Invasion Echoes D-Day as Japan Campaign Looms
The piece compares Allied D-Day Normandy to an anticipated invasion of Japan, noting uncertainty about landings. It highlights Allied medical readiness, listing 8,000 doctors and 100,000 technicians in England, vast supplies, and American casualty figures from the first 11 days.
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English Channel
French
Ann
Japan
Nippon
France
United States Army Medical Department
England
Luft
Two More Nazis Hanged at Leavenworth Prison
At Leavenworth Kansas two German POWs Rudolph Straub 39 and Erich Gauss 32, were executed for the April 5 1944 murder of Horst Guenther in a Camp Gordon work camp in Georgia. The second group hanged in less than a week as punishment for betraying fellow prisoners.
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Kansas
U. S
Aiken
S. C
Rudolph Straub
Erich Gauss
Horst Guenther
Camp Gordon
Army
Guenther
Japs Pay $230,000 For Fate Of Swedes
London report states Switzerland accepted 1,000,000 francs from Japan as regret for 15 Swiss citizens in the Far East. The Swiss inquiry covered 12 believed killed in Manila one in the Gilberts and others missing in the Philippines. Japan offered indemnity to families of casualties.
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London
Japan
Far East
Manila
Gilbert Islands
Philippines
Continent May Be Policed From Germany
Washington reports that Germany could serve as a base to police Europe in the coming months and years. Decisions to be reached at the Big Three meeting in Berlin are expected to link military forces for order with broader political problems faced by President Truman Prime Minister Churchill and Premier.
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Washington
Germany
Europe
Berlin
Truman
Churchill
Political Volcano Rumor Shakes Japan War Effort
Washington dispatch reports Rep. Grant and Rep. Johnson describe a looming internal clash in Japan between war lords and industrialists. They warned a rapid settlement could emerge if conditional surrender terms provoke unrest, potentially shortening the war or prolonging it for years.
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Washington
Japan
Rep. Grant
R-Ind
Grant
Rep. Johnson
Indiana
House Appropriations Committee
North Carolina Nears E-Bond Goal in War Loan Results
The treasury reports nationwide E-bond sales reached 99.4 percent of a $4 billion goal. Hawaii led at 130.6 percent of its $23.5 million quota. Montana topped states at 119.9 percent of $16 million, with Iowa 119 and Alabama 118.89. North Carolina placed 34th at 96.4 percent.
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Treasury
Hawaii
Canal Zone
Morgenthau
Montana
Iowa
Alabama
Wyoming
South Carolina
North Carolina
Truman In English Waters
President Truman’s aide and the escort force of seven British warships accompany the Augusta as it sails the English Channel toward Potsdam. The Birmingham with Rear Admiral Cunningham-Graham leads the procession, forming a ceremonial guard around the Augusta and Philadelphia in calm, misty seas.
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Truman
English Channel
Willy To
Potsdam
Marshal Stalin
Birmingham
Greenwich
Philadelphia
Cunningham-Graham
Lands
Legless Veteran With A Card Gets New Tires
In Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County ration board grants four new automobile tires to Harry E. Collwell, a legless veteran with an A-card. He explains mobility limits after losing both legs in the Ardennes and cites tire blowouts on short trips. The board approves the request despite eligibility doubts.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Minnehaha County Ration Board
Harry E. Colwill
E. J. Kahler
Ardennes Forest
Australian Push Clears Mindanao Front in World War II
Australian Seventh Division advances nine miles toward Sambodja oil fields on east Borneo while U S forces land in Mindanao under Seventh Fleet bombardment to speed cleanup. In northern Luzon the 6th Division seizes Kiangan as Bontoc’s provincial canal falls to guerrillas.
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Borneo
Ndanao
Balikpapan
Mindanao
U. S. 24Th Division
Seventh Fleet
Sarangani Bay
Luzon
Sixth Division
Kiangan
Baguio
Bontoc
Guerri
Educators End Greensboro Conference
Greensboro July 14 Educators from 35 North Carolina school systems wrapped up a three day summer work conference at Woman’s College. Leaders in the North Carolina Education Association urged improvements in facilities and public support as part of the closing panel discussion.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
North Carolina Education Association
Woman's College
Seven Grou
Fewer Pullman Cars For Civilian Travel
Washington reports 895 civilian sleeping cars to go out tomorrow with possible diversion of 1000 more to troop movements in three months. Civilian service on 423 intercity lines would be reduced and the armed forces would control about 66 percent of national sleeping cars, according to the Pullman Company in Chicago.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Pullman Company
Chicago
Denatured alcohol poison claims three High Point residents
Three High Point residents died and a fourth wounded in denatured alcohol poisoning. Alfred Poe James Jones and Eleanor Pope died July 12 13 and today at 11 downs street. Police blamed unknown source with a wide investigation and urged citizens to verify drinks.
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Lowdermilk
Alfred Poe
Tate Street
James Jones
Hoover Street
Eleanor Pope
Downing Street
Brooks Street
William Baldwin
Willie Bell Norris
State Party Of Spain Dissolution Rumored
Paris July 14 Diplomats with good information said General Franco would announce the dissolution of Falange Spain's state party next Wednesday. They expect the resignation of Falangist ministers but doubt Franco himself resigning to favor a regency, a move monarchists oppose to avoid Franco maneuvering into regent role.
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Paris
Generalissimo
Franco
Falange
Spain
Night birds raid man and dog despite taped traps
Chicago July 04 two large night birds dive bomb Robert Wiersig and his Cocker Spaniel ignoring meat baited traps. He reports fear and SOS calls to police city hall and the Audubon society while vowing a hawk dinner and naming one Nevermore after Poe.
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Chicago
Robert Wiersig
Wiersig
SOS
Police
City Hall
Audubon Society
Poe
Raven
Chinese battle Japanese in Indo China action near border
Lt. Gen. Wedemeyer headquarters reports Chinese troops fighting Japanese forces in Indo China. U.S. 14th Air Force P 51s attacked Trung Khang Phu near Caobang, with casualties and damage to Japanese installations. Chinese advances and withdrawals are noted around June 24.
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Chungking
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Indo China
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Trung Khang Phu
Caobang
Trungensene
Nationwide Work Stoppages Reach New High
Labor disputes sweep across at least 27 cities from Minnesota to Florida with about 50 000 idle workers including more than 9 000 coal miners in Illinois Pennsylvania Ohio and Kentucky. several settlements but many strikes persist. Papers halted in Birmingham Fort Wayne Jersey City Bayonne plus New York City delivery suspensions amid leader warnings and government rejection of arbitration. In Akron a 14 day walkout at Firestone ends easing chaos while Detroit plants halt work affecting 4 100 and 7 200 workers as war production continues.
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Sam Caddy
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Ala
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George W. Taylor
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Akon
General Tire and Rubber Company
Firestone Cio-United Rubber
Industrial Union Council
Detroit
Spicer Manufacturing Corporation
SHAEF Closes 17 Months After Opening
Paris reports the Allied Expeditionary Force’s supreme headquarters dissolved at 12:01 am. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme commander, expressed hope the unity achieved will guide a permanent peace, ending 17 months after its launch.
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Paris
Allied Expeditionary Force
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fraternization Rules Relax for Allied Troops in Germany
London July 14 Allied forces in Germany and Austria eased the non fraternization rule allowing troops to talk with adult Germans in public places. Generals Eisenhower and Montgomery announced the change removing prior penalties and signaling progress in denazification.
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London
Germany
Austria
Eisenhower
Field Marshall Montgomery
Berlin
Montgomery
Guns Crush Kamaishi Iron Works in Northern Honshu Raid
The U S Third Fleet and Japan-based carrier planes bombarded Kamaishi 275 miles north of Tokyo with 5 to 16 inch shells. Dense smoke covered the area as fires raged in coke ovens and rolling mills. Rear Adm Shafooth led the bombardment, with no reported shore battery or air opposition.
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U. S. Third Fleet
Japan
No Ern Honshu
Imperial Iron and Steel Works
Kamenishi
Tokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
J. F. Shafroth
Denver
Nimity Shafroth
Mitscher Gets New Naval Assignment
Secretary Forrestal announced a major reshuffle of U S flag officers with Vice Adm. Marc Mitscher named deputy chief of naval operations for air and Vice Adm. John Towers ordered to command the Second carrier task force in the Pacific Third fleet.
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Marc Mitscher
Aubrey W. Fitch
Naval Academy
Annapolis
John H. Towers
John S. McCain
Frederick C. Sherman
Pacific
Mitscher
Henry K. Hewitt
Navy General Board
Harmold R. Stark
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Stark
John R. Bearall
Howard F. Kingman
15Th Naval District
Panama Sea Frontier
Kingman
Pacific Fleet
Adm
McCain
Toweri
Chennault Resigns As Air Force Chief
Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer reports Chennault told Kunming correspondents he would not continue as commander of the U. S. 14th air force at Chen nault headquarters. The decision comes from Chennault in a dispatch from Kunming dated July 4.
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Albert C. Wedemeyer
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Kunming
Chennault
14Th Air Force
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