Yanks Stop Germans and Advance on Narrow Front near St Lo
American forces destroyed more than 20 Nazi tanks and repelled heavy counterblows along the center while pushing forward on both wings of the 48 mile front. They closed to within two miles of Lessay and further toward St Lo, as Allied forces pressed the offensive.
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Supreme Headquarters
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Lessay
St. Lo
France
Normandy
St.Lo
le Desert
U. S
St. Jean de Daye
No Man’s Land
Vilage
Bernard L. Montgomery
Angeville Sur Ay
la Bourdonnerie
Omar N. R Bradley
Bayanx
Odon
Orne
Louvigny
Caen
Solitly
Trans-Odon River
Esquay
Rommel
Strategic Air Force
St. Andre
Doughboys
St. Andre de L’epine
Gis
Isigny
Omar Bradley
la Haye du Puits
Mt. Castro
Marshal Rommel
Paris
Periers
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
U S Bombers Hit Munich Area In Allied Air Strikes
About 1,000 American heavy bombers attacked Munich area targets including communications and rail bottlenecks. Fighters accompanied the raid, with additional assaults on fuel dumps in Normandy and airfields near Caen. German claims labeled the Munich attack a terror raid.
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U. S
Munich
London
Nazi Party
Germany
Italy
France
Germa
Alps
Normandy
Caen
Cinelais Forest
Ecouvres
Andain
Forest
Erwin Rommel
St. Lo
Dewey N Allen III Born In Ada Tuesday
Dewey Nelson Allen III was born to Pfc and Mrs Dewey Allen at Valley View hospital at 1 12 p m Tuesday. He weighed eight pounds three ounces and is the grandson of Mr and Mrs Dewey Allen of 906 East Fourteenth and Oklahoma City. His father serves as an air force instructor in Galveston. Mrs Allen is the former Miss Marion Nelson of Pueblo Colorado.
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Ada
Dewey Nelson Allen III
Dewey Allen
Valley View Hospital
East Fourteenth
Oklahoma City
R. T. Williamson
R. W. Allen
Galveston
Twin grandsons born to Molloys and Tiptons in Tulsa
Twin grandsons greeted Mr. and Mrs. John Tipton of Tulsa born about 10:30 in a Tulsa hospital. The baby boys, first for the couple, were described by friends by telephone. Mrs. Tipton is the former Miss Peggy Molloy.
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M. B. Molloy
John Tipton
Tulsa
Nelsons Reconversion Plan Moves Toward Partial Start
Washington moves toward peacetime industry with a staged reconversion. WPB will ease civilian production in four steps starting July 15 and fully by August 15, lifting bans on aluminum and magnesium use and permitting new product orders to prepare peacetime industry.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Army
Navy
War Production Board
WPB
Nelson
Cme
Germany
War Manpower Commission
McNutt
Paul V. McNutt
Armed Services
Air Attacks Trim Nazi Oil Output and Mobility
Allied air forces report major German oil losses after 64 targeted refineries, curbing petroleum production and hampering Nazi mobility. Officers cite German air strength reductions in France and rising Allied air superiority across the European theater.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
United States
France
Germany
Reich
Britain
Italy
Russia
Strategic Air Forces
Oklahoma primary yields solid showings for Thomas and Otjen
Elmer Thomas, Democratic senator, led in a 3,112 precinct count with 73,559 votes to Berry 52,926 and Disney 55,905 while William J. Otjen, former Spanish War veterans leader, easily topped Pat Murphy and Harry Glasser. Three Democratic congressmen were renominated as GOP candidates contest seats in other districts. The run-off primary system was reaffirmed and a constitutional amendment reshapes pardons and parole. housing area notes coops rented as homes due to shortage.
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Oklahoma City
Elmer Thomas
William J. Otsen
Thomas
Wesley Disney
Disney
James E. Berry
Oklahoma
Berry
Otten
United Spanish War Veterans
Pat Murphy
Cushing Baptist
Harry O. Glasser
Enid
Otjen
Murphy
Glasser
Victor Wickersham
Mike Monroney
Jed Johnson
Roland Paul Stewart
Wilburn Cartwright
Monroney
Lyle Boren
Park Wyatt
Shawnee
Boren
John Holliman
Washington County
Dennis Bushyhea
Joe Chambers
Bushyhead
Stewart
CIO
Oklahoma Returns in Democratic and Republican Primaries
Oklahoma returns from numerous precincts show Democratic candidates leading in the fourth and state U.S. Senate races with Boren Wyatt Berry Disney and Thomas among leaders. Republican results list Akin Kirchner Matzon Wells and local judiciary outcomes with varying precinct counts.
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Thelone
Ross Rizley
W. C. Stigler
Howard Hopps
Oklahoma City
Ted Fisher
Watonga
Ralph Kirchner
Bristow
E. O. Clark
Stigler
Russell Overstreet
Cartersville
George Schwabe
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Ray O. Wee
Stimson Arrives In Britain For European Theater Visit
Secretary of War Stimson arrives in Britain for an inspection of the European theater of operations. He travels from Italy with Executive Assistant Harvey H. Bunday Major General Thomas Kirk surgeon general and Major General Alexander D. Surles army public relations director.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Stimson
Britain
Italy
Harvey H. Bunday
Thomas Kirk
United States Army
Alexander D. Surles
Army
Pilot parachutes to safety as plane bursts into flames near Harrah
George W. Morgan, 20, of Rule Texas, a Will Rogers air field pilot, parachuted to safety when his aircraft caught fire near Harrah yesterday. In Poteau, funeral services are pending for Robert E. Patrick, veteran merchant who died Monday in Fayetteville Arkansas.
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Normandy
Oklahoma City
George W. Morgan
Will Rogers Air
Rule, Tex
Harrah
Poteau
Robert E. Patrick
Fayetteville
Ark
Pickett School To Open Summer Term
Pickett school will open its summer term Monday July 17 with classes from 9 am to 4 pm. Mrs. Bill Bevers is principal and Mrs. J W Hart is primary teacher. Stedman also begins a summer term. county Supt Ray Stegall reports. Other rural schools schedule opening dates Fitzhugh July 24, Latta August 14, Byng in August. Union Valley opened its summer session July 3.
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Pickett
Bill Bevers
J. W. Hart
Stedman
Ray Stegall
Fitzhugh
Latta
Byng
Lulu
Conway
Colbert
Union Hill
Galey
Union Valley
George Hansard Returns to States From Pacific Duty
Chief warrant officer George Hansard has landed in the United States after about 18 months of duty in the southwest Pacific area. His wife Mrs. Hansard and daughter Miss Barbara Hansard traveled from here to New Orleans to meet him after he phoned. The Hansards own and operate the O. K. Electric supply store here.
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George Hansard
Navy
States
Southwest Pacific
County Voters Reshape Courthouse Politics In Pontotoc
Pontotoc county voters kept the courthouse setup largely intact on Tuesday with the Democratic slate renominated except for county attorney. Val Crawford won his first elective office by unseating Jimmy Dean. Robert J. Wimbish also vied for the post. Sheriff Clyde Kaiser widened his margin while challengers split votes. Overall turnout topped 6 000 with precinct wins split among several candidates as service ballots slightly shifted results.
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Pontotoc County
Val Crawford
Jimmy Dean
Wayne Lewis
U. S. Navy
Dean
Robert J. Wimbish
Clyde Kaiser
Charley Shockley
Lee Nabors
Walker Hisle
Kaisers
Crawford
Wimbish
Kaiser
Shockley
Nabors
Hisle
Cong. Boren
Parke Wyatt
Sen. Thomas
Disney
Berry
Lyle Boren
William J. Otten
Enid
U. S. Senate
Kirchner
Shawnee
C. I. McArthur
State Supreme Court
W. F. Schulte
Adamen
Earl Parker
Elmer Chandler
L. C. Cozad
George Collins
Bob Austell
John Sparks
Roe Thompson
Pessimist Ponders Life’s Trifling Transactions
A terse musings on how everyday minor dealings reveal character as the speaker reflects on human foibles and the small acts that betray true nature. The tone is wry and cautionary, with a focus on personal conduct in ordinary exchanges.
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