The Stars and Stripes – London 1944 08 05 (PDF)

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Vol. 4 No. 236 – Saturday, August 5, 1944
Articles’ Headlines: … Nazis Admit Crisis South Of Warsaw – Russians Drive a 25-Mile Wedge Past Vistula River Defenses ….. Hitler Claims Army Asked Purge; 6 Generals Ousted ….. World’s Richest Girl Takes Her First Jobat $1 a Year ….. Army Can’t Get Philly Rolling – New Violence Breaks Out As General Moves In By FDR Order ….. South Africans Enter Florence ….. Peenemunde Hit By Forts. Libs – 1,200 Attack Experimental Station, Targets at Kiel, Hamburg and Bremen ….. The War Today ….. Tanks Race 20 Miles Toward Nantes – Three Other Drives Gain On Brittany – U.S. Armor Readies Trap For German Forces On Peninsula ….. ….. Jackie Cooper Is Named In ‘Wild Party’ Warrant ….. Allies Capture Myitkyina; All Japs Wiped Out ….. Report Finland To Seek Peace ….. Mothers in the WAC Beat Servicemen Sons to France ….. Right Contacts Pay Off – Help Wanted Dept. Can Remedy A Headache If You Have One / By Sid Schapiro ….. Diplomatic Indicators ….. Mont St. Michel ….. UNRRA in Italy ….. Saipan Seen as B29 Base Soon – It’s Within Easy Range Of Japan Mainland For Super-Forts / By Thoburn Wiant ….. Hash Marks ….. This is The Army ….. Notes from the Air Force ….. PRIVATE BREGER / By Dave Breger ….. Yankee Maid Favored to Cop $42,000 Hambletonian Stake / By Frank Eck ….. Faster Grid Games In Southwest Seen By Dutch Meyers ….. How They Stand ….. Sports Sidelights ….. Help Wanted–And Given ….. Franklin Dies Of Ring Injuries – Negro Heavy Succumbs After Ten Days In Hospital ….. Minor League Results ….. Former Navy Grid Star Honored ….. Hare Matched Against Maskell ….. Yanks’ Slide Fails To Phase McCarthy ….. Daley Joins All-Star Squad For Bear Game Aug. 30 ….. Rorex Normandy Casualty ( Lt. Woodrow “Woody” Rorex ) ….. Bruins Wallop Dodgers Twice, Climb to Fourth – Chisox Also Have Field Day With Twin Victory Over Tribe, 3-2, 5-1 ….. Postwar ‘Lock’ On Surplus U.S. Goods Asked – Dumping of Left over Items On Market Would Hurt Industry, Senators Say ….. U.S. Planes Hit 19 Jap Warships ….. Suggests Servicemen’s Fund ….. Radio Highlights ….. 26 Governors Rap New Deal ….. Rep. Mruk Beaten ….. Ex-Capone Aide Killed, Pal Injured in Chicago ( Lawrence “Dago” Mangano ) ….. NEWS FROM HOME – Industry Told Plan or Face Postwar Chaos – Nelson Says U.S. Must Start on Reconversion; Artillery Output Up ….. New Budget Estimate ….. More Nazis Go To Work ….. Eddie Mack Dead ….. Nazis Put Booby Traps On Their Own Wounded ….. Gen. Ike Gets Details Of Advance by Shouts ….. Marks Are Smashed In War Loan Drive ….. Terry & The Pirates / By Milton Caniff