Nazis Bomb Florence as Allies Advance Across Arno
Rome dispatch reports heavy German shelling of southern Florence while Allied forces push along the Arno. South African troops contact the river north bank. bridges at Florence blown by retreating Germans hinder deeper pursuit. Eighth Army mops up remaining pockets on the south bank as local violence flares between fascists and anti-fascists. Reports note 5,000 prisoners taken by Fifth and Eighth Armies in the Cassino to Plovence offensive.
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Rome
Florence
Alexander
Arno
Towm
Reuter
Mediterranean
Cas~alno
Plovence
Kesselring
Tiber
Eighth
Eighth Army
Montelupo
Empoli
Ponlassieve
Ore
Monte Pisano
Pist
Liverno
Avere
Ambertide
San Sepolcro
San Glusting
Kellogg's All-Bran Ad Claims Constipation Aid
A Kellogg advertisement from Battle Creek promotes Kellogg's All-Bran as a gentle, non-purgative solution to chronic constipation. It touts dietary fiber from cellulose and friendly gut flora, claiming regular use with adequate water offers relief without sweeping the body out.
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iLovbe
Charleeton
Missouri
Kellocg
Naithire
Kellogg's
Battle Creek
Army Still Needs Men from Spokane Message
Spokesman Maj Gen Lewis B Hershey said in Spokane that the army is near full strength but requires more men to relieve overseas troops. He noted some soldiers have served two to three years and urged keeping up the draft, including men up to 38. He warned of ongoing recruiting and planned reshaping as veterans return and seek jobs.
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Spokane
Wash
Lewis
B. Hershey
National
Selective Service
Oxygen Tent for Breathless Fish Rescue
Thousands of fish suffocating in a reservoir were saved by rapid artificial respiration after fire departments sprayed water into the air to supply oxygen. Five fire engines pumped water, reviving fish found floating and gasping. Today officials pronounced them out of danger.
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Wallingford
Conh
Fie
Fish End Game Department
Aged Georgetown Woman Buried
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Purl 96 of Georgetown were held Saturday. Interment followed in the Odd Fellows cemetery. Survivors include three sons Olives and Wattle of San Antonio and Masies Gordon of Corpus Christi, one daughter Mrs Ann Myrtle Olle of Benanton, 11 grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
Airmen With Eastern Command In Russia
Two San Antonio airmen remain serving with the Eastern command of the U S strategic air forces somewhere in Russia. Lieut Gordon L Cunningham of 407 Kendall Avenue and Master Sgt Robert E Brannen of 405 Marshall Street are part of the U S bomber and fighter base staff in the Soviet Union.
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Sf Antonians
Eastern Command
U.S
Russia
U. S
Soviet Union
Fastern
San Antonians
Gordon L. Cunningham
Kendalla, Avenue
J. G. Cunningham
Robert EB. Brannen
Marshall Jeireet
G. GO. Bi
Death Leap Follows Killing In Long Beach Apartment
Dudley W. Burriss, 40, killed his mother, Mrs. June K. Burriss, 55, by pushing her from a seventh floor window in Long Beach yesterday and then leaped to his death. Witnesses heard the struggle and saw Mrs. Burriss cling to a silk. onlookers on a nearby roof watched as the tragic scene unfolded and the garden below received the falling pair.
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Long Beach
Calif
Dudley W. Burriss
Puller
W. ‘Tubbs
Whittelsey
A. Pinson
Burriss
June K. Burriss
Primary Vote canvassed By Demo Execs
AUSTIN August 7 41 Members of the state Democratic executive committee met to canvass the party vote of the July 22 primary amid a militant pro Roosevelt Democrat caucus challenging anti Roosevelt Democrats for a showdown at the September state convention. The caucus named Hernan Jones of Austin as chairman to back two aims: ensure all pro Roosevelt electors on the Texas slate and reorganize the party to remove terms like rump from the banner while instructing delegates and proxies in counties not bound by the unit rule.
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Austin
Democratic Executive Committee
Hernan Jones
Texas
Roosevele
Truman
Dallas
Smith Advocates Africa Homeland for American Negroes
Detroit August 7 Gerald Le K Smith nominated for president by the Michigan convention of his America First party said he would advocate creating a homeland in Africa for the American negro to force France and Britain to turn over 1,000,000 square miles of Africa to satisfy war debts. The land would be free for the negroes and the government would provide $500 to aid migration and free transportation. This Housewife Heaven item previews postwar prefabricated homes in The American Weekly in Sunday Light.
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Detroit
Gerald le
K. Smith
Michigan
America First
Africa
Yankee ingenuity aids war effort on front lines
Front line soldiers devised improvised tools from scraps to press clothes and enhance weapons. Cpl Mitchell made a clothe iron from a meat can while Tech Sgt J R May improved a grenade launcher sight, testing it by leading assaults and silencing enemy positions. Engineers then adapted hedgerow fighting with slicer plates and aluminum gear to boost armor and gear reliability. The article highlights battlefield improvisation against Normandy hedgerows and the use of improvised kit to press uniforms and discharge grenades.
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Yan Ae
Cluthes
Cpl
Mitchell
Vkachik
Brooklyn
J. R. May
Dallas
Afr
May
Ordnance Branch
Delevan
Normandy
War Memorials Talked Up in K C
Kansas City starts discussing World War II memorials with proposals centering on a military motif. Suggestions emphasize a community stadium or a veterans recreation building as leading ideas.
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K.C
Kansas City
Bolivia President Takes Office
Bolivia's Gualberto Villarroel was sworn in as president for a four year term ending in 1948 after leading a revolutionary junta that overthrew the government in December 1943.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
I— Deut. Cien
Gualberto Villarroel
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