War Today analyzes Hitler's deadly robot bomb threat
The piece discusses the Nazi robot bomb targeting London, the Allied need to speed up advances from Normandy to outflank German coastal forces, and the impact on Britain. It notes evacuation of about a million people, Churchill's figures on casualties and destruction, and the risk of even stronger weapons if the war prolongs.
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Hitler
London
Paris
Bershe
Pas de Calais
England
France
Normandy
Maginot
Siegfried Lines
Millon
Churchill
Transit Strike Continues in Philadelphia With Army Control
The city maintains a work stoppage as 6 000 transit workers vote to keep the status quo. Partial service returns under army control but collapses with relief operators missing. Absenteeism costs war production, and street traffic increases as many walk or hitchhike amid a tense shutdown.
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CIO United Transport Workers Union
Army
Navy
Broad Street
Market Street
2200 Planes Blast Nazi War Centers
London dispatch describes a major Allied air assault on German war centers including secret weapon labs at Peenemunde on the Baltic coast. American heavy bombers plus nearly 750 RAF Lancasters struck depots, fighter plants, airfields, and oil refineries from Hamburg to Kiel, with dozens of enemy planes downed and Allied losses totaling 14 bombers and 16 fighters missing. A late mission hit Pas de Calais defenses, while weather remained favorable enabling broad operations over Europe.
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London
Pennemunde
Baltic
Berlin
Germany
Pennenade Laboratories
RAF Lancaster
Pauilac
Bechambes
Bardeaute
Anklam
Stettin
Rostock
Baltic Coast
Kiel
Anc
Bremery
Hamburg
Harburg
Elbe
Bremen
Pas de-Calais
France
U S weighs friendlier ties with Franco regime after Jordana death
Diplomats report possible shift toward warmer relations with Spain as the United States issues two statements on Foreign Minister Jordana's death. One condolence note from Acting Secretary Stettinius, the other praising Jordana's actions aiding American policy.
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Washington
United States
Francisco Franco
Jordana
Churchill
Spain
Franco
Madrid
State Department
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
France Drives On In Brittany Front Advancing On Eight Mile Line
France reports the Allied push across an eight mile front as tammies seize evacuated Villers-Bocage and take Noyers Esquay Evrecy and Hills M2. Lt Gat Omar N Bradley leads a tank infantry force west toward the Breton peninsula reaching Loudeac sixty five miles from Brest. American columns advance south of Rennes along two parallel roads to Nantes reaching Derval and Chateaubriant thirty and thirty three miles north of the city.
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Villers-Bocage
Noyers
Esquay
Evrecy
Supreme Headquarters
Cum- Mungue
Gat
Omar N. Bradley
Breton
Loudeac
Brest
Rennes
Nantes
Derval
Chateaubriant
Johnstown Recruiting Office Reopens for Air Corps
Capt Neal J Edwards in charge of the Johnstown Recruiting Office Room 210 Post Office Building invites seventeen year old boys to enlist in the Air Corps Enlisted Reserve. The office reopened after a closure and operates 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Eligible ages are 17 to 18, with mental exams at 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Those passing go to Pittsburgh for a government funded physical. Enlistees remain in the Air Corps Reserve until age 18 and may complete the current semester if in school.
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Air Corpa
Neal J. Edwards
Johnstown
Pittsburgh
Air Corps
Edwards
Air Corps Reserve
War Refugees Arrive In U S Fort Ontario Shelter
Nearly a thousand refugees from Europe arrived at Fort Ontario in Oswego New York to seek asylum for the war. The 982 people include Poles Austrians Yugoslavs Germans and Czechs from 19 nationalities chosen for need outside regular quotas under Roosevelt's free port plan. They will be returned after the war ends.
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Oswego
N. Y
Europe
Weferee
War Relocation Authority
Fort Ontario
United States
Roosevelt
Civil Service seeks student dietitians and accountants
The United States Civil Service Commission announces new exams for Student Dietitians training in War Department hospitals and Veterans Administration Hines Memorial Hospital Chicago with salaries and advancement details. Also new exams for Accountants and Auditors in Washington and nationwide offering 5163 to 7128 yearly. tests vary. Applications accepted until needs met. local secretary Mr Ray Fee in Indians Pa. also available at post offices and the Civil Service Commission in Washington DC. Closing date extended for technical aid Ordnance Development trainee to August 31, 1944. several other exam postings close August 9 1944.
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United States Civil Service Commission
War Department
Veterans Administration
Hines Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Washington
D. C
United States
Commission
Ray Fee
Indians
War Manpower Commission
Japan Suffers Reverses Across Fronts Amid War Council Change
Allied reports say Japan faces defeats in India Burma the Marianas and New Guinea as a new supreme war council is formed. U S P 38s raided Manchuria and bombed Bonin islands while an enemy task force gathered near Chichi Jima. MacArthur reports Japanese retreat along Dutch New Guinea coast as Guam gains and Myitkyina falls to Chinese forces. Hangzhou Hengyang and Chaling hold as Chinese reliefs approach.
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Associated Press
Japan
India
Burma
Marianas
New Guinea
Supreme War Council
Manchuria
Bonin
Kazan
Chichi Jima
Mudken
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Imperial
Supreme Command
Kunkiaki Kojiso
Dutch New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Guam
Mt. Barrigade
U. S
Myitkyina
Tengchung
Yunnan
Manipur
Burma-India
Hengyang
Hunan
Canton-Hankow
Chaling
Mead Takes Truman's Place Mead Becomes Senate Investigating Chair
Senator James M. Mead of New York assumed chairmanship of the Senate investigating committee, pledging to keep politics out of its work. He succeeds Senator Harry S Truman, who led inquiries into the home front war program for three and a half years. Mead aims to continue the nonpartisan, investigative policy established by Truman.
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Washington
James M. Mead
New York
Senate Wer
Harry 9. Truman
New Yorker
Weather outlook for Western Pennsylvania today and tonight
Hot and humid conditions with thundershowers this afternoon. Expect clearing skies and cooler temperatures tonight and Sunday across the region.
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Pennsylvania
Routed Nazis Resemble Refugees with American Troops in Brittany
A French civilian near Vitre, east of Rennes, recalled German retreat through the Brest peninsula in 12 hours of disordered flight. Troops rode in staff cars, buses, carts, and even bicycles, paying for food but seizing vehicles. many marched exhausted or dumped arms, while American armor pushed from Avranches. He said Germans looked like refugees, lacked spirit, and feared the mounting American onslaught.
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Brittany
Brest
Vitre
Rennes
Avranches
Japanese retreat in New Guinea and Carolines operations
Allied communique reports Japanese forces abandoning Manoka wari and Na bire air bases near Geel vink bay and retreating from Noeim Waren, with at least 15 000 Japanese in the Manokwari area. Allied losses deemed negligible in Dutch New Guinea. Sansapor seized. Aitape fighting quiet with light American losses. Allied air strikes target Yap island in the western Carolines with no air defense encountered.
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Manoka Wari
Geelvink Bay
Nabire
Noeim
Waren
Manokwari
Dutch New Guinea
Sansapor
New Guinea
Aitape
British New Guinea
Geelgink Bay
Driniumor River
Yap Island
Carolines
Saipan veteran Reed reports long combat and divine protection
Lt Reed, son of Mrs Nova Reed of 132 Thirteenth, describes 90 days of combat after Saipan conquest. His tank was bombed, crew fled, a bullet pierced his helmet without injuring him. He attended a memorial service for fallen comrades and vows revenge for the survivors.
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Reed
Nova Reed
Saipan
War posters spread across the nation by scouts
More than 700000 posters were printed and distributed nationwide by over 100000 Boy Scouts. Heyman, assistant art director of Howse Beautiful, was rejected for military service but believed his poster design could aid the war effort.
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Boy
Heyman
Silver Star for Pvt. Sinclair in France
Private George J. Sinclair of Indiana Pennsylvania serving with the Fourth Infantry Division in France receives the Silver Star for gallantry in action. He manned an automatic rifle when a comrade was wounded, pressed toward an enemy building under heavy fire, and his actions enabled his platoon to advance with only one casualty. He was wounded the next day but continued to fight, earning high praise for skill and courage.
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U. S
France
George J. Sinclair
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Sinclair
Pvt Sinclair
Pvt
Pet. Sinclair
General Strike Called By Danes
STOCKHOLM Aug 5 a general strike began in Helsin gor Denmark in protest of the slaying by German occupying forces of Otto Bulow Danish globe trotter and artist. Patriots say he was shot by the Nazis in retaliation for a campaign against informers.
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Stockholm
Helsingor
Denmark
Otto Bulow
Globe‘ Trotter
Copenhag ' An
Jlow
Dewey Back Home After Conferences
Dewey returns toward Pawling after a six day campaign trip marked by long conferences with GOP governors. He greets crowds in Mattoon and Terre Haute and expresses optimism that Republican unity and military progress will secure victory in November despite war news. He cites 14 point findings and predicts end to state national government quarrels with a Republican administration. Also includes regional pronunciation notes for Baranowicze and Chernyakhovsk.
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Dewey
Thomas
St. Louis
New York
Mattoon
Ill
Terre Haute
Ind
Pawling
N. Y
Yvan
GOP
Tribute Set For Jap Yanks From Granada Camp
Six Japanese American soldiers from the Granada relocation center in Colorado, killed in Italy, will be honored at a memorial service in Granada. All lived in California before evacuation. War Relocation Authority director Dillon Myers praised their gallantry. He noted two units of Japanese Americans helped spearhead the Livorno drive. About 10,000 Japanese ancestry soldiers serve in the American army.
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Washington
Granada
Stock market movers and percent changes scattered across major firms
The list shows numerous company names with percent changes, including Am Chem & Dye, Am Can, Anaconda, Chrysler, Edison, General Electric, General Motors, Sears Roebuck, IBM equivalents, and others. Highlights include Am Disti 39 percent, Am Can 146 percent, Anaconda 2b percent, and Bethlehem Steel 61 percent, among many others, reflecting broad swings across industries from autos to oils and utilities.
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Red & St
Smelt & R
Tel & Tel
Atch
T& SF
Ad Refining
Balt & Ohio Bu
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Briggs Mtg
Budd Mtg Il
Case (It) Co
Ches & Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Cons Edison
Douglas Aircraft
Elec
Gen Foods
Gtn Motors
Greyhound Corp
Hershey Choe
Int Harvester
Nick Can
Int
Tel &Tel
dJohna Manville
Kennecott Cop
Lehigh Val
Lehigh Val Coal
Leh
Val RR
Libby
McN & L
Loews Inc
Montgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy
Nat Distillers
Nat Paw & Lt
NY Central RR
North Amer Co
Northern Pac
Packard Motor
Param Pictures
Penn RR
Pub
Pullman
Ratio Corp of Am
Reading Co
Repab Steel Reynolds Tob
Sears Roebuck - Sinclair Oil
Socony-Vacuum Sperry Corp Stand Brands
Cal Stand Oil
Ind Stand Oil N. J
Studebaker Corp Swift & Co Texas Co
United Aircraft United Corp US Rubber US Smelt
Warner Bros. West UN Tel
West el& Mtg J
Woolworth
York Corp . Youngst
Sh & T
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College Grove
Moorhead
U. S. Signal Corps
NEA
Pholo
St. Lo
Hans Yanks
al Jett
RAF
Lisle Adam
Trossy St. Maximim
U.S
Civil Service
Gazette
Mead
Truman
U. S. Senate
Burke-Wadsworth
Guinea
LT. Reed
Robinson
Bowman Milligan
Chick Wiergeles
Comanagera
Beau Jack
Sae
Ray Robinson
Harlem Welter
Emery Nix
New York Giants
Wesley Heyman
New York City
Silver Star
Pvt. Sinclair
Vire
Cherbourg Peninsula
Minsk
Baranowicze
Poland
Ivan D. Chernyakhovsky
S.C. S
Taran
Cola-Cola Bottling CO
Roe F. Ramer
Shelocta, Pa
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