express utmost confidence that Marshal Rokossovsky can counter German forces near Warsaw. His divisions fortify Praga along two key rail lines from Bialystok, turning factories and apartments into gun emplacements to blunt the German advance.
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Wasaw
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Warsaw
Bialystok
Rokossovsky
Praga
OPA to Initiate Civil Suits for Rent Overcharges
The Office of Price Administration announced plans to use new authority to sue landlords in civil courts for triple damages from rent overcharges under the stabilization extension act. Suits target cases where tenants file within 30 days, with treble damages up to $50 max or $25 for nonwillful violations.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Congress
OPA
Patton’s Third Army Rides Forward From Cherbourg
A vivid profile of General Patton in France describes his rapid advances from the Cherbourg peninsula, his tactics around Rennes and La Charbonniere, and his charismatic leadership. It notes his boastful bets on quick advances, his secretive command status, and his favorite driver Sergeant John L. Mins of Abbeville, Alabama.
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FE. D. Ball
U. S
France
sAug
Cherbourg
Rennes
la Charbonniere
Patton
Omar Bradley
Bernard L. Montgomery
Paris
Bradley
Montgomery
Brest
Third Army
Sgt
John L. Mins
Abbeville
Ala
Market roundup: mixed gains as stocks banks autos rally
Scattered industrials led by steels rose while motors and airlines drew support. Investors tempered by reconversion fears after Allied gains in France. Final hour shows fractional to about one point gains. volume around 700 000 shares. Cotton futures rise on parity hopes. late prices 40 to 55 cents higher. Cattle hogs calves and sheep show varied losses and steady to lower quotes across classes.
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Wall Street
New York
Motors
Nazi Germany
France
Bankhead
Trade and Commission
Bureau of Census
Nashville Livestock Report Opening Slows Demand
Cattle run 1000 head at Nashville Tennessee opening session described as mostly lower grades grass cattle with a few fleshy medium grade steers and heifers. Demand started very slowly.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Byrnes backs George bill on unemployment aid
War Mobilization Director James Byrnes signaled support for the George bill while seeking federal minimum standards for unemployment compensation. He floated covering about 3 million small employers with 26 weeks of benefits and a top rate no less than $20 weekly, to be funded via state and federal measures as needed. Some Ways and Means members welcomed the plan, others urged broader Social Security changes be delayed amid wartime adjustments.
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Washington
Jamesf. Byrnes
House and Means
Byrnes
George
D-Ga
Senate
Ways and Means
Doughton
D-N. C
Chicago market report on butter and eggs
Butter firm with receipts 656 491. market unchanged. Eggs receipts 12 453. market weak with S standards 32 1 2 to 35. Current receipts 31 to 32 1 2. other market unchanged.
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Chicago
Bankhead Seeks Textile Ceilings to Stabilize Cotton Market
Bankhead pledges to establish adequate textile ceilings at once to remove a depressant on cotton prices. He will meet next week with cotton merchants to gain cooperation in a broad plan. Governors and Southern leaders urged to keep cotton off markets until prices reach parity, six to eight dollars above the 1944 loan rate. Mill representatives voiced full accord with the proposals, listing manufacturers from William P. Jacobs to Hugh Comer among attendees.
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Bankhead- Brown
Bankhead
Ankhead
William P. Jacobs
Clinton
S. C
William N. Banks
Grantsville
L. T. Barringer
Memphis
R. D. Hall
Belmont
N. C
F. W. Symmes
Greenville
S. H. Swint
Augusta
William H. Ruffin
Durham
N.C
C. A. Cannon
A. W. Fisher
Kannipolis
Hugh Comer
Sylacauga
Ala
First Known Christmas Greeting Card Emerges in History
A look at the earliest surviving Christmas greeting card fragment traces its appearance to 19th century Europe, highlighting how the custom of exchanging festive cards developed from handwritten messages to printed designs.
U S Ventures Expand After Marianas Breach
In news from the war front Saipan remains in American hands as U S forces drop 35 tons of bombs on Iwo Jima while Nimitz vows sustained pressure and MacArthur prepares new advances from New Guinea Hallelujah Tokyo radio reports retreat from India and calls for further battles with Burma Hengyang battles continue in China King George VI congratulates Franklin D Roosevelt on Guam victory and pledges stronger action against Japan.
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Iwo Jima
U. S
Iwo
Marianas
New Guinea
Saipan
Nimitz
Japan
MacArthur
Halmahera
New
Labor seeks House check on unemployment compensation plan
A labor backed group of House members seeks a nose count before deciding to press or drop a bid for a federal aid plan. They aim to overturn a Senate approved state confined bill and push a federal state program with payments up to 35 dollars a week, as CIO allies plan a renewed push.
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Washington
House
George
D-Ga
Senate
Celler
D-N.y
CIO National Executive Board
CIO
AFL
Canadians Break Through to Falaise as Allied Push Advances
Allied forces pressed toward Falaise in Normandy with Canadians breaking into the city area and closing the escape gap. British troops advanced from the north while Americans cut off the western pocket, taking prisoners and seizing supplies as Von Kluge’s forces retreated.
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DNB
Berlin
International Information Bureau
St. Malo
Normandy
Falaise
Caen-Falaise
Ossy
St. Pierre-Canivet
Aubigny
Conde-Sur- Noireau
Noireau
Seventh Army
Tinchebray
Montsecret
AEA
von Kluge
Argentan
Third Army
George S. Patton, Jr
Conde-Sur-Noireau
Vaesy
Conde - Sur - Noireau
Vire
Vassy
Falaise Gap
Local Hospital News And Civil Air Patrol Cadets At Maxwell
Richard Hodges and Ella Bryant receive care at Decatur General and Baughs infirmaries. Navy transfers affect Orbon Smith and family. Many residents travel or recover from operations while 85 CAP cadets from Alabama attend a Maxwell Field encampment. C S Keller visits Decatur on business.
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Richard F. Hodges
Harvest 1
Decatur General Hospital
Civil Air Patrol
Alabama
CAP
Maxwell Field
Alam
Prince Jones, Jr
Eighth Avenue East
Charles Henry Bobo
Third Avenue East
Robert Allen
Prospect Drive
AAF
Seventh Army Breaking Up In Normandy Trap
HAL BOYLE reports the German Seventh Army is dissolving into guerrilla bands as it cannot mount a breakthrough to the Seine. The remaining forces in Normandy are demoralized by heavy bombardments and fleeing in small groups within the narrowing pocket east of Paris. Third Army officers say a large portion is trapped with an eight mile exit gap near Valais.
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Seventh Army
Hal Boyle
U. S
Third Army
Seine River
Paris
Normandy
J Valaise
Allied forces crush German lines from Brest to Argentan
In France the Third Army crushes through to Argentan with 39,000 prisoners and 11,000 killed. Bremen peninsula and Angers area see 5,000 more cut off as German resistance crumbles. Remaining groups fight sabotage and guerrilla actions, while Nazis retreat by bicycle and cart.
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Argentan
France
Third
Brest
Loire
Angers
Germany
Hitler
Seventh Army
Commando Landings Break Through in Southern France
Army Ranger and commando units crossed forty miles of coast under heavy naval cover at dawn. The assault included levelling cliffs and silencing coastal batteries before daybreak, with Lt Gilbert Reid guiding in small boats and reports of rapid landings across beaches. The voice on the ship described the action with dramatic moments as destroyers chased targets and bomber waves followed at dawn.
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George Tucker
Associated Press
Eyre Davidson
Navy
France
Levant
Port Cros
Gilbert Reid
West North Street
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Davidson
Joe Costello
Boston
Mass
Twelfth Tactical Airforce
Brittany through a war correspondent's eyes in Brittany
A war correspondent describes American advances in Brittany with armor use and hedgerow removal, noting relief from Normandy stalemate and lighter devastation on interior towns. He praises Breton resistance, farm life, and hospitality while detailing regional culture and history.
Allied Landings Extend Along Southern French Coast
Allied forces continued landings along the southern coast of France with reinforcements arriving and high ground secured at Cap Negre and Port Cros. German broadcasts claimed beachheads at three points while asserting tough resistance and coastal battery fires.
Riot at Fort Lawton Rocks Italian POW Unit
Seattle August report cites a rock raid by Black soldiers on an Italian service unit barracks near Fort Lawton. An Italian prisoner, Guglielmo Olivanza, was found hanged. 24 Italians and several attackers were injured. Army officials opened an investigation and promised discipline once complete.
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Seattle
Fort Lawton
Seattle Port of Embarkation
United States
Guglielmo Olivanza
Wim
Arres X X
Allied D-Day Invasion Presses Front Into France
Reports from the front describe heavy fighting near Cannes Nice St Raphael and Cap Camarat as Allied troops land in France on D-Day with substantial numbers ashore. American Liberty ships unload at Cannes harbor while air and ground forces push inland trying to link with Eisenhower in Normandy and Brittany. Turkish radios speculate further Allied landings on the Adriatic coast near Trieste and Greece.
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Dio
Cannes
Nice
St. Raphael
Cap Camarat
CBS
Hitler
Henry Maitland Wilson
the Front
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Normandy
Brittany
Herbert L. Matthews
New York Times
Ankara
Adriatic
Italy
Trieste
Istanbul
Greece
Albania
Nazi Version Of Allied Landings Reported By Berlin Radio
Berlin radio claimed German bombers and torpedo planes sank a fully loaded landing craft and damaged several Allied vessels in the Gulf of St Tropez. The transmission said airborne troops dropped near St Raphael and along routes to Frejus and Toulon were cut off or attacked, while naval units shelled the coast.
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International Information Bureau
Bay of St. Tropez
Frejus
St. Raphael
Hyeres Islands
Cap Negre
Port Cros
Levant
Transocean
Berlin
Cannes
Toulon
San Remo
Nice
Normandy
Paris
Associated Press
Toda
Gulf of St. Tropez
Gulf of St. Tropez Key
Cap Negro
Ste—ime
Gulf
Ludwig Sertorius
Ocean
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