Kaunas Falls as Germans Claim Warsaw Move
London July 31 The German agency DNB reported Kaunas fell as Soviet forces pushed toward Warsaw. Berlin radio said Russians were within artillery range of Warsaw while Moscow claimed gains west of Kaunas as German forces rushed fresh troops to East Prussia. Gen Cherniakovsky was noted in command at Giby.
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Associated Press
London
Warsaw
Kaunas
Suwalki
East Prussia
DNB
Berlin
Moscow
Red Army
Lithuania
Niemen
Poland
Theduinkers
Giby
Ivan D. Cherniakovsky
Cherniakovsky
Augustow
German Silesia
Riga
Baltic
Latvia
Cyrecho-Slovakia
Tallinn
Estonia
Memel
Americans Reach Avranches In 18 Mile Break Via Normandy
Allied reports say American armored units punched into Avranches 18 miles from prior positions, part of a 60 mile advance from the D Day beachhead. British and American columns drive toward Granville and Tessy sur Vire as German divisions near annihilation retreat.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Avranches
France
Prig
Normandy
Brest
Granville
Gavray
Tessy-Sur-Vire
Torigni-Sur-Vire
la Reaviere
la Frechiere
Fifth Parachute
Tith
Omar N. Bradley
Secon
Bombing Blitz on Munich and Romanian Targets Reported
Allied air forces hammered Munich and Romanian objectives amid heavy cloud cover while 1,200 Flying Fortresses and Liberators and 1,000 fighters from Britain and American units struck German rail yards bridges and military works. American Ninth air force and U S based bombers pressed transport interdiction as armored advances slowed by wrecked supply vehicles.
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Munich
Antral
Bucharest
Britain
Germany
5Th Air Force
Italy
Domfront
Evreux
Tours
Air Force
Brenner Pass
U. S
Normandy
U. S. Ninth Air Force
Tower of Pisa destroyed ask Nazi broadcasts
New York reports Nazi Berlin radio claimed the Leaning Tower of Pisa was destroyed by Allied artillery, a claim not confirmed by Allied dispatches. German broadcasts argued no military use near the monument and noted Allied actions at Cassino. The Vatican noted no evidence Cassino Abbey was used militarily.
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New York
NBS
Berlin
Pisa
CRBS
Star and Stripes
Cassino
Vatican
Observator Romano
Monte Cassino Abbey
Bobby Jones Slated To Return To U S
Lt. Col. Robert T. Bobby Jones has returned to Britain from France for reassignment and was believed to be headed back to the United States as U S forces operate in Normandy.
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Ninth Air Force
HERD
North Carolina polio cases rise to 419 this season
Officials from the state board of health reported three new infantile paralysis cases over the weekend, bringing the total since June 1 to 419. The new patients are in Buncombe Haywood and Mecklenburg counties.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
North Carolina
Buncombe
Haywood
Mecklenburg
Nazi Forces Check Allied Drive Near Florence
Nazi infantry and tanks halted the Eighth Army five to seven miles southwest of Florence as Allied artillery pounded German units. On the Arno front, heavy exchanges continued with no penetration beyond Pisa’s southern edge reported. East coast Polish troops fought in Senigallia while New Zealand spearheads pressed near Florence before stiff counterattacks forced withdrawals.
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Rome
Eighth
Florence
Fifth
Arno
Pisa
Senigalita
Rimini
Desert Air Force
Great Tuscany Art Center
New Zealand
Priest Killed While Giving Last Rites in Normandy
New York telegram reports First Lt. Dominic Terman 41 a Franciscan priest was shot in the back by a Nazi sniper June 19 in Normandy while administering the last rites to a dying soldier. He was ordained in 1937 after Fordham University and Holy Name College studies.
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New York
Dominic Terman
Normandy
Bertrand Campbell
Order of
Friars Minor
St. Francis of Assisi
Father Terman
Fordham University
Franciscan Order
Holy Name College
Washington, D. C
American Cut Down Jungle Then He Fights
Kanss City reports a Japanese prisoner held by Americans cites a Japanese view that Americans destroy jungle first then fight. The prisoner notes Australians are best jungle fighters, with Japanese second and Americans least effective, remarking on bombing and shelling before advances.
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Kansas City
William 4. Koenigsdorf
South Pacific
Japs Advance Into Hengyang Proper
Chinese high command admitted Japanese forces broke into Hengyang, with brisk fighting in the city and outskirts. The city, a key goal since Canton and Hankow, sits on the Canton-Hankow railway junction, as Chinese troops press to hold the line amid a months long assault.
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Chungking
Hengyang
Canton-Hankow
Hunan
Canton
Hankow
China
Tengchung
Yunnan
Germans Lose Grip on Turkey and Bulgaria
German reports say Nazi control over Turkey is slipping as Ankara plans to break economic and diplomatic ties with the Reich. Indications also show Bulgaria drifting away with Transocean noting Ankara and Sofia dispatches and potential Allied base gains.
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London
Turkey
Threich
Bulgaria
Transocean
Berlin
Ankara
Sofia
Miss Marguerite Le Hand Former Roosevelt Secretary Dies
Miss Marguerite Alice Le Hand known as Missy Le Hand, long time personal secretary to President Roosevelt, died at Chelsea Massachusetts of cerebral embolism.
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Washington
Marguerite Alice
Missy) le Hand
Roosevelt
Chelsea
Mass
Secret weapon aids U S in Marianas advance
War Correspondent Clinton Green reports Adm. Nimitz says Guam harbor and airstrip are in American use as invasion of Tinian proceeds. The weapon’s nature remains undisclosed but described as highly deadly and effective at limiting enemy targets.
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U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Tinian
America
Clinton Green
Chester W. Nimitz
Green
Marianas
Distances to Fronts Spanning German City Radius
A regional dispatch lists distances from Berlin toward fronts in three directions. Russians 335 miles from Berlin near Kilbiel, Italians 605 miles from Senigallia, and Normandy 630 miles from Troarn, outlining the theater reach near the city.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Kilbiel
Senigallia
Normandy
Troarn
Turkey likely to join Allies as Germany battles to hold on
AP War Analyst Dewitt Mackenzie reports Berlin claims Turkey will break relations with Germany and enter the war to aid the Allies. The move would deny Hitler Balkan support, cut his food and resources, and open a new Danubian front, potentially shortening the conflict.
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Berlin
Turkey
Germany
Hitler
United Nations
Balkans
Bulgaria
Rumania
Danubian
Hungary
Lad
High Point Ends Fifth War Loan Drive Surpasses Quotas
High Point finished the Fifth War Loan drive at 1 PM with about 1 million over the regional quota and over 850 thousand above the E bond goal of 551 thousand. FE bond sales hit an all time high, outpacing the Fourth War Loan FE sales by about 2 thousand. Guilford County status remained uncertain as Greensboro and High Point worked to cover a 749 thousand rural shortfall. High Point aimed to add 875 thousand to the quota but missed by 74 thousand.
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High Point
Guilford County
Greensboro
Fatal Injuries From Poker Row Involving Young
A shooting and stabbing incident in Wotton L Young area left 32 year old Eugene Tate hospitalized after knife wounds. J L Young, 2s year old, died from a rock strike during a quarrel at 1610 Moffitt Street. Fred Johnson and Carlos Presnell named in altercation as police investigate.
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Wotton L. Young
Fred Johnson
Moffitt Street
Eugene Tate
Young Street
Boulevard
High Point Memorial Hospital
Young
Tate
Carlos Presnell
Leon
Presnell
Robinson Dies for Stoll Abduction Conviction Upheld
The U S circuit court of appeals affirmed the death sentence for Thomas H Robinson Jr of Nashville in the Lindbergh act abduction of Alice Speed Stoll of Louisville on October 10 1934. He had pleaded guilty earlier and received a life term before later retrial and Alcatraz imprisonment.
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Cincinnati
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Nashville
Tenn
Alice Speed Stoll
Louisville
Robinson
U. S. District Court
Shackelford Miller, Jr
Military Leaders Are Called Back
Majority Leader Barkley and Senator Vandenberg urged Senate Military Affairs Committee members to return to Washington at once to act on reconversion and surplus property bills. Reynolds, committee chairman, released the telegram stressing urgent consideration of vital postwar programs.
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Washington
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate Military Committee
Reynolds
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Military Aren Committee
Navy cuts back submarine building program
The navy announced a reduction in submarine construction citing fewer submarines than expected and a need for at least eight other ship or weapon types. The effort will pause several submarines slated for completion, while sustaining the overall completion schedule for seven to eight months and redeploying personnel to other shipbuilding and repair tasks.
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Washington
Navy
Army Dog Toby Destroyed After Readjustment Fail
Newark reports that Toby a six and a half year old German shepherd army sentry dog was killed after failing to readjust to civilian life. Lt Angelo J Sabin father James says the lieutenant who trained him from a pup would be heartbroken. Toby jumped at nonuniforms and ignored nonkhaki orders leading to the decision to destroy him.
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Newark
N. J
Toby
Angelo J. Sabin
England
James
Fort Robinson
Neb
Sabins
State Republicans Open Office Tuesday
Sim H. DeLapp of Lexington, state Republican chairman, will open state campaign headquarters here tomorrow. The convention authorized DeLapp to appoint a full time secretary of the executive committee and he has named Fate J. Beal of Charlotte for the job. Beal is president of the North Carolina Young Republicans Club.
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Lexington
Sim H. DeLapp
DeLapp
Fate J. Beal
Charlotte
Beal
North Carolina
Young Republicans Club
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Tom Linder
Georgia Agricultural
Lex Green
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