Liberators Hit Belgian Rail Hubs Amid Normandy Push
British Allied air forces attacked rail centers at Brussels and Ghent, with night bombing on Givors Baden near Lyon as part of operations against German lines. Up to 260 Liberator bombers plus escort disrupted locomotives and freight cars while six heavy bombers were lost. In the Mediterranean, large bomber formations hit the Manfred Weiss steel works at Budapest as Allied air power set a three day record for losses.
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London
Brugsals
Ghent
Givors- Baden
Lyon
France
Hamburg
Normandy
Brussels
Germany
Hak
Givors-Baden
Paris
Normandy Front
Mediterranean
Rome
Manfred Weiss
Budapest
Hungary
Massive Allied Air Offensive Targets Hungarian Plant and European Targets
The Manfred Weiss works, a major Hungarian plant, is targeted for war essentials including aircraft and engines. Allied air forces claim success across Vienna area airfields in Austria, as Liberator and Fortress crews report heavy strikes. Lightning and Mustang units return from a three day shuttle to Russia after claiming 64 enemy planes down over Romania and Poland with many on the ground. Additional raids hit Wiener Neudorf, Markersdorf, Zwölfaxing, Szombathely, and the Albania refinery. Ground damage includes 40 aircraft destroyed or damaged at Valence, while Beaufighters, Mustangs, and Night bombers hit Italian and Yugoslav targets.
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Manfred Weiss
Hungary
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U. S
Russia
Romania
Poland
Heavies
Gtr
Wiener Neudorf
Markersdorf
Zwolfaxing
Vienna
Szombathely
Hereat Kucove
Albania
Dow
Valence
France
R.A. F
Callaghan Declines County Tax Roll Prep for Annexed Areas
San Angelo July 27 Alfred Callaghan declined to use county records for preparing tax rolls for newly annexed areas because the county isn’t taxing many homes in those areas. Mayor Mauermann was notified. the move affects property surveys in suburbs set to join the city August 3. Anne Smyth seeks 25000 in a letter from Lieut Smyth Jr. and Col Smyth Jr. is referenced in a dispatch about the biggest day for a shuttle fighters action in Italy and Russian base activity amid ongoing military concerns.
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Alfred ‘Callaghan
Callaghan
Mauermann
San Angelo
Anne Smyth
West Avenue B
Col. Smyth
Aces Rise as Mustangs and Lightnings Sweep Axis Forces
The report details Maj. Samurl J. Brown leading Tulsa based pilots in shooting down 21 Stukas over Poland near Ploesti and Mielec. Brown posts twin victories, climbs among American aces. Tuesday operations in Poland with Russian units claim 29 German planes and nine destroyed at Mielec. Triple lifts credited to four pilots including Yancey C. Tarrant, George D. McElroy, Howell Oscar Hidear, and James Brooks.
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Poland
Samurl J. Brown
Ole
Brown
Buzatt
Zilisten
Pioesti
Mielec
Lwow
Yancey C. Tarrant
Waco
Texas
George D. McElroy
Raton
N. Ms
Howell Oscar Hidear
Deville
James Brooks
Rosinoke
Italy
Ploest
Bucharest
Rocket Typhoons Repel Nazi Attack On Orne River Front
British rocket fired Typhoons dispersed a German assault across no man’s land near Verriers and Réquan laurs, destroying five tanks and damaging infantry. The plan was betrayed by a quiet British defense, air intelligence warned, then the Typhoons struck, scattering the enemy within an hour.
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Orne River
Verriers
No Man's Land
Réquan
Laurs
Tommies
Reprieve Granted to Attend Daughter’s Funeral
Pablo P. Mauricio of Bexar county has been granted a 10 day reprieve from the state penitentiary to attend his daughter’s funeral. Mauricio was sentenced to two and a half years for murder without malice on January 1, 1944.
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Pablo P. Mauricio
Bexar County
Mys
Pardon and Parole Board
Mauricio
Snake in Yard Linked to Wooden Pump Delusion
Mrs Maud Kell found a four foot black snake with a bulge in its middle in her yard. A neighbor killed it. They discovered the supposed pump was a wooden egg.
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Maud Kell
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