Airborne Troops Hold Critical Position in Holland Fight
Allied airborne British and Polish troops struggle to keep the Rhine crossing open near Nijmegen as German counterattacks pressure the 1st Airborne Division and reinforce supplies. Dempsey’s Second Army tanks push toward the Nijmegen bridge while Patton’s Third Army advances in the Arrancourt area.
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London
Holland
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Headquarters
Miles C. Dempsey
Second Army
Nijmegen
Arnhem
Ruhr
Siegfried Line
Rhine
Rhing
Waal
Norn
George S. Patton
Third Army
Nancy
Arrancourt
Normandy
British In Po Valley Rimini Falls and Gothic Line Breach
Allied forces capture Rimini in the Po Valley and Firenzuola driving a wedge into the Gothic Line as American Fifth Army advances on Pietrasanta. Greek troops reach the Marecchia River. Canadian and Brazilian units contribute to the push, threatening Nazi defenses with armored, aerial, and naval support.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Rircini
Adriate
Fifth Army
Firenzuela
Albert Kesselring
Rimini
Firenzuola
Bologna
Marecchia
San Fortunato
Riemink
Italy
Pietrasante
Piss
Mt. Prano
Pietrasanta
Most Important Industries To Reconvert First
A wartime memorandum outlines key industries for early reconversion after Germany's defeat. It lists plants producing mobiles, telephones, vacuum cleaners, washing machines, water heaters, street equipment, electric ranges, buses, radios, railroad cars, refrigerators, coal stokers, commercial gear and related components as priorities to avoid bottlenecks, urging careful checks on firms and parts suppliers to prevent supply chain delays.
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Bateheller
Wpeans
WPB
Eleanora
Divisiona
Au Partors
Orn
Japanese Call Manila Assault Indiscriminate
Japanese propaganda condemned yesterday's American air attacks on Manila as brutal and indiscriminate. A Domei dispatch quoted by AP claimed the attack targeted the hospital marked with Red Cross, while Tokyo broadcasts noted martial law and reported losses for both sides.
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Associated Press
Manila
Regency Domei
Tokyo
London
Jose P. Laurel
U.S
Chinese General Hospital
Domei
Red Cross
Officers Get 22 Pints Of Liquor
Preliminary trial was set for 4 pm Friday for Reg Hurd of Gate City Highway on possession charges. Officers J. Hundley and C. Zimmermann reported 22 pints of bonded whisky seized from Hurd's home Thursday evening. Hurd faced a bond of 250 dollars and a magistrate W N Showalter was to hear the case.
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Reg Hurd
Gate City
Gahe
J. Hundley
Hurd
Hundley
J. B
State Department of’ Finance and Taxation
C. G. Zimmerman
Tom Braeg
W. N. Showalter
Red Push Nears Tallinn as Soviet Onslaught Rages
Soviet forces push toward Tallinn 40 miles away and toward the Hungarian frontier at opposite ends of the eastern front. Riga was besieged as Red Army troops neared the Baltic seaport. rail towns along the Gulf of Finland and Lake Peipus were seized, signaling broad advances across occupied territory.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Tallinn
Riga
Latvia
Baltic States
Red Army
Carpathian
Czechoslovakia
Dulle Pass
Kremlin
Bakvere
Gulf of Finland
Bricker Attacks Hillman Running FDR Fourth Term
Bricker declares the campaign to reelect Roosevelt a CIO PAC effort. He criticizes the Browder Hillman axis and accuses the PAC of controlling millions of dollars shaping the campaign. He spoke in Portland Maine asserting the New Deal abdicated leadership.
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Uer
Vonn W. Bricker
Roosevelt
CIO
Ohio
PAC
Action Increases On Arakan Front
Southeast Asia Command reports sharp patrol activity on the Arakan front as Japanese artillery hits positions in the Mayu Range northwest of Alyab, a recent loss to Indian troops. In central Burma British patrols advance along the Mandalay railway below Ho Pin, about 60 miles southeast of Kyitkini, while Chinese patrols move near Kaat south of the Yunnan front after linking with Salween forces.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Arakan
Burma
Mayu Range
Alyab
Mandalay
Ho‘pin
Kyitkini
Kaat
Yunnan
Former Governor James E Ferguson Dies at 73
Austin mourns the passing of James E Ferguson a dominant Texas political figure and twice governor. The colorful farmer, husband of Miriam A Ferguson, died after a lengthy illness and will be buried today in the state cemetery.
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Austin
Texas
Jim Ferguson
James E. Ferguson
Miriam A. Ferguson
American Raid Spurs Japanese Torture Rules On Islands
Manila time report warns that a Japanese crackdown will tighten martial law measures and torture under scrutiny as American forces attack key bases near Manila. The piece notes fears of anti-Japanese actions among islanders and recalls the brutal crackdown history after the 1941 invasion.
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Islands
Phat
Tokyo
Jose BP
Laurel
Japan
FDR to Seek Global Press Protection Pact
President Roosevelt is urged to urge world powers to guarantee free exchange of news as a peace aid. Congress unanimously endorsed a world wide right to gather and distribute news without discrimination. State Department prepared a policy draft backing unrestricted news flow and a pledge from each nation to receive news within its borders.
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Waas Mingwon
Koo Sevelt
Congress
State Department
Department
Congress of the
United States
Roosevelt
United Nations
Road To Berlin Fronts Report Distorted by Front Line Distances
Distorted distances from multiple fronts are recorded in a terse AP dispatch. Mentions of S05 miles near Arnhem and 913 miles from outside Pulntak hint at a broader map of advancing forces. Italian front distances cite 580 miles from below Bologna.
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Associated Press
Eters
Arnhem
Pulntak
Bologna
Kassel Bombed by American Heavy Bombers in World War II
Allied air power struck Kassel behind the Siegfried Line with 1,200 American bombers from England and Italy, hitting rail hubs at Kanzel and Ehrang as part of a wider campaign against German targets in northern France, Italy, Greece, and Holland. Weather limited actions, with battles near the Reich line and ongoing efforts to outflank the Siegfried Line.
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London
England
Italy
Kassel
Siegfried Line
Atonich
Belfort Gap
Munich
Riem
France
Tate Ke
Milan
Parma
Padua
Rimini
Larissa
Greece
Balkans
Kanzel
Arnhem
Holland
Reich
Ehrang
Gerolstein
Prorsfeld
Creche Forest
Boulogne
Dewey Chills Regulated Future on West Coast Swing
Dewey travels to Los Angeles for his fourth West Coast campaign address as he frames regulation without regimentation. He meets with air craft and film leaders ahead of a 10 p.m. Central War Time NBC broadcast at Memorial Coliseum. In San Francisco he signals moving toward New Deal style reforms, endorsing NLRA unemployment insurance old age pensions price control and labor act backing.
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Los Angeles
Dewey
Thomas
NBC
Memmorial Coliseum
San Francisco
Civic Audi
Capitol Hill Speakers Head Home Eye Political Stumps
Congress members head for stumping grounds as campaigns heat up with Brewster and O Mahoney signaling potential outcomes. GOP and Democratic leaders voiced optimism on Dewey reelection and presidential continuity amid a summer session closing with a call for world news freedom and Pearl Harbor issue renewal.
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Capitol Hill
Washington
Peities
Congress
Lcister Brewster
R-Me
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Brewster
Republican Senate Campaign Committee
Govlernor Dewey
United States
Pearl Harbor
Church
RDD
Australia
German Forces Abandon Large Part of Peloponnesus
Reports today said German troops have abandoned most of Peloponnesus the southern sector of Greece about 8356 square miles a sixth of Greece. The area is nearly an island linked by a narrow bridge west of Athens with towns including Patras Sparts Pyrgex Kelamai. Movement continued as Marshal von Weichs tried to extricate forces amid Soviet and Tito pressure.
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Valto
Nenagie
Pelopanesus
Greece
Athens
Peloponnesus
Sparts
Patras
Pyrgex
Kelamai
Romania
Bulgaria
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Baron Maximilian von Weichs
Balkans
Street Scenes and Scattered Guilt at the Ice Cream Stand
Vague street scene details describe a subdebutante faced with giggles and an abundance of ice cream cones. A bus or crowd figures appear with Jamie craning necks toward a ball club owner in the aisle, creating a chaotic, humorous moment.
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Jamie
Ball Club
Boa
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