Paris Area Bombed as Allied Air War Rages
Allied air forces pounded the Seine region around Paris and towns north of the capital. Bridges from Mantes to Le Havre were shattered while rail lines and fuel dumps were hit. American Thunderbolts reported heavy German losses as retreating columns suffered carnage on three major highways.
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Seine
Conflans
Honorine
Paris
Mantesicourt
Risle
Paral
la Maillerayer-Seine
Igium
France
Iheast
Normandy
Thunderbolt
Rmans
Argentan
United Ites
Ninth Air Force
Pilot recalls deadly strafing in panic at crowd scene
Witnesses describe a chaotic attack as 50 caliber bullets rained on panicked masses. One pilot boasted the shooting was the best they had, comparing the scene to a crowded three-lane highway stretching from stadiums on a fall Saturday.
Patriots Capture Two Pyrenees Cities Amid Uprisings
Reports from London and Bern say French interior army units seized Pau and Tarbes near the Spanish border. Desperate Nazi efforts to crush revolt in Haute Savoie were noted as Vichy leadership faced Allied gains. Brig. Gen. Koenig reported attacks on German convoys and bridge cuts affecting Toulouse Orleans and Montlucon Bourges rail lines. Battles raged near Annemasse La Roche and Bonneville as patriots press advances.
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London
French Army of the Interior
Pyrenees
Pau
Tarbes
Bern
Haute Savoie
Vichy
Berlin
Pierre Laval
Henry Petain
Joseph Koenig
Interior
Koenig
Toulouse-Orleans
Montlucon-Bourges
France
Annemasse
la Roche
Annecy
Bonneville
Russians Push Deep Into East Prussia Amid Baltic Front Battles
Soviet drives across Estonia and Vistula region score gains as Red Army advances near Eydtkuhnen Vilkaviskis and Tartu Valka. German lines retreat amid fires along East Prussia frontier as 225000 troops spearhead main assault.
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Poland
Suwalki Triangle
Niemen River
Lithuania
Insterburg
Konigsberg
Szeszuppe
East Prussia
Red Army
Eydtkuhnen
Vilkaviskis
Estonia
Vistula
Warsaw
Ivan Maslennikov
Tartu
Valka
Baltic
Moscow
Germany
Baltic States
Lake Peipus
Balkans
Dnestr
Russians Threaten West of Vistula Front Move Rumor
Report notes Russian forces in the Carpathians and a 1500 square mile bulge west of the Vistula. It claims a Russian raid attempt on Kirkenes in northern Norway and suggests German divisions may shift from Finland to a more active front.
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Carpathians
Vistula River
Kirkenes
Norway
Finland
F D R Seeks Postwar Discipline Training for Youth
President Roosevelt advocates postwar training to instill discipline and order in youths. He cites the Civilian Conservation Corps as evidence of benefits, noting improved health, teamwork, and readiness to follow directions. He suggests exercises like digging, plus potential stenography and government-work training for civil service exams.
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Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Officers elected by Spanish group at Louisiana Tech
Mary Louise Price of Logansport was named president of the Louisiana Tech Spanish Club at its organizational meeting. Lois Marie Fails, Kilbourne, is vice president. Sarah Frances Anders, West Monroe, secre tary. Joyce Seogin, Shreveport, treasurer. Betty Hicks, Lake Charles, program chairman. The club is for beginners or non enrolled students studying Spanish, sponsored by Tech's Sigma Delta Pi chapter.
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Ruston
Mary Louise Price
Logansport
Louisiana Tech
Lois Marie Fails
Kilbourne
Sarah Frances Anders
West Monroe
Joyce Seogin
Shreveport
Betty Hicks
Lake Charles
Tech
Sigma Delta Pi
J. Frank Davis
Guam Japs Overrun Our Thin Lines in Intense Combat
A Marine recounts a fierce battle in which machine gunners held posts, a Chicago gunner was bayoneted but survived, and a sergeant used a sword against a Japanese officer. After heavy fighting a reserve company arrived to retake breached lines, tanks supported with mortars, and dawn revealed hundreds of Japanese casualties. The piece ends noting the long dominance of rubber from hevea trees.
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Chicago
Flashes recall military glory and odd town notes mix
A jumble of small town notices recounts Pocatello soldiers recalling an encounter with Frances Langford and seeing the president, plus complaints in Omaha and wonder over army target practice. Other items note a Brookfield fox hunt rodeo and odd election anecdotes in Topeka and Ogden.
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Brookfield
Tenant Complaint Quips on Pajamas and Rent Help
A tenant clashed with a landlady over pre rent control duties. The tenant quipped about hanging up pajamas, prompting CPA Charles Yost to note they could not assist with that problem even if pajamas were hung.
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CPA
Charles Yost
CPA Rent Division
No Sneezing Matter In Traffic Court
Virginia E. Simmons appeared in Minneapolis traffic court on a speeding charge. She claimed she was rushing home to treat hay fever. Judge D. E. La Belle fined her $10.
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Minneapols
Virginia E. Simmons
D. E. la Belle
Sergeant Glidewell Missing in Action Over France
Mrs John W Glidewell of 14 Wood street received word her husband Staff Sergeant Glidewell has been missing in action over France since July 17 He served with the 15th Air Force stationed overseas since November 1942 after training at Selmen Field He is the son of Mrs Ola Glidewell of Georgetown Louisiana.
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John W. Glidewell
Wood Street
Glidewell
France
15Th Air Force
Selmen Field
Ola Glidewell
Georgetown
Yukon Gold Discovery Commemorative Sale Event
Seattle report notes Alaska Yukon Pioneers marked the 1896 Yukon gold discovery by selling war bonds and stamps valued at $860,000, equaling about two tons of gold at the era price of twenty dollars an ounce. They had completed sales totaling $1,009,750.
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Seattle
Yukon
Alaska
Boeing completes 5000th Fortress Flying Fortress rolls out
The 5000th Seattle built Flying Fortress named Five Grand departs the Boeing plant with thousands of workers signing autographs. It bears the greeting Hi Don for Pvt Don C Bowman of Eugene Oregon former Boeing employee who receives the message in England. Five Grand was crippled on its maiden German flight and belly landed at Bowman's repair crew station.
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Seattle
Don
William G. Beier
Don C. Bowman
Eugeny
Ore
Boeing
Engeland
Bowman
Germany
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Headquarters For Gifts
DOPP
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Volland
Church of the Nazarene Corner
Thomas and Richmond
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A. Mears
Liggett
Lee
Thomas
Elk Head
Robert S. Barrett
Alexandria
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
D. A. Skeen
Salt Lake City
Utah
International Association of Lions Clubs
F.D.R. Ponders
B. R. Golson
Slack Avenue
St. Francis Sanitarium
J. T. Griffiths
California Avenue
Louis Brown
Mill Street
The
Dominion of Canada
Pemwere
Just
Coats
Tan Gabardine
Rayon Crepes
Rayon
Mowrde Ocece, Equipment CO
Walnut St
Pinweves v
Penney CO
Nbs
Austelle
Guam
Gis
Frances Langford
Pocatello
Idaho
Bergoast-Wilson Company
Woodward
Okla
Woodward Army Air Field Officers’ Mess
Army Air Forces
Topeka
Kan
Charles Rankin
George Rankin
Charles
Hal Rager
Civil Service
George
Bill
Ogden, Utsh
George F. Simmons
Thomas East
Simmons
East
Omaha, Neb
OPA
Pennbrook
Danna
DeSiard
Oix
Call Quick
DeSiard St
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