Sambor Capture Shifts Warsaw Front in Carpathians
The Red Army seized Sambor, a key railway hub 42 miles southwest of Lwow, in the Carpathian foothills. Stalin ordered the victory announced by Moscow, crediting Marshal Ivan S. Konev’s First Ukrainian Army for the capture and noting Sambor as a major German strongpoint.
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London
Sambor
Carpathian
Lwow
Red Army
Marshall
Fromayen
Taretd
Stalin
Moscow
Cyvecho
Slovakia
Hungary
Silesia
Romania
Ivan S. Konev
Kharkov
Dnieper River
U S Task Force Strikes Within 600 Miles of Tokyo
Pearl Harbor dispatch reports American forces shelling the Bonin Islands for the first time and bombing Ichi Muko and Ane with planes striking 150 miles south. The Pacific communique tallies five Japanese destroyers sunk or damaged along with escorts, cargo ships, oilers, landing ships, and barges.
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U.S Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Bonin Islands
Pacific Feet
Virtu
U. 8 S
Polio Fatal To 11 Year Old High Point Girl
The 11 year old Carma Lee Smith daughter of Mrs Rosa Lee Smith of 1109 Tipton Street High Point died at Point Memorial Hospital Boulevard unit from infantile paralysis. Health officials noted this as the first High Point polio fatality of the outbreak though two nearby non fatal cases were reported last month. The girl fell ill last Thursday and developed high fever Friday with rapid decline leading to death from respiratory paralysis.
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Carma Lee Smith
Rosa Lee Smith
Tipton Street
Boulevard
Point Memorial Hospital
High Point
R. A. Herring
Smith Ichild
War today reports German flank breaches near Caen and Paris
The narration describes Allied breakthroughs along the Normandy coast, with American armored units crossing the Mayenne river in five places and advancing toward Paris between the Seine and Loire. It notes Hitler’s fragile position, home-front dissent, and rising underground resistance in Poland and France, signaling a pivotal three week period ahead.
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Normandy
Mitany
Paris
Mayenne
Law
Cal
Montgomery
Genny
Reich
Hitler Inself
Fuehrer
Europe
Warsaw i
Russians Hammer German East Wall Front In Major Offensive
Moscow dispatch reports eleven Russian army groups smashing at Germany from Krakow Warsaw and East Prussia. Russians seize Drohobycz oil center and rail hub, chase Germans in rout, and press toward Silesia Krakow and the Baltic states as German resistance stiffens near the Carpathians and along the Vistula.
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Moscow
Germany
Krakow
Warsaw
East Prussia
Droho
Frout
P Brcnvers
Drohobycz Station
Reich
Vistula River
German Silesia
Baltic States
Carpathians
Jelgava
Latvia
Tenanile
Baltic
Riga
Couple found dead in car on Woodbourne Avenue Baltimore
Police probe deaths of Norman E F Bosley 29 and Virginia Nighan 39 found in a parked car on secluded Woodbourne Avenue. Medical examiner cites fractured skull and a .22 caliber gunshot. Investigators consider double murder or other motives, with family and local business figures questioned.
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Baltimore
Woodbourne Avenue
M. Joseph Wallace
Oscar Koch
Norman Ef, Bosley
Cockeysville
Virginia Nighan
Henry L. Wollenweber
City
Bosley
Gay Campbell
Kaycoman National Bank
Robert F. Porter
Porter
Guy Campbell
Bruce S. Campbell
Britons Seek Postwar Lend Lease to Support Pacific War
The NAM News reports British officials demand continued lend-lease aid after Germany’s defeat to sustain Britain’s economy for its Pacific role. It would cost and shift policy, aiming to avoid deep debt while preserving exports and foreign investments amid postwar strain.
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New York
Germany
Britain
National Association of Manufacturers
England
NAM News
Een
United States
Nam
Congress
Russia
France
Belgium
Holland
Bombers Hit Synthetic Oil Installations
More than 500 U S heavy bombers blasted two major synthetic oil plants deep in the Reich assisted by Liberators and Flying Fortresses striking France. Other Allied aircraft hit Balkans targets including Novi Sad and Belgrade area, with additional raids on Brittany harbors and Paris rail bridges as Mosquitos targeted German rail movements.
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London
U. S
Reich
France
Fifteenth Air Force
Mediterranean
Blechhamer
Breslau
Balkans
Alibunar
Belgrade
Danube
Novi Sad
Apa
England
RAF
Hazelbruck
Dunkerque
Berlin
Brittany
Amayhan
Breton
Brest
Seine River
Paris
Corbeil
Corbie
Vernon
Germany
Movie Producers Blamed In Action Proceeds Toward Divorces
The justice department filed an application in New York district court to force five major theater owning distributors to divorest themselves from the exhibition business within three years. The move modifies a consent decree from over three years ago which already imposed a three year ban on divorcement actions.
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Washington
Justice Department
New York District Court
Allies Ride Time As Nazis Strengthen Arno Defenses
Allied forces report heavy German shelling of Florence while aiming to keep the city from becoming a battlefield. South African troops link with the Arno north bank as 50,000 plus prisoners are counted from Cassino to Florence. bridges blown hinder heavier advances.
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Rome
Florence
Harold Alexander
Cassino
Albert Kesselring
Tiber
Eighth Army
Montelupo
Empoli
No Man’s Land
Pontassieve
Fifth Army
Lower
Pilot Lands to Rescue Buddy in Romanian Fire
Flight Officer Richard T. Andrews of Portland Oregon landed under heavy anti aircraft fire in a Romanian field to rescue Lt Richard E Willsie of Long Beach California and then flew off with the wounded flyer aboard Andrews aircraft Maj Gen Nathan Twining presented the Silver Star after a shuttle mission by 15th Air Force pilots who strafed trains oil tanks and airfields in Romania during the return to Italian bases The feat was praised by Capt James Varnell of Charleston Tennessee who credited Andrews bravery as the highlight of the mission and top scoring in the Mediterranean theater remains tied with Maj Hershel S Green for the lead honors
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Rome
Richard T. Andrews
Portland
Ore
Nathan Twining
15Th Air Force
Andrews
Romania
James Varnell
Charleston
Tenn
Maj
Hershel
Green
Mayfield
Varnell
Richard E. Willsie
Long Beach
Calif
Leff
Road To Berlin Distances Mark Front Lines
The report lists distances to Berlin from three fronts: Russian front 32 miles, Italian front 608 miles from Florence, and French front 630 miles from Troarn.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Warsaw
Florence
Troarn
Germany Not Suffering For Material in Aug 8 Report
Maj. Gen. Henry B. Sayler said captured German guns tanks and autos show no shortage of materials. He noted Allied ordnance plans to continue fighting for months and described Normandy plants operating among orchards and grain fields supplying munition types from pistol bullets to Sherman tanks.
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France
Henry B. Sayler
Germany
Ordnance Department
Normandy
Cherbourg
Battlefront
A. R. Decker
Homewood
Ill
Great Britain
New York
Lon
Ten New Polio Cases Reported in State Epidemic
Raleigh August 7 Ten new cases of infantile paralysis were reported to the state health department during the weekend, increasing the total polio cases to 470 since June 1. New cases were in Ashe Catawba Duplin Mecklenburg Stanley and Surry counties.
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Raleigh
State Health Department
Ashe
Catawba
Duplin
Mecklenburg
Stanley
Surry
Allied planes over Davao drop three small bombs
Two allied planes appeared over Davao in the Philippines as the Tokyo radio reported. One plane released three small bombs that landed harmlessly in the sea with no damage. Davao lies on Mindanao at the southern Philippines.
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New York
Davao
Philippines
Tokyo
Mindanao
German Drive Aims at Avranches From Mortain Front
German forces launched their largest counterattack since D-Day, striking toward Avranches and pushing penetrations near Cherenes La Rousse and Juvigny as American line units held under heavy air and artillery support. Northward, Americans seized Vire while RAF rockets joined in strikes offshore.
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Ce Gallagher
FIRST
France
Lee Lane
Mortain
Cherenes la Rousse
Juvigny
Vire
Avranches
Carmen SeaRe
Allied drive toward Paris gains pace in Brittany and Caen sector
Allied forces push along a 150 mile front toward Paris with Paris 135 miles away as Britons spearhead across the Orne toward Caen. American armor and infantry seize three Breton towns amid naval blockade and looming threat to St Malo. heavy fighting continues around Chateau neuf as St Malo faces bombardment.
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Brittany
Paris
Brittanny
Breton
Consoon
Brest
St. Nazaire
Nantes
Lorient
St. Malo
Chateauneuf
Tennessee Man And Son Held For Morganton
Elizabethton residents William McKinney 50 and his son Charles 25 are held in South Bend Indiana on a Morganton North Carolina murder warrant. FBI chief John Ruggles said the men were located after an initial draft card check and confirmed tied to Dewey Leonhardt's July 23 death after a fight.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Elizabethton
Morganton
N. C
South Bend
Ind
John Ruggles
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ruggles
Indianapolis
FBI
William McKinney
Draft Board
McKinney
Charlotte
Charles McKinney
Dewey Leonhardt
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