Invasion Plans Highlight Quebec Conference Talks
Bracken in Quebec asserts Allied high command plans to bomb burn and destroy German and Japanese targets. He says the war in Europe and against Japan are one war and promises action details from generals. The remarks underscore invasion readiness as Allied leaders push toward continental Europe.
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Germany
Japan
Brendan Bracken
Roosevelt
Mackenzie King
Canada
Churchill
Great Britain
Bracken
Europe
Washington
French Blasts Felt in Britain
Explosions on the French coast were heard across the Dover Strait shaking Folkestone district buildings. Some say Germans may be blasting for new gun emplacements and defenses, while Paris radio cited British warships shelling the coast. Berlin claimed a naval squadron approached Boulogne as batteries fired.
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London
Folkestone
Strait of Dover
Paris
Berlin
Ministry of Information
Boulogne
Patterson Says War Going Well
Undersecretary of War Robert Patterson told reporters that the Pacific war is progressing well. He said Japanese strength at sea and in the air has been substantially reduced and cited a major air blow against New Guinea. He noted the destruction of 215 planes out of 225 found at Wewak airfields Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Honolulu
Pacific
Robert Patterson
New Guinea
Wewak
Baseball scoreboard highlights from national and American leagues
National league results show Brooklyn 9 Chicago 2 Pittsburg 8 8 New York 1 Cincinnati 7 Boston 5 Philadelphia 6 St Louis 3. American league notes New York 2 Cleveland 1 in 13 innings St Louis 3 Philadelphia 0 Washington 4 Chicago 3 1 Boston 4 Detroit 3 2 Detroit 10 Boston 0 Albany scores Binghamton 1 Elmira 7 Utica 3 Hartford 16 Springfield 7 completion of July 19 game Springfield 8 Hartford 0 end of ninth Army dim out.
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Fortresses Blitz German Airfields In Holland War Action
American Flying Fortresses escorted by U S and Allied fighters battered Viissingen and Gilze Rijen in Holland. They shot down 34 German fighters that day, with total Allied losses eight fighters and four bombers. The offensive also hit Poix Amiens Glisy in France as Marauders and Spitfires pressed the air war across western Europe.
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Maritime Union Pickets Pegler
The National Maritime Union estimated 2 500 members picketed the New York World Telegram building for an hour and 45 minutes protesting statements in Westbrook Pegler s column A delegation of ten presented to executive editor Lee B Wood a letter demanding Pegler s column be eliminated to foster unity in wartime efforts.
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National Maritime Union
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Frills on Knit Garments Banned for Conservation
Washington reports the Wet Production Board ordered all knitted outer garments standardized to conserve materials. Prohibitions include double breasted sweaters, embroidery, spangles, and exaggerated sleeves. Plain knitted gloves and mittens are required, swimming trunks must drop side stripes and belts, and mufflers limited to 52 inches.
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Washington
Wet Production Board
Russians drive toward Kharkov in multi-front assault
Moscow reports major push around Kharkov with a three to seven mile seal on the city. German losses total over two thousand killed in repeated Soviet counterattacks as villages fall on west north west and southeast fronts. British radio says Russians within nine miles of Kharkov, while German retreat harms crops and panic spreads near captured villages.
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Kharkov
Moscow
Red Army
Ukraine
Bryansk
Spas Demesk
Reuter Deatch
British Map Fight Against Jap mission arrives for Pacific study
A British mission led by Maj. Gen. J. Lethbridge arrived in Washington for studies to maximize British-US cooperation against Japan. Officers from all three services will study here and then move to Pacific fronts for first hand surveys, following Churchill's pledge to shift every available asset to the Pacific after Germany's defeat.
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British Information Service
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Lethbridge
Royal Engineers
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Japan
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Germany
Money Plan Advanced for postwar currency stability
The United States unrolled a revised international currency plan aimed at postwar stability while keeping gold backing. Britain proposed a separate stabilization scheme not requiring a gold backed central fund. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau voiced optimism that the two nations will agree on a plan to avoid postwar trade pitfalls, with remaining differences reduced to one or two, likely over gold.
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Washington
United States
Morgenthau
England
Kilgore Attacks Food Profiteers and Shortages
Washington senator Kilgore charged that food production is delayed by selfish profit focused interests and warned shortages for domestic and Allied use would worsen as military successes grow. He linked protests against food as a partisan tactic to critique what he called piece meal planning in food production and war efforts.
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Kilgore
D.-W.va
Poland Ready to Invade Europe With Two US Britain Armies
London reports that two newly equipped Polish armies, trained and aided by the United States and Britain, await a signal to invade Europe. One force of about 30,000 under Lieut. Gen. Wladyslaw Anders operates in the Middle East. another large force rests in Britain. Both include artillery, parachute units, and even female pestkis trained for defense and support roles.
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Bankhead urges end to wartime crop quotas
Senator John H. Bankhead of Alabama warned that suspending basic crop quotas could unleash a postwar domestic crisis. He argued that without production control prices would fall while output rises, and said postwar agricultural planning is essential to prevent abandonment of quotas on basic crops.
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D.-Ala
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Normandie Tilt Sets Stage for Interior Salvage
Navy officials said the French liner Normandie would be held at a 30 degree tilt for about a week while salvage crews begin interior work. Concrete bulkheads will be removed to create 19 compartments over three to four weeks, then ballast tanks on the starboard side will be flooded to restore a more even keel.
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Big Hut
Boy Worker, 12, Falls to Death at Brooklyn Mill
Syracuse boy Thomas Massaro, twelve, died after four floors he was helping move freight in an elevator shaft at Imperial Knitting Mills Brooklyn. He aided his uncle James Bocaio with a hand truck when the fourth floor elevator rose and left the shaft open, sending the boy into the shaft.
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New York
Thomas Massaro
Syracuse
Flushing
Allied Axis Guns Duel Over Messina Straits
United States warships freed from coastal duty by the Sicily conquest join Allied heavy artillery and bombers in a growing bombardment of the Italian mainland. Civilians flee from Messina caves as Axis forces retreat southward under air and ground attack. D Eisenhower hailed the Sicilian campaign while fighting across southern Italy continues.
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United States
Sicily
President Roosevelt
D. Eisenhower
Quebec
Messina
Italy
Messina Strait
Final Ruling Orders State Election Final Ruling Orders State Election
Supreme Court Justice Sydney F. Foster upholds a Middleburg Republican order certifying a fall election for the New York lieutenant governor to fill the Wallace death vacancy. Court of Appeals upholds 5 to 2 Democratic majority. Parties set entry deadlines. Republicans Democrats and American Labor plan meetings.
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Albany
Supreme Court
Sydney F. Foster
Middleburg
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Thomas W. Wallace
Schenectady
Court of Appeals
American Labor Pa
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Break Located In Big Inch Pipeline Near Doylestown
A break in the Big Inch crude oil line was found noon yesterday on Harry Cope’s farm near Doylestown. Oil spouted two feet into the air, spilling about 10 000 barrels into a field, forming a lake. Phoenixville authorities said the break won’t affect the Phoenixville to Marcus Hook branch. pumping halted and repair crews dispatched.
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Marcus Hook
Turkey Sales Halted to Civilians After August Twenty One
The War Food Administration moved to end all further sale of turkeys to civilians after August 21 until the Armed Forces request for 10,000,000 pounds for overseas shipment is fulfilled.
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Washington
War Food Administrattion
Communist Cleric Joins Party Backing Bible Beliefs
New York Catholic-turned Episcopalian Rev. Eliot White aged 71, former Grace Church rector, announced he and his wife are joining the Communist Party saying it backs up the Bible. He cited Creator gifting the world to all people and aligned Revolutionary War ideals with his choice.
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Tam
German government may move from Berlin amid invasion fears
A Bern report citing Hitler’s Voelkischer Beobachter claims Berlin’s government may relocate to Vienna or Breslau to save records and avoid bombing. Some offices reportedly evacuated while officials deny the move. British warning broadcasts urge resistance groups to ready for day J and hour H as Allies plan invasion preparations across occupied Europe.
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Allies Hammer Jap Positions in New Guinea and Solomons
Allied Headquarters in the Southwest Pacific reports slow progress as American and Australian troops probe stubborn Japanese positions on mountain ridges near Salamaua New Guinea and on jungle islets around Mundai airdrome in the Solomons Five miles southwest of Salamaua the Allies consolidate hard won positions that would place fighters within easy range of New Britain's strengths.
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Croatian King Abdicates Throne in Croatia
Swiss dispatch quotes Zagreb that the Duke of Spoleto, rival of Italy’s king, abdicated his puppet throne as King of Croatia. He sent the resignation to Ante Pavelic who announced it at a cabinet session two weeks earlier.
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Ante Pavelic
Quisling
Zagreb
Ship Sunk in South Atlantic Torpedoed. Survivors Reach U.S.
The United States Navy announced that the medium sized merchant vessel Washington Li A was torpedoed and sunk early in Jo in the South Atlantic. Survivors have been landed at Miami and Baltimore.
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United States
South Atlantic
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Baltimore
Ban Lifted Pots Pans Safety Pins On Production Schedule
Washington reports expanded civilian production in late 1945 quarter with War Production Board backing increased steel use for home goods. Cylinder items include bed springs 12,800 tons, kitchen utensils 20,000 tons, bed springs 12,800 tons, warm air equipment 17,000 tons, hot water heaters 20,000 tons, and safety pins 427 tons as part of a 125,000 ton civilian steel allocation.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Three Die In Blast At Congoleum Plant
A cork and linoleum dust explosion at the Congoleum-Nairn plant in Kearny New Jersey killed three workers James Minnis James Gatesby and Edward McEnteny and injured fifteen with eight missing. Fire officials estimated up to nineteen may be missing as rescue teams from four towns searched the wreckage. The blast leveled part of building No 12 and the ensuing fire damaged two more buildings as investigators and FBI agents sealed off the area.
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Andrew McaArthur
McArthur
No. 12
Arthur Carter
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Congoleum-Nairn Co
Rudy Vallee Engaged to Model Bette Jane Greer
Rudy Vallee, Coast Guard lieutenant, announced engagement to model Bette Jane Greer in Hollywood. He remains undecided on marriage date. Vallee was previously married to actress Tay Webb in 1931. she sued for divorce in 1936 and died in November at age 29.
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WLB Penalizes Auto Strikers in Labor Action
The War Labor Board ruled that the Chusier Corp. Detniot union members face penalties for strikes at Wyflysier plants in violation of a no strike pledge. The directive approves maintenance of union membership and dues checkoff amid the dispute.
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