Rail Lines Cut Near East Prussia. Winlo Besieged
London dispatch says Red Army 60 miles from East Prussia has severed the rail link between Daugavpils and Kaunas as Baltic front forces advance. Northeast of Wilno they capture Druja and Braslov within a mile of the Latvian border while fighting rages in Winlo where defenders hold the center amid heavy Soviet casualties.
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London
Red Army
East Prussia
Wilno
Was
Lithuania
Baltic Front
Druja
Braslov
Daugavpils
Moscow
Winlo
Berlin
Walter Plato
Kaunas-Daugavpils
Ot- Lee
Roosevelt Lets Convention Take Care Of Wallace
President Roosevelt appears to let Henry Wallace stand or fall on his own record and leave the Democratic National Convention to decide the 1944 vice presidential nominee. Inside party councils, a Roosevelt preference for Wallace is suggested, but the president is not expected to dictate the choice to the Chicago convention opening July 19.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Washington
China
Chicago
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek at Strand and Go in Mabel's Room at Dixie
The Grafton Sentinel invites Miss Margaret Moran to tonight's theatre program offering two options. Strand Theatre presents The Miracle of Morgan's Creek starring Eddie Bracken and Betty Hutton. Dixie Theatre offers Go in Mabel's Room with Edward Small, Marjorie Reynolds, and Dennis O'Keefe.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Margaret Moran
Dewey Avenue
Morgan's Creek
Eddie Bracken
Betty Hutton
Strand Theatre
Edward Small
Marjorie Reynolds
Dennis O'Keefe
Dixie Theatre
West Virginia liquor ration books open for two weeks
West Virginia stores and agencies began a two week registration for new liquor ration books with the old books and federal ration book No. 4 required, a 25 cent fee due, and books effective August 14.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Liquor Control Commission
American troops drive wedge into Gothic line near Volterra
Allied reports say American infantry captured Volterra and pushed four miles deeper into German defenses along the Gothic line. The Fifth Army advance toward the Arno remains slow as Germans mass guns and defend every vantage. West of Livorno and along the coast, forces moved toward Livorno and Pomaja with heavy fire and destruction observed. The Castelliina area saw fierce fighting with 20 Germans killed and 22 captured. Eight German divisions identified facing the Fifth Army, including the 36th SS and Ninth Panzer Grenadier regiments.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Visterra
Volterra
Arno
Florence
Pisa
Livorno
Leghorn
Pomaja
Lajatico
Castellina
Fifth Army
Ninth
Panser Grenadier
The Road to Berlin Mileages From Allied Fronts
The Associated Press lists direct line distances to Berlin for major fronts. Russian front 470 miles from a point north of Kowel. Italian front 610 miles from near Ancona on the Adriatic. Normandy front 635 miles from Caen.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Kowel
Anconda
Adriatic
Normandy
Rom Caen
Saipan Falls as Saipan and Noemfoor Yield
American forces captured Saipan after heavy fighting and 95 percent of the Japanese garrison were believed destroyed. Allied command reported Noemfoor also fell near New Guinea as airfield potential rose, with civilians surrendering in large numbers. The advance underscores Saipan’s strategic value for air and sea operations in the central Pacific.
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U.S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Philippines
Saipan
Noemfoor Islands
Western
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Noemfoor
New Guinea
Associated Press
Rembert James
Sai- Pan
Central Pacific
Vice Ram
NEW Air
SEA
Superfort Targets Sasebo and Yawata in Second Strike
U S airmen attacked the Japanese naval arsenal and supply base at Sasebo and made a return visit to Yawata, a major steel center. Planes flew from bases in China and all returned from the mission, with Sasebo noted as the third largest base in the Japanese home land.
War Today sees Caen fall and Saipan victory hailed
Allied arms notch gains on multiple fronts as Caen, La Haye Du Puits fall in Normandy and Saipan is completed, with Churchill free to foresee a faster Allied push into France. Soviet offenses also press the Eastern Front as momentum builds for a decisive clash to reach Paris and Berlin.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
la Haye du Puits
Caen
Allied
Paris
Berlin
Normandy
Cherbourg
University alumnus to reply to Neely speech via radio
Charleston July 10 A Charleston alumnus will respond to Governor Neely this week. Negotiations with the West Virginia network are under way for radio time, likely midweek, speaker to be announced. Attorneys study a Kanawha Circuit Court suit by Lawall Lehrman and Love seeking to invalidate the West Virginia State University board action.
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Neely
Charleston
M. M. Neely
Charles W. Lawall
West
Virginia University
West Virginia
William P. Lehrman
Fair
Eisenhower Predicts Long Hard Fight Before Victory
New York July 10 Gen Dwight D Eisenhower warned Congress of a long and bitter fight ahead before final victory. A pool ed broadcast from his supreme headquarters reported the general’s remarks as he spoke on national security matters and wartime strategy. Merrill Mueller, NYC reporter at Eisenhower’s headquarters, conveyed the warning from the briefing today.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Headquarters
Merrill Mueller
Nyc
Eisenhower
Congress
Allied Bombers Support Troops At French Front
Allied bombers and fighters aided British and American troops on the Normandy front as RAF Mosquito and Boston aircraft struck 18 trains and railways, ferries, pontoon bridges, and highways across a 30 mile stretch near Le Havre to Duclair. Canadian troops faced low altitude Typhoon strafing with heavy enemy fire, while pilots were praised for morale boosting actions.
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London
English Channel
Normandy Battlefront
Mosquito
Boston
France
Seine River
Seine
le Havre
Quillebouf
Duclair
Germany
D.G. Ton
Allied
Grafton Lodge to hold burial for Brother Herbert Evans
Grafton Lodge No. 15 AF and AM to convene at the Temple at 12 noon Tuesday July 11 for the Masonic burial of Brother Herbert Evans. Burial at Harmony Grove. Masons urged to attend. K C Arnold Worshipful Master.
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Masonic Lodge
Temple
Herbert Evans
Harmony Grove
K. C. Arnold
SINKING RESCUE DRILL FOR POWHATAN MINERS NEAR 100 FEET
In Bellaire Ohio on July 10 a second shaft is sunk toward the Powhatan mine where 66 coal miners are entombed 400 feet underground. Drill crews using nine inch bits reach the tunnel and attempt contact via a surface amplifier telephone as hope persists for survivors.
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Bellaire
Powhatan
Sim
Carpenter's Hill
Roy Fox
John Blazell
Cadiz
De Gaulle Sees Progress From FDR Talks
General Charles De Gaulle reported that talks with President Roosevelt achieved the principal aim of better understanding. He announced he would move his capital from Algiers to liberated French territory as soon as possible, saying France should rise to its rightful place from war to peace.
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Charles de Gaulle
Roosevelt
Algiers
France
British Offensive Liberates Caen As Cleanup Nears
Allied forces under Montgomery push east from the Odon bridgehead toward Caen, capturing Bretteville Sur Odon Eterville Maltot Hill 112 and other towns in a rapid advance to the Orne river. The bridgehead north and east of Caen threatens remaining German defenses as Cherbourg reinforcements approach.
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Wes Gallagher
Supreme
Allied Expeditionary Force
Sir Bernard
Ly Montgomery
Second Army
Orne
Caen
Normandy
Odon
Fauborg de Vaucelles
Bretteville-Sur-Odon
Eterville
Maltot
Orne River
Montgomery
Cherbourg
Bee
Page
Rees
Nazi Transport Struggle to Foil Allied Railway Defeat
Madrid July 10 Germans face transport collapse as rail traffic halts in areas and campaigns urge diverting vehicles to support a bomb battered network. Reports from German papers describe killings in train wrecks and efforts to bolster rail and road transport amid looming conflict across Europe.
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Spain
Germany
Berlin
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