Three Soviet Columns Press On Riga Front
Soviet columns closed in on Riga from west, south and east as Red Army efforts split German Baltic forces. Heroic fighting around the Latvian capital left German troops faltering amid heavy Soviet counterattacks and a six mile advance toward the Vistula bridgehead near Warsaw. The high command claimed German forces were being bled white while Soviet troops pressed forward toward Silesia and the Czech border.
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Daniel DE Luce
Moscow
Red Army
Poland
Silesia
Vistula
Riga
Ivan
Bagramian
Warsaw
Fulbright Wins Arkansas Senate Nomination in Peace Focus
The Arkansas Democratic runoff nominating Rep. J. W. Fulbright for the Senate drew strong peace oriented voting as war successes abroad push issues at home. Governor Homer Adkins conceded defeat after 39 year rivalry, with results from 1,470 precincts showing Fulbright 69,801 to 52,080.
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Associated Press
Rep
J. W. Fulbright
Arkansas
New York
Fulbright
United States
Homer M. Adkins
Hattie W. Caraway
Adkins
Robert F. Wagner
New Deal
Thomas J. Curran
Wagner
Curran
New York City
Thomas E. Dewey
New York State
Roosevelt
Major lend lease adjustment to confront Japan
The United States has supplied Britain with about 2.0 billion dollars in foodstuffs during the first three and a quarter years of lend lease. Officials foresee curtailment after Germany’s defeat and a return to normal trade, but no concrete program exists yet. From March 1941 to March 1944 total lend-lease shipments to all nations reached 17.195 billion, with 7.306 billion going to the United Kingdom.
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Washington
Aus
United States
Britain
Japan
British Isles
Germany
Lendlease
United K Kingdom
United Kingdom
Theatre Ticket Notice For DAVID LOUGH Attending Tonight
Beech street resident DAVID LOUGH is invited to attend tonight's Strand theatre program This Is the Army with George Murphy Joan and Ronald Reagan. The Dixie theatre presents Days of Glory with Tamara Charleston, Gregory Peck. War Food Administration activities listed on West Virginia page 2.
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The
Grafton Sentinels
David Lough Beech Street
George Murphy
Joan
Ronald Reagan
Strand Theatre
Allied air blows strike Germany and Hungary blitz
More than 1,500 American planes attacked the Ju llgart area of southwest Germany and Nazi oil and aircraft facilities in Hungary in coordinated blows from the west and south. German reports claim bitter battles and heavy losses to Nazi forces. Stuttgart, a city of 400,000, sits 110 miles from the French border in southwest Germany.
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London
Jullgart
Germany
Hungary
Stuttgart
Wurtemburg
West Virginia War Briefs and Civic Notices
West Virginia updates report 14 wounded soldiers from the Italian front at Ashford General Hospital with named locals Gerald Persinger, Martin Edwards, Belcher, and Charles Flesher. Other items note the WV State Nurses Association meeting in Wheeling late October, Future Farmers of America awards at Jackson's Mill, public assistance exam positions in 11 cities August 19, and a surge in soldier ballot requests totaling 7132 with daily increases.
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White Sulphur Springs
Ashford General Hospital
West
Wheeling
West Virginia State Nurses’ Association
Madge L. Duncan
Clarksburg
Charleston
Future Farmers of America
West Virginia
Jackson's
Min
H. N. Hansucker
Department
State Merit System Council
Huntington
Parkersburg
Bluefield
Morgantown
Martinsburg
Beckley
Elkins
Logan
Extermination of last Japanese on Guam underway
U S Pacific Fleet reports decisive push on Guam as about 200 Marines defended a 15 square mile area while American forces aim to trap the remaining Nipponese. Inch by inch, the island’s northeast corner falls as Japanese casualties exceed 10 000. Meanwhile air strength is hit on Halmahera with Liberators destroying 13 parked planes in a heavy raid.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Guam
U. S
Philippines
Douglas MacAtrrhy
Southwest Pacific
Halmahera
Chester W. Nimitz
Pt. Rudian
Nylon diverted from Army for hosiery in New Jersey
Newark August 9. FBI Chief Samuel K. McKee announced the arrest of three men on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government. He alleged diversion of nylon intended for parachutes and aerial towlines into women s stockings sold on the black market. About 12 000 pairs could be made from the nylon diverted and agents recovered thousand worth of thread and unfinished hosiery.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey
FBI
Samuel K. McKee
McKee
British and Indian forces recapture Monte Grillo
Allied forces recaptured Monte Grillo after fierce fighting on its slopes north and northwest of Arezzo. Five German counterattacks were repelled as a lull settled on much of the Italian front. Florence remained largely unchanged with patrols near the city and reports varied on conditions within the Arno heart area.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Apg
Monte Grillo
Arezzo
Florence
Great Art Center
Associated Press
Lynn Heinzerling
Eighth Army
Arno
Union Jack
Marquis Harass German Communication As Nazis Strive To Evacuate Position
German attempts to withdraw from southwestern France are hindered by Maquis sabotage of lines and French partisan activity. Allied northward pressure disrupts Nazi operations as Maquis force destruction of rescue material and threaten escape routes toward the Spanish border. Marguis page 3.
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Marquis
Charles XS. Foltz Tran
Spain
France
Federal Grand Jury Opens To Probe Transit Strike
Philadelphia August 9 A federal grand jury convened at 10 a m to probe the six day transit strike and possible conspiracy to sabotage the war effort Asst U S Attorney Edward A Kelly indicated authorities may use the second war powers act if needed The army had operated lines under Roosevelt orders and announced restoration of training for white and Negro operators with officials from Philadelphia Transportation Company CIO Transport Workers union and government agencies to testify.
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Philadelphia
U.S
Edward A Kelly
Jmy
Philadelphia Transportation Company
CIO Transport Workers Union
Army
Roosevelt
PTC
Philip Hayes
Republicans Protest Reconversion Plan in Congress
Washington Aug 9 Republican protests claim the Murray Kilgore reconversion plan could seed a political machine in Congress. Senator Ferguson argues a six month vocational training provision offers an entry point for federal spending and political influence while Senator Wagner says state bureaucrats oppose federal unemployment measures to protect their power.
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Don Hyndman
Washington
Congress
Ferguson
R.-Mich
Wagner
Leaders in Hitler regime face rising danger and strain
War analyst Dewitt Mackenzie assesses Nazi leaders’ risk as assassinations and defeats mount. He says Hitler’s total war and regimentation strain German morale, with troops in retreat and an Allied air threat growing. The next weeks will test Germany’s ability to endure casualties and suppression.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Gestapo
Himmler
Reichsmarshal Goering
Hitler
Alps
Berchtesgaden
Reich
One Man Army Doesn't Approve Strike Measure
Pfc. Alton W. Knappelberger known as the one man army of Anzio arrives home to learn Philadelphia transit workers have been on a six day strike. He says if people could see front line conditions they would not support a strike despite pay or conditions.
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Philadelphia
Alton W. Knappelberger
Anzio
Nazi Commander Lt Gen Karl Spang Captured Near Brest
Allied reports say Lt Gen Karl Spang commander of the German 266th Infantry Division was captured by American forces near Brest. The advance described includes Le Mans taken, Canadian forces near Falaise and Caen, and moves widening the front toward Paris.
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Karl Spang
Supreme Headquarters
First Army
Brest
Supreme Headquarters Armed Expeditionary Force
America
le Mans
Paris
Caen
Berlin
U.S
Corrine
Falaise
U. S
Angers
Loire River
Nantes
Dewey Eyes New Jersey Elector Votes In Campaign Tour
Gov. Dewey seeks to win New Jersey's 15 electoral votes by courting the state’s Republican establishment. He plans meetings with Gov. Walter B. Edge and the New Jersey congressional delegation after a luncheon, hoping to secure support amid Democratic Hudson County margins and strong Tammany-era NYC influence.
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Samuel G. Blackman
Albany
Thorhad EB
Dewey
Thomas J. Curran
U. S. Senate
New York
New Jersey
Walter B. Edge
Charles M. Dale
Hampshire
US Senate
Edge
Garden State
Alexander Sale
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Hudson
Roosevelt
New Me City
Tammany Hall
Edward J. Lynn
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O'Brien
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Monte Grillo Post
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