Absentee ballots gain traction in wartime Missouri race
Missouri voters and service members mobilize for absentee ballots as 30 000 applications flood election offices. The week features renomination battles for Senator Clark and Rep Fish with McKittrick challenging Clark. Dewey critiques Fish as Ballot moves heighten stakes ahead of November contests.
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Associated Press
Bennett C. Clark
Missouri
Mepuolican
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Army
Navy
Clark
Altonies
Roy McKittrick
U. S. Senate
South Carolina
Fish
McKittrick
Augustus W. Besinel
Newburg
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewers
Liberators Drop 25 Tons West of Dutch New Guinea
The attack aimed to destroy Japanese aircraft and airfields as raiders used clusters of devastating fragmentation bombs. Liberators dropped 25 tons on the Sorong airfront and 32 tons on the Mano Kwari strongpoint, with Mano Kwari located about 60 miles west of Noemfoor island. The Aitape front remained quiet as Japanese casualties mounted inland along the Driniumor River.
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Sorong
Dutch New Guinea
Mannokwari
Manokweri
Noemfoor
Aitape
British New Guinea
Afua
Driniumo
Sophia Mass Meeting Aims At Youth Recreation
Sophia residents will gather Friday at 8 p m in Sophia elementary school to address a recreation problem facing local youth. O A Phillips president of the chamber of commerce says there is nowhere for youths to go except beer joints and urges organized plans for youths.
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Sophia
O. A. Phillips
Chamber of Commerce
Phillips
Chamber
Soviet advance and Stalin honored as Warsaw defense tightens
Russian forces push toward the Vistula and Warsaw with Rokossovsky’s spearheads along a 100 mile eastern bank stretch. Stalin receives the Order of Victory for leadership in major offensives and Allied supply support aids the Red Army. German broadcasts claim failures to break the Vistula line as Polish troops fight near the eastern suburbs.
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White Russia
Moscow
Presidium of the Supreme Council of the
U.S.S.R
Joseph Stalin
Red Army
Germany
Berlin
Warsaw
Rokossovsky
Vistula
Coxyack
Brest-Litovsk
Bug River
Mikhail Lo Kazakov
Marines Press Forward in Marianas Advance at Airfield
Allied press correspondent Henry, reporting from Orato, notes enemy troopers held buildings since 1941 but Marines pressed ahead near the 4,700 foot Crote airfield. Japanese trapped number about 2,000, with more than 40,099 enemy dead cited as the operation continues on the island’s west coast peninsula.
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Henry
Crote
Marianas
Airing
Tolbert Dies Saturday at 91 in Crab Orchard
James Willian Tolbert, 91, a longtime Crab Orchard resident and retired lumberman, died after a year of illness at his home. Survived by three sons J Tolbert L E Tolbert J S Tolbert and two daughters Stella Tolbert and Mrs J C Prince. Funeral at Oak Grove Christian church Monday at 2 p.m. with Rev Less Garten and Rev Paul Smith officiating. Burial in Oak Grave cemetery. Body to be returned from Calfee funeral home today at 6 p.m.
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Raleigh Country
Dugsbur
Christian Church
J. Tolbert
L. E. Tolbert
Crab Orchard
J. S. Tolbert
Oak Grove
Stella Tolbert
J.C. Prince
Beckiey
Oak Grove Christian Church
Less Garten
Paul Smith
Oak Grave
the Calfee
Air bombardment targets Manchuria and Manchurian rail hubs
The raid marks a major American effort in Manchuria aimed at key industrial sites and rail facilities. Tokyo acknowledged the attack, criticizing propaganda use by Washington, while noting limited reported damage. Anshan's Showa works and regional rail junctions near Mukden are highlighted as critical targets.
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Chenghsien
Weining
Hankow
Henan Province
War Department
Washington
Tokyo Radio
U. S
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Tokyo
Kyuehut Island
Yawata
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Mukden
Dadren
Japan
Formosa
State Health Officers Warn Counties Over Poliomyelitis Spread
West Virginia health officials report no polio cases in Raleigh County but note a second death in Mammoth near Charleston. Health Commissioner Offner calls a statewide meeting to plan a barrier against spread and urges each county to establish at least one isolation ward. Physicians and hospitals asked to report new cases promptly.
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W. W. Hume
Raleigh
Mammoth
Charleston
James Harold Jones
J. E. Offner
Health Department
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Offer
Paul Gearhardt
Cancer Control Division
Department of Public Assistance
James A. Biboy, Jr
The
Public Service Commission
State Infantile Paralysis Foundation
A. M. Price
J. T. Duncan
A. L., Chapman
Offner
Gt Fner
Bibby
British King Watches Italy Triumphs Amid Army Display
King George in Italy witnesses an intensive fifth army display near Clark's headquarters after a blast injures a soldier who stepped on a mine. He surveys lines of American troops, nurses, and matériel at an airfield and headquarters, shaking hands with officers and soldiers during a luncheon and inspection.
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Clark
Italy
R.A. F
George
West Virginia extends liquor registration two weeks
Associated Press reports in Charleston that West Virginians who never bought alcohol will be eligible to register for the new ration books starting Tuesday. Registration for existing ration book holders is extended to August 22, with about 150,000 who signed up in two weeks and many of the remaining 442,000 eligible buyers expected to apply before September 1.
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Charleston
West
Americans Drive Deep Into German Lines In France Offensive
Allied forces push an armored spearhead toward Percy as American tanks move across the Tessy Arehal road and St Denis le Gast corridor. More than 6,000 German troops captured, 240 enemy tanks claimed destroyed by fighter bombers amid continued aerial support.
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Hitler
Wehrmacht
France
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Percy
Vire
Morlaiz
Cerisy la Satle
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Villebaudon
St. Denis de Gast
Tossy
Notre Dame de Cenilly
Caen
Tessy
Black Market Dealers Counterfeiting Gas Stamps Warned
George B. Chambers told the Kiwanis club that counterfeit gasoline ration stamps and black market schemes drain 2.8 million gallons daily, with most violations at dealer level. He warned the crisis could force civilian and war use curbs if shortages worsen.
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Kiwanis Club
Petroleum Industries
War Council
Raleigh County
Chambers
CPA
Loss of Army C-54 Plane Leaves 18 Wounded
Washington reports a C-54 transport with 26 aboard including 18 patients disappeared en route from Scotland to Mitchell Field New York. The war department said the four engine plane likely went down between Iceland and Newfoundland Wednesday morning. Over 150 planes plus surface craft search the area as officials note it is the first casualty of this kind since the start of wartime air evacuation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Scotland
Mitchelfield
New York
War Department
Iceland
Newfoundland
Navy
Army
Air Transport Command
Royal Canadian Air Force
Coast Guard
Mher
Department
United States
Wes
Wounded in Action Is Cpl Okey A Mills
Cpl. Okey A. Mills, son of Mrs. Zona Mills of Crab Orchard, has been wounded in action in the European theater, the War Department announced yesterday.
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Cpl. Okey A. Mills
Zona Mills
Crab Orchard
War Department
Twin Explosions Kill Two at California Chemical Plant
The Associated Press reports two people dead and six injured after twin explosions at the Chemurgie corporation plant near Giant, California. Sheriff's officials said two buildings were damaged as witnesses described one large blast followed by subsequent explosions and fires.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Calif
Chemurgie Corporation
Giant
Martinez
Allies Five Miles From Florence In Final Battle Push
Rome reports the eighth army of New Zealanders driving toward Florence five miles south of the city as German Tiger tanks counter the thrust. The Arno front tightens with a 30 mile long line as Allied forces press west of Florence and aim to isolate remaining Nazi troops. Brazil is noted as the only South American nation to declare war on Germany in World War I.
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Associated Press
Rome
Florence
Eighth Army
Arno
Cerbaia
Elsa River
Montelupo
1100 Bombers Hit Oil Targets Again
London reports that over 1100 American bomber crews struck the Lena synthetic refinery at Merseburg for a second straight day. The raid follows a 1000-plane RAF attack on Stuttgart and Hamburg last night, with 62 British aircraft lost. German oil targets remain a top priority as heavy Allied forces attack 64 Nazi plants, while other U S planes hit Bremen and fighters strafed targets in Germany and France in support of Normandy.
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Associated’ Press
London
Germany
Lena
Merseburg
Stuttgart
Hamburg
Britain
Maly
Bremen
France
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