Government Tightens Civilian Work Force Control in War Effort
Washington reports a sweeping expansion of wartime manpower power. Agencies can compel layoffs, cap staffing, and sanction firms by cutting materials, power, and transport to align civilian labor with war production needs. Four labor area groups define urgency, with production and manpower committees deciding who must shed or receive workers.
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Washington
Cpi
Byrnes
War Manower Commission
John Jones
WNC
U. S
Army
Navy
Maritime Commission
War Production Board
WMC
Armed Servicen
Congress
Cross the Irrawaddy in Burma Push Two-Thirds of Waingmaw Taken
Southeast Asia Command reports Chinese troops crossed the Irrawaddy and overran two-thirds of Waingmaw after the Myitkyina siege. Kachin levies moved east toward Maingna as Brig. Gen. Wes sels replaces Frank Merrill. Mandalay railway section between Myitkyina and Mogaung opened.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Myitkyina
Irrawaddy River
Waingmaw
Maingna
Burma
T. F. Wessels
Frank Merrill
Mandalay
Mogaung
War Victims Arrive Here at Emergency Refugee Shelter
Nearly a thousand war victims arrived in Oswego New York to stay through the war’s duration at a relocation authority shelter. Refugees chosen from Italian camps include Poles Austrians Germans and Czechs of nineteen nationalities. They came to the United States outside regular quotas under Roosevelt’s free port plan.
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Oswego
N. Y
Europe
War Relocation Authority
Per Ontrio
United States
Roosevelt
End of War Returns Planned for Overseas Detainees
The order states that upon war’s end, detainees will be sent back to their home countries. It clarifies the return process and outlines coordination with relevant governments to repatriate individuals once hostilities cease. The note emphasizes orderly, safe transfers and respect for international protections.
Germans Pulling Out as Allies Advance in Southwest France
Reports from Iran and Spain dated August 5 indicate rapid Allied advances in Brittany force German withdrawals from southwestern France. Heavy Allied air attacks disrupt German garrisons while French resistance strengthens, cutting rail lines and attacking columns along the coast as Americans push forward.
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Iran
Spain
Breton
France
Frontier
Reich
London
Brittany
Allied ships sunk claim clashes with allied confirmation
German communique asserts that one allied cruiser three destroyers and five transports totaling 36 000 tons were sunk by German weapons and U boats near the invasion front but provides no date and lacks Allied verification. In Kansas Gov Schoeppel returns from St Louis then heads to Omaha for Missouri river conference with Mitchell and Knapp in tow.
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London
Ger
Topeka
Kan
UPI
St. Louis
Andrew Schoeppel
Omaha
A. B. Mitchell
George Knapp
State Board of Agriculture
Invasion Normandy Barges Help Move Oil
Washington reports wooden tank barges performed well in transporting vital petroleum products during the Normandy invasion. The Office of Defense Transportation notes 269 wooden barges built for wartime traffic, with 64 used along the gulf intracoastal waterway from Texas to Florida and 20 more to be added. Some barges used by the army at embarkation ports and 12 tested on the Missouri river for fuel oil.
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Washington
Normandy
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Texas
Florida
Army
Missouri River
Foe Invasion Casualties Report Lag Behind Anticipated
Supreme Headquarters advances claim allied casualties in the Normandy invasion are about 30 percent under the expected figure. Major General W Kenner noted an extremely low mortality rate among the wounded. Overall, about 8 percent of Normandy casualties have been fatal as wounded are moved ashore.
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Supreme Headquarters
W. Kenner
Polilical Corps
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
Normandy
Another Kelly Joins Army Brother of Commando Kelly Enlists
Pittsburgh reports a new recruit in the U S Army as Edward Kelly, 19, brother of Tech Ser gt Charles Kelly. The Kelly family includes five other brothers Frank Eugene George James and John all serving or entering the military alongside Edward. The piece notes stress on medical care for wounded near front lines and air evacuation to Britain.
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Channel
England
Fesults
Kenner
Britain
Pittsburgh
Hitler
Kelly
Edward
Tech
Sgt
Charles
Commando
Eddie
New Cumberland
Frank
Eugene
George
James
John
Church Services And Appointment In Topeka
Free Methodist Church lists Sunday school at 11 morning worship by Rev Dessinger evening service led by J E Wade Trinity Lutheran at Thirteenth and New Hampshire notes 9 45 church school 11 90 service sermon Be Strong in the Lord with music by Mildred Reuter and choir under A G Sabol Episcopal church at Tenth and Vermont announces Transfiguration 11 morning prayer and sermon by Dr John W Ashton organist Ruth Orcutt midweek services suspended in August Gov Schoeppel announces appointment of Mrs Alice Anderson Erie as probate judge of Neosho county by the governor.
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Nee Free Methodist Church
Joseph H. Reid
J. E. Wade
F. ¢. Dessinger
Trinity Lutheran Church
Thirteenth
New Hampshire
Alfred J. Beil
Misa Mildred Reuter
A. G. Sabol
Morrison
Hamblin
Mi Tea Dunn
Trinity Episcopal Church
Tenth
Vermont
D. O. Weatherles
Rermon
John W. Ashton
Ruth Orcutt
Swan Topeka
Alice Anderson
Erie
Neosho County
Andrew Schoeppel
Anderson Succeeds Late DC Sra as Judge
Ankara August 5 The German consulate at Izmir once a hub of Nazi intelligence set afire after papers burned in the three story building Firemen arrived unrequested and were refused entry preventing cooperation from the consulate staff The blaze was extinguished from adjacent buildings with the help of local firefighters
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Ankara
Izmir
Mary Ellen Lutz Obituary notables in Stephenson County
Mary Ellen Lutz widow of Frank Lutz formerly Mary Ellen Senior born August 22 1859 in Stephenson County Illinois died recently. Funeral arrangements to be announced locally by family and church members.
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Mary Ellen Lutz
Frank, Lutz
Mary Ellen Senior
Stephenson County, Ill
Lutz Family Golden Anniversary Oberlined in Obituary
July 28 1 marks years since Frank Lutz and his wife celebrated their golden wedding in 1929. Surviving children are five sons Charles B Arthur F Andrew M Fred and Elmer W Lutz all of Worden. One sister Mrs Frank Rose of … grandchild Billy. Resident of Worden for 10 years she was known for optimism and courage shaping community faith.
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Frank Lutz
Elmer W. Lutz
Worden
Mra
Frank Rose
Epeutes
Ie de Scheephlin
iErandson
Billy “Panier Peeing
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Lars
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