47 Negroes Killed In Rail Accident
Wreck near Stockton Georgia claims 47 Black laborers and injures 32 as a Coast Line passenger train derails after a broken rail. Six cars derail including a hospital coach. soldiers in another car suffer minor injuries. Negro workers were leased on a railroad job. track rerouted via Albany while rescue efforts continue.
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Associated Press
Stockton
Atlantic Coast Line
Finney General Hospital
Thomasville
ACA
Moody Field
Valdosta
Waycross
Montgomery
Ala
A.C.1
C. G. Sibley
Wilmington
N. C
Sibley
Albany
A.C.L
H. L
Tomlinson
Capture of Myitkyina Ends Three Month Siege
General Stilwell announced the capture of Myitkyina after a three month siege. He noted the railway between Myitkyina and Mogallup is now operating, a feat not anticipated during the monsoon. Stilwell said Japanese reinforcements prolonged the fight and that over 3,000 Japanese were killed in Burma, with allied losses and estimates of far higher enemy casualties since last Christmas.
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Pare
Myitkyina
Chungking
Mogallup
Stilwell
Northwest Territories
Burma
Fire Alarm Sparks Quick Move in Barnes Dwelling
Children woke by smoke roused others as neighbors cleared living room furniture. Fire spread fast, other rooms could not be cleared. Furniture moved from homes on both sides into the street. Flames reached the roof of Monroe Blackstone’s house but firemen extinguished them and stayed until morning.
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Barnes
Monroe Blackstone
A. i
Japs Pushed Back Into Tip Of Guam
American forces press the Guam offensive as Nimitz reports 22 000 civilians take refuge within US lines. Northern area remains Japanese held with Chamorro population 23067. East coast advance to Lanuna Point and west coast push to Avianies Point secure Tomon Bay. Domei tabloid Boko Shimbun announced in Tokyo to instruct the people against future air raids.
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Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Guan
Guam
Chester W. Nimitz
Theough Jongle
Guaw
Tiharemv
Lannuna Point
Sassayan Point
Avianies Point
Tomon Bay
NAPS
Associated Press
New York
Domei
Tokyo Today
Boko Shimbun
U.S
Allied push toward Nantes and Brest threatens Brittany positions
The report describes advances several miles south of St Gildas des Bois toward Nantes on the Loire and Chateaubriant. It notes German claims of closer proximity to Nantes and St Nazaire, while Brest endures air strikes targeting U boats. A Western Allied author mentions a new “third army” entering the French theater.
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Eral
St. Gildas Des Bois
Nantes
Loire
Chateaubriant
Rennes
Vichy
Derval
St. Nazaire
Y Vanouaris
Brest
Brittany
Arman
Pield
Gueulter von Khige
France
Third Army
Battles Reported Near Warsaw as Berlin Describes Front
The comimunique omitted progress north and east of Warsaw while Berlin reported fierce clashes northeast of the Polish capital along the Vistula. Envier efforts to push Nazi lines east of the city were said to have failed.
Heat Wave Sets East Records Amid Stifling August Heat
Unprecedented heat grips the Atlantic seaboard as New York City and New Haven reach record highs around 94 to 96 degrees. Rain and thunderstorms bring brief relief to parts of the Midwest while a 100-degree mark is anticipated for Baltimore. Detroit reports a fatality as cooling rains ease some conditions.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Midwestern
New York City
Baglan
New Haven
Conn
Danburs
Baltimore
Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Mienois
Michigan
Detroit
Sea Locks
Lake Superior
Texas
Dallas and
Fort Worth
Nashville,Tenn
Los Angeles
War crisis spreads as workers threaten strikes amid defense orders
President orders anti strike action as Selective Service cancels deferments and unemployment benefits are halted. Attorney General orders grand jury probe while troops deploy in midcity to restore order and secure transit hubs. Soldiers with bayonets patrol streets as sensure measures and material shortages threaten war efforts.
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Selective Service
Department of Ju
Smith-Connally
Biddle
Washington
Hayes
Pennsylvania Orailroad
30Th Street
Amin
Fort Dix
N.Y
George’s Hilt
Fairmount Park
Ardred Menickers
Yanks Press Germans Toward Rennes Surrender
In Brittany near Rennes American forces advance as sergeant York style figures push the Nazi defense toward surrender. Reports describe a brave private who killed six Germans and captured 28 while guiding a path to a command post despite being separated from his unit.
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Hal Boyle
Adiaded
York
Hriliany
Rennes
Donald
Metay
Art Kallman
Eric
Penn
State rights issue looms over wartime benefits talks
Silgorve argued the states would determine eligibility for benefits while federal funds supplement state payments. He said the issue aims to limit benefits for workers facing job loss as war production declines.
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Silgorve
Yanks Press Japanese Remnants in New Guinea Action
Allied advances in the Aitape area of British New Guinea reported by headquarters lead to a collapse of Japanese positions. Seemingly trapped remnants faced renewed bombardment and river crossings as American lines push toward control of the Driniamer and Geelvink Bay sectors. General MacArthur announced the second Japanese army was driven from its strongpoints along Geelvink Bay and the Vogelkop peninsula.
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Sour Y Pacific
Aitape
British New Guinea
Driniamer River
Attape
Demtumoy
Biak Island
Schouteneroap
Kority
Airodrome
PP Boate
Ceelvink Bay
Ditech New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Oti Ree
Geelvink Bay
Vogelkoppeninssula
Allied Forces Push Toward Florence Across Arno
The Eighth Army fought briefly with German rear guards as they advanced toward Florence. Units reached Montelupo and Rignana near Pontassieve while others closed on Signa and Bagno a Ripoli. German troops allegedly spared the Ponte Vecchio, unable to bear military traffic.
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Arno
Eighth Ara
Florentine
Eighth Army
Arta
Montelupo
Rignana
Pontussieve
Florence
Signa
Bagno-Aripoli
Pone Vecchio
London Bridge
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