Hitler Orders 23 Officers Tried as Traitors
Adolf Hitler ordered a ruthless purge of the German Army after the Junkers revolt. A People's Court will try 23 officers, including four lieutenants and a captain, many aristocrats, with eight already dead and two desertions to the Russians. Field Marshals Von Witzleben and Rundstedt head the purge effort as a court of honor prepares to pass judgment.
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Leadou
Adolf Hitler
Junker
Iaw
People's Court
Nazi Star Chamber
Berlin
Hitler
Court of Honor
People’s Court
Fest
Edwin von Witzleben
France
Karl Gerd von Rundstedt
Italy
London
Nazis Wreck Bridges in Florence During Push
Allied troops pierced German defenses around Florence, Italy, destroying five or six Arno River bridges while sparing the Ponte Vecchio. The Nazis demolished bridges to block passage as Allied air power remained poised. Official Allied note says military bridges can be quickly rebuilt and the damage will not delay the advance.
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Rome
Florence
Patrola
Arna
Ponte Vecchio
Allied
Florente
Arno
Shipload of War Refugees Arrives
GPA spokesman for the War Relocation Authority announced the arrival of a ship carrying 882 refugees from occupied Europe. The group of men women and children from 19 nationalities left last night in gro trains for Kort Ontario Oswego which has been designated as an emergency refuge.
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New York
GPA
War Relocation Authority
Europe
Gro
Kort Ontario
Oswego
Albany Wins Narrowly as East Coast Series Opens
In a light plagued score, Albany edges Williamsport 10 innings. Other results show Scranton, Wilkes Barre, and Binghamton high scoring while Hartford Elmira game called due to light. American, National leagues feature Brooklyn, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Cleveland with limited schedules.
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Erastern
Albany
Wikitamsport
Williamsport
Binghamton
Scranton
Gtica
Wilkes-Barre
Hartford
Elmira
Vetecnisy’s Resorts
Chicago
Fitsteary
Brooklyn
Boston
New_York
Philadelphia
Seta & St. Louis
American
New York
Washington
Weahington
Cleveland
Employment Ceilings Ordered to Bolster War Production
Washington moved to tighten civilian employment ceilings in labor scarce areas. War Mobilization Director James F Byrnes ordered plants to cap civilian hires and shift excess workers to war jobs, with local committees setting quotas and war agencies enforcing compliance by restricting materials and transport to violators. He warned civilian production cuts could jeopardize the war effort, noting only about 200,000 workers are still needed across critical sectors like guns shells trucks tanks and radar.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Jabhor
Byrnes
Add
War Manpower Commission
War Production Board
WMC
Europe
Troops Prepare For Cleanup Of Japs on Guam
U S Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor reports cleanup drive against Japanese on Guam. Troops gained Mount Bartigadl control and sealed the Bat northern plateau. Last resistance wiped out on 674 cot peak. Eastern flank near Point Sassayan, western flank controls roads near Finegayen. Carrier air and ground forces pounded defenders as troops pushed them back to the northern plateau.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Mount Bartigadl
Admr
Chester W. Nimit
Point Sassayan
Finegayen
Car Plunges Into Congress Street Retaining Wall
A Ford sedan lost control on Congress Street and crashed into the retaining wall at Congress Street and Seventh Avenue. Driver Henry Wagner, 20, of Sand Lake, was seriously injured and taken to Troy Hospital after being pulled from the wreck. The impact damaged the wall and disrupted nearby homes as bystanders and police responded quickly.
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Congress Street
Seventh Avenue
Henry Wagner
Sand Lake
Troy Hospital
Congress, Sweet and
Warmer
Wagner
Frank
J. Breakon
Thomas
J. O'Brien
Oliver J. DeCelle
Kari Pendt
DeCelle
Pendt
Albert Bros
Milk Truck Drivers End Work Stoppage
Goshen UP With signing of a two year union agreement the four work half of nearly one hundred otivers for the H. L and F. Me. Bride Transportation Company ended yesterday. The contract with Local 445 International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Chauffeurs A F of L will give the men 85 cents an hour plus $3 daily expense money. The contract allows five cents an hour increase and a 50 cent a day boost in expenses.
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Goshen
H. L and
F. Me
Bride Transportation Company
International Brotherpoo
Teamsters and
A. F
Leor McBride
Circus Returns to Akron Open-Air Depot Amid Heat Wave
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus staged its first open-air show at Akron Rubber Bowl after Hartford tragedy. About 2,000 spectators watched 255 performers and 350 non-performers perform under the sky. President Robert Ringling said the show remains a national institution and aerial acts flourish without canvas.
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Akron
Ringling Brothers
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Hartford
Conn
Cliens
Hon-Performler
Kreese
Wallendas
Torrence
Vittoria
Reds Break Through Nazi Line Near Vistula River
Soviet troops swept 21 miles behind German defenses to within 37 miles of Krakow and pushed toward Silesia. Tank spearheads moved west and southwest from a rapidly widening Vistula bridgehead as Godryslawice fell 27 miles southwest of Sla staw amid heavy fighting around Warsaw.
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London
Vistule
Krakow
Poland
Stth
Germany
Siiesia
Vistula River
Moscow
Godryslawice
Siastaw
Vistula
Warsaw
Gorsslawice
Marth
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Berlin
Revised Figures Put North State Polio Cases at 946
Seventy eight newly reported polio cases and adjusted county totals raise the state count to 946. Erie adds ten cases to reach 30, Steuben up to 121, Chemung revised to 164, New York City six, Dutchess 22, with non epidemic areas adding 13 more. Two Erie deaths and one Chehabgo County death bring totals to twenty and seven respectively.
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Albany
Chemung County
Erie County
Steuben County
New York City
Dutchess
Chebaugo County
War Production Board Says Snowplows Abundant for Winter
Washington GM says there will be plenty of civilian snowplows this season and civilian needs will not be sacrificed. The Army has cut back contracts, reducing demand for IMI45, with both Army and Navy easing requirements while civilian snow removal holds priority.
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Washington
War Production Board
Train Derailment Has Sweet Ending Pembroke
An Atlantic Coast Line freight train derailed near Pembroke North Carolina spilling contents from one car. The 1000 cases of candy were distributed to spectators creating a sweet ending to the incident.
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Pembroke
WN. C.- Cpi
Tve
Atlantic Coast Line
Trainmet
Bill boosts jobless pay after GOP fight
In a late night Senate action the Unemployment Compensation bill passed after GOP protests. It creates a postwar reconversion office, sets federal standards for jobless benefits, and authorizes six months of free vocational training with subsistence payments and family supplements. States may conform to new schedules or federal aid via a retraining plan. current state max payments range from $15 to $22 weekly.
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Washington
Senate
Anitary Committee
LNS
Fermont
Ball
Vocations
Jons
Pnemploymen
Japs in Full Retreat on New Guinea
General MacArthur reports the Japanese Second Army is in full retreat from Geelvink Bay and the upper Vogelkop peninsula, pulling back along a 70 mile coastline sweep in western New Guinea. Japanese forces aim to evacuate survivors as Allied ground, sea, and air power press the retreat, with harsh terrain hindering their movement and signaling an end to Japan’s defense of Dutch New Guinea.
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Pacific
Japan
Geelvink Bay
Vorgelkep Peninsula
New Guinea
Douglas Macarthur
MacArthur
Seaman Arrested in Serious Case Near New London
Seaman Frank Hizging, 18, of Boston, a second class rating at the U S Submarine Base in New London, confessed to a serious case involving Ida Elizabeth Sienna, a 33 year old Portland war worker. Her unclothed body was found near the Sound View railroad right of way. He was arrested on a coroner's warrant charging the offense.
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Old Lyme
Conn
GPI
Frank Hizging
Boston
Mass
U.S
New London
Ida Elizabeth Sienna
Portland
New Haver
Sound View
Philadelphia transit stoppage renewed and paralyzed city
Philadelphia faced renewed almost complete paralysis as four day transit tie up continued. Army officials led by Maj. Gen. Philip Hayes met with Department of Justice and FBI to coordinate response while Attorney Gerald A Gleason and spokesman James McMenallin outlined efforts. Striker leaders stated the status quo would hold with a noon update promised as the last Broad Street subway and trolleys ceased operations.
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Philadelphia
United States
Philip Hayes
Third Service Command
Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Amy
Department of Jask 2
Hayes
ESS
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Att
John F. Sears
FP Ble
Ith Els
Gerald A Glee
James McMenallin
Phieadelphia
American forces race toward Paris as Brittany thrust widens
American units push through Brittany toward Rennes and Nantes while advancing toward Paris. Bradley’s troops move fast across southern Brittany and the Loire region. Germans concede setbacks as U S tanks threaten the western flank and the coast rear. The rapid advance suggests blockage of supply routes and possible capture of key ports.
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Brittany
Brest
Nazaire
Paris
France
Rennes
Breas
Asome Colums
St. Nazaire
Chsteau-Brian
Loire River
Nantes
Omar N. Bradley
En- Gré
Pouriss
Normandy
Avranches
Polish government talks open on unity with Moscow in sight
Rival Polish governments prepare to confer in Moscow on forming a unified Polish front. Prime Minister Stanislaw Mikolajczyk and the Soviet backed Polish Committee of National Liberation aim for consensus among Poles, with Warsaw as a possible next step once freed by the Red Army. Stalin urged Poles to settle their own terms first before wider Soviet relations.
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Moscow
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Mikolajczyk
Stalin
Warsaw
Red Army
Vistula
Committee
Kremlin
Poland
Upstate Mail Thief Admits Cracking Pouches
William McDowell a 13 year old Selway youth admitted stealing six mail pouches and rifling letters, saying he did so while employed as a drayman. The damaged mail was found last week in an abandoned quarry on the outskirts of Solvar and he was ordered held for the federal grand jury.
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Syracuse
Wiliam McDowell
Selway
Federal’grand Jury
U.S
van W. Hancock
George ©. Doran
McDowell
Solvar
Even Satan Succumbs To Heat In New York Zoo
New York reports a 96.3 degree August 4 high. At 8:13 pm a heat record is broken and a hooded vulture named Satan from northeast Africa and Asia faints in its cage at the Bronx Zoo. Warnings rise as attestants note this heat surge surpasses the 1936 93 degree mark and the 92 degree high earlier this year.
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New York
Satan
Nyarther Bureau
New York City
Africa
Asia
Bronz
Startling
Wfits
Movie Star Faces Morals Charge in South Bend
Actor Jackie Cooper star of Where are Your Children faces a morals charge. Warrants were issued for Cooper and three others after a two week probe of an all night party at the La Salle Hotel on July 2. Also named are George Bender 24 Olie Lowery 41 and Pauline Frederick 19.
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South Bend
Ind
Ant
Arthur F. Scheer
Jackie Cooper
Scheer
la Salle Hotel
Sven He
Albert L. Dow
Levi Nulf
Police Department
Schter
Cooper
University of Notre Dame
George Bender
Sheffield
Pauline Frederick
Olie Lowery
Baseball Scouts Missed This Marine on Saipan
A World War II era note describes Marines storming Saipan with shellfire and a pistol knocked from a Marine's holster by a shell fragment. The fragment wounded the pistol and a motherless piece of detritus is mentioned in the chaotic action.
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Saipan
Guam
Nationwide Heat Wave Persists With 100-Degree Days
Across the United States heat remains intense with numerous locations reporting temperatures above 100 degrees for a fourth straight day. Phoenix reached 112, Detroit hit 86, New York City topped 96.3, and Kansas City and Chicago endured multiple days of heat with limited relief. Rain is scarce in drought areas of West Virginia and Kentucky, while Utah and the San Francisco Bay Area reported pockets of cooler or sunnier conditions.
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Associated Press
Phoenix
X. M
West Virginia
Findlay
Kentucky
Michigan
Detroit
New York City
New Mexico
Memphis
Texas
Chirendon
Panhandle
Oklahoma
Middlewest
Kansas City
Chicago
Wisconsin
Minneapolis
Columbus
Indiana
Baltimore
Washington
Alabama
Knoxhille
Tenn
Atlanta
Jersey
Philadelphia
Holvest
Boston
Coalville
Utah
San Francisco Bay
Pacific Northwest
Nebraska
Towa
Colorado
Underground Strikes Across German Rear Unfold in Brittany
French patriots have slashed Nazi rail lines in Brittany and struck German garrisons from behind. Underground reports to French authorities that Britain’s railroads were cut in multiple places as interior forces intensified their blows. A major act involved a three car German train carrying 130,000 gallons of gasoline blown in the Yvoir tunnel, with attackers reportedly sealing the tunnel with lime and triggering an explosion that destroyed the train and cargo.
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London
Omar
Bradley
Brittany
Cozotal
Interior
France
Yvoir Tusnel
Hame Saxaia
Night Clubs Lose Round in Tax Fight
Supreme Court Justice Samusi granted a temporary stay for La Vie Parisienne to stop city attachment over a $13,693 tax claim. A similar stay for Copacabana, $37.37 in taxes, was reserved for today or Monday. Edmund B. Hennefeld stated La Vie Parisienne had no bank account and operated cash only, in severe financial distress.
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Supreme Court
Samusi
la Vie Parisienne
Copacabana
la Vie Patigienne
Edmund B. Hennefeld
Ta Vie Parisienne
Chan
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