Russians claim break into Brest Litovsk fortress city
The Moscow radio reported Russian troops penetrated the fortress of Brest Litovsk after Germany said it evacuated nearby Bialystok. The advance followed the Red army crossing the Vistula, threatening Warsaw and signaling potential collapse of the German central front.
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London
Moscow
Brest Litovsk
Bialystoc
Warsaw
Bialystok
Vistula
Berlin
Vistulapaze
Yanks Make Gains On Guam Bulletin
Berlin radio reported masses of Allied warships transports and landing craft concentrated with several divisions of troops in the Tyr rhenian coastal area for an imminent landing in northern Italy.
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London
Berlin
Tyrrhenian Sea
Italy
Internal Revenue Reports Who Paid the Fidler's Bill
Government figures show total receipts of 40,121,760,232 with major taxes from corporate and individual income. The $5 automobile use tax declined to about 134 million while gasoline taxes rose or fell with shortages. The report notes large increases in corporate and withholding taxes and points to excess profits taxes.
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Karl R. Bauman
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Grafton Sentinel Promotes Theatre Tonight
Mrs Helen Lockwood is invited to attend tonight’s Strand presentation U Boat Prisoner with Bruce Bennett Erik Rolf and John Ab tot while Dixie screens with Paul Lukas Carl Esmond and Peter Van Eyck. Verification may be required.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Helen Lockwood
Washington Street
Bruce ‘Bennett
Erik Rolf
John Abtot
Strand Theatre
Paul ‘Lukas
Carl Esmond
Peter ‘van Eyck
Dixie Theatre
Battle casualties exceed World War I figures in two hemispheres
Washington reports fierce fighting in two hemispheres pushes U S war casualties past 311000 with more than 63000 dead. The cost in men now far exceeds the 278828 total for World War I.
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Bulletin
Washington
United States
West Virginia News Briefs July 27 1944
State Police promoted Lt. Fife C. Crawford of Beckley to captain in Company A. Wheeling Steel net profit for quarter ended June 30 was 1 068671, six months earnings 2.03 per share. Pfc Phillip Fratella USMC of Red Jacket W Va killed in action. Mrs M V Frank 73 mother of Rev A J Frank killed by a train in Chicago. Drug penicillin discussed by health commissioner Offner for central West Virginia medical society. Awards totaling around 1000 to future farmers of America and 4 H students for aiding farm production.
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Associated Press
Charleston
H. Clare Hess
Fife C. Crawford
Beckley
Department
Shinn- Dorsey C. Bailey
Ston
Crawford
Valley Bend
Randolph County
Wheeling
Wheeling Steel Company
Washington
Pfc
Phillip Fratella
USMC
Red Jacket
W. Va
Navy Department
M. V. Frank
A. J. Frank
Church of the Nazarene
Chicago
Ill
J. E. Offner
Central West Virginia Medical Society
Immerville
Future Farmers of America
Lo Ag
West Virginia
State Agriculture Department
Yanks Win Tinian Airfield Drive on Orote Peninsula
Pacific Fleet reports Yanks overran the Tinian airfield and advanced on Guam’s Orote peninsula. About 2,800 Japanese killed in five days as Marines push toward Sumay and Port Apra harbor. On Tinian, 1,958 Japanese killed in three days, with 5,000 Marines back in action after Saipan wounds.
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U. 8
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Marianas
Tinian
Ushi
Guam
Orote
Sumay
Port Apra
Saipan
Rembert James
Associated Press
Man Wounded By Suspect Retaking Gun In Arrest
Charleston July 27 A Clendenin patrolman was critically wounded by a suspect who grabbed the officer’s own pistol during an arrest attempt for disorderly conduct. Patrolman J Wesley Moore said the suspect Winston R Icenhour age about 33 grabbed the gun and fired five times injuring the officer who nevertheless secured the weapon and handcuffed the man. The prisoner was taken to Charleston by state police and held without formal charge at Kanawha County Jail.
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Charleston
J. Wesley Moore
Clendenin
Winston R. Icenhour
Teenhour
Moore
Kanawhe Equaty
Argentina Stands Quarantined From American Nations
United States declares it will not recognize Argentina until it abandons a pro Nazi policy in favor of a pro Allied stance. The inter American statement, approved by other nations, cites open aid to Axis and failure to join hemispheric defense, noting a 1942 shift followed by a pro Nazi overthrow. Foreign Minister Orlando Peluffo responded in a radio broadcast.
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Flora Lewis Washington
Argentina
United States
State Department
U. S
Prest
Edelmiro Farrell
Farrell
Argntina
Orlando Peluffo
Mediterranean Allied air forces shatter German air power
The Mediterranean Allied air forces knocked 78 German planes from the sky over southern Europe yesterday, boosting three day total to 193, a new Mediterranean record. Lightning and Mustang fighters of the 16th U S Air Force then returned to Italian bases after a shuttle mission to Russia, with 64 enemy planes downed over Romania and Poland and many more destroyed on the ground.
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Rome
Mediterranean
Europe
U. S
Russia
Romania
Poland
Florence Battle Still Rages Into New Fury Today
Florence, the last Italian city in German hands south of the Gothic line, sees renewed fury as the Eighth army pounds eight miles from the city. Pisa emerges as a potential battleground while Germans reinforce streets north of the Arno with barricades and observation posts. American long-range guns destroy enemy railway cannon tanks and dumps amid daylong shelling. fighting shifts to the Arno’s lower bend near Pisa and San Romano as Fifth and Eighth army units push forward toward Florence.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Florence
Eighth Army
Pisa
Arno
Jeaning Tower
Fifth Army
San Romano
Arno Fifth Army
Neighboring Senate Seats 32 And 33 To Be Vacated By Cotton Ed Hattie
Francis J. Kelly reports forthcoming vacancies in the U S Senate as Cotton Ed Smith of South Carolina and Hattie Caraway of Arkansas prepare to leave. Smith, a staunch foe of the New Deal, nears a record of continuous service while Caraway, the lone incumbent woman, seldom speaks in the chamber. This preview frames the political shift anticipated in the next election.
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Senate
Cotton Ed Hattie
Francis J. Kelly
Washington
United States
Seat 32
E. D. “Cotton Ed
Caraway
Smith
Roosevelt
Dewey and Bricker plan vigorous GOP campaign
Gov Thomas E Dewey of New York and John W Bricker of Ohio map a strong GOP political offensive aimed at Democratic strongholds. They plot a broad general campaign to win border states and labor support, with Dewey visiting Missouri for a governors conference before launching actions in Dewey’s home state and other campaigns in the weeks ahead.
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Jack Bell
Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Dixie
Madre West
Border States
Dewey
Missouri
St. Louis
Robert E. Hannagan
Teader
Harry S. Truman
USO
Wendell L
Smoke Without Fright On Angels Flight
Los Angeles July 27 AP a city ordinance bans smoking on streetcars and buses but Angels Flight incline railway on third and Hill streets escapes the rule since it operates on private property and does not pick up or discharge passengers in city streets deputy city attorney Perry Thomas notes the smoking area remains unrestricted on Angels Flight making it a smoker’s paradise for riders.
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Los Angeles
Angels Flight
Perry Thomas
Angels Pugh
Shel Flight
War Today: Pacific gains quicken drive toward Japan
War analyst Dewitt MacKenzie notes Allied successes in Europe and rapid progress in the Pacific, with Marianna Island conquests including Saipan boosting prospects. He cites heavy bomber reach within 1,500 miles of Japan and the Philippines, while Admira l King and Halsey warn Japan will fight with full power until defeated. The article signals stronger outlook for ending the war in the Orient.
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Dewitt’ MacKenzie
Associated Press
Europe
Pacific
Orient
Japan
Admiral King
U. S
Admiral Halsey
Marianna Islands
Saipan
Uncle Sam
Philippines
China
Mikado
Tojo
Mexico riot at National University seeks presidential aid
In Mexico City on July 27 AP reports the rector of the National University of Mexico asked President Avila Camacho to intervene in a student riot that left two students dead. Rioting peaked as veterinary students threatened to release rabies infected dogs used in lab work, a threat not carried out. The conflict began over professors named as heads of schools, with ten law faculty members resigning after an anti Brito faction seized the law school and the dispute spread to the veterinary building.
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Mexico City
National University of Mexico
Avila Camacho
Law
Law School
Advanced Patrols Reach Road Center of Periers
Allied forces report rapid advances south of St Lo with doughboys and tank units penetrating German defences. Patrols reach Periers as they fan toward St Gilles Canisy and Vire river bends, trapping Germans and capturing Le Mesnil Herman. British and Canadian units retake Esquay while presses on Caen flank continue.
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Gladwin III
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
St. Lo
Periass
St. Gilles
Canisy
Vire
le Mesnil Herman
Perlers
Lessay
St. la - Coutances
Marigny
Normandy
Esquay
Caen
Rival Factions of Pole Governments Talk With Stalin
London dispatch reports the Polish government in exile planning to send Premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk to Moscow to meet Stalin while Britain seeks a compromise among rival Polish factions. The move signals hope for unity between the London Poles and the Polish committee of liberation amid allied efforts. Moscow radio carries letters from Polish military leaders urging unity, as discussions continue with Gen. Berling and Zawadzki in London.
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Alex Singleton
London
Stanislaw Mikolajczyki
Moscow
Stalin
Polish Committee of Liberation
Red Army
Longon Daily Worker
Poland
Mike Jajcayk
Sigmund Berling
Alexander Zawedski
Julian Zeligowski
Invitation to Tucson Raiders and Weird Woman Showings
The Grafton Sentinel invites Elsie Balke to attend tonight's presentation at the Opera House featuring Tucson Raiders with Wild Bull Elliott and Weird Woman starring Lon Chaney Anne Gwynn and Evelyn Ankers currently showing at 3 West Washington Br.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Elsie Balke
West Washington Br
Tucson Raiders
Wild Bull Elliott
Ring Lon, Chaney
Anne Gwynn
Evelyn Ankers
Opera House
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