Democrats Put On A Show At The Convention In Chicago
Harry Boyd notes that Democratic delegates deliver a lively show with brisk debate and open press access. He says the caucuses are free and heated, contrasting with Republican closed sessions and predicting a Wallace vice presidential possibility. Texas delegation is serious, not foolish, shaping the southern revolt’s strong voice.
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Truman Nomination Hope Shifts to Truman as Wallace Fails
Roosevelt signals preference for Truman over Wallace as the Democratic convention session opens in Chicago. Wallace’s bid weakens after Byrnes resignation and Hannegan’s disclosure that Roosevelt would happily run with Truman to strengthen the ticket. Pepper urges open convention reforms amid party maneuvering and debate over vice presidential futures.
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Reds Launch New Push on Baltic Front
Roving fronts report Soviet advances across Latvia and Poland as Konev and Rokossovsky push from Lwow toward Brest Litovsk. Red armies break through at Ostrov and Bug river passages while Berlin radio notes gains near Sokal and Skomorokhi.
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Robot Attacks Hit New Peak In Britain
London and southern England faced the greatest 24 hour robot bomb attack since the weapon began June 15. Eisenhower's HQ saw the raid as an attempt to divert Allied airpower, which had bombarded German troops across the channel with a relentless air assault.
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Iowa Delegates In Uproar Over Ticket Situation
Iowa and other midwestern delegates protest at the Democratic national convention over ticket shortages. Chicago Mayor Edward J. Kelly backs the effort, claiming 23 000 tickets exist, but Iowa delegates report insufficient past boards for delegates, friends, and workers amid caucus turmoil.
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Iowans hold first caucus amid ticket shortage glare
At the Sherman hotel Iowa delegates heard President Roosevelt’s letter mildly back Vice president Wallace. crowd erupted as 151 tickets were announced for about 400 attendees. More urged one per person while Comfort’s re election loomed. Cedar County chair France denounced the ticket limit as a disgrace and urged county workers receive more access.
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Missing in France Pfc Harvey H Wehde Listed
Cedar Rapids soldier Pfc Harvey H Wehde 21 is missing in action in France since June 18 according to a War Department notice to his mother Mrs Tom Mullinex. He enlisted December 26 1942 trained at Camp Robinson Ark and Fort Sill Okla went overseas February 1944 and was stationed in England He previously lived in Cedar Rapids from 1941 worked at Wilsons and has four brothers and a sister listed.
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British Roar at Caen as Rommel’s Tank Counter-Attack Fails
Allied high command reports British forces burst from the Caen area and smashed the first German counter-attack by elite tank divisions. The advance pushed five miles southeast of Caen and widened the front to about 20 miles. American forces drove Germans from pockets north of St Lo as Bradley’s First Army cleared ruins and blocked snipers in the area.
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Massive Allied Air Assaults Hit German Rail Hubs and Plants
About 2,500 American heavy bombers and fighters from Britain and Italy attacked Munich area targets and southern Germany rail yards airfields and war plants. Fifteenth Air Force crews in Italy hit aircraft factories airdromes and an ordnance depot near Munich. RAF night raids targeted Berlin Cologne and French rail centers as heavy bombers pressed major transport junctions amid ongoing offensives.
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Italian Port Falls Poles Take Ancona
Allied news reports say Polish troops captured Ancona on the Adriatic as American forces seized Livorno in a wide flanking move. The fall of Ancona and Livorno dealt a major blow to German defenses along the Gothic line and opened the Arno valley push toward Pisa and Florence.
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U S Submarines Sink Jap Vessels in New Blow
American submarines have sunk two small warships and twelve supply vessels in another strike on Japanese sea communications. Navy department communiqué lists losses as one destroyer, one escort, one naval auxiliary, and eleven cargo ships.
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Brockman Resigns as Linn County Deputy Auditor
Vernon Brockman of Marion resigns as Linn county deputy auditor effective July 15. A write in candidate for county auditor in the Republican primary with a June 30 county convention bid, Brockman has served since January 1942, mainly on taxation work. He previously ran a Marion produce business and retains an interest in it. County Auditor Otto Hanzlik had not named a successor by Tuesday.
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Index Marquis Childs Comics Courthouse Deaths
Newspaper index page fragment lists Marquis Childs comics courthouse deaths and various columns. Mentions David Lawrence Marion Drew Pearson Walter Winchell and features on sports state and women’s topics. Scattered readable items indicate multiple column briefs and radio notes without full articles.
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