Army Of 200 Volunteers To Scour City In Whirlwind Drive
Beadle County mobilizes 200 volunteers for a last push in the Fifth War Bond drive. A Friday night canvass in Huron will feature whistles and a sound truck from 4 to 9 pm as volunteers canvass assigned areas to press 100 percent signup. Despite lagging local results, state totals show progress though individuals lag. a bond premiere at the Huron theatre offers free admission with bond purchase on or after June 28.
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Dunbar
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Normandy
Fifth
Italy
Saipar
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South Dakota
State War Finance Committee
Huron Theatre
Red Army Opens Major Push Toward Pinsk and Brest Litovsk
Moscow reports a large new Red Army thrust toward Pinsk and Brest Litovsk with Cheriakhovsky advancing on Wilno and Bagramian moving into the Baltic region. Stormovik dive bombers hunted German strongpoints in the Pinsk marshes as Germans fought back near Wilno and Vileika Nesvizh.
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Red Army
Pinsk
Brest Litovsk
Ivan Cheriakhovsky
Wilno
Baltic Republics
Chernaikhovsky
Smorgonie
East Prussia
Mologeeano
Vileika- Nesvizh
Ivan Bagramian
Lithuania
Latvia
Kowel
Minsk
Moscow Radio
Monitor
London
Baranowicze
Reuters
Molodeczno
Gorin River
Hitler
Warsaw
Tokyo Radio Says Tinian And Guam Shelled By Yanks
New York July 6 The Tokyo radio reported that a U S force of cruisers shelled Tinian and Guam with two other Marianas islands Rota and Pagan attacked by American planes The broadcast recorded by the FCC called the Guam assault a combined operation with about 120 planes striking in morning and afternoon naval bombardment with high explosives
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New York
Tokyo Radio
United States
Tinian
Guam
Marianas
Rota
Pagan
Federal Communications Commission
Heavy Chinese resistance halts Japanese on Canton rail line
Chinese high command claims 6000 Japanese killed in ten days of fighting around Hengyang and along the Canton Hankow railway line. The communique notes the loss includes a high ranking officer and reports recapture of Lung Moon northeast of Canton. In northern Burma, Chindits occupy a village near Mogaung.
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Hunan
Kwang-tung
Hunan Province
Hengyang
Canton-Hankow
Kwangtung
Lungmoon
Canton
Burma
Mogaung
Jittery holdup ends with suspect fleeing Loop cigar store
Sol Kaplan, a clerk at Loop cigar store, reported a middle aged man entered, pointed two guns, demanded the cash box. Kaplan refused and the gunman, described as nervous, dropped the plan and fled the store.
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Chivagu
Sol Kaplan
Central Police
Loop Cigar Store
Kaplan
Allies Threaten Road To Florence as Fifth Army Halts
Indian troops of the Eighth Army reach Umbertide and threaten the main road to Florence west of Arezzo while German resistance stalls the Fifth Army's advance along the Italian west coast. Americans push along the coast near Castiglioncella and Monte Catini amid heavy fire. French forces widen gains on Highway 68 near Siena as RAF bombs Verona rail yards and Allied losses include ten bombers and three fighters.
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Eighth Army
Umbertide
Tiber Valley
Florence
Arezzo
Fifth Army
Ancona
Adriatic
Badia
San Sabino
Numana Castelfidardo
Numana
Colle di Val D’elsa
Volterra
Siena
Verona
Italy
France
Jewett Named To Campaign Committee for Dewey Campaign
New York July 6 Harvey Jewett Jr Aberdeen S and Mrs Chris Carlson Blue Earth Minn were named to an executive committee of 15 to direct the presidential campaign of Thomas E Dewey Their appointments were disclosed by Herbert Brownell Jr national chairman of the Republican party who said Ralph H Cake national committeeman from Oregon and former campaign manager for Wendell L Willkie will be a member also.
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New York
Harvey Jewett, Jr
Aberdeen
S, DB
Chris Carlson
Blue Earth
Minn
Thomas E. Dewey
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Republican Party
Ralph H. Cake
Oregon
Wendell L. Willkie
Civil Air Patrol To Meet Friday Night
Civil Air Patrol will hold a meeting in room 108 of the high school building at 7:30 Friday evening. New members are urged to turn in enlistment banks at the meeting and all who wish to join are asked to attend as important matters will be discussed.
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Civil Air Patrol
Yanks Slug Ahead On Normandy Front
Allied forces push forward in Normandy as Lt Gen. Bradley’s infantry capture La Haye Du Puits area and nearby towns, while French underground efforts widen liberated zones. British American units press through Caen sector, with 1,313 square miles freed since invasion, amid heavy German counteractions and ongoing air raids on London.
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Marias de Gorges
la Haye
Forest de Mont Castre
Supreme Command
Normandy
Caen
Carpiquet
Vercors
Department
Gers
Bordeaux
Toulouse
France
Department of
Doubs
Ain
Ardeche
Rhone Valley
Hitler’s Secret Weapon Robotic Bombers Threaten Britain
Associated Press report notes Adolf Hitler boasted of a new air weapon described as robot bombers. The piece suggests the winged death targets civilian populations to break morale, with emphasis on raids against London and other metropolitan areas as Allied air campaigns continue.
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Hitler
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Joe Ohee Matt
England
Don
Secrecma
Churchill
Ringling Circus Tent Fire Kills Several in Hartford
A Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus tent fire in Hartford on July 6 killed an undetermined number, including three performers. Early reports conflicted but later indicated multiple deaths as the big tent collapsed at 2:45 PM after the afternoon show. Eyewitnesses described chaos with people rushing to escape and reports of injured and barefoot attendees.
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Hartford
Conn
Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus
Big Top
Barbour Street
Sherr
Bloody Showdown Looms for Saipan Defenders
Allied predictions at Pearl Harbor foresee a decisive Saipan battle with brutal fighting as Japanese troops and civilians occupy caves and pillboxes on the northeastern island. Gen. MacArthur reports Kornasoren airfield captured at Noemfoor, enabling heavier attacks on the Philippines as paratroops aid the advance. Admiral Nimitz asserts rapid westward movement and lessons from Saipan will shape future assaults while casualties rise.
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Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Saipan
Philippines
Pacific
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Noemfoor
Dutch New Guinea
Geelvink Bay
Sixth Army
Noemfoer
Kornasoren
Nimitz
China Coast
Bombers Smash Germany France in Allied Daylight Assault
About 1,000 U S heavy bombers attacked northwest Germany and French air fields plus Pas de Calais bomb grounds while medium and light bombers hit rail lines toward the Cherbourg front. RAF bombed Channel coast robot platforms and Dijon rail center as Marauder and Havoc crews mounted 30 raids on rail lines St Malo Rennes St Hilaire Harcourt Fougeres Vitre Argentan Le Mans St Flers Fomfront La Chappelle Nogent Leroutrou amid bridge-destroyed zones south of the Seine and Loire.
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U. S
Germany
France
Pas-de-Calais
Cherbourg
RAF
Channel
Dijon
Paris
Normandy
Italy
England
Radio Berlin
Austria
Bijon
Minneaplis and St. Louis Railway Declares Dividend
Holders of 150000 shares of no par value stock are mailed checks for dividends of $2 per share by the reorganized Minneapolis and St. Louis railway. This is the first dividend since the road began operating December 1, 1943, the road announced Wednesday.
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Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
Reorganized Road
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