Hitler vows not to capitulate despite fighting in summer war
London AP dispatch reports Hitler in a second broadcast to Reich war production chiefs says Germany will not capitulate before any difficulty. He stresses courage and nerve needed, notes engineers and technicians are essential, and Speer announces rising armament output despite Allied air attacks.
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Minsk
London
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Reich
Hitler
Eduard — Ti
Finland
Germany
Associated Press
Albert Speer
Speer
Americans break into La Haye Du Puits in Normandy blitz
Allied forces push through La Haye Du Puits as fighting rages across a wide Normandy front. US troops advance from the coast toward Carentan while Canadian forces contend at Carpiquet airfield and Caen area. German counter attacks clash with heavy artillery and air bombardment. Front reports indicate significant village gains and dozens of prisoners as batteries trade frags and shells.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
la Haye-Du Puits
Normandy
United Press
James McGlincy
Cherbourg
McGlincy
Carentan
U. S
Caen-Carpiquet
Carpiquet
Omar
I Bradley
la’ Haye-Du —‘ Puits
Onde
Holley
Point 122
Montcastre Forest
la Haye- du Puits
St. Jores
Caen
Esquay
Fontaine
Cay
Cherbourg-Paris
Carpiquet-Caen
Carentan-Periers
Raffouville
la Moisentrie
le Varimesnil
Les Mesnil
Les Baleries
la Sadotterie
la Campagne
American Fleet Presses Bonin Islands In Major Pacific Action
Allied forces renew heavy carrier and land based operations in the Bonin Volcano group with raids on Iwo Jima Haha Jima and Chichi Jima. Nimitz reports substantial enemy plane losses and advancing Saipan gains as paratroops hit Noemfoor Island and Stilwell gains progress in Burma through Ledo Road plans.
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Tokyo
Adm
Raymond Spruance
Fifth Fleet
Bonins
Volcano Islands
Noemfoor
MacArthur
Saipan
Burma
China
Chester Nimitz
Iwo Jima
Haha Jima
U. S
Chichi Jima
Bonin
Sixth Army
Jap Cruiser Destroyer Sunk With Fifteen Others
Secretary of the Navy announced 17 more Japanese ships were sunk by U S submarines including a light cruiser and a destroyer as the U S campaign against enemy shipping would be accelerated by the Marianas advance.
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Washington
James Forrestal
U. S
Marianas Islands
Soviet advances push toward Wilno and Baltic fronts
London reports place Soviet forces 55 miles from Wilno as the German Baltic army group considers sea evacuation. Berlin fears a shift of momentum to the eastern front while Rokossovsky’s troops push toward Baranovicz and Brest Litovsk. Soviet columns near Latvia and Lithuania close on the Baltic region.
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London
Kowel
Old Poland
Warsaw
Sion
Wilno
Berline
Stockholm
Berlin
Dvina
Pripet
Baltics
Bug River
Minsk
Brest-Litovsk
Uct
Barwicze
Konstanntin K. Rokossovysky
Baranowicze
Moscow
Rokossovsky
Latvia
Lithuania
Daugavpils
Dvinsk
Transocean
Reds Land In Finland
STOCKHOLM July 5 Russians began large scale landing operations on the northern shores of Viipuri Bay in southern Finland aiming to establish a bridgehead behind Finnish lines. Viipuri at the head of the bay was recently captured. landings also reported on Narva Bay islands with Soviet forces being driven back on two of them. Fighting continues with heavy clashes on multiple shores.
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Stockholm
Viipuri Bay
Finland
Viipuri
Narva
Allied air offensive hits Holland Belgium and France targets
American Fortresses and Liberators bombed airfields in Holland and Belgium and rocket nests in Pas-de-Calais as RAF forces pounded rail yards and rocket launch ramps in northern France and the Ruhr. Night raids by Mosquitos and Second Tactical Air Force joined the effort with heavy losses reported on both sides.
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London
Holland
Belgium
Pas-de-Calais
France
RAF
Channel
Ruhr
U. S
Europe
Anut Ince
Paris
Second Tactical Air Force
Allied Air Headquarters
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Nearby Regions
The bulletin notes mostly cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday with widely scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and again Thursday. Temperatures show little change tonight and warmer conditions on Thursday. West Texas and New Mexico areas are partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms, and a 24 hour high of 85, low 69, noon 82, trace precipitation.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
American Heavies Strike Toulon in Mediterranean War Action
American heavy bombers struck the French naval base at Toulon and other targets in Southern France today. The report notes U.S. air power operating over the Mediterranean theater with Allied coordination.
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Toulon
Mediterranean
Rome
France
Amarillo Faces Shortfall in Fifth War Loan Effort
With four days left Amarillo trails the Fifth War Loan target by 2.3 million dollars as of Monday totals show weak E-Bond uptake. Campaign leaders vouch for eventual full subscription while volunteer shortages and late efforts jeopardize meeting the E-Bond quota.
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Amarillo
Wayne O'Keefe
Jones Defends Democratic Right to Vote in Texas Split
Secretary Jesse Jones argues in a Houston Chronicle editorial that no party convention can deny a qualified voter. He says Texas Democrats should vote for the candidate of their choice in the November election and criticizes the convention's actions while defending free speech and assembly.
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Houston
Jesse Jones
Houston Chronicle
Texas
Austin
Texas Democratic Convention
Gabreski Claims 28th AAF Air Victory Over France
Lt Col Francis Gabreski of Oil City Pennsylvania becomes top U S Army Air Forces fighter ace by downing his 28th enemy plane a Messerschmitt 109 near Evreux France. Majs Robert S Johnson and Richard I Bong each hold 27 victories as Gabreski plans a 30 day leave to marry Kay Cochran in Grand Rapids Michigan.
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U. S.S
Eighth Air Force
Britain
Francis Gabreski
Oil City
U.S. Army Air Force
Evreux
France
Maj
Roberts. Johnson
Lawton
Okla
Richard I. Bong
Fortresses Return from 7000 Mile Bombing Trip
U S Flying Fortresses flew from England to Russia on June 21 then to Italy and back to England completing a 7000 mile bombing mission. They struck railroad yards in France during the Italy to Britain leg of the journey.
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London
U. S
England
Russia
Italy
France
Britain
Nothing Is Too Bad for Him Pulse Opinion Poll
Readers react to what to do about Emperor Hirohito after World War II. Frances Ross of Army Technical Village submits the question to the Pulse Feeler.Responses vary from execution to removal of leadership and punitive measures against the Japanese ruler and his staff.
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Frances Ross
Army Technical Village
Hirohito
Japan
Amarillo
van Aum
M. K. Young
H. A. Somerville
Adrienne Pinkerton
John 8S. Howard
American Forces Break Through To Rosignano Near Livorno
American troops pushed from the Livorno region advancing along the coast toward Castiglioncello and Rosignano where German forces made a staunch stand. Montecatini and Volterra were further inland as French and British units moved along the SienaFlorence corridor amid heavy fighting and territorial gains.
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Vol
Casole D’elsa
U. S
Flang
Siena
Siena- Florence
8Th Army
Siena-Arezzo
Castelnuovo Berardenga
Capt. Town
Arezzo
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