Dewey Opens Campaign Meeting as GOP Seeks Unity
Gov Thomas E Dewey moves quickly to organize a party backed drive for the presidency. From a Chicago hotel he plans a news conference and a talk before the Republican national committee. He will confer with Herbert Hoover and other leaders as the convention winds down.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Thomas EB. Dewey
Republican National Committee
Ins
Stevens
Dewey
Herbert Hoover
Albany
Sec
Page
Nazis Backtracking Toward Minsk in Napoleons Path
Moscow June 29 The German army, battered by Russians, backtracked toward Minsk along Napoleon's retreat route. Red Army fanned out northeast of Minsk and southeast of the city to form a grip, while artillery and bombers opened a path for ground forces. A Russian commentator noted the reopened rail line between Leningrad and Odessa enhances force transfer along the front.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Minsk
Napoleon
Moscn
Red Army
Mogilev
Leningrad
Odessa
Nikolai Akimov
Vitebsk
Orsha
Zhlobin
Smolensk-Warsaw
Bykhov-Minsk
Berezina
Fifth Army nears Castagneto as drive advances in Italy
American Fifth Army troops pushed five miles along Italy’s west coast and captured Castagneto, 25 miles from Livorno, while another column broke German lines to within 12 miles of Siena. Livorno and Siena loom as strategic rail and port centers as German forces retreat amid heavy Allied bombardment and mined roads.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Fifth Army
Italy
Castagneto
Livorno
Leghorn
Siena
al- Ned
Pisca
Florence
Theatre bill invites Mrs Wilt to three Tonight shows
The Grafton Sentinel lists Strand theatre presenting Hostages with Laurie Rev Arturo De Cordova and Paul Lukas and She's A Soldier Too with Beulah Bondi Nina Foch and Jess Barker, plus Silver City Raiders at the Dixie theatre.
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Grafton Sentinel
W. J. Wilt
Bluemont Street
Laurie Rev
Arturo de Cordova
Paul, Lukas
Strand Theatre
Beu-lah Bondi
Nina Foch
Jess Barker
Silver City Raiders
Dixie Theatre
West Virginia Fire Alarm Fails Then Restored
Charleston reports a lightning strike likely disabled the city fire alarm system for 48 hours. Linemen and Fire Chief J Louis Mc Lane located and repaired the trouble. Elkins set to unveil a granite monument to A J Wilkinson of Huntington at a Sunday ceremony. Wilkinson joined the lodge in 1888 and has served as secretary since 1980. The statue will depict a seated Wilkinson. Huntington post office moves into Metropolitan category with annual business over 500000 dollars. A J Cole of Bluefield named state representative of the National Telegraph Delivery Association at the unit meeting. Robert E Crisswell of Martinsburg elected district chairman O H Coffman of Huntington named vice chairman. Rose Hauge Shearer of Fairmont reelected secretary treasurer. See West Virginia Page 2.
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Huntington
A. J. Cole
Bluefield
National Telegraph Delivery Association
West Virginia
Robert E. Crisswell
Martinsburg
O. H. Coffman
Rose Hauge Shearer
Fairmont
Rumage Sale Circle No 2 at St Pauls Church Bush Building
A rummage sale circle event at St Pauls M E Church Bush Building beside Idoni's Shoe Shop runs Saturday July 1 from 9 a m to 9 p m. Proceeds support church activities and community outreach with a variety of items for sale.
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ST. Paul's M. E. Church Bush Building
Idoni’s
Finland at risk as cabinet resignations loom over Nazi invasion
Stockholm June 29 AP Finland faces possible collapse of its democratic government as Nazi troops push through the Baltic region. Five Social Democratic cabinet ministers were to withdraw supporting President Risto and Premier Edwin Linkomies, potentially undermining Finnish resolve at the front. Associated Press correspondent Rob ert Sturdevant noted resignations might be delayed to preserve troop morale in Helsinki.
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Edwin Shanke
Stockholm
Finland
Germany
Social Democratc Party
Risto
Edwin Linkomies
Associated Press
Robert Sturdevant
Helsinki
Railroader Is The Man Of The Hour In Frankfort
In Frankfort Indiana on June 29 Dewey Bricker a 37 year old railroad employee is hailed as the man of the hour. The item notes Bricker’s prominence in the community alongside church notices and a local evangelist event at Blueville Church of Christ with a sermon titled The Valley of Despair by Paul Gray tonight.
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Frankfort
Ind
Dewey Bricker
Bricker
Blueville
5OP Convention At A Glance Twenty Third Republican Nominees
The twenty third quadrennial Republican convention closes with the nomination of Thomas E B Dewey for president and John W Bricker for vice president. Ninety six national committee members reorganize and plan vigorous campaigns with all sectors. Signs suggest Harrison E Spangler may be retained and Herbert Brownell Sr may direct the campaign.
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Associated Press
Thomas Eb, Dewey
John W. Bricker
National Committee
Dewey
Harrison E. Spangler
Herbert Brownell Sr
The War Today: Red advance and Minsk near capture
The article notes the Red Army advances into White Russia with Minsk near capture and suggests Hitler may have pulled major forces back to Poland along the Bug river. It cites Orsha and Mogilev as hard to seize and questions Berlin’s elastic east defense broadcast while Allies fight in the west.
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M.roberts, JR
Dewitt MiscKenzie
White Russia
Minsk
Hitler
Old Poland
Bug River
Orsha
Mogilev
Berlin
Japs Eliminated West of Kohima Imphal Road
Allied forces announce the Japanese are eliminated west of the Kohima Imphal road in northeastern India with only scattered stragglers north of Karong. In northern Burma Chinese troops advanced south of Loilaw after Mogaung fell to a two-column operation.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Kohima Imphal
India
Karong
Burma
Loilaw
Mogaung
Dewey is Father of Two Sons and Golf Enthusiast
Norris Paxton portrays Thomas E. Dewey as a 42 year old New York governor and Republican presidential hopeful. He is described as a family man with two young sons and an admired wife, a neighbor-friendly Episcopalian who golfs and dreams of owning a farm. Dewey’s career blends luck and hard work, his drive likened to a college coach’s advice, with a noted golf score comeback after a first low 90s round. He previously lost the 1938 governor race to Lehman but won in 1942.
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Dewey
Norris Paxton
Chicago
United States
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Herbert H. Lehman
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Yanks Attack Bases Along 4400 Mile Arc
U S Pacific Fleet bases along a 3300 mile arc were attacked as American ships and planes struck positions around Saipan Tinian Guam and Truk While pacific operations targeted Kuriles Yap and Shumushu more attacks aimed at the Japanese mainland were promised by Secretary of Navy James Forrestal in Washington Marines and army bombers pressed on in the Marianas and surrounding areas toward a broader offensive against Japan
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Philippines
Japan
Saipan
Yap
Palau
Pacific
Marianas
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Sai- Pan Island
Dutch East Indies
Pacific Fleet
Kurile Islands
Kurabu Zaki
Paramusiro
Tinian Island
Guam
Rota
Tinian
Paramus
Hior
Shumushu
Kuriles
Truk
Carolines
Confirm Appointment of Halloanan and Stubblefield
The Republican national convention confirmed the selection of Walter Hallanan and Mrs Frances Ogden Stubblefield, both of Charleston West Virginia, as members of the party national committee for the next four years.
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Walter 8. Hallanan
Frances Ogden Stubblefield
Charleston
W. Va
Allied troops trap thousands of Japanese at Wewak
Allied forces tightened a trap on thousands of Japanese at Wewak New Guinea as Australian advances erased 80 jungle coast miles in 28 days and MacArthur reported American proximity from both east and west. Yank patrols pushed toward Wewak while leapfrog operations extended to Biak Island.
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New Guinea
Wewak
British New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Aitape
Notice to Grafton Water Users July Rent Due
City water customers in Grafton must pay the July quarter water rent by July 16 1944 or water service will be disconnected by the Water Works Superintendent. Notice issued under Section 6 of Ordinance 18 of the City of Grafton dated June 29 1944.
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Grafton
Onlinance
Grafton, W. Wh
Allies smash nine counterattacks near Caen in 24 hours
German forces commit core strength of 15th and 17th armies to defend Caen area as Montgomery’s troops breach the lines. British infantry and armor push across the Odon river southwest of Caen, widening a bridgehead amid three sided fighting. German communiques claim a minor breakthrough on a 17 mile front and report 63 Allied tanks destroyed in one German area.
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Wes Gallagher
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Caellin
Bernard L. Montgomery
Odon
Caen
Rescue Efforts Continue For Parachutists In Colorado River Canyon
At Grand Canyon Arizona a flood swollen river thwarted two rescue parties seeking three parachutists stranded on a plateau. Veterans Ed Laws and Dr. F. A. MacRae led the downward push with Army personnel and rangers following. Signals indicated the men were in good health though isolated over 500 feet above the river. The party requested footwear and medical aid as air and ground teams searched the canyon walls.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
Colorado River
Ed Laws
A. MacRae
Wilmington
Del
Bryant
Park
Donald B. Phillips
Kingman
Army Air Field
Colorado
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Cherbourg
International
J. Louis McLane
Fred Lunsford
Kohima-Imphal
Washington
Navy
James Forrestal
Halloanan, Stubblefield
John A. Newcome
Illies
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Jean Rogers
Porter Hall
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