Marines And Infantries Land On Guam Amid Press War
Two German divisions were reported to have revolted in East Prussia as Hitler launched a purge of conspirators following an alleged plot to assassinate him. Col. Gen. Ludwig Beck was reported killed, with executions of key plot participants announced by Berlin.
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East Prussia
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Ludwig Beck
Hitler
Sweden
Beck
Fuehrer
Reich
Sunderman
Cize
Austria
Czecho-Slova
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
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Schmundt
Marines Inch Inland On Guam After Fast Beachheads
U S Marines and Army assault troops land on Guam on July 20 with beachheads established amid heavy bombardment. Carrier aircraft and Fifth Fleet units support the operation as fierce resistance is faced, following Saipan victory. Guam lies 130 miles from Saipan and within range of Tokyo, boosting prospects for renewed campaigns across the Marianas.
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Guam
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Fifth Fleet
Marianas
Japan
Tokyo
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Pacific
Allied troops press in Normandy amid heavy rain and mud
In Normandy actions slow under torrential rains as Allied forces push on. Canadian troops advance a mile to take St Martin Ceremony south of Caen, while British units move toward Paris and near Caumont Tilly road. Americans seize road segments near St Periers. Ground operations hindered by 36 hours of rain. German defenses flooded rivers to block coastal routes.
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Paris
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Periers
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Montgomery
Troarn
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Dives
le Havre
Bernard N. Montgomery
Erwin Rommel
Second Army
Italy
Normandy
Germany
Woman Assists Her Husband by Shoveling Coal
Mrs. Margaret Ballard, 43, helps husband Willard Ballard by shoveling coal for seven children. She works as a coal shoveler, emptying a 55 ton car in about five hours, and yesterday shoveled 40 tons.
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Chicago
Margaret Ballard
Willard
Use Of Naval Base Scored By Brownell
New York July 21 Republication chairman Herbert Brownell objected to President Roosevelt delivering his acceptance speech from a naval base He argued the move would anger Americans and accused Roosevelt of exploiting armed forces for partisan purposes Brownell said the remark came without Gov Dewey’s knowledge and noted Roosevelt had recently visited a military base on the Pacific coast
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New York
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Roosevelt
United States
White House
Brownell
Pacific Coast
Washington
Treaty Protected Free Press Urged
Chicago July 21 The Democratic and Republican parties pledged a treaty protected free flow of news as a tool for lasting world peace. Editors backed freer exchange of ideas and goods, pledging in the 1944 platform that such flows will aid postwar development and harmony.
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Chicago
Democratic Convention
Rebellion Speaks Through German Plot Against Hitler
The article argues a Nazi plot to kill Hitler reveals a broader collapse in German leadership as Soviet advances strain the regime. It links Himmler Goering and other officers to a failed plan aimed at delaying retreat and reshaping the battlefield, underscoring widespread discontent and purge campaigns.
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Marsh
al Goering
Fuehrer
Germany
Ang
Wall
Fatherland
Wallace Seizes About Twenty New York Votes For Roosevelt Ticket
In Chicago Wallace gains roughly 20 of New York's 96 votes amid a heated Democratic vice presidential contest. Truman leads the New York delegation locally, with Flynn backing Truman and the bulk of Empire State delegates pledging to the Missouri senator. Massachusetts splits gave Wallace and Truman 12 each.
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Missouri
Roosevelt
Edward J. Flynn
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Missourian
Massachusetts
Wallace
Senate
Barkley
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Ohio
Rhode Island
Paul Fitzpatrick
Flynn
Tammany
Edward Laugh
Brooklyn
Frank Elly
John Bankhead
Alabama
South
Mississipi
Texas
Paul V. McNutt
Alben W. Barkley
Sam Ray
Japan silent on Guam landing cabinet to have co premiers
Japanese radios reported no comment on the Guam invasion while a Domei dispatch hinted the warlords might drop the idea of naming co premiers to succeed Gen Hideki Tojo. The Imperial Rule Assistance Association pledged support to a new cabinet formed byGen Kuniaki Koiso or Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai, with hints they would co lead.
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Guam
Associated Press
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Hideki Tojo
Imperial Rule Assistance Association
Japan's Fascist Party
Kuniaki Koise
Mitsumasa Yonai
Domei
Tokyo
Koiso
Yonai
2500 Planes Strike German Targets In Massive Allied Raid
London report says about 2500 American aircraft engaged Germany with 2000 over a channel storm and 500 from Italy approaching Berlin within 125 miles. More than 1100 heavy bombers flew from Britain, escorted by nearly 800 U S fighters in the largest single escort of the war. Other targets near Regensburg and Schweinfurt were attacked. some Italian-based planes hit targets in Breslau Sudeten.
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Germany
Regensberg
Schweinfurt
Italy
Berlin
Britain
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Brux
Sudeten
German Guns Bomb Stricken Livorno
German guns in the hills behind Pisa opened harassing fire on Livorno as Fifth Army patrols probed north of the Arno for the first time. Allied reports say American units continued eradicating pockets of resistance on the south bank while Poles pressed across the Esino on a 15 mile front toward Monte Mariano, near Ancona.
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Ancona
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Mildred Harris former Chaplin wife dies at 41
Hollywood mourns Mildred Harris 41 a Cheyenne Wyoming native and early silent film star daughter of the era dies after abdominal surgery. Harris a one time Chaplin wife married him in 1918 at 16 but never appeared in a Chaplin film or acted as his leading lady. She had recently returned to screen work as a bit player.
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Mildred Harris
Actreses
Holywood
Miss Harris
Cheyenne
Wyo
Charlie Chapin
Red Forces Break Deep Into Lithuania and Press Toward Warsaw
Soviet forces crossed the trans-Lithuanian railway capturing Skopishki, 30 miles west of Daugavpils, and moved toward Warsaw. Lwow’s Nazi garrison neared collapse as Red Army advances threatened Brest Litovsk and Lublin with surrounding pressure along the Bug river.
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Sokal
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Lublin
Roosevelt Accepts Nomination From Naval Base
President Roosevelt accepts nomination for a fourth term aboard a Pacific coast naval base special train amid war time security secrecy. He traveled a six day cross country route with aides and reporters, unseen by the public, after Hyde Park and Chicago stops.
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Pacific Coast Naval Base
Washington
Associated Press
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United Press
International News Service
Hyde Park
N. Y
Chicago
William D. Leahy
Final Axis Smashup Signals Endgame Near London
British papers view the attempted assassination of Adolf Hitler and Tojo's fall from power as signs of the Axis war machine near collapse. Editorials credit Allied gains in the Pacific, including Saipan, for triggering cabinet resignations and internal German army opposition.
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Adolf Hitler
Hideki Tojo
London Daily Herald
London Daily Mail
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Tojo
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Daily Herald
Pacific
Saipan
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