Dewey gains edge as Pennsylvania backs GOP bid
The Pennsylvania delegation votes to support Gov Thomas E Dewey for the Republican nomination, boosting pledged and claimed delegates to 535. Other states follow caucus patterns as Dewey aims for a first-ballot victory at the national convention.
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Penna
Illinois
Douglas B. Cornell
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Thomas E Dewey
Dewey
Edward Martin
New York
Kansas
Missouri
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Chio
Bricker
Colorado
Massachusetts
Connecticut
California
Willkie Skips GOP Convention Says He Will Remain Flexible
New York June 25 Wendell Willkie the 1940 Republican presidential nominee said he had no plans to attend the GOP national convention and would reveal his future course after the ticket is set. He stated he wants to remain flexible and is undecided about his plans for the 1944 campaign.
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New York
Wendell Willkie
Republican nations convention opening day program
Opening day schedule for the Republican national convention includes call to order at 4 15 p m by Marrieon E Spangler from the national committee. Welcome by Gov Dwight H Green of Illinois. Call for convention by Harold W Mason of Vermont. Temporary roll call, election of temporary officers, committees named, recess until 1 13 p m, resume with temporary chairman Gov Earl Warren of California. Keynote to follow, miscellaneous business, session to resume Tuesday at 10 25 p m.
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Cal
Marrieoa £. Spangler
National Committee
Dwight H. Green
Upon
Harold W. Mason
Vermont
Secretary of the Nations
Spangler
Gev. Earl. Warren
Californis
Tai Keyneta
Seerameent
Mrs Farley Considers Fourth Term at Republican Meet
Mrs. James A. Farley, wife of the former Democratic chairman and postmaster general, arrived in Chicago to observe the Republican national convention. She said she would vote for Roosevelt if he seeks a fourth term, otherwise she may not vote, and she opposed a fourth term if the Democrats nominate someone else. Farley noted he would not participate and is reportedly in Mexican business.
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Jim Farley
Chicago
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Farley
Ghe
Exid
Mexicoston
Roosevelta
Edge Fights Over Weasel Plank In New Jersey GOP
CHICAGO June 23 A threat by Governor Walter Edge of New Jersey to the Republican platform draft outlined a clash over a peace forces plank. Edge urged support for force to maintain peace, criticizing ambiguous language. Delegates debated whether to include a protective tax provision for farms and the St. Lawrence Seaway endorsement, with page 3 column 2 reference.
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N. J
Insis
Chicago
Walter
Edge
New
Jer“wey
Republican Resolutions —Committee
New Jersey
GOP
St. Lawrence Seaway
Four More War Bonds Go on Sale Today
A new phase of the Fourth War Loan drive begins today as subscription books open for four additional marketable issues. State War Finance Chairman A C Spurr says next reports will show state sales of all issues, not just S bonds, with West Virginia aiming for a record $81 million.
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A. C. Spurr
West Virginia
Treasury
Negro College Fund Passes Half Million in Campaign
In New York on June 25 the United Negro College Fund surpassed a half million dollars in collections and pledges from its first nation wide drive. National treasurer Winthrop W Aldrich announced several contributions including a sizable donation from the 12th division of Negro troops stationed at Fort Huachuca Arizona. The fund supports 27 colleges and universities in the program.
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New York
United Negro College Fund
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
Debris Yields More Victims Of Freak Gale
West Virginia towns reel from a powerful tornado that left a 102 dead toll, with 400 injured and Shinnston hardest hit. Rescue crews search wrecked valleys as governors, Red Cross and state forces mobilize for recovery and rehabilitation efforts.
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Charles Armentreut
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Red Cross
Shinnston
Fairmont
Shirmston
West
Virginia
CIO Reports 45.3 Percent Rise in Living Costs
The CIO and United Automobile Workers leaders say total cost of living rose 45.3 percent from January 1941 to March 1944, with food up 21.0 percent, clothing 7.68 percent, house furnishings 6.35 percent, rent 1.8 percent, fuel 4.8 percent, and miscellaneous costs 8 percent. They urge the War Labor Board to abandon the wage yardstick and note BLS index undercounts.
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Washington
CIO
War Labor Board
Philip Murray
J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers—oro
Risa
Bureau of Labor Tistics
WLB
Little Steel
Murray
Thomas
Wesley C. Mitchell
Mitchell Group
Murray-Thomas
Encirclement Push at Vitebsk Captures 16,000 Germans
Soviet forces ring Vitebsk trapping about 45,000 enemy troops as major drives advance toward Mogilev and Bobruisk. Stalin announces new offensives, with fighting spreading along a wide front in White Russia. German casualties exceeds 16,000 killed and 800 captured. retreating in panic as Soviets surge westward.
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Russia
London
Vitebsk
Warrieon
Moscow
Red Army
Berlin
Stalin
Mogilev
Bobruisk
Ostrov
France
Italy
Dvina
Fourth Land
Dniepr
Bomb hits Hitler offices in daylight raid over Berlin
U S Army Air Forces daylight raid on Berlin damages the chancellery and surrounding government buildings. A high explosive bomb scored a direct hit on the northern wing around 10 30 am. The blast set fires across Voss Strasse and damaged 35 industrial plants four rail stations three marshalling yards and many government structures. Photographs show the attack as the greatest daylight blow on Berlin yet.
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Pierre Hoee
Reed
U. S. Air Force
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Voss Strasse
Hitler
Marmor
Vienna
Rome
Paris
Sign Posts Permitted Again in British Isles
London reports the British government eased wartime limits on place name signs across the United Kingdom. Unlit signs with lettering up to six inches high may be displayed, and the change does not affect blackout rules. Road signs are already being erected in parts of the country.
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London
United Kingdom
Senate Unit Urges U S Swap Planes for Bases
A Senate war contracts sub committee urged postwar trading of surplus military aircraft for landing rights and other needs from nations. It warned against wholesale airline route extensions and tramp air cargo, favoring Civil Aeronautics Board oversight to match planes with strategic goals and national security.
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Washington
Senate
Military Committee
Civil Aeronautica Board
Mare
Japanese push nears Hengyang in China battle
Japanese forces drive toward Hengyang piercing outer defenses as Chinese commanders warn the city could fall and disrupt Allied plans for a base of attack on Japan. The front stretches along the Canton Hankow railway with heavy fighting reported near Leichiahth and the Mi River while American air forces support operations in Hunan and Changsha areas.
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Canton
Hankow
Kangyang
Ningsiang
Changsha
Peiping
China
Saipan
Kwangtung
Kunming
Kwangtung i
Leichiahth
Mi River
14Th Air Force
Hunan
Allies Reach Italian Coastline Near Pisa in June Offensive
American army units advancing along Italy’s coast report driving back German tank and artillery along the near coast. Forces have occupied the coastal route between Livorno and Pisa area as German resistance stiffens. Dispatches indicate Germany plans to abandon preparations as Allied line closes in.
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Italy
Follenica
Ammshad
Pisa
Livorno
Leghorn
Adriatic
Pisa-Himini
Maxus Sunday
Fallonica
6000 Expected to Win Commissions in Battle
Washington June 25 The War Department estimated the day that 6000 men would be given battlefield promotions as commissioned officers during the next 12 months The commissioning of men in the field without waiting for the long and complicated process of promotion through regular channels was made possible in July 1943 when commanders of active theaters were granted authority to appoint as second lieutenants warrant officers and enlisted men who there demonstrated their fitness for appointment in actual combat
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Washington
War Department
Jap Sellers of Opium Falk Victim to Curse
Dispatches from Washington in June report hints that portions of the Japanese army may have fallen victim to opium curse and widespread addiction in China and other invaded countries. Competent reports indicate an army unit's exposure to narcotics and the problem growing within Nippon’s forces.
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Falk
Washington
Tokyo
China
Nippon
Nimitz Puts Jap Plane Toll 747
Nimitz reports the Saipan invasion encounters in which 3151 American airmen claimed extensive enemy losses. Japanese planes, ships, and carriers sustained heavy damage as U S ground forces pressed northward against strong opposition amid battles on June 18 and surrounding actions. One light carrier and several cruisers were damaged. 109 Japanese planes were shot down, setting a theater record for planes downed in a single engagement.
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Pearl Harbor
Jime
Saiphajaland
Nimitz
Saipan
Tor. Jardanas
Naval
Guam
45 Tons Rip Yap Yanks Raid Widely
Advanced Allied Headquarters in New Guinea reports 45 tons of bamita dropped on Yap island as MacArthur bombers hit 15 Japanese targets in wide raids. Several parked planes destroyed. June 28 raid followed a June 27 land attack that damaged or destroyed 22 grounded planes. Bombers also hit Woleai Truk and Palau. mopping up operations on Biska island killed 345 Japanese. Mitchell bombers damaged a 1500 ton freighter, and Bostons damaged a 1000 ton vessel in nearby seas.
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New Guinea
Yap Island
Marianas
Douglas. MacArthur
Yap
Woleai
Truk
Palau
Caroline ‘Islands
Bisk Island
Schouten
Dutch New Guinea
Mitchell
Banda’ Sea
MacCluer’ Gulf
311 Killed as Storm Bursts Indo Tea Estate Buildings
Reuters dispatch cites Assam based Karimpur tea estate in southern Sylhet as the scene of a deadly collapse after torrential rain. Report notes 311 dead and 90 injured as two buildings fell, amid heavy monsoon activity. Date field indicates June.
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Indi
London
Shilling
Assam
India
Karimpur Tea Estate
Sylhet
Allies Close to Seizing Cherbourg Port in Strength
Supreme Headquarters reports Cherbourg harbor robust, with outer deep water basin spanning nine miles and two wide channels. Germans may block the inlet, but Allied capture should enable heavy unloading within 40 hours and full supplies within 10 days. Quay France and large basins offer staging for hundreds of ships once secured.
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Aleost
Associated’ Press
Ben Whitehead
Greaka Naxis
Gubr ™ Ballad ‘ci
Usaran
Whitehead
Cherbourg
Normandy
Cretah Hitler
Kenry Pelmse
Fort du Roule
Clerbourg
Marxi
Roe Tient
Aruerieen Amasull
Phitler
Nea
Lnat
Cher
Bourg
Berlin
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Great Deep Water Basin
Inser
Elena Turk’ le
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