Wallace Bids For Party Nod In Democratic VP Fight
Chicago July 21 Wallace leads bid for the Democratic vice presidential nomination as a CIO backed bloc backs him against Senator Harry Truman in a convention battle. Roosevelt, renominated for a fourth term, speaks of global warfare as priority and declines active political campaigning while signaling support for Wallace.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Democratic Party
Henry A. Wallace
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Vow of
Chicago
Wallace
Harry A. Truman
Truman
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Montana
Chicago Stadium
Harry Truman
Roosevelt
United States
Huge Air Armada Smashes Germany In Fourth Assault
2500 American planes bombed German targets in a fourth consecutive Allied strike from the west and south. The raid involved 1100 heavy bombers from Britain and 800 fighters from the Eighth Air Force, with additional raids by RAF bombers on Germany, France, and Belgium. Targets included Regensburg, Schweinfurt, Courtrai rail yards, and Ruhr oil plants, with rail bottlenecks near Normandy and near Paris also hit.
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Yugoslavia
Regensburg
Munich
Reich
Delegates Named To River Harbors Congress
Governor M Q Sharpe announced South Dakota will send Rep Francis Case, Charles Lee Hyde, and Robert B Hipple of Pierre as delegates to the national rivers and harbors congress in New Orleans July 27 28 Case to serve on the projects committee and accompany Sharpe to the Missouri River states committee meeting in Omaha August 5 6 replacing E Y Berry of McLaughlin as the regular member
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M. Q. Sharpe
Francis Case
Charles Lee Hyde
Robert B. Hipple
Pierré
South Dakota
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
New Orleans
Case
Congress
Sharpe
Missouri River States Committee
Omaha
E. Y. Berry
McLaughlin
More Ammunition Is Asked For Hunters
Ammunition manufacturers recommended that small arms ammo be provided to sportsmen for the fall hunting season due to an improved supply. The War Production Board promised a decision within three weeks. The game ammo ban was relaxed last fall for some shooting and reimposed with tighter controls in January.
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Washington
War Production Board
Crops Hit By Rust Across Mitchell Area
Mitchell reports show wheat losses over 50 percent in Davison and nearby counties due to leaf and stem rust. Ceres wheat heavily damaged with 3 to 5 bushels per acre in some areas. rival wheat largely undamaged at 25 to 30 bushels. Barley yields expected low, and many fields may not be harvested.
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Wheat Trust
Davison
AAA
Brule
Buffalo
Emiel R. Swanson
Kenneth Holmes
Aurora
Lyman County
Clayton Kelsey
M.L. Warner
Winner
Rosebud
Sanborn
Leonard Schraeder
Ceres
4 H Members to be Saluted on Columbia Network Program
Gregory County 4 H members will be saluted on the Columbia network program Youth on Parade a regular Saturday feature on July 22. Four H members helped the county lead the Fifth War Loan drive.
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Brookings
S. D
Gregory County
Columbia Network
Attempt On Hitler Signals Big Nazi Revolt Against Regime
The attempted killing of Hitler suggests a large internal rebellion within the Nazi leadership. Hitler responds by empowering Himmler to conduct purges and warns Loyalists while Goering appeals to the armed forces to stay faithful. The coup’s aim is framed as paving the way for Germany’s surrender, though much remains uncertain.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
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Gestapo
Himmler
Marshall Goering
Germany
Mackenzie—Poge
Allies Slog To New Gains Despite Torrential Rains
Allied forces pressed forward in Normandy amid 36 hours of heavy rain and mud. Canadian infantry captured St Martin De Fontenay, five miles south of Caen, after German shelters were cleared and a counterattack near St Martin was repelled. British units extended the advance east of Caen toward Paris, while Germans flooded the Orne to block Le Havre access.
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Normandy
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Paris
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St. Andre-Sur-Orne
Orne
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
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Dives
le Havre
Sir Jermard
Japanese Plans Near New Cabinet in Unified Bid
The Imperial Rule Assistance Association pledged full support to a cabinet to be formed by Gen Kuniaki Koiso or Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai. A Domei dispatch said the two former ministers would head the government jointly or one of them would take the No 1 post. Tokyo outlets noted the emperor ordered formation of a new cabinet and that Koiso and Yonai were working smoothly on the government plan.
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Associated Press
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Domei
Hirohito
Hideki Tojo
Imperial Rule Assistance Association
Japan's Fascist Party
Kuniaki Koiso
Mitsumasa Yonai
Tokyo
Koiso
Yonai
Two Parties Endorse Water Use In Irrigation Debate
Chicago July 21 Democrats promise support for water use in arid states for domestic and irrigation needs while Republicans pledge protection of arid and semi arid states rights in water use. The dispute over Missouri River flow vs tributary irrigation is paused but to resume in September.
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Chicago
Congress
Senate Ie
Hitler Moves To Put Down Growing German Rebellion
London July 21 Germany moves to purge generals after Hitler says army clique plotted to assassinate him and seek surrender. Beck is dead and other conspirators are executed. Von Kluge urges loyalty as reports of revolts and street fighting surface with censorship imposed by Switzerland.
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London
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Germany
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Berlin
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Sweden
East Prussia
Guenther von Kluge
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
Fuehrer
von Kluge
Switzerland
Beck
Reich
Sunderman
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
von Rundstedt
West- See
Russians Advance Toward Warsaw In Baltic Front Breakthrough
Moscow reports Red Army pierced deep into Lithuania and moved toward Warsaw as German defenses along the Bug River collapse. Soviet forces seized Skapishki junction, within about 100 miles of the Polish capital, while Lwow and Brest Litovsk fortresses face threats from the west. The drive widens the front between Lwow and Brest Litovsk, with nearly 900 towns and villages captured.
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Poland
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Lwow
Skapishki
Daugavpils
Dvinskbi
Bug River
Opalin
Sokal
Brest Litovsk
Lublin
Augustow
Tulin
Kowel
Niemen
East Prussia
Permit markup on legume and grass seeds set by OPA
The Office of Price Administration authorized farm producers selling legume and grass seeds to planters to add a markup of 2.20 to 5 dollars per hundredweight over basic maximum prices. The new regulation takes effect July 28. Markup varies by seed type.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Farrour
Yanks Battle To Regain First Land Captured By Japan
Pearl Harbor report details U S Marines and Army troops landing on Guam the first American soil seized by Japan. Nimitz states landings began July 3 with carrier air support and surface ships bombarding defenses around Tange as US forces push inland amid heavy combat and expected fierce resistance similar to Saipan.
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Pearl Harbor
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Guam
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Saipan
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Nimitz
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Fifsh
Tange
Marianas
Japan
Tokyo
Philippines
Pacific
Believe Axis On Last Bloody Mile
Washington reports that renewed political military crises loom as Germany and Japan face collapse. Hitler's near assassination and Tojo's resignation signal potential final struggles for Axis powers, while Saipan’s fall tightens Japan’s defensive line and threatens Tokyo amid an expanding American carrier fleet.
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Japan
Fuehrer
Hitler
Tojo
Europe
Pacific
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Tokyo
High Command
Saipan
Tokyo-Guam
Philippines
Kurile Islands
Hitler Missed Death By Only Two Minutes
An unconfirmed report in Aftontidningen says an attempted bomb attack on Hitler occurred during his afternoon conference at Ober Salzburg. Hitler reportedly escaped two minutes late and stood near a doorway as the time bomb exploded.
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Stockholm
Aftontidningen
Obersalzburg
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