Germans Evacuate Osowiec Fortress as Soviets Raise Offensive Threat
Allied dispatch reports Osowiec, a key East Prussian communications hub on the Biebrza river, evacuated by German forces as lines withdrawn west, with Osowiec described as a fortress controlling routes south toward the Masurian Lakes region.
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Osowiec
London
East Prussian
Biebrza
Konigshberg
Lyck
East Prussia
Warsaw
Grodno
Bialystok
Russians mass for all out Soviet assault on East Prussia
Russian armies press toward East Prussia on multiple axes as the Red Army advances from the south and east. Tank actions rage west of the Vistula near Kielce and Krakow while Berlin reports Russian ground successes northwest of the Warsaw area. Marshal Konstanti ky marshals reinforcements as the siege of Warsaw remains in flux.
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Moscow
East Prussia
Lomza
Warsaw
Junker
Aell
Vistula
Kielce
Krakow
German Silesia
Broad
Konstantin Ky
Freight Rate Differential Upheld By Western Roads
Joseph Hays, counsel for the Western Association of Railway Executives, warns that changes in freight rates and cut-throat competition would cause chaos for producers. He cites Attorney General Biddle’s plan to sue western roads under the Sherman act, arguing rates were established with ICA approval and changes could dislocate the economy.
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Kansas City
Joseph H. Hays
Western Association of Railway Executives
Hays
Francis Biddle
Spokane
Pacific Coast
Western Roads
Biddle
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commeree Commission
Eisenhower warns of fleeting but definite chance for Allied victory
General Eisenhower declares in a day by day update that Western Europe faces a fluid battle with a scarce window for a major Allied victory. Allied forces close a trap near Paris while Canadian British troops press Caen and American armor strikes from Argentan amid German retreat and air superiority losses.
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Europe
Eisenhower
France
Ike
Normandy-Brittany
Paris
Seine River
Caen
Argentan
Cul-De Sac
Normandy
Brittany
Luftwaffe
von Kluge
Seine
English Channel
Germany
Maquis Move North To Hit Behind Nazis
The French Maquis forces largely moved north from central plateau and Pyrenees foothills to wage guerrilla war behind German lines along the Loire. Patriots in southern France watch collaborationists in Vichy while Germans withdraw from southwestern France and clash with Allied or resistance forces. Heavy explosions near the Basque coast were reported as German troops reportedly demoralize in the north.
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Irun
France
Pyrenees
Savoy
Loire
Vichy
Paris
Barcelona
Biarritz
Bayonne
Spain
Army Would Return Home Through Japan
Lt. Gen. Ben Lear says much of the army in Europe may travel home via the Suez Canal and Tokyo after years abroad. He warns victory in Europe is near and urges continued public support for military plans to meet Pacific demands and finish the war with Japan.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Ben Lear
Europe
Suez Canal
Tokyo
Lear
Pacific
Warships may hit Jap mainland as Pacific campaign widens
U S Pacific Fleet officers said the war could reach the Japanese mainland without full invasion, with Marianas operations intensifying. Nimitz, after talks with Roosevelt and MacArthur, noted readiness to move headquarters closer to the fighting and highlighted heavy Allied air and sea strikes across the central Pacific and toward the Kuriles.
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Nimitz
Japan
Winni
Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
Guam
Saipan
Marianas
Philippines
MacArthur
Liberators
Davao Gulf
L'serators
Bonins
Roy S. Geiger
Marine Corps
Central Pacific
Gilberts
Marshalls
Labor Board Urged to Expand Collective Bargaining Reach
Dr. M. T. Van Hecke, chairman of the fourth regional war labor board, urged southern industrial and labor leaders to exhaust collective bargaining before appealing to the labor board. Speaking at the State Federation of Labor meeting in Greensboro, he called for voluntary mediation boards nationwide after victory and criticized strikes as unacceptable. The advisory tribute committee will promote mediation boards across the South to strengthen bargaining and local responsibility in labor disputes. He credited the regional board with achieving wage stabilization for the South on a liberal basis.
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Greensboro
M. T. van Hecke
Fourth Regional War Labor Board
Labor Board For Settlement
University of North Carolina
State Federation of Labor
van Hecke
South
Ron Smith
Board of Regents
The
Georgia University System
Preaston S. Arkwright
George L. Googe
American Federation of Labor
Charles H. Gillman
Regions
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Allied Air Armadas Hit Nazi Targets Across Europe
Extensive Allied air operations bombed German war industries at Mannheim and Ludwigshafen and German rail yards and bridges in Germany and France. Heavy bombers targeted Brest shipping and the coast of Italy. Escort aircraft patrolled the skies as Mustangs and Liberators struck multiple targets in France and Belgium while RAF forces hammered lines in the Falaise area.
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France
Loire River
Nantes
Germany
Mediterranean
Austin Bealmear
London
Brest
Nor
U. S
England
Mannheim
Ludwigshaffen
Italy
Falaise
Brittany
Touques
Pont- L’eveque
Yanks Stage Rodeo For French People In Normandy
Artillerymen of the 90th Infantry Division staged the first rodeo in Normandy, drawing cheers from doughboys and French peasants alike. Texas Oklahoma Idaho and the Dakotas supplied cowboys for bulldogging calf roping steer riding and trick roping in a pasture during a battle lull.
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Hal Boyle
France
90Th
Normandy
Texas
Oklahoma
Idaho
Dakotas
Road To Berlin Distances From Front Lines
The report lists three fronts with distances from key cities. Russian front stands 322 miles from Warsaw eastern suburbs. Italian front at 603 miles from Florence. French front 626 miles from Seignolles.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Florence
Seignolles
Germans Capture Frontone in the Apennines
Rombl August 14 Allied troops seize Frontone 27 miles inland from the Adriatic as the only major advance on the Italian front. Florence relief allows aid to reach the stricken city. Empoli falls to the Fifth Army with little resistance. A Nazi pamphlet threatens harsh retaliation against Italians aiding patriots.
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Romb
Eighth Army
Frontone
Adriatic
Apennines
Florence
Empoli
Arno
Pisa
Fifth Army
Mediterranean
France
Rhone
Italy
Alexander
Kesselring
Five Enemy Ships Sunk In Biscayne Bay
London reports Allied warships patrolled Biscayne Bay and Brittany coast sinking five enemy ships and possibly a sixth in a Saturday skirmish. The admiralty also confirmed losses of British destroyers Iris and Quorn, three minesweepers, and two trawlers in invasion operations.
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London
Bay of Biscay
Brittany
Admiralty
Iris
Quorn
Allied Forces Close in on German Escape Route in Northwest Europe
American tanks and infantry push 7 to 12 miles in a major offensive as Canadian armored units leap forward toward Argentan and Falaise. British and Allied troops trap a Nazi pocket near Mortain and Domfront, with Von Kluge’s forces squeezed to under 16 miles of freedom as heavy bombing disrupts German defenses.
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HEA Arters
OXPF
Germany
Europe
Ames Hole
Eisenhower
Paris
Argentan
Spea
Leon
Laison River
Fasinise
N. Guenther von Kluge
Mortain
Domfront
Barenton
Mortain-Domfront
Carrouges
Falaise
Petroleum industry unveils ready to use high octane aviation fuel
Washington reports the industry war council claims a vastly improved 100 octane aviation fuel is ready to flow once military needs permit. It aims to meet refining capacity of 500,000 barrels daily to support B-32 bombers B-29 Superfortresses and modern fighters with enhanced performance. The War Department notes bombers will require over 700,000 tons of high explosives this year and have already dropped 472,084 tons on German and Japanese targets.
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Washington
War Council
William R. Boyd
War Department
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