Allied Drive Inland Threatens Toulon From South
American Seventh Army troops pushed twenty miles inland behind the Toulon naval base and pressed toward the Rhone Valley along a main highway. A coastal drive near Sailles Pont threatened the city, while a major Allied thrust toward Aix-en-Provence and Marseille aimed to outflank Toulon. Casualties were reported at 300 with 7,000 German prisoners. Generals noted captures and a German astonishment at Allied Normandy news.
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Bomber Production Being Cut
Maj. Gen. Oliver P. Echols told the Senate Defense Committee that heavy bomber output is reduced as losses fall short of expectations. About 294,000 aircraft workers will be laid off by July and Willow Run will cut 59 percent by December. He said 4.9 million workers are employed overall and about 200,800 will be cut from the industry by year’s start, with 700,000 more needed elsewhere in war production.
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Legion figure Breen dies in Philadelphia at 89
Major Ta seph W. Breen founder of the Forty and Eight within the American Legion died Thursday in the Philadelphia Naval Hospital.
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Taseph W. Breen
American Legion
Philadelphia Naval Hospital
Eastern League scoreboard snapshot with varied results
Eastern League results show Binghamton 3 Albany 1 while Albany leads 83 to 12 over Binghamton with Hartford Utica and Elmira also in action. Wilkes Barre edged Williamsport 6 5 Scranton 5. National and American leagues feature Chicago Boston Cincinnati Brooklyn St Louis New York Cleveland Detroit and more with mixed scores and placements.
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Dewey Assigns Foreign Policy Duties to Adviser
Washington Governor Thomas E Dewey proposed direct participation by his foreign relations adviser in postwar planning as big four security talks begin Monday. Hull accepted and named Jones Foster Baltes as his representative, signaling bi partisan cooperation in shaping United States postwar policy.
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Thomas E. Dewey
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Dewey
United States
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Britain
China
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Dulles
Eam-in
Joan Fosters Baltes
Bulles
Chartres rises as French resistance frees city amid brutal purge
French mobs in Chartres celebrate liberation from four years of Nazi rule. Resistance leaders seize arms as Germans retreat from the periphery. Women who consorted with German troops are shaved, crowds jeer prisoners, and fighting continues around the prefecture. An American correspondent is wounded when a stray rifle bullet fires.
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Pepe
Bauitad
Perime
President Roosevelt to meet with Churchill soon
President Roosevelt said he expected another conference with Prime Minister Churchill soon but did not specify the date. He also expanded on the plan to occupy Germany regardless of Germany and Japan surrender, noting general agreement with Russia and Britain and the possibility of coordinating with China on Japan.
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Russia
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China
Truman to Open Speaking Tour At Birthplace
President Roosevelt approved plans for Barry S Truman to accept the vice presidential nomination August 31 in an open-air speech at the courthouse in Lamar Missouri Truman's birthplace He would also speak on Labor Day in Detroit with further appearances left to the Democratic national committee.
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Roosevelt
Barry S. Truman
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Truman
Detroit
Japanese reinforce in Hunan battle near Hengyang
In northern Hunan Province heavy fighting rages as Japan adds two divisions to trap Chinese forces moving toward Hengyang from the southwest. Street combat reported at Leirang south of Jengyang. Chinese troops repelled a Japanese reinforcement group bound for Hengyang with heavy casualties.
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London Surfers Against Robot Bomb Attack Reported
AP reports flying bombers hit southern England and the London area causing damage but few fatalities. Fighters and anti-aircraft guns shot down some robots while Lancasters with fighter cover attacked a robot underground supply depot near Yiste, about 15 miles northeast of Paris.
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Death Parts Twins In Enola Pa Oldest Twins Die
Pennsylvania report says Daniel Dart, 94, died in Enola after his twin sister David visited him hours earlier. The twins were noted as the state's oldest siblings.
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Nazis Hold Red Army At Frontier
Soviet forces overwhelmed the west bank of the Vistula at congbord San domierz in central Poland after a three day street battle trapping three German divisions. A second Soviet army massed on the East Prussian frontier threatened to spill into German soil as 150000 troops were reported in the eight mile front from Augustow to the Niemen River. Soviet flyers claimed Schirwinds was burning and planes pounded East Prussia while Moscow and Berlin hinted at major forthcoming actions.
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Berlin
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Disposal of War Property Debated in Congress
Washington debate centers on surplus war property disposal for soil districts schools and public institutions. Rep Manasco says bill creating disposal machinery may not reach a vote until Tuesday as administration managers expect split House support over handling about 100 billion dollars in tanks jeeps planes and other equipment. Senate Military Affairs Committee approves eight member board to divest surplus disposal for pending legislation awaiting a single administrator.
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Manasco
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House
Senate Miliary Affairs Committee
Japanese Sister Trio Sentenced in Treason Conspiracy Case
Three Japanese American sisters were convicted of conspiring to commit treason. Mrs. Tsuruko Wallace, 35, received two years in a federal women's reformatory and a $1 fine. Her sisters, Florence Otani, 33, and Bikai Tanigoshi, 32, were each sentenced to twenty months in Alderson with $1,000 fines.
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Women’s Reformatory
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Whvze Otani
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Jucze J. Foster Symes
Merger of Army and Navy Seen Assured After War
President Roosevelt said there is general agreement on postwar unification of the Army and Navy under a single command though no action will occur until after the war. He noted opposition has been overruled at top levels and referenced Sen Truman’s call for unification amid wartime procurement and credit disputes.
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House
Navy
Army
Truman
Senate
Night Clubs Win Ruling on Tax Backing Abatement
New York Supreme Court Justice Samuel Null denied a petition to dismiss suits by La Vie Parisienne and Copacabana over $51,061 in back sales and business taxes. The decision ruled only on filing forms, not merits, letting clubs pursue further action to challenge the city's claim.
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Ilegal
Bulgars Ponder Peace Debate in Bulgarian Parliament
The Soha radio reported that Bulgaria's parliament began debate on Premier Ivan Bagianey's peace proposal. Two deputies were quoted endorsing major features of the address.
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New York
Soha
Ivan Bagianey
Meteor Like Robot Bomb Darted Across Midwestern Skies
Witnesses across Indiana and nearby states reported a bright silvery ball with a smoky trail seen around 8 19 am. Police and officials noted rumbling explosions and windows rattling as the object moved westward. Experts compared it to daylight meteors and said such events involve multiple detonations and high speeds that damage the air and surface.
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Chieo
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Howard Blakestee
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Nazi Retreat Hampered by Allied Air Attacks
London dispatch reports Allied air forces blasting northern France airfields and attacking German lines. More than 33 enemy planes were downed and at least 51 on the ground amid a day when about 6 000 Allied aircraft operated over four European countries. American Marauders with RAF Spitfires bombed rail lines northeast of Paris returning without loss. The Eighth Air Force noted heavy damage including hundreds of railroad cars locomotives and motor vehicles destroyed or damaged.
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France
Yesterdey
Paris
Eighth Air Force
Bombers Hit Volcano Islands in Pacific Air Campaign
U S Pacific Fleet reports Liberators from bases near Pearl Harbor bombed targets in the Volcano Islands including Iwo Jima and airfields on Saipan Tinian and Guam Wednesday. Japanese fighters offered little resistance as raids continued against Japanese bases.
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Japanese Losses When Retreating From Manipur on Tiddim Road
Southeast Asia Command reports heavy Japanese casualties as remnants retreat along the Tiddim Road toward the Burmese Indian border. Three hundred Japanese dead and wounded were counted in a five mile stretch, with vehicles tanks and artillery captured.
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Moirang
Saltonstall’s Son Killed in the Pacific
Gov Leverett Saltonstall learns his son Peter B Saltonstall 23 is killed in action in the Pacific. The family includes Lt Everett Saltonstall Jr in the Army Engineers and sister Emily a WAVE in Washington.
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Serat
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Washington
Rescue Army From North In Same Fate As Seventh
Allied advances near Paris threaten German forces as Patton's tanks close to 22 miles from the capital. Eisenhower calls leaders to a conference as a great enveloping movement develops, with Americans British and others pursuing 40 000 to 130 000 enemy troops from the Normandy pocket.
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Seine
George S. Patton
Paris
D. Eisenhower
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Guenther’ Bluge
Normandy
Rouen
Postwar Youth Training Plan Urged by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt urged a year long mix of military and civilian training for youths ages 11 to 25. He proposed using existing military and Civilian Conservation Corps camps to house 5 million trainees and to absorb veterans, with vocational and stenographic courses and non compulsory military elements. He said the plan would promote discipline, law and order, and social cohesion while preparing youths for government and civilian jobs.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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Heavy Bombings Rock Chain of Japanese Bases
General Headquarters Southwest Pacific reports smashing raids on Japanese airfields in the Banda Sea. Attacks target Amboina Ceram and other bases with escort heavy bombers and Lightning fighters, destroying grounded aircraft and starting fires. Two US fighters are lost.
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Philippines
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Liang
Oni Ceram
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Army Discharge Cards Go to Employers for Veterans
The Army plans to send discharge cards to employers to aid veterans in returning to their old jobs. Cards contain the veteran’s name, discharge date, and date of birth to prevent confusion with others of the same name. The system aims to improve reemployment after service.
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Underground Paris Home Front Ready For Allied Signal
Paris leaders claim the French resistance is strongest and well organized awaiting a signal as American tanks approach the capital. Col Jean Drumont says the underground is prepared and Swiss radio notes potential papal involvement to limit destruction. French inhabitants fear renewed bombardment and the Germans’ counterattack as Vichy and related factions brace for impact.
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Paris
France
Jean Drumont
Vai
Merchantman Sunk by U Boat in South Atlantic
Washington CPI-A medium sized United States merchant vessel torpedoed and sank in the South Atlantic in late July the Navy announced yesterday. Casualties reported with 3 survivors landed at Miami Florida.
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