Midwest GI regiment seizes Le Mans in rapid dash
Midwest doughboys fought through Mayenne crossing streams in skiffs using fence posts as oars to outflank and capture Le Mans. They overran German positions, rounded up prisoners, and entered Le Mans during active German presence amid street fighting and a delayed bridge demolition threat.
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Henry T. Gorrell
LE Mans
France
Mayenne
St. Haillie de Harcouet
Hitler
Sélune
St. Suzenne
New Rescue Boat From Higgins Industries For Aerial Drops
Higgins Industries of New Orleans develops a new rescue boat rugged enough for parachute drops from high altitudes. Officials say several hundred boats are rushed to completion to ship survivors or castaways fully equipped with clothing blankets medical supplies blood plasma signals and rockets. The boats are built in the Higgins Michaud plant, which previously produced 46 commando planes before the war department canceled that contract.
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New Orleans
Higgins Industries, Inc
Higgins Michaud
War Department
N O panel suspends ODT official for 60 mph on duty
The New Orleans OPA gasoline panel suspended Glenn H. Johnson the assistant district manager of the Office of Defense Transportation for speeding 60 miles an hour. The panel ruled no speed regulations permit men to travel 60 on official business and ordered the A book suspended.
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ODT
New Orleans
OPA
Glenn H. Johnson
Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation
Seabees Grow Victory Garden on New Caledonia
Navy reports Seabees on New Caledonia expanding a man-sized victory garden with crops harvested including 2862 pounds of green beans 3740 ears of corn 370 pounds of cucumbers 2926 pounds of radishes and other staples. Chief Warrant Officer Charles A. Scharnhorst and volunteers note challenges with lettuce and onions while over an acre of watermelons nears readiness.
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Washington
New Caledonia
Navy
Charles A. Scharnhorst
Webster Groves
Gasoline Ration Plan Would Increase B Card Miles
The Office of Price Administration considers raising B gasoline cardholders from 350 to 500 miles monthly nationwide to ease hardship. Simultaneously cuts to less essential classes would reduce C rations and keep total usage near current levels. Affected B drivers could reach 825 miles monthly in the plan, with regional ceilings set at 325 to 475 miles elsewhere.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
East Coast
West Coast
Regimentation of Cotton Goods to Continue in War Years
New York August 14 The Association of Cotton Textile Merchants of New York reports that strict distribution controls will remain the key textile feature this year W Ray Bell president says production will shift toward graded priorities for war and essential civilian needs Amid May orders 71 percent were under war and essential civilian priorities and a new AA 4 priority system is being established
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New York
W. Ray Bell
Association of Cotton Textile Merchants of
Bell
Association
D M Hospital Unveils Portable Bedside Phone System
The Davis-Monthan AAF Regional Station hospital introduces a mobile bedside telephone, a rare pay station-on-wheels unit. Inventor Ray Gifford of Mountain States Tel emphasizes few U.S. hospitals have such mobile phones. first unit built by Tech. Sgt. Franklin T. Baker and Tech. Sgt. Ray Snider.
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Arizona
Davis-Monthan
AAF
Ray Gifford
Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co
United States
Franklin T. Baker
Ray Snider
Government curtails civilian wearables within fixed prices
Bell states new order will slash civilian clothing by 20 to 50 percent from the unrated balance near 29 percent and curb luxury lines for the war period. He adds no military cuts affect total volume in this direction despite the changes.
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Bell
Hospital Phones Expand Access Across Wards
Tech Sergeant George Brehm led a ward one phone rollout that remained in high demand for days. Gayle Smith, district manager, promised three additional units to ensure adequate hospital telephone facilities. Each ward now has wall plugs and a 40 foot corded bedside phone enabling both local and long distance calls.
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Gayle Smith
Telehone Company
Paratroop Chaplain Calls Paratroopers Supermen
Capt. George B. Wood of Biddeford says paratroopers feel like supermen after making a combat jump. He notes that defying nature and escaping danger makes bullets seem trivial and reinforces morale among troops.
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Biddeford
George B. Wood
Victory at Normandy Shapes Endgame of War
The piece describes Eisenhower’s week as pivotal to ending the war in western Europe. Allied air power devastates German lines while German forces retreat from Normandy and Brittany. Von Kluge’s uncertain counterplans fade as Allied fleets inflict losses and German communications collapse.
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Europe
Eisenhower
Normandy
Brittany
Luftwaffe
John D's Son Is War Hero in 77th Division
Maj. Winthrop Rockefeller son of John D Rockefeller Jr. earns hero status in the 77th Division for saving a fellow soldier on Guam during D-day. He refused praise, saying the act was no more than anyone would do, and noted his goatee as a side note to the story.
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77TH
Guam
Winthrop Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefeller
Maricopa County Bar To Hold Ross Memorial
The Maricopa County Bar Association will conduct memorial services for John Mason Ross at 11 a.m. Wednesday in county superior court. Ross, a prominent Arizona attorney, died August 1 in Laguna Beach California.
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Phoenix
Maricopa County Bar Association
John Mason Ross
Arizona
Ross
Laguna Beach
Calif
Youths Harvest Spinach Form Local Volunteer Group
Seven Pawhuska high school boys, aged teens, formed the nucleus of a volunteer effort in Pawhuska Oklahoma. They organized harvest activities for spinach to assist community needs and gain practical service experience.
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Pawhuska High School
Spinach crop saved by Osage county group led by coach
An Osage county effort mobilized to harvest and preserve the cut spinach crop before spoilage. Leader Wilbur Doty, a high school athletic coach, directed volunteers in the timely operation.
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Osage County
Wilbur Doty
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