Americans Grind Nazis Beneath Tank Wheels Fronts Near East Prussia
Russian forces advance 19 miles toward Suwalki and within 30 miles of East Prussia, threatening two German armies in the Baltic region. NBC notes proximity could bring battle echoes to Germany as other columns push near Kaunas and Grodno. Report by Eddy Gilmore from Moscow dated July 13.
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East Prussia
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Suwalki
White Russia
Old Poland
Lithuania
Kaunas
Baltic
Estonia
Latvia
Sweden
Grodno
Germany
Bialystok
Warsaw
Brest _Litau
Wallace supporters name Douglas chief rival for ticket spot
Washington dispatch reports Henry Wallace supporters identify Supreme Court Justice William Douglas as the rival for second place on the 1944 Democratic ticket. Other figures eyed include Barkley, Rayburn, Truman, Byrnes, Winant, Minton, Lucas, and Kerr as Roosevelt weighs Wallace again. Page 4.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Supreme Court
William ©. Douglas
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Senate
Barkley
Sam Rayburn
Senaor ‘Truman
D-Mo
James F. Byrnes
Roosevelt
Wallace
Chicago
John G. Winant
England
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Lucas
D.I
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
Douglas
Seeccilt
Sonevars
The Grafton Sentinel theatre lineup tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs George Todd of West Main Street to attend tonight's Strand theatre presentation featuring The Bridge of San Luis Rey with Sysia Bari and Akim Tami roff, plus Seven Days Ashore with Wally Brown Alan Carney and Marcy McGuire and Riding West with Charles Starrett at the Dixie theatre.
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Grafton Sentinel
George Todd
West Main Street
Bridge of San Luis Rey
Sysia Bari
Akim ‘Tamiroff
Strand Theatre
Minnie Harr
Leon Beerell
Anne Rooney Quillan
Buster Grete
Americans Hit Guam and Saipan as Pacific War Rages
U S Pacific Fleet reports sustained air and naval blows on Guam and Saipan. Guam bombed daily with ships shelling, Saipan probing caves. Japanese casualties total 15,053 with 2,359 killed, 11,481 wounded, 1,213 missing. new records set for Pacific island fighting.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Saipan
U. S
Japan
Rota
Pacific
German retreat on eastern front reshapes war plan
War analyst Dewitt MacKenzie notes Hitler’s forces may withdraw deeply to solidify defenses. Berlin signals a staged pullback to free troops for a western Normandy offensive, then return to the east to shield the Reich. The gamble hinges on Nazi manpower and equipment limits.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
Berlin
Normandy
Japanese Attack Aids Route Attempt at Aitape
Allied reports say Japan’s bypassed 18th army, about 45,000 strong, massed for a counterattack near Aitape in British New Guinea. Skirmishes began along the Driniumor river as American and Australian forces dig in to block an escape line westward toward Dutch New Guinea amid heavy Allied air strikes along the coast.
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Japan
18Th
Aitape
British New Guinea
Dutch New Guinea
Driniumor River
Buna
Saidor
Sepik River
Edward Herriot dies in Nazi sanatorium at 73
Edward Herriot former French premier dies in a Berlin documented by DNB broadcast. He was a longtime Radical Socialist leader who served three times as premier and as mayor of Lyon. Reports say he was held in German custody after France fell and later placed in a sanatorium for a mental disorder.
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Edward Herriot
Nazi
London
DNB
Berlin
Eduard Herriot
Associated Press
Grave Berlin
Herriot
Custo
France
North
Africa
Heriot
Lyon
Precaution Taken Against Paralysis Outbreak Emerges
Health officers in southern states moved to curb infantile paralysis linked to a North Carolina outbreak with 270 cases and 13 deaths. Georgia ordered a 21 day home quarantine for returning children and required cross state approval. South Carolina, Mississippi, Virginia, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida reported cases as Red Cross nurses deployed to Piedmont centers.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Kentucky
Georgia
Raleigh
N. C
South Carolina
State Board of Health
Red Cross
Southeastern
Piedmont
Mississippi
Virginia
Lousiana
Alabama
Florida
Allied AIations In Caucus Set Monetary Plans
Donald Kovagic reports from Brenton Woods as Allied nations edge toward a proposed 8 billion dollar monetary fund to stabilize postwar currencies and back a future 10 billion world bank. Moscow's response to the US request on gold contributions awaited, with language issues blamed for prior misunderstandings.
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Donald Kovagic
Bretton Woods
N. H
Tolay
World Bank
Moscow
Russia
Sugegest Monetary Fund
Bretton
West Virginia ration changes and health unit plan
West Virginia's liquor commission ruled that all beverages except whiskey will be removed from the ration list starting next Monday, effective through August 12. Purchasers must show ration books. whiskey purchases remain limited by coupons 21 and 22 through August 12. A mobile X-ray unit for 500 to 1,000 daily is to be delivered this fall for a tuberculosis survey of war workers, said Health Commissioner J. E. Offner. Scattered showers across the state offered relief from a heat wave, but rainfall remains short of the two to two and a half inches needed for this period, as forecasters expect more thundershowers to aid pastures and crops.
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Charleston
State-Laquor Control Commission
J. E. Offner
Offner
West Virginia
U. S. Weather Bureau
Parkersburg
West Virginia Pace
Town of Watico Falls Before Big Thrust
American Fifth Army troops break through German lines in the upper Era valley near Livorno advancing to 12 miles from the Arno valley. French units seize San Donato southwest of Florence as Hill 218 area near Poggibonsi sees heavy combat and enemy counterattacks are repulsed.
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Upper
Era Valley
Noland Norgaard
Rome
Era
Italy
Livorno
Lajatico
Arno
San Donato
Florence
Hill 218
Poggibonsi
Pogggibonsi
Florance
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West Virginia Still Leads Fifth War Loan
Charleston reports West Virginia maintains the lead in the Fifth War Loan with total sales of 145,110,184 dollars amounting to 179 percent of a 61 million quota. The state stands seven points ahead of Maryland and Georgia in national percentages, with Still Serving as West Virginia's bond selling phrase and a federal reserve banks report showing 14,849,793 dollars in E bonds sold.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Maryland
Georgia
War Finance Headquarters
Federal Reserve Banks
Lieutenant Settles Score With Huns In Vesly Action
War report from the north of the Ay River dated July 12 describes Fifteen exhausted soldiers arriving at the rear after attacking Vesly at 8:30 am. The unit faced snipers, machine guns, and 88mm artillery, with Staff Sgt Joss Gordon of Binghamton NY and Private Daniel Crist of Shelby OH among those detailing heavy losses and brave counterfire as they withdrew.
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E. D. Ball
U. S
Ay River
Verdun
Marne
Vesly
Joss Gordon
Binghamton
N. Y
Daniel Crist
Shelby
Ohio
Troops closing in on St Lo as fighting rages
Allied forces push toward St Lo with heavy armor and infantry incursions from northwest and east the Paris radio cites 32 divisions in the Cherbourg arc as bombardment grows. British II army retakes Maltot in a pivotal area near the Orne and Odon rivers.
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Wes Gallageee
Allied Expeditionary Force
Mudi
Cherbourg
Omar N. Bradley
Paris
Bt. Lo
Caumont
Nagi Front Ne
Lessay
St. Lo
Second Army
Maltot
Gaen
Batt
Orne
Odon
Great Britain Free From Flying Bombs Overnight
London endured a largely raid-free night marking Britain’s first all-clear period in a month as flying bomb attacks declined. No Robot aircraft were reported after dark, though daylight raids continued earlier, with shelters still used amid continued destruction from strikes and towers.
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James F. King
London
Britain
Hitler
Souther
Churchill
Great Britain
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