Allies Inva de Southern France
Moscow reports Russian forces attack newly dug German entrenchments near Grajewo and Osowiec as they press toward East Prussia. Zakharov’s 2nd White Russian army group drives the front with heavy bombardment and tank counterattacks. Osowiec falls with victory guns as Russians cross the Biebrza river, threatening Lyck and broader German positions.
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MOSCOW
Grajewo
Osowiec
Biebrza
G. F. Zakharov
Rasurian lakes
Biebran
Izvestia
Zakharov
Sulwaki
east Prussia
Ivan Cherniakovsky
Lyck
Red army
Warsaw
Vistula
Kraj‘kow
Kielce
Baltic states
Estonia
Latvia
Baltic
Riga
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Violence Noted In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia two violence episodes on transit lines were reported as a federal grand jury resumed its probe into a strike that tied up city transit and sparked race clashes. A dozen Black youths attacked a war plant worker after an argument over fare payment. A woman passenger was hospitalized after a trolley window shattering incident, with police arresting one suspected assailant.
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PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia Transportation company
federal grand jary
Allies Report Formosa Raid
Allied air forces bombed the docks at Takao Formosa and sunk three freighters in the Formosa China coast straits. Gen Joseph W Stilwell's headquarters announced the raid. Takao is a major Formosan port and base for Japanese movements in the China Philippines area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CHUNGKING
U. S
24th air force
Takao
Formosa
China
Joseph W. Stilwell
China-Philippines
Island Block Is Neutralized
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, SOUTHWEST PACIFIC August 15 Allied bombers quickly and decisively neutralized Halmahera the last major island block to the Philippines in a record span of a little over two weeks Three major air attacks on the Halmahera airdromes caused great fires and explosions The enemy airfields at Halmahera and nearby bases are practically neutralized and maritime forces largely interdicted MacArthur said Yap in the western Carolines also appears neutralized
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
Halmahera
Philippines
New Guinea
Mindanao
Douglal MacArthur
Timor
Bougainville
Saipan
Tinian
Guam
Marianas
Japan
MacArthur
Yap
Carolines
Bombing Error Causes Casualties
With the Canadian First Army on Aug 15 British heavy bombers dropped explosives behind Canadian lines while attacking German positions causing casualties. The misfire followed a similar incident by U S heavy bombers on the same front. Bombs fell far back off Cinthauz and halted some bomber flights, though a senior Canadian officer noted four of five bombs loosed reached the target area.
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FIRST ARMY
United States
Cinthauz
32 Boy Scouts Reported Slain
London dispatch reports the Association of Polish scouts and guides said 32 boy scouts were executed in Poland early last month by German occupation authorities after a mass arrest in Nowy Sacz during an inquiry into scout activity.
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LONDON
Association of Polish scouts and guides
Poland
Nowy Sacz
Civilian Goods To Be Produced
Washington August 15 The War Production Board ordered civilian goods production to begin for non war work using idle workers and machinery. The list includes vacuum cleaners electric ranges gas fridges not electric mangles washing machines lawn mowers and many enamel ware metal furniture and kitchen tools with simpler items such as ash cans pails and wash tubs noted, though manpower and material limits will cap increases.
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WASHINGTON
PRules
war production board
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
Japanese Diet Session Called
New York Aug 13 Premier Gen Kuniaki Koiso has called a special Diet session to open Sept 5 Tokyo radio reported. The broadcast said Koiso would outline cabinet policies for the 85th extraordinary session. War minister Sugiyama and navy minister Yonai were to report on the war situation.
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NEW YORK
Kuniaki Koiso
Tokyo radio
board of information
federal communications commission
Koiso
Gen
Sugiyama
Mitsumasa Yonai
navy
Tokyo
New American 14 pound anti-personnel bomb reported
London dispatch reports Tokyo radio declared a new American weapon is a 14-pound anti-personnel bomb whose explosion is controlled from a plane by a steel cable wound around the missile.
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LONDON
Tokyo
radio
Calf Gobbles Up Wallet And the $100 Inside of It
PUTNEY Vermont August 15, 1 While Leon restricted Wood was milking a cow he dropped his wallet containing $100 in cash A calf promptly gulped it Wood recovered the remaining $75 from the bank and kept the other items found with the wallet including a driver's license and an A gasoline book.
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PUTNEY
Leon’r. Wood
Wood
Job Payment Increases Urged by Postwar Committee
Washington Aug 15 The House Postwar Committee urged immediate action by state governments to expand unemployment compensation. It called for longer benefit durations and higher weekly payments to address reconversion after Nazi Germany collapse and proposed creating an Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
house
Nazi Germany
Colmer
D-Miss
federal
social security board
Island Outposts Urged by Senator McKellar
Senator McKellar introduces a Senate resolution urging the United States to seek permanent postwar possession of island outposts in the Pacific and Atlantic for peace and security. It favors keeping islands that were in or mandated to Japan on Dec 5 1941, and adds Bermuda and West Indies islands then European possessions.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
senate
chamber
Japan
United ‘States
Formosa
Ryukyu islands
Bermuda island
West ‘Indies
Salmon Run Reported Big in Columbia River
Astoria Oregon August 15 reports from commercial fishermen show the Columbia River salmon run is large this year. A single boat brought in 5000 pounds with gillnetters averaging 2000 pounds. Some canneries have moved to seven days a week with key employees working 12 to 16 hours daily.
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ASTORIA
Ore
Columbia river
Columbia river salmon company
German Retreat Gains Speed Near Falaise
Allied advances press from Conde toward Vassy and Dinard as German retreat accelerates. Lt. Denis de Mere captured at Conde signals German bastion jeopardy while Miles Dempsey’s 2nd Army pushes along the Vire Vassy road. Advances shrink the Falaise Argentan gap to about 22 miles amid heavy Allied air and naval bombardment.
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ROGER D. GREENE
NORMANDY
Falaise
Conde-sur-Noi- Teau
Conde
Denis de Mere
Miles C. Dempsey
2nd army
Vire-Vassy
Vassy
Von Kluge
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
Allied Expeditionary Force
Falaise-Argentan
7th army
Aled
Vire
coffin
Dinard
St. Malo
Breton
channel
Alderney
France
Germans Capture Newspaper Writer Near Chartres
London Aug 15 reports say Pi-Gault MacGowan veteran New York Sun correspondent was captured by German forces near Chartres while traveling on the road to Paris. He may have been accompanied by another American correspondent wounded in a shooting scrape.
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LONDON
Pi — Gault MacGowan
New York Sun
Chartres
Paris
Gerans
MacGowan
U. S
Brest
Rommel Progresses After Accident Says Berlin Broadcast
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is progressing well in his recovery after an accident, according to a Berlin broadcast quoting a press conference today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDLUN
ang
Erwin Rommel
Berlin
New French Invasion Watched By Newsman
Kenneth Dixon reports from southern France on August 15 as Allied forces land with gliders and paratroopers. From 1000 feet, he witnesses minimal resistance inland while noting successful glider operations and air cover during the initial assault.
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KENNETH DIXON
FRANCE
Patton Heads New 3rd Army Blood and Guts in Battle
Allied forces announced Lt Gen George S Patton would command the American 3rd Army as it presses through lower Normandy. The move follows the breaking of Breton peninsula encirclement and a sweep northward from Le Mans aiding the German 7th Army trap.
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Patton
3rd Army
Blood
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George S. Patton
3rd
lower
Brittany
Breton
seventh army
Le Mans
Jacques LeClerc
Lake Chad
Africa
Omar N. Bradley
12th
U. S. army group
Courtney WW. Hodges
Bradley
1st army
U.S
Eisenhower
Martin Halts GOP Reorganization Bid in House
Republican Leader Martin of Massachusetts said he and key GOP figures oppose a one man plan to reorganize the house after a conference with Rep. Rowe of Ohio. Rowe planned to introduce a reso lution protesting delays by Democrats but said he would not go against associates who prefer Rayburn as speaker.
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WASHINGTON
Martin
Massachusetts
house
Rep
Rowe
Ohio
Rayburn
D. Tex
Cadets Begin Two Weeks of Maneuvers at Camp N. Y.
The full cadet corps of the United States Military Academy arrived from West Point for two weeks of extensive maneuvers at Camp N. Y. on August 15. The exercise aims to train cadets in field operations and tactical procedures under simulated conditions.
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MANEUVERS PINE CAMP
United States military academy
West Point
Allied landings reported along southern French coast
London dispatch says German communique claims Allied troops landed on a 70 mile stretch between Toulon and Cannes in the early hours. The notice notes air and naval bombardment preceding the move, reports 30 Allied planes shot down, and cites a diversionary attempt near the Bay of Bormes.
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LONDON
CPI
Toulon
Cannes
France
Hitler
North Africa
DNB
Bay of
Bormes
Nice
sirbourne
Monte Carlo
Primary Held In Utah Today
Salt Lake City Aug 15 With no statewide contest Utah runoff primary expected to draw few voters Mayor 3. 11. Stringham of Vernal led a four man field in the first primary July 11 but failed to gain a majority William Peterson of Logan former director of the Utah state agricultural college extension service also sought the first district representative in congress nomination in the Republican contest
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SALT LAKE CITY
Utah
canaress
Stringham
Vernal
William Peterson
Logan
Utah state agricultural college extension service
Southern France Invasion Revealed as Secret
The invasion of southern France was perhaps the worst kept secret of the war. Thousands of Frenchmen and Americans knew it was coming. Correspondents in Normandy and Brittany were repeatedly asked about it by French citizens and GIs. The French underground likely learned of the plan and spread the news.
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France
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Brittany
Fourth Major Front Opened Against Nazis
Allied forces opened a new front in southern France with landings along a broad Riviera coast from Toulon to Nice. American, British, and French troops faced little ground or air opposition, aided by heavy air and naval support. Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson led the operation, highlighting a rapid inland advance and the aim to link the Mediterranean theater with the Paris west front.
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France
Eric Sevareid
CBS
Sevareid
EDWARD KENNEDY
ROME
army of France
Hitler
Mediterranean
Toulon
Riviera
Europe
Mussolini
Paris
WILSON
Henry Maitland Wilson
Marseille
Nice
air force
Rhone
Valence
Front in Italy Proves Quiet Today
Rome reports a quiet Italian front with only artillery fire after a brief clash three miles southeast of Pontedra. Eighth Army mops up pockets around Empoli, with at least 25 Germans killed. Allied tanks harass near the Aro bend and Signs while Florence’s position improves and civilian supplies arrive in large volume.
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ROME
Fifth army
Pontedra
Eighth army
Empoli
Aro
Florence
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