Rain and Mud Slow Drive In Normandy News
Rain and mud slowed Allied offensives in Normandy as British Canadian and American forces pressed forward around Caen and St Martin De Fontenay. Despite weather and flooded rivers, troops advanced in several sectors while air operations faced restrictions.
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Wes Gallagher
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
St. Martin de Fontenay
Caen
Paris
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Periers
St. Martin
St. Andre-Sur-Orne
Orne
Erwin Rommel
Montgomery
Italy
Germany
Hal Hoyle
Troarn
Livorno harassed as Fifth Army probes Arno front
Allied reports say German guns shell Livorno while Fifth Army patrols advance north of the Arno. Poles cross the Esino river and move toward Montemarciano, as Italians push from Iesi and Ada encirclements near Citta di Castello.
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Pisa
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Esino
Adriatic
Montemarciano
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Iesi
Eighth Army
Citta di Castello
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Ricasoli
Florence
Certaldo
Pace
Hitler’s assassination plot reveals growing Nazi revolt
The attempted assassination signals a dangerous rebellion against Hitler’s regime with Himmler granted life and death powers. Goering and others appeal to loyalty as Hitler claims the coup aimed to pave the way for Germany’s surrender. A German general cites Eastern theater failures as key motive. Continued on Page Eight.
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Gestapo
Himmler
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Fuehrer
Germany
Edmund Hofmeister
Berchtesgaden
Baltic Front Reports Drive German Withdrawals
Moscow dispatches say explosions were heard at the Lwow rail center as demolition prep for retreat possible. Russians report being within five miles of the old Polish city by last midnight amid the Baltic front actions.
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London
Moscow
Lwow
Soviet Forces Reach Key Junctions in Lithuania and Advance Toward Warsaw
Soviet troops crossed the trans Lithuanian railway and seized Skopishki five miles west of Daugavpils as they push toward Warsaw from the Baltic front. They report the Nazi garrison at Lwow doomed with early signs of encirclement near Brody to the northeast.
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Tne
Lithuania
Poland
Warsaw
Lwow
Skopishki
Daugavpils
Dvinsk
Riga
Memel
Red Army
Bug River
Doroshev
Brody
Lions Horse Show to Award Prize Ribbons at Benson Field
The Lions Tennessee Valley Horse Show will present prize ribbons to winners in 12 classes to benefit sight conservation. Ribbons donated by Morgan County officials come in red, white, pink, and yellow and are on display at Sherrow's store. The show also features a 56 page souvenir program, the largest printed in Alabama, listing classes sponsors riders horses owners and addresses. A Lions food booth will also be available and reservations are encouraged.
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Benson Field
Wll
Beverly Hodges
Lillian Houser
Bonnie Park
Jerry Wallace
Frances West
Virginia’ Gilliam
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Sherrow
Morgan County
Alabama
Lions
Island Take by Nipponese Under Attack
U S Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor reports Marines and Army troops stormed ashore on Guam on July 20 establishing beachheads amid heavy bombardment. Nimitz notes extensive aerial and naval support with fighting ongoing inland after the Saipan victory. Guam, largest Marianas island, lies 130 miles from Saipan and within reach of Tokyo air power.
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Charles H. McMurtry
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
United States
Guam
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Saipan
Nimitz
Guam Island
U. S
Fifth Fleet
Marianas
Japan
Tokyo
Philippines
Pacific
Apra
7Th Army
Southern Democrats Rally Against Roosevelt Rift
Texas and Dixie delegates rebuffed at the 1940 Democratic Convention plan a dissident meeting in Dallas rooms of ex Governor Mike Connor. E B Germany leading the bolt tailing bureau CRITICISM of C I O PAC and Communists in Texas politics. Dixie delegates target Wallace with Byrd gaining 90 votes as Southerners seek next moves in the party split.
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Dave Cheavens
Tex Easley
Chicago
Ipfexas
E. B. Germany
Dallas
Mike Connor
Mississippi
Texas
Democrats of
Democratic Party of
C. C. Renfro
Dixie
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Roosevelt
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
Bankhead Nominated For Vice Presidency At Democratic Convention
Senator John H. Bankhead of Alabama is placed in nomination by Senator Lister Hill as the first vice presidential candidate as states begin roll call at CHICAGO STADIUM. Hill hails Bankhead as champion of farmers and wartime economy. Senator Burnet Maybank says South Carolina's 18 votes will back Governor J M Broughton of North Carolina on the first ballot and favor someone other than Wallace thereafter.
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Chicago Stadium
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
Lister -Hill-of
Bankhead
Hill
Chicago
Burnet R. Maybank
South Carolina
J. M. Broughton
North Carolina
Wallace
Henry Wallace Wins 20 New York Votes At Democratic Convention
Henry A Wallace captured about 20 of New York's 96 votes in Chicago while the bulk of the Empire State’s support went to Senator Harry S Truman for the Democratic vice presidential nomination.
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Chicago Stadium
Henry A Wallace
New York
Empire State
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Mississippi Votes for Bankhead on First Ballot
Mississippi chose to cast its 20 votes for Alabama Senator John Bankhead on the first ballot, rather than Louisiana former Governor Sam Jones who requested his name not be presented.
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Bankhead
Chicago
Mississippi
Alabama
John Bankhead
Sam Jones
Louisiana
Roosevelt Nomination Rally In New York Deluge Delegates
Delegates crowded a stadium for the climactic session where Roosevelt was nominated and accepted by radio. The New York caucus showed strength for Truman ally Edward Flynn while Massachusetts split votes between Wallace and Truman. Ohio also favored Roosevelt in a prior delegation split.
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Roosevelt
New York
Edward J. Flynn
Truman
Missourian
Fifth War Loan Nearing Morgan County Quota
Morgan County aims to complete the fifth war loan with a final push to cover a $19,662.50 E-bond shortage before Saturday night. The series E quota is $551,000 with $531,337.50 invested so far.
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Morgan County
Photographers Snap Pictures of Captured Nazi General
ERNIE PYLE recalls at the Ninth Division post as Maj. Gen. Man ton Eddy arranges to photograph the captured General Carl Wilhelm von Schlieben. Von Schlieben frowns at the camera while Eddy explains democracy limits his authority. The piece also notes rabbits in Normandy bivouac areas.
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Ernie Pyle
Normandy
Iby
Carl Wilhelm von Schlieben
Ninth Division
Manton S. Eddy
Eddy
von Schlieben
General Eddy
Nee
Inter Reter
Pvt
William Bates Wescott
Culver City
Cal
Wescott
German divisions revolt in East Prussia amid Hitler purge
London reports two German divisions revolted in East Prussia amid a purge of generals following Hitler’s alleged assassination attempt. Col. Gen. Ludwig Beck is said to be dead and several conspirators reportedly executed. a bomb plot near Hitler is cited as the outbreak’s trigger.
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Associated Press
London
East Prussia
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Berlin
Ludwig Beck
Hitler
Sweden
Beck
Fuehrer
Loyalty urged by Von Kluge in German radio order
German radio reports Field Marshal Guenther Von Kluge extols absolute loyalty to Hitler in a West Front order. He denounces a plot against the Fuehrer, promises calm at home, and pledges unwavering resolve to defeat the enemy. Von Kluge also notes recent leadership changes with Karl Von Senger.
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Guenther von Kluge
Hitler
Berlin
Hone Sas
Jaly
Fuehrer
Germany
von Kluge
Karl von Sungeet
Est
Beck and Rundstedt Removed Amid Berlin Propaganda Push
Deputy Press Chief Sunderman claimed proof of a link with an enemy power as Berlin broadcasts asserted Beck was ousted in November 1938 for disagreeing with Hitler on plans to seize Austria and Czecho Slovakia. Von Rundstedt also lost command, while Stockholm and other neutral reporters faced Berlin cutoffs leaving Western coverage constrained.
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Berlin
Hitler
Fuehrer
Austria
Czecho-Slovakia
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
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Europe
Stockholm
Germany
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