[Homer_J_Simpson]

Kenney Fliers Ride Typhoon to Japan; B-29’s Also Strike (Kluckhohn) – 2
580 B-29’s Strike in 3,850-Ton Blow – 2-3
Fleet Envisages Trip in Tokyo Bay – 3
Air Gunner Lost on 108th Mission (Lawrence) – 4
War News Summarized – 4
50,000 Civilians Liquidated by Japanese, Chinese Aver – 5-6
3,200 War Letters Penned by Queens Mother to Five Sons and Their Comrades’ Families – 6
Rationing at a Glance – 6
Foe Fooled Years by Wood Fleet; British Rigged Craft as Warships – 7
Two of the Units of Britain’s Phantom Fleet (photos) – 7
Mars, Largest Navy Flying Boat, Sinks in Chesapeake Bay Landing – 8
World’s Largest Flying Boat that Crashed (photo) – 8
Canadian Premier Jeered by Troops (Shapiro) – 9
Nepal’s Warriors Go Home at Last (Durdin) – 10
Crisis Nearing in Pacific (Baldwin) – 10
Texts of Day’s War Communiqus – 11

[Steven Scharf]

“3,200 War Letters Penned by Queens Mother to Five Sons and Their Comrades’ Families – 6”

I read this orginally as the Queen Mother. Was confused by the 5 sons part.

[Squawk 8888]

Canada Ping!

[Hebrews 11:6]

This Day in History: August 6th

American Revolution
1777: General Nicholas Herkimer falls at the Battle of Oriskany

Automotive
1991: Peugeot says au revoir to U.S. car market

Civil War
1862: Confederate ship blown up by crew

Cold War
1945: Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

Crime
1902: Dutch Schultz is born
1930: [Judge] Joseph Force Crater becomes the missingest man in New York

Disaster
1997: Planes crashes in Guam jungle

General Interest
1787: First draft of Constitution debated
1890: First execution by electric chair
1928: Andy Warhol is born

Hollywood
1911: Lucille Ball born
2009: “Breakfast Club” director John Hughes dies

Literary
1996: George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones debuts

Music
1942: Isaac Hayes is born

Old West
1874: Belle Starr’s first husband slain

Presidential
1965: Johnson signs Voting Rights Act

Sports
1926: Gertrude Ederle becomes first woman to swim English Channel

Vietnam War
1964: Johnson Administration officials argue for resolution
1969: Green Berets are charged with murder
1971: First U.S. Army troops deployed to Vietnam stand-down for withdrawal

World War I
1915: Allies land at Suvla

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history