Russians smash Vistula line push toward Silesia
Soviet forces drive a rapid breakthrough along the Vistula, within 91 miles of Silesia, while northern groups shell East Prussia and a Carpathian advance nears Czechoslovakia. Baltic fronts see patrols near Riga. German reserves flow to critical breach regions as air power stiffens the defense.
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Daniel DE Luce
Moscow
Vistula
German
Silesia
East Prussia
Carpathians
Red Army
Czechoslovakia
Jabonkow
Uzok Pass
Russia
Hungary
Krakow
Old Poland
Warsaw
Tarnow
Kielce
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Baltic States
Gulf of Riga
Riga
Pravda
Liepaja
Latvia
Baltic
Powerful Task Force Strikes Bonin Islands
United Press reports Japanese broadcasts claim American carrier formations attacked the Bonin and Volcano islands within 630 miles of Tokyo. Tokyo says Vice Admiral Mitscher's Task Force 58 operated near home waters, with Iwo Jima and Chichi Jima hit by carrier based aircraft and multiple ships damaged or sunk in prior June operations.
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United Press
Bonin
Volcano Islands
Tokyo
Radio Tokyo
Vice Adm
Marc A. Mitscher
San Francisco
Chichi Jima
Bonins
Mitscher
Marianas
Iwo Jima
Saipan
Pla
Hitler Expands Army Ranks to Tighten Nazi Grip
London reports Hitler orders mass promotions of SS leaders within the army to strengthen party control. Gen Baron Ritter von Hengel, commander of mountain troops, is named chief Nazi political commissar in the Wehrmacht, part of a spring move to indoctrinate the forces for a final struggle.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Wehrmacht
Baron Ritter von Hengel
DNB
Allies Capture Myitkyina in North Burma
Allied forces including American British and Chinese units captured Myitkyina a Japanese stronghold in northern Burma ending a siege that began June 3 and wiping out more than 3000 Japanese troops. The victory opens an overland supply route to China from India and signals Japanese withdrawals from Manipur toward southern Burma.
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Walter Logan
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
U.P
Myitkyina
Burma
China
India
Tamu
Imphal
Manipur
Tiddim
Chindwin
Louis Mountbatten
Roosevelt
United States Senate
Joseph W. Stilwell
Stilwell
United States
China-Burma, India
Bulgarians Shuffle Their Government
A Sofia dispatch reported by German radio announces the replacement of Director General Benchev of the Bulgarian home affairs and several administrative changes across Bulgaria. Prime Minister Churchill warned Bulgaria’s exit from the war may be near. Constantin Michailov named director general. other posts include Mandev dismissal and Chobanov appointment. A reserve general Rashkov takes over in Sofia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Benchey
Bulgaria
Churchill
Constantin Michailov
Home Office
Benchev
Mandev
Chobanov
Rasgrad
Rashkov
Trial Action Concluded In Railroad Tax Suit
Trial action concluded in a Maricopa county superior court suit by the Southern Pacific railroad to obtain an order against the Arizona tax commission fixing the 1944 state tax rate to consider sales taxes accruing to the state social security and welfare board. Judge M T Phelps took the action under advisement. An early decision was anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Maricopa County
Southern Pacific Railroad
Arizona Tax Commission
State Social Security and Welfare Board
M. T. Phelps
German Retreat From France Seen
Washington observers expect a German withdrawal from France before the fighting season ends with possible political impact in Berlin. Some believe a last western stand could occur if eastern front conditions allow, while Eisenhower plans new strikes to seize Brittany ports Brest, St Nazaire, and Cherbourg to cripple German western forces.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
France
Germany
French
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hitler
Brittany
Brest
St. Nazaire
Cherbourg
Hitler orders purge of army in new orders
Berlin announces a special court of honor to purge the army of Hitler’s enemies. Eleven officers including a field marshal are fired or jailed. Nine officers linked to the July 20 plot are dead by suicide or execution. Beck is named among traitors. Stauffenberg and Olbricht were executed the day of the attempt. Erwin von Witzleben is ousted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Teday
Hitler
Ludwig Beck
Frederich Olbricht
Claus von Stauffenberg
Wwe
Erwin von Witzleben
Maginot Line
Japanese Broadcasts Claim P-38 Raid on Southern Manchuria
New York reports that broadcasts heard by FCC monitors claim P-38 fighters attacked southern Manchuria proving raids from continental bases are possible. Tokyo denies damage from today’s raid. B-29s reportedly reached Manchuria last week.
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New York
Manchuria
FCC
Tokyo
Socialite Frances Andrews Indicted in Carmel Valley Slaying
In Salinas California on August 4, 193? the Monterey county grand jury indicted Frances Andrews, a 38 year old Carmel valley socialite, for the murder of 19 year old farm boy Jay Lovett. Testimony linked Lovett to a ranch dinner at Nancy Linde’s place before his body was found near Andrews home. District Attorney Anthony Brazil cited jealousy as the motive.
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Salinas
Calif
Carmel Valley Society
Frances Andrews
Monterey County
Carmel
Jay Lovett
Nancy Linde
San Francisco
1200 Heavies Bomb German Targets From Peenemunde To Kiel
More than 1,200 U S heavy bombers attacked multiple German sites including the Peenemunde experimental station. Targets also included Rostock aircraft plant Anklam fighter parts plant Kiel port facilities and an oil refinery at Bremen.
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London
U. S
Germany
Peenemunde
Anklam
Stettin
Rostock
Baltic
Berlin
Kiel
Bremen
Italy
Britain
France
Europe
Bom
Nazis Reported Taking Arms Leaving Finland
Afton bladet reported long train loads of German troops moving toward Hango on Finland s southwestern coast. The paper quoted a traveler saying troops were packing guns and tanks and ready to be carried out of the country.
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Finland
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Hango
Allied Entry Into Florence Is Imminent
Allied forces press the German retreat around Florence as New Zealand and South American troops close on the city. Bridges over the Arno have been destroyed by retreating German forces and the advance aiming to enter Florence inches closer with troops within three miles of the historic center.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Eighth Army
Florence
Arno
New Zealand
Lynn Heinzerling
B. C. Freyberg
Crete
Erman
Nazi Soldier's Parents Seek American Citizenship
Yakima Washington Aug 4 Mr and Mrs Ludvig Staudinger Cowiche district farmers told interviewers their son Ludvig Jr a 1940 Yakima high school graduate is serving with the Germans The mother an applicant for American citizenship insists he was impressed into service Mrs Staudinger said Staudinger went to San Francisco where Weidemann arranged his trip to Germany via Russia and Japan He was in Munich intelligence service The boy's father a World War I veteran recently received a pension from Germany.
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Yakima
Wash
Ludvig Staudinger
Cowiche
Ludvig, Jr
Yakima High School
Associated Press
France
Fritz Weidemann
San Francisco
Staudinger
Weidemann
Germany
Russia
Japan
Munich
Brittany Drive Reveals Weaknesses Of Germans
DEWITT MACKENZIE reports on the Brittany campaign as American armored columns race to overrun the peninsula before German reinforcements arrive. The capture of Rennes exposes railway links and port defenses, with Brest and St Nazaire key objectives as U S forces advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brittany
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Great Peninsula
Normandy
Nazi press warns Turkey could become a war storm center
The Voelkischer Boebachter and other German papers say Turkey's break with Germany is unprovoked and accuse the Allies of trying to drag Turkey into the conflict, as a DNB broadcast notes. Germany denies any cause for Turkey's action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Amg
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Boebachter
Turkey
Germany
DNB
Traps Enmesh 7 000 Japs On Guam Plateau
U S Pacific Fleet reports two traps locking over 7 000 Japanese on Guam north plateau and about 40 000 in British New Guinea jungle. MacArthur cites heavy casualties with 602 more Japanese dead in latest actions, total 3 870 since July 12 breakout.
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Guam Plateau
New Guinea
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Guam
British New Guinea
Sepik River
Aitape
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Tinian
British Step Up Evacuation Of Children
London reports the British government expands evacuation to all mothers with school age children after a 14 hour flying bomb barrage. Nazis’ robots caused property hits and 10 hospitals were struck while Allied bombers targeted launch sites.
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London
England
Dover Strait
Rennes Garrison Fights Fiercely For City
American troops completed the occupation of Rennes today moving in behind fleeing Germans who had mined and blasted the heart of the city. Rifle patrols moved in from the suburbs and an infantry assault followed at 9 a m against stubborn German detachments. The occupation began at noon and finished by midafternoon as American armored forces pressed toward Brest near Mauron.
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Rennes
Paris
Brittany
Brest
Mauron
Allied forces push toward Nantes and St Nazaire in Brittany
U S armor and infantry advance in Brittany reach within 43 miles of Nantes and St Nazaire, cut off much of the peninsula. American troops press south toward Bain de Bretagne and Mauron while Rennes fights on, with Stimson reporting Rennes captured on word of HQ dispatches.
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France
Rennes
Dinan
Brittany
Brest
St. Nazaire
Gladwin Hill
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S. Armor
Nantes
Loire
Evian
St. Malo
Bain-De-Bretagne
Loire River
Piprak
Urs
Stimson
Washington
Supreme Headquarters
War Department
Mauron
St. Meen le Bretagne
Broons
St. Meen
Manuel Quezon Buried In Arlington Cemetery
High ranking civilian and military officials joined burial rites at Arlington National Cemetery for Manuel Quezon first president of the Philippines who died Tuesday in Saranac Lake New York A 19 gun salute accompanied a procession from St Mathews cathedral where Most Rev John M McNamara auxiliary bishop of Washington and Baltimore presided at a requiem mass The bishop said Quezon did not live to see liberation but did see the dawn of tranquility over the brink of silence.
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Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Manuel Quezon
Philippines
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Quezon
St. Mathew’s Cathedral
John M. McNamara
Baltimore
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Lorent
Guernsey
Jersey
Loudeac
Laval
le Havre
Mayenne
Lisieux
Mans
German Silesia
SHELL
Czech Land
Bonin Islands
Frontier
By Austin Bealman
Ludvig
Lorient
St. Naziare
Arlington Cemetery
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