War Today highlights advance toward Japan and Pacific gains
The piece notes Allied advances toward Japan including Saipan, Guam, and Tinian, with U S heavy bombers nearing Japan and the Philippines. It quotes Admiral King calling Japanese resistance fierce and Halsey comparing them to rats as U S task forces tighten the cordon. It mentions Japanese cabinet concerns and Palau and Sabang bombings amid prep for a potential naval showdown.
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Halsey
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Philippines
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China
Mikado
Tojo
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Guam
Tinian
Tokyo
Palau Island
Sabang
Dutch East Indies
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Mindanao
Kesman
America
Ado
General Lesley J. McNair Killed in Normandy Front
The War Department announced General Lesley J. McNair commander of the Army ground forces was killed in Normandy. Lt. Gen. Ben Lear succeeded him and Marshall lauded McNair as a brilliant officer and fearless leader. Born 1883 in Minnesota, McNair served in World War I and received honors from the French government.
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Normandy
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Ben Lear
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C. Marshall
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Marshall
General McNair
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Minn
Military Academy
Clare Huster
Douglas Crevier
Funston
Vera Cruz
Pershing
Mexico
United States
France
Paris
Chaumont
Germany
Army Ground Forces
Allies poised for new landing in northern Italy near La Spezia
Berlin radio reports concentrations of Allied warships transports and landing craft with divisions in the Tyrrhenian coastal area for an imminent assault around La Spezia and Genoa. La Spezia and Genoa sit behind the Gothic line. a landing there would flank the German defenses and threaten two German armies retreating from Cassino.
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Berlin
Tyrrhenian Sea
Italy
la Spezia
Genoa
Pisa
Fifth Army
Florence
Rimini
Adriatic
Cassino
Rome
Polio Cases Rise to 408 in Raleigh
In Raleigh on July 27 the state health department reported 13 new polio cases, bringing the total since June to 403. The infection count climbs as health officials monitor the outbreak and urge precautions.
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State Health Department
Yanks Take Prize Airport On Tinian And Push Ahead
U S Pacific Fleet reports Marines capture the north quarter of Tinian and seize the Ushi Point airfield with its repair shops and barracks. Navy and Marine forces push toward Orote peninsula on Guam as Nimitz announces progress in Guam and Tinian operations. Japanese losses mount in heavy fighting across Saipan, Guam, and the Marianas.
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Tinian
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Guam
Orote
Sumay
Gua
Saipan
Rembert James
Associated Press
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Asiga Point
Ushi Point
Hawaii
Hickam Field
Chester W. Nimitz
Tokyo
Berlin
North Marianas
Pagan Island
Orete Peninsula
Nazis Battle Fiercely To Hold Florence
Rome July 27. The battle for Florence heated as the Eighth Army hit German counterattacks eight miles from the city center while Fifth Army long range fire hit railway guns and tanks along the lower Arno. German defenses stiffened near Pisa and Navi. American advances pressed Castelnovo and Vallelchio southwest of Florence.
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Adriatic
Sabang Harbor Facilities Destroyed by Allied Bombardment
An allied task force of battleships cruisers and destroyers covered by carrier planes bombarded Sabang harbor in a brief strike. The attack silenced shore batteries sank a merchant ship wrecked two jetties and caused minor damage with two fatalities reported.
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Ceylon
Sabang
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Sumatra
Russians Report Advances Near Warsaw and Brest Litovsk
Soviet radio and dispatches claim Russian forces crossed the Vis and moved into Brest Litovsk, with Stalin announcing the capture of Bialystok after heavy fighting. Brest Litovsk lies 110 miles east of Warsaw as the Red Army presses toward the German frontier.
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German Silesia
Brest Litovek
U S Liberators Strike Belgian Rail Targets in Belgium and Givors
In Brussels and Ghent areas American Liberators attacked Belgian military targets with a large bomber force, as Thunderbolts and other U S air units focused on rail centers. Berlin reported Hungarian capital Budapest faced a terror attack with Italian based Allied bombers.
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Lyon
France
Belgium
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Geneva
Americans Break German Defenses Near St Lo In Breakthrough
Allied report says 44 American doughboy and tank units advanced three miles south of St Lo in six hours. Patrolling forces moved toward Perier and reached the road center from St Fanning out east Gilles. Units closed on Germans in the Vire river bend near Le Mesnil, six miles south of St Lo.
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American Armor Breaks German Center in Normandy Drive
Allied forces surge through Normandy with Sherman tanks and infantry advancing nine miles in two days. The break hits the St Lo to Avranches highway as patrols reach Periers and Coutances paths open to U S troops. East flank advances two miles securing two towns with a six hour breakthrough tally of three miles.
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Normandy
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Periers
U.S
Allies Push Into Cherbourg Peninsula Front Line
American forces seized Canisy and cut the road south from Saint-Lô to Percy along the Cherbourg peninsula baseline. Allied patrols entered Periers, a central German stronghold, and reached about 10 miles north of Countances. The armored advance southwest of Saint-Lô drove toward Countances, with forces fanning out from Marigny.
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Marigny
15 Point Program Outlined By Republican Chiefs
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey announced a 15 point program for the Republican governors conference in St. Louis starting Aug. 2. He and Gov. Bricker voiced unity on campaign issues and urged an end to jurisdictional conflict across federal, state, and local levels. The plan covers public expenditures health unemployment and labor and other national state coordination topics.
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Veterans Affairs
War Manpower Commission cuts hotel service nationwide
The War Manpower Commission ordered hotel service reductions across the nation. Rules limit dining staff to about half of 1941 levels, restrict linen changes to twice weekly, cap maid service to every four hours, limit towels, and reduce shower curtain changes. The commission urged replacing able-bodied men under 45 with women or disabled or elderly workers where possible.
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Washington
Daly
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Allied air drive nets 193 enemy planes in three days
Rome dispatch says Allied air forces bagged 193 German planes in a three day period with 78 shot down yesterday. Med bombers hit the Manfred Weiss steel works in Budapest while Fortresses Liberators and Lightning Mustang pilots claimed numerous victories over Austria Hungary and Albania. Ground losses included 20 aircraft damaged at Valencia as Thunderbolts attacked.
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Romania
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France
Schacht Reported Shot by Gestapo in Stockholm Dispatch
Algiers radio cited a Stockholm dispatch claiming Dr. Hjalmar Schacht Reich minister without portfolio was shot by the Gestapo. The report circulated July 27 and attributed the attack to Nazi security forces.
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Insurgents Put To Death By Hitler
Three German generals linked to the July 20 plot against Hitler were named by German radio as participants. Col. Gen. Ludwig Beck, Infantry General Friedrich Olbricht, and Maj. Gen. Erich Hoepner were described as dead or awaiting trial. Beck, anti Nazi, led the general staff until 1938. Olbricht allegedly shot after court martial. Hoepner accused of cowardly retreat on the Russian front. Continued on page 7.
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France
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