Yanks Slice Gap to Two Miles Near Coutances
Allied field dispatches report a 20 mile wide flood of American tanks and armor through the Normandy line driving to within two miles of Coutances. Lieut Gen Omar Bradley’s spearheads push 11 miles deep, trapping German units as chaotic retreat accelerates toward the coast and Avranches.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Coutances
Omar N. Bradley
Britain
Erwin Rommel
North African
Bradley
Aix
Lessay
Avrahches
St. Lo
Vire
Washington
Bernard L. Montgomery
Aington
Caen
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Jimmy
Roosevelt
Byrnes
Central Germany bombed as American air forces strike targets
Allied air forces targeted Central Germany with heavy bombers and escort fighters. Reports describe raids on fuel plants and oil fields as bombers returned from missions toward the Normandy front, amid continued aerial attacks and countermeasures.
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Reichs
Ploeszi
Eng
Inericans Raid Priests Oil Fields
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a wartime raid touching oil fields and air actions. Specific names, dates, or locations are unclear, but the text references bombers, German targets, and Mediterranean operations in a period of intensifying conflict.
Kingsport Man Charged With False Swearing
Kingsport man Burton Laughters Jr 3 of Kingsport Tenn held on 3000 bond after being summoned as a witness in liquor trial proceedings in federal court. He said he did not know Miracle or that he was a customer, calling the latest development in the trials a mistake.
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London
Price Administration
Burton Laughters
Kingsport
Tenn
U. S
MacSwinford
Oscar L. Miracle
George Ernest Petrey
Miracle
Federal District Court
Petrey
Claude P. Stephens
Robert Carter Barrett
Robert Lee Dolen
Alm Laughters
Ashley Avenue
Yanks Bay 10 Jap Ships, Kayo Planes
U S Pacific Fleet reports sinking 19 Japanese ships and destroying Nip planes in a Palau centered day of carrier strikes. Gen MacArthur notes an enemy convoy off Truk hit by bombers while Saipan gains and Tinian overrun, with 2,089 Japanese dead on Ushii airfield.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Carolines
Sdea
Philippines
Chester W. Nimitz
Palau
Mindanan
Douglas MacArthur
Truk
Japan
Marianas
Wimitz
Manila
Gusm
Tinian
Saipan
U.S
Ushii
Navy
Nimitz
Kingsport Men Reported Wounded In Action
Army and Navy casualty notices released in Washington name two Kingsport servicemen wounded in action. Pfc. Robert M. Peters, whose wife Mary Lucille Peters lives at 1193 Cherry Street, wounded in the Mediterranean Theater. Seaman first class James Austin Durham, U S Naval Reserve, wounded. his wife Grace Robinette Durham lives at 813 Oak Street. Eight other Kingsport area servicemen listed as wounded in the European theater. Names include Pvt. John G. Drake, First Lieut. Jack F. Dulaney, Staff Sgt. Frank G. Robinette, Pvt. Roy Smith, and others from Greeneville, Morristown, and Elizabethton. Marine Corps Reserve Pfc Hugh H. Reeves also wounded.
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Kingsport
Army
Navy
Washington
Robert M. Peters
Mary Lucille Peters
Cherry Street
Mediterranean
James Austin Durham
U. S. Naval Reserve
Grace Robinette Durham
Oak Street
John G. Drake
Iberian LG. Drake
Bristol
Tenn
Jack F. Dulaney
Eula N. Vann
Greene+ville
Frank G. Robinette
O.B. Robinette
Greeneville
Roy Smith
Newport
Joseph M
Husking
Alice N. Husking
Erwin
Pfe
Wilie F. West
Vancie B. West
Morristown
Morristown, and’ Fie, Darold S. White
One Way Of Figuring When The War Will Be Over
A New York World War era column cites an unknown calculator predicting the war ends Sept 7 at 2 o’clock. The method uses leaders Churchill Roosevelt Stalin Tojo and others, with birth years and terms in office, claiming a hidden message from initials. The piece presents the numerical riddle and its asserted conclusion.
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New York
Churchill Hitler Roosevelt
Stalin
Supreme Lander
No Ration Free Steaks Or Roasts Until August
Washington officials say there will be no ration free beefsteaks or roasts until at least August 13 as current ration point values for meats and dairy stay in place. The War Food Administration ordered OFA to end rationing by August 1 but protests prompted a temporary delay. OPA expects changes to canned food values may be announced Saturday and take effect Sunday.
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Washington
Bne
Office of Price Administration
War Food Administration
OFA
OPA
WFA
Tokyo Denies Yank Fliers Are Executed
Tokyo backed down on its claim that American Superfortress raiders had been executed in Japan and sought to reframe it as a misunderstanding. Officials denied any intent to punish parachuted or crash landed airmen, blaming American propaganda and noting inconsistent foreign broadcasts.
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London
Tokyo
Japan
Singapore
Associated Press
Ameri
Gan
Federal (Communications) Commission
Washington
New York
OWI
Germany
Democrats Fear GOP Could Seize House Control
Democratic leaders debate a possible Republican bid to reorganize the House before the election. With 216 Democrats, 212 Republicans, and 4 minor party members, plus three vacancies, a full party vote could decide speakership and chairmanships. Senate talk of reorganization also surfaces, while intra party frictions and a Southern reform movement loom. Barr seeks to influence the electoral college to shift power in a tight Roosevelt-Dewey race.
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House
Martin
Massachusetts
Thomas
D-Obla
Senate
Republi
Ans
John A. Barr
New Orleans
Lee
Byrd
D-Va
Barr
Roosevelt
Thomas B. Dewey
New York
Allies Score Gains On Italian Fronts
Allied forces pushed toward Florence with New Zealand troops seizing San Casciano seven miles from the city. American and German artillery fought across the Arno as India troops advanced toward Monte Spertoli. Polish units crossed the Misa River, and German smoke screens shielded activity along the Arno.
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Highth
Florence
New Zealand
San Cascianao
Arno
Pisa
Cerbaia
India
Monte Spertoli
Arna
Eighth Army
Empoli
Adriatic
Misa
Senigaltia
Mandriola
San Angelo
Filette
Ostra
Fifth Army
Wounded Soldiers Die In Plane Crash Near Mull of Galloway
A U S troop transport plane crashed off Mull of Galloway Scotland killing 24 people, including 17 wounded American soldiers. Six crew members and a nurse died. wounded passengers were en route to a Scottish hospital. A fire followed the crash, bodies burned beyond recognition after the aircraft struck a 40 foot cliff. Two other planes in the formation landed at a Scottish airdrome to raise the alarm.
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London
Mull of Galloway
Scotland
England
Energetic Street Scene Sparks Brief Downtown Clash
A small boy sweeping stairs and paper stirs spectators as two young men collide on Broad Street for a brief, furious altercation. One man brushes off, while the other leans against a car nursing an injury. Police cautions follow for military travelers.
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Wade
Broad Street
Thousands in Argentina Demonstration Back Foreign Policy
Several thousand Argentines rallied last night to support the government's foreign policy with shouts of Argentines yes Yankees no. The crowd gathered at the U S Embassy and marched to the foreign ministry where President Farrell spoke from a balcony. An explosion near La Opinion newspaper injured no one but shattered a shop window as the march continued through main shopping streets. A manifesto circulated by the Argentine Federation of University Students condemned current internal and foreign policies as imperialist.
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Buenos Aires
Veiclng
la Facion
Firat
U. S
Foreign Ministry
Orlando Peluffo
Dio
Argentina
United States
Montevideo
Buenos Aira
Edehniro Farrell
Poncer
Sa Haye
Farrel
U.S
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