Superforts Hit Anshan In Key Mukden Area Raid
AP reports a fresh wave of B 29 bombers targeted Anshan in the Mukden area as Japan's war effort moves into eastern Manchuria and eastern China. The War Department release claimed light enemy losses with moderate bombing results and noted targets near Port Arthur and coal fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Grover
Pern China
Anshan
Industria
Mukden
Eestern Guna
Japan
Greater East Asia
Algo
Tangku
China
Ax Rye
Darien
Port Arthur
Pentsihu
Tokyo
Shan
Yawfern
Biologist Reports Strangulation in Moss Death Near Cottonwood
Sarah Moss 65 a farmwife died at home near Cottonwood July 8. Autopsy by state toxicologist says throttling or manual strangulation caused death, with lungs and heart affected. Husband John Peter Moss, 77, is jailed on murder charges after attending the funeral. Health officer W T Burkett signed four page report. assistant state to sue at Auburn, L Rash, penned. Report notes ill health of organs but does not alter the strangulation finding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Mose
Cottonwood
W. T. Burkett
L Rash
Stete
Auburn
Argentina
Hull
United Nations
Georgia tobacco warehouses reopen after governor’s order
MANTA AP Georgia to reopen tobacco warehouses Monday as Gov Elis Arnall reviews delays and facility needs. The administration cites lingering deterioration risks and a lack of storage for preserving tobacco, with state officials seeking a quick, orderly restart once ceilings and controls are addressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manta
Georgia
Elis Arnall Meadrods
Allied Armada Hits Halmahera In Giant Raid
Allied headquarters in New Guinea say forty-five Japanese planes were destroyed in a large raid on Halmahera Island. Thirty ground planes and 15 interceptors were eliminated. 80 tons of bombs fell on Lolebata Galeta and Mitiairdromes, two fuel dumps were ignited, and a coastal vessel sunk. Liberator fighters also hit Sorong airfield. The raid marks Halmahera as a major obstacle to Japanese defense in the New Guinea area. Meanwhile, German forces on the Aitape front remained quiet as Japanese casualties mounted along the Drimumor River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marliv Sfexcer
New Guinea
Halmahera
Mindana
Man Southern
Phippines
Douglas MacArthur
Lolebata
Galeta
Miti
Ohe
Liberatora
Sorong Airrome
Dutch Ny Guinea
Manokwari
Menokwari
Dutch New Guinea
Noemfoor Island
Aitape
Britis New Guinea
Afua
Drimumor
Historic Session Seen When Solons To Gather Tuesday
Washington AP reports Congress returns for a potentially historic session facing the war to peace transition. Lawmakers weigh quick decisions on war contract terminations and broader legislation to manage up to 10 million in military service and 20 million in war industry workers, plus handling $75 billion in plants, equipment, and supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Mpre
Allies Explaining Normandy Progress and Wider War Context
Allied leaders say Normandy gains will accelerate after expanding the beachhead enabling large scale maneuvers. They contrast Russian front tactics of exploiting gaps and rapid encirclement with Allied frontal pressure. The piece also discusses postwar Argentina policy and the Philippines collaboration issue.
No More Polio Cases Reported in This County
Dr W T Burkett says three weeks with no new poliomyelitis cases in Houston County. Three cases were reported in the period two in Houston County and one just over the line in Dale County near Grimes. All have been isolated and aided. public response to home confinement for children under sixteen helped limit spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
W. T. Burkett
Dale County
Grimes
Exchange Club
Sponent Geming
Wader
Peel
Dothan Coury Club
Publc
Alabama Bond Drive Ends Successfully
Alabama reported a successful conclusion to the Fifth War Loan drive. State War Finance Committee chair Ed Leigh McMillan announced the statewide bond sales surpassed the $33,000,000 goal with about $35,000,000 processed, and the "E" bond target expected to exceed $40,000,000. County quotas were forecast to be met, thanks to hundreds of volunteers and Alabama residents who supported their homes and future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ada Banta
State War Finance Committee
Ed Leigh McMillan
McMillan
McMillan Consdenty
Federal Reserve Bank
Amercan
Rommel Reported Wounded or Slain in Normandy Front Fight
Captured German reports relayed to a senior American officer claim Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was critically wounded in an Allied air strafing near Liaienz and possibly died after a hospital stay. A French Red Cross worker attached to a Vichy agency said Rommel was wounded near Falaise and died at a Bernay hospital, a rumor widely believed among German troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
Canisy
France
Erwin Rommel
Red Crom
Liaienz
Rommel
Red Cross
Falaise
Bernay
Vichy War Ministry
Normandy
Adol Hitler
North Africa
Willkie Gets Involved in Fish Campaign Fight
New York AP reports Rep Hamilton Fish said he was not surprised Wendell Willkie voiced support and might aid his re election efforts. Willkie offered to represent playwright Maxwell Anderson if Fish sues over an anti Fish campaign ad reprinted in the Nyack Journal News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hamton Fish
Wendell Willkie
Fish
Willkie
Maxwell Anderson
Anderson
Nyack
N. Y
King George VI and Notables Escape Bomb Blast
At Fifth Army Advance Headquarters in Italy a German mine exploded near King George VI of England, Archbishop Francis Goellman of New York, Lt. Gen. Mark W. Cinch, and other British and American figures. The blast caused no injuries, and the crowd gathered around the table remained unharmed as the event passed without further incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Army
Italy
George VI
Engtand
Francis. Goellman
New York
Mark W. Cinch
Fight For Florence Enters Final Phase Five Miles From City
Allied forces push the final phase of the Florence battle as New Zealand Eighth Army units advance to five miles south of the city. German Tiger tanks counterattack while forces along the Amo River front compact to about 30 miles, threatening to bend open the western end. Other Allied units reach near Empoli on the Arno bank and forces approach from the southeast, with South Africans crossing the Greve River below Impruneta. The battle, set up by a New Zealand stab from Cerba tes, involves eight divisions, per German reports, as the fight tightens around Florence and surrounding approaches.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Florence
Eighth Army
Cerbera
Elsa
Montelupo
Africa
Pesanver
Cerbara
Empols
Sounh
Arno
Greve
Impruneta
City
Pisa
Fifth Army
Historie
Pina
Caterpillar Fight To Be Demonstrated
Alabama extension service announces a paid air show demonstration in West Houston county at 3 pm on August 4 to combat velvet bean caterpillar outbreaks. The program aims to protect an $38 million peanut crop across nine counties, with farmers invited to attend and observe the control methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomry
West Houston
Alabama Extension Service
Alabama
Americans Break German Lines In Bradley Offensive East Of St Lo
Allied dispatches report American forces under Lt Gen Omar Bradley punching through Seventh Army lines near Coulances Brehal and Tessy Sur Vire. Spearheads reach within a mile of Percy as armored columns advance from La Tilandiere toward the Vire estuary, eliminating pockets of German resistance and pressing toward the Normandy coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Bealmear
Allied Expeditionary Force
Counances
St. Lo
Normandy
Brehal
Nazig
Fnday
Tessy - Sur-Vire
Caen
Omar Bradley
Seventh Army
Wes Gallagher
Associated Press Front
Ihe
Hitler
France
Tessy-Brehel
Percy
Medway
la Tilandiere
St Denis le Gast
Legronne
Hambye
Soldier Vote May Be Factor In Week's Races
Army and Navy absentee ballots flood Missouri elections as five days of campaigning begin Tuesday. Key rem nominations loom for Senator Bennett C. Clark and Representative Hamilton Fish with Barkley also up. Close Clark McKittrick contest could delay final results for days amid heavy candidate activity and thousands of requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Harold Oliver
Pross
Bennett C. Clark
Missouri
Army
Navy
Clark
Roy McKittrick
Moaminees
Om Fuge
Mrs Malone Dies At Residence In Alabama Town
Mrs George H Malone longtime Dashan resident and southeast Alabama banker died at her home 305 Montezuma Avenue after a year long illness. She was 75. Funeral at 5 pm at the residence with Rev. Sam C Reeves and Dr Norman McLeod. burial in City cemetery. Burial home Ward Wilson directing. Surviving: sons Walter D Malone Arthur Malone Morris Malone all of Dothan. daughter Mrs Betts Stingluff of Dothan. eight grandchildren including Lt Charles F Chapman Jr US Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H Malone
Alabama
Dashan
Montezuma Avenue
Sam C. Reeves
Norman McLeod
Ward Wilson
Florence Roberta Davis
John T and
Clarkie Wilson Davis
Calumbia
Judson College
Marion
Malone
Geneva
Dathan
The
Baptist Church
Wallaer D Mualore
Arthur Malone
Morris Malone
Dothan
Betts Stingluff
Charles F. Chapman
Uo S Navy
Malone Ates
Crartex
Columbus
George L Uamphe
Columba
Reds Half Way To Hun Capital
Soviet forces push toward Berlin with heavy bombardment near Warsaw and across Latvia and Lithuania. First Baltic Armies seize hundreds of villages, nearing Kaunas and Riga while clearing east bank of the Vistula. Combined offensives threaten German lines as troops move to trap encircled divisions.
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London
Warsaw
Berlin
East Bank
Bern
Gulf of Riga
Jelgava
George Lindemann
Riga
Baltic
Estonia
Lativia
Ivan Bagramian
Zagare
Moscow
Kaunas
Karmelava
Germany
Poland
Ivan S. Konev
Ukraine
San River
Vistula
Przemys
Jawor
Zhiobin
Russia
Rokousovexy
Brest Datous
Bug River
Showers Bring Temperature Drop in Dothan
Weather reports note showers across Dothan lowering temperatures from a high near 76 to the mid 60s as a cold front moved through. Forecasters warned of brief relief from heat with the stormy spell likely to ease by nightfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sal
Dothan
Transport Airplane Down In Atlantic
An Army C 54 transport plane carrying 24 aboard including 18 patients vanished en route from Scotland to Mitchel Field New York. Aboard were 15 Army and 3 Navy stretcher cases with 5 civilian crew and a nurse. Search involved over 150 planes plus Navy and Coast Guard units. first casualty of the U S evacuation program since entry into war.
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Washington
Army
Scotland
Mitchel Field
New York
War Department
Iceland
Newfoundlind
Department
Navy
Air Transport Command
Royal Canadian Air Force
Comat Guard
United States
Homecoming Flier Missing Reported in War Memoir
A fragmentary wartime notice recounts the disappearance of a flier linked to homecoming celebrations above the European theater. It notes the missing airman René Byiverua and references a later telegram confirming misfortune, with family prayers and broad concerns over mission details.
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Uperforts
Sarah Moss
Wd. T. Casey
Jovernor
Allied Armada
Associated Press
Philippines
Astral
NEA
Dwight D. Eisenhower
T. Lawsen Collins
7Th Corps
Omar N. Bradley
Leonard T. Garow
5Th Corps
Bart Brandt
Hamilton Fish
England
Fight For
Bradley
Reds
Atlantic
Oe Ba
Rene Byiverua
Lublire
Fs Air Force Fighter Command
Arown
Potre Dama University
Avr Barre
Haweng
Corkrar
Elpear Theater
Une
RAF
Therese Gatrete
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