Nazis Have No Fortified Line Short Of Maginot and Siegfried
London reports Allied aerial observation shows no coherent fixed German fortifications between the coast and the interior beyond the Maginot and Siegfried lines. German strategy relies on mobile defense and counterattack, with Rommel and Rundstedt understood to plan a last stand in a Seine Loiret area, using improvised mines and wire fields.
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Avalanche-Journal
SUN
Maginot
London
Normandy
Germany
France
Hitler
von Rundstedt
Rommel
Seine-Loire
Theo Paris
Erwin Rommel
Rudolf Karl von Rundstedt
Fate Of Germany plan outlined by Allies for postwar order
The piece enumerates Allied aims to split Germany into zones and restore order. It covers disarmament, destruction of weapons facilities, transfer of seized lands, division into two republics, Prussia’s fate, and compensations for victims. It notes a time limit for German labor, banking supervision, foreign capital restrictions, airspace rights, and recovery of loot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Britain
Mainz
Berlin
Germany
Prussia
East Prussia
Old Prussia
Poland
Lithuania
Silesia
Europe
Finance Commission
Battle In Italy Advances Reported Across Adriatic Front
Allied communique says Polish and Malian troops pushed patrol lines over two miles across the Misa river south of Rimini while Fifth Army fronts near Pisa see active patrolling and artillery fire. American Marauder and Mitchell bombers hit northern Italy and southeastern France targets, with three aircraft lost. Allied forces also landed on Korcula and Orebic in Dalmatia on August 2, attacking enemy craft and garrison, then withdrawing.
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Misa River
Rimini
Fifth Army
Pisa
Italy
France
Dalmatian
Korcula
Orebic
Yugoslavia
Ahap
Korcule
Levy
Birth Announcements From Lubbock Area Hospitals
Pfc and Mrs Bill S O Neil announce a son 7 pounds 11 ounces born 2 30 p m Saturday at a West Texas hospital father stationed Ardmore Oklahoma Mr and Mrs Bowmer Smither man announce a son 7 pounds 12 ounces born 1 a m Saturday Porter Sistrand clinic reported Sgt and Mrs W R Dayton Tahoka announce a daughter 9 pounds 1 2 ounces born 7 29 a m Saturday Lubbock General hospital Sgt Dayton overseas Sgt and Mrs Joe Vernon Gartman announce a son 7 pounds 19 ounces born 1 14 a m Saturday at Lubbock Army Air Field station hospital father stationed LAAF
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Bill S. O'Neil
Avenue C
West Texas Hospital
Ardmore
Okla
W. R. Dayton
Tahoka
Lubbock General Hospital
Sgt. Dayton
Joe Vernon Gartman
College Avenue
Lubbock Army Airfield Station
LAAF
Boys Club Opens Offers Diverse Activities In Lubbock
The Lubbock Boys Club unveils a regulation court gymnasium with boxing ring and future plans for shuffleboard volleyball and indoor games. A woodshop library and outdoor programs are included. Membership is open to boys aged 10 to 16 in Lubbock County with graded fees. ABC rodeo proceeds fund building completion and operation. Proceeds from the rodeo go to finish paying for the building and to operate the club next year. Admission is 1.20 for adults and 60 cents for children and enlisted men. The club, organized by Kiwanis Lions and later city clubs, seeks donations to complete equipment and facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Lubbock County
American Business Club
ABC
Panhandle-South Plains Fairgrounds
J. Ray Dickey
Lubbock Boys Club
Kiwanis and
Lions Clubs
Marion Sanford
Ellwood Building
Lubbock Ministerial Association
ABC Rodeo
Dickey
Yanks Close on St Nazaire and Nantes in Brittany Drive
Allied columns push toward St Nazaire and Nantes after breaking through at Chateaubriant and nearby towns. American forces strike Brest U boat pens. German retreat accelerates across the Orne and Avranches corridors while Fougeres and Domfront hold key positions guiding toward Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normandy
St. Nazaire
St. Gildas Des Boos
Nantes
Loire
Chateaubriant
Rennes
Derval
Brest
Brittany
Guenther von Kluge
France
Mayenne
Orne
Domfront
Caen
Barenton
le Teilleur
Fougeres
Avranches
Paris
Orne River
le Hom
Villers-Bocage
Seine River
Rains Help Plains Crops Amid Widespread Thunderstorms
Rain fell across the South Plains with varying amounts from a half inch to over an inch easing heat damage. Electricity suffered outages as wrecked wiring and blown fuses occurred citywide. Crops, especially cotton, began to recover though the heat persisted elsewhere. Temperatures ranged from the 80s to the 100s across Texas with scattered showers improving conditions in Plainview and Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Tech
J. J. Graham
City
Lorenzo
Henry West
Mr. West
Crosbyton
There
Ralls
W. O. Littlefield
T. L. Williams
Anton
Brownfield
Terry
Seagraves
J. S. Ellis
Levelland
John Price
Littlefield
Abernathy Ray Prison
Abernathy
County Line
Tohoka
South Plains
K. N. Clapp
Anderson-Clayton
Fanhandle
Texas
San Antonio
Austin
Plainview
World War II Front Distances Updated
AP reports distances to key fronts: Russian line 322 miles from eastern Warsaw, Italian line 605 miles from Senigallia, French line 630 miles from Troarn.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Warsaw
Senigallia
Troarn
Three men named in burglary charge in justice court
Douglas Watson 18 J L Comer 19 and R E Comer 21 face a single burglary charge filed Saturday in J T Inmon's justice court. Each was denied a 1000 bond. The trio, already indicted for a Hockley county burglary, allegedly broke into a Wolfforth residence in late May and are held in Lubbock county jail awaiting Hockley county trial.
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Douglas Watson
J. L. Comer
R. E. Comer
Justice Court
J. T. Inmon
Justice Inmon
Hockley County
Wolfforth
Lubbock County
Flier Dismissed After Court Martial At Ellington Field
Lt. Allen D. Reed of Brady Texas was found guilty of violating an air force flying rule and received dismissal from the service minus pay and allowances and one year hard labor. The case arose after Reed and Lt. Richard J. Harris collided near Plancheville Louisiana July 5 causing Harris and four cadets to die. Reed faced five involuntary manslaughter specs and was acquitted on them. Sentence subject to higher review.
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Houston
Efflington Field
Allen D. Reed
Brady
Tex
Air Forces
Reed
Richard J. Harris
Sacramento
Calif
Plancheville
Harris
Elington Field
Ellington Field
Train wreck near Monterrey leaves one dead, 35 injured
A train from Laredo Tamaulipas overturned between Candelaria and Golondrina killing Antonio Pena, 48, and injuring 35 others. Officials said the cause of the accident was not yet determined.
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Monterrey
Mexico
Laredo
Tamaulipas
Candelaria
Golondrina
Antonio Pena
Coalition Fights Federalized Unemployment Benefits Plan
A coalition of Republicans and Southern Democrats opposed a federalized unemployment system for laid off war workers. George plan would leave control to the states and raise benefits up to 35 dollars weekly. Skeptics warned the measure could become permanent government pensions and trigger large deficits.
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Washington
Senate
Russell
George
Ruuse
Congress
Vandenberg
Michigan
GOP
Kilgore
Wva
Townsend
Philadelphia Strike Crisis and Army Seizure of Transit
Troops controlled traffic as 6 000 strikers refused to return to work amid Army orders and anti strike measures. FBI and Justice Department seek Smith Connally act penalties while a grand jury probes. Guard units mobilized then demobilized as buses trolleys and subways stayed idle.
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Selective Service
FBI
Department of Justice
Smith-Connally
Biddle
Washington
Hayes
Pennsylvania Railroad
30Th Street
Fort Dix
N. J
George's Hill
Fairmount Park
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania State Guard
Broad Street
Test Set For New Shamrock Location In Oil Field
A test will be run next week on the Skelly No. 3 Bell in the Shamrock oil field. Oil men estimate production of 400 barrels per day. Location is in the northeast quarter of section 81, block 17, about nine miles northeast of Shamrock. Pay was topped in granite wash at 2,100 feet. Producer brought in by Colvin and Colvin of Alma Oklahoma. Otto Colvin says it is the best well he has drilled in Shamrock.
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Shamrock
Bell
Section 81
Block 17
Colvin
Alma
Okla
Otto Colvin
Wooden Tank Barges Landed By ODT Invasion Role
Washington reports wooden tank barges proved sturdy in Normandy as transports for petroleum products. A total of 269 barges built. 64 used on gulf intracoastal fuel oil route from Texas to Florida with 20 more to be added. Army uses some at embarkation ports. 12 tested on Mississippi River for fuel oil loads. Builders located in Memphis New Orleans Ocean City Jacksonville Washington Moss Point Brownsville Dayton Plaquemines Biloxi Hialeah Miami.
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Washington
Normandy
Office of Defense Transportation
DDT
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Texas
Florida
Army
Rges
Mississippi River
Army Engineers
Memphis
New Orleans
Ocean City
N. J
Jacksonville
Fla
Washington, N. C
Moss Point
Miss
Brownsville
Tex
Dayton, O
Plaquemines
Biloxi
Hialeah
Miami
Pacific War Update Highlights Guam New Guinea And Burma Fronts
American forces push forward on Guam and Biak while Sixth Army tightens on 40,000 Japanese trapped near Aitape. PT boats and air raids threaten Truk Palau as Chinese forces advance across the Irrawaddy. Stilwell notes the Ledo Burma road link is undecided with routes via Myitkyina or Myitkyina to Bhamo discussed. Japan makes minor gains near Hunan before a drive to gain control of the Heiheng peninsula opposite Hainan.
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Marianas Islands
Japan
Guam
New Guinea
U. S. Sixth Army
Aitape
Biak Island
Geelvink Bay
Dutch New Guinea
Karim
Truk
Palau
Caroline Islands
Irrawaddy River
Southeast Asia Command
Burma
China
Joseph W. Stilwell
Ledo Road
Myitkyina
Chengchung
Lungling
Hunan
Heiheng
Luichow
Hainan Island
Formidable bomber raid pounds Nazi targets from Brest to Germany
More than 1,400 American British heavy bombers led an aerial assault in ideal flying weather from Brest to Germany. Over 1,100 bombers attacked northwest Germany while RAF Lancasters dropped six ton bombs on submarine pens at Brest and targeted depots near Paris and Watten. Additional raids hit the Etaples railway bridge and various oil refineries and armament works including Dollbergen Nienburg Fallersleben Magdeburg Hannover Langerhangen Halberstadt with visual bombing films.
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London
Brest
Germany
Brittany
St. Lou Desserent
Paris
Watten
Etaples
Belgium
Amiens
Dollbergen
Nienburg
Fallersleben
Magdeburg
Brunswick
Hannover
Langerhangen
Halberstadt
Reds Press Into German Lines Near Berlin Front
Soviet forces clash along a 70 mile front in western Lithuania and east Prussia as Cherniakhovsky’s army advances and Rotmistrov’s tanks spearhead the push. Berlin reports conflict near the Vistula and claims Russians were halted short of the border despite heavy armor assaults.
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Berlin
Vistula
East Prussia
Cherniakhovsky
Pavel Rotmistroy
Lithuania
Red Star
Romania
Rotmistrov
Pros Plan Session To Map Strategy
AUSTIN August 5. Texas pro Roosevelt forces scheduled a meeting ahead of the September 12 Dallas convention to plan action. They will canvas July 22 primary returns and certify run off names for the August 26 second primary ballot. Core aim is to compute county delegation strength at one convention vote per 500 votes for the winning governor candidate.
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Austin
Democratic Executive Committee
Texas
Dallas
Reich Partition debated afterwar plan divides Germany?
Reich Partition discusses Allied plans for postwar Germany. Officials question dismemberment. current stance favors no division unless Germans choose it. Proponents say forced split could weaken Germany and hinder peace, while others argue division may curb future war effort and curb unity.
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Hed
Europe
Germany
Reich
New Mexico Escapee Surrenders to Police Chief
A 21 year old escapee from the New Mexico penitentiary at Santa Fe walked into Police Chief Don Reeder's office and gave himself up saying he was tired of dodging the law. He had escaped July 18 after a January Portales forgery sentence of two and a half years.
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New Mexico Penitentiary
Santa Fe
Don Reeder
Reeder
Levelland
Portales
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Pampa
Fort Worth
West Texas
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Alice
Clarendon
Marshall
Waco
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Coalition Fights
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ODT
War In Pacific
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