German Resistance Crumbling As Allies Push To Border
Allied forces drive east and west with British and Canadian armour breaking the Somme line and Amiens captured. American tank armies reach within 26 miles of Belgium and over 80 miles from Germany as quick advances threaten Boulogne Arras Calais and Dunkerque. Reports describe German fatigue and retreat as the push toward the coast accelerates.
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Supreme Headquarters
AEF
U.P
Somme
Amiens
Boulogne
Calais
Dunkerque
Aisne and
Marne
Belgium
Germany
London
2Nd
Channel
1St Army
Seine River
Rouen
Dieppe
Rouen Iia
Pas de Calais
United Press
Richard D. McMillan
McMillan
Arras
Paris
Richard O’don
Polio Epidemic Delays School Openings in Four States
Local health authorities in Wisconsin Michigan Pennsylvania and New York order schools to remain closed amid rapidly spreading poliomyelitis. The Public Health Service calls this the most serious outbreak since 1916 with 6258 cases nationwide and Milwaukee county reporting seven deaths and 41 illnesses.
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United Press
Wisconsin
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New York
U. S. Public Health Service
Washington
New Jersey
Delaware
Nebraska
Indiana
D. C
New York State
Milwaukee
Wis
Washington, D. C
Police Captain Father Names Movie Star Mildred Law
Boston report says actress Mildred Law adopted her screen name due to her father Captain Thomas McMurray of East Boston police station. The detail ties her stage identity to her parental occupation.
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Boston
U.P
Mildred Law
Papa Thomas McMurray
East Boston
Ex Notre Dame fan Van Wallace eyes opener return home
Van Wallace, paralyzed from the shoulders down for two decades, plans a Detroit to Detroit football visit as he follows Notre Dame. He attends games from Alameda via ambulance with Fred Snite in an iron lung, a friendship formed since 1987.
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San Francisco
van Wallace
Knute Rockne
University of Notre Dame
Rockne
Four Horsemen
South Bend
Fighting Irish
Alameda
Cal
Detroit
Notre Dame Club
Van
Fred Snite
Notre Dame
Yank Lieutenant Takes Captors Prisoner
Lt. Clarence E. Coggins of Po teau Oklahoma captured a Nazi major during patrol in Southern France and convinced him that 17 officers and 924 men were hopelessly trapped. The Nazi commander allowed Coggins to return to his lines to arrange a mass surrender.
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Clarence E. Coggins
Poteau
Okla
France
Coggins
Allies in Italy Advance 19 Miles Across Gothic Line
British 8th Army seized Pesaro and Urbino on the Adriatic front and crossed the Foglia river as they closed on the Gothic Line. Polish tanks entered Pesaro while Polish troops cleared the north bank from sea to river. Additional British advances covered the Metauro valley and inland positions near Arezzo and Bibbiena with patrols probing German defenses along the Arno valley.
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Rome
8Th Army
Pesaro
Adriatic
Urbino
Foglia
Foglia River
Art
Monte Calvo
Metauro
San Angelo
Apennines
Caprese Michelangelo
Arezzo
Santa Andrea Sanaggio
Arno Valley
Poppi
Bibbiena
Soci
Pagliericcio
Florence
Consuma
Sieve River
Pontassieve
Poggio Cerrone
War in Europe may end in next month
United Press war report from London on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the European war predicts the conflict could end within five weeks if weather cooperates and battle luck holds. It cites German Wehrmacht casualties in France, Italy and Russia and notes heavy losses, guerilla pressure, and retreat.
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Adolf Hitler
Poland
United Press
London
U.P
Third Reich
Wehrmacht
France
Italy
Russia
Luftwaffe
Reich
Hospital Report Highlights Local Medical Updates
Mrs. Dessie Hinman had major surgery today. Walter Wayne Lama of Jasonville Route 2 underwent a tonsillectomy this morning. A baby girl weighing 6 pounds 12 ounces was born this morning to Mrs. Shirley Griffith of Jasonville. the newborn's name has not yet been chosen. Leon Perry was dismissed Wednesday evening and Mrs. E L Barnes was taken to her home on Wednesday.
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Dessie Hinman
Walter Wayne Lama
Jasonville
Shirley Griffith
Leon Perry
E. L. Barnes
Three Towns Hold 27 In Ferdinand Area
The unorganized towns Averill Lewis and Ferdinand in Essex County cover about 100 square miles with a combined population of 27.
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Ferdinand
Vt. U.P
Averill, Lewis and Ferdinand
Essesx County
Russians push toward Bucharest as Romania surrenders
Soviet forces drive south from Ploesti into Bucharest suburbs after routing German units. columns reach Dobruja border and threaten to cross into Bulgaria. More than 316000 German and allied troops captured in 12 days as Malinovsky’s 2nd Army advances rapidly. Oil fields at Ploesti cited as crucial to Hitler’s war machine.
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Moscow
U.P
Ploesti
Bucharest
Romania
Dobruja
Bulgaria
Germany
Michael
Rodion V. Malinovsky
Adolf Hitler
River accident with fatal drowning and burn injuries reported
Indiana report from Marion notes Lloyd Needler of Hartford City treated for serious burns after a Mississinewa River incident in which his son Gene Albert Needler, 18, drowned when a motorboat exploded and burned.
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Marion
Lloyd Needler
Hartford City
Mississinewa River
Gene Albert Needler
Greene and Bi County Bar Associations Elect Officers
Officers for Greene county are Judge Karl Parker Vosich president J Clyde Crane vice president Paul Haywood secretary and J Albert Jackson treasurer. Bi county officers are Kern G Beasley president Norman Neeley vice president Paul Haywood secretary and George Earl treasurer. Nineteen Greene county attorneys and twenty five from Monroe county attended the picnic at Frank Gentry cabin in Brown county.
Victorious Americans In Southern Frange Near Italian Border
Twenty seven people were booked for examination and check up at the Hospital Clinic on Wednesday when the Greene County TB Association held its third best clinic of 1944. X rays were taken and patches applied to children.
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Greene County TB Association
State Board of Health and County Hospital
Greene County
Rockville
Hillcrest
Rationing News Updates September Point Values
The Office of Price Administration said September ration values will keep current point levels for most meats but better grades will be scarcer. Cheese rises two red points per pound, condensed milk drops to one point, and creamery butter stays at 16 with process butter up to 12. Civilian citrus allocations are increased, and the new ration period runs from Sunday through Sept 30.
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Washington
U.P
Office of Price Administration
War Food Administration
WFA
OPA
Jackie Coogan Instructs Troop Carrier Crews At Vincennes
Flight Officer Jackie Coogan arrives at George Field to serve as instructor aiding troop carrier training. He previously piloted the first glider into Burma behind Jap lines and will broadcast from Stout Field before permanent duties at George Field.
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Lawrenceville
Ill
U.R
Jackie Coogan
Burma
George Field
Coogan
Stout Field
Indianapolis
Mutual Broadcasting System
Myitkyina Air Field
Troop Carrier Command
Tracy K. Dorsett
American Express Driver Reads Bakery Sign on Wedding Day
U P driver William Hurley in Somerville arrives for a delivery to find a bakery shop sign reading Closed till noon Marys getting married. The moment captures a light local note amid a routine postal run.
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Somerville
Mass
U.P
William Hurley
American Express Co
Linton Ministerial Association Moves Friday Meeting
The Linton Ministerial Association will meet Friday at 10:00 AM instead of Monday. The gathering is scheduled at the Welch and Cornett Funeral Home.
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Linton Ministerial Association
Welch and Cornett
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