America at war! (1941–) – Part 3

Yanks batter Jap air base off New Guinea

Meet no opposition in raid on Sorong
By Don Caswell, United Press staff writer

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39 ‘educated’ Negroes register in Alabama

Dothan, Alabama (UP) –
Houston County election officials revealed today that they had allowed 39 “educated” Negroes to register for voting, but that the Negroes would not be permitted to cast a ballot until after next February when they pay their 1945 poll tax.

Juggling of supplies to MacArthur charged

Allies replace Nazis as ex-Fascists’ guests, Italian paper charges

Conscientious Romans resent impunity with which Germans’ former friends operate
By Edward P. Morgan

Roosevelt forecasts long amity with Russia

By the United Press


War veterans to get identification cards

Eisenhower warns of tough fighting

Says Allies will battle for every foot
By Edward W. Roberts, United Press staff writer

Allied advanced command post, France –
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said yesterday at his first press conference since the invasion that the overall war picture could be viewed with optimism sobered by the very definite conclusion that from now on, the Allies would have to fight for every foot of ground.

Reviewing the war situation including the robot bomb and the weather, Gen. Eisenhower confided that if President Roosevelt planned an early visit to the European War theater, he had not been advised of it.

The Allied commander called the robot bomb a damnable thing, but said that it did not appear that in the measurable future it would be made more effective.

Sees heavy losses

The Allies, Gen. Eisenhower said, must now be prepared in all their operations right round the perimeter of their lines for bitter fighting of the most strenuous character, with resultant heavy losses to all.

NBC’s Merrill Mueller reported that Gen. Eisenhower said the possibility of a crack in German morale was not excluded but that he believed Gestapo control of Germany was so complete that hope for an internal collapse was false.

Discusses optimism

He acknowledged that in view of the tremendous Allied victories of the last two years in Africa, Sicily, Italy, Russia and the Pacific, people in general could not be blamed for allowing optimism to rise greatly.

Gen. Eisenhower indicated his satisfaction with the progress the Allied armies are making in Normandy.

The American drive on the Allied west flank in Normandy, he said, will be continued as part of his overall plan.

Weather big worry

Discussing the weather, Gen. Eisenhower indicated that it was still one of his chief worries. He said he would swear that he did not believe there had ever been a time when anybody had been as lucky with the weather as the enemy had since D-Day.

The Earl of Halifax, British Ambassador in Washington, visited Gen. Eisenhower and lunched with him before he started on a tour of U.S. military installations.

At a press conference, Lord Halifax said that he was not in Britain to arrange another conference between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

Inquest opens in circus deaths

160th victim dies; unidentified buried

Nazi defeat called certain in 1944 or 1945

But U.S. agency warns Axis army is strong

Johnson: Arm’s-length battle rages on Saipan’s bloody Friday

Supreme effort by crack Jap troops ends in disaster for foe; U.S. losses severe
By Malcolm R. Johnson, United Press staff writer

Japs abandon positions in India

Retreat to border becoming disorderly

Research on films amazing

Studios depend on Gallup poll
By Erskine Johnson

Benchley finds his reviews of long ago haunt his movie acting present

Editorial: De Gaulle’s visit

Editorial: Our best diplomats

Editorial: Looks good from here

Edson: Will de Gaulle’s visit result in recognition?

By Peter Edson

Ferguson: Italians and Germans

By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

Background of news –
The second-place dilemma

By Jay G. Hayden

Don’t let Germany return again, Heinzen warns

Veteran war reporter says it can be done by cutting off Nazis’ ore supplies

Nazi fuel situation in France critical

By the United Press

The Stockholm newspaper Morgon-Tidningen said in a dispatch reported to the Office of War Information today that “unofficial information” indicated the Germans had fuel stocks in France sufficient for only eight weeks.

The dispatch said the Germans were forced to take “whatever was available and impose a ban on all private gasoline consuming vehicles.”