FDR in Hawaii Meets MacArthur at Pearl Harbor
President Franklin D Roosevelt concluded a three day war conference with General Douglas MacArthur at Pearl Harbor Hawaii. Attendees included Admiral Nimitz and other top Pacific war chiefs. Roosevelt outlined renewed offensives to retake the Philippines and seek unconditional surrender of Japan, while visiting installations and praising the transformed island.
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HOWARD FLIEGER
HONOLULU
Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Doug
fortress
United States
Marine
San Diego
Calif
MacArthur
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific fleet
Pacific
pole
America
Philippines
Japan
Admiral Nimitz
Gen. MacArthur
navy yard
Nimitz
Adm
William F. Halsey
Robert C. Richardson, Jr
Central Pacific
north
south
White House
Associated Press
United Press
International News Service
Washington
North Africa
Saipan
Japanese Report calls Hengyang fall a major disaster
The Associated Press notes a Domei broadcast claiming Hengyang’s fall was a major disaster for American forces and Chinese defenders. The claim was unconfirmed. Chinese high command confirms Hengyang was lost on August 8 after defenders were killed to the last man. fate of defending generals unknown.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hengyang
Chungking
Edge Approves Dewey Peace Plank Clash Over Forces
Albany Aug 10 Gov Walter Edge of New Jersey said his view on international cooperation aligns with Presidential Nominee Thomas E Dewey. He interpreted the term peace forces as including everything from editorials to a 16 inch gun. Edge said Dewey’s stance on peace forces goes beyond his own public utterances and issued the statement after meeting Dewey. Dewey declined comment. Dewey accepted the nomination and urged cooperation to prevent future wars.
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ALBANY
N.Y
VPI- Gov
Walter E. Edge
New Jersey
Thomas E. Dewey
Edge
Dewey
America
Mackinac
Axis Satellites Make Peace Moves
London reports unconfirmed signs that Bulgaria and Romania may seek to exit the war. An Istanbul dispatch says Bulgaria asked Turkey to arrange peace with the Allies. Romanian withdrawal would hinge on Finnish peace terms and a new government seeking an armistice if Russia moderates terms.
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LONDON
Hitler
Balkan
Bulgaria
Romania
Turkey
Istanbul
Associated Press
Frank O'Brien
Russia
Finland
Heavy Bombers Strike Paris and Ploesti Oil Centers
At dawn American heavy bombers from England and Italy hit fuel and transport facilities around Paris and strike the Romanian oil hub of Ploesti for the second time in hours. More than 500 Flying Fortresses and Liberators, escorted by Mustangs and Lightnings, set fires at refineries and derricks, with targets also north of Bucharest.
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LONDON
England
Italy
Paris
Ploesti
Bucharest
Senate Debates Unemployment Benefits Plan
Senate debates the Murray Kilgore plan to extend unemployment benefits to war workers at up to 35 dollars weekly. Taft condemns the proposal as unequal to soldiers and sailors and cites war bond sales and savings as cushions. The debate features party lines, Legion opposition, and clashes over federal versus state administration of benefits.
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WASHINGTON
Taft
Ohio
Murray - Kingove
senate
treasury
army
navy
George
DGa
congress
LEGION
Tobey
E-NH
Maurice F. Devine
American Legion
legislative council
Thomas BE
Dewey
CIO
Murray
Mont
Submarine War Grants 16 More Enemy Ships Down
Washington reports American submarines in Japanese waters destroyed 16 more enemy vessels including a warship. The tally brings total Japanese ships sunk or damaged by submarines to 39, with 54 warships sunk, 11 probably sunk and 14 damaged. Merchant fleet losses include 633 sunk, 26 probably sunk and 01 damaged. A medium tanker was noted among the latest actions, hitting fuel transport capacity.
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WASHINGTON
navy
Candidates for Senator Have Something in Common
Boise Idaho Aug 10 Glen H Taylor a Democrat and his Republican rival Gov Cay Bottolfsen shared a small moment of humor saying Bottolfsen was leaving a hotel dining room as Taylor entered They both found the same hat rack had the only vacancy and placed their hats in the same spot not speaking to each other
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BOISE
Idaho
Glen H. Taylor
senate
Cay Bottolfsen
Bottolfsen
Taylor
Bets on Nazi surrender haunt Allied troops in France
American soldiers in France bet on when Germany will fall amid near collapse talk. A US 1st Army pool predicts Paris capture dates from August 15 to October 1, with September 1 the favorite. In Moscow, a Soviet authority forecast a longer war into next summer, warning of surprises. Baltimore correspondent Norton says Tokyo’s seizure won’t end the war and Allied forces may face many German detachments to crush.
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FRANCE
Germany
US 1st army
Paris
NEW YORK
Henry Cassidy
Associated Press
Moscow
Cassidy
Hitler
BALTIMORE
Howard M. Norton
Baltimore Sun
Guam
Japan
Norton
Pacific
Tokyo
Tokyo Reports Submarines Sunk
New York August 10 The Tokyo radio said Japanese coastal torpedo patrol planes attacked two enemy submarines near the Japanese mainland and claimed both were accounted for One was seen surfacing off Oshima in the Izu islands south of Tokyo bay The other was sunk southeast of Formosa Taiwan waters according to the FCC recorded broadcast
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NEW YORK
Tokyo radio
Oshima
Izu islands
Tokyo bay
Taiwan
Formosa
federal communications commission
Special Weapons Used by Germans Sink Boats in Seine Bay
German communique reports use of special weapons by the German navy to sink six loaded supply vessels totaling 25 500 tons a destroyer and an escort vessel. A large enemy destroyer was damaged badly by a bomb hit in waters west of Brest.
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LONDON
Seine bay
Brest
Lend-Lease Bill Larger in June Exports Top Record
Washington report shows lend-lease shipments making about 80 percent of all exports. June exports reached 1.271 billion dollars, the second highest monthly total on record, slightly below May’s 1.419 billion but 27 percent above June 1943. First six months of 1944 totaled 7.204 billion.
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WASHINGTON
United States
census bureau
War Prisoners Refuse to Work
Stockton Calif Aug 10 A sit down strike by 500 German prisoners at the Stockton ordnance depot began when they refused to work a nine hour day Maj A E Cook public relations officer said the rest of the camp of 1800 prisoners returned to normal duties this morning
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STOCKTON
Calif
A. E. Cook
Guam Recaptured As Final Japanese Hold Falls To U S Troops
Admiral Nimitz announced that after 19 days of fighting Guam was fully in American hands except for a small inland pocket near Pati Point. Allied forces pressed mop up with air and naval dominance as reports cited heavy Japanese casualties and ongoing operations across the Pacific.
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U. S. PACIFIC FLEET
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Pati Point
muse
Al Cooking
Associated Press
Aitape
British New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Driniumor river
Marianas
Kiska
Ernest J. King
Nimitz
Tokyo
Marianas islands
Bonin
Kazan
Palau- Yap line
Hamahera
New Guinea
MacArthur
Morotai
Philippines
Davao
Mindanao
Wake
Nauru
Marshalls
Thousands Idle in Strikes Hit Nine States and Firms
The nation faced widespread labor disruption with 58,000 to 74,000 workers idle as eight state trucking strikes involved about 25,000 drivers. Government intervention from the White House was likely before possible army action. At Wright Aeronautical plants in Paterson area, 3,200 to 20,000 idle workers. Two injuries reported from outside plant clashes.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Roosevelt
Washington
midwest
White House
office of
defese transportation
Draft calls to continue after war in Europe ends
Salem Oregon August 10 The end of the war in Europe probably will mean no decrease in the number of men needed in the draft says Maj Gen Lewis B Hershey national selective service director The navy still will need many men for its Pacific war he said at a press conference yesterday and the army will continue to need replacements for men who have had long service
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SALEM
Ore
Europe
Lewis B. Hershey
national selective service
navy
Pacific
army
Berlin Reports New Red Threat
Berlin reports a new Soviet flank threat west of the upper Narew river threatening East Prussia and Warsaw. The German communique says repeated Soviet attacks were beaten off or checked west of the Narew, with Lomza possibly in Russian hands. Moscow says a deep thrust hit the German left northeast of Warsaw as German defenses slow the Red army along the vast front.
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LONDON
East Prussia
Warsaw
upper Narew river
upper Narew
Berlin
Narew
Falkenhayn
Lomza
Vistula
Latvia
Estonia
Moscow
Red
Stalin
Red armes
Hollywood Fight Inquiry Ordered
Los Angeles August 10 The district attorney will thoroughly probe the Tommy Dorsey versus Jon Hall Hollywood melee after Hall claimed he was assaulted. Antonio Icaza, Panama born actor, filed suit against Dorsey and nine John and Jane Does for 40,000 dollars claiming Dorsey threatened him and a bottle struck him.
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LOS ANGELES
Tommy Dorsey
Jon Hall
Hollywood
Fred Howser
Dorsey
Hall
Howser
Antonio Icaza
fromm
Panama
John Does
Jane Does
500 Submarines Lost by Germans Report
Allied bombs torpedoes and guns have destroyed more than 500 German submarines since the war began. A joint Anglo American statement under Roosevelt and Churchill notes the U boat fleet remains impressive and adds July’s submarine losses were substantially greater than merchant ships sunk.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
Churchill
Scoutmaster Happy After Training Session Mishap in Ada
In Ada Oklahoma on August 10 a scouting event ended with Scoutmaster Otis Stockton sinking during a swimming party. His scouts rescued him, paused the group, and helped him to reestablish breathing. Artificial respiration was continued for about 20 minutes before recovery noted.
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ADA
Okla
Otis Stockton
Stockton
Battle for Paris shifts as Allied forces press toward capital
Allied troops drive into the Paris defense arc as a new airborne army under Lt Gen. Lewis H Brereton forms to strike from the air. German forces retreat from Le Mans while Canadians and British push toward Caen and the Orne river line, narrowing the gap to Paris. Unconfirmed reports claim American spearheads reach within 60 miles of Paris as fighting swirls along the Loire and Norman front.
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SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
Paris
Le Mans
Alencon
Tours
Orleans
Chartres
Dwight T. Eisenhower
Lewis H. Brereton
ninth air force
Seine
Caente
Falaise
H. D. G. Crerar
Vimont
Bernard L. Montgomery
Males C. Dempsey
Orne
Amaye
ina
Orne and
Laize
Caen
NANTES
Percousville
Croisilles
Thury-Harcourt
Motte
St. Martin-De-Sallen
CBS
Vatican Aid to Florence as Allied Push Presses On
Rome August 10 1949 Vatican moves to relieve Florence with flour and supplies funneled through Archbishop Elia Della Costa while Canadian troops aided by 250 Italian patriots clear fascist remnants in Florence south. Italian and Polish forces in the Adriatic sector push across the Misa river line with Poles taking Francavilla near Cesano river south of Rimini.
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ROME
Vatican
Florence
Elia Della Costa
Adriatic
Misa river
Francavilla
Cesano
Rimini
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Hawaii
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U.S
5th air force
Kokas
Dutch New Guinea
Far East air forces
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Hollywood Fight
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