Nazi purge intensifies as officers die in assassination bid
Berlin reports list Col. Gen. Guenther Korten and Maj-Gen. Heinz Brandt among the dead from the Hitler assassination attempt. A blood purge nears the heart of Germany as Churchill warns of a revolution and Berlin broadcasts claim loyalty measures replace old salutes. Reports say resistance leaders remain largely intact abroad.
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London
Aay
Air Force General Staff
Hitler
Berlin
Winston Churchill
Germany
Guenther Korten
Heinz Brandt
Army — Staff
Fuehrers
Berger
Heinrich Bergner
Frontier
High Committee
Ludwig Beck
Himmier
Chinese On Offensive In North Hunan
Chinese forces press Japanese positions in Liangjiang northern Hunan and repel incursions near Hengyang as air strikes hit Changsha and rail yards. Ground support targets include ships along the Yangtze river and supply boats, with substantial losses reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunan
Chungking
Liangjiang
Hengyang
Canton-Hankow
Changsha
Joseph W. Stilwell
Liang River
Allies Massing For Huge Assault On Normandy Line
Allied forces push near Caen and Maltot as Oz troops press toward Periers. British and Canadian units take ground west of Maltot and near Etauvaux while American forces report strong positions north of Periers. Casualties and prisoners mounting on both sides amid ongoing fighting along a 100 mile front.
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Rupans
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Caen
Troarn
le Have
Omar N. Bradley
Leves
Periers
Seves
Supreme Headquarters
Maltot
Etauvaux
Paris
Erwin Rommel
Sir Bernard L. Monry
Secretary Hull Says He Wished To Know Germany’s Situation
Secretary Hull told reporters at a news conference that he wished he knew what was going on inside Germany. Asked about reports of Germans killing Germans in Hitler's Reich, he replied I wish I did.
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Germany
Hitler
Fuehrer
Gestapo
Korten
Hans Jesschonnek
Hittler
Atlantic Wall
Poland
Warsaw
Anthony Eden
Reich
Washington
Hull
Hitler salute adopted by German armed forces
The German armed forces have reportedly begun using the Hitler salute, according to a German radio report dated July 24.
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Hitler
London
Bombers Hit France And Yugoslavia
Allied air offensives targeted southern France northern Italy and Yugoslavia with U S heavy bombers hitting air dromes harbors and other objectives. British raids on Kiel and Bucharest accompanied Mosquito raids on Berlin as daylight and night operations continue over Normandy amid overcast skies.
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London
U. S
France
Italy
Yugoslavia
Kiel
Bucharest
Eather
Normandy
Genoa
Pisa
Adriatic
Berlin
D-Day
Tinian Invaded by U S Forces in Marianas Campaign
U S Pacific Fleet reports American invasion of Tinian Island moving from beachheads as Guam fell to near isolation. Gen. MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz announce carrier protection and air power, with command shifts including Lt Gen Holland Smith promoted to Fleet Marine Forces Pacific and Maj Gen Harry Schmidt leading Tinian troops.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Tinian Island
Marianas
Guam
Chester Neimitz
Fourth Marines
Triperk
Saipan
Port Apra
Philippine
Douglas McArthur
Mindanao
Philippines
Corregidor
Tinian
Nimitz
Holland F. Smith
U. S. Marine Corps
Fifth Amphibious Corps
Fleet Marine Forces of the Pacific
Harry Schmidt
Fourth Marine Division
Harry W. Hill
Oakland
Calif
Tarawa
Eniwetok
Circus Fire Death Toll Rises in Hartford
The Ringling Brothers-Barnum and Bailey circus fire in Hartford July 6 increased to 164 dead. Grace Clark, 48, of Hartford, died from burns, joining her 81-year-old parents among the victims.
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Hartford
Conn
Grace Clark
Jburns
Americans Press South of Arno in Fifth Army Breakthrough
Fifth Army forces hold Pisa beyond the Arno and advance from the sea toward Empoli while pushing north from Poggibonsi to within 12 miles of Florence. They cross the Arno canal near Cascina and clear areas around Teuta Del Tombolo as German counterattacks and shelling continue along the Arno south bank.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Pisa
Arno
Empoli
Poggibonsi
Florence
Fifth Haa
Arno Canal
Cascina
San Miniato
Ponte A Evala
San Romano
Angelica
Tenuta del Tombolo
Marina di Pisa
Livorno
Pontedera
Tavernelle
Mount Morocco
Strada
Eighth Army
Ter
Revolt in Germany Continues Despite Nazi Propaganda
Moscow dispatch says German generals’ conspiracy against Hitler persists inside the Reich and a stronger revolt is expected. Reports from various sources note ongoing internal political strife despite official Nazi propaganda.
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Tass
Hitler
Moscow
Reich
Germany
Eleven New Polio Cases Reported In North Carolina Outbreak
Eleven new polio cases were reported, bringing the outbreak total to 373. Forty eight of North Carolina’s 100 counties have been affected since June 1, Moore county reported its first case, with additional cases in Burke Catawba Harnett Haywood McDowell Surry and Wilkes. The state poultry training school at State College August 9 to 11 was canceled due to polio prevalence.
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Raleigh
State Board of Death
North Carolina
Moore County
Burke
Catawba
Harnett
Haywood
McDowell
Surry
Wilkes
William Moore
State Department of Agriculture
State College
State Health Department
Veteran Of Last War Amazed At Allied Material
Lloyd Stratton reports from Normandy July 24 that Allied forces demonstrate unprecedented mechanization and firepower. He notes infantry remains decisive, air and artillery superiority, and complex fortifications on the coast as material flows increase and the enemy adapts tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lioyd Stratton
Associated Press, Ltd
Asociated Press
Normandy Battlefront
Associated Press News
Lloyd Stratton
Normandy
France
Western Front
Navy
Rebellion and Purge Shape German War Effort
The piece argues that Hitler faces a rising rebellion within the Prussian high command and a blood purge weaken Germany's military leadership. It contends this strengthens Allied chances by removing key militarists and exposing the Reich’s vulnerabilities on the Eastern Front as the war nears its end.
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Hitler
Germany
Churchill
Normandy
Reich
German radio reports Russia near Warsaw as battles rage in Poland
German broadcasts acknowledge Russian advances within 50 miles of Warsaw and report fighting in Lwow and Lublin. They claim Siedlce near the rail line between Moscow and Berlin has fallen 20 miles since midnight, with heavy combat and Russian advances along a broad front across central Poland.
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London
Warsaw
Siedlce
Jaroslaw
Lwow
Lublin
Siedice
Berlin
Nazidom
Brest Litovsk
Moscow
Jarsiaw
Poland
Brest Litvosk
Stalingrads
Brest A Litvosk
Kaunas
Lithuania
Scheller
von Treschoy
Army
Lindeman
Deidler
Laven
East Prussia
New Hospital Planned on Boulevard in High Point
W R Peters says the High Point Memorial board will build a 200 bed modern hospital on the Burrus Memorial site on Boulevard at an estimated 750000 dollars. A campaign to raise more funds is planned next fall with over 100000 dollars already in the building fund. The board bought two new lots widening Boulevard frontage to 400 feet and rerouting Avery street will provide building space and access.
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W. R. Peters
High Point Memorial Hospital
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Hospital Board
Hospital
Avery Street
William S. West
Jc, C. Moore
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Canis
Bullseyve
James A. Darnell
Marjorie Peterson
Naval Hospital
Philadelphia
Hammond
Ind
Detroit Mich
Jerry
St. Lo
1918
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