Allied forces strike deep into German lines near St Lo
Allied troops launched a major armored thrust in Normandy crossing four miles into the first German defense west of St Lo and pushing toward Marigny and La Chapelle En Juger. Tanks and infantry rode the assault with heavy air and artillery support breaking through the line amid fierce fighting as German forces attempted to halt the advance.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
St. Lo
Marigny
St. Gilles
Coutances
Heaarters
France
St. Lo Teday
St. Lo Periers
Higheay
la Chapelle-En-Juger
British proposal for provisional peace with Italy reviewed
A British plan for a provisional peace with Italy is under review by American authorities. It aims to regularize Italy's UN relations, settle war prisoner issues, and allow Allied forces to reform and rejoin battles in their homeland, pending discussion with Russia and other interested nations.
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Washington
Italy
Russia
United Nations
Allied forces push toward Florence and Pisa fronts
Allied units reach outskirts of San Casciano eight miles south of Florence and move near San Miniato San Romano and Caprona as intense fighting erupts on inland fronts. Aerial operations include attacks on Linz Hermann Goering Works and Italy Yugoslavia targets with 65 German planes destroyed and 26 Allied aircraft missing.
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Rome
Pisa
Arno River
Eighth Army
Florence
Fifth Army
Pica
Arno
San Casciano
San Miniato
San Romano
Caprona
Linz
Austria
Italy
Yugoslavia
Vienna Military Installations Bombed
Allied air forces bombed Vienna military targets in bad weather with 250 to 500 American heavy bombers escorted by fighters. Interceptors were shot down and heavy flak was encountered. Additional raids hit the Berat Kucove oil refinery in Albania and a sweep covered the Brod Zagreb region. Prior dawn raids targeted northern Italy and Yugoslavia communications.
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Rome
Vienna
Liberator
Berat Kucove
Albania
Brod-Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Italy
Vinson Rejects 2-Cent Tobacco Price Increase
Congressional sources said Fred M. Vinson, director of economic stabilization, informed representatives of flue cured tobacco growers and warehousemen that he could not grant their request for a two cent increase in leaf tobacco ceiling prices announced last week.
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Washington
Fred M. Vinson
Late Starts For Tobacco Markets
Governor Broughton delayed the opening of all North Carolina tobacco markets by one week. Border belt markets shift from August 1 to August 8, eastern belt from August 21 to August 28, middle belt from September 11 to September 18, and old belt from September 18 to September 25. The move aims to strengthen protests to the OPA over ceiling prices and reflect a 42 cent per pound differential agreed with Florida Georgia growers.
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Raleigh
Broughton
North Carolina
Border Belt
Eastern Belt
Middle Belt
Old Belt
OPA
Florida- Georgia
Allies Hit German Positions in Normandy and Germany
U S fighters and bombers supported the American First Army in a dawn assault south of the Periers St Lo road, while RAF and American air forces struck Stuttgart and Berlin area targets. British bombers faced storms but conducted heavy night and day raids on German transport, industry, and military positions across occupied Europe.
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London
U. S
Normandy
Reich
Mediterranean
Austria
Stuttgart
Germany
France
De Gaulle Calls All French to Unite for Final Blow
In Algiers on July 26 General Charles de Gaulle urged every Frenchman to join in the final battle for liberation. He said France must use all forces and coordinate war efforts at home and abroad, claiming partisan forces had pinned seven to eight German divisions and caused about 10,000 enemy casualties.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
France
French Consultative Assembly
de Gaulle
Europe
Goebbels Claims Full Bombing Report Shows No Disaster
Propaganda Minister Goebbels in a post bombing briefing said there is no danger that will not turn to Germany's favor. He praised Himmler's mobilization plan and predicted a quick shift to total war. He described the attempted plot as shocking and noted not all conspirators were yet arrested.
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New York
Goebbels
Germany
Berlin
Associated Press
NBC
CBS
Reich
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Hitler
Bsps
Last-Ditch Stand By Hitler Mobilizes for Total War
Hitler presses for full mobilization across occupied Europe amid reports of new reserves. Goebbels, named Reich commissar for total war mobilization, is set to address the nation at 8 15 pm. Germany signals allied states may follow in costly effort to defend Nazism.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Europe
Madrid
Foreign Office
Germany
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Hitler
Radig
Berlin
Russians Break Into Lwow As Cossacks Reach Vistula
Russian forces push into Lwow after hard riding Cossacks reach the East bank of the Vistula. U. S. 15th Air Force planes support, destroying 38 German planes near Lwow and strafing a nearby airdrome as Nazis flee.
Russians Near Warsaw and Riga in Major Soviet Offensive
London reports quote Berlin radio commentator Martin V Hallensleben saying the Red Army is close to Warsaw within 50 miles and 70 miles from Hallen, calling the Soviet drive the war’s greatest offensive. Dispatches claim Russians pierced German lines and threatened the entire German defense system.
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London
Warsaw
Riga
Berlin
Martin V Hallensleben
Moscow
Red Army
Hallensieben
DNB
American aircraft rout German force over critical rail targets
American air units claim success in heavy combat against German positions. They downed 29 enemy fighters and destroyed nine ground targets. Swooping low, they strafed gun emplacements, motor traffic and railways with machine fire. Mustangs and Lightnings engaged Junkers 87 raids over Lwow region, sending planes to the earth and setting fires as they attacked returning bombers.
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Lwow
Hitler's total mobilization plan shocks Europe
The War Today assesses Hitler's decree for total mobilization in the Reich and occupied territories, aiming to regiment every capable person toward total war. It names Goering, Goebbels, and Himmler as the three central figures directing the regime's intensification and suppression of dissent.
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Fittler
Reich
Hitler
Goering
Reich Marshal
Goebbels
Gestapo
Himmler
Palau and Sabang Hit by Allied Naval Forces
Allied task forces attacked Palau in the western Pacific and Sabang on the Dutch East Indies coast. Tokyo reports say U.S. carriers struck Palau with two of 30 planes down and small damage claimed. Sabang harbor and city bombarded. two allied destroyers and a submarine sunk, according to Tokyo.
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Associated Press
Palau
Pacific
Sahang
U.S
Tokyo
Sabang
Sumatra
Guam
Tinian
Marianas
Japan
South Sea
Polish government in exile weighs contact with Moscow
London reports the Polish government in exile weighing direct talks with Moscow as Red Army nears Warsaw. Premier Mikolajczkzyk may visit to discuss Soviet recognition of the liberation committee amid losses of over 9,000 square miles. Eden states Britain still recognizes Mikolajczyk’s regime despite Soviet moves.
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London
Moscow
Red Army
Warsaw
Stanislaw Mikolajcczyk
Stalin
Russia
Polish Committee of Liberation
Bug River
Poland
Anthony Eden
Commons
Britain
Mikolajeyzk
Iliberation Committee
Boost Wallace For Post War Price Position
Vice President Wallace was urged by officials as a possible head of a post war international body to stabilize prices and food supplies. The proposal follows a UN Food conference at Hot Springs and a constitution report is due within two weeks.
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Washington
Wallace
United Nations Food Conference
Hot Springs
Rubber Leader Closes Up His Bureau
Rubber Director Bradley Dewey declares the synthetic rubber industry will survive into peacetime. He resigns and dissolves his office by September 1, noting production at 836,000 tons a year and the market’s shift under Baruch committee guidance. He says synthetic rubber will restrain natural rubber prices as road building raises global demand. Dewey’s resignation is accepted by James F. Byrnes as WPB agrees to carry out his program.
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Washington
War Agency
Bradley Dewey
Dewey
Baruch Committee
James F. Byrnes
Office of War Mobilization
WPB
Japanese Supply Lines Reported To Be Crippled
In Hengyang area the U S 14th Air Force reports heavy strikes on Japanese river supply lines. Over a month Maj Gen Claire L Chennaults pilots sunk or damaged 1104 junks 516 launches and 24 steamers Chinese figures say Leiyang railway city has fallen and Hengyang fighting continues with Chinese defenders repelling repeated attacks while portions of Hengyang remain in enemy hands.
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Leiyang
Henglang
Hengyang
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