Resistance Crumbles As Allied Invasion Presses South France
Reported German resistance in southern France weakened as American and British forces push inland from beachheads near Toulon and Cannes. Official lines claim troops advanced with air bombardment aiding infantry corridors while naval units provide carrier support and fighter cover along the coast.
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M Nazi
SM Airlines
Hierar
Canat
Port - Cros
Rial le Napoule
Canclave
Gulf of
Lines Of Supply In Pacific Are Being Tied By Yanks
Allied forces tighten supply lines in the Pacific south of the Philippines and west of New Guinea as MacArthur reports diversions of Japanese bases from Bonins to Halmahera. Heavy air raids strike Chichi Jima and Mang Island while Japanese defenses bolster Hengyang and regional rail towns in China.
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Pacific
J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Japan
Philippines
New Guiana
Denia MacArthur
Indies
Bonins
Halmahera
Mili
Da‘lao
MacArthur
Eneemy
Celebes - Ceram
Ceram
Banda and
Avatars
China
Chichi Jima
Boning
Tokyo
Army Air Force
Aden
Chester W. Nimitz
Fiers
Mang Island
Marianas
Pagan
Paramushiro
Coungking
Hengyang
Hankow-Canton Ray
Lungling
Tengchiang
Mangshin
Burma
Yunnang
1944 Elections Seen Polling Smaller Turnout
The Associated Press surveys 18 states show governors and senators elected with lower vote totals than 1942 or 1940 primaries. Counts in 16 states fall short of recent elections while only Ohio and South Carolina show larger totals. Factors include deployed servicemen and wartime worker migration reducing participation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ohio
South Carolina
Vast Changes Likely For Social Security During Coming Year
Senate Finance Committee chair George predicts early next year will bring major Social Security reconsiderations. Key questions cover state equalization of public assistance, wider disability and health coverage, and a possible universal medical program. Automatic payroll tax rate doubling planned for Jan 1 may be allowed amid postwar funding needs.
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Frances
Kelly Washington
Capitol Hill
George
D-Ga
Senate
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
House
Ways and Means
Thieves Rob Five Greenwood Stores
In Greenwood Florida thieves broke into five stores on Wednesday night stealing about $1000 in cash and checks merchandise and an unknown amount of War Bonds Sheriff B G Farmer said authorities in Jackson County Frs and Special Investigator T KR Knight searched for fingerprints and reviewed a filling station garage and several stores for clues.
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Alabama
North Florida
Greenwood
Fla
B. G. Farmer
Barkley Gause
Jackson County
Frs
T. KR. Knight
Knight
J. B. Pendar
Tatum and Powell
Wallace And Arnall Vie In Atlante
In Atlanta AP report Vice President Henry Wallace and likely contender Arnall clash over policy though details are unclear. The piece notes Wallace as an ally to Secretary positions and hints at intra party contest.
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Atlanta
Henry Wallace
Lows
Americans Reach Near Paris as Patton Attacks East
American armored patrols moved toward Paris with the Eiffel Tower in sight while Allied forces shifted the northern flank east along the Normandy coast toward Le Havre. Reports placed U S armor at Rambouillet and Authon as Patton’s columns pressed toward Chartres, Etamps and the vicinity of the capital. The supreme command urged Parisians to rise and drive out the enemy.
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Wes Gallagher
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Eiffel Tower
Supreme Headquarters
Normandy
le Havre
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
T Hle Arca
Transocean
U. S. Armor
Rambouillet
Chartres
Chartres-Paris
St. Arnoult
Associated Press
Edward D. Bail
Thema
Authon
Etamps
George S. Patton
Aunay River
Supreme Command
Europe
Absie
Sniping across Florence suburbs as tanks invade
In Florence suburbs north and east, German tanks penetrated yesterday but today the situation eased though sniping persisted. Across the Italian front minor clashes continued. U S and British units reported probing actions on the Arno and in the upper Tiber Valley. Livesay commanded U S infantry in the western Fifth Army sector as American mortars hit Arno boats and a German self propelled gun was knocked out.
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Rome
Florence
Arno
Eighth Army
Rosano
Pontassieve
Upper
Tiber Valley
Harold Alexander
U. S. List
William G. Livesay
Fifth Army
Lalotta
Farm Bureau Chief Speaks Of Growth
The Houston Farm Bureau annual meeting drew a light attendance due to a busy farming season. Officers’ election was postponed to a later date to allow more members to attend. The gathering at Ashford High School featured a picnic and speeches by Alabama Farm Bureau President Walter L. Randolph and state officials P. O. Davis and W. A. Ruffin.
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NATO
Faulk
Houston Farm Bureau
Ashford High School
Walter L. Randolph
Alabama Farm Bureau
P. O. Davis
State Extension Service
W. A. Ruffin
Weir
Om Farm
Negro Soldier Arrested for Robbery in Dale County
Pvt. Giles T. Scott, AWOL from Camp Rucker since July, slugged and robbed Mrs. Bessie Hatcher of Pinckard, taking about 4000 in cash and War Bonds. He was captured after a car chase by Pinckard residents and turned over to Dale County authorities for trial.
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Giles T. Scott
Camp Rucker
Dale County
Ozark
Bessie Hatcher
Pinckard
Early Trawick
Virgil Trawick
Bill Bedsole
J. R. Dykes
Scott
Trawick
Bedsole
Set
Camp Bucker
Decatur
Ala
Homer Jones
Dale County Circuit Court
Hatcher
R. A Dowling
Dowling
Piichard
Napier Field
Pintferd
Five Transferred To Kilby Prison From Houston Court
Five prisoners sentenced at the last term of the Houston Circuit Court were moved today to Kilby Prison in Montgomery to begin serving sentences. Records show Sam Crawford, 25, rape and burglary. Dink Brooks, grand larceny. Hillard Smith, prohibition violations. George Moot and Bernard Gibson, robbery. all to terms ranging from two to ten years and fines.
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Houston
Kilby
Montgomery
Sheriff's Office
Sam Crawford
Dink Brooks
Hillard Smith
George Moot
Bernard Gibson
Allied World Peace Agency Discussed at Potsdam Talks
Secretary Hull indicated a potential World peace Agency could be established before the war ends in Europe. Discussions at Dumbarton Oaks will explore whether the new body is created by treaty or national legislation as the United States, Britain, and Russia meet. Hull warned the public to unite for world cooperation amid a grave global crisis.
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Flora Lewis
Washington
Europe
Hull
World Organization
Russia
Britain
United States
Dumbarton Oaks
Paris
Association of Nations
Allied air onslaught halts German Dunkerque escape attempt
Allied bombers and fighters swarmed across the channel toward Northern France as German preparations for a Seine crossing were repelled. Polish and RAF Mustangs shot down 16 enemy fighters in a single clash while American Liberators targeted Roye near Paris. British Mosquitos bombed Mannheim as Allied planes damaged or destroyed over 400 vehicles and heavy bombers pressed Brest. One Seine bridge at Conflans Ste Honorine remained contested.
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London
France
Seine
U.S
Eighth Air Force
Roye
Paris
Germany
Mannheim
Felaise-Arwentan
Brest
Confans Ste. Honorine
Houston Grand Jury Indicts Fourteen In County Case
The Houston County grand jury indicted fourteen individuals in connected cases. Named defendants include Alex Butta Ne gro grand larceny and Leci Thom as Johnson with Robert Earl El more for grand larceny. Other charges cover second degree burglary assault and battery vagrancy robbery bigamy and manufacturing liquor.
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Houston County Grand Jury
B .G. Farmer
Grand Jury
Alex Butta
Leci
Thomas Johnson
Robert Earl Elmore
Carl Barnes
Woodrow Wilson Harrison
Alvie Killingsworth
John Henry King
Joe Lee Chachran
Gladys Grindels
Hosea Xconce
del Lawrence
Ethel Ray Robinson
Erma Lee Thomar
Robert Griffin
Jake Ritch
Erskine Caldwell’s Father Dies in Columbia
The Rev. Ire C. Caldwell, father of author Erskine Caldwell known for To Acco Road, died at a Columbia hospital last night. He had lived in Wrens, Georgia, for years and edited a chain of weekly newspapers in Allendale Allendale Hampton Beaufort and Jasper counties.
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Columbia, S.C
API
Ire C. Caldwell
Erskine Caldwell
Ivins
Wrens. Ga
Caldwell
Allendale
S. C
Hampton
Beaufort
Jasper
Four Power Alliance Statement of Dewey Draws Fire
Washington reports note President Roosevelt met with Senator Thomas Tru man while Dewey faced strong Democratic backlash. Critics labeled his Four Power alliance claim cal lcalated to handicap the Dumbarton Oaks talks. Senators Vandenberg Connally O Mahoney and Tunnell condemned the remark as political sabotage.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Marty S. Truman
Congress
Gov. Thomans
Dewey
Dumbarton Oaks
Vandenberg
R.mich
America
Connally
D.-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dumberton Oaks
Albany
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
League of Nations
Senator Tunnell
D.-Del
New Yorker
Russians Cross East Prussia Front as Soviets Reach German Soil
Moscow reports Third White Russian Army massing on the East Prussia border to cross the Svestuppe River and enter German territory for the first time in the war. Soviet forces push from Lithuania toward Konigsberg while Baltic fronts tighten along the Nieman and Vistula corridors. The report notes heavy tank battles near Insterburg and Warsaw, with German losses mounting as three Russian armies threaten across frontlines.
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London
Moscow
Hn Nbc
Germany
Red Army
Yester
Baltic States
Lake Peipus
Estonia
Tartu
Vilkaviskis
Lithsania
Bnet Proasiz
Levie
Mera
Daniel Deluce
AFP
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
East Prussia
Lithuania
Sevic
Cheriakhovsky
Sisuliei
Ivan Bagramian
Poland
Suwalki Triangle
Nieman River
Insterburg
Konigsberg
Tts
Vistula
Warsaw
Vistila
Preves
Bevestia
Pacific Jungle Fighters Draw Lots For Trips Home
A Southwest Pacific Army unit distributes leave quotas by lottery among eligible soldiers. The story describes emotions as men await the draw, some seeking relief in games or chores while others show anxiety, hope, and patience.
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Pacific Jungle Fighters
Frets
Southwest Pacific
Associated Prees
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