Bad Weather Keeps Allied Planes Home
London reports unfavourable weather keeps most Allied aircraft grounded in Britain and Italy while French battle area conditions improve to allow planned air attacks on German forces retreating from Normandy. Allied heavy bombers join tactical air forces to disrupt supply routes, strike fuel and munitions dumps, and hit bomber and fighter bases along a broad frontline.
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Esther Williams and Kovner Separate After 10 Years
Esther Williams, 22, announces separation from husband Dr Leonard Kovner, 26, with no definite divorce plans. The couple wed in Los Gatos California in 1940.
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Finland May Seek Peace Government After Armistice Steps
Report from Stockholm says Finns foresee Premier Edwin Linkomies resigning, paving the way for Mannerheim to name a peace‑seeking leader such as Eero Vuori. Vuori’s peace push and Ryti‑Linkomies opposition threaten the Germany pact, with Parliament to confirm Mannerheim’s presidency for a six year term.
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Yanks Break Jap Lines in Pacific Push Near New Guinea
Allied forces press a Pacific drive with 600 miles of airfield targets in the New Guinea area as Japanese shipping suffers. Brig. Gen. Robert Douglass says the war is a battle for bases. China’s Hengyang street fighting continues as Tokyo names Koshiro Oikawa new Naval General Staff chief.
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Col Edmund W Starling Reported Weaker at St Luke's
Col Edmund W Starling 69 former head of the White House secret service was reported a little weaker at St Luke's Hospital where he has been since July 14 with pneumonia.
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Secret Service
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St. Luke's Hospital
Suspect in Buffalo Murder Picked Up By Los Angeles Police
A suspect linked to a counterfeit gasoline coupon ring and illicit alcohol traffic is en route to Buffalo for questioning in the June 8 murder of Frank Buttitta, 28, found shot in his car near Buffalo’s west side. The man was picked up in Los Angeles, waived extradition, and faces grand jury action after prior counterfeit charges. Police call the slaying a gang bump-off.
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Los Angeles
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West Side
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Erie County
Fights Erupt Over Strike Ire in Philadelphia Trac
City clashes flare as nonunion workers angry at hiring of night Negro trolley operators clash, hurl bottles, smash windows, and police raced across districts to restore order. Navy notes absentee transport harms production nationwide with strikes in Granite City and Roebling. AFL glass blowers in Muncie ignore a WLB order, leaving 500 idle since July 23 in a jurisdictional dispute.
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Adm Cecil Killed in Pacific Plane Crash
Rear Adm. Charles P. Cecil 59, once skipper of the cruiser Helena, died in a Pacific airplane crash Monday. His home was Flat Rock North Carolina. He held the Navy Cross and a gold star and was among the highest ranking Navy and Marine officers to die in action in this war. His former command, the Helena, is noted in the dispatch.
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