British Air Armadas Strike Railways Across Occupied France
Allied air forces pound rail lines and fuel plants in France as Mosquitos hit Ruhr fuel facilities. RAF Lancasters and Halifaxes target Villeneuve Saint Georges and Orleans outskirts near Paris while missions extend to the Ruhr and rocket sites. Night raids result in losses for both sides amid a record sequence of attacks across Europe.
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Normandy
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Germany
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Paris
Orleans
Channel
Purteen
A Tactical
Georgia Renominates Sen Walter F George With Large Majority
Georgia Democrats renominated U S Senator Walter F George along with several congressmen in a low key campaign. George led 95 842 votes to 13 683 for John W Goolsby, carrying every county reporting and yielding at least 222 unit votes of 410. Other incumbents Ramspeck Vinson and several others were renominated without opposition as local races concluded.
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Senate Finance Committee
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E. B. Cox
CIO
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George
Washington
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Ga. George
Senate
Goolsby
Associated Press
Robert Ramspeck
House
Carl Vinson
Naval Affairs
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Camp
Tarver
Brown
Frank Wheichel
World War II Update Near Du Puits and Minsk
World Today reports U S troops advancing toward Du Puits near the rail hub as Eisenhower visits England. German claims at Minsk say they fought forward. British bombers target troop concentrations in France while the Eighth Army nears Florence with daylight strikes planned.
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France
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Florence
County Draft Boards May Be Consolidated
Consolidation of Houston County's three Selective Service boards is under discussion with State headquarters. Local comment was unavailable. Approval from State and National offices is expected, with similar consolidations in three other Alabama counties. Each board would keep its identity while sharing one office and staff.
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Selective Service
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Alabama
Anime
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British Eighth Near Arezzo. U S Forces Reach Rosignano
Allied reports say Eighth Army closed to within five miles of Arezzo on the road to Florence as American units pushed to the outskirts of Rosignano, less than 13 miles from Livorno. German resistance remained, with heavy artillery on nearby hills and reserves moving into position. American artillery knocked out two Tiger tanks and two German field guns. tanks destroyed 15 vehicles.
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Eighth Army
Arezzo
Florence
Italy
Rosignano
Livorno
Demeter
Artllery
Rimini
Piero Tivorno
Plane Crash Fatal To Napier Officer
Lieutenant John Stanley Powell twenty, student officer at Napier Field, was killed yesterday in a P40 crash one mile south of Midland City. Son of Mrs. Anna H. Powell of Birmingham, he attended Birmingham Southern and Auburn, earned his wings May 23, 1944, and was on routine transition flight when the accident occurred. A board of Army Air Force officers investigates the cause.
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Napier Field
Midland City
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Anna H. Powell
Seventh Place West
Birmingham
Birmingham Southern
Auburn
Namer Field
Army Air Force
American Warships Shell Japanese Bases On Saipan And Chichi Jima
American forces blasted Japanese bases along the Bonin Volcano chain and at Saipan and Chichi Jima on the Fourth of July. U S Pacific Fleet reports heavy carrier airpower destroyed ships and aircraft while Marines and soldiers push inland on Saipan and Noemfoor. The Tokyo radio claimed ongoing operations and a shift in Japanese defense as U S forces press toward Nippon.
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Garapan
Tanapag
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Palau
Wole
Caralines
E Bond Quota For Houston Not Yet Met
Houston County misses the E bond quota in the Filma War Loan drive by about $35,000 while the overall quota is exceeded by roughly $50,000. County War Finance Committee chair Pat Poyner says pledges exist and hope to complete purchases by closing day Saturday. The county’s E bond target was $454,000 with an initial county goal of $2,209,000, and the drive aims to reach the E quota before ending.
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Houston County
Pat Poyntr
County War Finance Committee
Poyner
Houston
Secretary Announces 17 New Jap Sinkings
Navy Secretary Forrestal reported 17 Japanese vessels sunk by American submarines in Pacific waters. He said the merchant fleet losses would accelerate and Japan’s deficits grow, while cautioning that main battles lie ahead and land actions will likely come. The total sunk or damaged by subs reached 79 ships across all types.
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Navy
Forrestal
Pacific
Japan
French City Falls To U S Infantrymen
Allied forces push through La Haye Du Puits as More than 58 French settlements liberated in the first month of invasion. Omar N Bradleys troops advance along the front two miles near the town and seize the railway station despite German counterattacks with infantry and tanks including Tiger tanks.
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la Haye du Puits
France
Normandy Battlefront
Supreme Headquarters
la Haye du Fuite
Omar N. Bradley
Return Of Wallace Expected To Shed Political Lights
Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York declined the job again and party leaders reportedly offered it to a prominent House member. The Democratic National Committee expects to announce the new chairman before week’s end and appoint four subcommittees to meet in Chicago.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Associated Press
Robert F. Wagner
New York
House
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
C C Brown Succumbs At Dothan Hospital
Oliver C Brown 97 of 505 Headland avenue died in a Dothan hospital after a short illness. Funeral services will be held at the residence tomorrow with two ministers officiating. A native of Ganesville Georgia he moved to Dothan in 1907 and was a partner in Southeastern Construction Company of Ozark. Surviving are his wife Elizabeth Brown his mother Mrs H O Brown of Pothanarian Georgia two brothers in Atlanta and Dothan two aunts and three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Johnson Wilkerson Funeral Home to arrange.
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Dothan
Norman B McLeod
Clement Ritter
Gainestile
How Brown
Axis Forces Evacuate Polish City To Shorten Front
London AP dispatch reports German command announcing the evacuation of the Polish city of Kowel and surrounding salient to shorten the front amid a powerful Muscovite drive. German forces retreat from the contested area as World War II operations unfold in the region.
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Warsaw
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Soviet and German fronts shift as battles advance Warsaw area
AP dispatch reports Germany fighting to hold ground as Soviet forces push near Wilno and advance toward Poland's borders. Moscow claims capture of Polotek and 900 other places while Finnish and Narva Bay actions indicate broader Baltic clashes.
Unrest Reported Across Central American Republics
A dispatch from El Salvador via Prensa Libre reports Honduras and Nicaragua facing unrest with resignations possible. Gen Tiburcio Carias Andino of Honduras and Anastasio Somoza Debayle of Nicaragua are referenced as having or preparing to resign, amid broader regional instability and prior Guatemalan upheaval.
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Auras
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Niesragia
Neh
Guatemala
Jorge Uhien
Hitler Urges German Courage in War Production Speech
Adolf Hitler, in his first speech since the Allied invasion, told war production chiefs that enormous courage and nerve are needed to endure lies and hardship. He said Germany must not capitulate, praising soldiers and engineers and urging victory. Speer announced higher armament output despite Allied air attacks.
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Hengyang Defenders Hold Line Against Mustard Gas Attack
Chinese defenders of Hengyang repulsed a major Japanese assault amid gas and artillery fire. They said parts of the Canton Hankow railway remain in enemy hands as Japanese forces pushed south toward Lungmoun and encroached near Myitkyina. Chinese communiques reported heavy enemy casualties and ongoing efforts to connect with Sitwell’s forces in Northern Burma while detailing progress toward Tengthung and Lungling.
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Kiel Canal Blockaded By Bombers In World War II
The Kiel Canal was blocked for about ten days by a Mosquito squadron attack that disrupted traffic between the Baltic and North seas. The British air ministry estimated over 1.8 million metric tons of overseas cargo and about half that coal and wine cargo hindered by the action.
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Nazi High Officer Captured By Reds
Russians announce the capture of Lt Gen Von Luetzow commander of the 3th German Army Corps near Bobruisk. A group of German officers conducted mopping up operations behind the lines as Soviet forces push east of Revsien in France and Ruane.
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