Dewey Warren Talk Fails To Spark Chicago GOP Convention
As the Republican national convention lumbers along in Chicago the expected keynote seems distant. Rumors swirl about Dewey Warren tickets and labor endorsements while reporters fill the press gallery in stifling heat. Observers recall 1932 and note no Will Rogers presence this year as comedy voices such as Olsen and Johnson loom as potential fillers.
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Plank Snubs Willkie and 15 State Leaders At RNC
Chicago AP report on the Republican platform committee backing a foreign policy plank advocating international cooperation and peace forces while promising postwar military strength. The panel rejected Willkie and 15 governors’ protests that the language was unclear, amid Dewey forward motion and vice presidential rumors as delegates tally the numbers for nomination.
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Railroads Strained by Washouts Across Iowa Lines
Cloud burst disrupted rail service in Jones and Cedar counties causing bridges to wash out and mail to be delayed from Chicago. Trains on Rock Island Milwaukee and North Western rerouted via alternative lines with several key bridges out near Wilton Junction Stanwood Clarence Moscow and Cedar Rapids. The City of Denver missed Cedar Rapids stop and mail trains arrived late, while Aircrew members waited in Greene Square for dispatch.
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Flood Waters Ravage Lowden Farms and Homes
A flash flood after a heavy rain inundated the Gus Licht farm two farms west of Lowden destroying 60 hogs and 500 chickens. The Henry Burmeister farm southeast of Lowden was covered while cattle were moved to stockyards. Homes in various parts of Lowden flooded and families evacuated by boat. damage mainly to basements and furniture.
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Red forces breach Orsha as Soviet blitz closes in
Red forces captured Orsha while massive air and ground operations blasted German positions across a 100 mile bulge. Soviet fronts under Cherniakhovsky Rokossovsky and Bagramian push toward Minsk, with troops in the outskirts of Orsha and Mogilev as civilians flee liberated areas.
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Nazi General Surrenders Cherbourg Fortress in Allied push
Lt Gen Carl Wilhelm von Schlieben commander of Cherbourg fortress surrenders after American assault forces trap him and Admiral Walther Hennecke. German troops in the area continue fighting in isolated groups as surrender spreads. A lone German lieutenant delivered the top leaders to the Allies amid ongoing resistance at the Cherbourg arsenal.
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Two-Way Air Blitz Resumed Over Europe
Allied heavy bombers from Britain and the Mediterranean resumed two-way bombing of Europe targeting northern France industrial sites in the Budapest area and Brod railway yards in Yugoslavia. German robots bombed southern England with some different types. Gottingen works hit by Mosquitoes. heavy losses on both sides with 44 Allied planes and 55 German aircraft destroyed.
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Eddy in Command of Ninth Division
Supreme headquarters announced that the American Ninth division, praised for its actions in the Cherbourg peninsula, is commanded by General Manton S. Eddy, who previously led the unit in North Africa and Sicily.
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Warren Maps G O P Jobs Peace Goals
Gov Earl Warren of California delivers a keynote at the Republican national convention pledging faster victory in battle, better jobs for Americans, and lasting peace through world cooperation. He assails the Roosevelt administration, denounces the New Deal, and urges unity under indispensable principles as delegates prepare to nominate Gov Thomas E Dewey.
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Fall of Cherbourg Ends Second Phase of Liberation
Allied forces cap Cherbourg after house to house fighting as 9,400 prisoners are taken. German losses exceed 70,000 since D Day. Montgomery advances toward Caen while British push disrupt German defenses along the Cherbourg peninsula and Cap la Hague.
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