Ridge of war sightings across Rhone Valley front
In the Rhone Valley sector Allied reports describe air combat with German jets and pursuit through the Argens Valley. American forces push beyond Salernes toward Draguignan as Eisenhower’s armies aim to link up, while coastal operations sink four German torpedo boats and secure Port-Cros and Levant islands.
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Iig
Carces
Salernes
Rhone Valley
Seventh Army
Rhone
Pera
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Maritime
Alps
Draguignan
Cannes
Bon Benat
Toulon
Strasbourg
Port-Cros
Levant
First
Special Service Force
United States
Italy
Air War Report Following Allied Bombing Run
A brief wartime dispatch notes Bremen target left undamaged and a mass of Cologne hit as a possible diversionary attack. The report places the operations over Belgium and near Connantre in France, about 70 miles east of Paris, detailing continued air activity and strategic messaging.
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Rienne
Belgium
Connantre
Paris
Bremen
Cologne
German Forces Taken To Cezembre Island
Col. Andreas von Aulock, commander of the German forces at St. Malo, has withdrawn with remnants to Cezembre island off the north Brittany port. The fall of St. Malo was announced yesterday as the citadel was abandoned after defenses were wrecked and ammunition exhausted.
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Associated Press
New York
Andreas von Aulock
St. Malo
Cezembre Island
Brittany
DNB
Berlin
Polio Reported in Edgecombe County Area
Tarboro health officer Dr W K Meell disclosed the first polio case in Edgecombe County. The patient was treated at home and no new cases were reported in Rocky Mount as of August 19.
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Edgeras
Reed
Tarboro
W. K. Meell
McDowell
Morganton
Burke County
Robert Parks Harris
Her Meadow Township
Tito's Forces Seize Boljevac Base in Yugoslavia
A Yugoslav radio report says Marshal Tito's partisan army captured the Boljevac base near the Bulgarian border and liberated a large surrounding area. Other items note the Creed’s 1911 adoption, a fatal bee stinging in Morganton, an old train lantern, Honolulu’s Junch Bowl crater, and American Indian lacemaking skill.
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Tito
London
Marshal Tito
Boljevac
Seven New Polio Cases Reported Across State
RALEIGH Aug 19 The State Health Department reports seven new infantile paralysis cases including one in Edgecombe and Hoke counties. Other cases were Gaston 2 Ashe 1 Burke 1 and Surry 1 bringing total since June 1 to 566.
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State Health Department
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Hoke
Gaston
Ashe
Burke
Surry
Legion Report Outlines Postwar Economic Policy
The commission urged backing for veterans, readying civilian production, and easing postwar credit. It called for abandoning controls on prices and wages, supporting island bases for security, expanding farmer markets, and universal military training, with a fuller report to follow before Chicago convention.
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American Legion
Teheran
Moscow
Cairo
Connally
Fulbright
Baruch-Hancock
Louis Johnson
Clarksburg
W. Va
Legion
Chicago
Roosevelt May Travel Abroad During Pre-Election Period
The Times reports a possible trip by Franklin D. Roosevelt with Mrs. Roosevelt to liberated areas, though details remain tentative. Observers expect the President to be abroad near fighting fronts for much of the pre election campaign, with a potential visit to Mr. Churchill this summer or fall.
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the Times
Washington
Roosevelt
Pacific
Mr. Churchill
Russians claim deep East Prussia push as battles rage
Soviet forces attacked east of Warsaw nearing East Prussia border with reports of villages burning in Junker province. Moscow broadcasts claim reach to the border while Berlin cites over 150000 troops in an 80 mile front from Gagest to the Niemen. Baltic operations push toward Tartu with cross straits, river crossings, and German casualties reported.
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Praga
Red Army
East Prussia
Junker
Moscow
London
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Berlin
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Poland
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Lithuania
Tra
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Sandowierz
Silesia
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Peipus
Tartu
Valgermesa
Explosions and Pursuit In Western Front Final Stage
Allied forces tighten grip on German remnants in France as Patton’s drives threaten Paris. Berlin reports Petain seeking Vichy government while Laval flees Paris. British and Canadian units advance along Normandy coast. Germans struggle to escape the Seine pocket as 3,800 vehicles are destroyed in a 24 hour period.
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Eac
Falaise
U. S
Paris
Supreme Headquarters
Petain
Mae
Pierre Laval
Mernment
Guenther von Kluge
Seine
Normandy
Caen
Berlin
Patton
Dreux Chartres
Orleans
von Kluge
Mantes
Vernon
Eure River
Laval
Otto Abetz
Vichy
Wilhelmstrasse
Second Army
Canadian First Army
Cabourg
Dives-Sur- Mer
le Havre
Nazi Headquarters Destroyed In Forest Near Orleans
U S Ninth Air Force reports a surprise bomber strike south of Orleans flattened a four-building German headquarters camouflaged in a forest. Lt Col Clinton C Wasem led the Lightning squadron as French underground aides prepared to take over after the raid.
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U. S
Ninth Air Force
France
Orleans
Clinton C. Wasem
Dover
Ohio
North Carolina Weather Quiet With Mild Weekend Temps
Fair with moderate temperatures in North Carolina today and Sunday. Tonight will be slightly cooler with little change in the mountains.
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North Carolina
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