Soviet Drive Near Warsaw Gains Momentum in 1944 Bullets
Soviet forces push toward Warsaw as Me lheim and surrounding Polish towns fall. Moscow radio broadcasts celebrate victories across 1,178 villages while German troops suffer setbacks on multiple fronts. American aircraft support from Boston, Mitchell, and Cobra models cited as air power aids. Germans retreat along the frontline with significant casualties and waning German resistance amid the advancing Red Army.
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Lheim
Poland
Warsaw
Ger
Moscow
Antie
Ral Bug River
Garman
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Litovek
Berlin
American Marine Is Lost in Action
The Navy announced Saturday that a U S marine known as a hunter for treasure hoard taken from under Japanese guns in the Philippines has been listed as lost in action. The tale centers on a war patrol near Corregidor where gold silver and securities were reportedly seized. the plan to return failed as the patrol was overwhelmed by Japanese shore defenses.
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Bamilton W. Faron Ashington
Rhe
Navy
Manila Bay
Era
Corregidor
Cutworm Fight May Be Aided By Plane Use
Farm leaders in Houston Henry Geneva Dale and Coffee counties met to plan a $355000 acre peanut program amid cutworm threats. Extension entomologist W A Ruffin said 2 to 3 percent damage possible. velvet bean caterpillar appearing. airplanes and cryolite dusting discussed but equipment in short supply.
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Rudy Brown
Houston
Wire
Henry
Geneva
Dale
Coffee
W. A Ruffin
State Extension Service
C. M. Ling
Extension Service
Ruffin
Eight New Typhus Cases Reported In County
Eight new typhus cases in Houston County were reported for the week ending July 22, raising July total to 14 and yearly total to 53. The board of health urged a public meeting on August 4 in Dothan to outline rat extermination and typhus control plans, with officials and Public Health Service leaders to speak.
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Houston County
W. T. Burkett
Board of Health
Houston
Burkett
C. R. Enakey
U. S. Public Health Service
B. F. Austin
A. J. Perolic
State Health Department
Proposals Outlined For Construction Of New Jail For Dothan
Clyde L Coy commissioner of public health and safety submitted a plan to the Federal Housing Agency in Atlanta for a new Dothan city jail on North College Street near the water and light department. The 38 capacity facility would cost about 20,000 to be funded by the city plus the lot, with future expansion planned. It aims to improve law and order operations for the Dothan Police Department, housing city prisoners unable to post bond, previously kept in Houston County jail. The jail would also unify police headquarters, be fireproof with solid brick walls reinforced concrete, and provide segregated housing for whites, Blacks, juveniles and special offenders, while allowing better venereal disease control and treatment enforcement.
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North College Street
Water and Light Department
Clyde L. Coy
Public Health and Safety
Federal Housing Agency
Atlanta
Coe
Dothan
Houston County
Camp Rucker
Mapler Field
T. Ray
FHA
Apra Threatened By Yankee Forces
American Marines and infantry advancing inland from beachheads around Apra port on Guam threaten to cut off the western Pacific base. Reinforcements land as tanks and artillery support the assault, with air and sea supremacy reported.
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U.S Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Easty
Apra
Apra Port
Western Pacific
Adlup Point
Asan
Agat
Bangi Point
Chester W. Nimitz
Allied Columns Stabbing Near Historic Pisa
Allied columns closed on Florence with one force within 14 miles as patrols pressed near Pisa and its Leaning Tower. German divisions were redeployed, while Fifth Army and British Eighth Army advanced on inland routes toward Tavernelle and the Arno valley, threatening Florence.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Florence
Pisa
Tavernelle
City
Eighth Army
Arno River
Sangiovanni
Castel-Fiorentine
Hannegan Reelected DNC Chairman Amid War Campaign
Robert E. Hannegan of St. Louis was re elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee pledging to weld party factions for a Roosevelt Truman ticket victory. Truman announced plans to campaign in Missouri until primary day and delayed resigning from the Senate War Investigating Committee.
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D. Baeold
National Committee
Trumany
Truman
Hts
Henry A. Wallace
Missouri
Special
Senate
Hannegan
Tate
Southern leaders rally after Wallace defeat for unity in November
Southern Democratic figures including Senator Eastland praise Wallace’s defeat as beneficial to the South though factions consider forming a regional group to oppose New Deal policies. Eastland urges electors to back Roosevelt and Truman, while others vow to defend party principles amid racial plank tensions.
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William F. Arbogast
Chicago
Henry A Wallace
James O. Eastland
Mississippi
Erstland
Dixie
South
Martin
Mike Conner
Conner
Eastland
Wallace
Roosevelt
Harry S. Trusnan
Missouri
Allied Blow Looms Over France Front Fronts Report
Robert Bunnelle and Associated Press photographers recount touring Allied front lines from Le Faye to Cherbourg as Eisenhower forces mass for a decisive assault. The piece notes heavy materiel and vehicles along roads, limited German retaliation, and forward movement from Caen to St. Lo with high casualties where engaged but improved Allied strength and equipment overall.
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Associated Press News
Dwight D. Eisenhower
le Faye
St. Lo
Aira
English Channel
Caen
Cherbourg
Rosda
Advancing Germans Trapped In Wicked British Crossfire
Germans attacked southwest of Caen under heavy rain but their tanks were halted by British machine gunners on the 100 mile front. The combat began north of Esquay six miles southwest of Caen near Hill 112 as German infantry struggled to catch up with advancing armor.
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Gladwin Bile
Allied Expeditionary Force
Caen
Normandy
Associated Press
Roger D. Greene
Esquay
Odon-Orne River
le Bon Repos
Badoglio Sees Germany at a Crossroads in War Weary Nation
Marshal Pietro Badoglio said Germany faces a tragic moment and that an Axis collapse could come quickly or be delayed. He argued a revolt would emerge from the military, not the people, and noted the army would have to be the source of any change as Allied forces close in in Normandy and Italy.
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Eumetary
Pietro Badoglio
Germany
Ifa
Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Badogno
Normandy
Italy
Censorship Clamped Down To Keep World In Darkness
London AP reports Hitler urged loyalty from a revolt ripe German army as top leaders hesitated. Official control remained tight and news from within Germany was scarce while a Moscow radio broadcast claimed Junker generals formed a rival regime led by Keitel Brauchitsch Halder and von Bock.
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Alex Singleton
London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Europe
Junker
Hitler
Moscow
Atlantic
Wilhelm Keitel
High Command
Walther von Brauchitech
Franz Halder
General Staff
Fedor von Bock
First Army Group
Tor Brauchstach
Halder
Marshal Goering
Kerl Dos Kitz
Smilar
Air Force
Xeman
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Himmier
Geneve
Romanian Oil Fields Hit By Yank Bombers To Establish Record
U S Army Air Forces heavy bombers struck Romania's Ploesti oilfields in a major raid, boosting the seven day tally to over 7,000 aircraft sorties against Nazi targets. The assault, part of a record European air offensive, saw 100+ German targets hit with thousands of tons of bombs despite adverse weather and fierce enemy resistance.
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Pugh Moore
London
U. S
Wth
Romania
Ploesti
Hitler
Air Force
U7. 5
Strategic Air Force
Europe
Germany
Britain
Italy
Proest
Parbudice
Czecho- Slovakia
Berlin
Swift
Channel
France
King and Nimitz Confer on Pacific Operations
Adm. Ernest J. King and Adm. Chester W. Nimitz discussed future U S Pacific operations after King’s Saipan visit. King said U S can attack Japan, China, or the Philippines from Saipan or Guam as they retake Marianas and push toward Tokyo, outlining a 1500 mile operational radius and a 130 degree sweep to mislead enemy.
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U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Ernest J. King
United States
Chester W. Nimitz
King
Saipan
Marianas
Tokyo
Japan
Chinscoat
Philippines
Guam
Kw: Eniwetok
Marshalls
Pacific
China
New Japanese Government Installed With Koiso Head
A new Japanese government under Gen Kuniaki Koiso took office with officials stating foreign policy toward Greater East Asia would stay absolutely unchanged. Koiso, hailed as “The Tiger,” vowed victory with confidence in the moral right while Tojo was moved to reserve status. Admiral Murumasa Yonoi named temporary deputy prime minister and Mary Minister Dowell may be mentioned in records.
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Associated Press
Kuniaki Koiso
Korea
Japan
Greater East Asia
Hikei Tojo
War Ministry
Japeneta Newa Agency
Domei
Foy Go Young
Tojo
Pega
Koiso
Tokyo Radio Agasying
U. S
Kwantung Army
Koigo
Manchuria
League of Nations
Murumase Yona
Minnster
Mary
Dowellmautcet
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Richard Connolly
USN
Roy 5 S. Geiger
USMC
3Rd. Amphibious Corps
NEA Telephoto
Ludwig Beck
PNB
Wilhelm Kitel
Robert Bunnelle
Thsted Neers
Associated Press Cor
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Badoglio
Nimitz
New York
Prague
Redie
Tade
New Premier
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Ikon Sake
Iapancas
Rica
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