Russians Reach Warsaw and Kaunas Fall Recorded by Nazis
German reports claim Russians may have reached Warsaw while Kaunas fell after a day of Soviet advances into East Prussia. Berlin said Soviet troops were within artillery range of Warsaw as German forces prepared the home front for fall news. Moscow reported Red Army progress along a 68 mile front with gains toward Baltic cities and East Prussia, listing distances to major targets.
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London
Warsaw
Kaunas
Suwalki
East Prussia
DNB
Berlin
Moscow
Red Army
Lithuania
Nieman
Transocean
High Command
Poland
Junkers
Giby
Ivan D Cherniakovsky
Cherniakovsky
Augustow
German Silesia
Riga
Baltic
Latvia
Gulf of Riga
Czecho-Slovakia
Krakow
Radom
Fallinn
Estonia
Miriampole
Masurian Lake
Sambor
Stryi
Old Poland
Carpathians
Insterburg
Tilsit
East Prussian
Meme
Konigsberg
Devastating Secret Weapon Reported By U S Navy In Pacific
War correspondent Clinton Green described a fearsome secret weapon aiding U S forces in the Marianas invasion. Admiral Nimitz announced Guam harbor and airstrip were in American hands as Tinian’s town faced heavy assault. The weapon’s exact nature remains undisclosed though its deadly power is claimed to be overwhelming and near certain to cause massive destruction in Japanese targets. Rabbi Aaron Lefkowitz accepts call to Temple Beth Miriam Long Branch and will leave Beer Chayim after nine years.
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Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Marianas
Guam
Tinian
America
Clinton Green
Adm
Chester W Nimitz
Guams
Green
Cumberland
Aaron Lefkowitz
Temple Beth Miriam
Long Branch
N. J
Beer Chayim
Miss Marguerite LeHand Dies, Roosevelt Secretary
Washington reports the death of Miss Marguerite Alice LeHand, longtime personal secretary to President Roosevelt, at Chelsa Massachusetts due to cerebral embolism. The White House announced she had been stricken unexpectedly and that Roosevelt expressed deep personal loss and praised her devoted service and quiet efficiency.
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Washington
Marguerite Alice
Missy) LeHand
False Fire Alarm On Water Street Early Morning
Firemen found no blaze on Water street after a 4 A.M. alarm. Police traced the smoke to a cookstove fire inside a home, misread as a street fire by the initial call.
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Water Street
The Road To Berlin Front Distances Reported
The Associated Press notes three World War II fronts with measured advance: Russian front 335 miles from near Kilbiel, Italian front 605 miles from Senigallia, and Normandy front 630 miles from Troarn. The briefing consolidates progress on all major theaters.
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Associated Press
Kilbiel
Senigallia
Normandy
Troarn
County Home Repairs To Start After Storm Damage
Repairs will begin soon at Montevue County Almshouse after a Wednesday night storm heavily damaged the old two story infirmary. One building may have to be demolished as gable end and slate roof were blown in. Four windows were blown out and a main porch post carried away. Ground cleanup will take a week with Camp Detrick help clearing fallen trees. Farm buildings escaped serious damage and repairs are planned shortly.
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Montevue
G. Cleveland Trout
Trout
Fourth Street Pike
Camp Detrick
Frederick County
Baltimore
Eighth Army Is Held At Bay By Counter Attacks
Rome July 31 Nazi infantry and tanks pressed counter attacks to hold the Eighth Army in check five to seven miles northwest of Florence as Allied artillery pounded German units. On the Fifth Army front along the lower Arno, heavy fire continued across the river with no sign of American penetration beyond Pisa's southern edge.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Florence
Fifth Army
Arno
Pisa
Attorney Found Dead On Yacht In Potomac River
Washington July 31 attorney Arthur M Hahn 49 prominent lawyer was found dead Sunday by the Coast Guard on the cabin door of his yacht on the Potomac river about 150 yards below Fort Washington in plain view of his steering wheel. Hisfamily said Hahn had suffered from a heart condition for two years.
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Washington
Arthur M Hahn
Coast Guard
Potomac River
Fort Washington
Hahn
Tropical Disturbance Near Nassau Reported
The Weather Bureau announced a tropical disturbance east of Nassau in the Bahama islands on July 31, advising caution for nearby areas and potential development monitoring by authorities.
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Miami
Fla
Weather Bureau
Nassau
Bahama Islands
Normandy casualty list grows in city and county
One soldier dead and one missing in Normandy raise local totals to 47 casualties. Pic Charles R Waters is dead. Pvt Harry Hahn Jr is missing since D-Day. Also Pvt Calvin C Wilson and Corp Fred Victor Grimes listed as missing. Flight Officer Edmund Moberly presumed dead.
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Carroll County
France
Pic Charles R. Waters
Luna B. Waters
Knoxville
Harry Hahn, Jr
Harry Hahn
West B Street
Brunswick
Calvin C. Wilson
Isabelle Wilson
Taneytown
Corp
Fred Victor Grimes
Union Bridge
Bessemer
St. Lo
115Th Infantry
Pic
Waters
War Department
Sandy Hook
Pvt
Hahn
Infantry Company K
Pvt. Wilson
Corp Grimes
Hampstead
Isabelle Ramsburg
Route 1 Corp
Grimes
Italy M. Grimes
Edmund Lamar Moberly
Edmund F. Moberly
Johnstown
Moberly
Sicily
F. Moberly
East Fourth Street
Specialist Decker Commended By Navy
Norfolk July 31 Specialist James Sherciiffe Decker 34 of Frederick Maryland a Specialist Second Class USNR attempted to rescue a laborer from asphyxiation and drowning at the Naval Training Station Newport Rhode Island on June 22 1943. Decker was overcome by fumes but saved the man and earned commendation from the Secretary of the Navy. He was born November 12 1909 in Kitzmiller Garrett County Maryland and enlisted March 6 1942 in Baltimore.
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Norfolk
James Sherciiffe Decker
USNR
Frederick
Secretary of the Navy
Decker
Mary Harriet Decker
West Church Street
Naval Training Station
Newport
Japanese Break Into Yengyang Chinese Say
Chinese high command admitted tonight that Japanese forces have breached the city of Yengyang and are fighting briskly inside the city and its outskirts. The report also notes the broader Japanese advance toward Chungking with ongoing combat conditions.
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Yengyang
Chungking
3000 U S Planes Hit Targets Of Enemy
More than 3000 American aircraft attacked targets in the Munich area and central Germany, with 1700 heavy bombers and 1200 fighters from the United States and Britain striking France and Romanian air works. Additional US heavy bombers and Italian air activity joined in raids near the Russian front as RAF crews hit rail yards, bridges, and river crossings in northern France. Weather hindered some operations as Allied forces continued pressure on German targets.
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London
Munich
Germany
Bucharest
Plovsti
Britain
France
Italy
Normandy
Dombent
Extens
Tours
Air Force
Berlin
Tour
Anvers
Paris
Arras
Doul- Jens
Amiens
Rouen
Battlefront
RAF
Caumont
Further Curtailment Of Paper Possible
Washington reports a warning from the War Production Board that paper supplies for newspapers magazines books and printers could be further curtailed in the final quarter of the year unless the industry boosts output of military and essential civilian papers. War conditions are blamed for delays in correspondence from missionaries Rey and Mr Paul Sleichman in India with the last letter dated the day before Christmas. Civilian mail may be delayed due to mail to and from forces stationed in India and Rev and Mrs Greichman and family remain in the hilly southern region of India.
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Washington
War Production Board
Rey
Paul ‘Sleichman
India
Evangelical Lutheran Canrcn
Rev
Greichman
William Eggleston Appointed Acting Deputy State Director
Baltimore July 31 J William Eggleston serving as rationing executive of the Office of Price Administration was named acting deputy state director by Leo McCormick OPA director. New York July 31 selective comeback tendencies prevailed in the stock market with air transports showing strength.
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Baltimore
J. William Eggleston
Sta
Office of Price Administration
Leo McCormick
OPA
New York
Stork
Detroit plants idle as CIO strike halts Pratt & Whitney parts
Five war plants near Detroit part of General Motors Chevrolet Gear and Axle division idled by a CIO walkout over production rates. About 7,000 workers affected as the strike spread from one plant to four others, with a sixth plant largely used for apprentice training remaining idle.
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Detroit
Pratt & Whitney
CIO
Chevrolet Gear & Axle Division
General Motors Corporation
Leaning Tower Of Pisa Claimed Destroyed By Artillery
New York reports NBC citing Berlin radio claiming the leaning tower of Pisa was destroyed by Allied artillery. No confirmation exists as German broadcasts deny nearby military use. Vatican observes Cassino claims and notes lack of proof. Allied dispatches earlier described bombardments near historic sites.
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New York
NBC
Berlin
Pisa
CBS
Alled
Stars and Stripes
Cassino
No New Deal Plans For Reconversion Pittsburgh
Governor Thomas E Dewey says the New Deal failed to plan postwar reconversion and warns that most of his term will be in peacetime. He arrives in Pittsburgh for talks with political, business, and labor leaders on reconversion policies and employment after the war. Dewey criticizes eight years of Roosevelt era unemployment and says proper government policies can curb joblessness. He refrains from commenting on the Truman campaign slogan and notes only a partial quip about horse halves.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas E Dewey
Dewey
United States
Pennsylvania
Truman
Henry A Wallace
Chicago
Americans In Avranches Encircle Nazis In Normandy Move
American forces close on Avranches and seize nearby towns in an encircling maneuver aimed at trapping German garrisons in western France. Berlin radio reports Granville fall as fast armored columns push through the Seventh Army’s path toward a pivotal line north of Cherbourg and toward Paris.
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Avranches
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cotentin
Brittany
la Reaviere
la Frechiere
Torient-Sur-Vire
Seventh Army
France
Normandy
Paris
Brest
Granville
Gavray
Percy
Tessy-Sur-Vire
Bernard L. Montgomery
Caumont
Galet
St. Martin-Des-Besaces
Tessy Sur Vive
U. S
First
Torigni-Sur-Vise-Caumont
Torigni
Caen
Dr Forlines Dies At 75 After Stroke in Westminster
Westminster obituary notes Dr Charles E. Forlines, 75, former president and professor at Westminster Theological Seminary, died of a stroke suffered ten days earlier. He led the seminary from 1936 after succeeding Fred G. Holloway and previously taught Systematic Theology. Born in 1868 in Buffalo Springs, Va, he rose from cotton mills worker to scholar, learning to read at age 12 and serving in church education roles.
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Westminster
Charles E. Forlines
Westminster Theological Seminary
Lester Wellver
Forlines
Alabama
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Oklo
Ulinois
Indiana
Town-Missour
Louisiana
Maryland
North Carolina
Pittsburgh
Tex-ay
Fred G. Holloway
Western Maryland College
Buffalo Springs
John Wesley
Lucy Green Yancy
Alamance County
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Monte Cassino Abbey
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Fifth Parachute
79Th
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Lehr Panzers
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