Superforts Hit Nagasaki and Palembang in Dual Raids
American B29s from the 2d Bomber Command struck Nagasaki on Kyushu and the Palembang oil refinery in Sumatra in simultaneous missions. The raids targeted Japan’s port and industrial centers and Palembang’s pivotal refinery, with details pending official reports.
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America
2D Bomber Command
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Xna! Zasaki
Palembang
Sumatra
Palem Beng
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Kyushi
Yawata
Sasebo
Bangkok
Thailand
Anshan
Mukideh
Manchuria
Japan
Stee
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Nagasaki
China
Southeast Asia
20Th Airforce
Japs Ran For Lives On Guam
United States forces completed the recapture of Guam with the last organized Japanese resistance crushed near the island's northeast corner. Marines and infantry pursued remaining pockets, while field dispatches described the garrison as frightened and scattered. The Guam victory followed the earlier conquest of Biak and marked another costly Pacific campaign milestone.
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Pearl Harbor
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Guam
Chester W. Nimitz
Baipan
Marianas
Pacific
Guam Casualties Reported in Marianas Campaign
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz announced in a communique that the Guam operation cost 7,247 American casualties, with 1,214 killed in action. Japanese losses on Guam were 10,971 dead, lifting total Nipponese ground combat deaths in the Marianas to 37,551.
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Pearl | Harbor
Guam
Admr
Chester W. Nimitz
Wimits
Marianas
Japs Acknowledge Superforts Raid on Japan
Tokyo radio confirms American B 23 Superfortress raid on Kyushu and other areas from China bases. Broadcast says twenty bombers attacked in several formations and the Japanese air forces engaged while investigations into interception and losses continue.
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New York
Tokyo
Imperial
China
Kyushu
Scattered Scores in Eastern Region Snapshot
The scoreboard lists scores for multiple teams in the Eastern region including Albany 15 over Binghamton 3 and Hartford 3 for Guca 1. Other entries show Wilkes-Barre Nation slotted with 6 and Chicago 4, plus several incomplete lines referencing New York Cincinnati Philadelphia Boston and Detroit Washington.
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Albany
Binghamton
Williamspert
Scrasiten
Wiliamspert
Scranitén
Hartford
Guca
Eimiza
Wilkes-Barre
Bombers Smash Davao as Philippine raid marks return
American Liberator bombers raid the Philippines for the first time in 27 months, hitting Japanese airfields at Davao in three night assaults. Mindanao, recently in Japanese hands since December 1941, lies within range of Allied airfields in Dutch New Guinea and Schouten Islands. Brig. Gen. Ralph Royce led the formation from Australia as Bataan fell and Corregidor held on.
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General Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Philippines
Davao
Mindanao
Clark Field
Manila
Australia
Ralph Royce
Bataan
Corregidor
Schouten Islands
Dutch New Guinea
Sansepor
New Guinea
Cyclone Ravages Kamsack Sask In Fatal And Costly Toll
A cyclone struck Kamsack Saskatchewan destroying or damaging 400 buildings in minutes, injuring 37 with two near death and causing about 1 million dollars in damage. Reports from Verigin and Lorette indicate a fatality and a farmer killed by lightning. Water power and communications were disrupted and Main Street buildings were wrecked. a freight car was hurled into the railway station.
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Kamsack
Sask
Verigin
Lorette
Man
Nazi Renegade Claims Revolt Not Yet Crushed
Moscow radio yesterday quoted Walter von Sidlitz head of the Free German National Committees in Soviet Russia saying the Hitler system is cracking and that large parts of the armed forces were involved in the July 20 revolt. He claimed anti-Nazi plotters remain within the German military and Nazi administration.
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London
Walter von Sidlitz
Soviet
Russia
Moscow
Frmge Nazi
Luftwaffe
Anglo American Air Forces Form Unified Supreme Command
Secret weapon report reveals a new Anglo American air force entity described as an army in size and impact. The force unites British and American airborne troops with ground units under Lieut Gen Lewis H. Brereton, with Roy Browning as deputy, aiming to strike deep behind German lines.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied
CPI
Germany
Lewis H. Brereton
Brereton
A Griton
Frederick A. M. (Roy) Browning
Daphne du Maurier
Siumaus
Grenadier Guards
Supreme ‘Headquarters
Destroyer And 15 Jap Ships Sunk
Navy reports US submarines have sunk a destroyer and fifteen Japanese ships in recent forays, bringing total Allied losses to 39 ships sunk or damaged. The battleship-era figures include more than 2,500,000 tons of Japanese merchant shipping, about one third of the prewar merchant fleet. Official details on construction progress and passenger or supply needs remain unavailable.
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Washington tPi
Navy
Verdict Today Denver in Treason Trial of Sisters
After ten hours of deliberation a U S district court jury announced it has reached a verdict in the treason case against three Japanese American sisters. The sealed verdict will be read when court reconvenes this morning.
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Denver
U.S. District Court
First American bombs strike Philippine airstrip during liberation
An account from Mindanao details a U S bomber mission over Davao in August 1942. Lieut Grant Jensen and Second Lieut Daniel Mahoney guided a Liberator to drop four 300-pound bombs on an inland airstrip while Christmas lights burned in the city. The crew observed minimal blackouts as they reported the successful strike.
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Davao i
Daniel Mahoney
Ithaca
Philippine
Jensen
Theodore Haffman
Wilkesboro
N.C
Haffman
Army Cuts War Plane Production
The War Department announced sweeping air production cuts to shift to B 29 and B 32 bombers plus Thunderbolt fighters. About 20,000 workers will lose jobs immediately, with up to 100,000 more laid off by year end. Higgins Industries faces complete cutback on the C46 transport, though some subcontract work continues. Major reductions target Liberator production at North American in Dallas and Ford’s Willow Run, with Akron Ohio subcontract work for the P-47 Thunderbolt easing too.
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Washington
War Department
Office of
Wat Information
Higgins Industries
New Orleans
Higgins
Commando
Buffalo
Louis
Louisville
Consolidated
North American
Dallas
Texas
Ford
Great Willow Run
Consolidated- Vultee Aircraft Corp
San Diego
Goodyear
Akron
Ohio
OWL
Amphibious Fleet HQ Moved to Saipan
Vice Admiral Turner announced the Amphibious Fleet headquarters are established at Saipan in the Marianas aboard his flagship. The base sits over 3,000 miles from Pearl Harbor and will be maintained until further moves. Headquarters support both the force and the commander of Pacific amphibious troops as the Transpacific offensive nears Japan.
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Admiral Turner
Marianas
Navy
Richmond Helly Turner
Saipan Island
Pearl Harbor
Memo to Postmaster Try Again Next Year
Albany AP says Gov Thomas Dewey received a letter meant for the White House with a neat reminder. The missive from Brooklyn carried address 1 tac the United States and was stamped not at White House twice, causing confusion.
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Albany
Thomas
Dewey
White House
Brooklyn
United States
Washington, D. C
German Officers Shoot At 3 S Guardsmen
Shooting broke out today in East Prussia West Prussia and the Danzig area as SS Elite Guardsmen tried to arrest German officers for the Moscow radio Reuters reported.
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London
East Prussia
West Prussia
Danzig
Aad
Moscow
Reuters
Reds Grant Amnesty for Polish Citizens in Russia
London reports Moscow radio announced that Russians have granted amnesty to all Polish citizens sentenced for crimes within the Soviet Union. The broadcast recorded by Monitor cited exceptions for espionage and banditry cases while noting protections for essential staff at the Savings Bank Way.
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London
Moscow
Yanks Strike South In Flanking Move On Paris
French city of St. Malo held by Col Von Au lech and a fanatic garrison commander as German troops shoot their own officers to surrender. American forces pivot toward Paris with sea port defenses at St. Malo under siege with a stubborn holdout and rumors of a Stalinist siege echoing from the front.
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St. Maelo
France
von Aulech
Stalingrad
St. Malo
Roosevelt War Council In Hawaii Maps Pacific Strategy
President Roosevelt meets with Pacific leaders including MacArthur and Nimitz at Waikiki to map plans for unconditional Japanese surrender. The three day strategy conference features high level discussions, inspections, and a Secrecy laden voyage from San Diego. Roosevelt comments on defense progress since Pearl Harbor and notes political campaign distance.
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Roosevelt
Igo Righ
Pacific
Ger
Doungliss
MacArthur
Waikiki Beach
Southwest Pacific
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Agim
Chester S Mingia
Padde
Marine
San Diego
Cal
Prmrose
Harry F. Truman
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The
Man Lived 1000 Days Hidden Amid Guam Jungle
Chief Radio man George Ray Tweed of Portland Oregon details his 1000 day concealment in Guam during World War II. He emerged aboard a ship after rescue, recounting Marine defense against the Japanese and an epic resistance akin to Wake Island. Continued on page nineteen.
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Marianas Islands
George Ray Tweed
Portland
Ore
Guam
Wake Island
Tweed
United States
Labor Party Nominates Roosevelt and Wagner for 1944 Tickets
The American Labor Party nominated President Roosevelt by acclamation for re election with Senator Harry S Tea man for Vice President and Senator Robert F Wagner for re election. About 1500 delegates attended as ALP named the same New York electors as Democrats ensuring Roosevelt Truman and Wagner appear on both party ballots in November.
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New York
Roosevelt
Harry S. Teaman
American Labor Party
Foy
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Interior
Harold J. Ickes
Soviets Cross Narew River Move on East Prussia Front
Soviet forces crossed the Narew River in a giant pincers move aimed at the imperilled East Prussia province. Berlin reported a battle of great proportions on the East Prussian Front with German armies heavily outnumbered. Moscow announced a Red Army bridgehead across the Vistula south of Warsaw and the capture of Lagow near Kielce, severing the Sandomierz Kielce highway.
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London
Niemen
Lithuania
Narw River
Berlin
Vistula River
Warsaw
Moscow
Sandomierz
Kielce
Lagow
Vistula
Germany
Numbers Player Fights Lord Numbers Tip in Court
GPi John Bradley said Magistrate Louis Levinson that he received “2 ssanase” from the Lord to play the numbers. Bradley admitted his partner failed to come through and faced charges of wagers slips. The judge dismissed the case after storekeeper Rubin testified he gave Bradley numbers on a slip with no money exchanged. God was good to you, Levinson said, noting no money to gamble.
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Ashbury Park
X. J
Rubin
Bradley
Levinson
Premier Stalin Calls Sincere Man in Polish Talks
Premier Mikolajczyk returned to London after talks in Moscow aimed at uniting rival Polish governments. Observers note Stalin’s renewed engagement and Mikolajczyk’s warm Moscow reception as signs of Soviet willingness to back a non Communist Poland.
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Moscow
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
London
National Committee of Liberation
Marshal Stalin
Red Army
Mikolajczyk
Iave
Poland
Ammunition Train Explodes in Iowa
A Great Western Railroad freight train derailed near Cumming Iowa about 9 am releasing two cars of ammunition after a curve. Shells exploded for six hours while a crowd watched. No injuries reported as fire and blasts subsided by noon leaving damaged ground and scattered shells.
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Cumming
Great Western Railroad
Kansas City
Here
Watc
Cesaizol
Visitors from Hinterlands Complicate Robot Problems
Reports describe German flying bombs, or robots, striking from across the channel. Ground guns, fighter planes, and balloon defenses engaged as BA Lancasters pounded sites in northern France. London faced a traffic surge as residents sought to view the threat, while censorship and home security measures remained in place.
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London
Ae Yand. BR. A. F
France
Yéester‘dey
Larry
Ministry of Home Security
Allied Tanks Press Toward Paris Amid Normandy Push
American armored units moved within fifty miles of Paris in a rapid advance from the Chartres sector, driving toward the Loire valley towns of Tours and Le Mans as German broadcasts reported the battle for Paris had begun. Columns pressed east toward the capital with reports of limited resistance along the northern approaches.
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Supreme Headquarters
Omar N. Bradley
Chartres
Lsst
Paris
Orleans
Souch
Dayla Anderson
France
Chaseaudéan
Tours
le Mans
Loire
Nantes
Angers
Bradsley
Philly Strike Probers Call 12 Witnesses
Philadelphia grand jury subpoenas twelve Philadelphia Transportation Co depot superintendents as the first witnesses in the probe of the six day transit tieup. City and federal officials testified and officials including Mayor Bernard Samuel and Henry Schweinhaut spoke of progress in the inquiry. Arm y announced removal of armed guards from seized PTC properties and vehicles.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Transportation Co
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Charles Eechert
BTC
A. A. Mitte
Schweinhaut
Jesus
Bernard Samuel
James 5. Malone
Public Safety
Frank L. McNamee
Government Considers Seizing Truck Lines in Strike Action
The Office of Defense Transportation signals readiness to seize and operate truck lines tied up by strikes in the Midwest. An agency spokesman said the move could occur by Sunday or possibly Saturday. About 40,000 truck drivers and dockmen are idle as the Midwest truck operators association presses a wage dispute. Chair M. M. Krapinsky of the Nebraska operators says ODT has the green light to proceed despite procedural delays.
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Wagner
Soice of Labor
America
Labor
Republican Party
Dewey
Republcans
Congress
Omaha
Ofice
Defense Transportation Machinery
Sudwest
Sundar
Fia
Jeerthi
Midwest Truck Operators Association
Chaim Cman M. M. Krapinsky
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