Allied drive presses Germans toward Brittany and Loire
Allied forces report heavy fighting across Normandy with German retreats toward the Seine Loire region. American and British spearheads push from Mortain toward Vire and Orne while Brest and Nantes remain threatened. Casualties and prisoners mount on both sides as air power hammers retreating units.
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Nantes
St. Nazaire
Loire
United Kingdom
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Villers- Bocage
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Aront Dispatch
Soviets Encircle Warsaw as Konev Drives Westward
Soviet forces under Marshal Ivan S. Konev push west toward Krakow and Tarnow threatening to encircle German units in Warsaw and along the Vistula. The Polish underground reports strong fighting with German police countering partisan activity and 18 German tanks destroyed. Meanwhile the Red Army advances near Rezekne and parts of Latvia, narrowing Nazi escape routes toward the Gulf of Riga.
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London
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Latvia
Red Army
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Eisenhower Flew to France for First-Hand Offense Update
General Eisenhower and Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley halted by a Normandy roadside to hear reports of the Brittany advance. Spitfires escorted him as he crossed the Channel to gather details from Bradley and Montgomery before returning to England for dinner.
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France
Allies Press
United Press
Allied
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Normandy
Brittany
Omar N. Bradley
Manders
Bradley
Bernard L. Montgomery
England
Mussolini mobilizes youth for home army amid Partisan fight
Benito Mussolini reportedly mobilizes Fascist party youth aged 16 to 18 into combat groups for home service to crush Partisans and sparaculists. A new Partisan command seeks tighter ties with the regular army under Premier Bonomi. General Sir Harold Alexander has been informed of the new organization.
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Chicago Daily News, Inc
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General Council of French Resistance
Engagement announced for Helen McMahon and Leonard Schwalm
Oswego reports Edward Mc Mahon of 60 East Schuyler Street announces the engagement of his daughter Miss Helen McMahon to Leonard Schwalm son of Mr and Mrs Charles Schwalm of the city.
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Edward McMahon
East Schuyler Street
Helen McMahon
Leonard Schwalm
Charles Schwalm
Burma Base Falls in Allied Smash Continues
In Burma, Japanese positions collapse as Allied forces press the breakout. In the Pacific, American action near Guam and Hengyang intensifies. Nimitz reports heavy enemy losses and ongoing battles around key Japanese bases. Chinese relief efforts around Hengyang struggle against the encircling Japanese forces.
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Ai Nimitz
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China
Hengyang
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Canton
Hankow
Hunan
Army Defied Transit Tieup Sparks Emergency Police Move
Fragmentary text reports a confrontation with police placing 4000 officers on emergency duty as transit workers strike and an army defied actions. Leaders including Philip Murray and Mayor Bernard Samuel are cited with broadcasts and appeals regarding radar equipment and munitions production.
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International
Transport Workers: Union
P.T.C. Employes
Bernard Samuel
Circus Fire Toll Rises With New Death
The circus fire toll increased as Martha Moore, 65, of West Hartford, died in Hartford on August 4, following the July 6 blaze.
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Hartford
Conn
Martha Moore
West Hartford
First Old Home Day to Aid Monument Fund
The first annual Old Home Day will be held Sunday on the House for Providence grounds Grand Avenue and Velasko Road for the benefit of a monument fund for men and women in service from this section bounded by Grand Avenue Delaware Street Geddes Street Onondaga Street Velaska Road. Entertainment includes music games and refreshments.
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Grand Avenue
Velasko Road
Delaware Street
Geddes Street
Onondaga Street
Velaska Road
Erie GOP recount confirms Mruk renomination bid
The State Supreme Court ordered the count review yesterday directing Edward J. Elsaesser and the Erie County commissioners of election to report. Elsaesser backed by the Erie County Republican Committee received 8 719 votes to Mruk 8 476 with Mruk alleging ballot voiding by inspectors and that the tally was inaccurate though he claims he was duly nominated.
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Mruk
Supreme Court
Edward J.elsaesser
County Commissioners of Election
Elsaesser
Erie County Republican Committee
Election Bureau
Chemist Col. Bradley Dewey Receives 1944 Medal
New York Aug 4 The Society of Chemical Industry announced Col. Bradley Dewey former Government rubber director has been chosen to receive its medal for 1944 for work in colloid chemistry.
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Society of Chemical Industry
Col
Bradley Dewey
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