American Marines Save Valensole Near Toulon Amid Roving War News
American forces reportedly saved Valensole 50 air miles north of Toulon as the Seventh Army advanced toward Marseille. French troops and Allied units moved in the Durance valley near Aix-en-Provence while German garrisons faced patrols around Hyeres and Toulon. Meanwhile U S submarines claimed 19 more Japanese vessels sunk in Pacific and Far East campaigns and B 29 bombers raided Kyushu in a two wave daylight and night assault with several aircraft losses.
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Ome
Valensole
Toulon
U.S. Seventh Army
Marseille
Tou
Hotel de Golf
Hyeres
Noland Norgaard
Mars
Durance
Rhone
Pertuls
Aix-en-Provence
Nazi Troops In the Town, Nother
Alexi M. Patch
Aix
Joseph Dy
Associated Press
Lon
I. Hyeres
Dynan
Washington
Pacific
Far East
Navy
United States
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Kyushu
20Th Air Force
Yawsta
Cur
2Th Bomber Command
Yawata
Deadlock over reconversion legislation stalls House action
Congress faces a stalemate as both chambers clash over reconversion bills and related employment provisions. The Senate backs a board to supervise disposal while the House delays, delaying a vote on jobless benefits for veterans and war workers. Leaders eye a September 15 vacation and push for continued investigations into pending measures.
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House
Senate Military Committee
Senate
Iwhile
Two Die and Two Hurt in Longview Crash
In Longview Texas two killed and two injured in a truck auto crash over the weekend. Victims include Mrs Lucyle Mooney 19 and her seven month old daughter Bonnie. Sergeant James W Mooney driver of the auto also injured. Two hitchhiker soldiers were involved one escaped and one was badly hurt. A double funeral was held in Oak Grove Baptist Church.
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Longview
Tex
Lucyle Mooney
Oak Grove
Bonnie Mooney
General Hospital
Mooney
Colorado
Oak
Patton’s Third Army reports German casualties in France
Patton’s U.S. Third Army says German losses since August 1 total 109,575 in Brittany and northern France near Paris. It lists 49,650 captured, 11,025 killed, and 48,900 wounded, thinning about 11 Nazi divisions. Refugees report street fighting and rising violence between French resistance and Germans in Paris.
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U. S. Third Army
France
Patton
U.S. Third Army
Brittany
Paris
Allied ships shell Bayonne area in southern France
Three light Allied cruisers shelled the Bayonne coastline before dawn as German defenses were being dismantled. German fortifications near Bayonne were destroyed overnight, and an American motorized column moved toward the Spanish frontier with little resistance, greeted by joyful French civilians.
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Tran
Spain
Bayonne
France
Bordeaux
Hitler
Atlantic
Angouleme
Nantes
Loire River
Biedenharn Dies in Vicksburg at 63
Herman H. Biedenharn 63, president of the Biedenharn Company and Coca Cola Bottling Co of Vicksburg, dies in Vicksburg. Survived by widow Mary Phe lan, daughters Mary and Mrs C H Mackey, three sons Warner E James P and Herman H Jr serving overseas, six brothers and a sister. Funeral held today at 4 30 p m.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Herman H. Biedenharn
Biedenharn Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Crawford Street
Mary Phelan Biedenharn
Mary
C. H. Mackey
Warner E
James P
Armed Services
Joe Biedenharn
Monroe
Ollie Biedenharn
Shreveport
Albert Biedenharn
San Antonio
J. Dornbush
Tropical disturbance moves northwest toward Texas coast
A tropical disturbance of slight intensity centered about 350 miles southeast of Brownsville, Texas, at 5 a.m. eastern war time was moving northwest through the Gulf of Mexico. The weather bureau warned it could intensify and bring damaging winds to the Texas coast within the next 36 hours.
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New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Brownsville
Tex
Texas
Navy sanctions union machinists over overtime refusals
Westbrook Pegler reports that Rear Adm Harold G Bowen has ordered sanctions against several hundred union machinists who refused overtime on navy jobs. Authorized by Fred M Vinson, these measures report the men to draft boards War Manpower Commission and ration boards, effectively pressuring deferments and cutting food allowances.
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San Francisco
Harold G. Bowen
Navy
Fred M. Vinson
War Manpower Commission
Tragic Grayson Family Car Crash Claims Teen Daughter
Bobbie Juanita Leckie 16 died at Charity hospital after a head on collision near Fondale with a wood truck driven by a Negro. Parents Henry and unnamed mother and sister Bettie Mae were injured and hospitalized. Four members were taken to Monroe. investigation ongoing.
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Bobbie Juanita Leckie
Henry Leckie
Grayson
Fondale
Charity Hospital
Bettie Mae Leckie
Leckie
Monroe
Bobbie
Polish Forces Reach 12 Miles From Pesaro
Polish forces on the Adriatic advanced seven miles to within 12 miles of the Italian port of Pesaro and seized Cerasa. West of Florence German shelling targeted Eighth Army positions south of the Arno while Florence reported quieter conditions and food supplies flowing to residents.
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Rome
Adriatic
Pesaro
Cerasa
Florence
Eighth Army
Arno River
Mosquitos and Mitchells harass Nazis along the Seine
Allied air forces persist with night and day bombing of German crossings and convoy hubs along the Seine as Nazis flee toward Allied lines. RAF and USAAF claim hundreds of vehicles and dozens of tanks destroyed or damaged, with river barges and pontoon bridges prime targets.
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London
Seine River
France
Elbeuf
Duclair
Caudebec
Quillebeuf
England
Seine
Falaise
United States Army Air Force
United States
Ninth Air Force
Eighth Fighter Command
Allied Air Attacks Hit Hungary Serbia and Italian Rail Targets
United States 15th air force Liberators blasted Nazi airfields in Hungary and central Serbia while Thunderbolts attacked Alessandria railyards in northern Italy. Marauders and Mitchells struck Po valley communications and Florence mountains as night missions hit Remoulins near Marseille and areas south of Avignon.
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Rome
Hungary
Serbia
United States
15Th Air Force
Thunderbolts
France
Alessandria
Italy
Hajdu Bostermeny
Nis
Po Valley
Florence
Remoulins
Marseille
Avignon
Nazis Advance West of Riga in Latvia Push
German communique reports tank formations moving west of Tukums Latvia breaking toward the Baltic near Riga and reestablishing contact with 30 German divisions. Russian losses acknowledged but corridor status unclear. A Romanian claim notes furious fighting near Ploesti and other fronts as Red Air attacks hit Constanta and Sulina. Soviet lines claim three German divisions crushed near Sandomierz and efforts to rescue isolated Baltic troops continue.
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London
Tukums
Latvia
Baltic
Riga
Estonia
Vistula
Kazimierz
Warsaw
Radom
Warka
Baranow
Ploesti
Dnestr
Tiraspol
Tighina
Sodomeni, Helestieni
Podu Hlonei
Black Sea
Constanta
Sulvia
Moscow
Sandomierz
Praga
Leaders Meet to Plan Peace at Dumbarton Oaks Conference
Representatives from the United States Great Britain and Russia opened talks on a world security organization based on sovereign equality for all nations. Secretary Hull chaired the session at Dumbarton Oaks as Gromyko Cadogan urged force and fair treatment and hoped peace could come sooner.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Hull
Dumbarton Oaks
Gromyko
Britain
Alexander Cadogan
Chinese Make New Gains At Tengchung
Chinese forces report capturing the entire southeast wall of Tengchung in Yunnan except for one narrow gap. They also retook Laotungpo southeast of Lungling and pushed Japanese forces back with heavy casualties. Attacks aim to disrupt reinforcements near Hengyang and advance north and south of the Yangtze. Chinese troops recaptured three strategic points northeast of Ichang on the Yangtze.
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Chungking
Tengchung
Yunnan
Laotungpo
Burma Road
Lungling
Hunan
Yangtze River
Hengyang
Mountea
Ichang
Yangtze
China
Third Army Near Versailles Suburbs In Allied Breakout
Allied armored columns drive toward Paris as American tanks secure a Seine bridgehead at Mantes and Patton’s Third Army thrusts near Versailles. German counterattacks in pockets around Chambois and Falaise struggle as 7,500 plus are captured. Argentan falls as Allied forces push toward Le Havre and Lisieux.
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Wes Gallagher
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Paris
Seine
Mantes
Corbeil
Melun
Fontainebleau
Reims
Soissons
Marne
Chateau Thierry
George S. Patton
Third Army
Versailles
Hall of Mirrors
DNB
Falaise
Chambois
Supreme Headquarters
Argentan
Normandy
Guenther von Kluge
Trouville
le Havre
Debourg
Cobourg
First Army
Lisieux
von Kluge
Ver
Posses Seek Negro Slayer After Bas Trop Police Death
Police Officer Dave White was beaten to death by George Washington in Bas trop Louisiana at city hall. A manhunt spread through Morehouse parish as posses and civilians searched highways woods and swamps for the suspect who fled after grabbing the officer's pistol.
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Bastrop
Morehouse Parish
Dave White
George Washington
Wilmer Cox
White
War correspondent Tom Treanor killed near Paris front
Los Angeles Times and NBC reporter Tom Treanor died on the road to Paris. Advices from London said another American correspondent was killed and three were wounded. Treanor aspired to be the first radio voice to reach Paris and report to the home front. He recently published One Damned Thing After Another.
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New York
Tom Treanor
Los Angeles Times
National Broadcasting Company
Paris
Supreme Headquarters
London
Treanor
France
John MacVane
NBC
Tom
One Man Gang Wrecks Canal Street Jewelry Store
A 19 year old sailor from Algiers naval station, charged with breaking and entering, rampaged through a Canal street jewelry store last night. He swung chairs at windows and glass showcases as police and bystanders watched. He fled to the third floor by elevator before being arrested.
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New Orleans
Algiers Naval Station
Canal Street
Rocket guns may halt robot raids
Britons welcomed news that rocket guns were successfully fighting flying bombs in London and the southeast. Allied advances in western France raised hope Nazis' launch sites would move north, but robot attacks killed and injured many as shelters and homes were hit.
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London
France
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