Germans Struggle to Break Allied Normandy Trap
Allied forces tighten the Normandy trap as the German seventh army fights to escape south of Falaise. Eisenhower reportedly directs operations from the field while Allied bombardments and a large Mediterranean invasion seal the pocket and push toward Brittany and the Loire.
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Supreme Headquarters
AEF
Seventh Army
Normandy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gladwin Hill
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
von Kluge
Falaise
Beachheads Secured On 100 Mile Mediterranean Coast
Allied forces landed on a 70 mile stretch of the south French coast between Toulon and Cannes. The German communique said coastal defense engaged the landing troops as American French and British amphibious forces secured a foothold. The report notes 30 Allied planes downed in the opening hours and hints at German dispositions along the coast.
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France
Toulon
Cannes
London
North Africa
Mediterranean
Pyrenees
Italy
Corsica
Sardinia
Sicily
NBC
Nice
Marseille
St. Raphael
Cap Camarat
Toulon-Cannes
DNB
Reconversion Rules Ordered Effective New
The War Production Board ordered civilian production rules to begin easing war cutbacks. The plan allows manufacturers with spare workers and idle machinery to produce several hundred consumer items previously banned since the war’s start. The fourth order faces manpower limits and won’t raise civilian goods quickly.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
Army, Navy and War Manpower Commission
Gen Patton Hits Comeback Trail
Lt General George S Patton has been promoted to major general by the Senate after a year delay linked to his earlier slap incident. Eisenhower says Patton leads American motorized spearheads racing to trap German forces in western France, marking a return to field command after controversy.
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Washington
Senate
George 8S. Patton
Supreme Headquarters
AEF
U.P
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George S. Patton
France
Patton
Eisenhower
Congress
Air Reporter Reviews South France Landing
Air Correspondent Kenneth Dixon flies a B 25 over southern France as Allied forces land. He notes no major fighting at 1,000 feet, but parachute and glider landings appear successful with gliders landing inland without resistance. Some gliders crash or overturn but most reach targets safely.
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Kenneth Dixon
France
Allies Open Fourth Road To Berlin Via Rhone River Valley
United Press reports Allied advances shortening routes to Berlin. Distances from advance lines show Russia 328 miles, Northern France 595 miles, Italy 602 miles, and Southern France about 658 miles from a point near Nice.
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Berlin
Rhone River
United Press
Russia
France
Italy
Nice
Halmahera Neutralized After Yank Bombing Raid
Allied forces say Halmahera base 250 miles south of the Philippines has been neutralized after a raid by 22 Liberator bombers against Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands 650 miles south of Tokyo. Gen Douglas MacArthur reports Japanese supply links broken as fires and explosions erupt in enemy installations. UPI correspondent Francis McCarthy notes about 25,000 tons of shipping destroyed or disabled.
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Halmahera
Philippines
Japanese Comet Agency
Iwo Jima
Volcano Islands
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
United Press
Francis McCarthy
City Employees Seek Public Aid in Wage Fight
City workers circulate petitions across Tucson to back wage raises from the mayor and city council. A second petition of all employees aims to authorize a special levy for the raises. Shelldon MacKenzie of the Southern Pacific tax department denied opposition to raises, saying increases are acceptable if in a legal budget. The employer petition cites wartime living costs driving higher salaries.
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Tucson
Southern Pacific Railway Company
Shelton MacKenzie
MacKenzie
Southern Pacific Company
RAF Planes Hit Canadian Troops in Saturation Raid
British bombing planes accidentally dropped a heavy bomb load likely 800 tons on Canadian troops during a saturation raid on German lines at Falaise in France. The incident, disclosed from the Canadian Army headquarters, occurred yesterday as part of the operation.
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France
U.P
Falaise
Bridgehead Set Up By Soviets Across Biebrza
Soviet backed forces under Gen. G F Zakharov crossed the Biebrza river forming a bridgehead and pushed an infantry armored spearhead toward East Prussia within miles of the frontier. German defense lines lay behind burnt tanks and guns as Osowiec fell to victory guns.
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Daniel DE Luce
Moscow
G. F. Zakharov
Biebrza
East Prussia
Zakharov
Lyck
Red Army
Osowiec
Poland
Reuters
Goniadz
Bobr
Cherniakhovsky Zakharov
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
East Prussia- Lithuania
Baltigs
Patrol Skirmishes Mark Lull In Italian Fighting
Rome Aug 15 Fifth army patrols engaged the enemy in a sharp fight three miles southeast of Pontedra while the Italian front remained quiet except for artillery fire. Eighth army troops mop up pockets of resistance in Empoli area killing at least 25 Germans. Allied tanks and mortars harassed the enemy on both sides of the Arno bend west of Signa. Florence position improves as German shelling subsides and civil population supplies arrive in large volume.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Pontedra
Eighth Army
Empoli
Arno
Signa
Florence
Hitler's Weakness Shown In Latest Invasion Blow
AP war analyst DeWitt Mackenzie notes the swift landings in southern France with minimal resistance show Germany lacks manpower and equipment. He says seven waves hit a broad front in under two hours, signaling a strategic tightening of Hitler’s grip and likely hard fighting ahead on a weakened coast.
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Hitler
Marseille
Rhone
France
Western
Europe
Lowest State Tax Rate In History Here
The Arizona Tax Commission cut Pima county’s 1944 state levy rate to 25 cents per $100 of assessed valuation and changed company valuations. West ern Union Telegraph Co. wire values were reduced, while Tucson Gas Electric Light Power Co. and El Paso Natural Gas Co. valuations increased. County officials note the rate is 10 cents below the former low and 75 cents less than last year’s $1.00 rate.
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Pima County
County Board of Supervisors
Arizona State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Western Union Telegraph Co
Tucson Gas Electric Light & Power Co
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Fred Goodell
R. H. Martin
Charles M. Taylor
State Commission
Taylor
Tucson
Allies storm southern France in largest invasion armada
Allied forces opened a fourth front storming 100 miles of the French Mediterranean coast with 800 ships and thousands of planes. American British and French troops seized beachheads between Nice and Marseille with minimal resistance as air and sea bombardment supported a rapid push toward the Rhone valley.
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Maseille
Nice
France
Europe
von Kluge
Eleanor Packard
United Press
Rome
U.P
Germany
Mediterranean
Marseille
Rhone
Paris
Blue Network
Charles de Gaulle
French Committee of National Liberation
Henry Maitland Wilson
Normandy
Invasion Of Southern France Kept Secret No Longer
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE reports the invasion of Southern France was widely expected. Thousands of Frenchmen and Americans knew it was coming as correspondents in Normandy and Brittany faced repeated inquiries about the operation.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Normandy
Brittany
Mediterranean Warplanes Launch Invasion Drive
Allied planes based in the Mediterranean carpeted southern France coast with bombs as the invasion began. Nearly 1,000 British based American heavy bombers hit 10 German and Belgian air bases, supported by up to 1,000 fighters. Bombers hit three operational Luftwaffe airfields and seven maintenance hubs with strong results.
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London
Mediterranean
France
Germany
Belgium
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Mediterranean Sea
Ligurian Sea
Herbert L. Matthews
New York Times
Gen. Patton
Air Reporter
South
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
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