Air Blows Clear Road for Twin Thrusts in France
Allied air forces hammer German positions as 3000 U.S. planes attack, including 1500 heavy bombers, while British Canadian troops push south of Caen. Front lines surge toward Falaise with two towns captured and heavy fighting around Tilly La Campagne and Verrieres.
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Caen
Supreme Headquarters
U. S. First Army
Fallen St. Lo
Lessay
Palaise
St. Martin de Fonentay
Verrieres
May-Sur-Orne
Tilly-La-Campagne
Bernard L. Montgomery
Falaise
Paris
Montgomery
Vimont
la Hogue Wood
Troarn
Erwin Rommel
Ramel
What is the difference between a Republican and a Democrat
A collection of opinions from residents and officials in Chicago and Amarillo on the party contrast. Quotes express varied views from party similarity to differing outcomes under leadership, noting prosperity versus hardship and the current office holder.
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Priando Dickson
Harris
Chicago
Amarillo
E. A. Simpson
Virginia Atkins
Donald Martin
Det
White House
Ruthelle Bacon
Barney Moore
Hubert Cole
H. L. Mauldin
van Caldwell
Heavy Rainfall Across Northeast Panhandle and Texas
Weather reports show the northeast Panhandle received heavy rains while most of the Panhandle had moisture. Totals include Follett four inches, Stratford 2.32 inches, Spearman 1.20, with other towns reporting scattered amounts. Partly cloudy skies and little temperature change are forecast for tonight and tomorrow.
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Ain
Panhandle
Clayton
Northwest Panhandle
Texico
Follett
Kansas
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Stratford
Spearman
Dimmitt
Plainview
Lubbock
Adrian
Hereford
Amarillo
Claude
Clarendon
Dumas
Pampa
Shamrock
Weather forecast for Amarillo and surrounding regions
The forecast notes clear conditions tonight with partial cloudiness midweek and mild days continuing. West Texas and New Mexico are partly cloudy with scattered light showers in mountains and eastern areas. Temperatures peak 85 to 95 degrees with recent readings around 86/63/80 and some precipitation of 0.36 inches reported.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Negro voters organize first southern precinct convention in Houston
In Houston on July 25 the Precinct 25 convention became the first such gathering organized by negroes in the South. E H Harrison led the meeting with 50 to 60 negro attendees. Miss Lottie Wallis, a white election judge, cast the precinct’s single vote at the county convention. The group, pro Roosevelt, demanded that electors at the Dallas state convention support the party’s national nominees.
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Houston
M. L. O. Andrews
Harris County
Democratic Executive Committee
E. H. Harrison
Third Ward
Andrews
Harrison
Lottie Wallis
Wallis
United Steelworkers of America
Roosevelt
Dallas
Goering Appointed Defense Council Chairman for Reich
Adolf Hitler named Hermann Goering to head the Council for Defense of the Reich and ordered total mobilization of Germany and occupied territories. Paul Goebbels became Reich commissar for total war. Himmler named commander in chief of the German Home Army amid a purge of military leadership.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Council For Defense of the Reich
Germany
Fropaganda
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Reich
Heinrich Himmler
Hitler
DNB
Goering
Goebbels
Himmler
Neu
Our Bombers Pound Base For Long Range Rockets
British heavy bombers hit a site believed connected with enemy long distance rockets. The air ministry said the target appeared linked to projected ten ton projectiles Germans claimed to threaten to fire across the Atlantic, a claim many experts discount.
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London
Air Ministry
Atlantic
Japs Explain Why Their Fleet Hides Near Home Waters
The Tokyo radio quoted naval commentator Masanori Ito saying Japan will not risk a naval clash until air superiority, fleet strength, follow up power, and geography favor victory. He warned the combined fleet is inferior in aircraft and may stay in home waters under land battery protection until the American fleet acts.
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Associated Press
United States
Marianas
Tokyo
Domei
Masanori Ito
Ito
Pan
Sixteen German Generals Call Officers to Break With Hitler
Sixteen captured German generals issued a joint appeal to officers still in action against the Allies to break with Adolf Hitler and refuse Nazi orders. They urge an immediate end to the war, arguing further German combat is hopeless and that resisting Hitler is fighting for Germany.
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Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Uitler
Hitler
Germany
Armies at Central Front Breached as Reds Advance
Moscow dispatch reports Red Army armor racing toward Warsaw from the east and south as German forces on the central front are declared virtually destroyed. Russian strikes push 60 miles west of Lwow and threaten Siedlce as Nazi broadcasts claim a great decision hinges on new reserves.
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Goering
Berlin
Warsaw
German Silesia
East Prussia
France
Italy
Moscow
Vistula
Siedlce
Lwow
Brest Litovysk
San River
Jaroslaw
Pryemysl
Sokolov
Fallen Lukow
Voelkischer Beobachter
Poland
Baltic
Admiral King predicts changes in Japanese war methods
Admiral Ernest J. King declared at a Washington news conference that Japan will continue the war with full power despite a cabinet change. He said the Tojo cabinet did not fall due to military discontent and anticipated changes in war methods under the new regime.
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King
Washington
Adm
Ernest J. King
Navy
Tojo
Argentina recalls Ambassador to U S after U S statements
The Argentine government announced it had recalled its ambassador to Washington Adrian Escobar. A communique said the move followed statements attributed to the U S secretary of state in dispatches from Washington that would impair Argentina's dignity if confirmed.
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Buenos Aires
Washington
Adrian Escobar
Argentina
United States
New Deal Faces Tests in South and West Primaries
In South Carolina Senate incument E D Smith vies with Gov. Glen D Johnston while rivals John M Daniel Augustus Merriman and Dr Carl Epps enter the race. Arkansas sees Hattie Caraway opposed by J W Fulbright and others. Negro voters report attempts to qualify under loyalty rules as Texas blacks vote in its primary. Dewey aides pledge Midwest focus. Truman shifts toward Washington. Fort Benning names Maj Gen Fred L Walker commandant.
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Associated Press
South Carolina
E. D. “Cotton Ed” Smith
Glen D. Johnston
John M. Daniel
Augustus S. Merriman
Sumter
Carl B. Epps
Arkansas
Senate
Hattie Caraway
J. W. Fulbright
U.S. House
Homer Adkins
T. H. Barton
el Dorado
J. Rosser
Venable
Little Rock
Harvey G. Combs
Democratic State Committee
Texas
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Henry Wallace
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