Hitler's Purge Deepens as German Officers Die
The Reich reports the deaths of top military leaders including General Heinz Brandt and air force chief Guenther Korten in the Thursday bomb attack on Hitler. The purge appears to target both high and midlevel officers while internal opposition remains with a few leaders in reserve. Berlin broadcasts note loyalty to Hitler despite the upheaval.
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Germany
Cee
Gneral Staff
Hitler
Berio
Proston Churchill
Guenther Korten
Heinz Brandt
Micer
Fuehrer
Berger
Heinrich Berg
Ner
Berlin
High Tree
Ludwig Beck
Cal
Hans Jesschonnex
Poland
An Eden
World War II Fronts Mark Shifting Front Lines
The report sketches advancing Allied forces toward Berlin and retreating German positions near Lwow and Troarn. British western sector fights to hold rail hubs while German counterattacks push toward Decot and Pisa. Allied units push into southern Pisa area as tensions rise along the Italian front.
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Sian Front
Berlin
Doughboys Hold Southern District of Historic Pisa
American Fifth Army pressed along the Gothic Line and cleared positions south of the Arno, advancing toward Florence. They crossed the Arno canal near Cascina, occupied San Miniato and other towns, while German counterattacks and artillery bombardments persisted. forces moved from Poggi Bonni toward Strada, near 12 miles from Florence, as the Eighth Army gained in the upper Arno valley and British troops pushed in the Tiber valley.
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Edward Kennedy Rome
Fifth Army
Oistriet
Arno
Pisa
San Miniato
Ponte Alvala
San, Romano and
Angelica
Teruta‘ del Tombolo
Marina di Fisa
Livorno
Pontedero
Cas
Poggibonsi
Tavernelle
Mount Morocco
Strada
Florence
Eighth Army
Ter
Mount Marciano
Arezzo
Tiber
Gitta di Castelo
Saint Ubaldo
Gubbio
Cassino
Plans Outlined for Worm Fight in Peanut Crop
Rudy Brown reports that Houston County agent C Mr Ling says aerial dusting could protect the bumper 1644 peanut crop from velvet bean caterpillar. After a Saturday meeting with county agents and farm leaders from five counties, plans to use airplanes to load dusting planes were endorsed to prevent serious damage. A dusting firm is surveying the Wiregrass for loading sites as weather conditions will largely decide the threat level in the next 45 days.
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Rudy Brown
Governor predicts southern Democrats back Roosevelt
Alabama Governor Chauncey Sparks said insurgent Democrats in the South would collapse and all solid south electoral votes would go to Roosevelt Truman. He praised Truman and predicted Texas Mississippi Louisiana would support the national ticket, citing state control of schools and opposition to Federal school funding.
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Montgomery
Alas
Chauncey Sparks
Chicago
Alabama
South
Wallace
Texas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Recordi Ag
Truman
Sparks
Blood Drive Appeals After Hit and Run Victim
An emergency appeal for blood donors was sent by a Dothan hospital after W. W. Campbell of Geneva, wounded in a hit and run Saturday night, failed to rally to plasma transfusions. 40 to 50 donors arrived, with one Camp Rucker soldier offering his own blood. Campbell remained unconscious. details of the crash were sparse.
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Dethsn
W. W. Campbell
Geneva
Campbell
Dothan
State Highway Patrol
J. D. Campbell
U S Troops Rush Conquest Of Strategic Mariana Isles
U S forces press the Mariana Islands advance as Chinese troops strike the Siangsiang fortress in Hunan Province and Hengyang, with Stillwell air units bombing Changsha and Hengyang rail hubs. Allied strategists widen deployments as British troops push toward Sukhoi hills near Imphal.
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U.S
Mariana Isles
Siangsiang
Hunan Province
Chungking
Hunan
Hengyang
Canton- Hankow
Changsha
Joseph W. Stillwell
Stang
Stilwell
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Invasion of Tinian Presses On Amid Light Resistance
The day-old invasion of Tinian Island moves from firm beachheads as American forces press toward inland targets. Admiral Nimitz reports landings continued with light opposition, while Guam is isolated with 1,958 American casualties recorded. MacArthur notes a Japanese vessel sunk near Mindanao, marking Philippine-area action.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Tinian Island
Marianas
Guam
Chester W. Nimitz
Tinian
Saipan
Tokyo Radio Today
Port Apra
Philippine
Douglas MacArthur
Mindanao
Philippines
Corregidor
Tiniza
Sayan
Tian
Tindan
Abe Named Governor General Of Korea By Nippon
Tokyo radio said Gen Nobuyuki Abe was named Governor-General of Korea to succeed Gen Kuniaki Koiso who left to become Japanese premier. Ryusaku Endo, ex-Treasury secretary and peer, named Chief Civil Administrator for Korea. Abe had served as premier foreign minister and ambassador to the Nanking puppet government.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Nobuyuki Abe
Korea
Kuniaki Koiso
U.S
Ryusaki Endo
the Treasury
House of Peers
Tokyo
Abe
Imperial Rule Assistance Political Society
Imperial Rule Assistance Association
Japan
Premmer
Nanking
Normandy Bristling With Allied Guns Easter's Mate
Allied bombardment and armor massed across Normandy dominate the war scene as air power and artillery ramp up. Generals compare current strength to past conflicts, noting infantry vigor, mechanized advance, and overwhelming siege capabilities shaping the front.
Service Needs Seen Completed Under 26
Washington AP reports the House Military Affairs Committee foresees most selective service needs filled from the Manpower pool under 28. The panel cites a July 1 figure of 22,212,000 registrants aged 18 to 37 with about 1925,000 currently in or retired from armed forces. It projects Navy and overall drafts maintaining strength, aiming for a Navy of 3,510 men and a total reach toward 3,98 10 nen, with future inductions expected through December and June timelines.
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Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
Janein V. Meesting
Forrestal
Acd
Navy
Nex
Uie
Kiel Naval Base Bombed by RAF Air Fleets
Allied air forces pounded Kiel Naval Base with over 2,800 tons of explosives as part of widespread European attack. RAF bombers also struck oil depots at Donges near Saint Nazaire and targets in northern France while Mosquito light bombers hit Berlin and supporting raids backed Normandy ground actions. losses totaled eight aircraft.
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RAF
Kiel
Yast
Europe
Baltic
Bucharet
Reich
Germany
Bavaria
Italy
Britain
Donges
St. Nazaire
Atea
France
Berlins
Normandy
Rouen
Ammaens
Bucha
Dr Walter E Pate Dies At Ashford After Long Health Battle
Prominent Houston County physician Dr Walter Eugene Pate died at his Ashford home Sunday at 3 a m after years of declining health He was 73 Funeral services will be at Ashford Baptist Church at 5 30 p m Rev L C Brannan and Rev Robert C Perry officiating Survivors include his wife one daughter five sons two sisters a brother an uncle 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren Born 1871 near Bluffton Ga he graduated from Emory University in 1893 and practiced in Ashford becoming a leading local physician Fellows Christmas funeral directors announced the burial at Ashford cemetery
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Walter Eugene Pate
Houston Couny
Ashford
Ashford Baptist Church
L. C. Brannan
Robert C. Perry
W. W Bruner
R. D. Wright
W. P. McArthur
Carson Gliss
W. WU. Wells
Arch Thompson
B. A. Leverett
W. E. Jr
Sanford
Jace
Edred
Joe Baker Pate
Trenton
N. J
Albert Hobbs
Alice Pate
Palmetto
Fla
Briton Pate
L. Pate
Elderenda
Pate
John Franklin
Lucretia Pate
Bluffton
Fimory University
Kitty McLendon
Dawson
Handwriting Seen By Nazi Generals Anthony Eden Says
London reports quote Anthony Eden warning that handwriting on the wall shows Nazi generals remain a threat. He cautions that relaxation could endanger united effort to prevent a revival of German power and vows not to surrender to hawks of death.
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Anthony Eden
London
Germany
Agane
Hawks of
Japan
Faden Tole
Argh Netherlands Society
Allies Drive At Paris In Heavy Normandy Action
Supreme Headquarters reports massive Allied and German forces in heavy fighting on the Normandy front as weather improves. American and British gains earlier in the week are followed by a German counterattack near Periers and Leves, with American defenses holding and British advances near Troarm and Caen seen slipping.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Salie
Omar Bradley
Seveg River
Perlers Jast
Leves
Supreme Headquarters
Periers
Roger D. Greene
Orne River
Troarm
Caen
le Bon Repos
Exquay
St. Germain
Decot
Noyers
Greene
Page
Russians Hopeful Of Allied Offensive In Europe
Moscow reports growing belief that Churchill’s Normandy visit signals a combined Allied push to crush Germany. The Red Army advances from Warsaw press the German lines, with Hitler expected to stand near the Wisla. Russians think broad Allied attack could trigger a collapse of both western and eastern fronts and open the road to Berlin.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Winston Churchill
Normandy
France
Red Army
Russia
Warsaw
Berlin
Hitler
Wisle
Vistula
Poland
Germany
White
Ukraine
Baltle Republics
East Prussian
Wisla
Russiansadvance to Warsaw area in Polish front push
German radio claimed Soviet troops moved within 50 miles of Warsaw as Russians surged through central Poland. Lwow and Lublin reported heavy fighting while Berlin warned of a widening front, with Soviet advance reaching Siedice and Jaroslaw near the east of Warsaw.
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Warsrw
Siedlce
Jaroslaw
Lwow
Lubin
Ledice
Berlin
Lublin
Siedice
Warsaw
Brest Litovak
Moscow
Juraslaw
Nermal
Geran
Visla
Vistula
Riga
Prosaia
von Hindenburg
East Prussia
Suwalk
Poland
Hiarystok
Stanislawow
Carpathian
Czechoslova
Krakow
Momel
German Silesia
Daniel Deluce
Wisla
Hiter
Reich
Transocean Agency
Red
Jaroplaw
St Hes
Nuxidom
Stalin
Red Army
Hitler
Prussia
Baltic Republics
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Bug River
Rokossovaky
Vis
Pullman Berths For Buck Planned For After The War
James Marlow outlines Pullman plans to abandon old style sleeping cars after the war. Railroads face motor bus and airplane competition and must offer lower fares and more attractive train travel. Proposed features include upper and lower berths with curtains, new designs, higher capacity cars, and improved amenities to lure travelers back.
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James Marlow
Chicago
Pullman
Pullgnen Company
Putenan
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