Reds Close On East Prussia as Minsk Falls to Reds
Russian forces push toward East Prussia with Minsk fallen and prisoners nearing 100,000. Advance bands cut through German defenses near Daugavpils and Kaunas while Cherniakhovsky and Rokossovsky drive toward Latvia and Lithuania.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
East Prussia
Minsk
Hitler
Russia
Red Army
Soviet Baltic Republics
Bug River
Daugavpils
Dvinsky
Latvia
Kaunas
Lithuania
Bialystok
Old Poland
Cherniakhovsky
Rokossovsky
Ivan Bacramian
Matvei Zakharov
Allied Armies Push Across Width Of Italy
Allied forces advance across Italy with Americans within 15 miles of Livorno and the Eighth Army within eight miles of Arezzo. The 442nd Regiment fights near Magione as Germans retreat toward Livorno and Pisa. Artillery breaks up enemy positions while Nazi rocket mortars open fire on Fifth Army lines.
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Italy
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Leghorn
Eighth Army
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Pisa
Rimini
Adriatic
Lake Trasimeno
Magione
442Nd
34Th Infantry
Cecina
Fifth Army
Fifth Ay
Planes claim Iwo Jima and Chichi Jima attacked
Tokyo reported a naval task force attacked Iwo Jima and Chichi Jima in the Bonin Islands and said heavy fighting was in progress. The AP record notes June 15 air strikes on both islands and that 30 planes were shot down.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Iwo Jima
Chichi Dima
Bonin Islands
Japan
Allied Fliers Smash Anew At Vital Targets
London reports Allied air forces including Up to 500 American Flying Fortresses and Liberators attacked German airfields in France today as weather allowed resumed support for Normandy invasion troops. U.S. heavy bombers flew with Mustangs Lightning and Thunderbolts while English Channel skies filled with engine noise.
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London
France
Normandy
U.S
English Channel
Red Army Storms Minsk as Allies Press Normandy Breakthroughs
The Red Army seizes Minsk from German forces after a ferocious 12 day offensive, with 225000 killed or captured on the Russian front. In Normandy, Canadian forces take Carpiquet near Caen while American troops push toward La Haye Du Puits, signaling allied momentum on both fronts.
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Hitler
Berlin
East Prussia
Normandy
Caen
Carpiquet
la Haye du Puits
All American Guns Fire Upon Germans
At St Sauveur le Vicomte France at noon today every American gun in action sent a shell into German lines. From 37 millimeter pieces to heavy rifles the Yankee arsenal joined in a great barrage with machine-gun bursts. It was one of the greatest July 4 fireworks displays in history as the Independence Day attack continued from dawn yesterday.
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ST. Sauveur LE Vicomte
France
Yankee
Exams Set For Nurses September Tests
The North Carolina board of nurses examiners will hold state board examinations for graduate nurses September 7 and 8. Applicants from Durham and east of Durham report to the state capitol in Raleigh while those from schools west of Durham go to the Robert E. Lee Hotel in Winston-Salem. Applications must reach the secretary by August 1.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Board of Nurses Examiners
Bessie M. Chapman
Durham
Robert E. Lee
Winston-Salem
Churchill Plans Talk on Flying Bombs Thursday
Prime Minister Churchill intends to make a statement Thursday on the German flying bombs and attacks on southern England to Secretary Anthony Eden in the House of Commons. Earlier speculation suggested a report might come today.
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London
Churchill
England
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Yanks Seize Airdrome on Noemfoor
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports American Sixth Army under Lt. Gen. Walter Krueger landed on Noemfoor Island and captured Kamiri airstrip near the western coast. In a 100 mile advance toward the Philippines, 45 Japanese dead were tallied and the airfield secured with minimal Allied losses, as operations push toward remaining airbases on the island.
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Noemfoor
Dutch New Guinea
Philippines
Sixth Army
Walter Krueger
Kamiri
Marlin Spencer
Associated Press
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Schouten Islands
Manokwari
Geelvink Bay
Darwin
Australia
Port Moresby
Timor
Celebes
Polio relief seek. state totals 165 cases in North Carolina
Raleigh July 4 A request for an additional 100000 to combat a polio outbreak in Piedmont North Carolina was before the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis today Dr Carl Reynolds state health officer announced last night that 100000 has been definitely assured Half of that will be pooled by Red Cross chapters of the counties affected while the other 50000 has been pledged by the national foundation The 165 cases reported since June 1 were in Alamance Alexander Ashe Buncombe Burke Cabarrus Caldwell Catawba Cleveland Cumberland Gaston Guilford Iredell Lee Lincoln Mecklenburg Person Rowan Stanly Surr Union Watauga Wilkes and Wilson.
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Piedmont
North Carolina
National Foundation For
Carl ¥. Reynolds
Red Cross
National Foundation
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Alamance
Alexander
Ashe
Buncombe
Burke
Cabarrus
Caldwell
Catawba
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Cumberland
Gaston
Guilford
Iredell
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Lincoln
Mecklenburg
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Stanly
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Watauga
Wilkes
Wilson
Wreck of Santa Fe Chief Kills Twelve in West Arizona
Two separate Santa Fe Chief wrecks near Williams and 18 miles west of here leave twelve dead and 26 injured. The westbound Pullman train derailed and overturned after departing Chicago, with nine dead at the scene and additional fatalities thereafter. Fire, emergency crews, and railroad officials coordinated aid as investigations begin.
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Santa Fe
Here
John ©. Edwards
Winston
Los Angeles
Santa Fe Railway
Williams
Maine
H. M. Gill
Flagstaff
Winslow
Bellemont
Stilwell
Chicago
Gill
Enderle
Former Singer Denies Death Rumors as Malicious Slander
Benjamin Gigli, once Metropolitana singer, rejected reports of his death as malicious slander. He blamed his enemies for the gossip, saying they are jealous and have spouted rumors painting him as fascist or already dead while he gazes from his villa.
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Rome
Benjamin Gigli
Metropolitana
Gigli
Fifth War Loan Drive Nears 16 Billion Goal
Washington reports sales in the Fifth War Loan drive close to the 16 billion dollar target. Through Saturday, total sales reached 9 percent of the quota for individuals and corporations, with non-banking investors at 811 billion and individuals at 83 billion. The drive began June 1 and ends Saturday.
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Washington
Treasury
Stilwell Forces Report Progress In Burma Campaign
Allied headquarters in Ceylon says since early this year Gen. Stilwell's command in northern Burma killed 7,700 Japanese and took 100 prisoners. U S and Chinese units combined for 12,000 enemy deaths, with 5,000 more by Chinese troops alone. Myitkyina airfield held after a Japanese attempt to retake it. Meiking, 25 miles from Imphal, reached by British forces advancing from the Kohima Imphal road.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
U. S
India
Hertz Valley
Myitkyina
Kohima - Imphal
Meiking
Imphal
Russians Launch New General Offensive on Karelia Isthmus
The Finnish high command said Russian forces opened another general offensive on the Karelia isthmus between Suomenen and Karisalmi, supported by heavy artillery tanks and air forces.
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London
Karelian Isthmus
Suomeneee
Karisalmi
Paris in terror as Germans tighten grip and roundups spread
French refugees report Paris ground to fear filled with arrests and house to house patrols by Gestapo and Vichy militiamen. Jews and resistance members face mass detentions as mend threatening reprisals echo across France. Resistance grows in the south with Maquis activity near the Pyrenees and coast garrisons facing partisan attacks.
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Vichy
Philippe Henriot
Cirque D’hiver
Paris
Gestapo
Germany
France
Mediterranean
Pyrenees
No Ban Here On Public Gatherings
Health officials after a morning conference with Mayor Arnold J. Koonce and City Manager Roy S. Braden announced no need to prohibit public gatherings for children or adults during the infantile paralysis epidemic. Dr. R. A. Herring stated no local cases. eight since 1937, last in 1942, and noted authorities say closing public places is ineffective. He urged caution and advised parents to limit children’s contact with affected areas.
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Arnold J. Koonce
Roy S. Braden
R. A. Herring
Reece Snyder
City Recreation
National Foundation For Control
Herring
American Flag Flies Over Rome Capitol in Liberation Moment
In Rome on July 4 a lone American flag rose to the mast in Piazza Venezia, as Maj. Gen. Harry H. Johnson declared Rome the first liberated capital. He predicted the flag would later fly over Berlin and Tokyo, marking a grim milestone in Allied victory.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Washington
United States
Japan
Germany
Italy
Piazza Venezia
America
Harry H. Johnson
Berlin
Tokyo
Normandy Bridgehead Grips Caen Front as Canadians Strike Carpiquet
Allied forces push along a 20 mile Normandy front on Independence Day with Canadian troops seizing Carpiquet near Caen. Allied advances extend from St Lo to Carentan amid rain hampering air support and renewed German counterattacks repelled by British and American units.
Holiday Death Toll Rises During Four Day Independence Day
The Independence Day toll reached 307 after three days with 137 traffic deaths, 83 drownings, and 87 other causes. Officials note total still far below National Safety Council's 1,000 estimate as travelers head home amid expected volume.
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National Safety Council
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