Bradley Doughboys Push Toward Airel In Normandy
Allied forces under Lt Gen Omar Bradley attack Nazi defenses in Normandy as they advance over the Vire river. American troops seize Airel and press west toward St Lo while surrounding La Haye and La Surellerie as Germans retreat toward blocked routes. British actions near Caen are unconfirmed.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Omar N. Bradley
Normandy
Vire
Airel
St. Lo
Lake du Puits
Junction Aivel
St. Jean de Haye
la Haye
la Surellerie
Lessay
BBC
NBC
New York
Caen
Second Army
Orne River
Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
St. Jean de Daye
Russians advance near Wilno and Bug river as war rages
Soviet forces push toward Wilno as Moscow reports martial law in the area and seeks to cut the Bug river corridor. Russians meanwhile rack up gains west of Minsk and tighten siege lines on Baranowicze while Leningrad pushes along the Finnish front.
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London
Wilno
Moscow
Kowel
Bug River
Warsaw
East Prussia
Yustas Paletskis
Supreme Soviet of Lithuania
Paletskis
Kaunas
Vilnius
Minsk
Leningrad
White Russia
Red
Barannowicze
Poland
Brest Liovsk
Bug
Major Allied Air Offensive Breaks Through Over Europe
Around seven thousand U S planes attacked targets near Leipzig destroying 75 or more Nazi fighters in the largest aerial battle since D-Day. A separate Italian force bombed an oil plant east of Breslau after crossing Czechoslovakia.
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London
U. S
Leipzig
Germany
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Breslau
Fire destroys Morton Chemical plant injuring foreman
Fire of an undetermined origin today wiped out the Morton Chemical Company's Greensboro plant, destroying machinery and gear worth thousands. Foreman Charles L. Byrd, 27, was killed after falling from a third floor of a superstructure and suffering severe burns. The Allied invasion of France report notes mixed progress after a month of fighting.
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Greensboro
Morton Chemical Company
Charles L. Byrd
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Poliomyelitis outbreak prompts travel curbs in North Carolina
Dr Carl V Reynolds, North Carolina health officer, appealed to Piedmont residents to limit travel as poliomyelitis cases rose above 200 since June 1. He urged both adults and children to stay out of eastern and western sections and avoid neighboring states. State reports 274 cases since June 1 with emergency hospitals set up in Charlotte Gastonia and Hickory.
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Raleigh
Carl V. Reynolds
North Carolina
Piedmont
State Board of Health
Charlotte
Gastonia
Hickory
De Gaulle Confident War Aim With Washington
General Charles De Gaulle declared in Washington that 1944 would not end without driving Germany from occupied Europe. He spoke amid Allied planning and American support for Free French forces.
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DE Gaulle
Washington
Charlies de Gaulle
War Today on Nazi Bombs and Aftermath
The piece warns that hitler’s winged bombs will prompt harsh Allied terms and unconditional surrender. It argues civilian deaths serve justice, highlights Churchill’s remark on grave questions, and predicts occupation and removal of many Germans tied to atrocities.
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Hitler
Frankenstein
Germany
John Bull
England
London
Churchill
House of Commons
Reich
Yanks Prepare Blow On Saipan and Noemfoor
United States forces opened a life line for 10 to 15 thousand Japanese civilians hiding on Saipan as Marines and Army units pressed to crush remaining garrison elements. A road to surrender was designated for civilians with food water and safety promised, while carrier task force planes sank five Japanese ships and pushed toward Noemfoor near Dutch New Guinea.
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Joint Expeditionary Force
Saipan
Navy
U. S
U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Tokyo
Pacific
Japan
Noemfoor
North Dutch New Guinea
Allied Fliers Down 75 German Planes in Major Air Battle
Eighth Airforce fighters escorting over 1,000 bombers attacked seven central German sites including Leipzig Mockau and Lutzendorf. They shot down 75 enemy fighters in the fiercest air battle since D day. Capt. Fred Christenson of Watertown Mass. downed six planes setting a theater record.
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London
Eighth Airforce
Germany
U. S
Reich
Leipzig
Thunderbolt
Fred Christenson
Watertown
Mass
Luftwaffe
Mockau
Lutzendorf
Kiel
Pas-De-Calais
France
Attorney Given Death Penalty In Child Slaying
Pittsfield Mass July 7 John F Noxon Jr a 47 year old lawyer was sentenced to death in the electric chair for the electrocution death of his six months old son Lawrence on September 22 The defendant claimed innocence and said the death was accidental as he testified about a trouble light cord used with a family radio The court stayed execution and the judge urged mercy for the man or his soul
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Pittsfield
Mass
John F. Noxon, Jr
Lawrence
Abraham E. Pinanshi
Nexon
Pinanski
Noxon
Noxons
Sabotage Suspected In Santa Fe Chief Wreck
Preliminary probe of the Santa Fe Chief wrecked 20 miles west of Flagstaff Arizona finds new sabotage indicators. FBI agent R P Kramer reported after visiting the scene yesterday.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Flagstaff
R. P. Kramer
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Death Toll In Circus Blaze Totals 159
The Ringling Brothers fire near Hartford killed 159, with 250 injured, many serious, as investigators probe origin. Officials from the circus faced manslaughter charges in police court with bail set at 15 000 for one and 10 000 for others for July 19 hearings.
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Hartford
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Conn
Ringling Brothers Circus
State
J. A. Haley
Geo. W. Smith
Leonard Aylesworth
Edward Versteig
David Blanchfield
Sarasota, Fla
Hope Of America Lies In Progress Says Gov Broughton
North Carolina Governor J Melville Broughton told Chicago executives that democracy rests on progress not retrogression. He warned against retrenchment that freezes past gains and urged cooperation between management and labor for fair wages and decent conditions. He pressed equal opportunity for racial and minority groups to prevent demagogic discord.
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America
Gov
Broughton
Chicago
J. Melville Broughton
North Carolina
Executive's Club of
Bombing of Sasebo and Yawata Mark Second B 29 Raid
U S bombers of the 20th Air Force struck the Japanese naval base Sasebo and the Yawata steel center on Kyushu Friday night. Gen H H Arnold announced the pre dawn, June 7 anniversary attack noting high hits on Yawata factories and Sasebo’s first wartime strike. Four B 29s failed to return from the Yawata mission.
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Washington
U. S. 20Th Airforce
Sasebo
Yawata
Kyushu
H. H. Arnold
Pearl Harbor
Japan
U. S
Norfolk
Bremerton
Wash
20Th Bomber Command
China
Nagasaki
Ite
Allies Halted By Germans On Italian Front
German defenders on the Gothic Line halt the Fifth Army drive toward Livorno Pisa and Florence as house to house fighting rages around Rosignano. American infantry near Livorno within ten miles press to break strongpoints while Germans counterattack along a 30 mile front with tanks and heavy artillery.
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Rome
Gothic Line
Italy
Fifth Army
Livorno
Leghorn
Pisa
Florence
Eighth Army
Rosignano
Cassino
Washington Daily News Editor Resigns for Vallejo Post
Raymond M. Miller resigns as editor of the Washington Daily News after a tenure since December 1943 to take the news editor position at the Vallejo Standard in California.
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Washington
N. C
Raymond M. Miller
Washington Daily News
Vallejo
Calif
Standard
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