Reds Press West as Soviet Forces Break Through German Lines
Soviet troops drive toward East Prussia from less than 49 miles east of the border, with Cherniakhovsky’s cavalry and tanks pushing a 20 mile spearhead toward Grodno. Across a 350 mile front from the Pripyat marshes to Latvia, Red forces strike hundreds of towns, killing thousands and capturing many.
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Moscow
Red Army
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
East Prussia
Grodno
Ral
Latvia
Pripyat
Kaunas
Bialystok
Daugavpils
Descew
Pinsk
Kurt Dittmar
Office of War Information
Stockholm
Afton Tidningen
East Prussian
Germany
White Russia
Wilno
Woronow
Lida
Prize
Pacific War Fronts See Broad Allied Assault Across Pacific
Allied commanders Nimitz and MacArthur outlined a widening offensive across the Pacific with raids on Saipan and Noemfoor and shelling of Guam. Tokyo boasted of enemy ships near Tinian as U S forces consolidate Saipan. raids extended from Ceram to the Kuriles and New Guinea to Palau. Tokyo also claimed 30 000 children were moved from the city for safety.
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Prew
Pacific
Nimitz
MacArthur
Saipan
Ceram
Kuries
Noemfoor
Tokyo
Tinian
U. S
Guam
Marianas
Marianas Islands
Adm
Pagan Island
Sain
Paramushiro
Shumushun
Kuriles
Japan
Truk
Gen. MacArthur
Southwest
Maffin Bay
Aitape
Wewak
New Guinea
Palau
Yap
Woleai
New Ireland
New Britain
Bougainville
Hengyang
Yungfeng
Paratroopers Report Grim Executions By German Forces
Pvt. Kenneth P. Knight recounted in a Temple Texas interview that Allied paratroopers in France were hanged from trees with heads cut off. He described one trooper with a throat cut and others displayed upside down as gory evidence of German atrocities.
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Kansas City
Kans
Yanks Repulse Nazis To Take Italian Town
American light armored units advanced two miles along the Italian west coast and captured Castiglioncello, pushing the Fifth army within eight miles of Livorno. Inland, infantry met stiff German resistance from Casale toward Pastina, while northeast of Lajatico counterattacks were repelled and the town came under attack. In the upper Tiber valley, Eighth army forces seized Meone Morra and Mucignano.
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Rome
Castiglioncello
Fifth Army
Livorno
Leghorn
Casale
Pastina
Lajatico
Tiber Valley
Eighth Army
Meone Morra
Mucignano
War Today warns on optimism as Allied home fronts must sustain full effort
The War Today argues against over-optimism about war duration, urging continued all out Allied effort. It highlights Eisenhower's stance, Germany's dire wartime economy, and critical transport shortages.
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Eisenhower
Hitler
Germany
Foreign Economic Administration
Washington
Reich
German Oil Supply Is Dealt Blow
Allied air attacks on 64 German oil installations curbed German petroleum output and mobility of Nazi ground forces. A senior U S air force officer said the objective of thwarting German mobility had been achieved and that German air strength in France was diminishing. He noted heavy losses of German planes since January and cited U S strategic air forces targeting oil refineries factories and jet engine plants, contributing to the invasion with limited German air opposition.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
United States
France
Germany
Reich
Britain
Italy
Russia
U. S. Strategic Air Forces
London
Infantile paralysis case prompts Buncombe quarantine
In Asheville 275 girls at a Black Mountain area summer camp are quarantined after an 18 year old Mississippi girl contracted infantile paralysis. Health officials say precautions are in place as this marks the county’s third reported case since June. Allied Expeditionary Force dispatch notes Secretary Stimson lands in Britain for theater inspections with several aides.
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Asheville
Black Mountain
Buncombe County
Mississippi
Allied Air Bombard Munich as Italy Attacks South France
London dispatch reports nearly 72,000 American planes raid Munich for a second day while Italian forces strike into southern France hitting four rail targets. Over 1,200 bombers led the Munich assault, with the remainder long range fighters. Swiss authorities report three planes landed on Swiss soil.
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London
Munich
Italy
Ghee
France
Talks on Turkish participation in the war
Conversations among Turkey Russia and Britain may bring Turkey into the war before summer's end. Talks involve Soviet and British ambassadors and Turkish leaders led by Premier Sukru Saracoglu, building on Cairo conference discussions about Turkey's undefined UN status.
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Ankara
Turkey
Russia
Britain
Sukru Saracoglu
Cairo
United Nations
Bombs Drop Quietly Over Southern England In Daylight
London reports a scattering of drifting bombs into southern England and the London area. Some projectiles glide silently to complicate evading them. After a night without raids, dawn days brought a few buzzes but quickly returned to calm.
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London
England
Two Officers Die in Glider Crash Near Laurinburg Maxton
The Laurinburg Maxton Army Air Base reports two officers were killed when a glider crashed near the base yesterday. The victims are Second Lieut. James E. Parker, son of Earle C. Parker of Toledo Ohio, and Flight Officer George W. Degrange, son of Mrs. Clara L. Lloyd of Falling Waters West Virginia.
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Laurinburg -Maxton Air Base
Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base
Here
James EB. Parker
Earle C. Parker
Collingwood Boulevard
Toledo
Ohio
George W. Degrange
Clenora L. Lloyd
Falling Waters
Berkely County
W. Va
Jackson Tapped as Permanent Chairman for Democratic National Convention
Sen. Samuel D. Jackson of Indiana, named to be permanent chairman of the Democratic national convention, said today that the sessions would probably last only a limited time. The remarks were reported as the convention schedule began to take shape in Chicago.
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Chicago
Samuel D. Jackson
Ind
Strong Air Force After War Urged
Washington reports that undersecretary of war Robert P. Patterson urged a robust postwar air force with ready standby production plants and expanded civilian flying. He testified before a Senate military subcommittee on keeping bomber plants and dispersing facilities to ensure rapid output in any future emergency.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Senate
Patterson
War Department
France
England
Russia
Army Air Forces
Nazi HQ Reported in Bavaria Amid Italy Retreat Indications
A July report indicates Germany has established a new general headquarters in Bavaria as signs point to an early and total retreat from Italy. The dispatch notes this move amid ongoing war developments and supplier pressures.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Bavaria
Italy
Bountiful Wheat Harvest Prompts War Stillness with Labor Talks
Kansas City report shows wheat harvest overflowed rail yards and mills as Ghanaries and elevators filled. Sen. Lyde Reed Kansas discusses bottlenecks with railroad, mills, and Army Seventh Service Command to use up to 3000 POW laborers for unloading.
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Kansas City
Lyde M. Reed
Lyde M. Reed (R
Kansas
Reed
Army
Atmaha
May Abandon 4 Gatherings Due To Polio
Newton and Raleigh dispatches report health authorities advising cancellation of four county events due to infantile paralysis. Ball’s Creek religious meeting, a 52 year old Soldier’s Reunion at Newton, and two Negro camp meetings are either halted or canceled amid 58 local cases.
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Newton
Catawba County
Ball's Creek
Tanks Destroyed In Normandy Push Toward St Lo
American forces pummeled German armor in heavy fighting around Lessay and St Lo with more than 20 tanks destroyed and the front advancing on two directions. Doughboys closed within two miles of St Lo from the east while Le Desert and surrounding areas remained hot as German counterattacks continued.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Lessay
St. Lo
France
Normandy
le Desert
U. S
St. Jean de Daye
No Man’s Land
Bernard L. Montgomery
Angeville Sur Ay
la Bourdonnerie
Caen
trans-Odon River
Esquay
Allied Bombers Pound Reich War Plants
About 1 000 American heavy bombers attacked Munich and surrounding areas while 750 fighters escorted the raids on Germany's fourth largest city. Simultaneous US air strikes targeted fuel dumps in Normandy with Marauder and Havoc aircraft engaging near Caen and Andaine forest, as part of multiple mid day operations.
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London
Munich
Nazi Party
Germany
Italy
France
Alps
Normandy
Caen
Cinelais Forest
Ecouvres Forest
Andaine Forest
Military Experts See Concrete Normandy Gains After Five Weeks
Washington reports that five weeks into the Normandy campaign Allied forces have made definite gains. Beachhead expansion continues with Cherbourg secured, Caen taken, and efforts focused on securing supply lines and key roads. Enemy casualties run high as 54 000 of his troops are captured while further advances await favorable conditions.
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Washington
Normandy
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eisenhower
Caen
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Montebourg
Ste Mere Eglise
Sienne
Vaast
Aubin
Thury Harcourt
Falanse
la Roserie
Orne River
Roosevelt
Robert E. Hannegan
White House
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
FEA
Stimson
Harvey J. Bundy
Thomas Kirk
United States Army
Alexander D. Surles
Raleigh
North Carolina
Cherbourg
Ford
Carentan
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