Yanks Take Le Mans Drive on Paris
American First Army under Lt Gen Bradley swept through Le Mans and pushed toward Paris, with reports of rapid advances across the Loire region. Canadian and British forces advanced near Caen Falaise and St Malo as the Allied pincers closed on the German line, while Brest and Lorient remained focal points of Marine and air operations.
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Omar N. Bradley
le Mang
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Falaise
le Mans
Angers
Loire
Nantes
France
Penioughboys
Brest
Karl Spang
Bretteville-sur-Laize
Orne River
Orne
Lake Rivers
Supreme Headquarters
St. Nazaire
Lorient
Ire
Shain
Bayonne
Churchill
Normandy
Battlefeint
A M Sonteenar
Generi
Five Enemy Counterattacks Disrupted on Italian Front
British and Indian forces recaptured Monte Grillo and repelled five German counterattacks on its slopes north and northwest of Arezzo. Florence reports varied with water shortages and looting claims. American artillery engaged Nazi tanks near Bisa, with unclear Arno side.
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Rome
Monte Grillo
Arezzo
Arno
Florence
Fifth Army
Bisa
Great Air Sweep Over Europe War Report Aug 9
More than 2,000 American bombers and fighters attacked targets in Germany Hungary and Yugoslavia while forces struck bridges behind the French front and hit a vast ammunition dump. The Ninth Air Force and Italian based units reported rail and road damage plus 51 tanks destroyed with many other vehicles and gun emplacements damaged. Eighteen bombers and two fighters were lost as German defenses challenged the raid. A separate strike hit the Almas Fuzito refinery near Budapest and other targets in Hungary and Yugoslavia. Rouen area forests were hit by an ammunition dump explosion.
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Britain
Italy
Germany
Hungary
Yugoslavia
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Oise
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9Th Air Force
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Vire
le Mans
U. S
Almas Fuzito
Danube
Budapest
Messerschmitt
Gyor
Veches
Tokol
Lyons Forest
Rouen
Dig In At Danzig And Polish Corridor Mobilization
London dispatch reports a German radio forecast total mobilization in the Polish corridor and Danzig to repel a potential Russian invasion. It notes fortifications and trench digging in the area and possible prewar territory east of the Oder may be ordered. Franz von Papen was arrested on his return to Germany from Ankara. Rival Polish emissaries fail to renew negotiations, delaying talks until after a Russian advance on Warsaw.
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UPI
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Red Army
Oder River
von Papen
Istanbul
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Carmany
Ankara
Oscow
Stn
Lublin
Warsaw
Vistula
Germany
Poland
Italy
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Norway
East Prussia
Maquis Disrupt German Retreats in Southwest France
Reports from the French border say Maquis fighters disrupt German efforts to evacuate troops and equipment from southwestern France. Sabotage of communications and anti-Nazi morale bolster Allied advances while border residents inform on German movements. French patriots sharpen their resistance as Maquis widen recruitment to include any willing French, Belgian, Dutch, or Italian with a gun.
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Spain
France
Dia
Maquia
Frontier
Maquis
Altho
Corn Needs Moisture In Kansas Weather Report
Topeka August 9 crop report notes corn and sorghums show prospects of unusually high yields in all except southeastern Kansas. Western Kansas reports exceptional sorghum yields while heat and dryness hit southeastern and south central sections. Wheat harvest near completion. soil prep for fall seeding underway with good summer fallow moisture. Broomcorn excellent. sugar beets good. soybeans developing. alfalfa hay yields strong. pastures green and carrying capacity high for this time of year.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Weather and Crop Report
Conte Verde Seized by Japan After Shanghai Raid
Italian liner Conte Verde now in Japanese hands after direct hits during first U S bombing raid on Shanghai harbor. Gen Stilwell's headquarters announced the attack was carried out Monday by Liberators.
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Conte Verde
U.S
Shanghai
Joseph W. Stilwell
Noose Tightened By Red Soldiers
Soviet forces push deeper into Poland toward Silesia as more German divisions retreat. Red Army columns press near Riga and Vistula bridgehead while Warsaw remains under heavy pressure. German counterattacks and new officer appointments mark a critical juncture on the eastern front.
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Red Army
Poland
German Silesia
Vistula
Pest
Ivan Ce
Rman
Warsaw
No Relief From Heat In Kansas As Temperatures Near 100
Topeka reports another hot day with no relief in sight as Concordia recorded 99 yesterday and forecasts show near 100 today. Weatherman S D Flora notes 1934 saw 110 in Topeka and recalls dry western Kansas, with Coffeyville at 0.08 inches rain in the last 24 hours and lows in the 60s in Phillipsburg.
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Concordia
S. D. Flora
Coffeyville
Aresa Fonigne
Kansas
Flora
Phillipsburg
Stilwell Elevated to full general in Senate action
Washington reports Joseph Warren Stilwell 61 year old commander in the India Burma theater was elevated yesterday to full general in confirmation by the senate. He becomes one of four star officers on active duty joining George C. Marshall Dwight D. Eisenhower Douglas MacArthur H. H. Arnold and Malin Craig on the list.
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Joseph Warren Stilwell
Inn
Burma
India
Senate
George C. Marshall
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Malin Craig
Senate Debate Roils Over Wartime Worker Training Plan
In Washington the Senate discussed the Murray Kilgore proposal to train idle workers at government expense for six months with subsistence allowances, amid Republican protests about political influence in selections. Senator Ferguson warned of a dangerous opportunity for a political machine, while Senator Wagner argued state bureaucrats oppose federal unemployment funding. A vote was tentatively set for tomorrow as other bills aim to preserve or shift unemployment benefits, affecting about 3.5 million federal workers.
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Ferguson
R-Mich
Wagner
D-N.y
Murray
D-Mont
Kilgore
D-W.va
George Ga
Guam siege and Pacific air blows reported in war update
U S Pacific Fleet reports Guam under heavy pressure as 7,008 Japanese forces trap American defenders and natives. MacArthur and Nimitz announce air raids in Halmahera Yap Wake Nauru Paramushiro with Liberators destroying parked planes and neutralizing bases. No raiders lost in these operations.
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Carolines
Nauru
Wake Island
Paramushiro
Ku- Files
Ten Went to Leavenworth This Morning From County
Ten white men from Douglas county went to Fort Leavenworth this morning for their pre induction physical examinations for serving in the armed forces of the United States. The group included E E E E Adame Jr Francis Canfield Jack John Everley Pennington Murray Clarence Hodge Estus Earl Barrett Elmer Christie Lee Boyd Hardy Eterm Aauther Samuel Parker and others, with listed street addresses in Sunflower, Oak Street, California Street, Elm Street, Elissty Street, Baldwin and New York Streets.
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Douglas County
Fort Leavenworth
United States
Eee E. Adame, Jr
Francis Canfield
Oaksits Street
Jack John Everley
Pasa Haskell
Lee Pennington
California Street
Murray
Clarence Hodge
Elm Street
Estus Earl Barrett
Elissty Street
Virgil
Elmer Christie
Baldwin
Lee Boyd Hardy
New York
Eterm Aauther
Nichola
Eudora
Samuel Parker
West Fourteenth Street
Japanese force overtaken near Imphal during retreat
Allied troops reported overrunning Japanese positions fifty miles south of Imphal in southeast Asia as they pursued retreating guards. An allied communique also said forces in northern Burma reached the Mogaung to Mandalay railway in the Taungmi area after a rapid southeast advance, meeting little resistance.
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St Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Imphal
Bi Air
KU Plans for Post War Period
University of Kansas outlines postwar plans to aid veterans with education, counseling, and credits. A veterans service committee and a separate war credits group map courses, testing, and job placement, aiming to reintegrate 6,000 former students in military service.
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Pers King Fora & Sacae
L. H. Axe
Univera Oe Eee
Veterans Administration
Axe
Washingeton
D. C
Kansas City
Wign
University War Credits Committee
Guy W. Smith
Armed Services
Army
Navy
U. S. Army Forces Institute
Gran’ Credit
Bors
Fred Ellsworth
Harold Pépinaky
University of Minnesota
A. H. Turney
School of Education
Axe and
Woodruff
U. S. Veterans Administration
Armed Forces Institute
U. S
Kansas
School of Business
Godruff
Nationwide strikes hit 19000 workers in four stoppages
The United States and Canada saw about 19 000 workers idle in four strikes over labor disputes. GM gear and axle plants in Detroit led the figures with 7 000 idle, while midwest truck drivers and Paterson New Jersey plants added thousands. Across 16 other disputes, 3 000 more workers were idle as the nation faced widespread stoppages. In related news, stove rationing will ease August 15 as nonmetallic coal and wood stoves come off the rationed list.
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United States
Canada
General Motors
Detroit
Midwest
Paterson
N. J
Atrike
Washington
Office of Price’ Administration
Supplies to Front on U S Trucks
Maj. Gen. John R. Deane, back from Russia, told reporters four points on the eastern front. He said Russians fight 100 percent, show high military competence, and highly appreciate American aid. They aim to cooperate closely and want to be friends with the United States.
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Red Army
John R. Deane
Russia
Douglas County Exceeds Fifth War Bond Quota by Large Margin
Douglas County surpassed its Fifth War Loan target of 2,218,400 with final sales of 2,675,818 sent from the U S Treasury War Finance Committee in Topeka. Of this total 377,397 was in E bonds the people’s bond. Kansas total Fifth War bond sales reached 6280 617 well above the 124 00 000 quota. Nearby counties show varied results with Johnson Leavenworth Osage Shawnee and others posting substantial totals.
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Douglas County
U. S. Treasury War Finance Committee
Topeka
Kansas
Suocounty
Ers Son
Johnson
Leavenworth County
Osage County
Shawnee County
Seventeen Die In Cuban Pan American Clipper Crash
A Pan American flying boat struck a swell while taking off from Nipe bay Cuba and wrecked. Seventeen passengers died and nine passengers plus five crew survived. Salvage crews battled to recover more bodies as the aircraft, en route from San Juan to Miami, had stopped at Antilla to load passengers.
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Nipe Bay
Cuba
Miami
William D. Smallwood
San Juan
Big Four
Clipper
Pioneer tans-Pacific
Smallwood
Antilla
Rusk
Cane Country
Meeting Places Set for Four 4-H Conservation Camps
Manhattan Kansas announced four 4-H club conservation camps with sites at Lake Shawnee Hutchinson Fair building and Canker City August 31 to September 1. J D Smerchck named districts for urban and rural participants and said camps emphasize conservation of natural resources and human life. Albany New York August 9 Governor Dewey was assured by Charles M Dale that victory in New Hampshire is likely before a luncheon conference with E Edge.
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Kan
J. D. Smerchck
Opeka
New Hampshire
Dewey
Albany
N. Y
Thomas KE. Dewey
Charles M. Dale
Waller. E. Edge
New Jersey
Rocket Powders Aid Pacific Landing Efforts
A telegram from Rear Admiral Hussey notes rocket projectiles and lander craft expanding fire power in Pacific amphibious operations. Rockets blaze paths for troops, while planes and gun emplacements near Bougainville see successful use, boosting morale at Sunflower plant and in war reporting.
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Fea Dacecher
Hussey
Bureau of ‘Oninanes
Oan
weenaLee
Cowie
Ted
Hertales Bowie Company
Additon Navy
Ae Ee
Reocket
Bougainville
Beleles
Barn Fire Destroys Kilgore Farm Structure
A noon blaze on the C. W. Kilgore farm near Goute, about three and a half miles southwest of Lawrence, destroyed a 36 by 50 foot barn and five tons of hay. Kilgore, working on a tractor, suspects an accidental start. The Lawrence fire department arrived promptly, saved a nearby hen house and some wheat, but the barn and its contents were lost.
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Ras
Lawrence
Senator Blames FEPC for Philadelphia Transit Strike
Washington Aug 9 Senator Russell D Ga charged on the senate floor that the Philadelphia transit strike was deliberately fomented by the fair employment practices committee FEPC He warned without FEPC there would be no lost war production and no disturbances He called the strike a civic tragedy and a culmination of a year's pressure by the FEPC against a valid contract. Topeka reports three men from Topeka killed in France as war department notified relatives.
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Washington
Ator Russell
Senate
Philadelphia
FEPC
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