Canadians Spear Way Near Falaise First Flier's Brother
Eighty-year-old James Montgomery flew to San Diego to attend ceremonies honoring John Montgomery's first powered flight in 1883 at the Montgomer y site near Falaise. The glider flight of 600 feet occurred 61 years earlier, ending in John Montgomery's death in 1911, with a monument planned at the site of the hop.
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Los Angeles
James Montgomery
San Diego
John
Oakland
James
Prescott Chosen As 1945 Legion Convention Site
Arizona veterans gather for the 26th American Legion convention in Tucson with Gov. Osborn Sen. McFarland and Vice Commander Littlefield speaking. Prescott is favored to host the 1945 conclave marking the fourth time the state meets there. 460 Legionnaires and 90 40 and 8 members registered by noon as committee reports and time and place plans proceed.
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Arizona
American Legion
Tucson
Sidney P. Osborn
U. S
Ernest W. McFarland
E. A. Littlefield
Prescott
Gov
Osborn
Clare McCord
USS. Civil Service Commission
San
Legion
Robert Riddell
Lee Garrett
Leonard Klein
Clarkdale
William Burns
A. P. Martin
Fred i Townsend
Phoenix
Myers Stolaroff
Benson
Henry G. Metzger
Senate McFarland
State Legion
Legionnaires
Sen. Johnson
Colorado
Paul McNutt
Maybank
Sen
Senate
Japanese Hour Glass Running Out On Guam
U S Pacific Fleet reports Guam being overwhelmed by a 7 000 strong Japanese force after December 1941 surrender. American lines trap the last defenders in a 15 square mile area as MacArthur and Nimitz announce air strikes and ground advances near the island.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Guam
U. S
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Halmahera
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pt. Ruidian
Mt. Santa Rosa
Senate Panel Reviews U S British Oil Pact
Senate Foreign Relations Committee met as Chairman Connally opened discussion on whether the Anglo American oil accord should need Senate approval. Signed yesterday by Acting Secretary Stettinius and Lord Beaverbrook the pact may become an executive agreement though some members consider ratification unnecessary. Senator Vandenberg warned on adequacy and ratification.
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Washington
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Stettinius
Lord Beaverbrook
Britain
Senate Committee
Vandenberg
Michigan
Seventeen Die As Pan American Clipper Crashes In Cuba
Seventeen passengers died when a Pan American flying boat struck a swell during takeoff from Nipe Bay Cuba. Nine passengers and five crew members survived. Six bodies recovered by morning as salvage continued. Survivors report most fatalities were in the center section.
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Havana
Nipe Bay
Cuba
Miami
Sungshan Mountain Near-Yunnan Falls Threaten Burma Road
Chinese forces report driving Japanese from Sungshan mountain leaving three positions. fall would open Burma road from Salween to Lungling. Besieged Tengchung also sees Chinese gains with pillboxes and ramparts taken as attacks from the northwest continue.
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Chunking
Yunnan
Sungshan
Burma
Salween River
Lungling
Tengchung
Rival Polish factions mull coalition talks in Moscow
Negotiations between the London group led by Stanis law Mikolajczyk and the Soviet backed Polish Committee of National Liberation paused as Mikolajczyk plans to return to Britain for cabinet consultation on a provisional coalition. A possible deal would repudiate the 1925 constitution and restore the 1921 charter while reshaping leadership, with talks resuming after London consults.
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Moscow
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
London
Britain
Russia
Mikolajczyk
Committee of National Liberation
Pres
Wladislaw Racziewicz
Kazimerz Sosnokowski
W. M. Molotov
Molotov
Poland
Stalin
Josef Stalin
Kremlin
Lull Prevails On Italian Front After Florence Tensions
Allied communique reports Monte Grillo recaptured by British and Indian forces. The Florence area shows little change though patrols near the Arno and city outskirts continue. Contradictory reports claim normal life with water shortages and looting, while some allege German control over central Florence.
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Rome
Monte Grillo
Arezzo
Florence
Great Art Center
Associated Press
Lynn Heinzerling
Eighth Army
Arno
Union Jack
Russians Tighten Encirclement Of Baltic German Forces
Soviet forces push converging drives through swamps and forests toward Riga, tightening around 20 to 30 German divisions in the Baltic region. First Baltic Army retakes ground along the Amekstes river while Second Baltic Army advances to Krustpils and Radvisliskis, with heavy fighting and German counterattacks.
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Moscow
Riga
Baltic States
Baltic
Amekstes
Birzai
Ivan C. Bagramian
Radvisliskis
Krustpils
Moscow-Riga
Daugavpils-Riga
Vistula River
Warsaw
Praga
East Prussia
George Lindemann
Lend Lease Food Aid to Britain Topped 2 Billion
The United States supplied Britain with about 2.0 billion worth of foodstuffs under lend-lease during 1941 to 1944. Officials foresee curtailment after Germany’s defeat and Japan's final campaigns begin, but no firm plan exists. Overall lend-lease to all nations reached 17.195 billion, with Britain receiving 3.169 billion in munitions and supplies.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Japan
British Isles
Germany
Lendlease
United Kingdom
Father of Slain Youth Testifies in Paladino Murder Trial
David A. O Hara, father of Richard O Hara, testified as the state's key witness in the murder trial of Liberale E. Paladino. He described returning home June 17 to find his son injured and bloodied, stating the boy had been slugged after being laid off. The elder O Hara summoned Dr. Dan Mahoney for examination.
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Liberale E. Paladino
Richard O'Hara
Campbell Avenue
David A. O'Hara
Davis-Monthan Field
O'Hara Sail
O'Hara
Paladino
Dan Mahoney
Dan Mahoney To Look Over His Son. Dr. Mahoney
New Canadian Breakthrough Uproots German Flank at Cintheaux
Allied forces push beyond Caen as Canadian brigadiers report a break in German right flank near Cintheaux France. German defenses in the village orchard crammed with tanks and guns were blasted by heavy artillery and air power, yielding a rout with many captured or abandoned weapons. The advance targets Bald Pate ridge controlling Falaise, with Germans overwhelmed by momentum and weather aiding the push.
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British New Guinea
Wewak
Falaise
Cintheaux
France
U.P
Gates of Hell
Allies Sweep Through Le Mans In Major French Drive
Allied forces push toward Paris as American first army breaks through Le Mans and moves beyond toward Angers and Caen. Canadian units near Falaise advance with heavy prisoner gains while Brest and Lorient resist. Bradley's troops press toward western Brittany as German defenses crumble along a widening front.
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U. S
Paris
Caen
Falaise
le Mans
Angers
Loire
Nantes
France
Breton
Doughboys
Brest
Ger
Karl Spang
Normandy
Orne
Laize
Omar N. Bradley
St. Malo
Lorient
Hitler's Grip Falters as Catastrophe Deepens
War analyst DeWitt Mackenzie reports German leaders face increasing danger of violent death as morale sinks under total war pressure. Hitler imposes regimentation while armies suffer defeats prompting renewed executions. The Fuehrer retreats to Berchtesgaden as Germany braces for critical western and eastern retreats.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Gestapo
Himmler-the-Hangman
Reichsmarshal Goering
Hitler
Germany
Fuehrer
Alps
Berchtesgaden
Reich
Rules Solons May Not Give Their Wife Job
Arizona attorney general Joe Conway said a state legislator may not appoint his wife to any position connected with a legislative session. The opinion was requested by Sen. Bert J. Colter of Apache County in Phoenix on August 9.
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Phoenix
Joe Conway
Bert J. Colter
Apache County
Tito Arrives in Rome With Yugoslav Staff
Marshal Tito, leader of Yugoslav Partisan forces, arrived in Rome with his staff and visited the Church of St Peter, according to the semi official Vatican News Agency.
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Marshal Tito
Rome
Vatican City
Church of St. Peter
Vatican Jmews
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