Russians Open Crushing New Drive In Poland Japs Execute Americans Captured In Recent Raid
A Japanese broadcast directed to American forces in the Southwest Pacific, recorded by the FCC, said several airmen captured in the June Kyushu raid had been executed. It warned that any Allied airman who falls or bails out over Japan will be executed. US communiques reported four B 29 losses on June 15 with one shot down, two crashed, one missing. The message also referenced past Tokyo raids and noted prisoners previously captured.
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New York
Southwest
Pacific
Federal Communications Commission
Kyushu
Japan
Tokyo
FCC
Singapore
Hell
City and County War Casualties Reach 157 in Frederick
Frederick city and Frederick County report 157 casualties in World War II. The tally includes 46 deaths, 85 wounded, 13 missing, and 13 prisoners of war. Four deaths and 15 wounds occurred during the French invasion. 10 wounded are from Frederick, with many others from the county.
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Frederick
Frederick County
France
Mt. Airy
Union Bridge
Eisenhower Declares French Interior Forces Combatants
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force cites General Eisenhower stating French interior forces are combatants and eligible for Allied justice. He asserts these forces form an integral part of the Allied Expeditionary Force and that German actions against them violate statements from June 7, 1944.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
West
Ploesti Oil Fields Afire After Allied Bombing Raid
Rome reports that about 750 American heavy bombers hit five oil refineries and a pumping station at Ploesti Romania. Great clouds of smoke rose to 20 000 feet and were visible for over 100 miles as escort Mustangs engaged several enemy fighters.
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Rome
Ploesti
Romania
Clark Narrowly Missed Death Six Months Ago
Rome July 15 The U S Navy disclosed that a minesweeper accidental fire caused one officer and one man to be killed and three others wounded aboard a P T boat carrying Lt Gen Mark W Clark and other Army officers to the Anzio beachhead on January 28
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Rome
U. S. Navy
United States
Mark W. Clark
Anzio
Driving Japs From India's Manipur Hills
Report from Southeast Asia Command in Ceylon states Japanese forces north of Imphal are retreating toward the Chindwin valley as they abandon their Manipur foothold in a shrinking Burma campaign. In a separate Circuit Court hearing, Alvin M. Bopst was adjudged in contempt for $40 in arrears of alimony to Mrs. Fairey Bopst and given until Tuesday to pay or face jail.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Imphal
Manipur
India
Chindwin
Burma
Patrick M. Schwanifer
Alvin M. Bopst
Fairey Bopst
E. Austin James
Bopst
McNutt May Shift to National Service If Job Program Fails
Washington July 15 Report says Paul V. McNutt may reverse his stance and seek a national service law if the present job placement program does not secure public service, according to government officers.
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Max
Washington
Chaiman Paul V. McNutt
Robot bombs hit London based Yeoman Decker in blackout blast
Yeoman Harry L. Decker reports from London that his apartment was smashed by flying robot bombs during a midnight raid. He was slightly injured, but notes unchanged diary details after censorship. Decker, stationed with the U S Navy, recalls watching the drones pass overhead and the lack of shelter. He is described as the first local casualty from the robot bombs.
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Harry L. Decker
Mary .H. Decker
Hitler
Yeoman
Decker
U. S. Navy
London
Germany
Yeoman Decker
Property Sold At Public Sale In East Fourth Street Area
Public sale at the Court House this morning transferred the real estate of the late Mollie M. Nusz on the southwest corner of East Fourth street and Chapel alley to Mrs. Catherine L. Albaugh for 2980 dollars. The five room frame two story dwelling was sold by heirs at law Guy L. Nusz and Ira G. Nusz with Emmett R. Bowius as auctioneer.
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Court House
Mollie M. Nusz
East Fourth Street
Chapel Alley
Catherine L. Albaugh
Guy L. Nusz
Ira G. Nusz
Emmett R. Bowius
UNRRA recognises De Gaulle led government in France
Washington July 15 UNRRA today recognized the French National Committee led by General Charles de Gaulle as the provisional government of the French Republic.
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Washington
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Charles DeGaulle
Tropical Storm Threat Near Florida Coast
The Weather Bureau reported a tropical storm about 450 miles east of Melbourne, Florida, with a warning for naval forces to take precautions in its projected path.
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Miami
Fla
Weather Bureau Today
Atlantic
Melbourne
Made In Japan In Normandy Firecracker Nerve Weapon Claim
Lt Nick Shapis of Perth Amboy New Jersey reports finding firecrackers stamped Made in Japan in Normandy. Slow burning fuses of varying length cause intermittent popping resembling sniper fire as German forces use the devices as nerve weapons.
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Normandy
Nick Shapis
Perth Amboy
N. J
Japan
General Newgarden and Two Colonels Die in Plane Crash
Chattanooga Tennessee July 15 Maj Gen Paul W Newgarden commander of the 10th Armored Division two colonels and at least two others were killed when an Army plane crashed in a heavy storm near here They were en route from Fort Knox Kentucky to Augusta Georgia for a troop review at Camp Gordon to celebrate the second anniversary of Newgardens command Capt Lester M Nichols said the Major General Col Renn Lawrence and others died in the crash Fort Oglethorpe Col Howard Clark said the wind and storm caused the craft to explode and disintegrate Newgarden 54 a 35 year Army veteran was a West Point and Army War College graduate Lawrence overseas in World War I became a full colonel in July 1942 Home address Chattanooga Tennessee listed for Lawrence.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Paul W. Newgarden
10Th Armored Division
Here
Lester M. Nichols
Camp Gordon
Augusta
Newgarden
Howard Clark
Fort Oglethorpe
West Point
Army War College
Chicago
Col. Lawrence
Allied Invasion Strength in Normandy on D Day
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force notes on D Day details. Eisenhower's force landed with more than seven divisions ashore, totaling over one eighth of Hitler's Western Army. By July 15 the German buildup neared 60 to 65 divisions, with 20 to 25 in Normandy and 11 or 12 facing American lines.
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France
Normandy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
von Rundstedt
79th Division First To Enter Cherbourg
The American 79th Division under Maj Gen Ira Wyche led the force into Cherbourg with the Fourth and Ninth Divisions on the flanks, as Supreme Headquarters disclosed today in a World War II dispatch.
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Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
Ira Wyche
Cherbourg
Supreme Headquarters
Bomb victim improves in Gettysburg hospital
David Glass, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Glass of Emmitsburg R D 2, was badly burned when a dummy bomb used by soldiers on maneuvers exploded Tuesday evening. He was reported somewhat improved today at Annie M Warner hospital in Gettysburg where he remains a patient. Chinese attack on Tungling. Chinese troops push from north east and south and report five enemy units captured and about 100 killed according to Chinese high command.
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Gettysburg
David Glass
Paul Glass
Emmitsburg
R. D
Annie M. Warner Hospital
Chungking
Burma
Tungling
Allied Push Near Livorno Tightens On Italian Front
American troops drive within three and a half miles of the Livorno seaport as German resistance weakens. Chianni falls. U S forces reach near the Arno valley heights while French seize Poggibonsi in a coordinated advance.
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Rome
Livorno
Leghorn
Chianni
Fifth Army
Arno
Bastille
Poggibonsi
Ghizzano
Arno River
Villamagna
Poggibons
U. S
Belvedere
Era Valley
Arno Valley
Railroads In Paris Suburbs Are Attacked
British Lancasters hammered rail yards at Villeneuve St Georges in southeastern Paris suburbs as night raids focus on supply lines for the battle area. Seven bombers were missing, one failed to return, and a blast sent fumes along the tracks implying an ammunition train was hit.
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London
Paris
France
Normandy
Germany
Villeneuve - St. Gorges
Villeneuve S51
Gorges
Turkey Expected Soon To Break With Nazis
Rumors in Ankara say Turkey may sever diplomatic and economic ties with Germany amid Allied pressure. No confirmation or denial from Turkish or Allied quarters. German observers in London report Berlin hints Turkey may enter the war before October, with many representatives leaving Ankara for summer residences.
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Turkey
Ankara
Germany
London
Transocean
Berlin
New Use Found for Missing Mail Sacks
Spokane dispatch reports John D. Hardy of Washington DC, general superintendent of the railway mail service, offers a solution to the missing overseas mail sacks mystery. He confirms sacks have been repurposed for tents and sandbagging and notes natives in North Africa and the South Pacific reportedly turned some into dresses.
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Spokane
Wash
John D. Hardy
Washington, D. C
Railway Mail Service
North Africa
South Pacific
Four Mile Advance Near St Lo In Heavy Normandy Battle
Allied forces push four miles toward Periers and St Lo as American troops reach the outskirts of Lessay and advance on the main hub of St Lo. British and American units report heavy shelling and intensified fighting with German forces along the Odon, Orne, and Vire fronts. Prisoner totals exceed 54,000 as units converge on several towns and roads in the Cherbourg and Caen vicinity.
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St. Lo
U. S
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Lessay
Periers
Plessis
Cherbourg
Pont- Hebert
la Barre de Semilly
Beauvais
Pissol
St. Germain-Sur-Ay
Petiers
21St Army Group
Les Granges
Gonfreville
St. Patrice de Cladas
Red Army Offensives Reach Across Southern Poland Front
London reports German confirmation of a new Russian offensive in southern Poland extending toward Lwow and Brest Litovsk with advances up to 23 miles daily. Russians pressed from Tarnopol and Luck toward Grodno and East Prussia while German counter actions and breaches are noted along multiple sectors. The drive risks severing supply lines and widening the war's eastern front.
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East Prussia
London
Poland
Suwalki
Red Army
Tarnopol
Lwow
Luck
Lublin
Warsaw
Brest-Litovsk
Bug River
Berlin
Moscow
Pripyat
Baltic States
CBS
Grodno
Paris
Wolkowysk
Bialystok
Tottering Daugavpils
Dvinsk
Latvia
Opochka
Daugavpils
Five Typhoid Fever Cases Reported in County
Five typhoid cases have been reported in the city and county since June, the county health officer Dr. E C Kefauver said. He noted poor turnout at immunization clinics and traced cases to several communities while warning some infections lack municipal water links. Hospitalization appears stable and two cases linked to polluted water. Rabies quarantine in Middletown valley lifted with no new cases.
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E. C. Kefauver
Burkittsville
Frederick Junction
Frederick
Woodsboro
Walkersville
Kefauver
Health Department
Central Laboratory
Baltimore
Philip Harvey
Middletown Valley
Jap Defenses Crumble at Port Apra in Guam Action
U S Pacific Fleet reports carrier forces from Mitscher hammering Port Apra on Guam for ten straight days after Saipan conquest. Attack aircraft, warships, and Liberator bombers struck ammunition dumps and coastal targets while destroyers shelled enemy positions near Port Apra.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Apra
Pacific
Saipan
Chester W. Nimitz
UA. 5
Rota
Marc A. Mitscher
Port Apra
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Manipur Hills
Harry Decker
Frederick Man
Tennessee
Army
Odon
Orne
Maltot
Caen
U.S
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Iwo Jima
Kazan Group
Newspap
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