Allied Breakthrough Near Avranches Shifts Normandy Line
Allied forces push to Avranches as American armor drives 12 miles into German defenses and British units advance eight miles inland. Thousands of German prisoners flow east as more than 600 tanks participate. the campaign threatens to shape a central France push.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Avranches
Normandy
Paris
First Army
Torigni-Sur-Vise-Caumont
Torigni
Cotentin
Brest
France
Caen
Land turtle bears R B carving from 1921 on shell
Mrs Ed Helber Route 4 found a large land turtle with a carved R B 1921 on its shell. The initials mark Rus sell Brown son of Mr and Mrs Charles Brown, tied to prewar Route 4 days, now in Hawaii with a chance to leave enduring footprints in sand. In a German POW camp card Sgt Charles Kleinschmidt says all is well, suffered a slight wound, kept mother from knowing, after being shot down on a Flying Fortress last year.
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Route 4
R. B
Russell Brown
Charles Brown
Hawaii
Tortoise
Joe Shaw
East Main Street
Charles Kleinschmidt
Red Cross
Kleinschmidt
Germany
Bombing Raid Over France Signals New Allied Push
RAF Bostons and Mitchells struck wide areas in France last night in one of their busiest operations since D day. Allied daylight raids were anticipated as bombers and fighters totaling around 1 000 aircraft were active against targets from Tours to Rouen. Weather remained thick over the front, yet the attack aimed to weaken the German line between Villers Bocage and Caumont as a prelude to a new British ground drive.
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London
France
Reich
Berlin
Germany
Tours
Angers
Paris
Arras
Doullens
Amiens
Rouen
Caumont
Villers Bocage
Navy Officer Awarded Congressional Medal in Southwest Pacific
Lt. Nathan G. Gordon of Morriston Arkansas received the Congressional Medal of Honor for landing a Catalina flying boat at Kavieng Harbor on February 15 and rescuing 15 downed U S airmen under Japanese fire. This marked the first Navy MOH presentation in the Southwest Pacific and the 14th MOH in the region, with thirteen Army awards including three in the Philippines.
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Southwest
Pacific
Nathan G. Gordon
Morriston
Ark
Navy
Kavieng Harbor
America
Southwest Pacific
Army
Philippines
Navy cuts submarine production amid broader war ship needs
Washington reports a cutback in submarine building due to fewer subs built than expected and the need to free ships and weapons. The Navy notes the overall program will still grow through early 1945 with eight urgent class needs including aircraft carriers cruisers assault ships tankers rockets 40 millimeter guns and high octane fuel.
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Washington
Navy
Meat supplies down Washington
The Agriculture Department said civilian meat supplies for fall and early winter may be 8 to 10 percent below the first half of the year due to reduced livestock production, while overall food supplies are expected to remain relatively plentiful this fall and winter.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Portsmouth man dies rescuing niece in river
Ray Griffith a 45-year-old shoe factory worker of Portsmouth Ohio died of a heart attack in the Scioto River while attempting a rescue of his 15-year-old niece who had gone beyond her death. The niece was later rescued by Fred Shy of Portsmouth.
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Waverly
Ray Griffith
Portsmouth
Scioton River
Pike County
H. J. Junk
Fred Shy
Soviet Forces Reach Six Miles From Warsaw
London July 31 Associated Press reports German sources indicate Red Army may have reached Warsaw as seven miles inside East Prussia triangle. Kaunas falls, Moscow says Germans pour fresh reserves to halt push. Cherniakovsky leads attack toward East Prussia as Red troops advance within 83 miles of Krakow and other Baltic targets.
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Associated Press
London
Warsaw
Kaunas
Suwalki
East Prussia
DNB
Berlin
Moscow
Red
Lithuania
Niemen River
German Transocean
German High Command
Poland
Junkers
Giby
Ivan D. Cherniakovsky
Cherniakovksy
Augunstow
Germany
Silesia
Riga
Baltic
Latvia
Gulf of Riga
Krakow
OPA Restores Canned Corn Ratings on Ration List
Washington July 31 canned corn returned to the ration list after OPA action to keep retailers stocks from running out. Whole kernel vacuum packed corn rated three points for 12 ounce can while other canned corn received five points for a 20 ounce can.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Bicycle collision claims Lancaster boy life
Patterson Kindler Jr. an 11 year old of Lancaster was killed Saturday when his bicycle collided with a car. Police reported the accident occurred in Lancaster with immediate confirmation of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Patterson Kindler, at his side.
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Lancaster, O
Patterson Kindler Jr
Patterson Kindler
Eileen Boyle Willis
Brooklyn
N. Y
Central Pacific
Col. Willis
International
Germans Claim Yanks Shell Pisa Leaning Tower
Allied and German reports swirl over the Leaning Tower of Pisa amid Italy combat. Berlin radio claimed destruction by Allied artillery, while NBC cited no Allied confirmation. The Pisa shelling claim follows heavy fighting near Florence and ongoing artillery exchanges along the Arno.
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Pisa
Florence
Fifth Army
Arno
New York
NBC
Berlin
Turks Near War Entry As Turkey Near Break With Reich
Berlin and London reports say Germany lost hope of holding strings on Turkey. Turkish government expected to announce plans Wednesday to cut economic and diplomatic ties with the Reich. Indications Germany is losing influence in Bulgaria as Soviet consulates may open at Varna and Burgas.
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Turkey
Reich
Bulgaria
Transocean
Berlin
Ankara
Sofia
Istanbul
Black Sea
Varna
Burgas
Induction Rules Relaxed For Men Over 26 In Ohio
Ohio selective service director Col C W Goble rescinded a prior order requiring draft boards to obtain his permission to induct men over 26. The change resumes normal induction for ages 26 to 29 and 30 to 37 when properly classified. Those in essential activities 2-A or 2-B largely remain exempt.
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Columbus
Selective Service
Ohio
Yanks Capture Main Town on Tinian Island
Pacific Commanders Nimitz and McArthur push converging campaigns toward the Philippines. Allied forces seize Tinian's main town and push operations from Guam and Saipan. Halmahera and Tengchung also see renewed Allied actions as Kenney’s aircrews destroy aircraft and expand bombardment.
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Tinian Island
Pacific
Nimitz
McArthur
Philippines
Tinian
Marianas
New Guinea
Japan
Coddling of Italian Prisoners Denied by War Department
The War Department rejected claims that Italian prisoners of war are coddled noting Italian service units hold a different status from German and Italian-Fascist POWs. Italy is a co-belligerent with the U S Great Britain and Russia and Italian volunteers for service units are carefully screened to ensure they are not pro Fascist.
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Washington
War Department
Italy
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Germany
Army
Mine Fire in Powhatan Shaft Resumes After Trapping 66
In Bellaire Ohio on July 31 the Powhatan mine fire was sealed, allowing shaft operations to restart once the 66 trapped workers are recovered. The incident trapped 66 men, and authorities prepare to remove the bodies as part of the recovery effort.
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Bellaire, O
Powhatan Mine
Man Killed in Plum Brook Plant Explosion
Ben T. Keefer a 58 year old car peters from Willard Ohio was killed in a fire and explosion at the Plum Brook Ordnance Plant Saturday Maj L Kallmyer plant commandant reported the plant damage estimated at 150 dollars
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Sandusky, O
Ben T. Keefer
Willard, O
Plum Brook Ordnance Plant
L. KE. Kallmyer
Strikes Close Motor Plants Across Nation
Labor disputes idle about 20,000 workers Monday as a five Detroit Pratt & Whitney parts plants strike nearly halts Chevrolet Gear & Axle division output. Nationally about 13,000 workers also out, with Local 235 CIO UAW saying overproduction rates sparked the walkouts.
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Detroit
Pratt & Whitney
Chevrolet Gear & Axle
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers (Cio
General Steel Castings Company
Commonwealth
Granite City
Roebling
N. J
United Steel Workers of America
CSO
Jatin A. Roebling & Sons
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