Roosevelt and Truman at the 1944 Democratic Convention
Roosevelt distanced the convention from dictating the ticket while bosses pressed for Truman as vice president. Wallace faced defeat amid CIO support debates, with reaction from Hillman and Reuther. The crowd lingered through party tributes as wartime realities faded from focus.
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Hicago
Roosevelt
Wallace
Harry Truman
Truman
United States
Pendergast
CIO
Sidney Hillman
Walter Reuther
Auto Workers
Russians Capture Baltic Points as 30 German Divisions Targeted
Soviet First Baltic Army drives into Lithuania to trap German divisions along the Baltic coast. Panevezys falls within 85 miles of Riga as Stalin calls it a key stronghold. Chelm and Oleszyce are seized near Lwow and Przemysl, while Soviets approach Warsaw and East Prussia.
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London
Ivan C. Bagramian
Lithuania
Panevezys
Riga
Baltic Sea
Josef Stalin
East Prussia
Siauliai
Estonia
Latvia
Chelm
Lublin
German Silesia
Poland
Stalin
Finland
Moscow
Russia
Pskov
Warsaw
Suchawa
Bug River
Brest Litovsk
Oleszyce
Lwo
Skopiskis
Bagramian
Daugavpils
Memel
Germany
Sunday Index Section I Late Newt Rationing at a Glance
A compact index page fragment lists sections and column references including Rationing at a Glance, Facts and Opinions, and bylines for William Shirer and Drew Pearson. The readable text outlines the structure of SECTION 1 for the Sunday issue.
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Newt
William Shirer
Drew Pearson
Jap Attacks Repulsed on Isle of Guam
AP reports American forces repulsed two Japanese counterattacks on Guam and secured key positions around Port Apra. Northern and southern beachheads held. Mt Alifan and a five mile road between Pitt town and Agana were secured. Third Marine Division and 77th Infantry led operations with bombardments aiding progress.
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Pearl Harbor
Guam
Port Apra
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Mt. Alifan
Agat Town
Pitt Town
Agana
Cabras Island
Third Marine Division
First
Provisional Marine Brigade
Army
77Th Infantry Division
Orote Peninsula
Bangi Point
Lemuel *C. Shepherd, Jr
la ‘Jolla
Calif
Provisional Marine
Allen H. Turnage
Widewater
Third Marines
A.D. Bruce
Temple
Texas
77Th Division
Solomons
Evans F. Carlson
Merritt Edson
Harry Liversedge
Fire on Enemy Ships Off Dover Straits
Coast artillery along the south coast fired about 30 rounds at enemy shipping in the Dover straits from 11 30 p m to midnight. No results were observed.
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London
Dover Straits
Navy expands navy manpower to meet Pacific pace
Secretary Forrestal announced the U S Navy will grow by 383000 personnel to 3406000 by July 1945 to match the accelerating Pacific operations. He warned the war with Japan is not near end and stressed no change in marine corps or coast guard strength.
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Washington
U. S. Navy
Japan
James Forrestal
Pacific
Forrestal
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Marines
Europe
Selective Service
Creamery Butter Soars to 16 Points a Pound in Ration
Washington AP. Price Administrator Chester Bowles raised the creamery butter ration value to 16 points per pound from 12, effective 12:01 a.m. Sunday. civilian purchases with red stamps exceed July allocations by as much as 20 percent, while dairy production falls 10.5 percent due to dry weather and labor shortages. Butter may be sold at 12 points until midnight in all time zones.
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Washington (Ap
Chester Bowles
War Food Administration
OPA
Armed Services
WFA
Allies Make Good Gains In Normandy Front
Allied forces after repulsing German counter-attacks struck out in two sectors and gained ground in Normandy across Caen and St Lo areas. Canadians cut a German salient near Caen reclaiming Maltot and Eterville, while Americans near Seves formed a spearhead close to the Carentan-Periers road. German losses included at least 14 tanks as battles raged along a 100 mile front amid heavy mud from two days of rain.
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Allied Supreme Hdq
Normandy
Caen
St. Lo
Orme
Btavaux
Eterville
Maltot
Periers
Seves
Carentan-Periers
Associated Press Corresmep
Roger D. Greene
Watch Battle Action as Nazi Morale Gauge
Washington observers kept a cool view of possible German homefront strife while focusing on battlefield moves in the coming weeks as the main war gauge. They linked Von Rundstedt’s reported death and a failed Hitler assassination to a dual morale campaign and potential uprisings at Kiel and Stettin, with mass German surrender secrecy masking the true state of war.
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Wovernment
Washington
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Berlin
Kiel
Stettin
Gestapo
Gerd von Rundstedt
Hitler
Normandy
Italy
Siberia
von Rundstedt
Junkers
Rayburn Leads Texas Primary Battleground Race
In Texas Democratic primaries Rayburn and Sumners moved ahead as partial returns trickled in. With 15,000 votes in Rayburn’s fourth district he led Morris 2,000. Sumners surpassed Wilson briefly with 1,943 to 1,628, while Mansfield topped Sulak and others as incumbents held early leads in several contests.
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Dallas
Sam Rayburn
Hatton Sumners
Texas
Rayburn
G. C. Morris
Greenville
George Balch
Commerce
Sumners
J. Frank Wilson
Wilson
Cyclone Davis, Jr
Joe Mansfield
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
L.J. Sulak
LaGrange
George Barron
Yoakum
Maj
Ben Faber
Eagle Lake
Charles L. Krueger
Bellville
Capt
John, E. Lyler
Corpus Christ
Richard Kleberg
SS Troopers Ordered to Block Revolt
London reports say Nazi authorities claim to have quelled a generals peace putsch while mutinies spread among 12 to 17 million foreign workers. Berlin denies changes as fighting continues in eight German Austrian cities. Martial law declared at Königsberg. guards mobilize in East Prussia with prisoners armed by Russian airlift.
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London
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Reichs Army
Countries
Moscow
Konigsberg
East Prussia
OWI
Stockholm
Aftontidningen
Masurian Lakes
Heart Pierced by Glass Boy Runs 50 Yards and Dies
MANLIUS New York 9 year old Gerald Mann died after a glass splinter pierced his heart when he fell through a neighbor’s garage window. He ran about 50 yards to his home and died in his mother’s arms. coroner Dr H Ernest Galt confirmed the wound went completely through the heart.
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Manlius
N. Y
Gerald Mann
H. Ernest Galt
Cedar Rapids War Casualty Totals Reportedly Updated
In Linn county outside Cedar Rapids the latest tally shows 46 casualties including 11 killed in action, 1 killed in training, 11 missing in action, and 6 prisoners. The report lists regional totals for Linn county and notes ongoing casualties.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
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