Marines land on Guam in major Pacific push after Saipan victory
United States Marines and Army assault troops established beachheads on Guam on July 20 amid heavy aerial and naval bombardment. The operation follows Saipan's victory and aims to secure a base within reach of Tokyo. Guam, 130 miles southwest of Saipan, faced entrenched Japanese defenses and a rugged interior, with 22 000 native residents and a sizable harbor at Apra.
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Charles H. McMurtry
U. 8
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
United States
Guam
Chester W. Nimitz
Saipan
Nimitz
Guam Island
Fifth Fleet
Marianas
Islands
Japan
Tokyo
Philippines
Pacific
Othe Marianas Islands
Island
Apra
Germans Revolt Rumors Shadow Hitler Purge Across Reich
News from London reports German troops suspected revolts in East Prussia as Hitler’s regime purges generals following an alleged assassination plot. Berlin claimed Be c k and many conspirators were executed while field marches and radio broadcasts described loyal resistance. Thunder peals of confirmation and denial colored the week’s volatile headlines.
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Amarillo
East Prussia
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Price
Texas
Reich
Berlin
Ludwig Beck
Hitler
Sweden
Beck
Sunderman
Fuehrer
Austria
Czecho-Slovakia
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
von Rundstedt
Europe
Guenther von Kluge
Stockholm
Berger
Wilhelm Keitel
London
Himmler- Hitler
Junkers
Reichsmarshal Goering
Karl Doenitz
Gestapo
Nikolaus von Valkenhorst
Norway
Doenitz
Goering
Texas Democrats walk out seek next steps in revolt
Texas Democratic dissidents plan a southern meeting to plot further action after walkout at the national convention. A split delegation votes Roosevelt and Byrd. factions claim anti democratic influence and threaten to block party control in Texas.
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Dave Cheavens
Tex Easley
Chicago
Texas
Political Action Committee
Democrats of
Democratic Party of Texas
C. C. Renfro
Dallas
Byrd
Roosevelt
Austin
J. Hart Willis
Herman Jones
Democratic Party
Red Army Breaks Baltic Front, Advances Toward Warsaw
Soviet forces crossed the Trans-Lithuanian railway and seized Skopishki as they push toward Warsaw. Lwow's Nazi garrison is doomed with Doroshev five miles away, while 60 miles along the Bug River from Opalin to Sokal fall under Red Army pressure.
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Moscow
Red Army
Lithuania
Warsaw
Lwow
Skopishki
Bug River
Opalin
Sokal
Brest Litovsk
Lublin
Germany
Patrol Advances Across Italy as Germans Bomb Livorno
American patrols cross the Arno while Germans on Monte Pisano shell Livorno. Fifth Army clears German positions along a 25 mile front from Livorno. German bombardment hits the port, sinking 16 ships. British patrols near Montevarchi and Polish troops cross the Esino River in the Adriatic sector.
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Rome
U.P
Arno
Monte Pisano
Livorno
Fifth Army
Italy
Arezzo
Montevarchi
Florence
Adriatic
Esino
American air power slams Germany in major July raids
About 2,500 American planes struck deep into Germany with 1,100 heavy bombers from Britain and 800 fighters. Targets included Regensberg Schweinfurt rail yards Homberg Bottrop Welheim Hamburg and river Po and Yugoslavia raids followed by Italian air activity. Nazi bombs hit southern England as voters await tomorrow’s elections with 11 state and nine county races on ballots and liquor sales barred during polling hours. Amarillo banks to close all day.
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RAF
Germany
France
Belgium
Courtrai
Normandy
Homberg
Bottrop-Welheim
Rhur
Hamburg
Paris
River
Yugoslavia
England
Amarillo
Turkish ships ordered to Turkish harbors in warning claim
German controlled Vichy radio reported all Turkish vessels must seek Turkish harbors and that navigation in Turkish Black Sea waters was suspended, signaling a tense wartime order.
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London
Vichy Radio
Black Sea
Weather outlook for Amarillo and surrounding areas
Partly cloudy conditions persist across Amarillo and vicinity with warmer temperatures tonight and over the weekend. West Texas sees increased cloudiness with isolated thundershowers and rising temperatures. New Mexico reports scattered showers and thundershowers this afternoon through Saturday, with highs from 80 to 95 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Wallace Demonstration Planned or Spontaneous in Chicago
A July Wallace demonstration at a crowded Chicago convention hall drew massive crowds and banners from multiple states. The author notes the event was obviously planned yet infectious, with Wallace seen as the working man’s choice and a potential but uncertain impact on the nomination.
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Harold Schoen
Amarillo College
the Globe Chicago
Wallace
Roosevelt
Michigan
Wisconsin
Florida
Minnesota
California
Hawaii
Truman
Chicago
Wallace Supporters Battling Furiously for VP Nomination
The Wallace camp won about 20 of New York's 96 votes in a heated session at Chicago Stadium as Democratic vice presidential balloting neared. New York delegates split, with Edward J. Flynn backing Truman delivering 76 votes, while Massachusetts gave 12 to Wallace and Truman each.
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Jack Bell
Chicago Stadium
Henry A. Wallace
New York
Empire State
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Roosevelt
Edward J. Flynn
Truman
The
Missourian
Massachusetts
Wallace
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Ohio
Rhode Island
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