Allied forces tighten grip on southern France in 1944 advance
French Seventh army encircles Toulon and seals off the German garrison as Allied naval and ground forces bombard coastal fortifications. American units push west toward Marseille, within eight miles on the east, with 60 mile inland advances and the southern France sector now controlled over a wide area.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Seventh Army
Toulon
Mediterranean
France
Marseille
U. S
Army Signal Corps
Red Army storms across Bug River near Warsaw
Moscow dispatch reports Soviet forces driving across the Bug northeast of Warsaw as Rokossovsky’s regrouped armies push toward the Vistula confluence. Izvestia cites heavy German counterattacks from recaptured villages, with tanks and air support, signaling a major threat to Warsaw amid large-scale fighting and encirclements in the Sandomierz region.
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RED Army
Bug River
Warsaw
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Oss
Bug
Vistula
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Investia
Sandomierz
Sandomier Trap
Hitler
Expecting Passage of War Materials Disposal Bill Soon
Washington August 22 early notes show twenty two amendments to the surplus war property disposal bill facing the house as it seeks a final vote by nightfall. Debates center on unlimited power for the administrator versus tight restrictions and priorities for various groups including small business and farm regions. Chairman Manasco of the executive expenditures committee cautions the measure will likely be settled in conference with the Senate expected to report a different surplus property disposal bill later today.
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Washington
House
Manasco
D-Ala
Executive Expenditures Committee
Senate
Lost Angel at Strand or Hour Before Dawn at Dixie Tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites Hugh L Woodford of 301 East Washington to attend tonight’s film presentation at the Strand featuring Lost Angel with Margaret O Brien James Craig and Marsha Hunt or The Hour Before Dawn at the Dixie featuring Veronica Lake and Franchot Tone.
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Grafton’ Sentinel
Hugh L. Woodford
East
Washington Street
Margaret O'Brien
James Craig
Marsha Hunt
Strand Theatre
Veronica Lake
Franchot Tone
Dixie Theatre
West Virginia News Briefs from Associated Press
The dispatches report 20 wounded soldiers arriving by ambulance plane at Ashford General hospital in White Sulphur Springs. Other pieces note the death of Dr. William Sherman Steele ending a 50 year medical career in Mercer and McDowell counties near Bluefield, a memorial program for A. B. Brooks at Oglebay park, and the national school for executives preparing postwar education plans. In Huntington a work stoppage at International Nickel Co. continues despite a war labor board edict and State Labor Commissioner Sattler’s mediation, with CIO United Steelworkers involved.
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Associated Press
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
France
Ashford General Hospital
Pfc
Shelby Fraley
Chattaray
Bluefield
Mercer
McDowell
William Sherman Steele
Glenwood Park
Huntington
International Nickel Co
War Labor Board
Charles J. F. Sattler
Morton D. Barrisch
WLB
CIO Unites Steelworkers Union
West Virginia
The Road to Berlin Front Distances Listed
A briefing lists four Allied fronts with distance milestones: Russian front 322 miles from Warsaw outskirts, Northern France 530 miles from the Seine bridgehead near Paris, Italian front 603 miles from Florence, and Southern France 670 miles from Castellane.
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Warsaw
France
Seine
Paris
Florence
Castellane
Explaining Pearl Harbor splits in Congress hinge on Truman and Kimmel
Washington note on August 22 reports split congressional support for Senator Truman and Admiral Husband E. Kimmel over their views about Pearl Harbor. Truman, the vice presidential candidate and former war investigating committee chair, had given statements in a national magazine article. Kimmel’s stance also drew comment as the attack’s aftermath is debated in public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Truman
D-Mo
Huband E. Kimmel
Pearl Harbor
Senate
War Investigating Committee
Kimmel
Coast Guard 32 Piece Band To Play In Clarksburg Sunday
Charleston reports the 32 piece U S Coast Guard band will tour from Wheeling through six cities and perform in Clarksburg on Sunday. The1.5 hour concert features popular selections and vocal numbers by SPARS members alongside the all male service band members.
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Clarksburg
Charleston
U. S. Coast Guard
West Virginia
Wheeling
SPARS
Dulles Said Urged To Rally GOP Support Behind Security Confab
Albany dispatch reports Wendell Willkie urged John Foster Dulles to drum up Republican backing for the Washington postwar security conference. Dulles, set to meet Senators Vandenberg and Austin in Washington before briefing Secretary Hull, aligns with Dewey’s belief in a limited four power framework and small nations’ voice at the talks at Blah Dumart on Oaks. Willkie pressed restraint to avoid signaling interference with the conference.
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Dulles
Albany
Wendell L. Willkie
Wevea
John Foster Dulles
Thomas BE
Dewey
Washington
Willkie
New York
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Warren R. Austin
Vermont
Hull
International Security Organization
United States
Great Britain
Russia
China
Dumbarton Oaks
Lee Dulles
Curtailment Of Sleep Effects Swivel Chair Army In Pentagon
Washington dispatch reports the 54 hour work week at the Pentagon pushing start times to five thirty in the morning. Officers say curtailment is aimed at morale and may affect desk brigade fitness allowances as departments struggle with paper work battles.
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Army
Pentagon
Jack Stinnett
Washington
Japan Uses Nazi Propaganda Tactics In War Plea
Japanese Foreign Minister Shigemitsu urged East Asia to back a life or death war against Allied advances. He warned of enemy aims to subjugate Asia and keep it in bondage, claiming crushing defeats from Marianas to New Guinea and Allied submarines.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Japan
East Asia
Marianas
New Guinea
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Shigemitsu
Asia
Gestapo Arrests Marshal Petain at Vichy Raid
FRANK BRUTTO reports from GENEVA that the Gestapo seized Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, head of the Vichy regime, at his Hotel Du Parc residence along with aides and a secretary. Other officials including Lt Gen Eugene Bridoux and Admiral Blehaut were taken in the raid as Maquis activity neared Vichy. The swift capture signals distrust by German authorities toward the French leader.
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Frank Brutto
Geneva
Henri Philippe Petain
Hotel du Parc
Vichy
France
Verdun
Sun
Eugene Bridoux
Rochat
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Bernard Menetzes
Petain
War Today optimistic blitz briefing from war analyst
General Sir Bernard Montgomery offers a glowing assessment of Allied progress in northwest France declaring victory definite complete and decisive while cautioning that much remains to be done The piece notes German setbacks on the English Channel coast Pontoon bridges across the Seine give Allies a strategic edge and warns of Hitler's new weapons campaign as the war nears its end with a call to finish quickly
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Dewitt
MacKenzie Associated Press
Bernard Montgomery
France
English Channel
Patton
Seine
Paris
Fuehrer
Hitler
Voelkische Beobachter
Former West Virginian Gets New Appointment
CHERRY POINT North Carolina August 22 Captain W C Haythe of Hinton West Virginia attorney and former state senator has been assigned as judge advocate for the U S Marine Corps air station at Cherry Point He previously served overseas as intelligence officer of a dive bombing squadron in the Second Marine Aircraft Wing.
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Cherry Point
N. C
W. C., Haythe
Hinton
W. Va
West Virginia
U. S. Marine Corps Air Station
Haythe
Second
Merine Aircraft Wing
SIME UNIT PUSHES TO ROCKET COAST OF NORTH FRANCE
Allied forces push east and north from the Paris area as four armies slice German lines. The Seventh Army struggles to cross the Seine by boat while the U S Third Army advances toward the sea from the bridgehead near Paris. Canadian and British troops aid the enveloping operation as the rocket gun Bas de Calais coast looms.
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Wes Gallagher
Allied Expeditionary Force
Falaise
Paris
U. 8 Third Army
Seventh Army
Seine
Third Army
Mantar
Bas de Calais
First Army
War correspondents ousted from Ninth Air Force theater
Three American war correspondents and one artist accredited to the Ninth Air Force in France were ordered out of the theater, reportedly for not meeting publicity office standards. Col. Robert Parham signed the order, which limits coverage to Ninth Air Force news. The action follows threats by air force public relations officers and a protest from the New York Post.
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New York
Ninth Air Force
France
New York Herald Tribune
Branley Frank
New York Post
Gordon Gammack
They
Moines Register
Lee McCardell
Baltimore Sun
John Groth
Air Force
Herald Tribune
Jack
Palt
Ninth Air Force News
AOR
Robert Parham
Register
Supre Ase Vedee
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National “School For Executives
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Ohio State University
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Blueville Church of Christ
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