Mountbatten Chosen To Lead Allied Push In Asia
London papers report Lord Louis Mountbatten named supreme allied commander in Southeast Asia. He is expected to orchestrate a combined sea land and air assault on Japan with first steps including Bay of Bengal control and reoccupation of the Andaman Islands, enabling advance on Burma coast and guerrilla action in the hills.
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Eisenhower
Fast
Japan
Horace Sewell
British Information Service
New York
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Assam
Upper
Lord Mountbatten
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Supreme Allied Command
United States
Wartime leaders and Mountbatten career highlights noted
A profile surveys senior Allied figures and Lord Mountbatten, detailing Eisenhower MacArthur Mountbatten and uprisings of their ranks. It recalls Mountbatten’s varied commands from destroyers to combined operations, his ship Kelly’s combat damage, and the loss of the Kelly at Crete.
Fordham quits intercollegiate athletics for war end
News from New York and across the country shows Fordham University withdrawing all intercollegiate sports for the duration of World War II. Other items note Babe Ruth and Walter Johnson meeting at the Polo Grounds as a war bond rally highlight and college football relay practice at Penn State amid Navy cadet training.
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Fordham University
Babe Ruth
Walter Johnson
Polo Grounds
U.S. Treasury
Cumberland
Hank Greensberg
Johnny Beazley
Enos Slaughter
Yankees
Dodgers
Giants
Johnson-Ruth
PENNA
State College
Navy
Penn State
Bob Higgins
Slong
Yesterday's Stars Shine in Nine Baseball Games
AP notes include White Sox shutout of Athletics on four hits by Brecheen, Cardinals five-hit shutout over Braves with a ninth inning double. Yankees win with relief by Donald and Wensiloff pitching four-hitter. Kennedy and Heath homer in second win over Red Sox. Browns homer to beat Senators. Herman and Semulty drive in two each for Dodgers over Pirates.
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Athletics
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Braves
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Wensiloff
Vernon Kennedy
Jeff Heath
Indiane Kennedy
Heath
Red Sox
Vernon Stephens
Mark Chistman
Browns
Senators
Billy Herman
Howard Semulty
Dodgers
Pirate
Sicily Victory Tightens Allied Air Ring Around Hitler
London reports Sicily's occupation expands Allied reach to strike deep into Europe from 20 island airfields. Bombers can target South West Europe and even distant targets like Polesti and Skoda Works, increasing bombing reach and disrupting Nazi war industries. Coordination with Yugoslav guerrillas adds pressure on Balkan satellites and raises morale through pervasive air power.
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Austria
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Sofia
Macedonia
Berlin
Italy
Major League Leaders and a Foreclosure Notice
Major league batting leaders include Musial St Louis and Herman Brooklyn with 351 and 352 respectively. runs by Vaughan Brooklyn and Musial St Louis. pitching led by Sewell Pittsburgh and Shoun Cincinnati. Also a notice of commissioner sale in Guilford County North Carolina listing Mary Tipp estate lands foreclosed by the city of High Point with sale set for Sept 27, 1945.
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Sewell
Pittsburgh
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Cincinnati
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Leoward Stree
Guilford County
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Sner
Trapshoot Titles Up For Decision in Grand American
In Vandalia Ohio on August 26 fourteen championships were scheduled at the 44th annual grand American trapshoot. Seventeen events carried over from yesterday’s 200-target 16-yard program halted by darkness, led by the 50-pair doubles event featuring Rudy Richen of Kansas City now teaching at Great Lakes.
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Vandalia
Rudy Richen
Kansas City
Great Lakes
Naval Base to defend title at national shooters event
The program lists 100-target and handicap races and the national sportswriters championship as a fun event. About 250 shooters returned to finish yesterday's schedule while 635 competed on opening day. J R Finkle, a 64 year old Corsicana Tex crackshot, won the only titled event with 295 of 200 in the curtain raiser of the abbreviated grand event.
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Crackshot
Fights Last Night Showdown Details From Multiple Cities
Report lists boxing results: Pete Louthis outpoints Guy Cacelato in Woonsocket. John Brown outpoints Joe Red Dick in Elizabeth. Paul Lewis and Sheik Rangel fought in Oakland with a draw or decision noted. Mentions World War I era campaign hats saved and worn by troops in Alaska and Aleutian posts amid rain.
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Joe Reddick
Paterson
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Paul Lewis
Sheik Rangel
Freenode
Drew iPight
Kiska
Alaska
Alteutian
Clay Target Championship at 16 Yards Details
The report covers the professional clay target championship at 16 yards, detailing competitors, event format, and key outcomes. Notable shooters and scores are highlighted, with emphasis on top performers and final placements. Also notes conditions and schedule adjustments affecting results.
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