British drive toward Italian front near Pesaro
Allied forces push toward the Adriatic front as British units advance from Monte Cigeardo and Corbordolo toward Foglia and Arzilla rivers. Reports say a destroyer supported operations near Pesaro while other troops threaten the Gothic Line, aiming to outflank defenses along the Rimini area.
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Fano
Agéa River
Monte Cigeardo
Pesaro
Corbordolo
Rimini
Naval
Rath
War Ration Stamp Office Eases Special Stamp Limits
The Houston County War Rationing Board announced removal of time limits on special stamps. The change aims to relieve hardship for ration users, with refunds and aid to basic rations. some individuals may become eligible for War Bonds.
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Office of Price Administra
Houston County War Rationing Board
Miers
World news gaps and wartime front lines shift
Fragmented World War II briefing notes describe Allied advances near Laon and Rouen, with German 15th Army retreating toward the border and Red Army actions near the Black Sea. The text is garbled but indicates pressure on German forces in northern France and ongoing Eastern Front activity.
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Laing Gerkhns
Black Sea
Burlans
Con
Red Army
Free French To Aid Allies Against Nippon After Hitler Defeat
The Free French and American Navy vow new strikes against Japan, with Admiral Montgomery optimistic about future operations. Air power targets Nippon’s defenses in China Burma and New Guinea while radio reports say Free French forces will join the Pacific War after Hitler’s defeat and focus on Indo China. Allied air forces press on Iwo Jima, the Marianas, and the Marshalls as British forces reach the Chindwin River and Japanese supply lines in Southeast China are cut.
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Associated Press
Free French
Japan
Hear Adm
Alfred E. Montgomery
Nippon
China
Burma
New Guinea
Radio France
Hitler
Asia
Adm
Aubrey W. Fitch
United States
Guam
Philippines
Fitch
Montgomery
Yap
Palau
Halmahera
Ippines
Davao
Carlos P. Romulo
Islands
Ambon
Amboina
Jap Moers Law
Douglas MacArthur
India
Chindwin River
West Buurma
Thawan
Tiddim
Cottonwood Adopts Balloting Machine For Election
Cottonwood will use a voting machine in its municipal election on September 1. Probate Judge Saxon P. Pornit issued an order after a city session, confirming the move and directing officials to prepare for the device.
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Cottonwood
Saxon P. Pornitveld
Americans Push Into Rhone Valley Amid German Retreat
U S troops pushing up the Khost valley reach within six miles of Vz lemce and near Marseilles as German forces fall back from the Rhone and Drome regions. The heavy fighting centers around Lorio with Germans throwing pontoons across the Drome. Americans capture General Otto Richter at Montelimar and report 45 000 prisoners in the Marseille area.
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JY George Toceer Rome
U. S
Khost
Vzlemce
Moeuielimar
Marselle
Rhone
Dretme
Doughboya
Acros
Lorio
Drome
Briancon
Hautes-Alps
Nice
Italy
19Th
Em France
Aled
Marseille
Montelimar
Rhone Valley
Otto Richter
France
18Th
Russia
Jeader
Abfus
Toulon
Bagnols
Uzes
Red Columns Press Toward Bucharest In Balkans Drive
Moscow reports Stalin proclaims capture of Ploesti oil region by Red Army and aims to liberate all Romanian oil areas. Allied estimates say loss of refineries would remove about 2 million tons of annual German capacity. Russian forces approach Constanta and Bucharest-Ploesti zone as German resistance collapses.
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London
Fleestl
Iaraha
Stalin
Ploesti el
Red Army
Germany
Second Ukrainian Front
Rodiou
Bazea
Ploesti
Stalini
Polesti
Moscow
Black Sea
Russia
Bulgaria
Balkans
Constanta
Romanie
Bucharest-Ploesti Sone
Wallachia
Buzua
Romania
Transylvania
Hungary
Hugary
Slovakia
Central Europe
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Fedor I. Tolbukhin
Baltic
Bulgarian Dobrudja
Three-Job Position Ruled Against By Attorney General
Probate Judge Sax on P. Poyner received an attorney general ruling from J. W. Arburthnot stating one person cannot hold jury commissioner, mayor, and notary ex-officio justice of the peace simultaneously. only one of the three offices may be held. The ruling answers whether a notary ex-officio justice of the peace can also be mayor and if a jury commissioner can also be mayor. The request came from Carl B. Burkett and Ed Cameron, seeking clarity due to Judge John T. White of Cottonwood serving in two offices and potentially as mayor if elected. Burkett and Cameron, loan office employees, argued the legality of White’s concurrent roles impacts payments to the jury commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
Saxon P. Poyner
J. W. Arburthnot
Poyner
Carl B. Burkett
E d Cameron
Burkett
Cameron
John T. White
Cottonwood
White
Czech Underground Issues Communique
The Czech underground army declared open combat in Slovakia, reporting capture of one town and heavy fighting in three areas. The communique says German forces have occupied Slovakia since August 29, with Czech troops and guerrilla detachments resisting in towns near the Slovakia Moravia frontier and in regions including Trnave, Pecsemta, Syutcion and Treecie.
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London
Stg Firat
Slovakia
Alovakia
Cadea
Grentier
Morana
Regia
Taine
Pecsemta
Syutcion
Treecie
Pravda accuses Turkey of harboring German spies
Pravda reports that Turkey is harboring German spies and turning its break with the Reich into a friendly rupture. It notes 1500 Germans remain in Turkey including the military and air attaches, with Nazi diplomats roaming Ankara and papers influenced by Berlin.
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Moscow
Pravda Today
Turkey
Dardanelles
Pravde
Ankara
Batum
Black Sea
Pravda
FCC
Francisco Granco
Germany
Spain
Franco
Soviet Union
Franz von Papen
Rode
Kettenbell
Gestapo
Bradley to Lead New Allied Group in France
Washington AP reports a new command structure in France would grant Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley parity with Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery as Army Group Commander. British critics fear a demotion for Montgomery, though sources say the shift is inevitable as Eisenhower concentrates control.
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Washington
France
Omar N. Bradley
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eisenhower
Britain
Bradley
Montgomery
Pape
Napier Hospital to Close Major Section
A large section of Napier Field hospital will close on September 1 to conserve trained personnel. The facility will retain only the Flight Surgeon section, infirmary, and one ward with about 22 beds for emergencies. Surgeons and nurses are reassigned to Camp Rucker as shortages persist.
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Napier Field Hospital
Charles Daly
Napier Field
Camp Rucker
Daly
Napier Hospital
Napier
Dame Rucker
Gunter Field
Manwell Field
Detists
Martes
British Planes Hit Baltic Ports And German Cities
Allied air forces struck Konigsberg and Stettin with large formations of heavy bombers and Mosquitos targeting Berlin and Hamburg. The raids, in support of Russian armies, involved over 1,000 bombers dropping about 1,500 tons of explosives and incendiaries. Rescue and reconnaissance indicated large fires at Stettin and dense smoke from Konigsberg, with Berlin and Hamburg also attacked.
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A. J. Goldberg
London
Baltic Porte
Kanitsberg
Stettin
Berlin
Hamburg
U. S
U. S Armadst
Pas de Calais
English Channel
Konigsberg
Air Ministry
Konigeberg
Italy
Romania
Szeged
Szolnok
Balkan
Cwaukia
Moraveka Ostrava
Europe
Yugoslavia
France
Canvoy
Lithuania
Leipaje
Moscow
Prussia
Prugeian
Peace proposals to Bulgaria may be handed soon
An armistice plan described as take it or leave it is expected to be given to Bulgarian emissaries within days. The Bulgarian delegation likely consists of four members. Signing could take several days, with negotiations reportedly avoided. Simultaneously Hungary saw a new German-backed government as Transylvania faced Russian advances.
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Bulgaria
London
Cairo
Parachute Failure Kills Napier Cadet in Collision
Napier Field aviation cadet Cadwalder H. Koons Jr. was killed when a training flight collided near Gordon yesterday. Instructor Second Lieutenant Chester V. Bogle and cadet Alan J. Kuntze parachuted to safety as Koons parachute failed to open after he abandoned his plane.
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Napier Field
Gordon
Charles J. Daly
Cadwalder H. Koons, Jr
Cadwalder H. Koons
Philadelphia
Koons
Chester V.bogle
Alan J. Kuntze
Negro ministers commend anti segregation letter from Birmingham
A group of Birmingham Negro ministers sent President Roosevelt a letter commending the War Department for banning racial segregation on military installations. Prepared by the Birmingham Capital Ministers Conference the letter asserts Negro Americans oppose segregation and insist it infringes constitutional rights and harms education and national service.
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Birmingham
America
International Air Corps Foreseen at Dumbarton Oaks Talks
Washington AP reports growing possibility that the Dumbarton Oaks conference may yield a four power recommendation for creating an international air corps. The development would mark a significant shift in postwar plans and security cooperation among the major powers.
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Joan M. Bighetower
Washington
Dumbarton Oaks
International Air Corps
Victory Near Germans Told As New Secret Weapon Primed
London reports another night of German flying bombs striking London and southern England. Attacks largely came from the region west of Boulogne as Allied forces advance. Fire and tremors shook Folkestone as most believed the explosions occurred across the Channel in France and tied to the feared Vengeance Weapon No 2.
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London
England
Bologne
Lonon
Roteu
Lanech
Follsestone
France
Stockholm
Ispetch
Mop-Up Forces Killing Nazis Beyond Paris
Allied forces push toward the Belgian border and inland beyond Paris as German retreats quicken. American and British divisions advance within sight of Rouen and the Seine, while two large Allied air and ground wings penetrate northern France toward the coast in a broad offensive.
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Paris
Allied Expeditionary Force
Laos
Almae
Rouen
Seine
Paria
Sea
France
Road to Berlin advances surge as Allied forces push toward Paris
Allied troops from the U S Third Army and British forces drive northeast from two bridgeheads over the Seine toward Laon and Chalons Sur Marne. American and British lines broaden to a 33 mile front, outflanking Le Havre while sealing exit from two German loops south of the Seine. Berlin claims Rouen and offshore installations destroyed, with Montgomery closing in on remaining German pockets.
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U. S. Third Army
Parle
Alane
Boissons
Pont-Arcy
France
Parvin
Vitry-La-Francola
Upper
Marne
Verdun
Chalons-Sur-Marns
Vitry
Supreme Headquarters
Chelvong
Paris
Rouen
Berlin
Herber
Seventh Army
Seine
Normandy
Vernon
Longchamps
Marineville
Pas de Calais
le Havre
Mehed
Seina
Caudebec
Bretonne Forest
Bernard L. Montgomery
U.S. May Pay Veterans Education Costs Under Review
Washington AP report notes the government may cover colleges tuition for veterans instead of standard fees. A four man advisory panel of educators was appointed by the Veterans Administration to shape general tuition policy, with a bill from Rep Rankin proposing covering actual costs up to 2000 dollars per year.
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Washington
Veterans Education
Veteran’ Administration
Rankin
D -Miss
Veterans’ Administration
Renkin
Congress
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Érive
Nazi
Lian
Adriatic
Ymmand Norgaard
Foglia
U.S
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Aisne
Laon
15Th Army
Iergent
Border
Bucharest
Allied Group
Doeme Sztlojay
Transocean
Nicholas Horthy
Reegent
Vitez Geza Lakatos
Lakatos
Axw
Superman
Aasocizied
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Warsaw
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