Akron Man Warns Of War Tire Shortage And Union Policies
An Akron resident argues that union limits hamper production of tires and war machines, risking casualties in France. He cites Francis Biddle and Thurman Arnold, accusing the justice department of protecting unions while the manpower commission and Paul McNutt pushed workers to find jobs individually.
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St Winter
Akron
Levy
Jey Hillman
Francis Biddle
Man
Rter
Thurman Arnold
Nce
Biddle
France
Mus
Manpower Commission
Paul McNutt
Watt
Large Allied Air Blitz Hits German Bases Across Europe
Allied forces including American and British heavy bombers struck Germany and occupied regions, consuming around 80 tons of bombs on at least 19 German air bases while American escorts joined Royal Air Force formations. The raid targeted Mee and seven other stations with workshops and repair facilities, aiming to cripple remaining Luftwaffe air units as western Allied ground forces advance.
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London
Eimany
Holland
Belgium
Italy
England
Belgum
Mee
Man
France
Mediterranean
City Attorneys of State to Organize in Alexandria
A group of Louisiana city attorneys met in the Alexandria court of appeals to perfect laws for a statewide organization. Attendees from Shreveport, Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, Alexandria, Winnfield, Opelousas, Orriday, Mansfield, Bogalousa, New Iberia, Monroe, Lafayette, Gretna, Slidell, and Oakdale voiced approval and endorsement of the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Fraay
Court of Appeals
Alexadria
Plan Rom
Shreveort
Baton Rouge
Lake Charles
Lexandria
Winnfield
Opelousas
Orriday
Mansfield
Bogalousa
Newerla
Monroe
Lafayette
Gretna
Anklinton
Oakdale
US Planes Hit Formosa and Iwo Jima Ops Near Tokyo
Allied air strikes hit Formosa near the China coast destroying docks at Tekao and sinking three freighters in a waterway between Formosa and the Chinese shore. Bombers attacked Iwo Jima with twenty two Liberators facing Japanese fighters. two bombers were reported downed.
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Associated Pr
Formosa
Japan
Philippines
United States
China
Joseph Stilwell
Halmanera Island
Tekao
Iwo Jima
Volcano Islands
Radio Tokyo
Halmahera
New Guinea
France Nearing Full Freedom as Allied Drive Advances
Allied forces press a new blow from the Mediterranean toward southern France as French and Allied units sharpen the push against the German Sixth Army. Reports from Nomandy and Brittany indicate dwindling German strength and advancing French power, with landings west of Toulon and large French naval forces observed in Algiers.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Hitler
Mediterranean
Nomandy
Brittany
Marshal von Kluge
Riviera
Spain
Toulon
Algiers
Britain
United States
Africa
Ira Eaker
Normandy
Pvt Elmer Tripp Killed in Action in France
Son of Mr and Mrs J E Tripp of 211 Adams street PVT Elmer J Tripp was killed in action in France after four months overseas He trained at Fort Knox Kentucky and Fort Meade Maryland He attended Ouachita Parish High School and worked for Leonard Truck Lines before enlisting He is survived by his wife and small son at Port Arthur Texas and by his parents two brothers J E Tripp Jr and H B Tripp and sisters Opal Helm Pauline Hamilton and Magdalene Hamilton of Monroe Louisiana.
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Elmer J. Tripp
J. E. Tripp
Adams Street
France
War Department
Tripp
Fort Knox
Fort Meade
Ouachita Parish High School
Leonard Truck Lines, Inc
Port Arthur
Tex
J. E. Tripp Jr
H. B. Tripp
Monroe
Opal Helm
Pauline Hamilton
Magdaline Hamilton
Allied Forces Close on Nazi France In Simultaneous Drive
Allied units seize La Ferté-Macé corridor and press into southern France from the Mediterranean. In Normandy the Seventh Army collapse tightens, Von Kluge’s forces trapped as air and sea power support a four-ward advance toward the Rhine.
Patton Is Made Major General
The Senate military committee unanimously recommended confirmation of Lt Gen George S Patton Jr to the permanent rank of major general. The move follows his leadership of the American Third Army in Normandy and Brittany after a prior delay over the Sicilian campaign incident. Senator Chandler said he would seek unanimous consent to confirm Patton that day, noting the committee’s opinion that he has been disciplined and is a great soldier.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Senate
George S. Patton Jr
Chandler
Kentucky
Patton
Normandy
Brittany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Brother of Local Man Killed by Truck in Camp Claiborne Area
Will E. Robbins, 77, of Pelahatchie Mississippi, died at Camp Claiborne station hospital after a pedestrian collision on Highway 65 near the camp entrance at 5 30 this morning. Driver of the vehicle remained unidentified and Sheriff Grady Kelley was notified. Robbins has a brother living in Monroe Louisiana.
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Alexandria
Will E. Robbins
Pelahatchie
Miss
Camp Claiborne Station
Highway 65
Grady Kelley
Robbins
Monroe
First Landing Is Successful in Southern France
Allied forces hit southern France with initial glider assaults and parachute drops as detailed by Kenneth Dixon aboard a Mitchell bomber. From 1000 feet over the beaches, resistance appeared minimal though glider operations proceeded with few incidents. Acknowledgment of airborne jeeps entering service and scattered damage noted, with continued coverage promised on page five.
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Kenneth Dixon
France
Cpl
Bill Luneback
Chicago
Patton to Lead U S Third Army in Normandy Push
General Eisenhower announces Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. will command the American Third Army now driving through lower Normandy and Brittany. The move follows Bradley's role as overall commander of the 12th Army Group and Hodges taking over First Army as Patton's forces push forward.
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Jacques Leclerc
Lake Chad
Africa
Patton
Omar N. Bradley
12Th
United States Army Group
Courtney H. Hodges
Bradley
First Army
Eisenhower
Seventh Army
Normandy
German Army Dying Day by Day in France
Hal Boyle reports from the A E F in France on August 4 that German forces are dying by the day as American breakthroughs from Normandy open space in France. The Wehrmacht, once arrogant from Tunisia to Africa, is being carved into fragments and captured as U S troops pushbroom into their lines. The piece notes the lack of fanfare, banners or goose stepping in defeat, and recalls the soldiers in Tunisia who believed Hitler would still triumph. Continued on fifth page.
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Hal Boyle
France
Normandy
Tunisia
Bizerte
Tunis
Africa
Europe
Sicily
Italy
Afrika Korps
United States
Reds Continue Heavy Attack Front Near Grajewo
Russian forces pressed a major offensive against German positions near Grajewo and Lyck in East Prussia. Gen. Zakharov’s second White Russian army group led bombardment and tank counteraction as Osowicz and Suwalki triangle defenses strained. Wartime front dispatches claim thousands of enemy casualties and potential German withdrawals from northeastern East Prussia.
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Daniel de Luce
Moscow
Grajewo
Osowicc
Biebrza
G. F. Zakharov
Masurian Lakes
Red Army
Izvestia
Zakharov
Suwalki Triangle
East Prussia
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Senate votes to widen access to political news for troops
The Senate approved amendments to the soldier voting law easing bans on newspapers magazines and books in army and navy outlets. The changes allow sale of any general US circulation print and authorize overseas broadcasting of political speeches with equal time for candidates and parties. The measure now goes to the House.
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Washington
Senate
Army
Armed Services
Green and
Lucas
Illinois
House
Green
Taft
Republican
Ohio
Army and Navy
Italian Front Quiet Except For Small Engagement Near Pontedra
Fifth army patrols fought a sharp clash three miles southeast of Pontedra while the rest of the front remained quiet. Eighth army units mopped up pockets near Empoli, with at least 25 Germans killed. Allied armor and mortars harassed forces near the Arno bend west of Signa as Florence’s position improves and civilian supplies arrive in volume.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Pontedra
Eighth Army
Empoli
Arno
Signa
Florence
Louisiana Soldier Receives Distinguished Flying Cross
The War Department announced the Distinguished Flying Cross awards for the Fifth Air Force. Included from Louisiana are First Lieutenant Garland V. Fury of Shreveport and Sergeant Richard D. Cox of Mer Rouge R. F. D. 1.
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Washington
War Department
Fifth Air Force
Louisiana
Garland V. Fury
Shreveport
Richard D. Cox
Mer Rouge
Allied invasion reaches southern France coast near Toulon
Broadcast from a pine covered hill inland reported Allied troops had landed on a 70 mile stretch of the southern French coast between Toulon and Cannes. Only a few lives were lost and the area was quiet for the moment as German defenses engaged the invaders.
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Associated Press
France
Eric Sevareid
CBS
Sevareid
London
Toulon
Cannes
Campaign May Not Be Costly
Gordon Brown reports that southern France could be wrested from German control with limited effort as Allied advances threaten isolation of Nazi forces. He notes German withdrawals from the region and increased partisan activity including Maquis raids such as the dynamiting of a bridge at Bayonne.
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Gordon Brown
Associated Press
France
Normandy
Brittany
Hitler
Reich
Berlin
Bayonne
Allied invasion opens southern France front near Toulon
Allied forces led by French troops and American and British units struck Hitler’s Europe on a broad Riviera landing from Marseille to Nice. The operation used a massive air and sea assault with more than 800 ships and air power, securing beaches with minimal opposition while rail bridges and rail lines were destroyed to isolate the area.
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Edward Kennedy
Rome
Army of France
Hitler
France
Mediterranean
Toulon
Riviera
Europe
Mussolini
Paris
Army of
Henry Maitland Wilson
Marseille
Nice
Air Force
Rhone Valley
Valence
Italy
Rhone
Avignon
Beache
Frejus
Argens
Cannes
Tax vote underway in Ouachita Parish road millage
Ouachita Parish voters surveyed the re enactment of an 11 2 mill road tax proposed by the parish police jury. Noon reports showed light turnout with officials not expecting a heavy vote. Commissioner W D H Rodriguez argues the tax is unfair to Monroe and West Monroe residents since funds cannot be spent on Twin Cities street projects. Polls closed at 5 pm unlike other elections.
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Ouachita Parish
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Finance and Utilities
Monroe
West Monroe
Twin Cities
Former Monroyan wounded in Orleans
New Orleans Aug 15 Mrs James Burgess 40 a war plant inspector for Higgins Aircraft was shot and wounded in uptown after leaving a street car. She said a black man near a parked car fired a pistol hitting her right leg and took a bag of bananas before he fled with another man driving away. The wounded mother of two was taken to a hospital.
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New Orleans
James Burgess
Burgess
India
Monroe
Higgins Aircraft, Incorporated
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Ranes
Gladwin Hill
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Guenther von Kluge
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Rhine
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Loire
Vor Kluge
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Hamer
Barcelona
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Cologne
Germany
Czech
Qaustria
Cannes- Toulon
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A. P. Wirephoto
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Fost
Third Army
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le Mans
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