Red Armies encircle German positions in White Russia
Soviet communique reports massive Red Army advances in White Russia as Vitebsk and Zhlobin fall and encirclement tightens on three major German pockets. More than 1,700 towns liberated as Cherbourg defenders resist. German casualties and escapes noted amid a widening 250 mile front.
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London
Vitebsk
Zhlobin
White Russia
Zhiobin
Beshenkovichi
Rogachev
Berlin
Italy
Balkans
Obol
Polotsk
Chereva
Orsha
Pishchalovo
Mogilev
Snipers Harass American Forces in Normandy Fields
Ernie Pyle describes wholesale sniping in Normandy with snipers in trees, hedges, and wreckage. He notes the deadly risk in each advance, the tactical challenge of clearing positions, and a sense of eerie danger in a landscape of thick hedges and flooded grass. Captain Ralph L. Haga, a Prospect Virginia pastor, becomes the first American chaplain to land on French soil.
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Normandy
Twouac
France
Dion
Pacific
Guadalcanal
Ralph L. Haga
Prospect
Bassett
Automobile License Extension Announced in West Virginia
Charleston announces a 10 day extension to July 10 for 1943 44 automobile license stickers. The road commission plans to ask adjoining states to extend until most plates can be sent to applicants. With less than 59 percent of applications received, officials caution future mail volume may exceed capacity to issue plates by July 1.
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Charleston
W. Va
Road Commission
Don McClaugherty
McClaugherty
Everee Lifer Nabbed In Florida
Ocala Florida June 26 Police Sgt. P L McGhee announced the arrest of Ralph Eddy alias Charles Boyd a life term escapee from West Virginia who had been working in Ocala as an oil truck driver Eddy was sentenced to life from Jackson county West Virginia on November 13 1933 for murder he allegedly escaped from a camp and McGhee said Eddy was detained for West Virginia and extradition would be waived
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Ocala
Fla
P. L. McGhee
Ralph Eddy
Charles Boyd
West Virginia
Eddy
Jackson County
W. Va
McGhee
Mcthee
Yanks Hammer Into Capital of Saipan
U S Pacific Fleet reports American ground forces scaled Mount Tapotchau on Saipan dominating the capital Garapan and seizing Magiciennese anchorage. Carrier planes bombed Aora and Guam. nine enemy planes were shot down. No American losses listed.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Mt. Tapotchau
Saipan Island
Marianas
Garapan
Japan
Philippines
China
Adm
Chester
W. Nimitz
Guam
Rota Islands
Saipan
United States
Nimitz
Tapotchau
Ard Handleman
Aora
Orote Peninsula
Rota
Allies Reach Near Siena and Florence in Italian Campaign
American and French units pressed toward Florence within 15 miles of Siena and 45 miles from Florence after capturing Piombino on the west coast. Nazi resistance remained spotty near Lake Trasimeno as forces crossed toward Livorno and Siena, with French troops advancing through rugged terrain southeast of Siena near Rocca d’Orcia.
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Rome
Siena
Florence
Piombino
France
Eighth Army
Lake Trasimeno
Rome-Pisa
Livorno
Leghorn
Italy
Rocca D'Or
Yesteray
Germans Put Up Death Struggle From Cherbourg Fight
Allied forces faced stubborn German resistance as Cherbourg neared capture. Don Whitehead filed a Cherbourg dispatch describing bayonet and grenade fighting in the arsenal area and smoke filled streets as the port neared clearance for a major Allied offensive.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
S&s
Cherbourg
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Cap de la Hague
Godenet
NBC
W. W. Chagtin
Retailers Rally for Fifth War Loan Drive in Bluefield
Bluefield retailers including 700 to 800 clerks assemble on Bland Street in front of the municipal building for a pep program and sales push to meet Mercer County’s $982 000 E bond quota. City officials and local leaders outline goals as clerks await citations for quotas met and firms earning special awards.
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Eee
Bluefield
Bland Street
Retailers of America
Keil D. Alderson
Mercer County War Finance Committee
Mercer County
Clyde J. Stephens
City Hall
William C. Snyder
C. V. Cook
College Avenue Baptist Church
Mittee
Fliers Stranded In Grand Canyon Rescue Underway
Three Army airmen parachuted from a B 24 bomber over the Grand Canyon after engine trouble. They landed along canyon walls and were fed and cared for by search planes. Rangers expected two days or longer to reach them across the turbulent Colorado River.
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Any & Canyon
Grand Canyon National Park
Colorado River
Tonopah
Tucson
Ariz
Kingman
Willkie Opposes Foreign Plank at Republican Convention
Wendell L. Willkie challenged the proposed foreign policy plank, arguing it risks a world state and lacks commitment to armed forces. Senators Taft and White backed debate, governors and others urged simpler language, while Willkie’s stance faced strong pushback from convention leaders.
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Chicago
Wendell L. Willkie
New York
Willkie
United States
Mignt
Warren Austin
Vernont
Wallace White
Maine
White
Wilkie
Raymond E Baldwin
Connecticut
Welter Edge
New Jersey
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Platform Committee
GOP
Baldwin
Warren vows Republican path to victory and peace at Chicago
Governor Earl Warren declares the Republicans triumphant and ready to guide the nation to enduring peace and prosperity. He slams the Roosevelt era bureaucracy while urging a postwar order benefiting business, labor, farmers, and city dwellers, with three out of four Americans under Republican state governments.
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Chicago
Earl Warren
California
Republican Party
Warren
Deweller
America
Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
White House
GOP Convention Opens in Chicago Dispatch on Dewey Nomination
Delegates gathered in Chicago as Dewey seeks the 1944 nomination. Warren delivers a keynote endorsing wartime victory and broad unity while Willkie advocates stronger international action via a united nations council. Warren hints at possible vice presidential consideration amid a broad, principled rallying cry.
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Willkie
United Nations Council
Warren
Dewey
Nome
Corn Belt
Griswold
Owen Caudill Listed Wounded In Action
Mrs. T. H. Dickerson of Hiawatha was informed by the war department that her son Pfc. Owen Caudill was seriously wounded in action on May 29 in July. Caudill entered service March 9, 1943, trained at Camp Walters Texas, shipped overseas October 1943, and had been on the Anzio front for the past four months.
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T. H. Dickerson
Hiawatha
War Department
Pfc
Owen Caudill
Caudill
Camp Walters
Texas
Anzio
Tornado Toll Rises as West Virginia Stricken Communes Rally
In Clarksburg and Shinnston the toll stood at 108 with 200 injured as relief efforts began. Gov Neely considers emergency aid from state funds while Red Cross seeks federal help for hundreds homeless. Searchers recovered child and adult victims from the West Fork river as guardsmen stay on duty amid rebuilding and funerals.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
West Virginia
Shinnston
Neely
Charleston
Red Cross
Lola King
Neil Eckard
West Fork River
Loretta Sharp
Ora O'Connor
Lucas Mill
John Cavallier
Blaine Carder, Jr
Mannin
Thomas
Tucker County
Morgantown
Grafton
Convention At A Glance
Yesterday the convention formed a temporary organization and heard Gov. Earl Warren in a keynote address as Dewey momentum for the first ballot nomination grew. Farm subcommittee proposals on crop control and a wide range of platform planks dominated the session. Today platform and committees report as Booth Luce’s representative attends the night session.
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Earl Warren
California
Chicago
Gov. Warren
Boothe Luce
GOP Convention Broadcast Schedule Details May Include Speakers
The record outlines a GOP convention broadcast timetable with sessions at 1:00 PM and 10:00 PM Eastern Time. Notable figures listed include Rep. J W. Martin Jr and Herbert Metter with Clare Booth Luce as speakers, plus Young Republican leaders and Mary Margaret McBride.
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All Mear — Aeron
J W. Martin, Jr
Platform
Herbert Metter
Clare Booth
Luc
CBS
YDS
Din
Young Repub
Lican Eotens
NBC
Mary Margaret McBride
Destroyer Escort Fechteler Lost in Mediterranean Combat
The destroyer escort Fechteler was lost in combat in the Mediterranean last month. The navy announced that casualties had occurred and that next of kin had been notified.
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Washington
Fechteler
Mediterranean
Navy
Child Committed To State Hospital After Sanity Hearing
Billy Kovall eight of Welch was committed to Weston State Hospital after a sanity hearing. He was accused of inflicting a slight knife wound on Jean Kelly seven of Wilcoe while she walked on a Welch street. The girl was treated at the hospital overnight.
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Billy Kovall
Welch
Weston State Hospital
McDowell County
Russell R. Paynter
Billy
Jean Kelly
Wilcoe
Welch Street
Carl Kelly
Allied Attacks Batter Mogaung in Burma Operations
Southeast Asia Command reports heavy Allied bombardment and ground assaults on Mogaung and nearby bases in North Burma. Chinese forces threaten the town’s southern half while Chindits push from the east. Myitkyina comes under attack from the north as Chinese split the defense.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Mogaung
Burma
W. D. A. Lentaigne
Lord —_ Mountbatten
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Everee Lifer
Florida
Yanks Hammer
Montgomery
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Grand Canyon
Mackinac Island
C. Wayland Brooks
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Ted Thei i Trtese
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