Warren Not a Vice Presidential Candidate, Feels Candidacy Possible
At Chicago convention, Gov. Warren signals he would decline a vice presidency if offered. Rumors swirl over a Dewey ticket as Dirksen and Hutcheson are discussed, with Luce considered for number two. Hoarse crowd reactions and speaker fatigue mark a lackluster event despite Warren’s possible presidential potential.
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Ilinois
William Hutcheson
Carpenters’ Union
Clare Luce
Warren
California
Casily
British Cut Caen Line Tank Battle Advances Near Caen
Allied forces drive from Tourville toward Caen in a major armored offensive across the Odon river, smashing German line defenses five miles southwest of Caen as tanks clash in open country. Cherbourg fighting continues with American mop up and air attacks on targets across the peninsula.
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Odon
Normandy
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Montgomery
Esquay
Orne
Associated Press
Roger Greene
Cambes
Tourville
Cap de la Hague
Cherbourg
Maupertus
Robert Stattler
Erwin Rommel
St. Manvieu
Juvigny
Omar N. Bradley
St. Sauveur-Endelin
A Statesman Might Have Avoided War
Chicago speech by Rep. Clare Boothe Luce at the party convention urges skillful American statesmanship to avert war in the 1930s. She criticizes Democratic governance, praises G I Joes, and calls for a President aligned with G I Joe's future, warning of repeated promises kept to ears but broken to hearts.
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New Deal
Chicago
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Mussolini
Hirohito
Young Jim
Republican Party
G. I. Jim
Allies Stage First 3 Way Shuttle Raid
Allied air forces conducted a three way shuttle raid from Britain to Russia to Italy via Berlin and the Galician oilfields. Fortresses and Mustang escorts completed the mission despite light opposition, with heavy bombers striking Paris and the Saar while RAF crews attacked northern France and flying bomb sites.
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Poland
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England
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Budapest
Brod
Yugoslavia
U S Raid Reported Against Guam And Rota Islands
American planes raided Japanese held Guam and Rota islands south of Saipan, Tokyo radio said. Unconfirmed reports put 60 to 100 American aircraft at Guam and about 60 at Rota, marking the third raid in four days as the navy appears to push toward expanding holdings in the Marianas group about 1,500 miles from Japan.
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Wilson Clerks and Scalers Refuse to Affiliate with CIO
Cedar Raunds News reports Wilson Clerks and Scalers at the Wilson and Company packing plant voted Wednesday against affiliating with the United Packing House Workers of America Local No. 3 in an NLRB supervised election by James M. Shields. Wholesale market employees voted unanimously for affiliation, while salaried clerks and sealers, and plant police and watchmen voted against.
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Wilson and Company
United Packing House Workers of America
James M. Shields
National Labor Relations Board
Plant Police and Watchmen
Allied loss toll tops 40 thousand in Normandy invasion
AP reports two week Normandy invasion casualties total 40 549 with 24 162 Americans killed wounded or missing. Breakdowns show US 3 082 killed 13 121 wounded 7 959 missing. British 1 842 killed 8 599 wounded 3 131 missing. Canadian 363 killed 1 359 wounded 1 093 missing. German prisoners exceed 32 000. Churchill notes British casualties over four years total 667 159.
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Brooklyn sergeant seeks retrial in milroy rape murder
Lincoln Neb. Attorneys for Joseph T. MacAvoy of Brooklyn New York, a former army sergeant condemned to die on Sept. 29 for the rape murder of 16 year old Anna Milroy, asked the Nebraska Supreme Court on Wednesday to grant a retrial.
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Joseph T. MacAvoy
Brooklyn
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Anna Milroy
Supreme Court
Wisconsin Voter Defies Dewey Support To Nominate MacArthur
Beloit farmer Grant A. Ritter, defying Wisconsin GOP pressure and threats, cast the lone vote for General Douglas MacArthur at the 1952 Republican convention. Ritter stood with three of Wisconsin’s 24 delegates initially backing MacArthur, while others switched to Dewey. Senator Arthur Vandenberg recounted Ritter’s stance and notes Ritter would not deliver a 30 minute MacArthur speech, honoring his constituents’ instructions.
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Dewey
New York
Grant A. Ritter
Beloit
Wis
Douglas MacArthur
Thomas E. Dewey
Ritter
Wisconsin G.O.P
Wisconsin
MacArthur
Stanley I. Johnson
John P. Koehler
Milwaukee
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Vandenberg
Vet Held as Slayer in California Murder Case
Marine Sgt. James Horn of Minneapolis, a Guadalcanal veteran, has been formally charged with the murder of his wife. Her battered body was found in their Bakersfield apartment bedroom on April 4.
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Bakersfield
Calif
James Horn
Minneapolis
Guadalcanal
On to Berlin is Red cry as Nazis fall in Russia
Soviet dispatches report a German rout in White Russia with four Red armies pressing west toward Minsk and Berlin. Encirclements at Bobruisk and Vitebsk pocket large German forces, while Mogilev faces heavy street fighting as the Red army advances beyond Minsk toward Warsaw and Berlin.
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Russia
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Ilya Ehrenburg
Berlin
White Russia
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Mogilev
Red Air Force
Warsaw
Vitebsk
Berezina
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Linn Bond Sale Now Going Good
Cedar Rapids reports the Linn bond sale progressing smoothly as investors engage with the offering. Officials say demand remains steady and proceeds will fund approved municipal projects.
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Linn county fifth war loan drive sets new daily sales
Linn county and city totals soar as George Hearn and B. T. Perrine report the largest single day sales since the drive began. County $8,037,491 and city $7,399,776, with Series E bonds surpassing the million dollar mark at $1,045,441. They credit big buyers for meeting quotas while urging individual buyers to continue.
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Linn County
George Hearn
B. T. Perrine
Hearn
Dewey accepts GOP nomination at Chicago convention
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey won the Republican presidential nomination at a rapid Chicago convention, with Gov. Bricker withdrawing and pledging support. Dewey prepared to deliver his acceptance speech at 9 p.m. Central Wartime, in Albany he had departed for Chicago with Mrs. Dewey and aides.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Chicago
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