Russians Push Deep Into East Prussia and Latvia
Soviet forces under Gen. Cherniakhovsky smashed German lines gaining up to 15 miles and capturing Giby in the Suwalki triangle as they threaten East Prussia proper. Another Baltic advance under Gen. Bagramian pushes toward the Gulf of Riga after cutting through Latvia and capturing dozens of towns.
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London
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Suwalki Triangle
German East Prussia
Moscow
Giby
Germany
Poland
East Prussia
Cherniakhovsky
Berlin
Augustan Sector
Chermiakhovsky
Shlyanova
Kaunas
Bobikly
Suwalki
Gulf of Riga
Latvia
Stalingrad
Lithuania
Ivan Bagramian
Hluda
Jelgava
Allied Air Raids Pound Dutch New Guinea Airfields
In a July 31 communique Gen. Douglas MacArthur said Liberator aircraft hit four airstrips Moemi Sagan Otawire and Utarom in the Sorong sector effectively reducing Japanese air strength on New Guinea. Mitchell bombers swept Halmahera coast as raids follow 15 ships downed and 30 destroyed on the ground.
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New Guinea
Douglas McArthur
Sorong
Dutch New Guinea
Moemi
Sagan
Otawire
Utarom
Japan
Halmahera
Halmahera Sea
Philippines
MacArthur
Aitape
Aitape-Wewak
British New Guinea
Driniumor River
Three Nazi Officers Linked to Plot Against Hitler
London reports say Col. Gen Kurt Zeitzler former chief of the German general staff Col. Gen Fritz Fromm dismissed as home army commander and Count Helldorf Potsdam police chief were deeply involved in the plot to kill Hitler. Informants say evidence suggests the plot was larger than admitted and may have weakened the Nazi military structure beyond repair.
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London
U.P
Kurt Zeitzler
Fritz Fromm
Home Army
Count Helldorf
Potsdam
Adolf Hitler
Nazis Hurl Five Divisions in Italian Area
German forces unleashed five divisions in renewed attacks as Allied Eighth army units recaptured Monte San Michele near Florence and pressed toward Empoli. The drive involved Indian, New Zealand, South African and British troops and highlighted heavy losses for the Axis, with tanks and guns estimated to overwhelm German forces since May.
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Rome
U.P
Eighth Army
Monte San Michele
Florence
Empoli
Arno
Tuscan
Pesa
Harold R. L. G. Alexander
Italy
San Michele
Montelupo
Flight of Nazi Diplomats Reported From Turkey
London reports a flight of German diplomats from Turkey with Ankara to inform the Turkish assembly of breaking diplomatic and economic ties with the Reich. The DNB cited Soviet Russian sources and suggested Turkey would grant Allies air and naval bases and join the war. Berlin officials moved belongings, and Istanbul jitters grew as Germans planned travel to Berlin and occupied Europe.
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London
Turkey
Ankara
DNB
Turkish National Assembly
Sofia
Bulgaria
Istanbul
Bosporous
Instanbul
Berlin
Europe
Franz von Papen
Legation
von Papen
Chinese capture Tengchung push nears fall of inner city
Chinese forces pierced Tengchung city limits in Yunnan province as 2000 Japanese troops faced destruction near the ancient walls. A Sunday night American review said the inner city fall was imminent and would mark a major victory in the Salween offensive. Chinese troops also prepared an assault on Mangshih with control of high ground east of the city and positions for attacks.
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Chungking
Tengchung
Yunnan Province
Salween
Burma
Myitkyina
Joseph W. Stillwell
China
Wall
Mangshih
Lungling
Hsingta
Marines Capture Tinian Town
U S Marines captured Tinian town on Saturday and drove the remaining Japanese forces into the southern one eighth of the island. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz reported substantial gains along the front as U S planes began operating from Orote airfield on Guam and ships used Apra harbor. The garrison remnants are confined to about five square miles on the southern tip of Tinian.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
U.P
United States
Tinian Town
Orote Airfield
Guam
Apra Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Tinian
Nimitz
Tinian Island
Saipan
Ylig
Togoha
Masterpiece of Destruction Aboard the Monsoon over Anshan
Newsman aboard the Monsoon describes a daylight precision strike by B 29 Superfortresses on Anshan in Japanese occupied China. He and twelve crew members witnessed the bombing of iron and steel facilities with smoke plumes reaching 26 000 feet while anti air fire and fighters attempted to interfere.
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China
Japan
Anshan
Mukden
Iowa
Scrap Paper Drive Surpasses Goal In Butte With 300000 Pounds
Nine boxcars loaded with over 300000 pounds of waste paper were collected Sunday in a one day campaign in Butte. About 400 Boy Scouts and adult volunteers canvassed the area and exceeded the 250000 pound goal by 50000. Trucks from local firms aided by Teamsters volunteers gathered paper at Milwaukee railroad yards and traffic was supervised by Montana highway patrolmen.
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Butte
Butte Teamsters’ Union
Milwaukee Railroad
Montana
Hugh K. Potter
Milwaukee
August Grunert
Butte Navigator Missing In Action Over France
Second Lt. Arthur F. Connors, Eighth Air Force navigator from Butte, reported missing in action over France since July 17. The War Department telegram to his mother gave no details but promised more information later. Connors entered service in 1942 and served on bombing missions in Europe since overseas deployment last May.
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Arthur F. Connors
Eighth Air Force
Butte
France
War Department
Esther Connors
Hondo
Texas
Connors
Europe
St. Connors
St. Joseph
Butte High School
Montana School of Mines
American French Officials Near Agreement On Liberated France
U S military officials and the French National Committee report progress toward a working agreement for administering liberated areas in France. A signature may come in a week or ten days. A parallel British French arrangement under Gen. Charles De Gaulle will likely take effect at the same time to formalize allied relations while Eisenhower retains final war related decision power.
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Washington
United States
French National Committee
France
Charles de Gaulle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Germany
Rommel Dies of Wounds Report Circulating in Normandy
Reports circulating in Normandy claim Marshal Erwin Rommel died from injuries after Allied strafing near Bernay and during a car crash parts of the tale place him in a hospital. The rumors originate from French civilians and German prisoners with cautious German and Swedish coverage.
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U. S
Normandy
U.P
Erwin Rommel
Bernay
Cherbourg
Rommel
London
BBC
Howard Marshal
Stockholm
Berlin
Aftonbladet
British Second Army Opens New Offensive
British Second Army launches a new offensive as reported by Edward W Beattie. The dispatch notes frontline moves and unit commitments amid ongoing combat in the theater, detailing strategic aims and potential objectives for advancing troops.
Allied drive nears Avranches as U S and British push in Normandy
American tanks cover nearly 15 miles to the southern Norman coast bottom near Avranches and seize Brehal Gavray and Percy as the Second Army strikes Caumont to the east. Allied offensives push deeper through Cerences Gavray Lenglonne with thousands of German troops captured or killed. General Montgomery reports great progress and shifts forces to support the Caumont push.
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Norman Peninsula
Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
U.P
Norman
Avranches
Brittany
Caumont
Brehal
Gavray
Percy
Granville
Cerences-Gavray
Lengronne
Cerence and
Breton Cape
U. S
Germany
Brehal-Jercy
B. L. Montgomery
Heavy Bombers Pierce German Lines in Normandy Offensive
Allied air forces unleash a major assault as over 1,000 heavy bombers strike the Normandy front between Villers Bocage and Caumont Sun, with 200 more returning in the evening. Mediterranean bombers hit oil fields in Yugoslavia and rail yards near Budapest, while Thunderbolts and Lightning fighters support the American advance. The AAF reports high enemy losses and record daily aircraft destruction across southern Europe, with additional raids on France and Yugoslavia.
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London
Normandy
Villers Bocage
Caumont Sune
Budapest
Messerschmitt
Yugoeslavia
Thunderbolts
Italy
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Lipse-Budalapuszta
Lake Balaton
Duna
Budae Pest
Tokol
Brod
Belgrade-Zagreb
Mediterranean
Allied Air Force
Europe
France
Roncey
St. Denis-Le Gast
Canisy-Legronne Road
Congress in a tough spot over reconversion bills
Congress faces a slow return with no major legislation ready. Lawmakers risk weeks of inaction as reconversion measures, to aid job seekers and wind down war plants, await drafting. Senate and House committees push prepaid readiness while quorums are uncertain.
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Washington
Congress
America
Senate
House
Senator White
Maine
White
Republican Conference
Weather forecast for Montana shows showers and cooler south east
Montana forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with showers on Monday, showers becoming widely scattered in the north portion. Cooler conditions expected in the south and east portions Monday.
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