American Armored Forces Break Through West of St Lo
U S armored units under Lt Gen Omar Bradley break through near St Lo with a massive line of tanks and bulldozers. Infantry ride the tanks as German resistance collapses. French crowds watch the advance along the St Lo Coutances highway. Rocket planes scout for Panthers and Tigers ahead of the armored thrust.
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St. Lo
Normandy Front
Marigny
Coutances
St. Giles
St. Lo Coutances
Durocher Fined Fifty For Talking Back At Umpire
Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher was fined $50 for arguing with umpire Bill Stewart after a Sunday doubleheader. Stewart said Durocher refused to leave the bench when ordered off and used Ralph Branca as a shield as he moved toward the field before Branen was also ejected.
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New York
U.P
Leo Durocher
Brooklyn Dodgers
National League Treasury
Ford Frick
Bill Stewart
Stewart
Durocher
Ralph Branca
Pilcher
Kolly Branen
German Paul Revere Predicts Allied Invasion Rally
The Lawrence Tribune mocks a German warning, claiming a German Paul Revere will shout a long breathy message that the British, Yanks, Russians, French, Aussies, Canadians, Indians, Dutch, Poles, Belgians, Senegalese, and Serbs are coming.
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Lawrence
Mass
Lawrence Tribune
Paul Revere
Tank Busting Rudos Hold Front Under Fire
Troops manning Sherman tanks steadied on the line and opened automatic fire into hedges where German trenches lay. The action focused on the toughest sector in the fight, as vehicles towed through hedges to reach and neutralize the enemy positions.
Negro Porter Denied Rehearing Appeals
The Oregon Supreme Court denied the petition for rehearing of Robert B. Lee Folkes a 28 year old Los Angeles Negro railroad porter convicted last year of the Lower 13 knife slaying on a Southern Pacific train near Albany Oregon Attorneys say they will seek U S Supreme Court review
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Salem
Ore
State Supreme ‘Court
Robert B. Lee Folkes
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Records High Divorce Rate This Year
Los Angeles reports 11 797 divorces to 6 712 marriages in six months, a 71 percent divorce rate. Dr Mai Popenar of the American Institute of Family Relations cites partial demobilization and hasty marriages as contributing factors.
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Los Angeles
U.2
Reno
Mai Popenar
Reno Hius
Popenve
Vallejo Man Earns Navy Cross and Two Stars
Lt Cmdr Slade D. Cutler 32 of Vallejo California commanded a submarine that sank 103 600 tons of Japanese shipping setting a new record. He received a Navy Cross and two gold stars in lieu of two additional crosses from Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. Cutler was a celebrated Annapolis athlete and led the submarine on three patrols.
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Pearl Harbor
Cmdr
Slade D. Cutler
Vallejo
Cal
Ines
Chester Weinalz
Culler
Annapolis
Nis
Damagail
Frank I. Mischer
Denver
Cala
Willen R. Hol Ton
Electrmian
Villejo
Myerell
Synthetic Rubber to Cut Postwar Tire Costs
Rubber Director Bradley Dewey said the $8 billion synthetic industry will survive the war and may replace Far East plantations as the main rubber source. The Rubber Agency will be folded into the War Production Board by Sept 1, and Dewey returns to a chemical company presidency. He predicted synthetic rubber will compete with natural rubber and lower tire costs. An Army “Blockbuster” bomb weighs 000 pounds and costs 778 dollars. By mid-1944 the U S Maritime Commission had awarded 147 firms for shipbuilding and equipment.
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Washington
America
Far East
Bradley Dewey
Dewey
War Production Board
Massachusetts Chemical Company
U. S. Maritime Commission
Maritime Commission
We Truly Aspire to Be What We Earnestly Aim
A concise reflection on identity and ambition quoting Aunn Jameson about aligning who we are with our deepest aspirations. The statement invites self-scrutiny and authenticity in personal conduct and goals.
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Aunn Jameson
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