America at war! (1941–) – Part 4

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U.S. Navy Department (August 20, 1944)

CINCPAC Press Release No. 517

For Immediate Release
August 20, 1944

Nauru Island was attacked on August 17 (West Longitude Date) by Mitchell medium bombers of the 7th AAF and Ventura search planes of Group 1, Fleet Air Wing Two. Venturas again hit Nauru on August 18. The airfield and gun emplacements were bombed. Anti-aircraft fire was meager.

Rota and Pagan Islands in the Marianas were bombed and strafed by fighters on August 17 and 18. Moderate anti-aircraft fire was encountered.

Mille and Wotje in the Marshall Islands were bombed on August 17 and 18 by Dauntless dive bombers and Corsair fighters of the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing.

All of our planes returned from these operations.

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The Wilmington Morning Star (August 20, 1944)

PATROLS NEARING PARIS’ SUBURBS
Third Army reaches Seine River; Fashion powerful knockout attack

Nazis push ruthless demolitions preparatory to fleeing Paris
By Gladyin Hill

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Laval, German Ambassador and many other leaders flee Paris

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NAVAL BASE AT TOULON OUTFLANKED
Advancing tanks near Marseille

Broad enveloping movement headed toward Rhône Valley
By Noland Norgaard

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NAVY ORDERED TO TAKE OVER PACIFIC SHOPS
Union refused to lift ban on overtime in machine establishments

To operate 99; San Francisco area seizure recommended by WLB vice chairman

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Planes slaughter retreating Nazis

Spread death, destruction among divisions racing for the Seine

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Patrol planes bomb Halmahera, lower guardian of Philippines

Damage freighter; 14 Japanese barges destroyed or damaged off Manokwari

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Germans retire to Gothic Line

Determined to fight despite Allied landings in southern France

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Dulles requests problem division

Proposes that policing Axis and peace maintenance be separated

Albany, New York (AP) – (Aug. 19)
John Foster Dulles, deputized by Governor Thomas E. Dewey for foreign policy consultations with Secretary of State Hull, proposed today that the problems of policing defeated Axis countries and maintaining lasting peace be separated.

Meeting reporters in the Governor’s study of the Executive Mansion with the Republican presidential nominee sitting nearby, Dulles said he believed difficulties of forming an international security organization ought not to be complicated by the immediate problem of disarming Germany and Japan and making them unable to undertake new aggressions.

The 56-year-old New York lawyer said that Dewey’s statement of this week in connection with the four-power diplomatic conference in Washington should be interpreted as delineating the king of military controls which should be exercised over Germany and Japan.

With Dewey at times nodding agreement, Dulles proposed that the United States, Great Britain and Russia, with “substantial contributions” from nearby liberated countries police Germany and hold her in check. He said the United States, Great Britain and China should undertake the policing of Japan.

With these duties undertaken by the four powers, Dulles said it would be possible to form an international organization in which the small nations would have a voice in the future determination of lasting peace plans without being subjected to four-power domination, which Dewey has opposed.

Asked if a conference he will hold Wednesday with Hull might indicate the possibility of eliminating foreign policy as a political campaign issue. Dulles replied:

I don’t think it is healthy or desirable to eliminate from the campaign the discussion of internal problems. The only way a democracy makes up its mind is by having issues debated and discussed.

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Hurley, Nelson will visit China

Will discuss military supply and other problems with Chiang

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Boost in heavy artillery asked

Roosevelt also anxious to increase production of trucks and radar

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Connolly: Russians appreciate American aid

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Tropical storm menaces Jamaica

Will reach vicinity of island today if present course continues

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Paris prepares to greet Yanks

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Pegler will shift to King Features group

New York – (Aug. 19)
The announcement was made here today that Westbrook Pegler’s newspaper column will shift from the Scripps-Howard newspapers to the Hearst newspapers which will distribute it through King Features Syndicate at the termination of the present contract.

Roy W. Howard, president of the Scripps-Howard newspapers, said the decision not to renew the contract was “by mutual consent.”

Praising Pegler as “one of American journalism’s most colorful, conscientious and effective craftsmen,” Howard said “many years of effort” in connection with his and other columns had demonstrated “the public’s unwillingness to accept as something apart from the paper’s policy, the opinions of independent writers.”

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Editorial: New Pacific moves

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With the AEF –
Dixon: Benny likes one-man jobs

By Kenneth L. Dixon

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Many women receive Army, Navy awards

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Sedition trial recess ordered

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Hannegan, Roosevelt talk campaign plans

Washington (AP) – (Aug. 19)
Chairman Robert E. Hannegan of the Democratic National Committee discussed fourth-term campaign plans with President Roosevelt for an hour and a half at the White House late today and told newsmen afterward that prospects for a Democratic victory in November were “favorable.”

He would not go beyond that statement and said it was always a problem in every election “to guard against overconfidence and to see that the people register.” He added that a great number of people have moved away from their homes to work in war industries and it was going to take some extended effort to see that they qualify to vote.

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The Pittsburgh Press (August 20, 1944)

Hull to open ‘Big Three’ session on security

Optimism prevails in Washington
By R. H. Shackford, United Press staff writer

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No deadline on names for soldier ballot

Earliest notice asked by elections office

There is no deadline on submitting the names of voters in the Armed Forces for military ballots.

But County Elections Director David Olbum yesterday urged the families of servicemen and women to turn in the names promptly to assure ballots being mailed in time to reach voters overseas.

The Elections Department already has a list of almost 90,000 names. Ballots to these voters will be mailed within the next 10 days, although the new State Military Ballot Law fixes Sept. 2 as the deadline.

Earlier the better

However, the Elections Department will mail ballots to all voters in the Armed Forces whose names are received after that date.

Mr. Olbum said the volume of military ballots to be sent overseas might preclude the arrival of ballots before Election Day unless the names of military voters are submitted to the Elections Department now.

Inquiries at the Elections Department in the last week, he said, indicated that many relatives of service voters had the erroneous idea that it was too late to submit names.

Extra staff on job

The only deadline fixed by the law is the one requiring the Elections Department to mail the ballots to all addresses on file no later than Sept. 2 and to mail ballots to additional addresses, received after that date, within 24 hours.

The Elections Department has been working an extra staff addressing envelopes for military ballots. The list of names, which will be posted to the Department when it is completed, is being arranged alphabetically.

Relatives or friends in doubt as to whether the name of any voter in the Armed Forces is listed will be permitted to check this list.

All Pennsylvania voters, regardless of whether they are registered, are eligible for military ballots if they are, or will be, 21 on or before Nov. 8 and are members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps or other armed service, the Merchant Marine, Red Cross Society of Friends, WASPs or the USO in service either overseas or within the United States.

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Poll: Four border states favor Roosevelt; Missouri for Dewey

45 commonwealths polled show President leading in 26 having 248 electoral votes
By George Gallup, Director, American Institute of Public Opinion

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