Bombing Raids Hit Pladjoe Refinery and Nagasaki Targets
U S bombers strike Palembang and Nagasaki in the fourth major B 29 raid. Planes fly 90 minutes over Nagasaki and 90 minutes over Palembang Pladjoe refinery supplies most of Nippon’s high octane gasoline. Anti aircraft and fighter defenses are described as weak to moderate.
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Washington
20Th Bombing Command
Palembang
Sumatra
Nagasaki
Kyushu
Pladjoe
Nippon
Sasebo Naval Base
Far East
1226 A 10 3 Ip 6 0
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War Labor Raises Pay and Rent in Model Home Town
A factory worker in a government built model community receives a life insurance policy and a five cent wage raise to $11.20 a month after War Labor orders higher wages. He and his wife enjoy a better home and flowers, but rent rises from $18 as taxes and social security take a bite. The story shows how wartime policy spurs living costs even as wages improve.
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Janyway
Intax
Polish Troops Seize Three Italian Towns on Cesano Front
Polish forces pushed along a six mile front on Italy’s lath coast capturing Scapezzano Monte and Corinaldo after a two mile advance. They drove to the south bank of the Cesano river near Lacroce, taking high ground as heavy rain and artillery limited activity. Germans retreated from the Cesano south bank, while losses mounted through several counter attacks and self propelled guns.
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Cesano
Scapezzano
Monte
Corinaldo
Lacroce
Fifth Army
Hth
Harold Alexander
Florence
Germany Warns of Tougher Measures as Decree Campaign Expands
The Voelkischer Beobachter quoted by a Berlin radio says total mobilization of the German people is planned with unprecedented results. New decrees ban normal entertainment and reassign workers to industry or the army, with women and other workers compelled to work. Moscow dispatches cite mass arrests of officials, parallel to a purge led by Himmler, with reports of shootings in East Prussia and Danzig and the detention of figures like Dr. Hjalmar Schacht and Baron von Neurath.
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Voelkischer Beobacht
Berlin
Dio
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Moscow
Germany
Froma
Adolf Huong
Aseinrich Himmler
Prussia
Danzig
Jalmar Schacht
Baron Konstantin von Neurath
H Igh Nazi
Hitler
Schacht
Mrs Wimberly Dies In New Orleans At 60
Georgina Carroll Wimberly 60 died yesterday in New Orleans she was mother of Shirley G Wimberly a 1942 mayoral candidate funeral services set for tomorrow in the city authorities announced her death details show family ties and local political linkages
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Wimberly
New Orleans
Georgina Carroll Wimberly
Shirley G. Wimberly
New Oileans
Tomorow
Cooperation Is Roosevelt Aim
Washington reports indicate President Roosevelt seeks close cooperation between Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Adm. Chester W. Nimitz in planning western Pacific offensives. With converging strategies in New Guinea Guam and Saipan, leadership roles may align under a single command, reflecting prior Solomons experience and the need for unified strategy.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Chester W. Nimitz
Western Pacific
Roosevelt
Hawaii
Japan
Nimitz
Pacific
MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Guam
Sai
Tokyo Firestorm Dream in War Time
Washington Aug 1 The Tokyo broadcast overheard by U S monitors says Japanese children are being used to demolish houses to create open ground ahead of expected air raids. The piece notes vast destruction and describes Tokyo as a fire trap with narrow pine and paper structures, while pointing to major industrial areas in Osaka Kobe and Nagoya as targets alongside Tokyo.
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Morris J. Harris
Associated Press
Shanghai
Japan
Washington
Tokyo
Mikado
Berlin
United States
Imperial Palace
Osaka
Kobe
Nagoya
American Radioman Tweed survives 31 months on Guam
Chief Radioman George Ray Tweed, 42, of Oregon, endured 31 nightmare months in hiding on Guam after December 1941. He escaped 10 days before the July 20 invasion and was rescued July 10. Reunited with wife Mary Francis and sons Ronald and Robert in San Diego, Tweed reported a brutal Japanese hunt and ultimate U.S. recapture of Guam.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Fortune
George Ray Tweed
Graying
Guam
Navy
Tweed
Pacific
United States
U. S. Navy
San Diego
Calif
Mary Francis Tweed
Ronald
Robert
Portland
Ore
Reds Close In On East Prussia In Baltic Offensive
Russian armies press toward East Prussia within 50 miles of Tilsit and Memel threatening the southern rim of the region. Rokossovsky’s flank thrust from near Warsaw toward East Prussia while Cherniaukes’ group shells gateways and fights counterattacks. Germans report being outnumbered as the Red advance nears Vistula and Kielce, with a bridgehead established south of Warsaw.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
East Prussia
Tilsit
Memel
Junkers
Narew
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Warsaw
Vistula
Suwalki Triangle
Germany
Poland
Ivan Cherniaukes
DNB
Augustow
Kielce
Red Army
German Silesia
Krakow
Warka
Baltic States
Three Jap sisters convicted of conspiracy in internment camp escape
In Denver a U S district court jury found Mrs Tsuruko Wallace 35 Mrs Florence Shiozeotani 33 and Mrs Billie Shitara Tanigoshi 32 guilty of conspiracy to commit treason for aiding two German prisoners escape from Trinidad Colorado internment camp last October 16. They were acquitted of treason charges and faces up to two years in prison and a 10 000 fine though sentence is withheld.
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Denver
United States District Court
J. Foster Symes
Kenneth W. Robinson
Tsuruko “Toots” Wallace
Florence “Flo” Shiozeotani
Billie Shitara Tanigoshi
Heinrich Haider
Herman August Loescher
Trinidad, Colo
Aircraft Shift Targets Japan As War Demands Change
Washington reports a government reorientation of aircraft production from Germany to Japan, freeing an estimated 120000 workers by year end. Liberator bombers, C 46 transports and Thunderbolt fighters will be reduced while B 29 and B 32 production expands, with 20000 workers released in 30 days and 34000 more jobs to absorb them. Higgins Aircraft faced contract cancellation for 50 Commando cargo planes due to steel shortages. three Curtis Wright plants will boost Commando output while North American and Willow Run trim Liberator production in favor of heavier bombers.
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Washington
Japan
Germany
War Department
Fortress Europe
Luftwaffe
Higgins Aircraft, Inc
New Orleans
Commando
Higgins Industries
Curtis-Wright
St. Louis
Buffalo
Louisville
North American
Dallas
Ford
Great Willow Run
Consolidated-Vultee
San Diego
Office of War Information
Hitler decree orders death for salute defiance
London dispatch reports the Moscow radio saying Adolf Hitler ordered all judges on court martial to impose the death penalty on German officers who refuse the heil Hitler salute and insist on the army salute.
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London
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
New Devil Dogs May Be Tougher
Marines who captured Guadalcanal Tarawa the Marshalls Saipan and Guam may be sturdier as Camp Pendleton adds 14 hours to weekly field work. The extra time will train in judo bayonet fighting knife and club battles and hand to hand combat.
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San Diego
Calif
Guadalcanal
Tarawa
Marshalls
Saipan
Guam
Camp Pendleton
Devil Dogs
Air Drive Opens in Philippines as Guam Victory Confirmed
General headquarters reports the air phase of the recon quest for the Philippines has begun after Guam's ground victory. MacArthur announced the first bombing since Corregidor fell May 6, 1942, as Nimitz confirmed Guam’s fall August 9 with heavy Japanese casualties and Saipan hosting new Pacific fleet headquarters.
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Associated Press General Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Philippines
Guam
Corregidor
Douglas MacArthur
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
United States
Marianas
Japan
Nagasaki
Richmond Kelly Turner
Saipan
Miami
Boston
MacArthur
Davao
Mindanao
Georgia Use Twin Tickets In Local Presidential Ballot
Anti Roosevelt forces in Georgia present twin tickets for the November election. Each slate contains six Republicans and six Democrats and is labeled Republican and Independent Democrat. Secretary of State John B. Wilson approved the tickets, while the Roosevelt Truman Democratic ticket is the sole other entry. Clint Hager and Mayor R G Foster head the Republican group, Foster claiming to lead the real Georgia Republican party.
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Atlanta
Georgia
John B. Wilson
Wilson Williams
Wilson
Clint Hager
R. G. Foster
Wadley
Americans Strike Scythe Like Blow Near Paris Suburb
Allied dispatches report American forces pushing from Le Mans toward Versailles and possibly north toward the Seine while British Canadian and Polish units push south of Caen. French Brittany cities Nantes Angers Brest Quimper are described as under heavy Allied pressure with German strongpoints and U boat nests fading.
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Gladwin Hill
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
le Mans
Paris
Versailles
Seine
Caen
Thury-Harcourt
Orne
Alen
Alencon
Veresailles
Falaise
English Channel
le Havre
Channel
Orleans
Loire
France
Chateaudun
Brazzaville
Chartres
Brittany
Loire River
Nantes
Angers
St. Malo
Brest
Cherbourg
Quimper
Lorient
Major strikes ease as Wright Aero plants resume work
Strikes at Wright Aero nautical plants in Paterson New Jersey end with about 7,000 to 20,000 workers returning. National idle workers from labor disputes drop to 54,000 to 58,000 as other Midwest and Northeast trucking walkouts wind down and a regional dispute prompts federal review.
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Associated Press
New Jersey
Wright Aeronautical Corporations
National
Paterson
N. J
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
C. I. O.united Auto Workers
Nazis Deny Petain Government Moved
Berlin controlled Paris radio denied reports that Marshal Petain left Vichy. It said Petain held talks yesterday there with war secretary Lt. Gen. Eugene Bridoux and other cabinet members. Earlier rumors claimed the Vichy regime moved to Nancy due to Allied advances in France.
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London
Marshal Petain
Vichy
Paris
Petain
Eugene Bridoux
Nancy
France
Japan Plans Strengthened Home Defense by August Fifteenth
After reviewing reports on yesterday’s Nagasaki raid the Japanese cabinet ordered a concrete plan to strengthen domestic defense by August 15. War ministers reported that damage from the homeland raid was negligible and outlined steps for a nationwide mobilization parallel to total armament efforts.
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Associated Press
Nagasaki
Japan
Tokyo Radio
Empire
Federal Communications Commission
Palembang
Sumatra
Tokyo
U. S
Sugiyama
Shugeo Odachi
Odachi
Imperial Headquarters
China
Korea
Kyushu
Honshu
Wallace Promised Post If Roosevelt Wins
An associate says Wallace was assured by Roosevelt of an important government post if the Roosevelt Truman ticket wins in November. Wallace would campaign for reelection and seek details of the post and program, with support dependent on the administration’s liberalism.
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Washington
Wallace
Roosevelt
Roosevelt-Truman
New York
Henry A. Wallace
New York Times
the Times
Friends of
Japanese Soldier Fall After Taunt on Ridge Line
A Japanese soldier shouted a taunt at U S Marines on a ridge crest then was shot after a dozen bullets struck him. The encounter occurred near Guam on August 11 with U S forces engaging enemy positions.
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Guam
United States
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