Chinese Picture Darkens As Japs Circle Hengyang
CHENGEKING July 14 The Japanese encircled Hengyang again on July 10 three days after the Chinese broke the siege and still surround the city A Japanese advance now controls the Canton Hankow railway from Hengyang to Laiyang 32 miles south Their field HQ moved from Changsha to Hengshan 25 miles northeast of Hengyang U S Airfields Lost The Tokyo broadcast via AP says the Japanese air force began using Changsha and Hengyang airfields forcing U S Air Forces to withdraw to distant fields On Yunnan front the Chinese near Tengchung with U S 14th Air Force support Captured several strongpoints along the Burma road west of the Salween and besieging others Liuchow civilians ordered evacuated by military authorities though Liuchow is over 200 miles from nearby Japanese troops.
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Salween River
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Kwangtang
Roosevelt Jr dies at Normandy front in heart attack
General Theodore Roosevelt Jr dies of a heart attack among American troops in Normandy. He had refused rest after a renewed front tour and will be buried with full honors in an American cemetery. His son Quentin attends, and the Fourth Division band will salute. Roosevelt, a veteran of two world wars, landed on D Day and led from the front with multiple decorations including three Purple Hearts.
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Omar N. Bradley
First Army
Joseph Lawton Collins
Cherbourg
Seventh Corps
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Henry T. Gorrell
Pearl Harbor
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France
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Sicily
Sardinia
Corsica
Italy
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Eleanor Alexander Roosevelt
Theodore II
Cornelius van Schaack
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William McMillan
Baltimore
London Bomb Attacks Dwindle at Night in July
London reports its fourth straight bomb raid night with fewer bombs during darkness though flying bombs still fall in southern counties. Allies press launches and stronger coastal fighter patrols, while fear grows of possible new weapons. Since the start of the vengeance raids, 3,600 bombs killed about one person each and displaced thousands with extensive damage. Royal forces see limited military effect despite high casualties last month totaling 1,935 killed or relieved, 5,908 injured and hospitals strained.
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Bombings in Jerusalem Kill Police Constable and Injure Others
A Palestine constable was killed and several wounded in a gun battle after bombs exploded in a four story building in central Jerusalem. About a dozen assailants used tommyguns and explosives, then fled after exchanges with police. Also reported: former U S senator Wan Little Bristow died at 33 after a weeklong illness in Fairfax Virginia.
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Hitler Threatens Destruction of Europe in Speech
War analyst DeWitt Mackenzie reports Hitler vows to turn Europe into a maelstrom of destruction to force Allied terms, broadcasting from German military radio. The piece questions whether the threat will intimidate the United Nations or backfire.
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Russians Drive Deep Into Baltic Front As Germans Retreat
Moscow reports the Red Army advances from Wilno toward Kaunas and Riga, with Pinsk evacuated as German lines crumble. Soviet forces close on major railways while Baltic Army groups press toward Daugavpils and Iga. Finns warned of possible German collapse as air superiority aids the push.
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Body of Sioux Falls Youth Found in River
The body of John William Guen ther, 21, a grocery clerk, was found in the Sioux River today near where his wallet and personal effects were discovered last Wednesday. Police said Guenther left a note addressed to a girl.
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Canned Meat Prices Cut Under OPA Plan
The Office of Price Administration announced a reduction of about 20 percent in the cost of canned meat products effective August 4. The regulation lowers retail prices by a percentage markup over raw meat values, benefitting consumers nationwide.
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Nisei Troops Break German Lines Near Livorno Italy
In Italy, the 442nd regimental combat team of Japanese American soldiers led a drive east of Livorno, taking Pastina and advancing toward San Luce. French troops on the right wing pushed northward toward Empoli, while British forces seized heights in the upper Tiber valley. Indian units near Ecole dei Orcs repelled counterattacks as Ancona remains seven to eight miles away. Allied air forces struck Trieste Brescia Verona and other targets with 1 800 sorties reported.
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Parachute Escape Of Civilian Flight Engineer From B 29
Oklahoma City July 14 Joseph E Claymore 38 a civilian flight engineer on routine high altitude flight was accidentally thrown from a B 29 Super fortress he parachuted to safety after a long fall to sub stratosphere He recalled instructions for high altitude parachuting and pulled ripcord only after reaching breathable air He landed in a field was treated for minor cuts and lacerations at Enid army air field hospital and hoped to return home to his wife vacationing in California and a hungry bird dog
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Fall of St Lo Near Nazi Retreat Advancing Across Cherbourg
Allied forces report rapid advances from St Lo to the sea with an orderly German withdrawal. American units push three miles on the Cherbourg peninsula and close on Lessay and St Germain sur Ay, while carving forward along roads from La Haye du Puits to Lessay and engulfing villages south of Carentan. The drive continues on a broad front as First Army presses toward Le Hommet and Les Champs d’Losque. See The War page.
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U S Bombers Hit Budapest Refineries in Hungary
Up to 800 American heavy bombers attacked Budapest railway yards and four Hungarian refineries including Fanto Shell Kodaz and Hungary Petroleum properties with a total capacity of 358,000 tons. Liberators targeted Petfardo works and Ferencvaros yards as Nazi fighters engaged. losses included seven Ninth Air Force fighters.
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Willkie Expected to Support Dewey for Ticket
Rep. Charles A Halleck said after a two hour talk with Governor Thomas E Dewey that Wendell L Willkie, who nominated the Republican ticket four years ago, would likely back the Dewey slate for the presidency but had not spoken with him directly.
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Youth Center Club 400 Delayed Opening
Huron delays formal opening of Club 400, the new Officers of Youth Center, Inc. youth facility, until early next week while wallpaper matching and interior work proceed. Rules include no smoking, no alcohol, and members to act like ladies and gentlemen. memberships cost 33 cents monthly or 2 dollars per quarter, with a front door registry. Donations fund furnishings, including two pianos and three round tables with chairs, and an electric hot plate is being sought.
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Desperate Nip attack smashed at New Guinea front
Allied forces repelled a Japanese assault near Aitape in New Guinea as 45 000 enemy troops attempted to break the Allied ring. The fierce ground battle involved By-Passed 18th Army remnants and heavy artillery and air bombardment, with uncertain casualty figures and a looming major engagement anticipated.
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Major Crisis Seen Growing In Germany
Swiss military commentator on Swiss radio warns of a major crisis in Germany as confidence wanes and nervousness rises. Hitler’s headquarters shift west, Rundstedt is dismissed, and intensified persecution of Jews marks a pivotal escalation in the crisis.
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Germans Massacre 800 French Villagers in Otadour Sur Glane
The French press service reported that on June 10 German forces killed about 800 residents of Otadour Sur Glane in central France. Men were shot, while women and children died after a church was dynamited and burned. Most of the town was destroyed and only seven or eight villagers escaped. Conflicting accounts cited possible arms dump or German deaths as the motive.
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Japanese Admiral Nagumo Dies With 16,000 at Saipan
Adm. Chester W. Nimitz announced that Vice Adm. Chuichi Nagumo, who led the Pearl Harbor attack, perished with 16,000 Japanese on Saipan. The Saipan loss marked a major breach in Japan’s inner defences as U S task forces continued strikes on Guam and prepared for further operations.
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