Allied push near Lessay signals broad Normandy withdrawals
Allied forces drive along the Cherbourg peninsula reaching the Ay River outside Lessay and closing on Periers and St Lo as German withdrawals appear likely. Russian and German broadcasts report parallel offensives across Poland and the Baltic region with rapid advances and new front lines long the Niemen and Suwalki areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Lessay
Cherbourg
Ay River
Rot
Periers
Mid - Normandy
St. Lo
St. le
Perlersia
St. la
Hinge
St. Opportune
1Pissot
St. Patrice de Claids
Congreville
Nay
Lewes
Caen
Seine Bay
le Havre
Montgomery
London
Niemen River
Grodno
East Prussia
Old Poland
Opadika
Wide Open Battle for VP Pick At Democratic Convention
Chicago delegates and officials predicted a wide open battle for the vice president nomination with twelve to fifteen candidates cited. President Roosevelt’s aides and cabinet members arrived as the convention opened, while Hannegan’s group prepared for a possible platform draft and advisor roles from Tom Connally. The elder Daniels and North Carolina officials voiced confidence in Democratic gains and a continued Solid South.
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Chicago
Robert E. Hannegan
Roosevelt
James M. Barnes
Jonathan Daniels
White House
Hanneogan
Henry A. Wallace
Hannegan
Tom Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Duv
Blackstone
Ickes
Carl Hatch
New Mexico
Tatech
Wallace
Barnes
Toe
Daniels
Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
Platform
Trapped Japs Still Fighting East of Fourth Army Front
Fragmentary wartime notes describe Japanese forces east of the fourth army front stubbornly resisting encirclement. Allied headquarters report pockets holding out as operations continue near captured islands and surrounding areas.
Salvage Truck to Resume City Scrap Collections
M. K. Forbes, official salvage collector for Singsport area, will begin monthly rounds to pick up salvage in residential sections. Truck collects paper, tin cans, fats, rags and scrap metal. Salvage at curb by 9 a.m. on collection day. Districts listed include Bristol Highway to Johnson City Highway with areas south of Bristol High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. K. Forbes
Singsport
B. M. Brown
Bristol Highway
Sullivan Street
East
Bellevue
Glenwood
Gillcrest
Ridgeway
Oak Grove
Fans Retreat From Manipur Hills In Declared Stand
In Manipur Hills a declared stand by allied forces including Japanese forces and artillery was reported amid intense fighting. The movement involved heavy shelling and troop redeployments as Burmese and Chinese forces engaged in a broad maneuver with strategic aims.
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Manipur Hills
Ceylon
Burma
Japanese Broadcast To Yanks Issues Threats Of Execution
A Japanese propaganda broadcast from Singapore to U S forces in the Southwest Pacific warned that an unstated number of U S airmen from Superfortresses raiding Japan had been or would be executed. The FCC monitored the broadcast and noted it as intimidation to boost morale, with officials doubting any executions had occurred in the early raids.
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Mersay
Singapore
Southwest Pacific
U U. S
Japan
Tokyo
Roosevelt
Federal Communications Commission
Office of War Information
FCC
Singapore Radio
Kenneth B. Wolfe
20Th Bomber Command
Santa Barbara
Calif
Domet Agency
U. S
Kyushu
Allied push nears Pisa as German hold weakens along Arno
Frontline reports detail rapid advances along a 160 mile stretch toward Arezzo and Pisa with Livorno threatened, while German defenses crumble in the Arno valley. American and French forces seize Chianni and Ghizzano as Fifth and Eighth Army moves tighten the noose near Pisa and Livorno.
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Livorno
Florence
Pisa
Fourteenth Army
Elehth Army
Olme Pass
Arezzo
Arno
Arna
Fifth Army
Era River Valley
Péciioll
Mark O’ Clark
Belvedere
FBI reports busiest year with 11 spy convictions
The FBI logged eleven spy convictions in its busiest year yet while reporting no enemy directed sabotage. The annual totals show 97.23 percent of cases brought to trial, 33,615 years plus two months of sentences, and 21 million in fines and recoveries. The report cites numerous statistics on espionage, impersonation, selective service, and government property crimes, along with fingerprint records and laboratory work.
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U. S
Chianni
Poggibensi
Arno
Ghizzano
Livorno
Washington
FBI
Villamagna
Eighth Army
Heresu
Ihon
FEY
BBY
City Treasurer Reports Back Taxes Paid In 1939 Progress
City Treasurer J R Pecktal announced substantial delinquent tax and street assessment collections for the year. The measures include advertising and court action to recover 1917 to 1984 levies, with about 2 250 still on the list and street assessments totaling 11 000. Overall delinquent totals were 62 128 at year start, with most collections after the ordinance passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Pecktal
Chancery Court
Pecktal
Pecktai
Street Scene Puzzles Readers With Odd Sign Read
A fragmentary caption depicts a five year old Isha puzzled by a sign reading Knox ville 90 miles and others including shoppers near closing time, children in sun-suits with ice cream on Broad Street. The clipped text mentions a port and several nieces and nephews in a city street scene.
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Isha
Knoxville
Broad Street
Port
Yank Heavies Bombard Ploesti
Allied air power struck Ploesti with 750 U S Heavy bombers from the Mediterranean blasting five oil refineries and a pumping station. Smoke towers 20 000 feet high over the Romanian hub as crews report smoke visible for 106 miles amid poor weather delaying invasion operations over Normandy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ploesti
U. S
Mediterranean
Normandy
Tropical Storm Heads Up Coast Near Jacksonville
Weather bulletin warns North Carolina interests of a tropical storm sweeping northward in the Atlantic with winds 50 to 60 mph. The storm moved about 100 miles north in five and a half hours and at 10:30 p.m. was centered roughly 340 miles east of Jacksonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Verne Weather Bureau
North Carolina
Atlantic
Jacksonville
Warren
Johnson
Japanese Radio Reports Raids On Guam And Iwo Jima
Tokyo radio reported American planes pressed relentless attacks on Guam for eleven straight days and two Liberators struck Iwo Jima about 750 miles south of Tokyo. It claimed U S surface units including carriers and battleships were active near Guam and warned the war situation offered no optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
U. S. Western Pacific
Guam
Polish Government Pleads UN Support Over Territorial Changes
The Polish Government in Exile urged the United Nations to back its stance against any arbitrary postwar territorial absorption by the Soviet Union as Red Army advances threaten Polish lands. It insisted changes must have free consent of involved parties and noted the underground army’s sacrifices against Germany.
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London
Red Arm
United
Soviet Union
Wes
Gernii
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Lessay 'Dvance
Offeriers
British Grodno
Lwow
S U Ebaudar
Nigny
France
Balleroy
ENS
Moscow
Muin
Lithuania
Daugavpils
Onikshty
Pichany
Tovins
Wilno
Red Army
Kaunas
Alytus
Alythus
Suwalki
Cross River
Bialystok
Rosa River
Wolkowysk
Slonim
Pripyat
Pinsk
Russia
Daugai
Novaya Ruda
Wilne
Berlin
Vuzh Havard
Rome
Yank Heavies
Bombard
England
Paris
The
Reich
Hannover
United Nations
Poland
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