Aerial Raids on Nazis Stepped Up
Allied air forces launched a massive operation across France the Low Countries and Germany dropping thousands of tons of bombs on air bases and key targets. American British and Canadian bombers attacked 19 bases while Luftwaffe offered limited opposition with several pilots missing in action.
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William R. Higginbotham
Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
U.P
France
Low Countries
Germany
Falaise
Holland
Belgium
Eighth Air Force
Luftwaffe
U. S
Cologne-Osthein
Weisbaden-Erbenheim
Eschborn
Vechta
Troops Driving North from Southern French Coast in Latest Attack
Allied forces drive German troops trapped in Normandy toward defeat as rain hampers air activity. Eisenhower reports the enemy is taking a beating while advances from the west, north, and south tighten the noose near Falaise. Patton’s Third Army nears Falaise after a 250 mile drive in three weeks.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Normandy
France
Hitler
Falaise
Vassy
Condesur-Noireaa
Seventh Army
Eisenhower
Paris
Epanes
Falaise-Lisieux
George S. Patton
Argentan
Allied Invaders Press Toward Paris as Paris Fights Back
Allied forces push toward Paris from two directions as Paris resists German control. Women sing the Marseillaise and collaborationists flee while Allied communications sabotage disrupts German movements. In the south, thousands of Allied troops land between Marseille and Nice and push inland with Port Cros and Cap Negre seized. The invasion, backed by 800 ships, aims to join with northern forces to form a front across France.
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London
Paris
Madrid
France
Jacques Leclerc
Petain-Laval
Noland Norgaard
Rome
Marseille
Nice
Port Cros
Leon
Leon, 10 Miles Off the Coast, and Ed Cap Negre
Toulor
St. Raphael
Cap Negre
Toulon Borme
Amereles
Mediterranean
Henry Maitland Wilson
Normandy
Heavy Aerial Blows on Halmahera and Ternate
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS Southwest Pacific reports low-flying Mitchell bombers hit Japanese warehouses on Halmahera and Ternate, with Liberators striking Wasile bay shores. Anti-aircraft fire mounted as air patrols sank eight Japanese vessels off Ceram. MacArthur warns continued raids threaten the Halmahera Philippine defense line and could imperil Japan’s conquests south of China. Halmahera’s destruction reduces the base’s flexibility, advancing the invasion route toward Mindanao.
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General Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Halmahere Island
Ternate Island
Halmahera
Liberators
Wasile Bay
Ceram
Halmahera- Philippine
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
China
MacArthur
Philippines
Mindanao
Sansapor
Italian Front Quiet Except For Movements Near Pontedera
Fifth army patrols contacted German units three miles southeast of Pontedera while other sectors remained quiet. Florence saw heavy shelling decline and civil aid flow. Allied forces advanced along the Arno near Signa, and Florence residents faced bridge destructions ordered by Field Marshal Kesselring to hinder retreat.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Pontedera
Florence
Arno
Signa
Eighth Army
Empoli
Florentine
Albert Kesselring
Nome
Surplus Property Debate Started in Congress
Washington Aug 15 The House postwar economic committee urged state governments to broaden unemployment programs by expanding coverage and increasing payments as Congress begins debate on surplus property disposi tion. It called for a direct war mobilization and reconversion director to manage reconversion matters while favoring state handling of jobless pay. The panel notes state unemployment reserves could reach about 6 billion dollars by year end.
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Washington
House
Colmer
D-Miss
Congress
Senate
Kesselring Said Gravely Injured by Own Officers
London dispatch quotes Italian sources reporting Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, commander of Axis armies in Italy, was grievously injured by his own officers. The claim appeared in a United Nations radio bulletin issued Tuesday.
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London
U.P
United Nations Radio
Albert Kesselring
Italy
Montana Weather Forecast Calls For Cloudy Showers
A weather bulletin predicts cloudiness and scattered showers across most of Montana with cooler conditions settling in. Stronger activity expected in central and northern areas, with gradual cooling trend into the evening and overnight.
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Montana
Dewey Calls Roosevelt Pacific Trip a Holiday
Gov Thomas E Dewey on August 15 labeled President Roosevelts Pacific voyage a holiday He noted Roosevelts Pearl Harbor Alaska trip and radio address from a destroyer while accepting a fourth term nomination from a Pacific naval base Dewey refused to elaborate on the comment but cited Republican criticism of political aims in such inspections
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Hawaii
Aleutian Islands
Dewey
Executive Mansion
France
Russians Surge Forward on 15-Mile Front
Soviet field dispatches report crossing the Biebrza river in northern Poland and breaking a 15 mile belt of Axis defenses guarding East Prussia. Moscow says Marshal Konev's Fourth Ukraine army has killed or captured 172,360 Germans, with totals across multiple armies nearing one million since June. Armored bombers supported the advance along the Bialystok Lyck line, threatening outflanked German forces as the drive continues toward Silesia.
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London
Red Army
Biebrza
Poland
East Prussia
Moscow
Ivan S. Konev
Ukraine
Konev
Silesia
Reich
Grajewo
Bialystok-Lyck
Finley Veatone Found Dead Near Wisdom Montana
Beaverhead sheriff reported Finley Veatone 336 East Granite found along O Neill creek near Wisdom after two fishermen located his body and an automobile bearing his license. Coroner to investigate and bring the body to Dillon. Veatone was believed to have worked in the Butte mines and has a sister in Canada.
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Beaverhead
Wisdom
Dillon
Butte
Ventone
Canada
Campaign Urged to Build State for Montana
Governor Sam C. Ford urged a carefully planned campaign to put Montana on the map agriculturally and industrially. Speaking at the Midland Empire fair in Billings he said the effort should show farmers and manufacturers the state's potential and sites for plant development. The event honored Ford and local groups, with open class judging, a band, carnival, races, and a rodeo as part of the fair program.
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Billings
U.P
Sam C. Ford
Montana
Ford
Midland Empire
Kiwanis Clubs
Burlington Railroad
Two Mill Levy Eliminated by Montana State Board
HELENA Aug 15 The Montana board of equalization eliminated the two mill general fund levy for the third year in a row saving taxpayers over 2 million dollars for the three-year span. No state bond interest and sinking fund levy will be collected for the first time. The university mileage levy remains at 0.31 mills while the 0.1 mill asylum bonds levy is dropped. At livestock commission request the special assessment is raised from three to four mills to fund disease control commission expenses and predator control.
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Helena
Montana
Board of Equalization
Mills
State University
State Livestock Commission
Labor Convention Hears President At Golden Jubilee
James D. Graham, president of the Montana State Federation of Labor, warned delegates at the golden jubilee convention opening at Finlen hotel. He voiced fear of unemployment, crime, hunger and misery haunting nations after the war and urged preserving the high living standards while facing postwar readjustment.
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James D. Graham
Montana State Federation of Labor
Finlen Hotel
German Collapse Would Permit Big Increase in Civilian Production
War Production Board chairman Donald M. Nelson forecast that Germany’s collapse could boost civilian output by about 30 percent, bringing the U S economy near 1939 levels without hampering armament output. He predicted a roughly 40 percent drop in war production and supported maintaining WPB controls postwar to ensure material flow, with gradual tapering after Japan’s war ends.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Germany
Japan
War Production Board
Heavy Toll Taken of Robot Bombs
London reports that coastal defenses halted many of Hitler's robot bombs but several still reached London and southern England. The air ministry said in a 7 p m communiqué that at least 10 people were killed by the few bombs that got through, with six bodies found after a house collapse and four killed when a garage shelter was struck.
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London
U.P
Adolf Hitler
England
Air Ministry
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Hans
Eisenhower /ightiens
James M. Long
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Guenther von Kluge
LE Mans
Red
Kesselring
Pacific Area
W. W. Hercher
Finley Veatone
Labor Convention
J.D. Graham
Ume
Nelson
WPB
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