U S Tanks Break German Front West of St Lo in France
U S armored attack pushes four mile breach in the first German defense line west of St Lo. Sherman tanks advance with infantry amid heavy fighting near Marigny and La Chapelle-en-Juger as air support and artillery aid the assault. British and Canadian forces also clash with German units around Caen and Verrieres, with the Orne river drive reported nearing a main German position.
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Supreme Headquarters
U. S
France
St. Lo
Marigny
la Chapelle-en-Juger
Caen
St. Lowest
Bradley
Rommel
Verrieres
Tilly-la-Campagne
Maysur-Orne
Montgomery
Kettering says rapid conversion to civilian production possible
Indianapolis July 26 Charles F Kettering vice president of General Motors said industry can convert to civilian goods production much faster after the war if the federal government adjusts contracts quickly. He forecast high industrial employment in the first five years postwar and urged stock market controls to prevent speculative inflation and a repeat of the 1930s mood.
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Indianapolis
Charles F. Kettering
General Motors
Gas Panel Acts Three Lose Rations Nine
Gasoline panel of the ration board acted on nine speeding cases last night. Three drivers had 30 day ration suspensions, two cars were disposed, one driver placed on probation, and one case sent to DDT. Noted names include Lester Isaacson, Arlene Wilson, Norman Robison, Milton Sackett, Pablo Dias, James Sills, and others with fines from 15 to 35 dollars.
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Ration Board
Lester Isaacson
East Hunt Street
Land
Paul Ferrow
Riga
Arlene Wilson
Jasper
Howard Estes
Dean Street
Army
Norman Robison
Route 2
Adrian
Milton Sackett
Clinton
Mary Fox
Tipton
Pablo Dias
Fair Grounds
James Sills
Erie Street
Toledo Ddt
Lenawee Cab Co
Wheat and Hay Burns In Fields Near Adrian
Nearly an acre of wheat and five acres of hay burned on Len awwee county farms yesterday afternoon before city firemen checked the blazes. The wheat fire started 12 50 near the Gogolin farm four miles south and a half mile west of Adrian. origin undetermined. Hay fire began on the Pickford farm eight miles west of the city, starting in a hay baler run by a gas engine and destroying the baler. Firemen answered two other alarms, none found to be fires. An overheated water heater in the R D School home caused the first alarm at 942 Lincoln Avenue. A short in radio wiring in a tar owned by Miss Alice Angell caused the other alarm on South Winter Street.
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Lenawee County
Charles Gogolin
Adrian
Conklin Road
A. J. Pickford
R. D
Lincoln Avenue
South Winter Street
Alice Angell
West Maumee Street
Coroners Jury Rules Hess Death An Accident
A six man coroner’s jury ruled nine year old Tommy Hess died after contact with an electric fence on Ray Mangus’s farm near Highland Beach Inn Devils Lake. Prosecutor L J Hammond said no charges would be filed. Trooper Barrett testified the fence ran on 110 volt current and used a bulb to reduce the charge. Mangus had tested the fence and felt little shock. Jury members were Adrian residents John Iffland John Katz William Bowren George Jones John Walker and George Gilbert.
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Tommy Hess
Clare M. Hess
Dennis Street
Ray Mangus
L. J. Hammond
Mr. Mangus
Highland Beach Inn
Devils Lake
Tommy
Barrett
Blissfield
Michigan
Mangus Farm
Mangus
John Iffland
John Katz
William Bowren
George Jones
John Walker
George Gilbert
Adrian
Truck Slams Into Wallpaper Store and Car
Ernest Balser of Hudson and Dwight Hutchison of Jonesville were involved in a 5 a.m. crash on Main Street. Hutchison rammed Balser’s car into the curb then drove his Inter-State semi into the Phipps wallpaper store at Beecher and South Main, causing major damage and a total wreck. Hutchison was arrested for reckless driving and fined 25 dollars plus costs. Balser sustained a head cut. Hutchison was uninjured. Mrs. Phipps estimated extensive wallpaper damage and said the building cannot be entered to assess total loss. rebuilding is not planned.
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Ernest Balser
Hudson
Dwight Hutchison
Jonesville
Clarence Phipps
Beecher
South Main Streets
Main Street
Hutchison
Balser
Phipps
Beecher Street
Abandoned Baby Found in Detroit Nursery
An eight month old boy, neatly dressed in pale blue, was abandoned among a dozen children at the Children's Aid Society nursery on Warren Ave West. He was footprints taken for identification by police after being found Tuesday night. attendants did not see anyone leave him. Footprints will be sent to area hospitals for matching.
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Detroit
Children’s Aid Society
Warren Ave. West
Hitler Mobilizes All Men for Last Nazi War Stand
London dispatch reports Hitler plans a general mobilization of all manpower under German control in Europe. Goebbels, named Reichs commissar for total mobilization, will address the nation. Goering named ministerial defense chairman to direct a total war overhaul.
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Associated Press
London
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Occupied
Europe
Germany
Madrid
Foreign Office
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Hitler
Berlin
Goebbels
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Ministerial Council For Defense of
Goering
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Barcelona
Declines to Subpoena Sen Nye as Witness
Washington July 26 Chief Justice Edward C Eicher denied a defense request to subpoena Senator Nye R North Dakota in the sedition conspiracy trial of 26 defendants. Nye said he had no evidence to support innocence or guilt. The defense claimed Nye possessed records showing the defendants' innocence and had testified to documentary proof.
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Washington
Edward C. Eicher
District of Columbia Federal Court
Sen
Nye
N. D
Atty
Ira Chase Koehne
Lois de la Fayette Washburn
Howard V. Broemstrupp
Frank W. Clark
Eicher
Chisel-Faced Nazi Affected By Dinner
In Worland Wyoming a farmer recalls German POWs in his beet fields who volunteered to weed his garden after overhearing he lacked time. At lunch his wife served fried chicken and cake, and a blond Nazi officer cried and kissed the farmer’s son. He vowed to bring his daughter to America if allowed.
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Worland
Wyo
America
July 28 Furniture Auction at Adrian Michigan
Auction notice listing July 28 in Adrian Michigan for furniture items with Fred C. Greenwald as auctioneer and a note to see Market Page. Also advertises July 29 household auction in the village of Onsted with Greenwald as auctioneer and a July 31 public auction two miles east of Onsted school Linehan and Linehan acknowledged. Market Page referenced.
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Adrian
Michigan
Fred C. Greenwald
Onsted
Onsted School
Linehan
Linehan Ackiongags
Dewey Sees Synthetic Rubber Survive War Exit
Rubber Director Dewey declares the 750 million dollar synthetic rubber industry will endure into peacetime, with production at 836000 tons annually, surpassing prewar natural rubber use. He resigns, cites labor shortages, notes WPB plans to ration heavy truck tires and stockpiles 104000 tons of synthetics, while predicting price dynamics and ongoing labor challenges.
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Dewey
Washington
War Agency
Bradley Dewey
Baruch Committee
James F. Byrnes
Office of War Mobilization
WPB
U S Bombers Pave Way For Offensive In Normandy Action
U S Marauders and fighter bombers supported the First Army in a dawn Normandy attack south of the Periers St Lo road, driving the advance as RAF and Allied air forces hit Germany. Over 250 to 500 American bombers plus fighters engaged targets across France and Germany, with heavy flak and losses reported.
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London
U. S
First Army
Periers-St. Lo
Normandy
Germany
Stuttgart
Berlin
Bremen
Mannheim
Wanne- Eickel
Vienna
Berat Kucove
Albania
Brod-Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Italy
France
Wanne-Eickel
Ruhr
London raids and new devices in nightly bomb attacks
London and southern England faced a night of intensified robot raids with incendiaries reportedly dropped by flying bombs. RAF night bombers retaliated by attacking launch platforms in northern France. In Indianapolis, Richard Fairbanks, 60, publisher and WIBC radio chief, died after an eight month illness.
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London
England
RAF
France
Indianapolis
Richard Fairbanks
Indianapolis News Publishing Company
WIBC
Jame
Rainfall Relief for Adrian Crops Amid Drought
A half inch of rain this morning eased drought in Adrian and surrounding areas as July 1930 drought conditions and minimal prior rainfall improved. Forecaster H L Jacobson notes the thundershowers came where most needed, aiding corn crops, while Dan Lenawee agricultural agent Louis G Hall cites cautious comment. Showers forecast across the central growth area from the middle Atlantic states to the Missouri River.
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Drouth
Adrian
Midwest
Chicago Weather Bureau
H. L. Jacobson
Louis G. Hall
Lenawee County
Grouth
Middle Atlantic States
Missouri River
Michigan
Taree Dies in Flint Family Gun Episode
An unemployed factory worker enraged by his wife’s letters to a soldier killed his wife Mary Bergers and her mother Emily Schuler before taking his own life near Flint. The couple’s bodies were found at a home and behind a nearby store. Police reported notes pointing to the husband Joseph P. Bergers as the shooter.
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Flint
Mary Bergers
Emily Schuler
Tawas City
Joseph P. Bergers
Liquor Sales To Stop On Armistice News
Lansing July 26 The State Liquor Control Commission ordered all outlets selling alcoholic beverages to halt sales for 24 hours after word that a war with any major enemy is ended. Beer and hard liquor shut down for on and off premises service.
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Lansing
State Liquor Control Commission
Soldier Vote May Exceed Early Forecast in Michigan
LANSING July 26 state election officials report a surge in absent voter requests from servicemen. Secretary of State Herman H. Dignan says 40,000 to 45,000 requests for ballots plus an estimated 10,000 more to county clerks. Earlier forecasts ranged 5,000 to 25,000. About 1,600 applications poured in in one day this week, with Wayne County tallying around 5,000 direct from service men. County clerks will verify federal ballots against state ballot applications before counting.
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Lansing
Herman H. Dignan
Dignan
Wayne County Elections Bureau
Dewey and Bricker Meet in Albany
Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio and presidential nominee Gov. Thomas E. Dewey conferred in Albany on post Labor Day campaigning plans. Bricker aims for a vigorous effort while Dewey signals a delayed campaign peak and focus on the upcoming GOP governors meeting in St. Louis August 2.
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Albany
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
Bricker
National
Dewey
St. Louis
Reports claim German marshal Ernst von Busch committed death by own action
A British radio broadcast reported by U.S. government monitors said Field Marshal Ernst von Busch, recently head of the central front, died by his own hand in Poland amid German forces. The excited rumor circulated July 26 as the broadcast noted the claim.
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New York
Poland
Ernst von Busch
Central Front
United States
Berlin Radio Admits Soviet Breakthrough Near Wisla Front
Soviet Cossacks drive Germans from Pulawy area toward the Wisla as fronts shift east and garrisons in Lwow and Bialystok face encirclement. Russians approach Warsaw, Riga, and East Prussia while advancing near Przemysl and Prat. Berlin radio confirms a breakthrough between the upper Bug and the Visla.
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Moscow
Wisla
Pulawy
Warsaw
Lwow
Berlin
German Silesia
East Prussia
Lipsk
Suwalki
Poland
Junkers
Bialystok
Radom
Krakow
Europe
Visla
Vistula
Bug River
Marshal Konev
Prze‘mysl
Silesia
Przemysl
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Dewey and Almy ,Chemical Company
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Battle Creek
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Mary Schaaf
James Mason
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Kota
Allenstein
Kielce
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