Report Claims Himmler Assassinated on British Front
A newly captured German intelligence officer claimed Heinrich Himmler was assassinated on the British front with Hermann Goering wounded in a fresh Nazi backlash. The report lacked confirmation with Austrians and captured Germans offering corroboration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Herman Goering
France
Himmler
Erwin) Rommel
Normandy
Goering
Hitler
Grain futures weaken at slow Chicago opening
Chicago grain quotations show sluggish trading as futures drift lower on good harvest weather and favorable war news. Wheat September 1.53 3-4-5, December 1.53 5-8-1-2, May 1.53 7-8-1-2. Oats September 68 1-2, December 66 3-8-1-2, May 66 1-2- Rye September 1.02 3-4-1.03, May 1.06 1-44. Barley September 1.10 1-2.
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Chicago
Eee
Russians Drive West As Germans Face Baltic Push
Moscow reports three Soviet armies press toward East Prussia from Lithuania and Latvia with a pincer on Memel Tilsit and near Bialystok. Bagramian’s First Baltic Army advances 20 miles toward the sea after taking 50 towns as Cherniakhovsky’s Third Army meets resistance at the border. Elsewhere new fronts form as Second White Russian Army seizes Knyszyn and Papy, cutting routes near Riga.
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Ploesti
Romania
German East Prussia
Ivan C. Bagramian
Lithuania
Memel
Tilsit
Baltic
Bagramian
Riga
Andrusakai
Ivan D. Cherniakhovsky
G. F. Zakharov
Knyszyn
Bialystok
Papy
Associated Press
East Prussia
Latvia
Estonia
Moscow
Madona
Culbene
Lubana
Pfc Nat Brown Wounded In France
Mr and Mrs Claskin Brown of Route 8 Winchester were told by the War Department their son Pfc Nathaniel Brown was slightly wounded in France on July 12. A telegram said his condition would be advised when reports arrived. Earlier he had written that he was in a hospital in England.
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Claskin Brown
Route 8
Winchester
War Department
Pfc
Nathaniel Brown
France
Clarke County Board bans Sunday beer in Clarke County
Clarke County Supervisors pass a resolution prohibiting sale of beer and wine from 11 p.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. Monday. The measure mirrors Berryville Town Council action on July 11.
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Clarke County
Plot to Assassinate Hitler Details Revealed in Trial
Berlin reports that Maj Gen Stieff and Gen Witzleben testified to earlier plots against Hitler. Eight former officers faced a people’s court with conspiratorial plans to seize command, force a coup, and end the regime.
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Lin
Hitler
Henrich Himmler
Gestapo
von Witzlen
Ludwig Beck
Beck
Berlin
Stieff
Peoples Court
Fuehrer
DNB
Heinrich Himmler
Court of Honor
Berlin Supreme Court
Germany
Wehrmacht
von Witzblen
Witzblen
von Hase
Col
Bernardis
Friedrich Klausing
von Hegen
Count Yorck von Wartenbure
Senate of the People's Court
Roland Freisier
Lautz
Reich
Wagner
Witzleben
Best
Nazis Abandon Atlantic Wall as Allied Push Advances
Reports from Irún Spain state Hitler's Atlantic defenses over 100 miles from the Spanish frontier to Bordeaux are being evacuated. German forces withdraw while SS units guard the frontier and coast rail lines are sabotaged by French resistance aiding Allied operations in Brittany and toward Paris.
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Irun
Spain
Adolf Hitler
Atlantic
Bordeaux
France
Brittany
Paris
Maginot Line
Belgium
Hendaye Bridge
Loire River
Bayonne
International Bridge
Bi- Gasson River
Hendaye
Biarritz
la Rochelle
Montpellier
Rhone River
Mediterranean
Bordeau
Local Pastor Addresses Berryville Chamber About Postwar World
The Rev. T. J. Hawkins of Braddock Street Methodist Church spoke to about 30 Berryville Chamber of Commerce members on The Church and the Post-War World. A Christmas tree party planning committee will be appointed, and a county planning commission was approved, with J. Edward Thoma noting the 1936 Acts provisions.
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T. J. Hawkins
Braddock Street
Berryville
J. Edward Thoma
Board of Supervisors
Clarke County
Thoma
Two WPB Officials Step Out Over Suppression of Figures
Washington Aug. 8 A report says two War Production Board officials resigned in protest against army led suppression of military supply figures. The resignations followed disclosure that July ordnance stocks were high, yet Army requests led to withholding details from a confidential progress report.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Army
Stace May
Bureau of Planning and Statistics
Progress Report
May
War Agency
W. Lewis Bassie
Progress Division
Kaplan
Bassie
Brehon Somervell
Army Service Forces
Somervell
Civilian Defense Messengers Plan Evening Meeting
Civilian Defense Messengers will meet at 7 30 tonight at the Reuss Fire Hall. All members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuss
Lost ration books to be returned to office
War Price Administration warns merchants that any lost food ration books must be turned in to the ration office within one week.
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War Price Administration
Allied Air Strikes Paralyze German Positions Across France and Poland
Allied air operations assaulted targets from Gydnia in Poland to Avranches in France. Bombers hit an aircraft factory northwest of Gydnia and a synthetic oil refinery near Krakow while others attacked Romanian airfields near Ploesti. In France, attacks on Caen Falaise roads and Avranches corridors damaged hundreds of tanks and transport assets, with thousands of sorties reported.
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Romania
Russia
Gydnia
Krakow
Poland
Tresbinia
Britain
Ploesti
Buzau
Zilistrea
May-Sur-Orne
Tilly Ila Campagne
Caen-Falaise
Eisenhower
Avranches
France
British
Second Tactical Air Force
Paris
Dijon
Chalons
Nevers
Supreme Headquarters Communiqtie
Italy
Szombathely
Vienna
Germany
Blechhamer
Mediterranean
Russian Communiqtie
Produce and Livestock Prices Across Markets
Market reports from Baltimore Chicago and Washington detail quotations for produce poultry eggs butter and livestock. Notable figures include summer Rambos and greenings apples in Baltimore and hogs cattle calves sheep and lambs at Chicago and Washington markets with price ranges and changes from Monday.
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Baltimore
Bu Bas Asis
Duc
Northwestern
Baltimore Livestock Baltimore
WFA
Office of Distribution
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Washington
Stock Market Report Sparks Mixed Day Amid War News
New York August market shows gains in low priced plays led by motor and equipment stocks amid optimism for independent auto plans and mergers. Naz i collapse fears limit gains as investors await home front production shifts with movers like Martin Parry Hupp Motors and Aviation Corp pushing to new peaks.
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New York
Auick Industrial Transon
Martin-Parry
Hupp Motors
Aviation Corp
Graham- Paige
Packard
General Motors
American Telephone
U. S. Rubber
Berkey & Gay
Cities Service
Aero
Lakey Foun
Allies Break German Defenses North Of Paris In Night Push
Allied forces including Canadian First Army and U S troops pressed through Brittany and western France. Canadian units broke past defense lines near May-Sur-Orne and St Martin De Fontenay while American troops advanced toward Brest Lorient and Le Mans. Air power aided with 6700 tons of bombs as tanks rolled forward in darkness.
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France
Falaise
Caen
First Army
May-Sur-Orne
St. Martin-De-Fontenay
Orne
Breton
Omar N. Bradley
Lorient
U. S
Brest
St. Malo
Guingamp
St. Brieug
Brittany
Paris
German Counterattack in Mortain Is Halted By Allied Fire
Allied ground defenses and rocket packing aircraft smashed German armor in the Mortain area as four tank divisions struck to split the Normandy Brittany corridor. Aerial bombardment delivered about 6,700 tons of bombs around Caen while Allied planes hammered the German spearheads. De Gaulle announced a French parachute regiment landed in Brittany in June and over 10,000 men joined the resistance, with plans for a larger French army to appear on the battlefront.
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Mortain
Normandy-Brittany
High Command
Caen
Bernard L. Montgomery
Associated Press
Wes Gallagher
Line
Cap
Charles de Gaulle
Brittany
de Gaulle
United Kingdom
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Stock Market
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Laval
le Mans
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Loire
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