Mindoro Island battle reports from Pacific theater
MacArthur reports heavy fighting along the Mindoro coast with U S forces breaching the area as Japanese resistance stiffens. American ace Richard Bong claimed another air victory while infantry push toward Ormoc and Valencia, with numerous casualties reported on both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas MacArthur
Army
Navy
Mindoro
Richard I Bong
Poplar
Leyte
Valencia
Ormoc
MacArthur
Prime Minister Names Greece Belgium Tensions Review
Alexandros Singletons interview outlines Greek and Belgian unrest tied to British troop actions on the Western Front. He says Allied command under American instructions assesses ground truth amid a parliament censure maneuver and potential political fallout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex A. Singleton
Mir Soechit
2 Commons
Greece
Belgium
Mem Qurehill
Western Front
World Today account on U S battle progress and Cologne drive
An brief World Today item notes continued U S military activity and press reports of Allied advances. It mentions Cologne and Third Army operations with focus on front line shifts and factory targets as part of ongoing combat developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ium
U. S
Meg Eurebill
Firat
Cologne
Third Army
BPC
Long Wentamm
U.S. Seventh Army
Rhine
Bitche
Seventh Army
Wisgembourg
Evilingen
Roden
Saarlautsrm
Etzterimminen
First Army
Germany
Stavelot
Arnhem
U.S
Superfortresses Hit Industrial Targets Of Imperial Japan
China based 529s bombed Kyushu island industrial targets as Superfortress raids hit Nagoya Omura and Hankow. The War Department said a medium force attacked Omura and a Mitsubichi aircraft plant suffered direct hits amid large fires and smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Seperfortresser Agate
Nagoya
Japan
Honshu
Seperferiresses
Hankow
Kyuahs
Omura
Kyusia
Hanken
Dons
Associated Press
Kyushu Island
War Department
China
West Coast Japanese face housing crisis after evacuation
Washington reports the pending return of evacuated Japanese and Japanese Americans to the West Coast or relocation elsewhere within a year. The Supreme Court upheld the evacuation but barred indefinite detention of loyal individuals. About 110,000 were moved to relocation centers run by the WRA, with 2,500 Nisei in the armed forces, 25,000 finding new homes, 18,700 disloyal or wanting to go to Japan, and 3,000 in night relocation camps, creating a major resettlement challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
West Coast
California
Oregon
Arizona
West Coasters
War Relocation Authority
WRA
American Legion
Japan
Tule Lake
Calif
Dothan Rotarians Raise $888 With White Elephants
Dothan Rotary Club held its annual white elephant sale yesterday to benefit the crippled children fund. Mari Cannon and J Albert Logue led the auction of club gifts wrapped as booby traps, with items ranging from cigarettes to a dollar bill selling for as little as $2 and as high as $50. The event, featuring rapid auctioning and playful bids, raised 888 dollars, compared with 735 last year, and will be turned to Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan Rotary Club
Mari Cannon
J. Albert Logue
Cannon
Logue
Mownie Cannon and Logue
Roosevelt Returns From Warm Springs After Three Week Stay
President Roosevelt came back to Washington from a three week stay at Warm Springs Georgia. He toured the Marine camp at Camp Lejeune and observed a 64 dog unit during TNT simulations. He signed over 75 bills and planned a news conference, resuming White House duties after his Georgia visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Harold Oliver Washington
Roosevelt
Matalion
Warm Springs
Congress
White House
Georgia
Lejeune
New River
Jacksonville
N. C
Washington
John Mattson
Cordell Hull
Associated Press
United Press and
International News Service
Fine Mountain
Warm Springs Foundation
State Department
Foundation
British abandon Athens bastion in ELAS assault
ELAS struck the Ayerofft prison area forcing British withdrawal from a bastion near Athens. Quisling ex premier Jean Rallis was being sought as the prison complex was fortified there after a dawn attack. British and Greek forces reported lifting of most of the garrison and dozens of prisoners as ELAS pressed to secure the prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Elas
Ayerofft
Quisling
Jean Railis
Rallia
Rallis
George Papandreou
27 Negro Soldiers Guilty Of Rioting
Seattle AP report details the largest mass court martial of the war. Twenty seven Black soldiers were found guilty of rioting at Fort Lawton on August 14. The case included murder and manslaughter charges reduced to lesser terms and sentences ranging from six months to over twenty five years for individuals such as Luther Larkin and Willam G Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Nation Service
Fort Lawton
Pvt
Guglielmo Olivetto
Cpl Luther Larkin
Helena
Ark
Willam G. Jones
Decatur
Arthur J. Harris
Houston
Tex
Calling Cards From Dothan Bombers To Tokyo
Five Dothan residents’ names were painted on bombs dropped on Tokyo from Saipan based B29s. Capt. H. H. Simms Jr and family members featured, with Simms describing the raids and the Japan reply of targeting hospitals and schools. He notes frequent Japanese raids on Saipan and mentions destruction of attackers during a Tokyo mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Tokyo
Saipan
Winnie Simms
H. H. Simma, Jr
Diana Simms
Simms
Charlten Simma
Slater
H. H. Sima
Bay Line Railroad
J. A. Streyer
Bay Line
Capt. Simms
Red Army Advances Deep Into Eastern Slovakia and Czechoslovakia
Moscow reports Red Army columns breaking from the Kecske mountains push into Bodva and Hernad valleys toward Kass and Kalya while vanguards reach within miles of Budapest. Units threaten to cut German escape routes as fighting continues near the Slovak border and along the Slana River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Red Army
Hungary
Slovakia
Poland
Keciske
Marshal Redion
Malinovsky
Bodva
Hernad
Kacsa
Moscow
Malinovaky
Kasca
Kass
Czechoslovak
Kalya
Berlin
Banieve
Miskolc
Kamenee
Slana
Budapest
Silence Over Western Front as Allies Hold Line
Disjointed battlefield report describes American patrols crossing the Roer and pushing toward Duren while German counteroffensive penetrates Belgian soil near Aachen and Stavelot. Allied air power destroys tanks and vehicles, yet German forces threaten a wide arc from Monschau to Echternach as hush spreads over front-line actions until further word.
Bomb attached paper balloon found near Kalispell Montana
A large camouflaged paper balloon with Japanese markings and a 6 inch incendiary charge was found 17 miles southwest of Kalispell. FBI officials said the device could ignite a major timber fire and noted it was a one flight, high quality paper balloon with a 70 foot fuse that had sputtered out without damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalispell
Mont
Northwest
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Owen Hull
O. B. Hill
Ward Bannister
Montana-Idaho
Petain
Cape Flattery
Pacific
Bannister
Marshal Resigns Over Egg Case in Memphis
In Memphis a federal judge fined U S Marshal Charles W Milena $1000 for contempt of court. Judge Marion Boyd ruled Miles diverted to his farm bad eggs the court had ordered sent to the other location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Abi
Marion
Boyd
U. S
Charles W. Milena
Miles
German Warships Attacked By 500 RAF Lancasters
London AP reports German warships sheltering in Gdynia were attacked by about 500 RAF Lancasters while British bombers hit Nurnberg and Munster. One enemy plane fell, five British planes missing. Daylight raids hit Cologne Coblenz Mainz ahead of Rundstedt’s counteroffensive. Lancasters carried 2500 tons of bombs to the Polish harbor, round trip 1600 miles. Allied air forces say 4 enemy planes were shot down in support of American ground troops. German losses rise with Italy-based raids and heavy U.S. Ninth Air Force action near Aachen.
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London
Baltic
Gdynia
Danzig
Nurnberg
Munster
Rhine
Cologne
Coblenz
Mainz
Karl Rudolf Gerd von
Hun Loaten
Western Front
Silesia
Italy
U. S
Ninth Air Force
Continent
Aachen
Seventh Army
Falaise Gap
Normandy
Montgomery Ward Faces Seizure Action by Government
Montgomery Ward Chairman Sewell Av ery faces possible government seizure of store properties after the War Labor Board pursued compliance with minimum wage and union security orders in seven cities. Fred M. Vinson will review Ward non compliance affecting four Detroit stores amid a CIO Retail Employees strike and other units in Chicago Denver St Paul Portland San Rafael Jamaica New York. The case risks federal seizure or transfer to the White House, mirroring a prior 1942 incident where Chicago plant seizure occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Ward
Detroit
Cio-Retail Emploves
Chicago
Denver
St. Paul
Portland
Ore
San Rafael
Calif
Jamaica
N. Y
Vinson
Ward
Roosevelt
Commerce Department
Avery
Cio-Retail
National Labor Relations Board
CIO
Arma
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Mindoro Island
Weral MacArthur
Philippines
U. S. Coma
the World Today
Imperial
Siapan
Air Force
Dothan Rotarians
Jean Rallis
Averoff
Milt Elas
RAF
Kiffissia
No. 11
Czechoslovakia
Kazan
Bork
Duren
Roer
Duver
Cologna
Mensehaus
Monschau
Echternach
Alsent
Reich
Ninth Army
Linnich
Wurm
Muriendorf
Hitler
Bern
Epel
Nissell Stavelot
Liege
Malmidy
Nother Town
Alexied
Centriroma
Karla Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Montana
Marshal
Eags
Montgomery Ward
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