Red Army advances near Baltic line as Pinsk battle reported
Front dispatch describes Cherniakhovsky pushing toward Kaunas within 18 miles of the East Prussia Baltic rail link. Russians near Brest Litovsk and Pinsk fight through marshes with flooded terrain. Pinsk destroyed by fire and population evacuated by Germans. Jewish residents reportedly killed. Also notes massive destruction of transport and rail targets in the sector.
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Pskov
Daugavpils
Pitalovo
Opochka
Riga
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Kaunas
East Prussia
Baltic States
Brest -Litovsk
Pinsk
Late Bulletins Cancelled By Methodist Executive Director
Announcement of the cancellation was made by Dr. W. L. Mullikin, executive director of the Board of Christian Education of the Upper South Carolina Methodist conference. Big Beer Tax: North Carolina collected $2,878,963.37 in beer taxes for the fiscal year ended June 30. Sources include license, wholesale distributors, retailers, dealers on trains, non resident manufacturers and wholesalers, excise, crowns, labels, and stamps with varied totals.
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Board of Christian Education
Upper South Carolina
Raleigh
North Carolina
Brewing Industry Foundation
Chinese Forces Repel Assault on Canton Hankow Rail Key
Chinese high command says forces renewed their attack on the Canton Hankow rail key of Kengyang in southern Hunan and briefly entered the streets but were annihilated. The report comes from Chungking dated July 15.
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Chungking
Canton- Hankow
Kengyang
Hunan
British Army in Normandy Seizes Thousands of Axis Prisoners
British forces report capturing more than 7,000 Germans as they close on La Barre de Semilly near St Lo. Allied casualty estimates claim 28,000 to 30,000 killed or wounded since D Day, with total prisoners surpassing 54,000. An American tally on June 11 cites 1,819 enemy captured by U S troops.
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Read
St. Lo
la Barre de Semilly
U. S
Funeral Rites for Mrs Minnie Stockton Held at Davie
Funeral services for Mrs Minnie Morgan Stockton of 1012 Park Street who died Friday morning will begin with a home service at 12:15 then proceed to Advance Baptist Church in Davie County for the 2 o'clock funeral led by Rev. Odel Leonard of Lexington. Interment follows in the church cemetery.
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Park Street
Advance Baptist Church
Davie County
Odel Leonard
Lexington
Kennedy Funeral Rites Held at Grove Methodist Church
Funeral services for gemes ster Kennedy were conducted Friday evening at 5 o clock from the Grove Methodist church with Rev. C E Ridge and Rev H O Miller officiating. Music featured by the Hillard Memorial Baptist Church. flowers carried by Kennedy family and friends. Pallbearers included V F Morgan G L Sink John Burton Paul Kinley and Edward Shoaf. Interment followed at a local cemetery.
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Thomasville
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Hilliard Memorialist Church
Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church
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Pearl
Mary
Alberta
Clara Faye Kennedy
Nellie Proctor Albertson
Esther Kennedy
Marguerite Burton Hill
Helen Leonard
Solid South Again Predicted by Josephus Daniels
Josephus Daniels, former Navy secretary and Democratic elder, arrived in Chicago with a forecast that the solid South will back Roosevelt in November and help nominate J. Melville Brouton for vice president. He campaigns for a progressive platform and notes a healing of Southern rift before fall elections. Tobacco rationing in Japan is expected to tighten.
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Chicago
Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
Navy
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Resolutions Committee
J. Melville Broughton
Broughton
Daniels
Yanks Advance Toward Livorno In Italian Front
Allied reports say American forces near Livorno closed to within six miles on the west coast with doughboys pushing toward Ghizzano and Arno river approaches. Advances include Villamagna by 15 miles west of Poggi bionsi and operations through Chianni and Belvedere guarding the Era valley toward the Arno.
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Ghizzano
Arno River
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Poggibonsi
U .S
Chianni
Belvedere
Era Valley
Arno
Guam raids resume as Mitscher fleet dominates air and sea
Nimitz says carrier air strikes on Guam extend to ten straight days. July 10 reports note destroyers sinking an enemy coastal transport near Guam. Attacks target Port Apra area with bombardments of ammunition dumps, storage facilities, gun positions, and buildings on Guam and Rota.
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Guam
Rota
Marc A. Mitscher
Port Apra
Allied bombing blitz hits rail yards near Paris and German targets
Flier notes visibility good en route to target as two explosions sparked a flame sheet along tracks indicating an ammunition train was struck. Villeneuve-Saint-Georges yards near Paris, a key south Paris traffic hub, were hit the night of July 4. Lancasters and Halifaxes joined in the night raid on enemy positions. Mosquito formations attacked 60 miles south of Tours, dropping 32 tons on German barracks, while other Mosquitos pounded German communications.
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RAF
Tours
Weather Outlook for North Carolina Turns Cloudy
Considerable cloudiness and warm humid conditions expected. Tonight and Sunday will bring scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms across the state as warm air remains in place.
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North Carolina
War talk on Prussian militarism and Nazism
The piece argues for unconditional end to Prussian militarism and Nazism, warning Germany will attack again unless defeated. It notes Allied intelligence on a 25 year plan to reassert power, cites Lords Vansittart urging a hard line, and claims the public expects surrender sooner or later.
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Reich
Europe
House of Lords
Lord Vansittart
Gestapo
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