Train Crash Kills 47 Near Stockton Georgia
At Stockton Georgia a west bound Atlantic Coast Line passenger train collided with a freight engine near Doctortown. At least 47 people, mostly railway laborers, were killed and many more injured as two passenger cars and a baggage car derailed. Officials expected more bodies in the wreckage and track clearance would take the day.
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Stockton
Alabama
H. L. Tomlinson
Staten
Doctortown
Turner Rockwell
Valdosta Times
Rockwell
Tomlinson
Dewey Heads For Home as Campaign Tour Continues
Thomas E. Dewey, Republican presidential nominee, travels homeward from St. Louis on his first campaign trip. He expresses confidence in a Republican victory in November and reports satisfactory military progress. He shakes hands with supporters in Terre Haute and Indianapolis while meeting Indiana governor candidates and Hoosier campaign leaders.
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Dew
Thomas E. Dewey
St. Louis
New York
Terre Haute
Ind
Pawling
Owey
Uaper
Aya Gates
Ereer
Indiana
Homer
Heat Relief Hits Midwest Amid Severe Summer Swelter
Weather across the Midwest brought relief from a heat wave with thundershowers and cooling rains. Yet many areas stayed hot with New York reaching 96 and other cities flirting with the century mark. One death was reported in Detroit as fog interrupted Soo Locks and a Lake Superior steamer collision occurred.
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Mercury
New York City
Weather Bureau
Baltimore
Waterbury
Conn
Local Weather Says Pea and Cooler Tonight
Weather outlook notes pea weather with a cooler night and a return to warmer Sunday with a high near 86. A small weather line aside mentions victory as a phrase on a burned paper.
Thousand War Victims Reach Shelter In U S
Nearly a thousand European war victims arrived at Fort Ontario in Oswego New York to stay through the war as refugees. The 982 people were brought to the United States outside normal immigration quotas under President Roosevelt’s free port plan and will be returned home after the war.
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Oswego
N. Y
Europe
War Relocation Authority
Fort Ontario
United States
Roosevelt
Japan Forms New War Council Amid Front Setbacks
Allied reports detail Japan's shift to a supreme war council as fronts crack in India Burma the Marianas and New Guinea. In the Pacific Mac Arthur notes a Japanese retreat in Dutch New Guinea while U S forces seize Mt Barrigada on Guam and battle Myitkyina in northern Burma.
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Japan
India
Burma
Marianas
New Guinea
Supreme War Council
Manchuria
Bonin
Kazan
Jima
Mudken
Chichi Jima
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Imperial
Supreme Council
Guinea
Dutch New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Myitkyina
Hung
Yunnan
Nazi Commander In France Relieved of Post
A captured document signed by Gen Paul Hausser commander of the German 7th army reveals a tense supply situation in Normandy with a warning to guard equipment. An American officer noted the assassination plot against Hitler extended beyond the expected circle.
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Hitler
Paul Hausser
7Th Army
Normandy
Over-The-Road Truck Drivers Strike Sparks National Unrest
Philadelphia reports mobilization of two regiments to break a five day transport tie up amid race violence and production loss. In St Paul over 1,000 drivers and 3,000 trucks join a walkout stretching to Kansas City and Minneapolis.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
U. S. Army
Pennsylvania State Guard
Philadelphia Army Public Relations
Washington
War Department
Philadelphia Transport
Army
Pres- Roosevelt
Midwest Operators Association
Illinois War
Pittsburgh
West Point
Reading
Street Railway Company
John A. Roebling’s Sons and Co
Roebling
Trenton
N. J
War Labor Board
Public Service Gas & Electric Co
Newark
Twin Cities
Oere
Lou Hosking
St. Paul
Midwest Association
Kansas City
Purge of Nazi Officers Expands as Hitler Fights Revolt
London reports a sweeping purge of German military leaders ordered by Adolf Hitler. At least eight high officers have died since July 20 with twelve slated for trial as traitors. Berlin broadcasts name 23 implicated officers and two deserters to the Russians. Major Lindemann and Major Kuhn are among those cited.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Dread People's Court
Berlin
Lindemann
Moscow
Maj
Kuhn
General Staff
Doubt Inland Nazi Defense Doubted on Western Front
The article argues there is no fixed inland German defense system beyond the Maginot and Siegfried lines. It notes Allied air and ground observations suggest a mobile, ad hoc barrier in the Seine Loire area rather than a permanent wall, with Rommel Rundstedt or their planners relying on counterattack and dug-in infantry.
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London
Normandy
Germany
France
Hitler
von Rundstedt
Rommel
Seine-Loire
Paris
Erwin Rommel
Rudolf Karl von Rundstedt
Florence Suburbs Captured Not Open City Says General
Allied forces complete occupation of Florence suburbs south of the Arno and push 25 miles along the line. British Indian New Zealand and South African troops report no urban fighting yet while the enemy prepares to defend crossings and delays a Rome relief effort.
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Florence
Rome
Eighth Army
Arno
Harold Alexander
Ponte Vecchio
8Th Army
No Man's Land
Bango A Ripoli
Navy Refuses To Let Cooper Go To Court
Navy executive officer Walter S. Gabel at Notre Dame refused to relinquish Jackie Cooper, former film actor, and George Bender to civilian authorities after warrants charged them with contributing to the delinquency of two South Bend girls. Deputy prosecutor Leo L. Cook presented warrants. cases will go to Great Lakes for Navy action.
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South Bend
Iind
Walter S. Gabel
Navy
University of Notre Dame
Jackie Cooper
George Bender
Sheffield
Ill
Leo L. Cook
St. Joseph County
Gabel
Ninth Naval District
Great Lakes
Secretary of the Navy
Cooper
Bender
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
A. F. Scheer
Yale English professor John A. Gee dies after long illness
John Archer Gee 50 of Woodbridge and associate professor of English at Yale University died Friday night in New Haven Hospital after a prolonged illness. He was a longtime faculty member and a respected figure at Yale.
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New Haven, Conn
John Archer Gee
Woodbridge
Yale University
New Haven Hospital
East Prussian towns ablaze as Red army presses eastward
Reported Soviet activity in East Prussia grew as Red troops massed on the eastern fringe and shelling intensified. Berlin claimed border fighting near Virbalis and Sudauen while transports and air attacks targeted routes toward Konigsberg and Tilsit as Warsaw fights raged nearby.
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London
Berlin
Red
East Prussia
Baltic Sea
Upper
Lithuania
Latvia
Virbalis
Moscow
High Command
Sudauen-Schaken
Sudauen
Inster
Angerapp
Masurian
Warsaw
Red Army
Krakow
Silesia
Transocean
Wirballen
Kaunas
Koenigsberg
Pravda
Eydthubnen
Tilsit
Konigsberg
Red Factory Workers In Guerrilla Warfare
French factory workers in the red belt around Paris have begun open guerrilla actions against German forces. German elite patrols now guard Aubervilliers La Courneuve and Billancourt suburbs as bombs damage Renault plant and other factories in Billancourt.
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Madrid
Red Belt
Paris
Aubervilliers-La-Courneuve
Billancourt
Effie Cherry Dies Last of Floradora Sisters at obituary
Effie Cherry died in a Cedar Rapids nursing home after a broken hip last spring and a decline in health. Her sister Addie Cherry had died in October 1942, leaving Effie lonely and ill in heart and body after a famous stage career in the Floradora days.
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Cedar Rapids
Gaslu Opery House
Effie Cherry
Effie
Addie
Prison escape reported from Waupun facility
Dane county sheriff informs that Leonard Webb escaped from the state prison farm at Waupun. Webb was sentenced in Racine county on May 22 to one to two years for a larceny charge.
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Madison
Wis
Dane County
Leonard Webb
Waupun
Webb
Racine County
U S Hopes For Polish Problem Settlement
Washington reports the United States hopes for a satisfactory settlement of Russian Polish issues after talks in Moscow. Under Secretary of State Stettinius says Premier Mikolajczyk of the Polish government in exile is in Moscow with Stalin and will meet officials of the Russian backed Polish committee of national liberation. The United States welcomes progress and anticipates a mutually satisfactory resolution of outstanding questions.
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Washington
United States
Moscow
R. Stettinius
Stanislaw Mikolajcczyk
Stalin
Polish Committee of National Liberation
Stettinius
Ss Frish
RAF Lancaster Raid Smashes Brest U Boat Pens
More than 100 RAF Lancaster bombers attacked the Brest submarine pens to stop U boats leaving the port amid the American advance. The day saw extensive air action over Europe with Liberators and Fortresses over Germany targeting oil and aircraft industries at Dollbergen Hanover and Brunswick. The U.S. 15th Air Force also hit Romania and Soviet bases with lightnings escorted by Mustangs. Weather remained good for bombing and visuals aided the raids.
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London
Brest
RAF
Europe
Germany
Dollbergen
Hanover
Brunswick
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Romania
U. S. Air Force
Moscow
U. S
Strategic Air Forces
Eee
Madgeburg
Caehangen
Halberstadt
U. S. 8Th Air Force
Folkestone
Pas de Calais
France
Legion To Open Milwauk ee Meet At Wartime Convention
The Wisconsin American Legion silver anniversary convention opens Sunday in Milwaukee. Delegates will focus on vital veterans problems as normal fanfare is trimmed to wartime standards.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Department of the American Legion
Allied forces report total invasion losses in France
Supreme Headquarters released figures showing Allied forces in France lost 116,148 men from D-day to July 20. Of these, 70,009 were American with 11,156 killed and 52,710 wounded. British losses stood at 5,646 killed, 7,766 wounded and 6,182 missing. Canadian casualties totaled 919 killed, 4,354 wounded and 1,272 missing.
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Supreme Hdqtrs
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Supreme Headquarters
United States
Fair Attracts Record Crowds At 54th Crosse Inter-State Fair
Cloudy cool Saturday opened the fourth day of the 54th Crosse Inter-State Fair as officials expected attendance to top Friday's 8 000 with 9 000 to 10 000 forecast. The forecast rests on a double afternoon racing program and two Erin Young revue shows. Livestock parade canceled due to track damage from prior animal activity.
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Erin Young
Young
Island chief recalls Japanese force with a woman
Los Angeles report quotes Navy Commander Myron W. Graybill saying an island native chief is certain a Japanese unit had a woman with them because he ate her. The claim comes from a Pacific theater veteran describing the encounter and the chief’s explanation.
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Los Angeles
Solomons Island
Navy
Myron W. Graybill
Graybill
Pacific
Collaborationists Take Licking From French In Freed Rennes
In Rennes France crowds cheered the American entry and violently mobbed captured collaborationists. French resistants beat and threatened two detainees from a jail as gendarmes watched and admired the crowd. The mob shouted Vive La France Vive De Gaulle and Vive Churchill as evening terror unfolded.
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Rennes
France
Germans Reveal Americans Gaining Swiftly in Brittany
Allied forces report Americans within Brest city limits as of 8:20 p m August 5. British troops advance from Villers Bocage capturing Aunay Sur Odon and pushing Germans east of Aunay to the Orne river. American units drive toward Domfront Sur Orne and reach near Caen as they press from the south.
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Brittany
Brest
Villers Bocage
Villers- Bocage
Aunay-Sur- Odon
Aunay
Orne
Rman
Normandy
Tommies
Odon-Orne
le Hom
Orne River
Thury Harcourt
Caen
Vire
Domfront- Sur-Orne
Advancing U S First Army Clears Forest of St Sever in France
In France the U S First Army advances from Avranches toward Paris driving through the Forest of St Sever near Vire and pushing toward Champ-du-Bout. Reconnaissance reaches Barenton Feugerolles Tillons and Le Teilleul as tanks and assault guns destroyed rise to reported totals.
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U. S. First Army
France
St. Sever
Vire
Champ-du-Boult Rine
St. Pois
le Mesnil Gilbert
Mortain
Paris
Avranches
Barenton
Feugerolles
Tillons
First Army
le Teilleul
Allied Expeditionary Force advances across Brittany toward St Nazaire and Nantes
Allied columns push through Brittany within miles of St Nazaire and Nantes as Americans move toward Brest. German forces withdraw near Caen while British and Canadian troops close on the Seine. RAF Halifax bombers strike U boat pens at Brest as the invasion front broadens.
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Brittany
St. Malo
Brest
Lorient
St. Nazaire
Nantes
Hoqtrs
France
Vichy
Pontiony
Peninsula
Halifax
Bence
Normandy
Odon- Orne
Caen
Seine River
Paris
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Reich
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