Red Army breaches water barriers near Krakow in push toward Silesia
Soviet forces crossed the Vistula tributaries Nida and Wistulia and pressed toward Krakow as Part of a two-front drive. Troops from Rokossovsky and Konev linked flanks near Szczu cin aiming at Tarnow, with heavy fighting reported around East Prussia and Wirballen near the border.
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East Prussia
Ber
Sudauen-Schaken
Sudauen
Inster
Masurian
Warsaw
Pol
Red Army
Krakow
Silesia
Transocean
Berlin
Wirballen
Virbalis
Kaunas
Lithuania
Konigsberg
Pravda
Moscow
Red
Vistula
Nida
Wisturia
German Silesia
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Ivan 5
Konev
Szczucin
Hitler
Reich
Tarnow
Train derailment near Lane causes no serious injuries
Atlantic Coast Line passenger train No 376 derailed a mile north of Lane 8 C this morning. one car tipped partially and several ambulances attended the scene. No cause given. In Raleigh seven new infantile paralysis cases reported bringing total since June 1 to 10 with new cases in Beaufort Bertie Hyde Pitt Granville Randolph and Stanley. School officials urged action for opening the fall term.
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Lane
8. C
H. RB. Sustore
Atlantic Coast Line
Miami
Washington, D. C
Here
Schreibere
Raleigh
State Health Department
Beaufort
Bertie
Hyde
Pitt
Granville
Randolph
Stanley
Hurricane Delivers Heavy Crop Damage Across Eastern North Carolina
The North Carolina Agriculture Department reports severe crop losses east of Rocky Mount and along inland regions from the coast to Wilmington after a hurricane Tuesday night. Tobacco, cotton, and corn suffer most, with Franklin, Vance, and Warren counties also affected. Train and air force dispatch notes not related to the weather item.
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Raleigh
Rocky Mount
Wilson
Goldshore
Wilmington
State Agriculture Department
J. 4
Morgan
Department
Franklin
Vance
Warren
French factory workers in Paris area wage guerrilla fight
Reports from Paris say seven French factory workers in the Red felt Communist sector have begun open guerrilla warfare against German occupation. German SS troops patrol Aubervilliers La Courneuve and Billancourt where raids damaged Renault aircraft and tank works and other factories amid bomb explosions not blamed on Allied planes.
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Madrid
Red Felt
Paris
Aubervilliers-La-Courneuve
Billancourt
Relief From Heat Brings Cooling Rain Across Midwest
Thunderstorms and cooling rains moved through several midwestern states delivering relief from extreme heat. The Associated Press reports scattered showers followed by lower temperatures, offering comfort to residents amid a heat wave.
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Associated Press
Rail Failure Costs Negroes Their Lives
A westbound Atlantic Coast Line passenger train crashed into a by passed freight on a siding near Stockton Georgia killing 47 people mostly railway laborers returning home to Alabama. At least 46 bodies found, with many still in wreckage. two passenger cars demolished and two damaged, rail failure cited as cause.
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Stockton
Atlantic Coast Line
Here
Alabama
H. L. Tomlinson
Doctortown
Tomlinson
Turner Rockwell
The
Valdosta Times
Wreck Kills 47 Negro Laborers in Georgia Train Crash
G Sibley of the Atlantic Coast Line reported 47 Black railroad laborers died and 3 injured when westbound passenger train No 57 from Waycross crashed into a freight train at Stockton Georgia. Seven cars derailed including a sleeper and a hospital car. The steel passenger coach carrying workers was demolished. Cause given as a broken rail. Names of victims not yet released.
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Wilmington
G. Sibley
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
A.C
Waycross
Montgomery
Ala
Stockton
Sibley
Wreck Hits Freight Train Splits Car In Two
A freight train collision left several cars derailed and one engine car split lengthwise. Rescue workers reported many dead and injured with one body flung 50 feet from the wreckage. Only scattered survivors were found as crews began track clearance.
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Rockwell
Tomlinson
Japanese Cabinet Arm People for Total War and New War Council
The Japanese cabinet declares it will arm the entire population at the earliest moment to support total war. A new supreme war council is created to direct policy, coordinating fighting and civil services as Imperial Sanction endorses tighter wartime unity.
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Associated Press
Comei
Supreme War Council
Marianas
Japan
New Guinea
India
Burma
Muniaki Koiso
Domei
United States
Army
Navy
Home
Education
Joe Ah
Federal Communications Commission
Koiso
Supreme Command
War Council
Tokyo
Information Board
Imperial
Hirohito
G.F.A
Two Regiments To Philadelphia To Restore Transit
Philadelphia reports two U S army regiments rush to the city to restore bus trolley and subway service amid a five day transit strike. State guard three regiments mobilized to maintain order while army operates rolling stock if needed.
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ARMY
Charles E. Phert
Philadelphia Transportation Company
Philip Hayes
Third Service Command
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
U. S. Army
Philade
Pennsylvania State Guard
Washington
War Department
Michael J. Quill
TWA
Two Brothers Killed Within Day Of Each Other
In Tonawanda New York on August 5 1944 two of four Nilands sons were killed in France within 24 hours of each other. Telegrams to Mr and Mrs Michael C Niland confirmed the deaths on June 6 and June 7 and another son was missing since June 6. The fourth son Sergeant Frederick Niland a paratrooper in France since D Day has written home.
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Tonawanda
War Department
Michael C. Niland
France
Frederick Niland
Band Leader Tommy Dorsey Scuffles With Actor Jon Hall
In Hollywood on August 5 a balcony confrontation between band leader Tommy Dorsey and actor Jon Hall drew police and sheriff’s deputies. Witnesses described a heated exchange ending with Hall injured from a fall and a flower pot, while Dorsey suffered a bloody nose and knuckles. Neither party commented.
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Hollywood
Tommy Dorsey
Jon Hall
Dorsey
Hall
Crisis Hits Marauders in Myitkyina Siege
Aug. 5 report from India details a near morale collapse in Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill's Marauders during the Myitkyina siege. Officials cite ill advised promises and faulty hospital procedures as factors in the leadership crisis at Storeroom Headquarters.
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Joseph W. Stilwell
India
Frank Merrill
Myitkyina
London under threat as German robot bombs loom
Wartime analysis considers two paths to end the aerial threat. Evacuation from London rises as bombs devastate thousands of homes and kill or injure tens of thousands. Allies push toward Paris, seeking to overwhelm German defenses before new weapons emerge.
Suburbs of Florence Are Occupied by Eighth Army
Rome Aug 5 Allied forces completed occupation of Florence suburbs after heavy fighting near the Arno. British Indian New Zealand and South African troops pressed toward the Arno banks from the south while bridges around the city were destroyed to hinder German withdrawal. Ponte Vecchio spared for now, possibly due to its unsuitability for wheeled traffic.
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Hitler
London
Paris
Berlin
England
Pas de Calais
Churchill
France
Norman
Tal
Normandy
Rome
Eighth Army
Florence
Harold Alexander
Ponte Vecchio
Ue Arno
Arno
No Man’s Land
Rno
London Bridge
Germans Face Fresh German Lines In Seine Loire Gap
Allied aerials show no solid fixed German fortifications near the Maginot and Siegfried lines as the American breakout tears open the western front. Observers caution that despite weak cross France defense plans, a renewed German stand remains possible somewhere in the Seine-Loire triangle.
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London
Normandy
Maginot
Germany
France
Hitler
von Rundstedt
Rommel
Seine-Loire Triangle
Solomons Island Chief Claims Japanese Had a Woman
Navy commander Myron W. Graybill reports a Solomons Island native chief recalls the Japanese occupying force had a woman with them. When asked how he knew, the chief said I ate her.
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Los Angeles
Solomons Island
Navy
Myron W. Graybill
Gaybill
Pacific
Japs Abandon Positions Along Geelvink Bay Front
General Headquarters reports a full retreat of Japan's second army. Outflanked forces abandon strongpoints along Geelvink Bay and upper Vogelkop in Dutch New Guinea, signaling a 700 mile withdrawal toward MacArthur's lines with limited further fighting expected. General Fusataro Tochima leads the Japanese.
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Southwest Pacific
Japan
Dutch New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Eral
Geelvink Bay
Vogelkop Peninsula
New Guinea
Fusataro Tochima
Infantry And Armor Units Pursue Nazis Across Brittany
Allied armored and infantry columns drive across Brittany closing on St Nazaire and Nantes. British and Canadian forces push toward Brest while Germans retreat from Odon Orne valley near Caen. Bombers attack Brest U boat pens as Villers Bocage falls and towns fall to advancing troops.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Spea
Brittany
St. Nazaire
Nantes
Brest
France
Vichy
Pontigny
Chary Supreme Headquarters
Orne
RAF
Halifax
Normandy
Odon- Orne
Caen
Seine River
Paris
Candian
Villers-Bocage
Orne River
Noyers
Esquay
Evrecy
Allied Air Blitz Pounds Brest Submarine Pens
More than 100 RAF Lancaster bombers hit the Brest submarine pens to trap U-boats as American advances push through Brittany. Allied air forces, including U S Liberators Fortresses, targeted Dollbergen Hannover and Brunswick oil and aircraft facilities amid broad daylight bombing across Germany and France.
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London
Brest
RAF
Europe
Germany
Dollbergen
Hannover
Brunswick
Brittany
RAF Heavies
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Romania
U. S. Air Force
Moscow
U. S
U. S. Strategic Air Forces
Nienburg
Madge Burg
Langerhangen
Halberstadt
Eighth Air Force
Folkestone
Pas de Calais
France
Ninth Air Force
de Lille Forest
Laval
Lille
Achiet
Etaples
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Georgia
Buster
Brookline
Mass
Woodbury Rand
Rand
Balkan
Mediterranean
Marshal Tito
Balkans
Yugoslavia
Italy
Africa
Dewitt MacKenzie
General Headquarters
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