Truman Gains Support As Battle Nears
At the convention in Chicago Stadium on July 20 Henry A Wallace campaigns for renomination while Truman backers seek solid support. Kansas votes shift in Wallace favor as delegates weigh first or second ballot. Roosevelt’s nomination persists with final speeches and radio remarks planned.
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British Based American Planes Blast Nazi Towns
British based American planes bombed Leipzig area targets in a third straight day of attacks on German industry. An Italian wing hit Munich Friedrichshafen zones while Fortresses struck Memmingen and Bad Worishofen airdromes. RAF escorts protected the heavy bombers as enemy losses were reported light.
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Allow Mothers To Get Up Four Days After Births
Dr Morris L Rotstein reports in the Journal of the American Medical Association that mothers may safely be out of bed on the third or fourth day after birth if there are no complications. Sinai hospital in Baltimore treated 150 maternity patients with this plan to increase bed turnover and shorten hospital stays.
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Japanese Cabinet Upheaval Signals War's Endgame
The article argues the cabinet shakeup in Tokyo reveals Japan faces dire defeat, with a possible return of militarists intensifying the war or a moderate government moving to soften Allied peace terms. It links Japan to Germany and warns of tough terms ahead, noting Japan’s wounded war power and the likely path to final defeat after Hitler.
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Belief German flying bombs may originate from France bases
London reports that robots continue to rain on southern England and that many bombs appear to come from easterly directions, suggesting bases inside France. Night raids were heavy but somewhat reduced after RAF fighters and anti aircraft fire downed many buzz bombs. casualties and damage were noted.
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Yanks Deepen Bombardment On Guam In Barrage Phase
U S Pacific Fleet reports a four day Guam assault entering a barrage phase as battleships cruisers and destroyers pummel defense positions. Carrier aircraft add fresh strikes dropping hundreds of tons of ordnance while Rota Island near Guam and Saipan area see heavy bombardment and reported destruction.
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Body Found in Crashed Plane Near Hopkins South Carolina
Col Verne J McCaul announced that the body of 2nd Lt Willard Benjamin Heddon of Buyallup Washington was recovered from a crashed plane near Hopkins South Carolina. The Marine airbase at Congaree confirms the tragic find and ongoing investigation.
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German Ruler And Several Others Hurt
An assassination bid injured Adolf Hitler and several top German military leaders. High ranking officers including Col. Gen. red Jod were seriously hurt while others suffered lesser injuries. The attack reportedly occurred near Hitler's headquarters with Rommel’s Holland base cited as a possible scene.
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Three Axis Leaders Fall or Wounded in World War II
In the unfoldings of 1943 the Axis leaders face decisive blows. Adolf Hitler survives a bombing attempt that wounds him and harms advisers as news confirms Benito Mussolini’s fall from power after Sicily invasion. Hideki Tojo's regime also collapses with Allied successes.
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Germans Show Signs Of Crumbling Before Reds
Moscow dispatch reports seven German fronts in battle west of the Niemen as Soviet forces push toward East Prussia and Poland. The Red Army claims advances from the Bug river to the Velikaya front with major action around Lwow Brest Litovsk and surrounds growing around Kaunas Daugavpils and Liep. The southern push risks bypassing Livow as Konev’s Ukrainian army takes Sokal and advances toward the Polish frontier.
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Negro Children Visit White Vermont Homes For Two Week Stay
Seventy nine Negro children from New York Harlem began a two week vacation in northern Vermont in a Congregational pastor’s program. The Abyssinian Baptist church supported transportation. children aged nine to twelve were placed in white families across 72 towns to foster better racial and religious relations.
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Yanks Reach South Arno Front Capture Colle Salvetti
American troops push along a 25 mile front on the south bank of the Arno river in Italy and take Colle Salvetti seven miles northeast of Livorno as they advance toward German Gothic Line defenses.
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Wartime unity urged at Democratic convention by Senator Jackson
Senator Samuel D. Jackson of Indiana told the Chicago Democratic convention wartime is no time for change and warned the ballot box must not become Hitler's weapon. He argued the president must remain in office to maintain war effort and attacked Republican efforts to alter leadership and peacetime policy. He defended Roosevelt and dismissed the GOP platform as weak and unwholesome, predicting voters will not replace the administration in 1944.
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Allied armor advances across Caen front in broad offensive
Allied forces push into German lines along a broad front five miles southeast of Caen. British armor drives into tank country near Emieville Frenouville and Troarn while reports say Troarn station was seized and combat rages in Bow area. American patrols cross the Ay river with clashes near Lesay as the front bulges from Caen to Troarn with several villages falling.
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New Japanese Cabinet Formed After Tojo Falls
Emperor Hirohito ordered General Koiso and Admiral Yonai to form a new government in cooperation, signaling continued military rule. The move follows Tojo's ousting after defeats including the Saipan loss, bringing U. S. air and naval power closer to Japan.
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