Allied Infantry Grinds Up Nazis Near Argentan
From Argentan to Falais, Allied infantry battered German forces trapped in a 20 mile pocket. Air power and artillery pounded tanks and vehicles, while exhausted infantry closed the trap with repeated bombardment and relentless ground fighting. Thousands of dead and burning wrecks marked the German retreat beached and doomed.
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Argentan
U.P
Gunther von Kluge
Falais
Orne
Air Corps
Falaise
Chicago fires down Chicago in first half of 1944
Chicago reported 1,263 fewer fires in the first six months of 1944 than in the same period of 1943 according to Fire Marshal A. J. Mullaney. The city, famed for Mrs. O Leary's cow incident of 1871, reduced blazes significantly this year.
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Chicago
Catastrophe and the German War Position
The article argues Hitler still has formidable forces, possibly around 4 million troops, but Germany faces risks as army morale and home front strain amid withdrawals from France and the Russian front. It warns that delaying a retreat could lead to a decisive Allied counterstroke and a tough struggle to push through to Berlin.
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Rhine
Hitler
Siegfried Line
Oder River
Germany
Fuehrer
France
Unter Denlinden
Oder
Bell from USS Arizona may grace University of Arizona
Governor Osborn and Adm S A Taffinder discuss transferring the Pearl Harbor bell once the war ends. The University of Arizona seeks to install it in Old Main, while Navy officials prefer keeping it at Puget Sound Navy Yard as an inspiration for servicemen until victory.
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University of Arizona
Arizona
Pearl Harbor
Sidney P. Osborn
Adm
S. A. Taffinder
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Bremerton
Wash
Osborn
Old Main
Taffinder
R. M. Griffin
Navy Yard
Paper Wrappings Scarcer Now In War Years
Washington August 16 The War Production Board conservation division reports paper supply for retail wrapping is even shorter than in early 1944 with less than half of a normal six month supply. About 300000 food retailers have started a campaign to help customers conserve paper wrappings.
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Washington
War Production Board Conservation Division
Convair Manufacturing VP Resigns in Detroit
C. W. Perelle resigns as vice president in charge of manufacturing at Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft after a directors meeting at the Wayne Michigan Stinson division. Harry Woodhead states Perelle will join Hughes Tool Co. in Houston Texas.
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Detroit
C. W. Perelle
Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Wayne, Mich
Stinson
Harry Woodhead
Consolidated-Vultee
Perelle
Hughes Tool Co
Houston
Tex
Daily Flights To Isles From Coast Proposed
Matson Navigation plans two daily California to Honolulu flights and two weekly Seattle-Portland to Honolulu runs. Four-engine DC-4 planes with 48 daytime and 24 sleeper capacity. Departures from Honolulu and San Francisco Los Angeles. CAB hearing set Sept. 5. Rates proposed for steamship air interchange range about 135 to 360 for round trip.
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Washington
Matson Navigation Company
Hawaii
California
Honolulu
Northwest
Civil Aeronautics Board
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland-Seattle
Matson
Coast Guard first to meet enemy in WWII seizure of Greenland radios
In the war’s early period the coast guard engaged the Nazis securing Greenland radio installations months before Pearl Harbor. The action marked the first direct contact with an enemy force during the conflict.
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Coast Guard
Greenland
Jap Snipers Kill Young McNair in Guam Recon Mission
On Guam Aug 7 Col Douglas McNair chief of staff to Maj Gen Andrew Bruce of the 77th division was killed by fire from five enemy snipers in a thatched hut 1,000 yards behind American lines during a recon mission. He is survived by his wife and a daughter under one year in Santa Barbara.
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Guam
Douglas McNair
McNair
Young McNair
Normandy
Lesley McNair
Bruce
Set
Alfred Cawley
Swansea
Mass
Harry
Cutting
Worcester
Shresbury
Cawley
Robert McKilhan
Temple
Tex
Santa Barbara
Calif
Need More Teachers For Rural Arizona
Phoenix August 16 The teacher shortage in Arizona is not as severe as a year ago E D Ring state superintendent of public instruction said today but teachers are still needed in isolated rural districts
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Phoenix
Arizona
E. D. Ring
Soldiers Applying For Ballots, Garvey Says
PHOENIX Aug 16 Applications from armed forces for November general elections ballots are arriving at the secretary of state's office at 200 to 500 per day. Names and addresses are sent to county recorders, a total count is not yet made. Garvey urged relatives to ensure military members are registered as registration books stay open until Oct. 2.
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Phoenix
Secretary of State
Dan E. Garvey
Garvey
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