Postwar Monetary Plan Released by UN Conference
At Bretton Woods New Hampshire the UN conference outlined an $8.8 billion postwar prosperity fund with the United States to contribute $2.75 billion Great Britain $1.3 billion and Russia $1.2 billion All 44 nations must decide on participation and a companion $10 billion world bank for reconstruction was to be announced before adjournment next Wednesday Russia opposed concessions for war devastated areas and secured a proviso excluding newly mined gold from calculations for five years
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Bretton Woods
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United Nations
World Tonight
Treasury
Morgenthau
United States
Great Britain
Russia
World Bank For Reconstruction and Development
Monetary Fund Commission
Soviet Union
Wallace Vice Presidential Question Up in Air at Convention
Senator Hatch said the vice presidential pick is unsettled with Wallace as a likely personal choice but the convention should decide. Delegates and officials, including Daniels and Byrnes associates, discussed candidates while party leaders opened campaign headquarters in Charlotte and other cities.
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Carl Hatch
New Mexico
Hatch
Wallace
Illinois
Daniels
Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
Platform
Navy
Wilson
Kentucky
Harry Truman
Missouri
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
James F. Byrnes
Joseph Guffey
Pennsylvania
Ames M. Tunnel
Delaware
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Allied advances near Pisa after Arno valley push
American forces overran Peccioli and Ghizzano as they closed in on the Arno valley, with Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark’s troops nearing Pisa and the Arno. British units moved toward Fossato Di Vico while Italians expanded along the Adriatic front and partisans attacked supply lines. Prisoners surpassed 32,000 with 10,000 more captured.
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Arno
Mark W. Clark
Pisa
Belvedere
U. S
Chianni
Poggibonsi
Ghizzano
Livorno
Villamagna
Santa Lucia
Eighth
Citta di Castello
Tiber River
San Gimignano
Tropical storm forecast near North Carolina coast
The disturbance moves north at 14 to 16 mph with winds estimated 50 to 60 mph near the center. Indicators show ongoing intensification with a northward push likely turning to north northeast, passing near the North Carolina Capes Sunday afternoon. Small craft along the coast should stay in port and mariners await further advisories tonight.
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North Carolina Capes
North Carolina
North Caroli
Tobacco Growers Hope for Sales Holiday
Flue cured tobacco growers and estate officials from the Carolinas and Nevada backed a sales holiday to close markets if the OPA does not peg leaf ceilings at last year’s 41 cents and link to the 1943 ceiling of 45.84 cents. Georgia leaders at a five state meeting urged all governors to declare the holiday unless ceilings are announced and acceptable.
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Carolias
Nevada
Aoe c ‘Les “Sa
Tito's Partisans Capture Teslic in Bosnia
The wartime communique reports Tito's partisans breached German defenses and seized Teslic in central Bosnia with 350 prisoners and plunder. The Brod Sarajevo rail line was cut in several spots and two German troop trains were wrecked with many casualties.
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Tito
London
Marshal Tito
Teslic
Bosnia
Ministry of Information
Brod-Sarajevo
California Democrat Woman Visits Town For Conventions
The California national committee woman and Democratic congressional candidate told locals she does not aim to outshine Rep. Clare Boothe Luce of Connecticut, who spoke at the Republican convention. The wife of actor Melvyn Douglas, now an army major, is slated to address the Democratic convention.
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California National Committee
Clare Boothe Luce
Connecticut
Melvyn Douglas
U S Bombers Hit Five Oil Refineries in Ploesti Raid
Five refineries and a pumping station at Ploesti Romania were blasted by 750 U S heavy bombers amid bad weather over western Europe. Eighth Air Force and Ninth Air Force missions targeted rail yards and German troops while Caen and East Prussia reported activity. No losses or enemy aircraft were recorded.
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London
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Romania
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Europe
Britain
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Tours
Orleans
Nevers-Orleans
Paris
Ninth Air Force
St. Lo
Cherisy
Bruex
Caen
British
Second Tactical Air Force
East Prussia
Germany
Roosevelt Must Run as Plain Candidate Says Halleck
Rep. Charles A. Halleck, chairman of the Republican national committee, says Roosevelt should run as a plain candidate not as commander-in-chief. He argues the commander-in-chief myth misleads voters and notes Roosevelt plans to serve 12 years as president and commander-in-chief by next spring.
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Charles A. Halleck
R-Ind
National Kican Congressional Committee
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Halleck
Roosevelt
Robert E. Hannegan
City Health Bulletin Advises Protecting Children During Illness
The bulletin urges prompt physician calls for acute illness in children and to isolate affected youngsters. It cautions against extreme fatigue and sudden chilling, emphasizes handwashing, cautions about tonsil and adenoid operations during epidemics, and advises using pure milk and keeping flies from food. It warns against swimming or wading in polluted water and limits contact with ill persons, noting that treated water in local pools is pollution free.
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Salvation Army
Weather and travel notes and historical voyage line
Partly cloudy to cloudy and warm tonight and Sunday with scattered showers and thundershowers east and centre. Becoming windy over east portion Sunday. Diaz rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1487. Smoking of hand rolled cigarettes rising in China.
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Cape of Good Hope
China
Russians Claim Advances Toward Lwow and Pripyat Front
The Soviet front reports capture of Druskieniki Shonudbra Privalka and Gozha near the Suwalki border. They say Rosa River crossings near Wolkowysk and Slonim and progress around Pinsk, while Berlin and Moscow disagree on front status and tank losses.
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Privalka
Gozha
Suwalki
Grodno
Rosa River
Bialystok
Wolkowysk
Slonim
Daugavpils
Luck
Tarnopol
Berlin
Moscow
Baltic States
East Prussia
Baltic
Lwow
Yanks Hold Ground South of Lessay in Normandy Fighting
Allied observers see a slow, costly push from the Caen area as Rommel strengthens lines. Montgomery gathers forces at the bridgehead while German divisions slip into fortified positions along the Cherbourg peninsula and toward St Lo.
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Wes Gallagher
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Caen
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Villers-Bocage
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Cherbourg
Omar N. Bradley
Granville
St. Lo
Montgomery
el Alamein
Italy
Salerno
Doughboys Press Rommel on Ay River Front
Report from France states Nazi forces on the Ay River front employ second line troops including noncombatant laborers turned to fighters. American doughboys capture prisoners from diverse backgrounds as they advance toward Lessay, while maintaining heavy artillery fire and systematic hedgerow assaults.
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France
Erwin Rommel
Aad
Tne
Russia
Paris
Lessay
Rommel
Allied advances push Japanese back on multiple fronts
The report details U S air attacks on Guam and Iwo Island for days, new landings at Iwo from Saipan, airfield losses in China, Dutch New Guinea gains by Sixth Army, and Japanese retreats across Burma, Hengyang fighting, and Chinese counterattacks around Lungling.
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Sixth Army
Sawar
Dutch New Guinea
India
Burma
Louis Mountbatten
China
Lungling
Chungking
Besi Hengyang
Hengyang
WPB Sets Schedule for Postwar Production Orders
The war board lays out a compromise timetable with staggered orders. On next Tuesday an order allows experimental model production. July 29 permits purchase orders for machine tools needed for pen making. August 5 authorizes civilian goods production by plants with idle labor and machinery.
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Nelson
WPB
Argl
Propaganda tech shows wartime reach across world
OWI uses seeds leaflets and film to sway enemies and win allies from Burma to Iceland. The United News Reel reaches 20 million weekly in India while films and pamphlets circulate through Europe, Asia, and North Africa to inform and influence public opinion and morale.
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United News Reel
India
Delhi
Bombay
Calcutta
Karachi
OWI
all-India Radio
Italy
Hollywood
China
Chungking
Tn Free China
CWI
U. S. Treasury
Bari
Algiers
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