Allied Drive On Toulon Amid Broad Beachhead Advance
Front lines report red troops reaching 50 miles inland along the southern coast with a 30 mile depth as American and French forces press toward Toulon. Airborne drops behind enemy lines and rapid village seizures expand the 500 square mile beachhead while Allied units join to form a continuous front. Casualties remain light.
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Noland Norgaard Ome
Alexander Patch
Seventh Army
Ces
Toulon
Tnes
Aer
Cannes
Russians Close On East Prussia Frontline
Soviet troops press toward the East Prussian border near Virbales and advance southwest of Bialystok with tank and air support. Russian reserves move after a two week battle as Sandomierz and Warsaw bridgehead efforts expand.
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London
Virbales
Insterburg
Konigsberg
Bialystok
Lomza
Vistula
Warsaw
Sandominerz
Silesia
Moscow
Ossow
Robots Raid Leaves City in Bomb Scare
London reports heavy night raids with flying bombs across the channel. Rescue squads remove dead and injured from debris as RAF fighters halt some missiles. In southern towns, shoppers and bus passengers are among fatalities and injuries as bombs strike crowded streets.
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London
South England
War Department lists 1 544 U S soldiers wounded in action
In a War Department release dated August 17 1944 the names of wounded service members from the European Mediterranean and Southwest Pacific theaters are given with home addresses and next of kin. Families include Clark Harris Williams Winfrey Aldrich McHenry Reitzell Rich and Lott among others.
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Washington
United States
Lowilena
Pfe
Thomas M. Clark Jr
Thomas Clerk Sr
Winnsore
Austin C. Harris
Nine C. Harris
Homer
Maloy Williams
Jessie Wilems
Eros
Richard A Winfrey
Lisie L. Winfrey
McCright Street
Bastrop
Mediterranean
Clarence L. Aldrich
Berha A. Aldrich
Clarks
Joseph D. McHenry Jr
Na McHenry
Cypress Treet
West Monroe
Frank V. Reitzell Jr
Frank V. Reitzell
Southird Street
Monroe
Robert D. Rich
Annie Rich
Simsboro
Southwest Pacific Area
Fred A. Lott
Allie M. [Lott
Tallulah
Roosevelt Pays Tribute To Press
President Roosevelt commends U S newspapers and radio stations for voluntary censorship of his 35 day trip. They were told of the departure from Washington on July 13 but kept the journey secret for security reasons. Only one Texas paper published the story.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hawaii
Alaska
Texas
Roosevelt vows occupation of Germany and Japan despite surrender
President Roosevelt returned from a 15,000 mile Pacific trip stating Allied forces will occupy Germany and Japan even if resistance collapses short of borders. He spoke aboard his train near Seattle and discussed plans with military leaders and Hull. He hinted at a future Churchill meeting and dismissed internal German troubles as uncertain.
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Howard Flieger
Washington
Roosevelt
Pacific
Germany
Japan
France
Hawaii
Aleutians
Hull
Congress
Harry Truman
Missouri
Associated Press
United Press
International News Service
Seattle
Wash
Churchill
Great Britain
Harrison resigns as state director in Louisiana
Gov. James H. Davis accepted Claude Harrison's resignation as director of the state department of institutions effective October 1. No successor named yet, though several applicants expected. Harrison had hinted a 130 day notice and recommended reappointment of current heads and assistants.
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Baton Rouge
James H. Davis
Claude Harrison
State Department of Institutions
Harrison
Capitol
O. M. May
May
Shreveport
Davis
Sam H. Jones
Hull rebuts Dewey on big four coercion of world
Secretary of State Hull said the four major powers Britain Russia China and the United States do not plan to coerce the world for postwar peace and any permanent military alliance is not contemplated. His statement responding to Dewey comes ahead of Dumbarton Oaks talks with regional peace responsibility discussed.
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Washington
Hull
Dewey
Britain
Russia
China
United States
Dumbarton Oaks
Moscow
What Communists and fellow travelers mean
Westbrook Pegler explains the terms Communist and fellow traveler as used in Roosevelt era discourse. He notes a Communist openly advocates communism while a fellow traveler aids the movement without joining, often due to fear, selfishness, or desire for public respect. Continued on Third Page.
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Roosevelt
United States
Nimitz vows powerhouse assault against Japan on Guam
On his first visit to reconquered Guam Admiral Nimitz outlined plans for relentless coordinated attacks by the Fifth and Third Fleets with Spruance Halsey and Smith. He praised the home front and cited Saipan Tinian and Guam as bases for future blows while noting continued fighting near Mt Santa Rosa as his party toured Marianas battlefields.
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Guam
Chester W. Nimitz
Japan
Spruance
Halsey
Nimitz
Adin
Marianas
Helland M. Smith
Fleet Marine Forces
Pacific
17Th Division
Mt. Santa Rosa
Bombers Raid Ploesti Again in Allied Aerial Offensive
American heavy bombers from Italy struck the Romanian oil hub of Ploesti after long raids on Stettin and Kiel bringing 1,200-plus tons of explosives by the RAF and U.S. forces. The raid targeted rail centers in Nis and bridge networks as Eighth Air Force operations marked two years of heavy bombing campaigns across Europe.
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London
Italy
Ploesti
England
Stettin
Kiel
Germany
France
Belgium
Berlin
Nis
Belgrade
Risle
Seine
Seventh Army
United States
Eighth Air Force
Channel
Rouen
Eighth
Europe
James H. Doolittle
Eighth Force
Allied air strikes hit 11 Japanese bases in Pacific push
Allied planes struck 11 Japanese bases as Admiral Nimitz vowed nonstop Pacific war and President Roosevelt pledged occupation after surrender. Nimitz said Fifth and Third fleets would maintain continuous attacks with Guam Saipan and Tinian serving as springboards. Tokyo claimed air power favored Japan but reported bombers hit Chichi Jima.
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Associated Press
Japan
Admiral Nimitz
Pacific
Roosevelt
United Nations
Guam
Saipan
Tinian
Tokyo
Chichi Jima
Bonins
Patton advances within 35 miles of Paris in rapid drive
Allied dispatches report American tanks and motorized troops pushing toward Paris from Chartres, capturing Orléans, Dreux and Châteaudun. Patton’s forces approach Versailles within 27 miles, with Paris now described as a front line city as German resistance thins and the German Seventh army retreats toward the Seine.
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Gladwin Hill
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Aunay
Chartres
Orleans
Dreux
Chateaudun
George S. Patton Jr
Versailles
Seine River
Seventh Army
First Army
Falaise
William the Conqueror
Falaise-Troarn
Dives River
St. Pierre
Cahteaudun
le Mans
Patton
Seine-Loire
Seine
Eure
15Th Army
Pas de Calais
Normandy
Eure River
Berlin
Loire
Fatton
Channel
Three Women Attacked In City. Suspect Sought
Sheriff Milton Coverdale offers a $100 reward as police cooperate in a search for a white man about 2 years old who assaulted three women Wednesday night within an hour of each other. Officers describe a rapid getaway in a 1936 Plymouth after the first attack near Jackson Street. a second assault occurred near North Third Street as the victim was returning from a movie.
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Sheriff's Department
Milton Coverdale
W. M. Liles
W. A. Lenard
Jackson Street
Egt
D. W. Becky
Selman Field
Becky
R. G. Mey
H. J McMurray
North Third Street
Allied forces drive Japanese from Burma frontier into India
Southeast Asia Command reports all Japanese cleared from India except stragglers. Allies advanced two miles toward Tiddim across the Burma frontier. In the north, forces along the Mandalay railway push two miles north of Pu Law and 22 miles southwest of Mogoung.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
India
Burma
Tiddim
Bursa
Mandalay
Pu Law
Mogaung
Postwar sales tax session hinted in Louisiana
Governor James H. Davis, backed by reports, hinted at a possible special postwar sales tax session to act on a proposed one cent tax. He avoided a direct answer on plans but said many now see the need for the tax to fund postwar programs. Senators and lawmakers have been at his office discussing the proposal.
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Baton Rouge
James H. Davis
Davis
House of Representatives
Drayton Boucher
Spring Hill
Normandy Losses Exceed One Hundred Thousand In Normandy
Washington reports American losses in the Normandy sector from June 6 to August 6 totaling 16 434 killed 76 535 wounded and 19 704 missing Acting Secretary of War John J Mc Cloy announced the figures at a news conference He noted the cost of defeating German forces and said it can be repugnant and dispiriting for soldiers to hear that the war is over or will end soon.
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Washington
Normandy
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HIRD
Illies
S. France
Ulon
East Prussia
Press
George §. Patton Jr
U. S. Third Army
Lower Normandy
Brittany
Omar N. Bradley
U. S
Sir Bernard Montgomery
U. S. Senate
A. P
Westbrook
Pegler
By al Dorking
New York
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