Allies Roll Forward In Normandy Five Miles From Caen
Allied forces drove five miles southeast of Caen toward Paris as British and American units pressed a broad offensive. Montgomery reported 156,000 Germans written off since June 6 while British Second Army advanced along the Orne and Caen front, with St Lo secured and Caen area mop up continuing amid heavy air and tank action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwin Rommel
Supreme Headquarters
Fallen St. Lo
Doughseys
Vire
la Capelle
Grand Harel
Haltal-les-Bagues
Thorn
Aled
Tilly-sur-Seurles
Noyers
Caen-Villers Bocage
Maliot
Orne
Odon
Bernard L. Montgomery
Sith Airborne Division
Caen
Vaucelles
Demonville
Traarn
Great Plain
St Le-Periers
Teute
Amigny
St. Lo
Cagn
Supreme Command
Montgomery
Faubourg de Vaucelles
Rommel
Paris
Villers-Bostige
Ran- Pan
Jeast
France
Germany
Thia
Rebuilding Begins At Navy Depot After Massive Explosion
Nuclear levels of damage at Port Chicago devastates Navy depot near Chicago. Explosion tore through two ammunition ships Quipault Victory and E A Bryan, killing dozens and injuring many others. Navy and FBI sealed off area as officials estimate death toll near 350 with ships valued at 4.3 million dollars and a long recovery ahead.
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Chicago
Port Chicago
ANS
Navy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
N. H. Goss
Keown
Maritime Commission
Coast
Ee Navy
E. A. Bryan
Tarawa Island
Marshalls
New Volcano Now Covers Two Towns in Mexico
Molten lava pours over a 25 mile front from the new volcano in Mexico, engulfing Faritan and Parangaricutiro and threatening three more towns. Evacuations rise as explosions reshape the lava flow, collapsing church walls and turning sacred interiors to ash and skeletal remains.
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Mexico City
Barlentii
Alexico
Farientin
Parangaricutiro
Zacan
San Francisco
Pariban
Zirosto
Faricutin
Sean Juan
Parangaricuttra
Church of Our Lord of Miracles
Battlewagons Shell Guam Defenses In Naval Offensives
U S naval and air forces pound Guam defenses for a second straight day as battleships close in on targets. MacArthur reports heavy Japanese losses in the Southwest Pacific including sunk and damaged ships, and air strikes on Halmahera and other locations. Nimitz notes captured enemy troops and civilian casualties, while British New Guinea fighting continues with Nipponese casualties and captures.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Southwest Pacific
Japan
Adm
Chester W Nimitz
Douglas Macarmitz
Reinee
MacArthur
Pacific
Merchartman
Halmahera
Philippines
Hatmahera
Nimitz
Saipan
Tojo
New Gainea
Wewak
Dewey Emphasizes GOP Organization For Campaign
Gov Thomas E Dewey tightens campaign foundations through state and local party teamwork. In Albany he met GOP leaders from Vermont Maine and Massachusetts and heard a positive outlook from Rep James W Wadsworth. He criticizes the federal soldier ballot and defends New York's soldier vote law as simple, delaying formal speaking tours until after Labor Day.
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Albany
Thomas BE
Dewey
White House
Fortoula Cé
Executive
Massachusetts
Leverett Saltonstall
Bay State
Vermont
Maine
James W. Wadsworth
New York
England Hit By Biggest Buzz Raid
London and southern England faced the greatest 24 hour robot bomb attack since the German weapon began. Allied air power pounded Germany across the Channel as Germany sought to divert attention from the Allied bomb offensive. Earlier figures showed 2,752 killed and 8,090 hospitalized in London bombings.
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London
South-Ern
England
Aince
Eisenhower
Channel
France
Caen
Reich
Commons
Winston Churchill
Six Soviet Armies Breach Nazi Lines
Soviet forces under Marshal Ivan S Konev and General Andrei Yeremenko push deep into Nazi territory on the eastern front with gains toward Poland and near the Bug River. Reports say pockets and advances threaten German positions as Berlin commentators assess the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Hitler
Ivan S. Konev
Andrei J. Yeremenko
Street Scene at Busy Drug Store With Leaking Counter
A crowded drug store scene shows customers and waitresses stepping over water puddles from a counter plumbing leak. A mechanical toy doll reacts as a mistress pats its chest and a girl hurriedly hides bulging purses while a penny scale reveals overweight concerns in a tense street vignette.
Second Person Dies From Bus Accident Near Bristol
Bristol residents Edens 87 and Rush 34 died or were injured in a Kingsport Bristol highway bus wreck. Edens died at King's Mountain Memorial Hospital. Rush died after admission. Other victims including Roller Fowler Salyer Hobart Patrick remain hospitalized, with varying conditions. The crash involved a Holston Ordnance Works transit bus, a Yellow Cab, and a Coach Company bus near Wayside Inn at 2:30 am.
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Yecom State
Bristol
Tenn
Hoy W. Edens
Holston Ordnance Works
King’s Mountain Memorial Hospital
Kingsport
George C. Rush
John Alvin Roller
Gladys Winona Fowler
American Airlines
Fred Salyer
Blountville
Hobart Patrick
Edens
Rush
Workman's Transit
Holston Ordnance Aren B
Wayside Inn
Miss Fouer
Holston
Bus Wrick
Leghorn In Hands Of Clark's Men
The Fifth Army captured Livorno and closed on the city after a wide pincers movement. Polish troops seized Ancona as American forces advanced toward Livorno and Pisa. More than 2,000 prisoners were taken, and Kenilworth and Pontedera were captured, severing the east west road between Pisa and Florence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Mark W. Clark
Livorno
Italy
Ancona
Adriatic
Leghorn
Pisa
Busi Gat
Genoa
Arno
Incotta
Eighth
Bay of
Fifth Army
Monte Della Foggia
Associated Press
Sid Feder
Arto
Pontedera
Florence
Aldermen Approve Pump House Water Line Repair Plan
Aldermen voted to repair a main water line at the municipal pump house after Public Works Director W L Holyoke described severe rock cliff deterioration. Cutting the pump would halt water supply for up to eight hours, so the plan proceeds at the City Hall meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Works Department
Board of Mayor and Aldermen
W. L. Holyoke
2000 Yank Bombers Blast Rails Airfields
Allied air power struck deep into German lines as 2000 American bombers and fighters from Britain and Italy attacked Munich and surrounding targets. The raids focused on rail yards, airfields, aircraft factories, and an ordnance depot near the fourth largest German city with heavy losses reported on both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Italy
Muniely
Germany
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Alps
Munich
Brenner Pass
England
Schweinfurt
Weltriegelskrouth
Mroademst
RAF
Berlin
Cologne
Ruhr
France
Normandy
Channel
Law Court Starts Non Jury Docket
Kingsport Law Court opened the July term with non jury hearings on compensation debt and damage suits. Only case before Judge Shelburne Ferguson involved Richard Lee Doneghy of Traveler's Insurance. Doneghy, 31, alleged injury in February 1944 while janitor for Holsten Ordnance Works. defense argues injury occurred in 1942 for a different firm and no liability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsport Law Court
Shelburne Ferguson
Richard Lee Doneghy
Os Traveler's Insurance Company
Doneghy
Holsten Ordnance Works
Mainte
French Partisans Strike To Halt German Fuel Supply
French partisans press a broad offensive destroying German fuel stores and coal dumps across occupied France. Reports from Vichy describe saboteurs raiding storage tanks, mining operations, and railroad lines while evading German sentries. The action targets liquid fuel storage, coal mines, and related production sites as part of a coordinated campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porthou
Spain
France
Patriota
Vichy
Rhone
Patriot
Thiey
At-Ap
Yaignt
Ots
Thert Coal
Feldaz Datelot
Lyon
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Roosevelt
Byrnes
War Mobilization Director
A. Wallace
Harry
Anini
Allied Expeditionary Force
Navy Depot
New Volcano
Ukraine
Ewow
Edmund Hofmesicher
Flitler
Konev
Tankand
Lwow
Bug River
Selets Belski
Sokal
Russia
Skomorokhi
Lyow
Low
Kaminenka
Busk
Bortkoy
Corresponden
Konstantin K. Rokossovaly
Warsaw
Brest Litovak
Rokossovsky
Tokyo
Domei
U. S
Hideki Tojo
Clark
Law Court
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