Saipan Casualties Hit 15053 With 2359 Killed
Navy Secretary Forrestal reported Saipan totals for the conquest of the Marianas showing 15,053 American casualties, including 2,359 killed, 11,948 of the enemy died defending the island, and 1,212 missing. He noted about 11,000 Japanese dead and 9,000 civilians interned were recorded, with prisoners also taken.
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Washington
Western Pacific
Marianas
Navy
Forrestal
Adm
Chester W. Nizoitz
Pacific Fleet
Pacific
A. A. Vandergrift
Walter S. Delaney
Pacific Battle Area
Hungary Bans Unions Report Says Governments Orders Dissolution
Budapest radio reported that the Hungarian government ordered the dissolution of trade unions and provided for a unified workers organization modeled after the German system. The broadcast claimed the move aimed to centralize labor control and suppress independent voices.
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London
Budapest
Gungery
United Workers ‘Organization
New Guinea Yanks Under Heavy Attack
Allied HQ, New Guinea, reports 45000 Japanese trapped at Wewak attempt breakout from Buna Saidor pocket along Driniumor River east of Aitape. Heavy assaults resumed after initial repulse. MacArthur spokesman notes half may be on rear or noncombat roles. Japanese face starvation as motive to advance.
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New Guinea
British New Guinea
Eighteenth Army
Hatazo Adachi
Buna
Saidor
Driniumor River
Aitape
Douglas MacArthur
Recognition of De Gaulle Ends Vichyites Hopes
President Roosevelts recognition of Gen Charles De Gaulles national committee as authority for civil affairs in liberated France negates Vichyites attempts to participate in postwar government. Francois Couiet De Gaullist commissioner says reconstruction proceeds with no friction between De Gaullist officials and civil affairs officers despite new beachhead leadership.
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U. S. Army
France
Roosevilt
Charles de Gaulle
Francois Couiet
de Gaulle
Comtet
King and Queen Lee Robot Bomb Downed During Visit
During a visit to an ack ack emplacement, the King and Queen of England observed a Todot bomb shot down nearby. A BBC broadcast recorded that night by NBC described the moment as authorities noted the successful downing during the royal tour.
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New York
England
Ackack
BBC
N. B.C
Nazi Tanks Feed Soviet Steel Mills
Johns Hopkins professor Owen Lattimore, who accompanied Vice President Wallace to China, described wrecked German tanks piled around Komsolmolsk’s steel mills in Siberia as proof of the German disaster. He noted the tanks were being used as scrap iron for Russian shipbuilding.
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Baltimore
Owen Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
Henry A. Wallace
China
Yesteriday
Komsoimolsk
Siberia
Russia
British Sub Lost Amid London News Silent Afterloss
A British submarine disappearance was reported with scant details as the Admiralty offered no further information. Officials did not release names or specifics about the vessel or rescue efforts.
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London
Aubmarine
Admiralty
Japs Crack Down on U S Missionaries
In Manila broadcast from Nippon controlled station alleges espionage charges against U S religious workers in the Philippines. It claims missionaries were rounded up and placed in a civilian prison camp after the Japanese takeover in January 1942. The report says churches and properties were handed to the Bureau of Religious Affairs.
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Ray Chonin
San Francisco
Philippines
Manila
United Nations
Pher
Republic of the Philippines
Bureau of Religious Affairs of the Republic
Manile
Santo Tomas
Allies Tighten Grip on New Ledo Road Operations
Southeast Asia Command reports Chinese 22nd and 6th divisions hold positions seven miles west of Mogaung and access to about one mile of the Ledo supply ford to China. Chinese troops move on Prindaw eight miles WSW of Mogaung and near Myitkyina as the final north Burma bastion remains partly Japanese. Allied air forces bomb Lashio airfield, Burma Road terminus.
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Southeast Asia Command
Handy
Myitkyina
Burma
Asherican
Lashio
Rescue Crew Frees Coondog From Ozark Cave
Forty men and boys labored ten days to blast and chip through limestone to rescue Old Drive a ten year old coon hound trapped in an unexplored Missouri cave. Henry Light drew the hound to the surface with a lasso after the farmer Jake Light ferried the dog into the cave’s heart near Reynolds County. The effort drew about twenty onlookers as the dog was finally freed, praised by his owner as the best coon dog in the county.
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Lesterville
Missouri
Ozark Mountains
Jake Light
Reynolds County
Henry Light
Novice Bennion Faces Veteran Senate Rival in Utah Race
Bennion, 57, a political neophyte, will oppose U S Senator Elbert B. Thomas, seeking a third term, in Utah's forthcoming election. Thomas had no opposition in the Democratic primary. Salt Lake City report notes the contest as a genstorist race next November.
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Salt Lake City
Adam
Bennion
U. S
Elbert B. Thomas
Utah
Thomas
Robots Hit Old London Landmarks In Air Attacks
Amid daylight bombardments Hitler's "comet" bombs struck central London and landmarks including Royal Free Hospital Warner Brothers studios at Teddington and Awstra ia House. A buzzer wound down a hospital staircase while five were killed and nine injured. Film director A. A. Doc Salomon perished when a missile hit Warner Brothers powers house.
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London
Hitler
Loendes
England
Twos &S
Royal Free Hospital
Gray's Inn Road
Warner Brothers
Movie Studios
Teddington
Awstraia House
Aldwych House
Strand
Royal Fret Hospital
Warner Brothers Studios
A. A
Doc) Saloman
Salomon
Eobots
French Premier Herriot Dead Reported by Nazis
The German news agency D N B broadcast in Berlin announced the death of Edouard Herriot former French premier. He was described as seriously ill and later said placed in a sanatorium for mental treatment. Herriot had been held by the Germans since France's fall and was reported, without confirmation, to have sought contact with the Allies after their North Africa landing.
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London
CPI
Berlin
Edouard Herriot
Berin
Herriot
Vichy
North
Africa
New York City Faces Shortage Of Fresh Milk
New York City faces a looming milk shortage as i Reports indicate 130000 quarts daily are short among smaller distributors. Meyer Parodneck urges urgent action to Mayor La Guardia and War Food Administration while Roy Wood of Borden’s fears weekend and next week shortfall. Dr. C J Blanford warns of a looming shortage and calls a meeting of 78 associations from six state dairy regions to address the issue.
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New York
New York City
Meyer Parodneck
Consumer-Farmer Milk Co. Operative
F la Guardia
War Food Administration
Roy Wood
Borden’s Farm Products
Borden Company
C. J. Blanford
Metropolitan
Hershey Urges Postwar National Training Act
Maj. Gen. Lewis B Hershey, director of the national Selective Service, told the Commerce and Industry Association of New York that maintaining wartime draft machinery would ease postwar training. He urged compulsory military training for all young men, saying the nation cannot risk unprepared citizenry.
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New York
Lewis B Hershey
National Selective Service
General Hershey
Commerce and Industry Association of
United States
Yanks Press St Lo as Japanese Probe Chinese Lines
Allied press reports detail fierce fighting near St Lo with American units driving through hedgerows, aided by heavy artillery and air support. German defenses tighten around Caen fronts as Montgomery pushes a broad offensive across Normandy. Chinese forces repulse Japanese gas and artillery near Hengyang and Yingtak, with high casualties reported on both sides.
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St Lo
Ain
Dross
Caen
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Bertin Radio Seid
Bernard Tl
Montgomery
Anc Supreme Headquarters
Omer Bradley
United States
Si Lo
Bartie
Normandy
Marshal Er
Negro Artillerymen Debunk Nazi Inferior Race Theory
U S Negro field artillerymen at a France command post blast German installations and troop concentrations while denying the Nazi theory of racial superiority. The first Negro combat artillery team in this sector fights with a four unit group including a 1055 battalion and two Long Toms. Colonels praise the unit as one of the best, reflecting pride in their performance.
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B.S
France
U. S
Spieces
Foight
Raid on Guam May Foreshadow Invasion
U S Pacific Fleet reports Pearl Harbor carrier planes raided Guam and the Rota Islands as part of a week of sustained action in the Marianas. Admiral Nimitz said more than 1,000 Japanese were captured on Saipan during mop up fights, marking a high Pacific action total.
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U. 8
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Rota Islands
Githe
Marshall and
Marianas Islands
Chester V. ‘Nimitz
Saipan
Pacific
U S to Aid Mexico With Railway System
Secretary Hull and Mexican ministers Padma and mousced in a joint statement that they had agreed on transportation and economic programme and were in complete accord on all questions discussed.
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Washington
Btaze Hull
Ree
Ezequiel Padma
First They Took Our Pants And Now They Steal Our Vests
A vivid fashion feature describes fall garments worn by Battie Carnegie and other women. It highlights tailored jackets, back-buttoned vests, slim skirts, and feminine bow-ties in colors like pink, purple, green, and yellow. Matching bags, tweed, faux fur, and bead accents accompany the ensembles.
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New York
Miss Carnegie
Nazi Reports Depict Gloom From Normandy Push
London reports quote German radio describing a new artillery heavy assault in Normandy with roads and villages cratered by bombardment. German officers claim Allied reinforcements are moved along disrupted routes as German front reserves shift under constant air and artillery pressure.
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London
UPI
Normandy
Berlin
Richard Emskeller
Christov Vontinhof
Iinhoff
Himerland
Artille
Ourl
Congressman Urges Break With Spain and Argentina
Rep. Emanuel Celler urged the United States to sever diplomatic relations with Spain and Argentina and to impose all possible economic sanctions. He called for recalling the ambassador and encircling Spain with a complete blockade, arguing fascism must be opposed wherever it appears. Carlton Hayes, ambassador to Spain, returned to Washington for consultations.
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New York
Emanuel Celler
United States
Spain
Argentina
Cellier
Franch
Carlton Hayes
Ofet
Wallace Still Has Best Chance in 1944 Vice Presidency
Washington reports circulated in the capital show talk of organized campaigns for several Democratic vice presidential prospects but most eyes remain on Henry Wallace. President Roosevelt is expected to indicate his preference for a Wallace running mate as he seeks a fourth term, a move seen as a recommendation rather than a demand to the Chicago convention. Backers of other candidates await the form of the statement while delegates weigh the President's influence and possible preferred candidates list.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Democratic Nations Convention
Chicago
Aids
Wallace
Samuel B. Jackson
Indiana
Convention
Wallace News Lettering Hope for Soldier in China
Independence Missouri reports Mrs Wallace received assurance from Vice President Wallace that her wounded husband Sergt George Holzbaur Jr would not lose his eyesight and his morale remained high after an August 20 raid on Japan. He would undergo extensive skin grafting and is expected home when a war timetable allows.
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UPA
Wallace
China
George Holzbaur, Jr
Japan
Holzbaur
United States
Associated Press
Hoiztaur
Disguised Commando Kills Nazi on Dalmatian Isle
Bernard James Barton, 23, from Hastings, aided a British Commando mission on the Dalmatian island of Brac. Disguised as a shepherd, he entered the German garrison headquarters with two Partisan soldiers and killed the commandant. Barton, in civilian clothes smeared with mud, and the shepherd, who signaled success by praising him, slipped past guards and completed the operation. The episode is cited among a series of similar covert actions targeting German forces in the Dalmatian islands in recent months.
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Vis
Yugoslavia
Brac
Bundie
Sti Ke
Bree
Sptic
Dalmatian
Grent
Bernard James Barton
Hastings
Suxsex
Barton
Soviet drive in the Baltic front claims huge gains
Soviet forces report a major breakthrough between Polotsk and Pskov on a 93 mile front with over 1 000 towns captured. Stalin proclaims intensified threat to all Nazi forces in the Baltics as more than 7 000 Germans die and about 1 500 are taken prisoner in a single day. Veremenso and second Baltic Army strike from prewar positions while other fronts press toward East Prussia.
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London
Polotsk
Pskov
Stalin
Baltics
Andrei E Veremenso
East Prussia
Novosekolniki
Idritse
Nazis Prepare To Quit Baltics
Berlin reports indicate high command discusses shortening the front as Russian forces push toward Alytus near the East Prussian border. A Dagens Nyheter Berlin correspondent says this signals potential German evacuation of the Baltic states. Allied sources estimate about 200,000 Russian partisans retreating with Germans in Poland disrupt communications and sow confusion along wavering German lines.
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Stockholm
Alytus
Berlin
Dazent Nyheter
Baltics
Poland
Loyal Mexican Troops Stop One Man Revolt in Mexico City
Mexican defense ministry reported that loyal troops of the Second Artillery Regiment resisted a one man revolt within the capital garrison. Captain Castaneda Chaverria was implicated and sentenced to death, but the sentence was commuted by President Avila Camacho pending further orders.
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Mexico City
Defense Ministry
Benito Castaneda
Chaverria
Castaneda
Avila Camacho
Castaneda Chava
Ars
Hull Gratified by Quashing Colombia Revels Attempt
Secretary of State Hull expressed gratification yesterday at the quashing of an attempted revelry in Colombia. He called the nation a station that freely carries out the will of its people.
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Hull
Colombia
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