Russian Artillery Shelling Suburbs Of Warsaw
Moscow dispatches say Soviet artillery is shelling the Warsaw area as Rokossovsky’s forces push toward the Vistula. Berlin warns no more stand east of Warsaw with major battles likely between the Vistula and Oder and possibly near Berlin, while German and British reports cite advances near the Polish capital.
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London
Berlin
Tvian
Jelgava
Baltics
Mikhail I. Kazakov
Warsaw
A_ Stockholm
Wilhelmstrasse
Vistula
The
Oder
Germany
Breslau
Stettin
Moscow
Roes
Ated
Eddy Gilmore
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Poland
Break in Turkish German relations reported by radio
German radio said Turkish shipping had been suspended and large drafts of men were mobilized as Turkish summer maneuvers drew near. Bulgarian demands for withdrawal of two German divisions and talks with the Allies were also reported amid rumors of Turkish Turkish aid and Irish participation in future exercises.
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Associated Press
Turkey
Transocean
Black Sea
Bosporus
Istanbul
Aegean
Mediterranean
Sea of Marmara
Foreign Office
Sukru Saracoglu
Turcv
Bulgaria
Top Scoring Air Force Ace Gabreski Reported Missing In Action
Lt. Col. Francis S Gabreski, the top scoring U S Air Force ace with 31 credited planes, was reported missing in action since July 20 over Germany. War Department telegram confirmed no further details yet and promised notification as information is received. Gabreski had 78 aerial victories and three ground destroys.
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City
Francis S. Gabreski
U. S. Air Force
War Department
Adjutant General
Secretary of War
Ing
Germany
Juty
Col
Gabreski
Two American Generals Given New Assignments
In Rome on July 29 Allied headquarters announced transfers of Maj. Gen. Charles Ryder of the 34th Infantry Division and Maj. Gen. Ernest Harmon of the First Armored Division to new duties in the United States. Both generals led Mediterranean campaigns and are noted veterans of North Africa and Italy. Harmon will report to the War Department.
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United States
Allied
Charles Ryder
34Th Infantry
Ernest N. Harmon
First Armored
Kane
Ryder
aKnsas
Vineyard Haven
Mass
34Th
Northern Ireland
National Guard
Iowa
Minnea
Algiers
Hill 609
Tunisia
Salerno
Anzio
Harmon
Vermont
Vienna
First Armored Division
Italy
Cassino
War Department
German Cities Attacked By 1 100 Planes
London reports a second straight day of major raids as 1 100 American heavy bombers strike the Leuna oil plant at Merseburg and attack Bremen. British forces previously hit Stuttgart Hamburg Frankfurt and Buzz bomb bases in France. RAF Spitfire bombers hit a German occupied village in the Brest peninsula and German night fighters claimed many British aircraft down.
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London
Germany
Merseburg
Bremen
Stuttgart
Hamburg
Frankfurt
France
Juvincourt
Laon-Couvron
Paris
Brest
Scrignac
Air Ministry
Reich
Thai cabinet resigns en bloc over capital plan rejection
The puppet cabinet of Thailand headed by Premier Luang Bipul Sonagree resigned in full after the national assembly rejected two measures related to building the new Thai capital at Pachabun, about 190 miles north of Bangkok, as reported by Tokyo radio.
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New York
Thailand
Luang Bipul Sonagree
Tokyo Radio
National Assembly
Pachabun
Bangkok
Allied Vehicles Push Toward Brehal After Coutances Breakout
US tanks repelled a German armored counterattack east of Coutances and drove along the Normandy coast within sight of Brehal. Rommel diverted reinforcements as Tiger tanks struck American lines near Tessy sur Vire, but Shermans repulsed the assault. Allied pressure concentrates along the Vire river valley with advances toward Vire and Lengronne.
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U. S
Coutances
Normmady
Brehal
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Baeble
Brehna
U Pret
Omar N. Bradle
Percy
Vire
Lengronne
St. Malo de la Lande
Londoners Jam Railway Depots For Vacations
Londoners crowded railway depots Friday as holiday seekers poured out of the capital. People stood in long lines for hours awaiting trains to western areas not reached by German air raids, with platforms stretched nearly a mile and authorities noting unprecedented crowds.
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London
Ree
Lotion
Governors Support Tobacco Men Plea for Price Boost
Governors senators and Congress members backed tobacco growers and warehousemen in urging Fred M. Vinson to raise the 1944 ceiling on flue-cured tobacco by two cents. The appeal leverages official support to improve crop pricing.
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Washington
Congress
Fred M. Vinson
Tobacco Growers Seek 2 Cent 1944 Price Increase
Economic Stabilization Director Fred M. Vinson sent back the renewed plea of southern flue cured tobacco growers for a two cent rise in 1944 price ceilings. He said the new argument needed OPA decision before any action could be taken.
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Washington
Fred M. Vinson
Office of Price Administration
Vinson
OPA
Tobacco lobby holds caucus with governors and senators
After a liminary caucus the group met with Vinson at 11 a m EWT joining tobacco men seeking higher ceilings. Governors Johnston Broughton and Tuck along with Senators George Andrews and representatives Gibson Green and farm bureau chair Wingate outlined plans to present new evidence at the conference.
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Vinson
EWT
Olin D. Johnston
South Carolina
J. M. Broughton
North Carolina
William Tuck
Virginia
George
D-Fla
H. L. Wingate
Georgia Farm Bureau
Hitler Alive or Dead Revealed in Wartime Speculation
A reader debates if Adolf Hitler survived the July bomb at his headquarters or if Heinrich Bergner died in the blast. The piece weighs evidence, points to Goering Goebbels Himmler as potential power players, and argues the safest view is that Hitler remains alive until proven otherwise.
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Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Bergner
Faherer
Germany
Hitler
World
Himmler
Wallace Advocates Liberal Democratic Unity Across Regions
Vice-President Henry A. Wallace told the Iowa Democratic state platform convention that the November win hinges on uniting farmers and workers on a liberal constructive platform. He praised the South and urged a stronger liberal leadership there, citing Claude Pepper and Ellis Arnall as examples and saying reform will outpace old prejudices.
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Des Moines
Henry A. Wallace
South
Iowa
Wallace
Harry 5. Truman
Missouri
Chicago
Middlewest
Marvin Jones
John Bankhead
Alben Barkley
Wa Street
Claude Pepper
Florida
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
New Allied Saturation Bombing Wins Normandy Breakthrough
London reports a high air force official said American troops in Normandy were preceded by a new saturation bombing. About 65,951 bombs from 2,423 planes dropped 4,302 tons over 10 square miles, knocking out tanks and vehicles as German troops showed signs of demoralization days after the attack.
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London
Normandy
Youth and Mules Die in Pitt County Lightning Strike
Eugene Stocks, 17, of near Ayden, was killed when lightning struck him while standing in a tobacco barn shelter during an electrical storm. A nearby tree was hit as well. Funeral services are planned in the Stocks family cemetery near Ayden. In Pactolus, two mules were killed and power lines damaged cutting lines to Winterville and Ayden.
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Greenville
N. Y
Eugene Stocks
Ayden
Pitt County
Griffin
Stocks
Mabel Stocks
Pactolus
Winterville
Yanks Capture 2nd Airfield on Tinian
American forces report capturing a second airfield on Tinian as Marines drive across eight square miles toward the town. On Guam the 2,000 Japanese defenders retreat amid fierce fighting to defend their airfield and Sumay naval area with U.S. forces advancing up to two miles inland and within 800 yards of Agana.
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Pearl Harbor
Tinian Island
Guam
Marianas
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Tinian
Saipan
Oroto
Sumay Naval Se
Agana
First Daylight Raid by Fortresses Over Anshan Manchuria
American B 29s conducted the first daylight raid on Anshan in eastern Manchuria, hitting heavy industries and chemical outputs. A separate raid targeted the Cancen railway yards in Henan. The operation marked the first high altitude daylight strike from Manchuria and received its code name Mary.
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China
Anshan
Manchuria
Mukden
Supan
Pire
Joseph W. Still
Hongkong
Chungking
Formosa
Japan
Greater East Asia
Yawata
Sasebo
Cancen
Henan
Peiping-Hankow
Mary
Roy Lynn Holton
Kansas
20Th Bomber Command
New Zealanders Break Nazi Defenses Near Florence
Rome reports New Zealand veterans broke through south of Florence and reached five miles from the city in a mountain break. German counterattacks with Tiger tanks pushed back a leading unit, but advances were halted and positions held. South African troops crossed the Greve river close to Impruneta, intensifying the threat to Florence amid overall quiet elsewhere on the Italian front.
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Rome
Florence
Rege
Greve River
Impruneta
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