Vandenberg and Dewey Back Middle Road Foreign Policy
Albany dispatch reports Gov. Thomas E Dewey and Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan agreeing on a middle road foreign policy. Vandenberg, head of the Senate GOP, met Dewey for a brief conference as Bricker announced a New York stop after a Canada vacation. Dewey poised to visit Pawling dairy farm. both leaders anticipate broad GOP support and meetings with Congress to shape postwar international policy.
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Albany
N.Y
Thomas
Dewey
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Congress
Vandenberg
Republicans’ Senate
Pawling
Dewey-Bricker
Middle West
Bricker
Columbus
New York
Canada
Senate
Wea
GOP
Chicago
Warren Austin
Vermont
Austin
George D. Aiken
Charles A. Plamnes
Massachusetts
Ren. Joseph Martin
House
Leverett Saltonstall
Sinclair Weeks
Wender
Willkie
Train Wreck Toll Mounts As Army Troops Aboard
The wreck on the Kentucky Tennessee line near Jellico left many soldiers injured with army doctors and ambulances rushing to the scene. Express Agent Alley reported 1006 soldiers were aboard and the upright cars were moved to another track for destination. Identification of the dead proceeded slowly as many servicemen slept or sheltered in washing areas.
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Jellico Hospital
Wallace Lewis
Canton
Ohio
Cumberland Mountain
Kentucky-Tennessee Line
Clinton
Express
Alley
Kilburn Brown
Army
Jelliva Hospital
Briton Opposes Currency Stabilization at UN Conference
Lord Keynes, leading the British delegation at the international monetary talks in Bretton Woods, opposes entrusting an $8 billion stabilization fund with unblocking credits. He defends the gold standard as a constitutional monarch, rejects surrender of monetary policy, and notes a clash of ideas over two years of discussions.
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Bretton Woods
N. H
Beltain
Keynes
United Nations Monetary Conference
England
Harry D. Whis
Americer
Treasury
Progress Report
Circus Fire Disaster Describes Horrors and Aftermath
Survivors recount chaotic escape as fire rips through canvas roof at the Lop circus. Staff and animals were saved, but many spectators trapped under the burning canopy. Officials warn of possible temporary end to touring with plans to return later. Damage estimates vary from seventy five thousand to three hundred thousand dollars.
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Felix Adler
Smething
Amoke
Cleveland
Sarasota
Fla
Herbert Duval
Roland Butler
Russians Press On Toward Wilno Front in Baltic Clash
A Red Star dispatch describes Soviet and German forces battling near Wilno and Baranowicze as Rokossovsky’s units push toward the Grodno corridor. The bombardment and tank clashes threaten major Baltic rail lines and fortifications, with German defenses collapsing toward Minsk Wilno and beyond.
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Kaunas
Wilno
Soviet Baltic Republics
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Mikhailishki
Soll
Baranowicze
Minsk
Brest Litovsk
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Rokossovsky
Lakhovichi
Baranowieze
Grodno
East Prussia
Bialystok
Warsaw
Brest
Liotysk
White Russia
Kowe
Red Army
Russia
Germany
Red Star
Cor
Prokofiev
De Gaulle Honored With 17-Gun Salute At State Dinner
De Gaulle visits Hull for a state dinner as officials praise France and liberty. He and President Roosevelt discuss France's underground movement in the south, with no plan to recognize the French National Committee. Aides translate De Gaulle's remarks during the exchange.
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Hull
de Gaulle
France
Roosevelt
Charles de Gaulle
Roosevelt Aims Wallace Return as Democrats Name Platform Chief
Democratic factions buzz over Henry Wallace as possible vice president while National Chairman Hannegan travels from Chicago to Washington to learn Roosevelt’s stance. John McCormack named to chair Platform Making Committee as a subpanel to draft the plat form. half the members are women signaling their rising influence. Dewey predicts over 400 electoral votes for the Republican ticket.
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Douglas B. Corned
Associated Press
Robert ©. Hannegan
Chicago
Washington
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
National Committee
House
John McCormack
Massachusetts
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Dewey
Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Wallace
Hanneyman
McCormack
Subcommittee
Corporal Brodsky Wounded on Normandy Front
Corporal Stanley Brodsky of 459 South Seventh Street Indiana has been wounded in action on the Normandy front. He is hospitalized somewhere in England with details of injuries unavailable. A former Company G clerk with the Pennsylvania National Guard, he trained with the 3rd Infantry Division and later joined the 4th Infantry Division which distinguished itself on D-Day at Normandy.
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Stanley Brodsky
Joseph Brodsky
South Seventh St
Indiana
Normandy Front
France
England
Army
Cpl. Brodsky
Pennsylvania National Guard
3Rd Infantry Division
4Th Infantry Division
Normandy
Invasion Push Advances Across Cherbourg Peninsula
Allied forces push five miles southeast of Carentan in a dawn assault backed by heavy artillery. Doughboys establish a bridgehead in marshy ground across the Vire, flank the German line, and threaten La Haye De Puits as Bradley’s First Army gains ground toward the Cherbourg peninsula. Berlin broadcasts claim fresh formations and Rommel's bridges damaged. fighting around Caen continues with both sides preparing for renewed clashes.
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St. Lo
Vire
Dough Boys
Carentan
Cherbourg
U. S. First Army
Omar N. Bradley
la Haye de Puits
Normandy
Berlin
Supreme Command
Qien
France
Rommel
Caen
Eight Die In Fire At New Plant In Pennsylvania
A recently opened plant costing about five million dollars, run for the DPC by Pennzoil Continental Quaker Wolf’s Head, was engulfed in flames. Eight men were killed: Milton V. Strain, 38. Martin Greene. Wallace Weaver, 51. Theodore Johnson, 32. Harry Stack, 42. Joseph Chapel, 36. Frank Zachrel, appears. C. H. Berlin, 44, all from Pennsylvania, plus Walter Winters, 55, who died of a heart attack at the scene. The piece notes a dog noseprint as distinctive as human fingerprints.
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DPC
Pennzoil Co
Continental Refining Co
Quaker State Oil Refining Corp
Wolf’s Head Oi Refining Co
Milton V. Strain
Martin Greene
Wallace KE. Weaver
Franklin
Theodore Johnson
Chicago
Harry J. Stack
Seneca
Joseph Chapel
Oil City
Frank M. Zachrel
Rouseville
C. H. Berlin
Walter Winters
Jie
Fifth Army Attacks In Italy Halted
Allied reports say German defenses along the Gothic Line halted the Fifth Army’s advance toward Livorno Pisa and Florence. American and Allied forces fought in Rosignano and Montecatini areas with heavy casualties and notable tank losses including Tiger tanks. Arezzo and surrounding sectors saw stubborn German resistance as Leese’s forces extend routes and bombard enemy positions along the Tiber valley and Colle Di Val D Elsa area. Numana on the Adriatic coast fell to Polish troops.
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Roma
Gothic Line
Italy
Fifth Army
Livorno
Leghorn
Pisa
Florence
Eighth Army
Rosignano
Livorne
Cassino
Castellina
Colle di Val D’elsa
Montecatini
Tront
Arezzo
Albert Kesselring
Oliver Leese
Monte Lignano
Tiber Valley
Umbertide
Montone
Gualdo Tadino
Adriatic
Numana
Invasion Progress Falls Short of Plans Says Allied HQ
Allied officers say the Normandy invasion has not met expectations for rapid advance after one month of fighting. Weather, German fanatic resistance, and heavy armor deployments slow progress, with Rommel’s reserves and tank divisions hampering breakthroughs in Caen and Cherbourg. No gains reported in the Isimo area near Ancona.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Fowly
France
Irwin Rommel
Moscow
Izvestia
Germany
Normandy
Caen
Tt Iy
Hitler
Cherbourg
Europe
U.S. Planes Hit Central Germany In New Raids
A large American air force attacked central Germany including Leipzig outskirts Mockau and Lutzendorf, hitting airplane factories and oil refineries. Allied raids followed RAF Mosquito strikes while U.S. bombers from the south moved deep into Germany, with Captain Fred Christenson of Watertown claiming six fighters shot down.
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London
PI—A_gyeal
Germany
U. S
Reich
Leipzig
Mockau
Lutzendorf
Kiel
Pas-De-Calais
France
Italy
Austri-Hungary
Czechslovakia
German Silesia
Vienna Pirieme
Normandy Battle Zone
Lemans
Fred Christenson
Watertown
Mass
Obituary notices from Strongstown and nearby towns
Obituaries list Flora Belle Burt who died at her Strongstown home with burial planned July 8 and services at 2:00 p.m. Reverend Shin to conduct. Burial Pine Land Cemetery. Martha Anna Fisher Boyer, widow of Michael J. Boyer, died at her brother Josiah Fisher’s Creelsills home. Born February 14, 1858 near Elderton, she lived nearby and leaves six nieces and nephews. services Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Atwood Presbyterian Church, interment Atwood Cemetery. Stanley William Long, husband of Thalia Williams Long of St Marys Pa, died July 5 in Baltimore. Born May 15, 1902, he was a former Indiana resident, member of First Presbyterian Church, Lodge 313 PF & A M, New Castle Consistory, Theta Chi. Funeral July 8 at 2:00 p.m. Robinson Funeral Home Indiana, interment Greerwood Cemetery with lodge rites at grave. Survived by wife, mother Ella Long of Washington DC, son Stanley Jr., sister Ruby Dittmar of Detroit.
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Flora Belle Burt
Strongstown
Oiiet
Charles N. Shin"terment
Pine Land Cemetery
Martha Anna (Fisher) Boyer
Michael J.boyer
Josiah Fisher
Creelsirls
Mr. Boyer
Daniel and
Elizabeth (Boyer) Fisher
Elderton
Andsix
Atwood Presbyterian Church
J. Cyrus Smith
Atwood Cemetery
Bowser Funeral Home
Stanley William Long
Thalia (Williams) Long
St. Mary's
Marine Hospital
Baltimore
Earl G
Ella M. (Lydick) Long
Indiana
First Presbyterian Church
A. M
New Castle
Washington, D. C
Stanley William Long Jr
Ruby E. Dittmar
Detroit, Michigan
Stimson praises American troops at Italian war theatre
In Rome on July 7 Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson lauded U S troops for their “indescribable quality and desire to save the enemy.” He said the future of the war is promising, praising courage on the Cherbourg peninsula and the overall progress while avoiding any prophecy on Europe’s end date.
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Rome
Fifth Army
U. S
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Cherbourg
Europe
War Department
Jacob Devers
Mark W. Clark
Pius XII
United States
Eye Witness on Tent Fire Tragedy at Circus Wallenda Show
Eyewitness account describes a rapid tent fire during a Wallenda act as crowds surged past animal cages. People scrambled over steel barriers, a woman toppled, a man tried to push back the crowd, and heat and flames consumed the tent within about 45 seconds. Spectators including children cried and others stood in shock as Moon Mullins and a 1929 Navy game reference appear in the report.
Allowances Set For Small Employers In Greensburg Pa
The Area Office of the War Manpower Commission in Greensburg Pennsylvania orders that employers with fewer than eight workers fix male manpower allowances at or below the number of male employees on June 30, 1944. Thus, employers with under eight workers may not overstaff with male workers beyond that June 30 figure.
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The
War Manpower Commission
Greensburg
Stock Market Air Reduction Al Clem and Dye Am Can Am and For Pow Am
Historic stock listings show a dense roll of corporations and filings including Amoco Alcoa Allied Crafts Borden Co and Boeing. The list names Am Tel and Tel Libby McN and many others with varied industries from aviation to steel and oil. The entry captures a snapshot of prevailing market names and traded entities in a single dense record.
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Bald Loco
Balt
Ohio
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Briges
Ches and
Chrysler Corp
Cons Edison
Curtiss Wright del Lack
West
el Auto Lite
Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Greyhound Corp
Hard Walker
Hercules Powder Int
Nick Can
Int
Tel
Tel Johns Manville Kennecott Cop Kresge
Libby McN
Loew's Inc
Montgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Prod Wat Distillers Nation
N . Central RF North Ameria Northern Pacific
Packard Motor Param Pictures Penney
J C Fenn RR Public Service
Pullman
Pure Oil Reading Co
Republic Steel Sears Roebuck
Cocony Vacuum Sperry Corps
Standard Brands
Standard Oil
Cali
Standard Oil India Studebaker Corp
Swift and Co
Texas Co
United Aircraft
United Gas Hr
U. S. Rubber
Warner Bros. Pic Western Union
Woolworth
Youngstown Sam Curb Aero Supply
Ark, Nat. Gas Sa” Cities Service
Penmoad Corp
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Weasel
Studebake Automobile Factory
South Bend
Ind
Shael
Isimo
Ancona
Dr.s.a
Silverman Optometrist 8 Id
Bela Stpanoeesaan Sme
U.S
Moon Mullins
Notre Dame
Navy
Iit
Ini
Ture
OPA Odd Lot
OPA
Bostonians
Moorhead
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