Russians Press toward East Prussia in Baltic Advance
Russian forces drove 19 miles in a day and night toward the Suwalki triangle in East Prussia, with reports placing advances within 12 to 67 miles of Baltic targets. Front dispatches describe Red Army breakthroughs near Kaunas, Grodno, and the Latvian border as German positions weaken.
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East Prussia
Old Poland
Lithuania
Poland
Suwalki
Kaunas
Baltic
Estonia
Latvia
Sweden
Grodno
Germany
Kania
Bialystok
Warsaw
Brest Litovsk
Bug
Pripyat
Lugarpils
Baltic Sea
Riga
Wilno
Andrei L Yeremenko
Latvian
Ivan Bagramian
Yeremenko
Crimea
Velikie Luki-Riga
Reuters Moscow
Berlin
Ivestia
Veremenko
Idritsa
Kudever
Lintten
Opochkca
Kitsa
Bagram
Bagramian
Daugavpils
Dvinsk
Invasion Costs Britain U S Fifteen Vessels
London reports losses in France landings with seven American and eight British ships sunk. Destroyers Corry Glennon Meredith Fort Rich and the Transport Susan B Anthony and the minesweeper Tide were listed among the 15 vessels lost. Bodicea Swift Sweabrer and others cited by the admiralty. Several thousand ships were involved in the landings.
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London
France
U. S. Navy Department
British Admiralty
Santa Clara
Tide
Fort Rich
Corry
Glennon
Meredith
Roosevelt
Admiralty
Bodicea
Swift
Swearer
Pstrons
Onainee Minster
Nazi Oil-Rail Facilities Bombed By 1000 Planes
London reports that 1000 aircraft from US and UK forces struck Nazi oil storage tanks and rail facilities in northern Italy and western Germany. Targets included Porto Marghera Trieste Brescia Verona Mestre Mantua and Milan Venice lines as well as the Tagliamento bridge. Bomber raids disrupted Munich transport and hit rail centers across several cities.
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London
Munich
15Th Air Force
Italy
Germany
England
Porto Marchera
Trieste
Milan - Venice
Pinzano
Tagliamenta
Rome
Brescia
Verona
Mestre
Mantua
France
Europe
Berlin
Kotka
Helsinki
Saarbrucken
Paris
Ruhr
Japanese Admiral Killed, Navy Report Reveals
Berlin radio dispatch reports Vice Admiral Kiichi Hasegawa of the Japanese navy killed in action. He had served since 1942 on the technical staff of the fleet air arm headquarters at Yokosuka.
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London
Kiichi Hasegawa
Jse Navy
Berlin
Yokosuka
Hasegawa
Fleet Air Arm
Flying Bombs Target Yank Forces in France
In France on June 19 a new type of flying bomb descending on London was sent against American troops at the beachhead. One bomb was identified by ordnance officers and parts of another found. The robot plane was observed at over 300 miles per hour toward German lines by Lt. Col. Geoffrey Sargent of Avon New York.
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France
London
Geoffrey Sargent
Avon
N. Y
Fifth Breaks Through Nazi Defenses Near Livorno
Fifth Army advances 17 miles from the Italian coast in a flanking move toward Livorno as American troops seize Lajatico after bitter fighting. About 150 to 200 German soldiers surrender, with progress to 12 miles from the Arno valley and the Gothic Line. French forces meanwhile take San Donato, blocking a key highway.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Era
Italy
Livorno
Lajatico
Arno
San Donato
War Today Commentary on Hitler Defense and Red Offensive
The piece notes a Red offensive delivering high casualties and materiel losses, with the German front under threat of deep withdrawals to new defenses. It discusses Berlin's claimed eastern front withdrawals to permit a western Normandy push, while praising Red stamina and momentum in the Russian theaters.
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Emeres
Hitler
Berlin
Normandy
Reich
Vita
State Press Heads Here For Meeting
Newspapermen from across the state converge on High Point for the 72nd annual North Carolina Press Association convention opening tonight at the Sheraton Hotel. About 150 delegates and wives are expected. events include speeches by William B. King and John B. Harris and a GE sponsored film screening.
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North Carolina Press Association
Sheraton Hotel
William B. King
Associated Press Corres Nt
Turkey
High Point
King
P. T. Hines
Greensboro Daily News
Roy S. Braden
Wilbur Hutchins
First Baptist Church
John B. Harris
Stanly News and Press
Albemarle
Chatham News
Siler City
North Carolina
Advertising Service Organization
No Mattern
U. S. Army
Enterprise
Burlington Times-News
Pvt. Mattern
Greensboro
Former French Premier Edouard Herriot Dies at 73
London reports Edouard Herriot three times premier of France has died in his 73rd year. The German agency DNB announced the death though Berlin offered no details. Herriot, last president of the French Chamber of Deputies, opposed both Germans and the Vichy regime and defended parliamentary government.
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London
Edouard Herriot
France
DNB
Berlin
CBS
Chamber of Deputies
Herriot
Marshal Petain
Polio Delays Rural School Openings in North Carolina
Dr. Carl V. Reynolds announces rural school openings near infantile paralysis areas will be delayed. He notes no point in closing schools while children gather at nurseries, streets, churches, pools, theaters, homes, or playgrounds. Eight new cases raise total since June 1 to 291 with cases from Columbus Durham Montgomery Randolph Iredell and Wilkes counties.
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Raleigh
Carl V. Reynolds
Columbus
Durham
Montgomery
Randolph
Iredell
Wilkes
Isolated Japanese Army Starts New Guinea Drive
Allied forces report a renewed push by a Japanese army twice the size of the Saipan force as it attacks 21 miles southeast of Aitape. MacArthur notes ongoing skirmishes while an Australian force advances from the south. The 18th Army seeks an escape path for about 45,000 troops west toward Dutch New Guinea amid heavy fighting on multiple fronts in China and Burma.
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New Guinea
Aitape
Wewak
Douglas MacArthur
Dutch New Guinea
China
Hankow-Canton
Hengyang
Yingtak
Burma
Mogaung
Ledo Road
Yunnan Province
Tengchung
India
Tokyo
Southern Health Officials Step Up Quarantine Amid NC Outbreak
Georgia imposes 21 day home quarantine for children returning from North Carolina epidemic zones. Health departments must approve returns from both states. Nine polio cases in Georgia. South Carolina and other southern states report new cases as Red Cross nurses aid Piedmont centers.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Kentucky
Georgia
Raleigh
N. C
Gia
South Carolina
State Board of Health
Red Cross
Piedmont
Mississippi
Virginia
Louisiana
Alabama
Florida
Five North Wilkesboro dealers charged with sugar rule violations
Winston-Salem July 18 The Charlotte OPA office summoned five North Wilkesboro dealers to hearings on charges of violating sugar rationing laws. Investigations found hundreds of thousands of pounds sold illegally with specific firms cited for large quantities. Dealers face suspension pending hearings for record-keeping failures illegal transfers and use of counterfeit coupons or stamps.
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Winston-Salem
Charlotte
OPA
North Wilkesboro
Virginia’ Eller
Wilkes Pie and Feed Company
A. Lowe
Germans Turn Robots Loose In Daylight
German forces renewed winged bomb attacks on England as London endured air raids. Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee rejected calls for a secret session and said the prime minister saw no need to add to prior statements. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden assured MPs that information was being managed.
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London
England
Commons
Clement R. Attlee
Attlee
Anthony Eden
Powerful Yank Force Breaks Through Seven Towns Near St Lo
Allied forces on a 48 mile Cherbourg front report seven towns captured by American tanks and infantry. La Boulaye and positions east of St Lo fell as British troops retook Maltot near Caen. German counterattacks sought to hold St Lo while Von Kluge’s new western commander role loomed.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
St. Lo
Cherbourg
Omar I
Bradley
la Boulaye
Paris
Caumont
Lessay
Wihin
Maltot
Caen
Orne
Odon
St. Lo-Bayeux Road
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Germany
Germans Ready To Destroy All Of Europe
London reports a Nazi broadcast declaring terror grips German hearts and that Germany will turn the continent into a maelstrom of destruction. It urges total war with every able man armed as the Russian threat looms on the eastern frontier.
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London
Germany
London Evening News
Europe
Japanese claim to have fired 51 planes at Chihkiang airbase
Tokyo radio says Imperial headquarters communique reports Japanese planes destroyed or burned 51 ground ed aircraft in a raid on Chihkiang airport in Hunan province described as a U S air base. No Allied confirmation reported in the broadcast.
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Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
Chihkiang
Hunan
U.S
Federal Communications Com
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