Reds Closing In On Vital White Capital
Soviet forces push toward Minsk as remnants of the German army retreat from the city. Gen Cherniakhovsky’s units advance from the northeast and east while Red Army cavalry moved through forests to outflank Minsk from the northwest. Reports say heavy casualties and large numbers of captives as the drive extends along a 200 mile front toward the river Priyat.
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Moscow
Minsk
Bom Phy
Fred
Rusaentilier
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Third
Berezina
Red Star
Red Army
The
Borisov
T Yakof Star
Ef Stene
Sandaedeen Ba Harov
Cherniakovsky
Priya T
Hitler
Sol
Monetary Conference Opens to Shape World Finance
At Bretton Woods New Hampshire the United Nations monetary and financial conference begins to plan two vast institutions. A ten billion dollar reserve system stocked with gold and currencies and a ten billion dollar development bank modeled on the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Both aim to spur world trade and prosperity and lessen war causes.
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Bretton Woods
N. H
United Natone Monetary and Financial Conference
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Safety Council Predicts 1000 Holiday Deaths
The National Safety Council warned of about 1,000 deaths during the long Fourth of July weekend with 800 expected in traffic crashes and 700 from burns, falls, drownings, over exposure and over exertion. Two traffic fatalities and two drownings were reported in Indiana as the holiday began, with additional deaths in New York state and Montana.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Indiana
New York State
Montana
Tojo in Tumult Amid Pacific War Rumors and Defense Moves
War Today notes unverified reports that Tojo faces a political crisis as Japan intends to strengthen remaining outer defenses instead of surrendering. It suggests the army supports the emperor, while Navy failures fuel calls for leadership change. The piece argues a Tojo ouster may not ease Allied prospects and Japan aims to delay until a decisive battle in China and the home front.
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Tojo
Saipan
Japan
China
Pacific
Manchuria
North Carolina Reports 23 New Polio Cases
Raleigh July 1 23 new poliomyelitis cases were reported raising the state total to 149 Most cases were in the Piedmont area Three cases were recorded in Mecklenburg County where authorities ordered under 16s to stay off streets and avoid crowds Dr Carl V Reynolds announced joint actions with Red Cross workers and the national foundation to discuss coordinated steps New case totals by county Burke 4 Catawba 2 Caldwell 5 Lee 1 Mecklenburg 3 Rowan 1 Lurry 1 Wilkes 6.
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Raleigh
State Health Department
North Carolina
Piedmont
Mecklenburg County
Carl V. Reynolds
Red
National Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Hickory
Burke
Catawba
Caldwell
Lee
Mecklenburg
Rowan
Lurry
Wilkes
Rescue Squads Fight Fire To Reach Trapped Miners
In Marlan Kentucky rescue teams guided by state and federal mine inspectors battled flames smoke and gas to reach 18 miners trapped two miles inside the Clover Fork pit of Ridgeway Darby Coal company 16 miles from town. Fire boss John Burkhart alerted responders after flames were seen around 10 p m central war time. By morning squads neared the fire sealed tunnel yet dense gas slowed progress with no contact established with the miners.
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Marlan
Clover Fork
Ridgeway Darby Coal Company
John Burkhart
Impage
Parole Granted to Six Prisoners by Gov. Broughton
Raleigh July 1 Herman Messer formerly jailed in Guilford county for armed robbery in 1938 and sentenced to 20 to 25 years was among six prisoners paroled today by Gov. Broughton.
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Raleigh
Herman Messer
Guilford County
Broughton
Danish Patriots In Copenhagen Battling Nazis
Danish patriots in Copenhagen fight German troops from barricades as a two day general strike spreads. Flags from the United States United Kingdom Russia and Denmark fly amid reports of German air attacks and seizure of key civic buildings. Over 100 shops resisting the strike are said to be smashed.
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Stockholm
Copenhagen
Malmo
Free Danish Press Service
Free Danes
Ieee
Free
Danish Press Service
National Bank
Central Station
Cherbourg Battle Ends As Nazi Resistance Suppressed
A Berlin broadcast reported the Cherbourg peninsula fighting ended last night with resistance near Cap De La Hague likely crushed. In other news a second Rocky Mount case of spotted fever was admitted to hospital, linked to local cases. American planes also bombed Hengyang railway station in Hunan Province, and Chinese forces pushed east from Myitkyina toward encircled Japanese positions in north Burma.
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Cherbourg
London
DNB
Berlin
Cap de la Hague
Rocky Mount
Rocky Mountain
Annie Ruth Tant
Robie Tank
Middlesex
Chungking
Hengyang
Hunan
1Ith
Asia
Kandy
Ceston
Myitkyina
Burma
Lord Louis Mounthbatten
Tax collections rise in Greensboro district for year
Greensboro July 1. Increase of over 7.72 million in tax collections for the fiscal year ending yesterday over the year ending June 30, 1943, announced by Collector C. H. Robertson. Totals reached 8,549,354.35 versus 6,650,713.40 prior year, with income for June 1944 slightly down from June 1943 by 494,585.71.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Internal Revenue
C. H. Robertson
Statesville Boy Killed in Oxygen Tank Explosion
Tucson Arizona July 1 Col C K Rich commander of Davis Monthan Field announced that Pfc Lester L Peacock son of Mr and Mrs Walter D Peacock of Hit Statesville North Carolina was killed last night when an oxygen tank he was filling exploded
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Statesville
Tucson
Ariz
Col
C. K. Rich
Davis Monthan Field
Pfc
Lester L. Peacock
Walter D. Peacock
N. C
Soldiers Get Pay Boost
President Roosevelt signed legislation to raise pay for expert Army infantrymen. The action was announced from Washington on July 1. The measure targets noncommissioned and seasoned infantry personnel, aiming to improve recruitment and retention in the U S armed forces.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy pilot dies in plane crash in North Carolina
Second Lieut. George Lee Bassette USMCR was killed when the Navy land plane he piloted crashed at Wilson North Carolina. The Fifth Naval District PR office announced the death and listed his next of kin as his father Z Bassette of Route 3 Bailey North Carolina.
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Norfolk
George Lee Bassette
USMCR
Navy
Wilson
N. C
Fifth Naval District
Bassette
Route 3
Bailey, N
Japanese Admiral Yukichi Edahara Dies in Kobe
Vice Admiral Yukichi Edahara, 64, a pioneer of Japanese aviation, died in Kobe after peritonitis. The Japanese news agency reported the death, as U.S. monitors relayed dispatches today.
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Dips
Tne Associated Press
Yukichi Edahara
Japan
Kobe
In & Dispatch
U.S
Hardest Battle Of Pacific Moves On Near Garapan
The Associated Press reports American forces near Garapan on Saipan pressing toward the enemy stronghold as 60 percent of the island comes under control. Japanese raids continue with limited impact while Marines push through cave defenses in the southern Garapan area amid ongoing heavy combat.
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Pacific
Garapan
Joint Expeditionary Force
Saipan
Navy
Maire Canes
Raymond Spruance
Philippines
Meginot Line
Saipan Island
Fifth Army Drives On Toward Livorno After Cecina Clash
Fifth Army infantry repelled German tank counterattacks around Cecina and pressed toward the coast, driving along the Italian west shore toward Livorno and Pisa. French forces advanced another mile toward Siena as German units retreated toward the Musone river, with contact along the Cecina river and near the coast.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Cecina
Livorno
Leghorn
Pisa
Siena
Flor
Tony
Adriatic
Chieni
Eighth Army
Musone
Ancona
Fifth
Americans advance on Saipan as Pacific battle widens
U S forces pierce new ridge top lines on Saipan as the war’s bloodiest campaign continues. Rembert James reports Americans hold one fourth of Garapan and push along the West coast, despite heavy losses. Formosa bombed again as the fleet seeks passage to the Chinese coast.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Saipan Island
Takao
Formos
Formosa
Ma Islands
Phnes
Pacific
Guam
Saipan
Associated Press
Rembert James
Garapan
U. S
Robot bombs strike southern England hospitals hit
German flying bombs crashed intermittently into southern England today as Britain braces for potential remarks from Prime Minister Winston Churchill next week. Officials suggest Churchill may issue a brief statement in Commons on the new form of attack, without detailed district by district damage or methods of countermeasures.
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London
England
Winston Churchill
Commons
Churchill
RAF Keeps Up Its Attack on Vital Targets
RAF heavy bombers continued a steady campaign targeting Nazi reinforcements by striking Vierzon rail centers near Orleans in the fifth heavy bomber operation in 24 hours. Simultaneously British Mosquitos pressed the air war on Germany by hitting a synthetic oil plant near Homburg on the Rhine. One Mosquito aircraft part of the raid is noted.
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London
Vierzon
Orleans
Germany
Homberg
Rhine
Holiday Travel For 1944 Sets Record
Washington reports record outbound travel as Col. J Monroe Johnson warns against nonessential trips due to no room on trains or intercity buses. New York transport hubs show heavy crowds with Grand Central handling more travelers than 1943 and air and rail services facing peak demand through the holiday period.
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Washington
Col. J. Monroe Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation
New York City
New York Central Railroad
Last German Death Stand Has Fallen
Allied forces have captured most of Cap de la Hague, breaching the German defense on the Cherbourg peninsula. Berlin reports said fighting ended on the peninsula with tanks flame throwers and motorized infantry overrunning a weak German position. British artillery repelled several German attacks near Caen while tallying 153 German tanks knocked out by British forces since D-day across Normandy.
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Cap de Hague
Cherbourg
Supreme Headquarters
Berlin
Rbourg Peninsula
Cape
Greville
Omonville la Roque
Omonville la Petite
Odon River
Caen
Front Dispatch
Amy RA
Normandy
Odon
Marcelet
Dewey Sees United Nation After Election Homecoming
Governor Thomas E. Dewey spoke at the Albany capitol steps to about 2,400 supporters and projected a united America after the November election. He said the vote would show Allies that the U S will be stronger and that Americans can argue and still work together for the war effort. The crowd gathered under Capitol Park trees after a parade route from the railroad. Dewey was introduced as the next President by State Senator Benjamin F Feinberg. He was greeted by Albany Mayor Frank Harris at the station.
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Albany
WN. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
America
Capitol
Dewey
Capitol Park
Iie
Benjamin F. Feinberg
Chicago
Frank &. Harris
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Safety Council
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