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Vol. 4 No. 241 – Friday, August 11, 1944
Articles’ Headlines: … Near Town 50 Miles From Paris – Yanks Leave Le Mans 65 Mi. Behind – Drive for Tours, Orleans Reported Nantes Entered; Falaise Push Slowed ….. All Airborne Forces of Allies Combined Under Gen. Brereton ….. Nazis at Bay, Attack to Save East Prussia ….. The War Today ….. FDR in Hawaii; Vows Philippines Blow – Visit, Talks With Chiefs Are Bared – President Says MacArthur ‘Glad to See You, Mac’Will Have Invasion Role ….. Incendiaries Come With Flying Bombs, British Now Reveal ….. Hershey Wants Draft Boards To Be Job Agencies for Vets ….. Fibber McGee, Wilson Films Denied Yanks by Political Ban ….. Gen. Ike’s HQ Now in France ….. Famous French Flier is Missing ( Antoine De St. Exupery ) ….. Fourth Division Is Paid Tribute – D-Day Assault Termed ‘Magnificent’; Its Chief Given Silver Star ( Maj. Gen. Raymond O. Barton ) ….. At Least 40,000 Are Idle As Strikes Spread in U.S. ….. ‘Total War’ Now Means No Fun At All, Nazis Learn ….. VIII Corps in France ….. Say Blum Died In a Nazi Camp ….. U-Boat Sunk Off U.S. ….. Hash Marks ….. Brittany Town Pays Its Tribute At Three CasketsOne a Yank’s / By G. K. Hodenfield ….. This Is The Army ….. Battle for Paris ….. Study With US API ….. Valuable Service ….. Straight From the Front / By Ernie Pyle ….. Notes from the Air Force ….. PRIVATE BREGER / By Dave Breger ….. Temporary Help ( Dick Wakefield ) / By Jack Sords ….. Yankee Maid Trotting Victor – Filly Wins Hambletonian In Straight Heats At Goshen ….. How They Stand ….. Sports Sidelights ….. Help Wanted–And Given ….. College Students and Graduates ….. Minor League Results ….. Fortress Releases ‘Ball-Bomb’ To Open Base Softball Series / By Sid Schapiro ….. Seattle Signs Dean McAdams ….. Browns Clip Yanks, 3-2; Braves Slap Reds – Cards Subdue Phils, 4-2, Lead By 17-1/2 Games – Tex Hughson Holds Chisox As Boston Wins, 9-1; Brooks on Top ….. Li’L Abner / By Al Capp ….. P47 Flies Through the Maelstrom It Made ….. ‘Peace Forces’ ‘All Inclusive,’ Edge Declares – N. J. Governor Says Dewey Agrees With Views on Republican Plank ….. Predicts GOP Debacle ….. N.Y. GOP Chief ( Arthur H. Schwartz ) ….. Fulbright Wins ….. Claire Luce Renominated ….. Roosevelt Returns Letter-Opener Made From a Jap’s Bone ….. Radio Highlights ….. Ives Killed in Ambush Reported by S & S Scribe ( Capt. Norman Seaton Ives ) ….. Antonio the Bloody Rattles Skeleton in Film Stars’ Closet ….. Paris Area Hit By B26s, Libs ….. 3 Held in Plot to Divert Chute Nylon for Hosiery ….. Fighter Command Tops Quota ….. NEWS FROM HOME – Reconversion Plan Assailed As Slush Fund – Senator Calls Provision For Cash for the Idle ‘Political Opportunity’ ….. Food for a General’s Thought ….. What’s In a Name? ….. Let George Do It ….. Sale of British Papers To Be Banned in PXs ….. Terry & The Pirates / By Milton Caniff