Russians Capture Key Carpathian Junction Stryj
Soviet forces seized the strategic road hub of Stryj in the Carpathians opening invasion routes toward Czechoslovakia. Moscow said heavy pressure widened bridgeheads and advances neared the German border as troops moved toward Mizyn and Krakow.
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Vistula River
Ierz
Krakow
German Silesia
Nida River
War Today Broadside on Europe Japan Threats and Allied Moves
The war report highlights a rising crisis across Europe with Churchill warning of a looming doom for Japan. Allied strategy to intensify attacks on Japan on all fronts is stressed, while Turkey Finland and Bulgaria shift away from the Axis. Eastern fronts show German forces cut off and Vistula breaches threatening Krakow.
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Reynolds Seeks Second Appeal to Close Schools
Raleigh reports state Health Officer Dr. Carl V. Reynolds issued a second appeal to delay school openings amid the polio outbreak. He cites about 1 million children under voluntary quarantine and urges a uniform start date to prevent disease spread as new poliomyelitis cases rise to 460 since June. He notes emergency centers treating hundreds of patients in Hickory Charlotte and Gastonia with Duke and other hospitals aiding.
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State Board of Health
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Gastonia
Duke
Durham
Robot Bombs Destroy Large London Store
London reports sporadic flying bomb attacks after dark and into today as rescue workers clear debris from a large store wrecked by a daylight bomb. Several dead and injured, with bodies recovered and others believed trapped. RAF and American forces targeted bomb launching sites in Pas De Calais while thousands flee to safer areas for holidays.
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High Point Swelters In Heat Wave At 92 Degrees
Weather report from Greensboro High Point airport shows 92 degrees with extreme humidity making the atmosphere seem solid. The day’s low reached 70 degrees as residents endured the heat.
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Neye
All Japs Forced To Arm For Homeland War
Tokyo announced civilians would be armed to defend the homeland as imperial forces flee and face annihilation. A new supreme war council was created to coordinate fighting and civil services. Discord in American ranks surfaced with Merrill’s Marauders withdrawn after Myitkyina, blamed on miscommunication among volunteers.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Tokyo
Robert C. Richardson
Pacific Ocean
Supreme Council
Supreme War Council
Southeast Asia
Merrill
Myitkyina Ee
Burma
Germans in Turkey revolt against returning home amid Nazi pressure
In Ankara a mass German protest grows as Germans in Turkey refuse to go back to the Reich. Franz von Papen reportedly plans to stay, fearing Gestapo reprisals against families. Estimates show about half of the 3 000 Germans in Turkey may choose internment or tight freedom over repatriation as diplomacy with Turkey frays.
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Germans Violate Open Florence Status As Allies Advance
Allied forces report the Eighth Army occupying southern Florence as German troops allegedly use the city for military traffic despite proclamations as an open city. Fighting occurred near the Arno river as troops crossed toward the center, with British Indian and South African units movements along the riverfront. The Ponte Vecchio was spared by the Germans, suspected to be unsuitable for military traffic.
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Bagno-Aripoli
Ponte Vecchio
London Bridge
Philadelphia Strikers Return To Work After Army Orders
Philadelphia authorities and Army moved to end a five day transport strike as radioed back to work orders were issued by James H. McMenamin. Four men were arrested for violating the Smith Connally act and given immediate hearings before U S Commissioner Norman J Griffin. A bus line serving the Naval Hospital resumed service as troops were ready to operate Philadelphia Transportation Company vehicles.
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WCAU
James H. McMenamin
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Philadelphia Transportation Company
William C. Dixey
Frank C. Carney
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Frank Thompson
Transport Workers Union
CIO
U. S
Norman J. Griffin
Philadelphia Naval Hospital
Road To Berlin Distances Reported On Fronts
The Associated Press cites front-line distances to Berlin from major fronts. Russian line stands 72 miles from the eastern war front, Italian front 605 miles from Senigallia, and French front 630 miles from Troarn as measured by army maps.
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Plans for a Postwar Reconstruction of Europe
London analysts outline a multi nation plan for German defeat and Europe’s reconstruction. Proposed steps include military occupation by allied spheres with Berlin as central coord, total disarmament and control of heavy industry, removal of arms factories, transfer of German people from seized lands, division into two republics, use of German labor for up to ten years, banking oversight, capital restrictions, and free airspace for other nations while recovering loot and compensating Jews.
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Alex Singleton
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Europe
European Advisory Com
John G. Winant
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Britain
Mainz
Berlin
Prussia
East Prussia
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Siilesia
Whisky Crazed Man Murders Four Then Kills Self
Wilbur Rice of White Oak, North Carolina, 33, shot and killed his wife, her foster parents Mr and Mrs Cleveland Cain, and neighbor Evan Edge, then shot himself. His nine year old daughter carried her one year old sister to seek help after the massacre.
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N.C
Wilbur Rice
White Oak
H. Manly Clark
Rice
Helen
Cleveland Cain
Fayetteville
Evander Edge
Cain
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German casualties exceed nine hundred thousand says OWI
London August 5 UP The German armies have suffered 900000 casualties including 300000 Allied prisoners of war since the latest Allied campaigns in France Italy and Russia began. Robert F. Sherwood OWI overseas director declared tonight. During July British and American air forces dropped 152531 tons of bombs on German targets.
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France
Italy
Russia
Robert F. Sherwood
U. S. Office of War Information
Heat Wave Grips Atlantic Seaboard
The Associated Press reports an unprecedented heat wave across Atlantic Seaboard states with new daily highs. New York reached 94 degrees at 1 p.m., Boston hit 99 degrees by 3 p.m. an August record, and New Haven endured 96 degrees. An unofficial 198 was logged at Danbury, Connecticut.
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Allied sweep seals Brest as Brittany is isolated
American armored columns drive 75 miles in one day into Brest while another force pushes toward Paris beating toward Nantes and St Nazaire. British bombers hit Brest submarine pens as forces reach the Loire and Mayenne regions. French port towns Pon tivy Lorient Rennes fall under Allied advances that seal off the Brittany peninsula.
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Nantes
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Photos To Be Introduced In Treason Trial
The trial opens Monday in Denver with photos of three Japanese American sisters in the arms of two German POWs as key evidence. Defendants Mrs. Tsuruko Wallace Otani Tankoshi face possible death. Nazis Heinrich Haider and Herman Loescher testify. Indictment cites treason and conspiracy with penalties up to death and two years’ imprisonment.
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Florence Shioze Otani
Billie Saitara Tankoshi
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Rommel
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New Mexico
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