Allies Roll Forward In Normandy Positions
Fifth Army under Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark captured Livorno Italy a key seaport after a wide pincers move forcing German withdrawal from the port city. Polish troops seized Ancona on the Adriatic as part of ongoing Allied advances in Italy with German resistance concentrated on hillside positions above Livorno. The harbor and sea area near Leghorn are noted as critical to supply routes.
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Edward Kennedy
Rome
Mark W. Clark
Fifth
Livorno
Italy
Ancona
Adriatic
Leghorn
Pisa
Russians Press On Eastern Front In Major Breakthroughs
Soviet forces under Marshal Ivan Konyev and General Andrei Yeremenko pushed deep into Ukraine and Latvia as part of a broad offensive. Reports say tanks and infantry advanced up to 32 miles in three days, approaching Lwow from multiple directions and crossing the Bug river near Seiets Belski. Berlin broadcasts acknowledge a grave German setback as Konev nears key frontier towns and the Polish border.
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Ivan
Konev
Andrei I Yeremenko
Latvian Republic
Ukraine
Borsen Lwow
Konet
Lwow
Bug River
Seiets Belski
Sokat
London
Germany
Russia
Skomorokhi
Kaminonka
Busk
Bortkov
Berlin
JAPAN DEFENSES ON GUAM HIT BY YANIK BATTLESHIPS
Pacific Fleet reports battleships using spotter planes shell Guam defenses at close range while southwest Pacific bombers hit enemy ships and supply lines. Nimitz and MacArthur outline latest strikes, listing 25 ships sunk or probably sunk, 21 damaged, and over 150 barges destroyed or damaged.
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Pearl Harbor
Guam
Southwest Pacific
Japan
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Douglas Macarthur
Nimitz
MacArthur
Pacific
Halmahera Island
Evening theatre lineup at Strand and Dixie theatres
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Earl Smith of Beech Street to tonight’s screenings. Wake Island features Brian Don Levy MacDonald Carey and Robert Preston at the Strand theatre. In Our Time starring Ida Tepino and Paul Henfeld plays at the Dixie theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Earl Smith Beech Street
Wake Island
Brian Donlevy
MacDonald Carey
Robert Preston
Strand Theatre
Ida Tepino
Paul Henfeld
Dixie Theatre
Allied air attack targets rail yards in southern Germany
Nearly 2,500 American heavy bombers and fighters attacked the Munch area from Britain and Italy. Coordinate strikes hit rail yards air fields and war plants across southern Germany today.
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Bulleti
London
Britain
Italy
Munch
Germany
French Patriots Wreck Dwindling Nazi Fuel Dumps
French patriot groups intensified sabotage across German fuel stores in France. They torched storage tanks in Rhone valley and southern regions, burned coal dumps along rail lines, and damaged mine equipment, aiming to cripple German fuel and production. A fugitive ex‑Vichy official praised the strikes as a first step toward driving the Nazis from the region.
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Spain
France
Vichy
Rhone
Great Northern
Noeux
Bethune
Roosevelt names Truman and Douglas as VP contenders
President Roosevelt reportedly listed Senator Harry S Truman of Missouri and Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas as second and third choices for the Democratic vice presidency at the Chicago convention. Wallace remains No. 1, while Byrnes urged against nominating himself and backed Maybank per the president’s wishes.
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Jack Bell
Chicago Stadium
Roosevel
Harry Truman
Missouri
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Henry A. Wallace
Chicago
Robert E. Hannegan
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Wrge
Burnet K. Maybank
South Carolina
Wallace
Truman
Douglas
Combat Training Saves Life Of Marine Corporal
PORT CHICAGO Calif July 19 The Marine Corporal F D Lewis of Enid Oklahoma credited combat training for saving his life after a dangerous flare at the depot gate. He said he dropped to the floor by habit when the flash lit up and escaped more serious injuries from the attack.
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Port Chicago
Calif
F. D. Lewis
Enid
Oklo
Lewis
Chinese Open Jap Line At Key Rail Hold In Hengyang
Chinese counterattacks broke the Japanese ring around Hengyang on the Canton Hankow railway system and moved within miles of the besieged city. Leiyang 34 miles south saw Japanese troops retreating northward as Chinese forces pressed toward a climax. The Chinese government spokesman P H Chang said the outcome could not be foretold and noted that encircling Japanese forces were partly surrounded by Chinese outside Hengyang.
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Spencer Moosa
Chungking
Canton-Hankow
Hengyang
Leiyang
P. H Chang
West Virginia Briefs Report
West Virginia road transport officials say C card drivers haul 8.3 passengers per car the highest yet while B and A card holders average 2.6 and 2.7 passengers. The Supreme Court denied bond requests from Thelma Brumfield Huntington and Jasper Armentrout Randolph County in two death and slaying cases. Coal industry officials and United Mine Workers Local 5650 announced an item from Morgantown page six.
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West Virginia
Road Commission
War Transport Division
Supreme Court
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Randolph County
Thelma Brumfield
Boyd Williams
Cabell County
Jasper Armentrout
Whitmer
Rollins Cooper
Morgantown
Kelley's Creek Colliery Company
United Mine Workers
Dewey Campaign Ties to Party Organization on Front Veranda
Governor Thomas E. Dewey's summer campaign to win the White House hinges on state and local party teamwork. Observers note Dewey's steady meetings with GOP lawmakers on the Albany front veranda as delegations from Vermont Maine and Connecticut confer with him during post convention tour.
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Charles H. Palmer
Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
White House
Massachusetts
Leverett Saltonstall
Bay State
Vermont
Maine
Connecticut
Port Chicago reconstrution begins after devastating depot blast
Reconstruction of the Navy Port Chicago ammunition depot began as the death toll from the wartime explosions neared 350. Navy officials and FBI agents led the inquiry while all available construction workers were urged to report immediately to the devastated area.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Calif
Navy
Port Chicago
Federal Bureau of Investigation
N. H. Goss
Allied Offensives Tighten War Grip In Europe
AP War Analyst reports a two front Allied push in Normandy and the eastern front as Berlin forecasts a showdown. Normandy sees Caen sector gains and St Lo seizure after a massive air assault. Russian operations surge in southeastern Poland toward the Baltic states, threatening the Baltic line and the German hold.
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Associated Press
Hitler
Normandy
Berlin
Paris
Caen
St.Lo
Poland
Lwow
Baltic States
Baltics
Hart Opens Super State Offices for Brokerage in Graf ton
L Brooks Hart announces the opening of Super State offices in the Graf ton Banking and Trust Co building for general brokerage. The firm will sell city and farm property and invites inquiries at the office or by phone 035.
Allies breach Caen defenses push toward Vimont
Allied forces advance through Caen area in Operation in Normandy. British and Canadian troops penetrate five miles, reaching Cagny on the road to Vimont. Montgomery reports 60,000 Germans captured, 8,000 buried, as American forces seal St Lo front and cut lanes near Amigny.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Erwin Rommel
Orne
Caen
Faubourg Vaucelles
Lengb
Cagny
Vimont
Bernard L. Montgomery
Nomandy
St. Lo
St. Les Perplets
Taute
Vire
Amigny
Eruption of New Mexican Volcanic Destruction Reaches Towns
Mexico City July 19. Millions of tons of lava from Paricutin advance 200 yards daily threatening Parangaricutiro and several nearby towns. Evacuations surge as highways fill with refugees fleeing scorched villages. Lava destroys church and tombs, leaving only towers and roofs. Residents recount night parades of molten stone and ash.
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Mexico City
Paricutin
Mexico
New Ho
Parangaricutiro
Zacan
San Francisco Pariban
Zirosto
Volucano
San Juan
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