Bombers and Mustangs Strike Across Europe in Allied Air Offensive
Allied air forces reported heavy raids from Budapest to Italy and France. Liberators and Mustangs bombed Mantua rail yards and Milan railyards while Mediterranean forces hit Trieste and Porto Marghera oil storage facilities. Thunderbolts attacked French railyards near Beauvais, with a second pass after flak dispersed the formation. Seven U.S. 9th Air Force fighters were lost in operations against bridges and airfields.
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Mrs Mollie Davenport dies in Thomasville at 72
Mollie Warner Davenport a Thomasville resident died in a local hospital after seven months illness. She was born February 14, 1882 in Davidson County. She married H. C. Davenport May 14, 1905 and is survived by nine children, brothers, sisters, and 14 other relatives. Funeral set for Sunday at Westfield Baptist Church with interment in church grounds.
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Mollie Warner Davenport
Davenport
Davidson County
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Jane Boone Warner
H. C. Davenport
H. M. Easter
Ollie Davenport
High Point
Pearl Hughes
Lexington
T. E. Ward
Asheboro
Hattie Davenport
Jessep+Davenport
Colleen Davenport
Murphy Davenport
George Davenport
Thomsonville
Cicero
Andrew
Lindsay Varner
Charles Varner
Edward Varner
Bynum
B. H. Lambeth
Julia Hunt
Westfield Baptist Church
John Cox
William Hopkins
Westfield Church
Nazi threat looms over Europe says Pell strong about invasion
Pell warns that Nazi forces could burn major cities quickly with incendiary packs and plans a systematic destruction of occupied Europe. He cites experiences in Poland and Hungary, plus Nazi philosophy learned in Portugal, arguing the regime will strike after the war when reconstruction begins.
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London
Paris
Europe
Pell
Poland
Hungary
Portugal
France
Chinese push nears Tengchung amid Japanese airfield pressure
Chinese forces on the Yunnan front near Tengchung report tightening the encirclement of the ancient city as eastern gate attacks continue. In New Guinea Allied and Japanese forces clash near Aitape as 45 000 trapped Japanese troops endure heavy fighting and potential renewed offensives.
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Changsha
Hengyang
Yunnan
Tengchung
New Guinea
British New Guinea
Aitape
North Carolina Weather: Cloudy Weekend With Showers Likely
Mostly cloudy conditions persist today tonight and Saturday with scattered showers and thundershowers. Temperatures remain moderately high but cooler than recent days in the northern portion.
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North Carolina
North Portion
Sailor On Authorized Swim Ended in Late Bulletin
The ration office announced today that the sailor died during an authorized swim. The pro stated he was on active duty for 71 months. His wife resides in Salem Indiana.
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Salem
Ind
Sinking of Harrisburg reported off Colombian coast
Survivors landed at Barkranquilla said the American tanker Harrisburg was torpedoed by a German submarine off the Colombian coast. The statement came as rescue groups found the crew after the attack.
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Barkranquilla
Colombia
Harrisburg
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek Arrives in Rio for Rest Visit
The Chinese first lady Madame Chiang Kai-Shek arrived in Rio de Janeiro for rest. She travels with Madame H H Kung, wife of the minister of finance and head of the Chinese delegation at Bretton Woods. The embassy noted she was not expected to visit the United States.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Rio de Janeiro
H. H. Kung
Bretton Woods
Nhh
Brazil
Roosevelt appoints Hinckley as director of contract settlement
President Roosevelt selects Robert Henry Hinckley former assistant secretary of commerce to direct contract settlement He will terminate billions of dollars in munitions contracts when the war ends Hinckley resigns as vice president of Sperry Corporation to accept the post
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Washington
Robert Henry Hinckley
Hinckley
Sperry Corporation
Lear Chosen to Command Army Ground Forces
The War Department announced that Lt Gen Ben Lear is assigned to command the army ground forces, relieving Lt Gen Lesley R McNair who takes an overseas assignment. McNair had led ground forces since March 1945 and was wounded in North Africa during an April 1945 inspection trip, with Lear having assumed temporary command then.
Heroic Group Returns After Pacific Air Campaign
The navy disclosed that its heroic air group five returned to the United States after destroying or damaging 478 Japanese planes, sinking or damaging 50 enemy ships and causing incalculable land damage. They flew from a 27,000-ton carrier during eight months of action, fighting in nearly all Pacific operations except raids on Rabaul, and set a record for sustained combat.
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Heroic Group
Washington
Navy
Heroic Air Group Five
United States
Pacific
Rabaul
Willkie May Back Dewey, Says Halleck
Rep. Charles A. Halleck said after a two hour talk with Governor Dewey that he believes Willkie will support the Republican ticket in 1944. Halleck, who nominated Willkie in 1940, reported he has not seen or heard from Willkie. Dewey is the Republican presidential candidate.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Congressional Campaign Committee
Dewey
Gardner Broughton Aide to Manage Vice Presidential Bid
Raleigh July 14. Former Governor O M Gardner of Shelby now a Washington attorney will act as floor manager for Governor F M Broughton in his bid for the Democratic vice presidential nomination. Gardner is assisted by Willis Smith of Raleigh, former speaker and delegate from the fourth district, who is traveling for conferences with delegates and party leaders of several states. For cleaner greens wash spinach watercress lettuce and others in warm water.
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Raleigh
O. Max Gardner
Shelby
Washington
4. M. Broughton
Gardner
Willis Smith
Smith
Press association debates newsprint rationing and free press
The Raleigh News and Observer group discusses equitable newsprint distribution for smaller dailies and non-daily papers. William B. King reports on foreign government abuses of free news passage from Europe, stressing the need for postwar press freedom. George W Healy Jr to speak at tonight banquet.
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Hitler
ORD
Greensboro
C. T. Leinbach
Winston-Salem
N. C. War Finance Committee
Harris
Randall Harris
Asheville
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Durham
Galt Braxton
Kinston
Frank Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
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Chatham News
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William B. King
King
America
Kent Cooper
Spain
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Switzerland
George W. Healy, Jr
Office of War Information
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Americans Near St Lo Strike On Normandy Front
Allied forces pushed toward St Lo in central Normandy as four of nine access roads fell under American control. The advance extended east of La Barre De Semilly with the town only a mile and a half away on the north. Frontwide, Germans mounted stubborn rear-guard resistance, limiting breakthroughs and lengthening the battle line to about 100 miles as terrain paradoxically aids German defense.
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Les Champs D'Losque
St. Lo
Normandy
la Barre de Semilly
Che
Speech clinicians to aid rehab of war victims at State College
Dr Herbert Koepp Baker of Pennsylvania State College says speech clinicians play a key role in wartime rehabilitation. He notes reeducation includes social and vocational work along with physical recovery, and cites advances since the last war in speech and hearing recovery.
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State College
INS
Herbert Koepp- Baker
Pennsylvania State College
American Speech Correction Association
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