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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1944
Page
1
War report notes intensified action on the Baltic front as Allied forces push toward strategic objectives. Central and Yugoslav areas see renewed German resistance while Red Army units advance in the Baltics and along the central front.
American forces tightened the noose on Guam with a last defense collapse near the northeast coast as Marines, sailors, and planes closed in on Japanese remnants. MacArthur announced Liberators wiped out 13 parked enemy planes at Halmahera on the southern approach, with damaging strikes against others amid poor weather.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey turns to New Jersey contests after U S Senate hopeful Thomas J. Gurran strengthens New York prospects. He lunches with Gov. Walter B. Edge and NJ congressional delegation and plans talks with Hampshire candidate Charles M. Dale. Republicans eye a second Senate seat as Hague looms.
Fragmented account suggests Republicans fear a reconversion bill could entrench party machinery. The piece mentions Canadian Army operations, postwar politics, and censored details about raids and personnel effects amid Allied actions in France and Germany.
Two middle aged men read papers at a street corner as their gaze follows two attractive girls crossing the street. Two boys ride a dilapidated wagon with a patient horse down an alley while an elderly man collects garbage for hogs. A girl waiting for a night bus on a corner panics as a breeze turns a leaf into a mouse like shape on the pavement.
Allied forces report failures of German assaults near Arezzo with Monte Grillo and Monte Lupo as focal points. British and Indian troops recapture bloodied ground and repulse counterattacks in fierce fighting north and northwest of Arezzo while Florence experiences a lull with mixed reports on city conditions and water shortages.
A Pan American flying boat struck a swell on takeoff from Nipe Bay Cuba and wrecked. Seventeen passengers died, nine passengers and five crew survived, with six bodies recovered and salvage ongoing. Names include Jose R. Torres and Evangelina Lazaro. two children listed as missing are Norma Garcia and Milda Ramirez.
French patriots sabotage lines and spread panic as German retreat toward the Spanish border stalls. Maquis fighters reportedly tighten grip in the hills while Germans along the border consider surrender if pressed. News notes dampen morale among occupying troops as Allied advances are relayed from Hendaye to border units.
A federal grand jury convened to probe Philadelphia six day transit strike as Metro trainees resume training for driver jobs. Assistant U S Attorney Edward A Kelly spoke of possible conspiracy to sabotage the war effort and actions under the second war powers act. The Army runs the lines while officials of the Philadelphia Transportation Co CIO Transport Workers Union and other agencies prepare to testify.
Russian front distance to Berlin is 322 miles from the eastern front. Italian front stands at 603 miles from Florence. French front is 629 miles from Cintheux.
British officials said no solid evidence confirms Heinrich Himmler's assassination. A German officer captured by Britons claimed he died in a fresh purge of Nazi leadership, but officials cited missing details such as the time of death and warned the tale may be rumor among Normandy troops.
The Office of Price Administration faces loopholes letting private airplane owners obtain unlimited gasoline for flight, not auto use, with local ration boards forced to grant requests. Regulators say no current means to curb, though talks of rule revision continue. As of now 22,587 licensed private planes exist, with 10,000 more to join from surplus government aircraft.
Allied forces make rapid gains in France with Le Mans captured 110 miles from Paris and a Canadian advance within 16 miles of Caen. U S troops threaten a pocket of the German army while moving toward Angers and St. Malo ports. Brest garrison capitulation attempts fail as Spang is captured near Brest.
Washington reports that Britain has received about 2 billion dollars in food from lend-lease over 3.25 years. Officials anticipate curtailment after Germany is defeated as normal trade resumes, but exact needs for final campaigns against Japan remain uncertain. total lend-lease to all nations reached 17.195 billion through March 1944, with 7.906 billion directed to Britain and allies.
Japan breaks a string of defeats with the capture of Hengyang, a vital Chinese city on the Hankow Peiping railroad, threatening to seal off coastal China. Allied forces, meanwhile, push in the Pacific with Guam, New Guinea, and other fronts seeing heavy actions as MacArthur and Nimitz theaters strike Japanese positions.
Chinese forces in western Yunnan drive Japanese from Sungshan Mountain area and press on near Tengchung. A Chinese communiqué says they have captured several pillboxes and gained positions on the ramparts of the ancient city wall while threatening the Burma Road corridor from Salween to Lungling.
More than 1,000 U. S. heavy bombers and fighters struck around Stuttgart the so called Detroit of Germany and Berlin said another fleet hit Hungary from Italian bases. RAF Lancasters and Halifaxes attacked three fuel dumps in northern France. Over 3,200 sorties were flown yesterday in support of Allied ground forces advancing toward Patria. Weather in the battle area improved while German attacks on Britain resumed after a night of sporadic raids.
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