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Vol. 4 No. 250 – Tuesday, August 22, 1944
Articles’ Headlines: … Vol. 4 France-Spain Border Area Is Fled by Nazis / By Charles Voltz ….. Bayonne Defenses Shelled ….. The War Today ….. Drive Takes French Units Into Toulon – Entry Comes After Fleet Shells Base; Allies 7 Mi. From Marseilles ….. Enemy Breaks Russian Trap ….. Japanese Cruiser Sunk by Liberator ….. 19 More Japanese Ships Destroyed by U.S. Subs ….. Nazi Official Says ‘Capital Will Be Spared’ ….. A Ship Every 2 Hours ….. This Plan Works, It’ll All Be Over Soon ….. Security Talks Opened in U.S. – Hull Insists Certain Force Be Goal of Post-War Allied Agency / By John M. Hightower ….. Yanks Pouring Across Seine – Patton’s Men Reach Versailles; Paris Patriots Battle Germans – River Also Forced Southeast of the Capital ….. Eyewitness to Its Execution: Sees an Army Writhe in Grip Of Rigor Mortis / By Tom Hoge ….. Tom Treanor, of NBC, Killed by Tank in France ….. Symbol of Victory ….. Post-War Soldiers ….. GIs Corner Crowns ….. Hash Marks ….. Straight From the Front / By Ernie Pyle ….. This Is The Army ….. Notes from the Air Force ….. Army Poets – Toy Soldiers / By 1/Sgt. Harry R. Chard. ….. Corsairs Slam Bums, 10-7, 7-1; Redlegs Divide – Bucky Walters Notches 18th Victory in Opener, But Phils Cop Nightcap ….. Minor League Results ….. Help Wanted–And Given ….. 20-Year-Old Nag Does Double Duty for Fruit Vendor / By Gene Graff ….. Bob Hamilton Upsets Nelson To Annex PGA Championship ….. Andersson Outfoots Haegg In Swedish Cinder Meet ….. Fans Get Money’s Worth In Eastern Loop Slugfest ….. Bets Pay Off ….. How They Stand ….. Miss Germain Retains Title ….. Cards Split; Browns’ Lead Sliced by Two Full Games – St. Louis Beaten Twice by Nats As Red Sox Win – Tigers Whip Yanks in Both Ends of Twin Feature; A’s, Chisox Divide ….. Reversed Twosome Gets Same Result ….. Li’L Abner / By Al Capp ….. NEWS FROM HOME – Navy Directed By FDR to Run 99 Shut Plants – Move Follows Union Order Barring Employees From Working Overtime ….. A Laugh Deflated, Too ….. Taking Precautions ….. Are They Nuts ? ….. First GI to Land In N. Ireland Weds, Back in Minnesota ( Sgt. Milburn Henke ) ….. Radio Highlights ….. Bubbles From The Political Pot ….. Willkie to Meet Dulles ….. Nazis Fall Back Along Adriatic ….. Forrestal Lauds Gen. Ike For Allies’ Team Play ….. 411 Pct. of Bond Quota ….. ‘Chuting of Supplies to Maquis By 8th A F Heavies Is Disclosed ….. 6,000 Wounded Flown Home ….. Army Surplus Sets Uncle Sam Up as a Big-Time Junk Man ….. Navy to Continue Barring U.S. Japs From Service ….. WAC Lt. Shields Child From Bomb, Wins Medal ( Lt. Anne W. Tinges ) ….. Ike’s Political Aide Quits ( William Phillips ) ….. Japan Bombed Twice in a Day ….. Terry & The Pirates / By Milton Caniff