Allies Break Through On Eighty Mile Normandy Front
Allied Supreme Headquarters reports rapid Allied advances from Avranches to Brittany along roughly 80 miles of the Normandy front. American armor envelops Pontaubault and overran Duckey while British forces push in the Caumont area as the line expands eastward beyond the Vire River.
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Supreme Headquarters OF
Allied Expeditionary Forces
France
Brittany
Vire
Eveque
la Ferriers
Caumont
Avranches
Pontaubault
Duckey
Normandy
Polish Officials Arrive in Moscow for Talks on Polish-Russian Relations
Premier Stanislaw Mikkolajek and Foreign Minister Taduesz Romer of the Polish Government-in-Exile arrived in Moscow on August 1 for discussions with Soviet officials on Polish-Russian relations.
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Moscow
Stanislaw Mikkolajek
Taduesz Romer
Inside German Embassy Feud Affected Nazi Sabotage Plans
Washington story tracing how internal German Embassy factions blocked a clandestine network of agents in the United States. The anti Nazi group led by General von Boetticher and Admiral Witthoeft-Emden opposed building the spy network and German propaganda projects, while pro Nazi elements like Ulrich von Gienanth and Manfred Zapp pursued a middle course as Hitler faced internal feuding. The affair helps explain wartime sabotage outcomes in America.
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Washington
U.S.A
Germany
Bund
George Sylvester Viereck
U.S
Bennet Clarks
Nyes
Wheelers
United States
Friedrich von Boetticher
Robert Witthoeft-Emden
Theodor von Knoop
Wilhelm Tannenberg
Ulrich Freiherr von Gienanth
Karl Rosenberg
Manfred Zapp
Kurt Sell
PNB
Hitler
Exiled Philippine Leader Manuel Quezon Dies in U S Home
Manuel Quezon 65, exiled president of the Philippine government since 1935, died of tuberculosis at his summer home in Saranac Lake New York. He left Manila with the Japanese invasion and boarded a U S submarine for refuge in the United States declaring his stay was not planned. This obituary notes his lifelong resistance to foreign occupation and his uncertain future.
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Manuel Quezon
Sarnac Lake
N. Y
Dapper
Luzon
United States
America
Phillippines
Manila Bay
Washington
Two Having Fight for Nomination
Two colorful lawmakers face renomination amid strong opposition. Hamilton Fish of New York and Senator Bennett Clark of Missouri seek renomination as rivals press hard. Clark battles Roy McKittrick, Missouri attorney general, with attacks on his dissent from administration policy.
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Associated Press
Congress
Hamilton Fish
New York
Bennett Clark
Missouri
Fish
Augustus Bennett
Newburgh
Dewey
Willkie
Clark
Roy McKittrick
Senate
Weaponless Saipan officers amid fight give up guns
Maj Edward McCarthy of Schenectady and Lieut Chester Sillman of Seattle disarmed their men during the Saipan battle. McCarthy traded his pistol and carbine for a weaponless stance until a faulty Jap pistol appeared. Sillman used a dummy pistol and coral to block a moment, both relying on luck and grit. Mrs R G Southworth departs Anchorage after visiting daughter Mrs Tom Dyer.
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U. S
Saipan Island
Edward McCarthy
Schenectady
Chester Sillman
Seattle
McCarthy
Sillman
Anchorage
R. G. Southworth
Tom Dyer
MacArthur strikes New Guinea coast landing on Vogelkop
Allied forces under General Douglas MacArthur execute a surprise landing on Vogelkop Peninsula in New Guinea, 60 miles north of Sorong, after a coastal advance from Sansapor. The operation aims to secure the north coast while isolating Japanese garrisons, with initial reports noting rapid progress and early seizure of two offshore positions.
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New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Vogelkop Peninsula
Sorong
Davao
Philippines
Sansapor
Manokwaii
Crong
Oscar Hegstad
Gastineau
Rawn
Loig Hegstad
Mr. Hegstad
Peerless Bakery
Miss Hegstad
D. Rosenberg
Hexstads
10000 U S Planes Sent to Russians
ADMONTON Alberta Aug 1 Approximately 10000 United States built planes have been sent to Russia since October 1941. About half flown via Edmonton Alaska and Siberia. More than 2200 have reached Russian fronts in first four months of this year. Planes ferried from Great Falls Montana to Fairbanks Alaska then to Nome and across to Siberia. The Great Falls Fairbanks leg covers 1600 miles. Russian women pilots have aided in transferring planes over the Arctic route.
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Admonton
Alberta
Canadien Press
United States
Russia
Ia Edmonton
Alaska
Siberia
Great Palls
Montana
Nome
North America
Far East
Great Falle-Fairbanks
Admiral Cecil Killed in Pacific Plane Crash
Rear Admiral Charles P. Cecil aged 50 died in a Pacific plane crash on Monday. He is the eleventh flag officer to die in action in this war, per Navy announcement.
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Washington
Charles P. Cecil
Pacific
Navy
Arrivals From Sitka On Outgoing Boat
An incoming ship last evening brought many passengers from Sitka including Mrs Sophie White Mrs Leona Goodsell Mrs C C Mundy Mrs Ludvig Berg Charles Steele Mrs Charles Steel Mrs E McLean Miss Benny Mc Lean Miss Linda McLean Dr William Whitehead Mrs William Whitehead Virginia Whitehead Paige Whitehead Stewart Whitehead M O Johnson Mrs Mr Johnson Miss Alicia Mathison Miss Pat Fleck Mrs Laura Ordway Miss Lulu Weisdorfer and Frank Wright Boarding the ship here were Robert Arnold William Devlin A F McKinnon L Bosmes Helen Sanders H Berg Inez Echelberry Robert Thibodeau Mrs R Reid Mrs O Olson P E Singer and Mrs A Ask for Petersburg.
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Sitka
Sophie White
Leona Goodsell
C. C. Mundy
Ludvig Berg
Charles Steele
Charles Steel
E. McLean
Benny McLean
Linda McLean
William Whitehead
Virginia Whitehead
Paige Whitehead
Stewart Whitehead
M. O. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Alicia Mathison
Pat Fleck
Laura Ordway
Stock quotations and market closes for New York
Closing quotations list Alaska Juneau mine 6 percent American Can 92 Anaconda 26 Beech Aircraft 10 Bethlehem Steel 62 Commonwealth and Southern 1's Curtiss Wright 54 International Harvester 76 Kennecott 324 North American Aviation 814 New York Central 20 Northern Pacific 16 United States Steel 59. Dow Jones averages Industrials 146.39 Rails 1.52 Utilities 24.1. Mr and Mrs C E Steele arrive from Sitka and stay at Baranol as guests.
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Alaska
Juneau
Ik Torlay
American Can
Anaconda
Beech Aircraft
Bethlehem Steel
Commonwealth and Southern
Curtiss- Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
North American Aviation
New York Central
Northern Pacific
United States Steel
Dow, Jones
Alaska Travel Control Permits Not Necessary Proclamation Issued
Public Proclamation No. 10 amends Alaska Travel Control Restrictions. Travel permits no longer needed for civilians entering or moving within Zone Kodiak Island Alaska mainland and southeast Alaska, except Zone Baker requiring permits. Permit issuance limited to essential civilians and those with preexisting business or welfare duties. alien enemies and Japanese ancestry barred.
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Adabean
Alaskan Department
Aleutian Islands
Alaska Peninsula
Becharat Lake
Naknek
Kodiak Island
Army
Ayatern
Baker
Bakers
Headquar~ters
Third Avenue Building
Seattle
Washington
Anchorange
Kodiak
Seward
Port Richardson
Worker Vote May Play Great Part in November Election
Washington August 1 One of the greatest November unknowns is the worker vote not the organized labor vote. CIO PAC endorses Roosevelt for a fourth term and estimates imply 75 to 85 percent of AF of L votes may go to him. UMW support is unclear while 13 million organized labor workers contrast with 30 million non agricultural workers. CIO PAC claims gains in Oregon California Massachusetts Alabama Texas. its aim is to mobilize the worker vote with broader state impact.
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Washington
Organized Labor
Roosevelt
CIO Political Action Committee
AF of L
William Green
AF of I
Jon
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Lewis
Read
Texas
California
CIO
PAC
Oregon
Massachusetts
Alabama
Duluth
Minn
Yanks Sweep Half of Guam Island in Surprise Advance
United States forces seized the entire southern half of Guam Island in a rapid Saturday action, splitting the island and pushing control toward Agiana. Admiral Nimitz reported a swift Sunday surge with patrols meeting little resistance, adding ~100 square miles to captured territory. He also noted American progress on Tinian, forcing Japanese defenders into a pocket around Lalo Point.
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United States Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Agiana
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Tinian Island
Lalo Point
America First Party Nominates Smith Bricker Ticket
Detroit August 1 The America First Party named Gerald L. K. Smith as its presidential candidate and Gov John W Bricker as running mate Bricker denied ties to the party In Libby McNeill and Libby Minard registered as the barber from Taku
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Detroit
Mich
America First Party
Gerald L. K. Smith
John W. Bricker
GOP
Smithh
Bricker
Minard
Libby
McNeill and
Baranof
Taku
Praga Under Soviet Attack In Warsaw Front Fight
Bulletin from London reports Praga, an industrial suburb of Warsaw, afire as Russian and Polish forces push from three directions with heavy bombardment. Marshal Rokossovsky directs the Red Army assault while German and Hitlerite defenses resist. In East Prussia the Soviet drive narrows German lines as Cherniakhovsky nears East Prussia, with 2142 localities reportedly overrun in the summer offensive.
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London
Warsaw
Army
Gestapo
Moscow
Praga
Vistula River
Rokossovsky
Red Army
Red
Hitler
Japs Claim Yanks Fail in Landing
The Tokyo radio quoted an imperial communique claiming Jap troops on Rota Island repelled successive U S landings under heavy artillery fire. The wording, recorded by the FCC and AP in London, did not clarify if any landing operations against the island were launched. Chester Zenger Returns to Juneau.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Rota Island
Tindan
Guam
Marianas
Federal Communications Commission
London
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