Allied Drive Near Paris as Falaise Falls to Canadians
Allied forces press toward Paris as Chartres Dreux Orleans and Chateaudun fall to American and Canadian units. Patton’s armored spearhead closes within miles of Versailles while German radio reports Paris under siege and food shortages deepen.
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St. Pierre
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Patton
15Th Army
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Normany
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Seine
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Orevants
Allied Bombers Strike Ploesti and German Ports
American heavy bombers from Italy attacked the Romanian oil center at Ploesti after nearly 1,200 Royal Air Force heavies exerted pressure on Stettin and Kiel. The raid aimed to support ground troops and disrupt German supply lines, with additional strikes on Nis in Yugoslavia and bridges across the Risle river. Since January 4, the Eighth Air Force has averaged 1,600 pounds dropped per minute and has claimed thousands of aircraft destroyed, while United States and British air forces continue operations against German forces in northern France and the Low Countries.
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London
Italy
Ploesti
England
Baltic
Stettin
Kiel
Germany
France
Belgium
Berlin
Nis
Belgrade
Risle
Seine
Seventh Army
Eighth
James H. Doolittle
Beca
Eighth Air Force
Low Countries
Finland
Normandy and Russian Front War Casualties Reported
American losses in Normandy from June 6 to August 6 total 16 434 killed 76 535 wounded and 19 704 missing as McCloy says German forces are trapped near Falaise. Soviet forces counterattack near Essen and Warsaw with heavy tank losses and gains near Sandomierz amid broader eastern front advances.
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Washington
Normaandy
France
John J. McCloy
McCloy
Normandy
Falaise
Seine River
Normandy Front
McCoy
Germany
New Rules Limit Overseas Mail of Food Items
New postal regulation restricts packages eight ounces or less to overseas addresses if they contain foodstuffs or candy. Up to eight ounces may still mail without a request if no food items are included. Packages up to five pounds may be sent on request and may contain foodstuffs and candy, with wrapping and size limits. From September 15 to October 15 Christmas gifts may go overseas without request. greeting cards must be in sealed envelopes and prepaid at first class rate.
Storm Downpours and Wind Cut Downtown Tempers
Downtown residents noted a sharp storm onset after 11:30 p m with rain and a temperature drop from 84 to 68 as winds hit 50 mph at Cameron Bluff. A tree fell on Maine street and another blocked a driveway at 1408 Kentucky street. Local observers logged .28 inch of rain and damage from the gusts, while utility crews cleared debris.
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Lawrence
C. J. Posey
K.E.P. Cameron Bluff
Maine
Kentucky Street
E.E. Bayles
Kentucky Stree Street
Allies Within 10 Miles of Toulon in Southern France
Allied forces have reached within 10 miles of Toulon and Cannes as the St Tropez and St Raphael beachhead expands to about 500 square miles. The advance continues with linked beachhead units, air field potential, and heavy enemy losses amid moderate Allied casualties.
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St. Tropez
St. Raphael
France
Toulon
Cannes
Pre Capes
Ste Jus
Lavandous
le Muy
le Lac
Lorgues
Collobrieres
Hirst
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
Deere
Roosevelt Thanks Press for Silence on Secret 35 Day Trip
President Roosevelt expressed gratitude to newspapers and radio for voluntary censorship that kept his 35 day trip secret. He noted all papers and stations except one in Oklahoma cooperated, which he did not name. The remarks came as he praised the media for restraint and responsibility.
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Ashington
Roosevelt
Oklahoma
Buckingham Palace Window Damage From Exploding Robot Bomb
London August 11 AP report says a robot bomb exploded near Buckingham Palace early morning damaging window frames and a summer house on royal grounds. The king and family were absent. the blast also ruined a tennis court and nearby landmarks. The incident marked the second robot attack near the palace after a bomb fell on a road outside the grounds.
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Associated Press
London
Samuel Johnson
Royal
Buckingham Ground
Haskell Institute staff and students aid war effort with farm and canning drive
At Haskell Institute a 60 acre community garden feeds a growing effort. Fifty staff members work shifts caring for a large corn and tomato crop while 140 bushels of corn were dehydrated and canned in number ten containers. Tomatoes are starting harvest as 270 more cans are stored. Staffer Lauria O Hara reports totals across corn sauerkraut pickles barbecue sauce and carrots reaching into the hundreds of cans.
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Haskell Institute
Laurie H. Thalman
Lauria O’hara
Cannery
Edge Off Heat Sweeping Across Kansas Markets Rainfall Reported
Wide spread showers and cooler weather eased August heat in Kansas with Concordia recording 2.80 inches and many towns posting rainfall. Forecaster Bland said the showers were ending and tonight's temperatures were expected to fall between 55 and 65 degrees.
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UPI
Pas
Concordia
Kansas
Goodland
Wheston
Anthony
Sun City
Burlingame
Hays
Oketo
Clay Center
Beloit
Olathe
Newton
Clifton
Quenemo
St. Joseph
Council Grove
Emmett
Garnett
Great Bend
Centralia
Qrinter
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Independence
Randolph
Russell
Hutchinson
Chanute
Walker
Columbus
Horton
Neosho Rapids
Leavenworth
Kansas City
Coffeyville
Dodge City
McPherson
Winfield
Ashland
Salina
Manhattan
Herington
Cassaday
Wamega
Garden City
Eureka
Fort Scott
Florence
Fort Riley
Wichita
P. N. Bland
Germans Besieged on Frontier near Annemasse
News from the French Swiss frontier reports about 1,000 German troops in the Saleve district near Haute Savoie forming positions at Annemasse to halt advancing French forces. A 35 man garrison at St. Gingolph surrendered to French detachment, while Germans reinforced Annemasse from Fort LeCluse and barricaded the hotel nearby, five miles southeast of Geneva.
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Haute Savoie
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Annemisse
Fort LeCluse
Geneva
Four Years Ago Today Blockade Aims to End War Soon
The German government announced a total blockade of Britain on August 17 1940. It urged neutral nations to keep ships away from the British Isles to help avoid complications and hasten an end to the war.
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Associated ‘Press
Brittain
British Isles
Lawrence Population Drops in 1944 Census
The 1944 enumeration for Lawrence shows 13 665 residents on March 1, down 1 691 from 16 306 a year earlier and 399 below 14 064 of 1942. County totals fall from 27 075 in 1943 to 23 716 this year, with Eudora and most townships also shrinking except Marion township which gains one.
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Lawrence
State Board of Agriculture
Topeka
T. R. Gerhart
Eudora
Drop
Marion
Lawrence Na
Budora
Lecompton
Clinton
Pot, Pent Ees
Grant
Kenwaka
Lecompton Jon Air
Kansas
Nazi Tank Guns Terrorize Florence Civilians
Reports from the Italian front say German tank guns were used against Italian civilians and police in a Florence district still under German control yesterday. Allied forces tightened control over the city’s main architectural treasures as partisans and fascists fought from windows and rooftops. The 51st Infantry Regiment under Col Arthur S Champeny, first to enter combat for the 88th Division, advanced from the Garigliano toward Rome and across the Arno.
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Florence
Oon
Florents
Arthur 5S. Champeny
Wellington
Kan
Fifth Army
Garigliano
Pontine Plain
Arno River
Political Leaders In India to Meet Saturday
Bombay Aug. 17 Gandhi and Jinnah two of India's foremost leaders will meet Saturday to discuss a proposal to partition India into separate autonomous Hindu and Moslem states. Observers say the conference may be the most important event in two centuries of Indian history though unlikely to detail a Moslem problem solution. A treaty setting broad principles for division is contemplated.
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Bombay
India
GPI
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Mahomed Ali Jinnah
Gandhi
Jinnah
Man Drowns On Roof In Thunderstorm Aftermath
A 54 year old man named Alex Nimmo drowned on a building roof in New York during an early morning incident after a violent thunderstorm. He was trying to clear a roof drain when water suction pulled his arm into the drain and forced his head under water. Two other deaths occurred in the storm and subway service was disrupted as temperatures dropped sharply.
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New York
Alex Nimmo
Stock Market Index Climb to 55.6 on Latest Close
The stock market average of 60 stocks rose to 55.6 from 55.1 yesterday, signaling a modest advance in broad market sentiment. Investors tracked gains across several sectors as trading wrapped for the day.
Conchies Treated Rough On Bus
Six men from McPherson told Major Nemic at the induction center they were beaten and had hair cut by other draftees aboard a bus carrying 35 men. Nemic said the six would be returned to McPherson after their physical examination.
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Heavenwoes
Kans
peerePhereen
Kane
Wier
G. B. Nemic
McPherson
Nemic
Drop in salaries for Douglas County officials this year
County officials in Douglas County will have reduced salaries as population declined from 28,716 to 27,075 this year. The pay changes are based on population figures and take effect this month as the enumeration shifts. Last year 27,075 boosted officials' pay. The article compares old and new salary schedules by office.
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Douglas County Court House
One Corporation Offers Air Ambulance Service
Ong Aircraft corporation announced air ambulance service for Lawrence. A Stinson ambulance plane based in Kansas City can reach Lawrence in 15 minutes after call. The crew includes pilot doctor nurse and patient on a stretcher, flying patients to distant hospitals for emergency treatment.
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Lawrence
Ong Aircraft Corporation
Charles H. McMillan
Ong
Stinson
Kansas City
W. D. Ross Dies at 74 in New England Hospital
W D Ross longtime Kansas educator died Wednesday in a Newton Mass hospital at age 74 after a week of illness. He served as state superintendent of public instruction from 1912 to 1919 and later led the history department at Emporia State Teachers College and was registrar. Born August 8 1876 in Washington Pa he came to Kansas in 1897 and taught in several districts before his state post. He was visiting his daughter in Wellesley Mass when stricken. He served in France in World War I with the army educational corps and was listed in Who's Who since 1915.
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Kan
W. D. Ross
Emporia State Teachers College
Newton
Mass
Washington
Kansas
Oskaloosa
University of Kansas
Hartford
Effingham
Leavensporhe Valley Falls
Fleabody
Ross
Arthur Edwards
Wellesley
France
Army Educational Corps
American Expeditionary Force
Ates Oe
French Civilians Killed In Caen Shelling
UPR-A congressman back from the Normandy front reports allied shelling of Caen killed 7,500 French civilians in the cathedral city of 60,000. He said after a barrage killed 2,500, fleeing civilians returned and were killed in a second strike. He described meeting Churchill and traveling incognito with Rep. Gordon Canfield.
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UPR
Normandy
Caen
Hugh O. Scott, Jr
Philadelphia
Scott
France
Churchill Scott
Gordon Canfield
New Jersey
Atlantic
Patton's Third Army Reaches Midway From Brest to Rhine
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force reports Lt Gen George S Patton's third army is halfway from Brest toward the Rhine. The force is about 270 miles from Brest and Chartres, with Patton’s columns already beyond Chartres as operations push eastward from Brittany toward Germany.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied
George S. Patton
Brest
Rhine
Germany
Chartres
Patton
Upper Rhine
Normandy
Brittany
Aris
Brig. Gen. Wilson Visits Lawrence After India Tour
Brig. Gen. Thomas Bayne Wilson, recently returned from India and Australia, visited Lawrence for business tied to his Williams Ranch. He has served 21 months in the region, coordinating transportation for troops and supplies, and directed river and land logistics in the China India Burma theater. He is a native of Jefferson County, son of ex-senator B. E. Wilson.
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India
China
Lawrence
Williams
Washie
Kansas City
Carmel-by the-Sea
Australia
Southwest Pacific
Heyendee
Erit
Meekis
China-India-Burma
Assam
of Transcontinental and Estern Air, Inc
South- Pacific Railroad
Greyhound Lines
TWA
Alnaka Steamship Company
New Delhi
Coombs Named Boys Advisor at Haskell Institute
Coombs, prince of University high school for two years, began duties today as boys' advisor and athletic director at Haskell Institute. He came from Belleville where he was county superintendent of Public county. He replaces Herbert Wiebe who resigned weeks ago to become dean of men at Hethel College in Newo.
Contracts set for Sunflower building project Kansas
The federal public housing authority awarded 29 015 02 for site improvements and road repairs for a Sunflower Kansas project of 850 temporary family dwellings to Midwest Pre Core Co Kansas City The work starts August 18 and finishes within 60 days Reno Construction Co Overland Park Kansas got a 3 643 50 road repair contract on the same project Roosevelt meets Truman in Washington as Roosevelt holds noon conference with General Marshall and schedules luncheon with Senator Truman tomorrow
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Federal Public Housing Authority
Eudora
Kans
Midwest Pre Core Co
Kansas City
Reno Construction Ciy
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