Germans Facing Major Defeat on French Soil
Allied forces report decisive advances in Normandy with American spearheads driving toward Brittany and Caen. British troops breach center of German defenses north of Villers-Bocage while Dempsey’s 2nd Army pushes 12 miles from Caumont, threatening to encircle forces and collapse the German Atlantic wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladwon Hill
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Solaly
Caumont
Brittany
Nooge
Atlantic Wall
Villers-Bocage
le Heny-Bocage
Vire
Dempsey
2Nd
Associated Press
Roger Greene
Erwin Rommel
Caen
le Beny4
Repilal
Greene
Estry
Tilly la Campagne
Paris
Sene Nor
Loire
Vallers-Bocage
Homme Woods
Save Your Yin Causes
Readers are urged to consider the effects of Yin energy in daily practice as part of a broader wellness column continuing on page five. The note invites engagement and reflection on balance, harmony, and personal health.
Wartime Swine Drive Aims to Boost Pork Production
The War Time Swine Industrial Council announced a nationwide drive to raise next season’s pork output and cut feed waste by removing scrub breeding stock. Centered on four breeding stock selection points, the program will be implemented through county agents farm organizations extension departments veterinarians and swine producers groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Mulnes
War Time Swine Industrial Council
Paper delivery service offers help for missed papers
The Norparell maintenance service runs its business office until 7 p.m on weekdays and until 1 p.m on Sundays to handle complaints about non delivery. If you do not receive your paper within a reasonable time call 4061 before 7 p.m on weekdays or 2 p.m on Sundays and every effort will be made to deliver your paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norparell Mainteing
More Beef and Pork to Be Put Back on the Rationing List
Washington reports that beef and pork will return to rationing with pork loins and hams put back on the list while B grade steaks may remain point valued. Agencies WFA and OPA coordinated to keep point values on top grades and permit utility cuts ration free to curb price disruption and point surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Fred MM. Vinson
Yanks Complete Tinian Conquest
Allied advances in the Pacific report Tinian conquered after nine days of fighting. Guam’s defenses collapsed as American forces expanded across New Guinea’s Vogelkop peninsula and pushed toward airfields and ports. Continued air and sea pressure targeted Japanese shipping off Halmahera, with MacArthur’s forces advancing toward the Philippines. In China, Hengyang and rail-linked fronts faced stiff urban combat as Japanese and Chinese forces traded control amid bombing sorties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Hrueger
Associated Press
Tinian Island
Guam
Tokyo
Marianas
Rota
Tinian
Adm
Chester Nimitz
Organized Resist Ence
Agana
New Guinea
Vogelkop Peninsula
Aitape-Wewak
Sansapor
Pacific
Hengyang
China
Hongkong
Hankow-Canton
Tokyo Radio
Koshiro Oikawa
Naval General Staff
Shigerara Shimada
Tojo
Sas
Full Car Clubs Urged for Supplemental Gasoline
MOLINE The Office of Price Administration urges all applicants for supplemental gasoline for home to work driving to form full car clubs, especially white collar workers. Robert M Harper district director said the War Price and Rationing Board will refuse starting Aug 1 to issue full supplemental rations to automobile owners who have not formed a full car club. The move aims to conserve auto mobility and gasoline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
OPA
Robert M. Harper
Misteie
Harper
Turkey Breaks Relations With Hitler's Govt
Turkey severed diplomatic and economic ties with Germany in a move urged by Britain and supported by the United States. Premier Sukru Saracoglu announced the break, effective at midnight, saying Turkey would not join the war unless Germany acted first. Berlin and Ankara broadcasts confirmed the action, which threatens German prestige and disrupts Axis lines in the Balkans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Turkey
Germany
Berlin
Hitler
Balkan
Melsinki
Finland
Carl Guntaf Mannerheim
Risto Ryti
Sukru Saracoglu
National Assembly
Britain
United States
Saracoglu
Axis
Ankara
Mannerheim
Ryti
Brotherhood In
Buureau
Fians
Ik Wag
Middle East
Rerina
Tax Estimates Revised Upward By The Assocated Press
Budget director Harold D. Smith forecast the 1944 45 fiscal year will see total expenditures near 398 404000000 with war spending about 88900000000 and net receipts around 45663000000. He warned the war in Europe could end by summer but Japan would continue and urged the pay as you go system while noting a higher direct tax take and revised federal finances amid wartime uncertainty.
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National
Karl B. Bauman
Washington
Harold D. Smith
Europe
United States
Smith
Congress
Billian Smith
Japan
Alot 15 Million for Loans to Farmers
The War Food Administration announced a $15,000,000 allocation among states and territories for tenant farm purchase loans. The Farm Security Administration will issue the loans under the Jones Bankhead act, aiming to start about 2,700 tenant families on the path to ownership. Texas receives $1,282,895. state-by-state totals follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Food Administration
Texas Fed
Farm Security Administration
Jones-Bankhead
WEA
Colorado
Ilinois
Town
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Soviets Close Baltic Trap On German Armies
Soviet forces push from Tukums to the Baltic coast near the Gulf of Finland trapping two German armies in Latvia and Estonia. Bagramian’s 1st Baltic Army drives to the coast while air cover threatens the sea escape as Berlin’s forces face encirclement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Baltic Sea
Riga
Gulf of Finland
Tukums
Ivan C. Bagramian
1St Baltic Army
Hitler
Latvia
Estonia
Baltic
East Prussia
Baltic States
Bagramian
Leipaja
Germany
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Warsaw
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Kaunas
London
CBS
Cherniakhovsky
East Prussian
Eydtkuhnen
Antigne
Franke
Tard
Churchill Tells of Allied Gains In World War II
London reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill praising Allied strides after D Day and Tehran promises noting the Soviet armies joining the eastern battle. He foresaw stronger British fleet, a shortened interval to defeat Japan, and cautioned on extended Nazi rocket threat while urging evacuation and wartime duty shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Hawkins
London
Churchill
House of Commons
Normandy
Stalin
Teheran
Britain
Asiatic
Welles
Hitler
Japan
United States
France
Dwight DG
Eisenhower
Commons
French
Calais
Bal Joona
Dieterich Fights Dismissal From State AAA Committee
Dieterich challenges his removal from the state agricultural adjustment administration committee. He calls the charges against him flimsy and says the public is laughing at the attempts to justify his dismissal. He notes the first reason cited was need for new blood and the second that his health was poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ls Mulnel
Cp—H
Dieterich
State Agricultural Adjustment Administration Committee
Smiths
Leroy K. Smith
North Central Region
AAA
Guy Smith
Fish Victor Victor Clark Trailing In GOP Primaries
Rep. Hamilton Fish wins renomination in New York 28th district over Dewey opposition. In Kansas, Clyde Reed secures Republican renomination with 62,282 votes to 41,885 for Carl Friend. Missouri’s Roy McKittrick leads Clark in Democratic race as absentee ballots may decide. Dewey arrives in St. Louis for governor conferences amid a governors’ meeting routine and Bricker repudiates Gerald L. K. Smith’s ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hamilton Fish
Congress
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Kansas
U. S
Clyde IM. Reed
Parsons
Reed
Carl E. Friend
Lawrence Lumber
Iman
Bennett Clark
Missouri
Roy McKittrick
Clark
McKittrick
Forrest Donnell
Dewey
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Republican Congressional Committee
Halleck
Willkie
Philadelphia
Dewey-Bricker
Fish
Congressional Committee
Gov
Donnell
United States
Bennett Champ Clark
Om Roy McKittrick
Middle Western
Gov, Dewey
Gov. Bricker
Missouri Republican Committee
Smith
Bricker
Gerald L. K. Smith
America First Party
Springfield
Vice Presse den
Missouria
Missouri State Guard
Race Riots Force Martial Law Plea in Philadelphia
Philadelphia residents urged Mayor Bernard Samuel to declare martial law as 6000 Philadelphia Transportation Co workers walked out over hiring of eight Negro trolley operators. Police and federal officials mobilized thousands of officers to curb looting and violence amid widespread disruption to buses, trolleys, and subways. Dozens were injured. liquor sales halted. navy and army transportation impacts noted. The stalemate left taxis, private cars, and walking as the only transport options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Citizens Committee
Bernard Samuel
Philadelphia Transportation Company
Washington
War Labor Board
Navy
Army
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Fort Dix
N. 3
CIO Transport Workers Union
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Villedieu
Percy
Rota Island
Drd
Niemen River
Prussia
Red
U. S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Jocali
Polame
St. Louis
Victor
Soldier Ballets
A. M. Piper
Nonpstef
Depot
Statler
St. Peter's
Vatican City
Santa Monica Convent
Feild
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