Allies Cross Durance River From Aix En Provence
Allied forces push toward the Rhone from the Durance valley as American units reach Pertuis and approach Aix en Provence. French patriots trap Nazi troops in Toulon while another American column advances northeast of Aix. Germans lose highway network north of Marseille, hampering withdrawal.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Toulon
Marseille
Durance
Rhone
Pertuis
Aix-en-Provence
Alexander M. Patch
Aix
France
Avignon
Moluccas left open for Allied invasion says MacArthur
General MacArthur reports Japan withdrawing planes from the Moluccas and peeling back bases beyond the bomber range. The Spice Islands hub Halmahera lies 200 miles west of New Guinea and 300 south of Mindanao as Allied airstrikes continue across a 2,500 mile arc from Timor to the Marianas.
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General Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Japan
Moluccas
Dromes
Philippines
Spice Islands
Halmahera
New Guinea
Mindanao
Pacific
Timor
Marianas
The Strand Presents Lost Angel With O Brien Cast
Mrs Sarah Bhaw of West Boyd Street is invited to tonight's Strand Theatre showing Lost Angel featuring Margaret O Brien James Craig and Marsha Hunt. The Dixie Theatre screens The Hour Before Dawn with Veronica Lake and Franchot Tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Sentinel
Sarah Bhaw
West Virginia War Briefs Highlight Local GOP Wartime Roles
West Virginia stories report OPA pricing post filled by James Harold Reppert of Flemington and Eugene R. Cook of Red Jacket planning to audit aboard a destroyer escort launch at Bay City. Milkweed pod drives, Knights of Pythias leadership, and educators’ meetings feature alongside August convalescent aquacade nights at Ashford General and bids in the fifth war loan drive showing WV ahead of Georgia and Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Eugene R. Cook
Red Jacket
W. Va
Bay City
Mich
A. P. Cook
Dallas
Fred, Jr
Ashford General Hospital
Charleston
West Virginia
Georgia
Maryland
War Finance Committee
Dulles Willkie Talk On Security Policy Ahead Of Campaigns
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey assigned John Foster Dulles to discuss international security with Wendell Willkie in New York as Dewey also focused on vote gathering. Willkie signaled openness but offered no firm joint statement pending further talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
John Foster Dulles
Wendell L. Willkie
Dulles
Willkie
New York City
GOP
Horace A. Hildreth
Maine
Dewey
Ruhr Valley
Germany
Road to Berlin mileage list from WWII fronts
A concise wartime mileage summary shows four fronts with distances from key points. Russian front reaches 322 miles from Warsaw outskirts, Northern France 535 miles from Melun, Italian front 603 miles from Florence, and Southern France 670 miles from Castellane, reflecting Allied advance across Europe.
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Warsaw
France
Melun
Florence
Castellane
Bombing of Kyushu by B 20s marks first daylight raid since Doolittle
The U.S. Army's Twentieth Air Force bombed four Kyushu cities Fukuoka Moji Kokura Yawata in a day raid and a night raid. Four B-29s were lost to enemy action. Japanese reports downplayed damage claiming negligible effects and 25 U.S. planes lost in the first raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
Kyushu
Twentieth Air Force
Yawata
Tokyo
Fukuoka
Moji
Kokura
Chogaku District
Office of War Information
Choguku
Shikoku
Honshu
DNB
James Doolittle
Nickel Stoppage Enters Fourth Day in Huntington
In Huntington West Virginia the International Nickel Co plant walkout reached a fourth day after the firm appealed to the National War Labor Board for immediate action. CIO United Steelworkers District Director W D MacKay accused the company of not talking with the local committee and said he would seek conciliation service and War Production Board aid to force talks. Union leaders call the walkout unauthorized and urge workers to return.
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Huntington
W. Va
International Nickel Co
National War Labor Board
W. D. MacKay
CIO
United Steelworkers
MacKay
Conciliation Service
U. S. Department of Labor
War Production Board
Red Army smashes three Nazi divisions in Sandomierz trap
Soviet forces report destroying three Nazi divisions at Sandomierz amid attempts to rescue trapped troops near the Baltic front. In Warsaw, Russian units push toward Praga and seize key positions northeast of the city as Konev’s Ukraine army clears the Vistula north of Sandomierz.
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Moscow
Sandomierz
Warsaw
Praga
Ivan
Koney
Ukraine
Vistula
Konev
Krakow
Silesia
Algiers Radio Claims Maquis Capture Toulouse City
Algiers radio reported that Sunday the Maquis captured Toulouse, the sixth largest city in France, as French patriots gain ground in the southwest. Reports say patriots control eight departments, with German losses under 3,000 that week and new French civil administrators appointed in the Pyrenees region.
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Algiers
Toulouse
London
Tou Tlouse
France
Marseille
Joseph Koenig
Koenig
Port Bou
Spain
Pyrenees
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Iran
German forces face Seine trap as Allied pressure tightens
War analysis reports a French and Allied push around Paris with a bridgehead across the Seine at Mantes by Patton's armor. Nazi 7th Army trapped between the river and coast, many crossing attempts blocked by air and sea power. Normandy breakout efforts fail as Canadians strike at Falaise while southern France drive advances toward Toulon.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Europe
Paris
France
Seine
Mantes
Patton
von Kluge
7Th Army
Normandy
Elbeuf
Rouen
Royal Airforce
Fifteenth Army
Rhine
Falaise
Toulon
Congress Scrambles Over Agent Legislation And Vacations
Congress abandons a planned early September vacation as stalemates delay a surplus property disposal bill and tied wage, veteran aid, and postwar policy measures. Senate aims to replace one administrator with a board. House committees prepare investigations led by Anderson and Woodrum with Sid Hillman slated to testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Anderson
Sidney Hillman
CIO
Pruntytown Ice Cream Social at Beulah Baptist Church
Beulah Baptist Church in Pruntytown hosts an ice cream social on Tuesday August 22 at 8 PM. Proceeds go toward church programs and community outreach. Local residents are invited to attend for dessert and fellowship.
Third Army closes on Paris as revolt nears liberation
Allied armored columns push toward Paris from both sides as American and German reports place forces near the city. Patton's Third Army fights in the Versailles area while U.S. and Allied units establish bridgeheads along the Seine and probe toward Corbeil Melun and Fontainebleau.
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Wes Gallagher
Allied ‘Expeditionary Force
U. S
Paris
Amosican
Seine
Mantes
Corbeil
Melun
Fontainebleau
City
Reims
Soissons
Marne
Chateau Thierry
George
Patton
Third Army
Vergailles
Hall of Mirrors
DNB
Plans for Peace by Tedw Leaders and Four-Power Talks
Secretary of State Hull declared postwar security must be backed by prompt, adequate force and certainty. He signaled U S plans to use its forces in support of world security in the upcoming four power meetings. Alexander Cadogan urged immediate action by the British American Soviet and Chinese governments to build a world peace structure before the war ends. The British proposal for a provisional council was noted as gaining limited official support. Events are moving fast.
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Dulles
Albany
Washington
Hull
Dewey
Willie
Willkie
Gavin
John M. Hightower
Organization of Peace
United States
Alexander Cadogan
Bete
Postwar Plans Include Waste In Soil Problem
West Virginia State Planning board urged congressional leaders in Morgantown to focus on soil waste and water conservation in postwar public works. The resolution by Chairman R. Orton notes soil erosion reduces water holding capacity and mineral fertility, threatening food production.
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Morgantown
West Virginia State Planning Board
R. Orton
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