Tojo Cabinet Falls as Hirohito Names Koiso Yonai Leaders
Premier General Hideki Tojo and his entire cabinet have fallen as Emperor Hirohito ordered a new government headed by General Kiichiro Koiso and Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai. Tokyo broadcasts say the new cabinet aims to continue military rule and expansionist policy.
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Hideki Tojo
Japan
America
Britain
Tokyo
Hirohito
Kunaiki Koiso
Korea
Mitsumasa Yonai
Koise
Yonai
Hitler Hurt In Assassination Attempt At Berlin
On July 20 Berlin announced Adolf Hitler was burned and bruised in an unsuccessful life attempt. Three of his military leaders were seriously injured while Col Gen Alfred Jodl and five other generals and two admirals were less seriously hurt. The broadcast suggested a brain concussion and a long phone blackout between Berlin and Stockholm.
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Berlin
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Alfred Jodl
Stockholm
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Undt
Saga
Aide de Campte
Russians Pressing Germans On Scattered Fronts
Moscow dispatch reports seven German fronts under pressure as Soviet forces drive toward Augustow near the Suwalki gap and push from Lwow toward southern Poland. General Maslennikov’s Baltic army advances south of Ostrov toward Latvia. Soviet air superiority supports massed tanks cavalry and infantry across the 600 mile front.
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Niemen River
East Prussia
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Augustow
Suwalkyriangle
Lwow
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Daugavpils
Poland
Poand
Bug River
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Eom
Ivan Maslennikov
Third Baltic
Velikaya
Ostrov
Latvia
Pug River
Battleships or Guam destruction to barrage phase
U S Pacific fleet reports four days of bombardment at Guam push toward the barrage phase. Nimitz notes carrier air strikes dropping 568 tons of explosives as Saipan nearby falls deeper into U S war plans. See See BATTLESHIP Page 4.
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Pearl Harbor
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Tojo
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Nimitz
Saipan
Pacific
Rota Island
Rota
Theatre listings invite readers to three films at Strand and Dixie
The Grafton Sentinel advertises Wake Island starring Brian Don levy MacDonald Carey and Robert Preston at the Strand theatre and The Falcon Out West with Tom Conway Barbara Hale and Twilight on the Trail with William Boyd at the Dixie theatre inviting E N LOCK 10 West Washington street tonight.
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Washington Street
Wake Island
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MacDonald Carey
Robert Preston
Strand Theatre
Underground Belgian Revolt Reported by Allied HQ
A special communique from General Eisenhower's headquarters reports an underground revolt in Belgium during World War II. Details remain sparse as the Allied command issues the bulletin from Supreme Headquarters.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Belgium
Eisenhower
Allied air raids strike Germany from Leipzig to Munich
London reports three days of coordinated Allied bombing across central Germany with 2000 British based American planes targeting Leipzig Munich and Friedrichshafen oil and aircraft plants. RAF daylight attacks hit northern France and rail yards near Amiens while Marauders strike Normany targets.
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Friedrichshafen
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France
Thiverny
Paris
Chaulnes
Amiens
Normany
Democrat Pick for Vice Presiont to Cause Bitter Row
The Chicago convention roars as Roosevelt supporters back a fourth term while a fierce fight brews over the vice presidential spot. Senator Harry Truman faces Henry Wallace who resists elimination on the first ballot aided by Harold Ickes supporting liberal Wallace. Wallace defends liberal policy and vows to stay in until the final ballot.
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Harry Truman
Missouri
Henry Wallace
Iowa
Senate
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Inter
Harold Ickes
Roosevelt
Truman
Ickes
West Virginia encampment prep and wildlife rulings
West Virginia briefers note Camp Dawson encampment support with 1000 steel spring beds and mattresses for guardsmen. Officials say black bears are game animals but must avoid livestock. misinterpretations in Pocahontas and Randolph counties prompted clarification about an open season on brain stopping December 2. Mid-summer reports predict generally abundant game with ruffed grouse as a possible exception. Cyrus Hall Scott, 88, prominent Democratic worker, dies in Randolph County.
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Conservation
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At-A-Glance: Conrab, Jackson, Roosevelt, Truman
Senator Samuel D. Jackson becomes permanent chairman for business sessions at 11 30 a m central wartime broadcasts begin noon on all networks Vice President Henry A Wallace mounts final bid for renomination amid Truman as second choice Roosevelt to be formally nominated tonight for a fourth term with radio acceptance and remarks by Mrs Helen Gahagan Douglas and war correspondent Quentin Reynolds sessions start 8 15 p m networks air at 9 p m
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Henry A. Wallace
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Missouri
Roosevelt
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Quentin Reynolds
Aged Mother Of Truman Objects To Vice Presidential Run
Kansas City July 20 The 91 year old mother of Senator Harry S Truman of Missouri says she does not want her son to be vice president and believes he should stay in the Senate where she can do more good. Mrs Martha E Truman recalls telling him last week before he left for the Democratic National Convention that he should remain a senator. She quotes him as replying I’d rather be. She notes she listened to both conventions and remains a Democrat who tried not to hate the Republicans.
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D.-Mo
Senate
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Grandview
Chicago
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American troops drive Nazis toward Gothic Line near Arno
American forces reach the south bank of the Arno on a 25 mile front and seize Colle Savetti, seven miles northeast of Livorno. They push toward Pisa on a highway to the enemy anchor, while western corridors from Ancona cut coastal road at Torretta A Mare and establish an Esino river bridgehead. Torrential rains slow operations across the battlefront.
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War Today notes peril in Japanese cabinet upheaval
DEWITT MACKENSIE argues the Japanese cabinet crisis signals extreme peril for the empire and could push toward either intensified wartime effort or a shift to a more moderate stance. He links Japan's fate to Hitler's collapse and warns both regimes face inevitable defeat as Allied forces close in.
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Dewitt Mackensie
Pacific
Allies Waden Hold Over German Line Approach Vimont
British armored forces led by an ex prisoner of Rommel captured 12 towns and advanced toward Vimont eight miles southeast of Caen on the road to Pagis. Lt. Gen. Sir Richard Nugent O’Connor, once captured in Africa, spearheaded the drive from Troarn. American fronts saw limited gains between St Lo and Periers, with patrols crossing the Ay river and clashing near Lessay as the front bulged toward Vimont.
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Vimont
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Pagis
Richard Nugent O’connor
Troarn
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Periers
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Lessay
Cael
Troarn Vai
Paris
The
Gelne
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