Guam Campaign Report Details Early Casualties and Advances
U S Pacific forces under Admiral Nimitz report Guam operations with 1938 casualties in three days. Marines and Army units advance across Orote peninsula and Cabras Island as Turnage’s Third Marine Division and Shepherd’s brigade close in on Apra Harbor. Japanese infiltrations repulsed. Agana near capture as U S forces isolate key airfields and cut all roads to the peninsula.
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U. & Pacific
Pearl Piarbor
Guam
Ada
Chester W. Nimice
Nimitz
Baipan
United States
Marianas Islands
Orote Peninsula
Harvot
Marine Brigade
Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr
la Jon
Cal
Marianas
Peninsula
Apra ‘Harbor
Shepherd
Wouth
Third Starage Division
Awlen H. Turnage
Widewater
Cabras Island
Piti
Port Apra
Western Pacific
Cabras
Third Marines
Guamr
Agama
Philippines Reappear in Communique on Allied Update
General MacArthur said air patrols sank a coaster off Mindanao as Allied communiques return to mentioning the Philippines for the first time since May 1932. Navy Liberator reconnaissance sank a 100-foot Japanese freighter southeast of Mindanao Saturday morning.
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New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Mindango
Philippines
Corregador
Navy
Liberator
Mindanao
Spellman Confers With Pope Again in Rome
Archbishop Spellman of New York met Pope Pius XII for the second time since his arrival two days earlier. He entered the Pontiff’s personal apartment at 3 a.m. and left at 8:36 p.m. Also present were Dr. Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi, the Pope’s physician, and Enrico Galeazzi-Lisi, Rome representative of the Knights of Columbus. Before the visit Spellman sent documents to the Pope and celebrated Mass for U.S. soldiers in the Church of Jesus.
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Rome
Spellman
New York
Pine
Ban
Riccardo ‘Galeazzi- Lisi
Enrico Galeazzi-Lisi
Knights of Columbus
United States
Church of Jesus
Eastern and National Baseball Scoreboard Snippets
Scant readable lines show scores across leagues with teams like Scranton Albany Hartford Wilkes Barre Elmira Utica Binghamton Williamsport and Chicago New York Boston St Louis Pittsburgh Philadelphia Cincinnati Cleveland Detroit and Washington. Multiple innings and partial results indicate varied outcomes and embedded team pairings across the two leagues.
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i—Scranton
Albany
Scanton
E-Hartford
Wilkes-Barre
Hartford
I—Utics
Elmira
Otica
Binghamton
Williamsport
Wiliamsport
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
Boston
Louis
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Pittshute
Brookton
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
New Fort
St Louis
Lewis
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
Phiadelphia
Soviet Armies Penetrate Lublin
Soviet forces surged through crumbling lines in Poland and pushed into Lublin 25 miles from the Vistula, with gains along a broad front toward Silesia and near Warsaw. In the Baltic region, Moscow reported advances to within seven miles of Riga as other Red Army units moved toward the Polish capital and beyond.
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London
Poland
Lublin
Wikla
Germany
German Silesia
Moscow
Pxko
Estonia
Riga
Balie Sea
Fatlie States
Tihmille
Ogia 16
Carpathian
Warsaw
Parcrew
Red Army
Bug
Lwow
Churchill Sees Grave Weakness in Germany
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Churchill judging Germany's crisis as grave with signs of weakness and a crumbling central power. He spoke after landing at Normandy front, praising Allied air strikes and German internal turmoil while noting German generals purged and a major command shakeup. Churchill predicted the war could end sooner than expected, humorously claiming he never promised a precise timeline.
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London
Germany
Churchill
Normandy
Reich
Normandy Front
Cherbourg
Hitler
Bounder
Soviets Boost Share in World Bank at Bretton Woods
Delegates to the United Nations monetary conference departed Bretton Woods with plans for an international monetary fund and a world bank for reconstruction and development. The Soviet Union agreed to a 1.2 billion dollar World Bank quota, raising initial bank capital to 9.1 billion, with the United States contributing 3.175 billion.
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Bretton Woods
N. H
United Nations Monetary Conference
White Mountain
International Monetary
World Bank For Reconstruction and Development
Treasury
Morgenthau
Soviet Union
World Bank
United States
Churchill's Son And Colleagues Survive Crash
A British dispatch reports Major Churchill son of the PM and Captain Evelyn Waugh survived a transport plane crash over Yugoslavia on July 17. Randolph Churchill and four Russian officers were among the casualties, with survivors cared for in partisan hospitals.
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Yugoslavia
Randolph Churchill
Evelyn Waugh
Churchill
Waugh
Marshal Tite
Partizan
Clashes Reported Between German Army and Himmler Forces in Belgrade
Reuters dispatch from inside Europe cites reliable Belgrade reports of clashes between German troops and Heinrich Himmler's men, indicating fighting occurred last night in the city.
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London
Reuters
Europe
Belgrade
Heinrich Himmier
Number of Navy Fighting Vessels Tripled Since 1940
The Navy disclosed that on August 18, with the destroyer escort Grady launching, the in service fighting ships will be 1149 or more, over three times the total in mid-1940. The expansion shows vast growth across combatant ships, with smaller craft growth not fully specified.
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Washington
Navy
Grady
United States
Fleht
Fifth Army closes in on Pisa from the south
Allied forces of the Fifth Army push into Istosié Pisa's southern district and reach the Arno barrier, advancing toward Florence. Reports say German defenses near the city are collapsing, with the leaning tower and cathedral spared so far, while morale strains surface among Nazi troops and Luftwaffe units.
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Rome
Pisa
Arno
Bert
Making
3I Nes
Sid Feder
Monte Pisano
Florence
Thaly
Venta
Germany
Junker
Naz Party
Luftwaffe
Fifth Army
33Th SS Panzer Grenadier
Allies Will Doom Nazis Says Author
Moscow reports quote Ilya Ehrenburg saying Hitlerite Germany will be driven to its knees by Allies and German generals not a people’s movement. He says Americans trust tanks not conscience of Fritzies, predicts Berlin gates reached with fast troops.
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Moscow
Ilya Ehrenburg
Russia
Germany
Binghamton Colonel Victim of Snipers
Report from Saipan states Colonel Harold G. Browne of Binghamton New York was killed by Japanese snipers on the night of June 33 as he went to aid a wounded comrade. Browne reportedly knew the man he aimed to help was already dead.
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Saipan
Marianas Islands
Harold G. Browne
Binghamton
N.Y
Sietia
Orphaned Yugoslav Babies Evacuated By American Transport Plane
An Allied air arm secured and evacuated orphaned Yugoslav babies to Italy in a clandestine mission. Nurses and babies filled the troop carrier, with a youthful American pilot remarking the babies slept after takeoff. The operation aided Yugoslav Partisans during the bitter war.
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Italy
Hitler purges officers in Russia and France report
A Stockholm dispatch claims a German blast at Berlin shattered Hitler's pants and wounded him. Mussolini arrived after the incident and saw the torn uniform. The Dagens Nyheter attributed the plot to a Berlin generals group, noting executions in Berlin and quiet elsewhere in Germany.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Dagens Xvbeter
Bitter
Duce
Hitler
Dagens Nyheter
Germany
Nine Texas Congressmen Renominated in Democratic Primary
Early counts from Texas Democratic primary show nine congressmen renominated and three races needing runoffs. Nat Patton narrows gap with Toea Pickett of Palestine. Richard Hieberg defeated likely by John Lyle of Corpus Christi. Governor Stevenson widens lead with 556,214 votes to 39,732 for Minnie Bisher Cunningham as 234 of 254 counties report.
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Dallas
Texas Congress
Richard Hieberg
Texas
Texas Election Bureau
Nat Patton
Toea Pickett
Palestine
Richard Kieberg
King Ranch
John Lyle
Corpus Christi
Coke Stevenson
Minnie Bisher Cunningham
New Waverly
Navy draft seeks 194000 more men to serve by year end
Navy Secretary Forrestal announced a need for 194000 additional enlisted men by December 31 with a possible further 169000 by June 30, 1915 to keep pace with wartime demands against Japan. Most new personnel will join through Selective Service as October call is increased to 30000.
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Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Japan
Chinese Troops Attack Japanese at Siangsiang
Chinese forces claim heavy attacks against Japanese positions at Siangsiang sixty miles north of Hengyang. High command says the assault was thrown back as the fighting raged, while Japanese units penetrated Chinese lines near Hengyang and Canton Hankow railway area.
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Siangsiang
Chungking
Heng-yang
Hengyang
Canton-Hankow
Sghng
Gas in Garbage Pit Kills Three Men
Three New York sanitation workers died after methane gas in a forty foot garbage pit at the city incinerator fanned from the bottom. Two rescuers fainted during the attempt to pull them out as others were exposed to the fumes.
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New York
Department of Sanitation
Yanks Invade Tinian Island in Pacific Campaign
United States forces push inland on Tinian as Second and Fourth Marines, aided by carrier and land based air power and artillery, secure the island. Lieut. Gen. Holland F. Smith is named commander of the newly created Fifth Amphibious Corps to lead Fleet Marine Forces in the Pacific. Maj. Gen. Garry Schmidt promoted to lead the Fourth Marine Division, with Maj. Gen. Clifton B. Oates and Maj. Gen. Thomas E. Watson in senior command roles amid ongoing Saipan operations.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
United States
Third Island
American
Masiinas
Cuti
Nive
Holland F. Smith
U. S. Marine Corps
Fifth Amphibious Corps
Fleet Marine Forces of the Pacific
Smith
Saipan
Ernest J. King
U. S
Pacific
Admiral King
Nimkz
Maj
Gem Garry Schmidt
Fourth Marine Division
Schmidt
Roi Island
Kwajalein Aton
Clifton B. Oates
Chester Hill
Penn
Fourth Marines
Thomas E. Watson
Tarawa
Eniwetok
Second Marine Division
Government States Land Sales Policy Washington Report
Washington announces a policy to parcel surplus war real estate for family buyers who will farm themselves. W L Clayton, surplus war property administrator, responds to criticism from James G Patton of the National Farmers Union. Policy aims to sell quickly at current values, allow repurchase by former owners, and deter speculation without hampering national defense.
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Washington
W. L. Clayton
James G. Patton
National Farmers Union
Patton
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
National Association of
Geologist risks lava flow escape near Paricutin
Mexico City geologist Ordoñez reports he crossed lava fields around Paricutin to reach Parangaricutin and Zirosta, refuting claims that Ziresto village five miles from the volcano was totally destroyed. He says he ran on foot to dodge advancing lava channels.
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Mexico City
iPi
Ezequiel Ordorez
Paricutin
Ziresto
Ordonez
Ais Kar
Parangaricathro Gad Zirosia
Two Airfields Situated On Tinian
Tinian Island, about two thirds the size of invaded Saipan, measures ten nautical miles long with broad elevated limestone plateau terrain. Sugar cane areas, largely burned by American incendiaries, cover about 90 percent of the surface. At Tinian town and along the southwestern shore are two sugar mills linked to molasses to synthetic whisky and imitation port wine. The island has two airfields knocked out early in the Saipan landing, not suitable for naval development. The main airdrome at Ushi Point in the north serves as a refueling stop between the empire and the Carolines, with some repair facilities.
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Tinian Island
Saipan
Tinian
Herbor
South Reef Development Co
Squthern
Ushi Point
Empire
Carolines
Bombers Pound Kiel in Heavy Night Raid
London reports that up to 1,003 heavy bombers struck Kiel naval base in a night raid described as of very great strength. Mosquitos also attacked Berlin while other bombers hammered German bomb launching grounds in northern France, officials announced tonight.
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London
Cp—R. A F
Kiel
Tax Liens Filed Against Night Clubs in City
New York Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia announced that city tax liens totaling about 230.00 were filed against three well known night clubs, the Stork Club Copacabana and La Parisienne, for sales business taxes and penalties. The clubs denied owing money and were under investigation for three months.
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New York
F. H. Lal Guardia
Stork Club
Copabana
Parisienne
la Guardia
Flight crew shot down after parachuting into German lines
Neue Zürcher Zeitung report says five American aviators parachuted into German soil near Honsingz and were shot by German forces. No further details given.
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Zurich
Swizerland
Neue Zuricher Zeitung
Sres
Honsingz
Dog Mustered Out of Army Welcomes Master at Storefront
Latkawanna two years of sentry duty did not dim Pincher the 4 year old Doberman pinscher's loyalty. Delivered Saturday to Nathan Miller, the dog jumped into the front window, yelped with joy, and sprang on Miller when he arrived. Miller says Pincher is now sharp, alert, and no longer barks, a change unlike his Army temper. The owner notes officials warned against letting the dog be used for harm.
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Nathan
Miler
Miller
Sox
Pincker
Ner
Toj
Appeals to Soldiers for Loyalty Amid German Crisis
Reports from the French frontier outline a possible coup by anti Hitler officers with eight commanders arrested or ousted. Field Marshal Kesselring is said to have been seized in Italy and generals in France targeted. A Bordeaux sector commander allegedly ordered troops on alert before cancelling after an attempted hit on Hitler failed. The crisis shows Gestapo and US authorities tightening grip while Hitler maintains authority.
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London
Adolf Hitler
France
Germany
Russian Front
Albert Kesselring
Wehrmacht
Italy
Johannes Blae Rowitz
Bordeaux
Hitler
Blaskowitz
Gestapo
S. 8
Hennich Hiromler
Hetler
Forty Hurt When Busses Collide
Forty persons were injured late yesterday in a collision between a Greyhound intercity bus and a Capital Transit local bus on Bladensburg Road near Mt. Rainier Maryland. The local bus turned into Rifle Street when the crash occurred as ambulances ferried the injured to nearby hospitals.
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Washington
Greyhound
Iocal
Bladensburg Road
Mt. Rainier
Capital Transit
Balimore
Jap Fascist Shakeup Narrows Imperial Party Leadership
The Associated Press reports Gen Nobuyuki Adebax resigns as president of the Imperial Blue Assistance Political Society, the parliamentary wing of Japan's Imperial Rule Assistance Association. Tsuneo Kamemitau to act as president. Shansuke Kishi resigns as vice minister of munitions. Kazasabaro Shiina to take the post.
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Associated Press
Nobuyuki Adebax
Imperial Blue Assistance Political Society
Imperial Rule Assistance Association
Japans Totalitarian Party
Tokyo Yadie
Japan
Abe
U 3
Tsuneo Kamemitau
Shansuke Kishi
Tojo
Kiasasabaro Shiina
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