Refugees Bound for U S Shelter
Widespread war fronts reported as American bombers and Mustang escorts attacked a German aircraft factory near Gdynia while Russian forces push deep into Poland and capture Drohobycz oil and communications hub, signaling a major step in the summer offensive.
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Moscow
England
Rehmel
Gdynia
Eighth Air Force
Russia
Germany
Krakow
Warsaw
East Prussia
Drohobycz
Carpathian
Red
Florence in hands of allies 46 Nazi units shell city
Rome Aug 7 Allied forces pressed in Florence where shells continued to fall though the city remained in Allied hands. South African troops linked with the Arno in Florence while reconnaissance patrols over the river failed to yield results. More than 50 000 prisoners were taken by the Fifth and Eighth Armies in the Cassino to Florence drive, though Kesselring's orders to blow bridges limited the total.
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Florenge
City
Noland Norgaard
Rome
Florence
Harold Alexander
Arno
Cassino
Albert Kesselring
Urlages
Tiber
Dewey Refreshed After Farm Rest, Seeks Senate Candidacy
Thomas E. Dewey returns to Albany after 36 hours on his 486 acre Berkshire foothills farm. He heads to the Republican state committee meeting to nominate a U S senator from New York who can help carry the state's 47 electoral votes. Dewey arrived in Pawling after a 2,360 mile campaign through Pennsylvania, Illinois and Missouri and is expected to reach the capitol this afternoon. The leaders seek a candidate to oppose Senator Robert F Wagner, veteran of three terms who sponsored social security and national labor relations laws.
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Samuel G. Blackman
Pawling
Thomas E. Dewey
Berkshire
Albany
U. S
New York
Republican State Committee
Dewey
Pawine
Pennsylvania
Tlineis
Missouri
Capitol
Senate
New York State
Robert F. Wagner
Theatre ticket present clipping for Ac Louisiana Hayride
The Grafton Sentinel invites W. C. Borneman Yates to attend tonight's Strand Theatre show featuring Louisana Hayride with Judy Canova and The Last Horseman starring Russell Hayden at the Dixie Aire venue May include Dorothy Lamour Betty Hutton Fred MacMurray and other acts as listed in the clipping.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
W. C. Borneman
Yates
Dorothy Lamour
Betty Hutton
Fred MacMurray
Strand Theatre
Judy Canova
Russell Hayden
Dixie the Aire
The Road to Berlin Front Distances Reported
The Associated Press notes three fronts with measured progress distances. Russian front shows 322 miles from eastern Warsaw, Italian front 603 miles from Florence, and French front 630 miles from Troarn.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Florence
Troarn
West Virginia water system permit and railroad charter
West Virginia briefs report the PSC taking under advisement J E Evans water distribution plan for Switzer Logan County after a 5000 purchase. A Sewell Railroad charter is issued with HQ near Rienwood and operations in Nicholas and Greenbrier counties funded at 250000 by New York investors R Mast E Fuerting and E W Bratton. no service authority yet filed. Bee colonies total 114000 in July up 20 percent but potential honey stock shortages may limit harvest this fall. WV poultry and farming convention opens at Jacksons Mill covering Kang disease and drought topics during a three day session.
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
J. E. Evans
Switzer
Logan County
Evans
Secretary of State
Sewell Railroad Company
Rienwood
Nicholas
Greenbrier
Capitali
New York
Jr. R. Mast
E. H. Fuerting
E. W. Bratton
Nicholas - Greenbrier
West Virginia
State Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Philadelphia Strikers Bow To Army Work or Fire Ultimatum
Philadelphia w ar officials enforce wartime controls as 6 000 workers strike, 95 percent return to duty after Army takes over transit lines. Negro and white workers faced clashes in a city of two million. production and wartime mobilization resumed as troops patrol buses and trolleys. Major General Philip Hayes oversees seizure while workers rejoin shifts and tensions ease.
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Philadelphia
Wildcat
Iress
Philadelphia Transportation Company
CIO Transport Workers Union
Army
Philip Hayes
Sth.keis
Pronunciation Guide Page One
Mayenne mah yen Domfront dohn frohn Cinglais sehing lay Drohobycz droh ho heesh
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The
Associated Press
Mayenne
Domfront
Seven Families Lose Homes In Clarksburg Fire
In Clarksburg on Aug 7 seven families were left homeless as a large building housing two businesses and several apartments was destroyed by fire and three explosions. No occupants were injured though most saved only their night clothes. Barnes Brass reported $100,000 loss while total damages neared $250,000 per White Electric officials and residents.
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Greece
Hoboken
N. J
Anastasia Iconoma
Pt Ontario
Oswego
N.Y
International
Clarksburg
Eary
Barnes Brass Company
White Electric Company
Congress Faces Postwar Reconversion Debate in Senate
Washington dispatch reports Congress tackles reconversion laws this week with a senate clash over unemployment compensation. The Murray Trumann Kilgore bill would pay up to 35 dollars weekly for jobless veterans and civilians, with the federal government covering excess over state averages. The George proposal leaves administration to states with smaller payments, backed by southern Democrats and GOP leaders.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Congress
Senate
House Republicans
George
D.-Ga
Seven and a Half Hour Gonorrhea Penicillin Treatment
Washington reports that gonorrhea treatment can be completed in seven and a half hours using penicillin. New methods, developed by Dr. C J Van Slyke and Dr. S Steinig, require no hospital care and suit private practice or clinics. One schedule of five treatments fits in seven and a half hours with a following morning dose. The approach may broaden penicillin use when standard 12 to 21 hour schedules are impractical.
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Washington
United States Public Health Service
C. J.van Slyke
Public Health Service General Diseases Resarch Laboratory
Stat
En Island
8. Steinig
U. S. Marine ‘Hospital
New York
Asite
Medical Journal
The War Today on Hitler's Normandy Front and France Drive
The piece analyzes the Normandy flank collapse allowing American armor to push through Brittany toward Paris. It notes Hitler’s attempts to stabilize the line at Caen while reorganizing the home front after a Prussian generals revolt. It warns three weeks may determine Germany’s fate as Montgomery’s forces press.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Hitler
Normandy
Brittany
Paris
Mayenne
Seine
Loire
Caen
Montgomery
Germany
Reich
Puehrer
American Carrier Task Units Shell Bonin Islands
U S Pacific Fleet reports a fast carrier task force shelled the Bonin Islands within 600 miles of Tokyo for two days and sank 11 Japanese vessels including five warships. The raid leveled Omura and targeted Chichi Haha Muko Ane Is lands and two Kazan group ships. American planes shot down six enemy planes. 19 Americans were lost.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Bonin Islands
Omura
Chichi
Key
Bonin
Haha
Muko
Ane
Bonins
Kazan
Pacific Fleet
Amercan
Bonin-Kazan Islands
Sai- See
T/SK page
Army appeals extend to men up to thirty eight
Spokane dispatch reports Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey says the army is nearly built but needs more men to relieve overseas troops. He notes some soldiers have served two to three years and that even men up to 38 may be called, as boards meet locally.
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Spokane
Wash
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Bradley's Forces Headed For Paris In Normandy Drive
American patrols push toward Doni front expanding to a 50 mile front under Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley as British forces wedge across the Orne river threatening Paris. The Caen defenses face flanking moves from May Sur Orne through Rochquancourt La Hogue and Vimont as Vire falls, linking Normandy cleanup to the Brittany push.
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Gladwin Hill
Allied Expeditionary Force
Donifront
Omar II. Bradey
Paris
Orne River
Cinglais Forest
Caen
King
May Sur-Orne
Rochquancourt
Iily-La-Campagns
la Hogue
Vimont
Vire
Normandy
Cenyter
Brittany
Brest
Breton
Siheen
Bradleys
Labor strikes flare again across United States and Canada
The labor spotlight shifts to remaining disputes affecting about 6,500 transport workers in the United States and Canada after weekend settlements freed 14,400 workers. About 4,500 over the road AFL drivers in Minneapolis St Paul Omaha and Kansas City idle over wage talks with Midwest Operators Association. Montreal tramway workers, roughly 4,000 strong, strike after federal provincial compromise proposals were rejected. Nationwide, about 11,000 workers idle as Philadelphia transit walkout ends with 6,000 bus trolley subway and elevated crews returning to service under Army supervision and CIO directives. Five GM division plants at Detroit also involved.
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Associated Press
United States
Canada
AFL
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Omaha
Kansas City
Midwest
Washington
Montreal
Philadelphia Transit
Army
CIO
General Motors Corporation
Detroit
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RED Sl
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Cmateauli
Guernsey
Alderney
Sersty
ST. Nazair
Siuc
Alencons
Argentano
Smayenne
France
War Department
Cherbourg
Rennes
St. Nazaire
St. Malo
Lorient
Eighth Army
Tony
Berlin
Jakson
W. Va
Jackson's Mill
Kang
U.S. Army
Japan
Bradley
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