Texas Supreme Court Rules for Regular Democratic Electors
The Texas Supreme Court ruled the Democratic electors on the general election ballot must be those chosen at the regular convention and pledged to support party nominees. It denied a mandamus to place pro Roosevelt electors on the July 22 primary ballot, citing no state law restricting selection methods. The court restored the two thirds nominating rule and condemned the idea of seating rump convention delegates.
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Texas
State Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
George A Butler
Houston
Soviet Offensives Rain Damage on Finnish Fronts
Russian troops report major gains on three fronts in Finland as the Red Army advances toward Lappeenranta and Viipuri regions. Soviet air forces bombed rail centers, ships, and concentrations of Finnish troops while capturing several key railway stations and district centers along the Svir and Onega fronts.
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Onega
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Leonid A. Govorov
Karelian
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Viipuri
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Lappeenranta
Villmanstrand
Lake Ladoga
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Saimaal
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Kumsa
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Murmansk
Urosozero
Medvezhgorks
Podporozhye
Leningrad
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Berlin
Tasi
Romania
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Vitebsk
Tarnopol
Kovel
Fleet Strikes Saipan as Mighty Carrier Force Haries Nippon
American Task Force 58 unleashed a massive carrier strike east of the Philippines and the Marianas destroying or damaging 14 Japanese ships including four aircraft carriers and a battleship. Nimitz reported heavy losses for Japan while Saipan defenders pressed inland with Marines, as air and naval forces pounded enemy positions along the Saipan front.
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Pacific
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Tanan
wayVail
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Pacific Ocean
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Saipan
Leif Erickson
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Laulau
Mount Tapotchau
Nafutan Point
Rembert James
India
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Imphal
Burma
Myitkyina
Irrawaddy
Changsha
China
Hankow-Canton
Hengyang
Curtain of Exploding Steel Hurled In All-Out Air Blow at Cherbourg
Allied air forces unleashed a massive assault across Cherbourg to Paris with over 6,000 warplanes in dawn to dusk strikes. U.S. medium and light bombers plus fighter-bombers attacked Nazi fortifications while RAF Lancasters and Halifaxes joined in a two punch on Cherbourg peninsula. Heavy bombers targeted rocket nests as fighters pressed close air support amid intense anti aircraft fire and frequent ground engagements.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Paris
U. S
England
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Ots
Dbtai
Lain
Pas de-Calais
Sailors offer cash to end Wright Aircraft strike
A seaplane tender crew signed as The crew of the U S S Coos Bay sent $412 to buy off Wright Aircraft strikers at Lockland Ohio. The Associated Press passed the money to Secretary of the Navy Forrestal who said no comment. The strike began June 5 over a plant racial desegregation issue and ended June 9. Labor leaders push production while condemning the stoppage.
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U. S. S. Coos Bay
Coos Bay
Associated Press
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Wright Aircraft Corporation
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Forrestal
James V. Forrestal
Robert Spitzmiller
Western Front
Compton
Connecticut
Washington
Associated Press Today
W. P. James
James
Weather overview for Amarillo and West Texas region
The bulletin notes Friday mainly fair in Amarillo and vicinity with little temperature change, and West Texas fair to partly cloudy Friday and Saturday with scattered afternoon thundershowers in Pecos County. Mexico sees widely scattered showers in the east, otherwise fair through Saturday. details include temperatures and times from local observers.
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Texas
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Mexico
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Ture
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Bombers Strike On Past Biak In Pacific Action
Advanced Allied HQ reports Liberator bombers hit Noemfoor Island west of Biak in Geelvick Bay. A merchantman from a 15-ship convoy was sunk off Palau June 20. PT boats sank three enemy barges off Biak. Japanese forces resist near Sorido air strip as Tokyo claims a carrier strike near Saipan. American confirmation unavailable.
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Noemfoor
Biak
Geelvick Bay
Palau
Truk
Woleai
Carolines
Kavieng
Rabaul
Sorido
Schouten Islands
Columbia Broadcasting System
San Francisco
Tokyo
Saipan
Cape of Agigan
Railroads Give Wounded Men Full Priority
The nation’s railroads told the Office of Defense Transportation they will move sick and wounded soldiers to hospitals on arrival from France, even if it disrupts civilian traffic. Association head J J Pelley said rail lines have arranged with medical and transport services to handle casualties promptly at U S ports and will ensure bed space availability regardless of other traffic.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
France
DDT
Col.j. Monroe Johnson
J. J. Pelley
The
Association of American Railroads
U. S
Pelley
Harvest Labor Service Opens Panhandle Clearing House
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce launches a harvest labor clearing house to match farmers in the Panhandle with needed manpower combines and trucks for the bumper wheat harvest now under way. A. H. Mabry chairs the Agriculture and Livestock sub committee guiding the effort with Lew Fields M. J. Chisholm and Glenn D. Phillips assisting. Rex Baxter notes a two way card system to track needs and available workers vehicles and equipment while D. A. Adam coordinates with Plainview and other West Texas centers to gauge progress. Farmers and workers are invited to contact the chamber.
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Panhandle
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
D. A. Adam
Plainview
Baxter
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
South Plains
Abilene
Sweet Water
Brownwood
West Texas
Russell Stationery Company
Allied assault on Cherbourg marks decisive push toward sea
The June 23 dispatch details Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley leading a massive air and artillery campaign to break the Cherbourg fortress as American forces drive inland from the south and north. The seizure of Cherbourg isolates the port and signals a pivotal phase in the Allied invasion after June 6.
Berlin Announces New Monster Explosives for Allied Targets
Berlin claims new monster explosives will deter Allied targets as German flying bombs threaten Britain and the Western Front. Air defense reports one ton bombs reach 150 miles with speeds up to 350 mph while neutral centers note intensified Allied bombings.
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London
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