Americans Reach Near St Lo In Normandy Drive
U S troops smashed to the skirts of Lessay and pressed toward St Lo in western Normandy. British and American forces fought street battles in Lessay suburbs as heavy artillery roared. Front dispatches placed American forces within about 2000 yards of St Lo outskirts amid intense fighting.
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Poland
U.S
Lessay
Wes Gallagher
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Normandy
St Lo
Perlers
Lessay-St. Lo
St. Lo
Southern Demmins Unite In Opposition To Wallace
Southern Democrats move to consolidate opposition behind a single vice presidential candidate despite Roosevelt's presumed wish to team with 1940 running mate. Alabama party chair Gessner McCarey reports wide agreement for backing a strong southerner. others urge unity though a southern candidate is not required.
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Associated Press
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Gessner T. McCarey
Alabama
Democratic Executive Committee
Mason and Dixon Line
Mobile
Thomas E. Dewey
Istl
Broadway Rhythm and Other Shows At Local Theatres
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Lucy Hoffman on Watkins Street to attend tonight’s Strand theatre presentation of Broadway Rhythm with George Murphy Ginny Simms and other stars. Also at Strand 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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The
Grafton Sentinel
Lucy Hoffman Watkins Street
George Murphy
Ginny Simms
Strand Theatre
Navy minesweeper fire killed officer and man at Anzio
The U S Navy disclosed that an accidental fire aboard a PST boat carrying Lt General Mark W Clark and other officers to the Anzio beachhead on January 28 caused the deaths of one officer and one man and wounded three others.
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Rome
U. S. Navy
United States
Mark W. Clark
Anzio
Bomb raid hits Paris rail yards and German targets
British Lancaster bombers attacked the Villeneuve-St. Gorges rail yards on the Paris southern outskirts amid a broad night of air raids. The operation damaged ammunition trains and rolling stock, with seven bombers missing. RAF heavies also hit Malifaxes, Mosquitos attacked German positions in Normandy and Germany while US Liberator raids on Amiens yielded no losses.
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Austin Bealmear
London
Paris
France
Normandy
Germany
Villeneuve - St. Gorges
Villeneuve- St. Gorges
Villeneuve-St. Gorges
RAF
Tours
U. S. Army Air Force
Amiens
West Virginia education conference to convene at Jackson's Mill
Charleston reports the annual conference of county school superintendents and the state education department will draw about 150 educators to Jackson's Mill July 18. The three day sessions will cover vocational education school lunch programs and related issues.
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Charleston
State Education Department
Jackson's Mill
W. W. Trent
Japanese Defenses Crumbling at Guam Port Apra Harbor
U S Pacific Fleet reports carrier task force power freely striking Guam after ten straight days of air and sea attacks. Bombs and rockets hit ammunition dumps, storage facilities, gun positions, and buildings on Guam and nearby Rota. A destroyer reportedly torpedoed an enemy coastal transport on July 10 as MacArthur notes bomber craters widening on Yap and Woleai runways.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Port Apra
Pacific
Saipan
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S
Rota
Marc A. Mitscher
Pan- One
Yap
Wolcat
Ideal Marriage Ends as Blondell Divorces Powell
Hollywood bridge ends after eight years as Joar Blondell sues for cruelty and wins half of the community property. Powell retains his separate estate. Blondell gains custody of daughters Ellen and Norman, both listed as children of the marriage.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Joar Blondell
Dick Powell
Powell
Miss Blondell
Ellen
Norman
George Barnes
Court to Question Pearl Harbor Attack Circumstances
Navy and War Department boards of inquiry may proceed toward courts martial for Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and Major General Walter C. Short. A congressional joint resolution extends the statute of limitations to December 7, the attack anniversary, as panels study the Pearl Harbor circumstances.
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Pearl Harbor
William Frye Washington
Husband E. Kimmel
Walter C. Short
Navy
Forrestal
Orin G. Murfin
Stimson
George Grunert
Woman Welder Arrested On Kidnapping Charges
New York police arrest Joan Schlutter twenty from Elmira on kidnapping and abduction charges for taking six month old Barbara Anne Goggin from New York Foundling Hospital. The child was found in a west side rooming house with Schlutter and Kara Anne and returned to hospital in good health.
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New York
Joan, Schlutter
Barbara Anne Goggin
New York Foundling Hospital
Elmira
Kara Anne
Demmy Vice Presidential Candidacy Surge in Chicago
Reports from Chicago indicate a flurry of Democratic vice presidential candidacy filings as delegates await President Roosevelt's stance via National Chairman Hannegan. The Roosevelt letter to renominate Henry Wallace complicates choices while four senators Chandler Pepper O'Mahoney and Elbert Thomas join the list of possible replacements amid debate over Wallace's viability.
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Jack Bell
Chicago
Robert E. Hannegan
White House
Hannegan
Roosevelt
Henry Agard
Wallace
Alfred
Happy) Chandler
Kentucky
Claude Pepper
Florida
Joseph O’mahoney
Wyoming
Elbert, Thomas
Utah
Chua n Falls to American Troops in Wake of Drive
American forces have driven close to the Livorno seaport, capturing Chianni 13 miles inland as German resistance melts. West coast units near six miles from Livorno, with fronts advancing to Ghizzano and Villamagna as Allied columns push toward the Arno.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Livorno
Leghorn
Chianni
Thes
Fifth Army
Arno
Prpe
Poggibonsi
Ghizzano
Arno River
Villamagna
Chianni Falls
Goebbels Pushes Leniency, Warns of War Rebound
War analyst Dewitt Mackenzie cites Goebbels plea urging the United States and Britain to soften unconditional surrender terms. The piece notes Berlin propaganda, Goebbels’ demagoguery, and the repeated Nazi appeals while warning that failure to act will invite renewed war.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Joseph Goebbel
United States Office of War Information
United States
Britain
Goebbel
DNB
Federal Communications Commission
Berlin
Europe
Allier
Hitler
Versailles
Germany
Major Newgardener and Leaders Killed in Plane Crash
Major General Paul W Newgarden commander of the 10th armored division along with Colonel Renn Lawrence and at least two others were killed when an army plane crashed during a heavy thunderstorm near Chattanooga Tennessee. Capt Lester M Nichols stated the fatalities and noted Newgarden was en route from Knox Kentucky to a troop review at Camp Gordon Georgia.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Paul W. Newgarden
10Th Armored Division
Here
Lester M. Nichols
Camp Gordon
Germans Announce Last Ditch Guarding Home
London July 16 AP Germans announced Russians launched a new offensive in the south extending toward 500 miles, threatening Junker zone in East Prussia and the lines to Warsaw. Berlin radio said some penetrations were eliminated in counter moves as Moscow had not confirmed a fresh southward drive.
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Lewis Hawkins
London
East Prussia
Tarnopol
Lnow
Lublin
Warsaw
Brest-Litovsk
Fortresa
Berlin
Moscow
WVU Board Debates Dismissal Of President Amid Alumni Pressure
In Morgantown on June 15 alumni and townspeople urged Governor Neely and WVU officials to dismiss President Charles E. or form a new board. The resolution praised favorable publicity from the dismissal and called for administrative changes including the dean’s status, as Neely had indicated weeks earlier.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
Board of Governors
Charles E
Mottown
William
WVUI
M. M. Neély
R. P. Davis
Loge of Engineering
Bonny Wheth
Neely
Old
Ress Lawall
University
N E. Hodges
Nen
Grafton Sentinel Invites Mrs Stanley Nicola to Opera Night
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Stanley Nicola of 15 East Wilford Street to attend tonight's performance at the Cairo Opera Theatre with Jeanette Old and Robert Young as the attraction.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Stanley Nicola
East
Wilford Street
Cairo
Jeanette Old
Robert Young
Opera Theatre
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