Americans Press Secrecy on Normandy Breakthrough
AP wires report a cloak of secrecy around Allied operations in France near Caen as Allied advances push inland at high speed. German counterattacks stiffen along the Loire and threaten a larger withdrawal, while Allied reports remain censored and headquarters releases scarce details on progress during the four day push.
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Caen
Arnesi- Qeed
Loire
le Ette
Paris Road
Wg Uight
al- Sig
Guilty of Manslaughter in Webb County Trial
A sprawling Webb County courtroom heard the case of a man charged with manslaughter after a March stabbing at a store. The defendant was found guilty after two eye witnesses testified the victim was slashed. a pending appeal was noted and the sentence placed at the state penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb
Rees
Wee
Owens
Cecil Newton Thomas
Affrey
Tary
Escort Fiske sunk by U-boat in Pacific action
AP report states the destroyer Fiske was sunk recently by a German U-boat during Atlantic and Pacific operations. Lt. John A. Comly and several officers have been notified of the casualties. About 150 men were aboard when the loss occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Igton
Fiske
Ae Epee
John A
M - Foot
Te Mireta
Es- Ming
Pacific
Pliny
Peanut worm threat puts Houston crops at risk
Houston County faces severe damage as the Peanut worm infests 90 000 acres valued at 5 000 000. Farm agent C M Lang warns of worsening infestation, urges immediate poison orders to avoid a supply bottleneck and escalating losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat C. Faule
Houston
C. M. Lang
Ling
Houston County
Congress shifts focus to surplus property bill
House leaders move to debate surplus property disposal for three days while delaying George unemployment demobilization legislation. Senate passed the George measure 55 to 10, rejecting Kilgore’s $25 weekly benefits, as Ways and Means considers separating creation of an Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Arbogast
Washington
House
George
Senate
House Expenditures Committee
Ruler
Doughton
N. C
Ways and Means Committee
Manasco
D.-Ala
Kilmore
Ghost of Guam Wants to Return to Island Shop
SAN DIEGO AP reports Chi Radioman George R Tweed nicknamed the ghost of Guam seeks a return to Guam after 31 months of confinement by the Japanese. He plans to open a radio shop after the war and would bring his second wife Mary Francis Tweed if possible, praising the island and its people and climate as his reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
George R. Tweed
Guam
Mary
Francis Tweed
Tweed
Brusland
Roosevelt Returns From Pacific Tour To Press Plans For Long War Prep
President Roosevelt sailed into Puget Sound after an extensive Pacific tour, urging permanent readiness against future Japanese aggression. He spoke from a destroyer docked at Bremerton, praising wartime preparations in Pearl Harbor and Alaska, and noted ongoing daily contact with Washington and Allied forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Fliegel
Roosevelt
United Nations
Washington
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Alaska
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Anca Boettiger
Juneau
Yank Battalion Rescued After Five Days Cut Off
An American infantry battalion near Mortain France was rescued Saturday afternoon after five and a half days cut off by German forces on a hill east of Mortain. German demands to surrender were refused with a defiant message from the battalion captain stating surrender would come only after all bullets and bayonets were spent in the fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortain
France
Bia Force
Keres
Germans Evacuate Florence as Yanks Snipe From Arno
Germany pulled out of Florence under cover of darkness abandoning the city to the Allies on the Arno. Snipers remained in the Mugnone area and eastern suburbs while machine gun exchanges caused little damage. Allied officials entered the city north of the Arno to aid stricken residents as food water and medical supplies dwindled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Kennedy
Rome
Florence
Italy
Arno
Eighth Army
Mugnone Coasi
Wecre
Civilians killed in bomb accident near Eglin Field
An Army Air Forces test at Eglin Field Florida resulted in four civilians dead and five injured when bombs reportedly failed to release properly from a plane. Victims include James Cosson 51 and his children James 14 Winnie 12 and Alfred Cosson 6. Injured were Alfreds wife and several Cossons. The bombs fell near a private residence about 4:30 p.m., with the field stating the incident stemmed from a mechanical release failure during a normal test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eglin Field
Fla
Army Air Forces Proving Ground Command 6Aid
Alacua
James Cosson
James
Winnie
Alfred Cosson
Idee Cosson
Frank ‘Cosson
Thomas Cosson
Ban
Alfred Cossona
James Cossona
Eglin Field Command
Philippines Hit by New Air Raids and Halmahera Sweep
General Headquarters reports a new air raid on the Philippines and a major sweep against Halmahera Island. Forty one parked Japanese planes were destroyed or damaged and shipping heavily hit as bombers struck Dutch New Guinea coastal vessels. Night patrols bombed Mindanao waters with unclear results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard C. Bergeolz
Southwest Pacific
API
Philippines
Halmahera Island
Voogelkop Peninsula
Dutch New Guinea
Deyto
Mindanao
Davao
Halmahera
Aouthern Guardian
30 German Divisions Face Entrapment In Baltic Area
Allied press report from London notes Soviet forces under Zakharov and Rokossovsky breaking through northeast of Warsaw toward the Biebrza marshes and pressing toward East Prussia. Russian armies trap about 300,000 German troops along the Baltic region while advancing toward Liepaja and Memel, with other units sweeping toward Riga and Livja. The Moscow communique claims 610 towns and villages captured as operations widen the push against German positions along the Vistula and in Latvia and Estonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Yarbrough
London
G. F. Zakharov
Warsaw
Biebrza River
Masurian Lakes
German East Prussia
Baltic Sea
Liepaja
Latvian
Memel
German
East Prussia
Moscow
Zakharov
Konstantin K. Rokoussovsky
Warsaw - Bialystok
Bug River
Vistula River
German Silesia
Krakow
Poland
Germany
Magecow
Estonia
Twa Maalennixoy
Psltisems
Belon
Latvia
Ivan Bagramian
Livpais
Rige
Jelgeva
Lithuania
East
Prusia
East Prussian
Loma
Arees
General strikes idle as 63,000 workers walkout nationwide
Across eight midwestern states army officers moved to restore order and return 25,000 striking truckers to work under executive order after wage disputes sparked the walkout. In Oklahoma 3,000 more workers pledged to resume duties once the President's directive is received. Other plants like Briggs Manufacturing in Detroit and Borg Warner in Muncie reported plans to return to work pending talks. The War Labor Board pushed to end pay and transfer disputes affecting 300 United Steel Workers and 3,000 Borg Warner workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Army
Office of Defense Transportation
Alex Baxter
Army Transport Command
Ellis T. Longenecker
ODT Highway Transportation
Minneapolis
War Labor Board
Longenecker
Oklahoma
Att
Detroit
Briggs Manufacturing Co
General Motors
Chevrolet
United Automobile Workers
Scottsdale
WLB
Struck By Bicycle Woman Hospitalized
Mrs Dorothy Louther wife of a soldier was struck by a bicycle yesterday near the post office on Foster street and taken to a hospital. Police rooked for two unidentified Negro boys about ten. one named Fiazelle was said to be riding the bike that hit Mrs Louther as she crossed with her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Louther
Foster Street
Jobneon and Wilkeson
Odell Hobby
Fiazelle
Mrs Leher
Jap New Stand May Indicate Bid For Peace
A Dome News Agency report says Japan will replace indirect government press guidance with greater regard for public opinion. Taketora Ogata, head of the cabinet board of information and leader of Mainichi, announced a wartime information policy shift to avoid steering public sentiment. The government plans to refrain from indirect guidance, allowing newspapers to reflect public opinion more openly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SY Russell Brines
Associated Press
Japan
Dome
U. S
E Dome
Tokyo
Taketora Ogata
Cabinet Board of Information
Somo
Domei
Ogata
Mainichi
Tactical Warplanes Swarm Over Europe Supporting Troops
Allied air forces unleashed mass tactical strikes across Normandy and Northern France to disrupt German defenses and supply lines. Bombers from Italy and Britain hit U boat bases, airfields, and coastal targets while Lancasters and Halifaxes attacked submarines, fuel dumps, and ports from the Bay of Biscay to La Pallice, with coastwatch patrols damaging shipping and destroying vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned Nordness
London
Germany
Normandy
France
Italy
Italian
Riviera
Brest
Russia
Britain
Toulouse
RAF
Bay of Biscay
Bordeaux
Atlantic
la Pallice
Forest de Mont- Richard
le Mans
Bay of Sisery
RAF Coastal Command
Brittany
Halifanes
Gironde
Metz
Forttreszen
Paris
Reims
Laon
Reans
Trafford Leigh - Mallory
Nes
Staff Ofhices
Tercen
Mediterranean
Europe
Imea
aRiche
Maly
Churchill visits Italian sector seen as important
Allied air activity intensifies along the southern coast of France as U S heavy bombers strike German defenses while Churchill and top American officers tour Mediterranean installations. The move signals potential forthcoming shifts in Mediterranean operations amid renewed raids on French and Italian targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noland Norgaard
Rome
Pir
Hitler
U. S
France
Mediterranean
Churchill
Popolo
Christian Democrat Party
Robert P. Patterson
Brehon S. Somervell
U. S. Army Service Forces
Italian Riviera
Toulouse
Vie Haly
Britain
Hong
Rhone
Slovakia Placed Under Martial Law by German Control
Slovakia was placed under martial law amid rising revolt as Nazi occupation tightens. The move imposes death penalties for revolutionary activity, murder, robbery and sabotage, signaling continued German enforcement despite Red Army pressure on the Balkans and shifting alliances in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Singleton
London
Slovakia
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Balkan
Transocean
Yugn- Novie
Poland
France
Revolutionary Activitee
Stovekia
Carpathian Mountains
Sanok
Selgrede
Marthe
Mammullan von Weichs
Germany And Japan Take Bitter Doses From U.S.-Britain
War analyst warns mid August fronts show decisive crises looming in Europe and the Pacific as Allied pressure mounts in France and Italy. Germany withdraws from Florence while Allied command reorganizes for a Gothic Line assault and possible Balkan and Turkish moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE Rirex L. Sdepson
Associated Press
Geremany
Japan
Europa
Pacific
Berhind
Germany
France
Italy
Florence
Alexander
Mediterranean
Winta
Turkey
Balkan Peninsula
Europe
Fisenhower
Britain
Wileen Fas
Algers
Aleusphéer
Bo Iinger
Africa
Egypt
Iraq
Hayuns Dielies
Page
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Jenks
Sever
Tormtr Fu
Kiel
Sen. George
Beverton
Harry Minard
George Ray Tweed
America
Honolulu
Mindanco
Baltic
U.s.-Britain
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