Dewey Gonsferm With Party and Labor Leaders
Governor Dewey toured Pittsburgh and met 41 labor leaders while promises to place a union member in the cabinet drew praise. West Virginia's Hallanan and Pennsylvania officials predicted Dewey-Bricker support from coal miners and African Americans as the campaign launches. Dewey urged labor a cabinet post and foreign trade flow both ways, while noting wartime gains and the need for governmental progress.
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Beclares
West Virginia
Dewey- Bricker
Dewey
Pittsburgh
Omas E. Dewey
America
Pennsylvania
Republican National
Walter Hallanan
Edward Martin
Ama Ba Eynee
Dewey-Bricker
New York
Springfield
Ill
St. Louis
American Federation of Labor Unions
CIO
United the Workers
Thomas Mallon
Direcor
AFL
Philadelphia
Allies Hold Position Outside Florence Amid Heavy Fighting
Allied communique reports German counterattacks near Florence with heavy fighting and losses. New Zealand forces push up a ridge southwest of the city while American units hold the Arno south bank as the Germans resist near Pisa and Florence.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Florence
Great Art Center
Hitler
Lynn Freinzerling
Associated Press
New Zealand
Pisa
Arno
Warsaw siege broad arc of advance hits east of city
Allied and Soviet forces push toward Warsaw from a broad siege arc eight to thirteen miles east of the capital, seizing Jelgava as Kaunas falls and forcing German troops toward Praga and East Prussia. Moscow reports 500 towns captured and a widening front across Lithuania and Latvia.
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London
Goed
Warsaw
Poland
East Prusia
Jelgava
Latvia
Berlin
Praga
East Ban
Kaunas
Moscow
Wolomin
Otwock
Radzymin
Stalin
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
East Prussia
Axis Caoneres
Germany
Mariampole
Sestokal
Suwalki Triangle
Fast Prussia
Sejpy
Suwalki
German East Prussia
Kopiec
Jaziewo
Augustow
West Ae
Fallen Staly
Jalgava
Estonia
Baltic
East Ta
Rep Flow Faces Stiff Opposition In N Y 29th Primary
The Associated Press reports Republican Rep Hamilton Fish faces strong opposition in New York's 29th district renomination with Dewey and Willkie opposing him over racial and religious issues. Missouri races include Senator Bennett Clark and Missouri Attorney General Roy McKittrick campaigning amid Roosevelt critiques as Democratic renomination fights unfold. Primary voting also occurs in Kansas Virginia Tennessee Connecticut South Carolina and Alabama causes.
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Thomas E. Dewey
GOP
Wendell L. Willkie
Hamilton Fish
New York
Dewey
Fish
Willkie
Maxwell Anderson
Anderson
Republican National
Kansas
Virginia
Tennessee
Connecticut
Kentucky
South Carolina
Chicago
Roosevelt
Alabama
Clare Lanes
J. Kenneth Bradley
Republican State Central Committee
Raylene Baldwin
Bradley
Baldwin
Japanese Smash Into Hengyang In bloody Chinese defense
Chinese communique reports heavy fighting as Japanese forces smash into Hengyang after five weeks of brutal combat. Both sides suffer severe casualties while relief efforts and air support by Claire Chennault’s wing attempt to break the ring.
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Chungking
Hengyang
Canton
Hankow
Kwangtung Province
China
Claire L. Chennault
Sen — Tant To
West Virginia Reports Six Polio Cases Statewide
Six infantile paralysis cases were reported in West Virginia last week with three in Princeton prompting a ban on public gatherings for children under 16. One case each occurred in Kanawha Lewis and Monongalia counties and a Kanawha child died near Mammoth. The health department said 22 cases in 1944 and a Wednesday conference aims to set up a statewide barrier against the disease as officials warn the peak may come in late September.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Princeton
John Yost
Kanawha
Lewis
Monongalia
Mammoth
State Health Department
Department
J. E. Offner
Health Department
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
Nota
Germans Fire Rocket Planes Against Allies Across Europe
The U S air force disclosed that Nazis began using rocket propelled planes in combat. Heavy bombers and escorts faced weak resistance as they crossed over targets in Europe. Parallel strikes from British and Italian bases hit Munich, Ludwigsburg, Bucharest and Ploesti oil facilities in a major climax to a month of heavy action.
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London
U. S
Ooo
Munich
Ludwigsmanian
Bucharest
Ploesti
Germany
Senators urged reconversion bills to pace postwar plan
Washington July 31 Members of the senate military committee were ordered to return at once to Washington to work out reconversion demobilization and surplus property disposal measures. Senate leaders said the postwar legislation is urgent and may require a three day pause for final action.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Senate
Barkley
Congress
Reynais
N. C
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Military Affairs Committee
House
Vandenberg
R. Mich
Senate Republicans
Ceiling Prices On Coal Are Revised
The Office of Price Administration announced a revision of ceiling prices for bituminous coal by truck from mines in producing district No. 7, covering southern West Virginia and part of Virginia, effective Act 5. The main change adjusts ceilings for one size group to ensure more adequate supply of larger lump coal, with truck and locomotive fuel ceilings made specific rather than calculated from previous minimums.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
West Virginia
Virginia
OPA
Navy expands rocket projectile program and munitions
The Navy announced a major expansion of its rocket projectile program doubling ammunition procurement to about 200 million dollars monthly as rockets are needed for planes and ships. Production schedules for bombardment ammunition have surged over 3 000 percent and the service has fired over 41 000 tons of shells at Axis coast fortifications.
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Washington
Navy
Americans Leapfrog Landing Seizes Avranchesin New Guinea
Allied forces under General MacArthur stormed the Vogelkop coast in New Guinea capturing Sansapor and the Amsterdam and Middelburg islands after a night landing. The operation marked the final phase of the New Guinea campaign with light resistance and heavy air and sea support.
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New Guinea
Vogelkop Peninsula
Allied
Douglas MacArthur
Oe Juggernaut
Sorong
Dutch New Guinea
Sansapor
Amsterdam
Middelburg
Manokwari
Seventh Fleet
du Oy
Halmahera Sea
Turks Reported Near Axis Break in War Drift
European broadcasts warned of Turkey possibly breaking with the axis or declaring war on Germany. Von Papen warned Saracoglu that action under British pressure would limit Turkey’s freedom. London radio noted diplomats ready to depart Ankara and Parliament set for talks amid a cabinet crisis in Hungary.
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Associated Press
Turkey
Germany
Sukru Saracoglu
von Papen
Saracoglu
London Radio
Churchill
House of Commons
NBC
Ankara
Turkish National Assembly
Republican Party
Three Prisoners Escape from Oakvale Road Camp
Reports to Bluefield police say three inmates from Oakvale Prison Camp No. 82 escaped yesterday. Orville Holcomb and Richard Lambert fled yesterday morning, Goodman Abe Abraham escaped in the afternoon. Holcomb is 22, 5’10” 151 pounds with brown eyes and dark hair. Lambert is 22, 5’8.5” 161 pounds with blue eyes. Abraham is 41, 5’9” 150 pounds with black hair.
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Oakvale
Bluefield
Orville Catyeen Holcomb
Richard Lambert
Goodman
Abe” Abraham
Holcomb
Lambert
Private Massie Wounded, Becomes Overseas Returnee
Mrs. Mattie Massie of Cumberland Road reports her son Pvt Cain Nick Massie is wounded in overseas service. The Beaver High School graduate has been overseas for several months and is listed as wounded.
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Mattie Massie
Cumberland Road
Pvt. Cain
Nick Massie
Massie
Beaver High School
Supreme Court Hears Arguments on School Board Ballot
The Supreme Court heard challenges to a West Virginia election law as Andrew B. Thomas Jr seeks to place his name on the Kanawha County nonpartisan school board ballot. Arguments center on district member limits and potential eliminations affecting nomination outcomes.
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Supreme Court
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Andrew 8. Thomas, Jr
Kanawha
Thomas
Sixth Judicial Circuit
Duncan W. Daugherty
Lucian W. Blankenship
Huntington
Blankenship
Lincoln County Court
Cabell
Lincoln
Mam
Binkenship
Daugherty
Catalogue Lists Red Tape Supply in Rome Georgia
A partial catalog page from the treasury department procure ment division in Rome Georgia outlines property and supplies. Lt. Col. M. A. Cooper reviews the first page, noting items and central procurement language.
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Rome
M. A. Cooper
Treasury Department
Americans Breakout From Normandy Reach Avranches in Fast Drive
Allied forces report a rapid American advance from the Normandy coastline sweeping to Avranches and driving deep into Brittany. The push covers about 16 to 18 miles in a day with significant gains, capturing Avranches and threatening western Brittany while German pockets hold near St Denis le Gast and Coutances.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Normandy
Avranches
France
Lee River
Brittany
Brest
Paris
Lessay
Granville
St. Denis-le-Gast
Coutances
Preme
Percy
Tessy-Sur-Vire
Gavray
Caumont
Distillers Move to Restore Hard Liquor Supply in August
Washington July 31 Distillers plan a midnight start to restore the nation’s hard liquor supply ending 22 months of wartime production. Of 129 beverage distillers 121 will switch to beverage liquor during August, with 11 plants allocating half their output to beverage. Estimated August output reaches 40 million gallons, enough for a normal year’s retail sale, releasing warehouse stocks.
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Ashington
War Production Board
WPB
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Herbert Brownell, Jr
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Dispatch Tonight
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CBS
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