Allied Airslaught Hits German Targets Across Munich and Berlin
Britain and Italy joined in a major air raid on Munich and other targets in southern Germany and across Europe. American and British air forces attacked rail yards, airfields, factories, and bridges, with heavy losses reported among German aircraft and lasting impacts on logistics and transport networks.
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London
Britain
Italy
Munich
Germany
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Alps
Brenner Pass
England
Schweinfurt
Hellriegelsgreuth
RAF
Berlin
Cologne
Ruhr
France
Normandy
Helgoland
Seine
Eure
Italian City Livorno Falls To American Forces
Lt. Gen. Mark W. s Fifth army captured Livorno in a wide pincers move forcing German forces from the third largest Italian seaport. Polish troops had seized Ancona earlier, as German resistance dwindled after hills over the port were taken.
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Livorno
Mark W
Fifth
Italy
Ancona
Adriatic
Leghorn
Pisa
Rome
Genoa
Allied Offensives On Two Fronts Tighten the War Vise
The Allied push in Normandy and the east drives toward Paris while American forces stun Caen defenses and seize St Lo. In the east, Soviet offensives in southeastern Poland threaten the Baltic front and Brest Litovsk. II. Izvestia notes fierce battles expected near Fast Prussia as German lines tremble.
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Hitler
Normandy
Berlin
Paris
Caen
St. Lo
Poland
Lwow
Baltic States
Baltics
Fuhrer
Prussia
Red
Bug
Niemen
Bialystok
Brest Litovsk
Reich
Moscow
Izvestia
Restitution Made By Movie Corporation
North Carolina labor chief announces voluntary restitution by Loew's Inc to more than 648 employees nationwide for overtime pay from 1940 to 1948. About $10,000 in back wages, including $212.88 to 24 Charlotte workers, covers 31 film exchanges across 24 states and D C. The firm meets federal wage and hour law requirements.
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Raleigh
Loew's Ins
Metro- Gielkdwyn-Mayer Pictures
New York City
Charlotte
Forrest H. Shuferd
North Carolina
States
District of Columbia
Loew's, Inc
Shuford
Chinese Break Japanese Ring Near Hengyang
Counterattacking Chinese forces cracked the ring around Hengyang at Canton-Hankow railway city and pressed within miles of the besieged junction. Leiyang to the south saw Japanese troops retreating as China warned of strong reinforcements and a climactic battle. American planes amplified ground support while Stilwell’s command reported bomber strikes near Chaling and destruction of 15 Japanese supply junks on the Liang river.
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Chungking
Canton-Hankow
Hengyang
Leiyang
P. H. Chang
Joseph W. Stilwell
Chaling
Liang River
Roosevelt Nomination Drift Toward Truman Douglas
At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Roosevelt’s push narrows to Harry S Truman as running mate with Henry A Wallace still mounted for vice presidency. Byrnes withdraws, Truman becomes a leading second choice while Justice William O Douglas is noted as third. Roosevelt aims for a Thursday night wind up as delegates gather at the Chicago Stadium.
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Associated Press
Edward J. Kelly
Chicago
Scott Lucas
Illinois
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Roosevelt
Wallac
Robert E. Hannegan
Charles W. Tillett
Robert 8. Kerr
Oklahoma
Chicago Stadium
James F. Byrnes
Henry A. Wallace
Harry Truman
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Byrnes
Wallace
Velt
Truman
National Committee
Mail Carrier Killed In Truck Auto Crash Near Trinity
Henry C Royals 56 a rural mail carrier was killed when his car hit a food truck two miles south of Trinity. His 8 year old son Don was seriously injured and hospitalized. Carlton Clinard, the truck driver, was not injured. Royals had 22 years as a mail carrier and was also an attorney. He is survived by his widow and several children including Archdale Doris and H C Royals Jr. and others.
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Henry C. Royals
Trinity
Don
Royals
Carlton Clinard
Vada Burton Royals
Jessie Hiatt
Archdale
Doris Royals
Pvt
H. C. Royals, Jr
Hunter Field
Fresno
Calif
Worth Royals
Stem
Elmer Royals
Roanoke
Cyrus Royals
Six Russian Armies Pour Through Holes In Germanys Front
Six Russian armies push across the German front from Konev southward to Yeremenko in a 550 mile battlefront. Advances near Lwow and Kaminenka threaten Warsaw region as Rokossovsky eyes Brest Litovsk. Berlin admits gravity as Red Star notes Soviet units crossing the Lesnia river near Brest Litovsk.
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Moscow
Hitler
Ivan S. Konev
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Bort
Konev
Ukraine
Lwow
Kowel
Bug River
Selets Belski
Sokal
London
Germany
Russia
Skomorokhi
Kaminenka
Busk
Bortkov
Berlin
Transocean Agency
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Warsaw
Brest Litovsk
Rokossovsky
Red Star
Lesnia
Six German Officers Die in Athens Conference Shootout
In Athens a high level meeting at the Bretagne hotel ended in gunfire after an argument among six German officers. Pistols were drawn, senior officers fired, and one chief administrative officer for the Peloponnesus was killed by SS guards. Austrian Col. Fritse vanished amid rumors of execution for opposing the German army command.
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Cairo
Cent
Athens
Bretagne Hotel
Peloponnesus
Fritse
Jap Defenses On Guam Are Blown Apart
U S S Pacific Fleet reports from Pearl Harbor show battleships using spotter planes to strike Guam defenses at close range while Southwest Pacific bombers hit Japanese supply lines. Admiral Nimitz says ships closed in on targets and anti aircraft fire was silenced by destroyers. MacArthur notes aerial blows sinking twenty five ships and damaging many more in the Southwest Pacific, with a 4 000 ton freighter among those sunk.
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U. S S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Southwest Pacific
Japan
Chester W. Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
Nimitz
MacArthur
Pacific
Nty
Nazi Strategy Costing Lives, Says General
Moscow reports quote Gen. Hofmeister, captive commander of the 41st German Tank Corps, criticizing Hitler's insistence on holding ground on the eastern front. He says orders to defend every inch of occupied territory drain reserves and cost lives and prisoners as field marshals warned, yet were discharged.
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Moscow
Edmund Hofmesieter
Hitler
Ernst) Busch
Pripyat Marshes
Baltic States
Hofmeister
White Russia
Brauchitsch
List
von Rundstedt
Flue Cured Tobacco Men Seek Higher Price Ceilings
NC growers from all flue cured belts urged a higher ceiling price for the 1944 crop in Raleigh action. A tied timing dispute with border belt growers delayed votes while they pressed to retain 1943 sales hours. Leaders urged action before GA Florida belt opens Monday and August 1 for border belt.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Border Belt
Flake Shaw
Greensboro
North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation
Ceilin
OPA
David Fuller
Lumberton
Tobacco Association of the
J. C. Eagles
W. A. Lucas
Wilson
Lucas
Eagles
Allied Forces Smash German Counterattack Near Caen
Allied forces bust a German counteroffensive with picked Nazi tanks driven back five miles southeast of Caen. Montgomery's push from the Orne bridgehead expands the front to about 20 miles as American units advance north of St Lo and seize La Capelle and Grand Hamel.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditiona
Brr
Caen
Paris
Erwin Rommel
Fallen St. Lo
Vire
la Capelle
Grand Hamel
Hottot-Les-Bbagues
Vimont
Second Army
Montgomery
The
Orne
Sixth Airborne
East Bank
Vaucelles
Normandy Front
24 Hour Robot Bomb Attacks Hit London Area
London and southern England faced a massive 24 hour robot bomb attack after June 15, with Calais coast launches increasing near Caen. Winston Churchill reported 2,752 killed and 8,000 hospitalized in the barrage as Allied air power continued its strategic bombing against Germany.
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London
England
Eisenhower
Channel
Calais
France
Caen
Germany
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Europe
James Byrnes
Roger Ticket
Navy Pier
Port Chicago
Dewitt MacKenzie
Movie Corporation
Douglas
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