Roosevelt Signals Run If Delegates Demand It
Roosevelt announced in a letter to Democratic chairman Hannegan that he would seek a fourth term if enough delegates pledged support at the Chicago Democratic convention. He said he would retire, but would accept the office if the sovereign people ordered him, speaking at a news conference after confirming Hannigan’s letter. The convention opens next week in Chicago.
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Roosevelt
Hannegan
Chicago
United State
Hannigan
Russians Drive 10 Lithuania's Heart in Swift Advance
Soviet forces swept toward the Baltic coast threatening two German armies in the north while pushing from the Latvian border to the Prinyat marshes. Col. Gen. Ivan Bagramian’s Baltic troops cut the Daugavpils Kaunas highway and overran Landwarow near Wilno, inching toward Riga as British support avenues opened.
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Lithuania
Baltic
Old Poland
Bialystok
Pinsk
Romania
Iasi
Galati
Ploesti
Moscow Communitue
Prinyat
Ds . Southienshermr
Wilno
Ivan C. Bagramian
Daugavpils
Kaunas
Riga
Latvia
Bagramian
Landwarow
Americans Strike Guam and Rota in Marianas Campaign
Pacific Fleet reports rapid American actions around Guam and Rota over the weekend. Naval shelling hit defense positions and harbor facilities while carrier planes engaged targets on both islands under heavy antiaircraft fire. One carrier plane was lost and a destroyer rescued the crew. Marines and soldiers already control Saipan, with remnant Japanese snipers and civilians surrendering in scattered numbers.
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Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Rota
Marianas
Saipan
Japan
Island
Ask
Amercians
Aed
Cen
The Grafton Sentinel Theatre Invitation
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Lloyd Kuhn of St John Street to tonight's presentation at Strand Theatre featuring Eddie Bracken and Betty Hutton in The Miracle of Morgan's Creek. Also at Dixie Theatre Edward Small Marjorie Reynolds and Dennis O Keefe star in Up in Mabel's Room.
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Grafton Sentinel
Lloyd Kuhn
St. John Street
Morgan's Creek
Eddie Bracken
Betty ‘Hutton
Strand Theatre
Edward Small
Marjorie Reynolds
Dennis O'Keefe
Dixie Theatre
War Today by Dewitt Mackenzie on Saipan gains and Pacific path
The War Today column notes rapid Pacific progress after Saipan capture and predicts neutralization of Guam and Rota, with future operations toward Truk Yap Palau and Bonin. It discusses strategic implications for MacArthur and Nimitz and the potential reach of U S bombers toward Tokyo and beyond.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Guam
Rota
Saipan
Strategic Air and Naval Base
Japan
Philippines
Pacific
Truk
Yap
Palau
Bonin
MacArthur
Samural Nimitz
The
Marianas
Uncle Sam
Tokyo
Dutch ‘East Indies
Military groups may compromise on reconversion
Signs emerged that the military may concede to WPB Chairman Donald M. Nelson on his reconversion program. Navy and Army sources indicate a possible compromise, with decisions to be settled at the White House by James F. Byrnes if needed. Joint Chiefs protests highlighted the civilian military clash over one key order, the most significant from civilians.
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Sterling’ F. Green
Washington
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Army
Navy
Witte House
James F. Byrnes
Office of War Mobilization
Nelson
War Department
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Take Off That Tie And Leave Your Coat At Home
New York July 11 advocates short sleeved shirts and no neckties for summer office wear. Dr Victor G Heiser medical consultant to the National Association of Manufacturers says workers would be healthier without coats in July and August. Heiser notes women wear streamlined summer clothes and argues men with wilted collars deserve a break.
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New York
Victor G. Heiser
Free Speech Trial in Court Decision
A seventh circuit court ruling questions Wag ner Act free speech rights in a case involving Reliance Manufacturing Company of Huntington West Virginia and the AFL International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Company officers and agents faced contempt charges over pre election newspaper ads and worded campaigns. On the election day employees weighed union representation amid ads saying Rely On Reliance with some supervisors adding Vote No.
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Joseph A. Loftus
Washington
Seventh Circuit
Chicago
Reliance Manufacturing Company
Huntington
Wva
AFL International ‘Ladies ’ Garment ‘Workers Union
West Virginia court dates set after Bluefield riot
Princeton dispatch reports Criminal Court Judge Morton F. Wagner set August 9 for trials of 17 of 26 indicted after a near riot in Bluefield June 17 when a city patroman allegedly beat a soldier with a night stick. Thirteen defendants posted $500 bond. two juveniles released to parents. Frank Jones and Dailey remanded. nine defendants still at large.
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Criminal Court
Morton F. Wagner
Bluefield
Wagner
Frank Jones
Dailey
Bomb Threatened Japs Hunt Safety Zone for Civilians
An Associated Press report outlines Tokyo’s evacuation orders and the scramble to establish safety zones for millions of civilians in Japan’s industrial cities. It notes only a small fraction of residents can be sheltered as Allied bombing looms, with emphasis on protecting children while other civilians face peril.
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Associated Press
Japan
Tokyo
Ians
Rescue Crews Try to Reach Entombed Miners
Bellaire Ohio July 11 Rescue crews pressed attempts to contact 66 miners trapped by a mine fire at Powhatan No 9. A three inch drill and a nine inch shaft reached the tunnel but no response was heard, leaving hopes fading as efforts continued before reports of the miners being dead.
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Powhatanae
Carpenter's Hill
Berlin And Munich Bombed In Allied Air Attacks
London reports a massive Allied air strike on Munich and a prior raid on Leipzig as part of a five day campaign. The Munich attack followed British Mosquito and dawn Berlin raids, with heavy flak and weather hampering operations. Munich, a key Bavarian rail hub near the Alps, faced intensive bombing and defense efforts.
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Munich
Germany
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Reich
Leipzig
Italy
France
Bavaria
Alps
De Gaulle Leaves New York After Gala Visit
General Charles De Gaulle departed New York by air for Canada ending a gala visit marked by loud cheers. An army transport plane carried the French leader and his party from La Guardia field at 8 14 a m EWT. Mayor La Guardia appeared as the aircraft started the takeoff.
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New York
Charles de Gaulle
Canada
Fifth Avenue
Democratic and Republican aims in Dewey race debate
Democrats evaluate platform and Wallace prospects as Republicans pool the 26 governors for Dewey’s presidential bid. McCormick asserts a peace plank and international action to prevent war. Roosevelt-Wallace talks at the White House yield little on Wallace’s nomination status.
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Associated Press
Thomas
Dewey
John W. McCormick
Massachusetts
House
Chicago
Roosevelt
Wallace
White House
Chris
Gordinat Attack Near St Lo Opens Strong Normandy Push
Allied forces under Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley push into Normandy with tanks and heavy artillery, reaching near Lisieux and Mesnil-Roxelin as British and Canadian units advance on the east. The 40 mile front sees coordinated assaults threatening German positions along Cherbourg peninsula.
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Capy
U.S
To & Poe
Wihin
Soros
Normandy
Omar N. Bradley
First Army
Liszerna
Mesnil-Roxelin
St. Lo
Chersbourg
Nagi Limes
London Bombing Rockets Continue Night Assaults
London and southern England endured another night of flying bomb attacks as the capital marks its first quiet period since a major spike. Casualties and damage remained light, with residents relieved by the absence of the jet flying bombs. Observers noted rockets approached from the east, tracing patterns linked to Pas de Calais activity.
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Churchill
Commons
England
Cnternaona Reith
James F. King
Whicharne
Pas de Calais
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