War Bond Drive Here Starts Monday County meeting inspires drive push
A Thomas County War Bond Committee meeting at the American Legion Home outlined plans for a county wide bond drive starting Monday morning. Co chairmen Miller Blanton and Scott led the effort with town quotas and a target of about 8000000. The event included talks by Lt Vaughn and Major Robinson praising bonds and veterans while banks pledged support.
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Legion Home
WAR Veterans
Thomas County
Thomas County War Bond Committee
American Legion
Messrs
W. J. Miller
B. C. Blanton
W. F. Scott
W. J. Miller, Jr
the American Legion Auxiliary
Lamar Evans
A. P. Megahee
Coolidge
Hugh Vonner
Barwick
C. H. Green
Dr. Matthews
Pavo
Vernon Ellis
Ochlocknee-Eliabell
Miller
Vaughn
Finney General Hospital
Voiturny River
Italy
Jas. P. Robinson
Thomasville Army Air Field
Col Samuel
BE. Browne
Col Browne
South Carolina
Atlantic
Africa
Sicily
Palermo
Bizerte
Casablanca
Thomasville
Final G I Bill of Rights accord reached by conferees
United States senate and house conferees reached a final agreement on a broad G I Bill of Rights providing postwar benefits for veterans. Passage was expected early next week with the bill going to the White House after approval by both chambers. A key unresolved point was veteran job placement within the U S Employment Service and the weekly payment schedule for the first post discharge years.
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Washington
Senate-House
Clark
D—Mo
Senate
House
White House
Peasants in Normandy Welcome American Forces
In Normandy the peasantry celebrates the American arrival as 1,900 civilians in a village largely escaped harm after German snipers were driven from basements and churches. Capt. Leonard Peters arranged food for 70 townspeople while Mayor Hubert notes limited German misconduct and ongoing shortages as locals seek simple luxuries.
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Don Whitehead
France
Normandy
Leonard Peters
Boston
Mass
Monsieur Hubert
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
American air offensive shakes Normandy lines behind battle
Supreme Headquarters reports heavy Allied air strikes against railways roads and gun positions behind the Normandy front and near Paris. American bombers including Flying Fortresses Liberators Marauders and Havocs attacked targets to deny Germany air support and disrupt German troop movements.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
France
Paris
Erwin Rommel
U. S
American paratroopers hold 800 German parachutists in France
In flooded French marshlands a U S Army paratroop unit trapped behind enemy lines reports capturing about 800 elite German parachutists and killing hundreds after a three day search for food and ammo. Lt L A Barling and Lt Charles Sentarsiero led the effort returning with supplies.
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France
U. S
L. A. Barling
Clinton
Mass
Ard
Charles Sentarsiero
Dunmore
Barling
Possession of Caen and Cherbourg Vital to Allied Success
Dewitt Mackenzie notes Allied gains on Cherbourg Peninsula as British Canadian and American forces push toward Cherbourg Caen and Isigny. He argues success hinges on developing and holding a major base to project a continental invasion and anticipates further decisive moves in the immediate future.
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Caen
Cherbourg
France
Ste. Merceglise
Isigny
Berlin
Bridghead
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Herchtesgaden
Fuerhrer
Philippines to feel bomb effect from new air base
Gen Douglas MacArthur's forces capture the Mokmer air base on Biak Island in the Schouten Islands. The base brings heavy Allied air units within striking distance of the Southern Philippines, near Mindanao.
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Associated Press
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Schouten Islands
Dutch New Guinea
Mokmer Aidrome
Biak
Corregidor
Mokmer
Davao
Mindanao Island
Japan Loses Five Warships in Week of Fighting
Allied headquarters report at least five Japanese warships sunk or damaged in the past week in the Southwest Pacific and Central Pacific theaters. Ten Mitchell bombers struck, with three American planes lost. Biak Island and Schouten Group defense remained contested as Japanese ships slipped through Geelvink Bay.
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Richard C. Bergholz
Associated Press
Japan
Southwest Pacific
Thurssday
Geelvink Bay
Biak Island
Schouten
Dutch New Guinea
Tokyo
Schoutens
Biak
Philippines
Burma India
Burma
Myitkyina Mogaung
Kamaing
Kohima
India
Lungling
China
Central China
Changsha
Hunan
Central Pacific
Truk
Ponape
Pakin
Carolines
Nauru
Marshalls
Spirit of revolt among Frenchmen gains ground
A traveller reported a revolt against French collaborators sweeping central France near Vichy and spreading to other regions. French guerrilla groups on both sides of the Rhone and Saone valleys were said to be united across areas north of Lyon in Burgundy and south of Lyon in the region.
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Barcelona
France
Vichy
Rhone and
Sance
Lyon
Burgundy
Allied planes from French soil aid Cherbourg push in Normandy
Allied aircraft operating from French soil for the first time since 1940 support U S and British forces in a fast moving push toward Cherbourg. American troops seize key towns while floods slow advances and prisoners exceed 3 000. The Ninth Air Force establishes bases in France to provide close fighter cover and evacuate wounded as ground forces press from Ste Mere Eglise toward Carentan and Isigny amid heavy fighting.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
U. S
Curentan
Julling Cape
Berlin
Montebourg
France
Bayeux
Carentan
Isigny
Trevieres
Ste. Mere Eglise
Caen
Pivot City
Ste. Mere Egiise
Ninth Air Force
Britain
Catastrophe Declared In Italy As German Retreates Accelerate
Rome reports that the German army suffered a catastrophe in Italy as Marshal Kesselring’s forces fall back while Allied troops, led by General Clark, push north from Rome. The 8th Army gains speed near the Adriatic and Mackensen’s retreat endangers the Nazi 10th Army.
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Noland
Norgaard
Rome
Albert Kesselring
Italy
Tuscania
Tarquinia
Mark W. Clark
Eberhard von Macksensen
14Th
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Mackensen
10Th Army
Tiber
Tiber River
Viterbo
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Granville
St Vaast
Lessay
l'Avranches
Sten
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Istyle
Cay
Thuryce
Harcourt
Mortain
LE Havre
Deauville
Falaise
Fecamp
Erretar
I Hondeu
Abourg
Lisieux
Argentan
Georgia
Florida
G. I
Robert Reuben
Combined
Allied Press
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Ray Cronin
South Pacific
By Wes Gallagher
Valognes
Ce Man High Command
Mbourg
Allied Command
Signal Corps
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