German Army Parade Through Moscow Captives March Past Red Square
German forces totaling about 87 800 men marched through Moscow with captured soldiers in a solemn procession. Crowds watched in silence as generals and ranks passed 20 to 30 abreast, some prisoners appearing well fed and in uniform, while U S observers noted the display as a stark example of discipline amid war weariness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmorf
Pros
Triter
Moscow
Russia
Red Army
Red Square
United States
Wallace Seeks Fourth Term Nomination At Democratic Convention
The Democratic convention opened with Wallace poised to claim the nomination aided by Southern delegates despite a Byrd challenge. Roosevelt held 986 pledged or claimed of 1176 total delegates, with 589 needed. South Carolina and Texas favored regulars, while Byrnes and Barkley factions eyed a three-ballot second place contest and possible deals. The convention session began with preliminaries and a keynote by Oklahoma Governor Kerr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Byrd
Florida
Roosevelt
Byrnes
Wallace
Texas
South Carolina
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Robert §. Kerr
Oklahoma
Russian advances threaten East Prussia in WWII report
A wartime dispatch notes large Soviet moves near Daugavpils and Sebezezh as offensives press toward Brest Litovsk. Editorials claim a path to East Prussia opened after Grodno but warn of vigorous battles on approaches. Daily communique cites 410 towns captured, with at least 200 in the Brest Litovsk drive. Soviet columns push northeast of the fortress and deep toward the Moscow Riga line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tavestia
Grodno
East Prussia
Daugavpils
Moscow-Riga
Sebsezh
Brest Litovsk
Port Chicago Explosion Toll Reaches Hundreds Dead
After a massive explosion at the Port Chicago Naval Ammunition Depot, 200 civilians were counted as wounded and 40 seriously hurt. Navy officials reported two ships involved, with 400 sailors minimum on scene, while witnesses described a skylit blast akin to star shells and earthquakes. Local residents from Port Chicago and Martinez feared a Japanese air attack as reverberations echoed for miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Oiher- Henvy Hospital
Jols Miller
Office of Civilian Defense
KK. E. Knapp
Hayward
Port Chicago
Martinez
Jesse Anderson
Ang Port Chicago Naval Amimunition Depot
Anderson
Acertion
Navy
S. Br, Seoatt
Washington, D. C
Anc 7
Rans
Port Chicago Theater Blast Strikes Town
Wreckage strewn Port Chicago California after ammunition ship explosion as 195 theater patrons watching a war film escaped with minor scratches. Owner Joe Meyer said a theater wall collapsed and a railway station end collapsed but no one seriously injured. Local Gazette mentions War Stamps sales amid recovery efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Chicago
Calif
UPI
Ovie
Joe Meyer
Air Fleets Hit Eastern Germany in Major Allied Bomber Raid
Allied air armada of over 1,000 heavy bombers and fighters struck Pennemunde and Zinnowitz on the Baltic coast and other Reich targets from Italy and England. Reports say German losses were light aloft, with several U S bombers making forced landings in Sweden and Berlin hit by Mosquito raids during the night. More than 3,000 front support and long range sorties were flown, while RAF Mosquitos bombed Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladwin Hill
London
Germany
Pennemunde
Zinnowitt
Reich
Italy
England
Geena
Normandy
Britain
Bik He Bomb Laboratories
Zinnowitz
Baltic
Anklam
U. S
Malmo
Berlin
RAF
Aled
Supreme Allied Headquarters
France
Eyewitness Account Of Explosions On Ship
Seamen describe the blast tearing through the barracks, shrapnel wounds and a second explosion. Witnesses recount bunkers knocked from beds, urgent care, and one sailor dying two days after at a hospital from shock and injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaman
N. Dyer
Louis Jones
Raymond
Coates- Uatracks
Ville Héspital
Seaman Elmer Pettes
Dewey Plans Expanded Foreign Affairs Stand
Republican candidate Thomas E. Dewey signals a broader foreign policy plank focusing on postwar reconversion. Maine leaders and Senator Ralph Brewster back his approach as Dewey eyes Pittsburgh July 4 and a governors conference in St. Louis. He will consult with labor, business, and agricultural experts on peacetime production challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Palmer
Albany
Pthe
Thomas E. Dewey
Maine
Dewey
New Hampshire
New England
Ralph O. Brewster
Brewster
Dewey l
Steel City
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Brother Held On Murder Charge In Chester County
Pi Howard Barkley age 40 of Towerville Pennsylvania is charged with the murder of his brother Raymond 32 on June 27. He is held on eight thousand dollars bail set by Chester County Court. Barkley has been in jail since the shooting and is to appear before the September grand jury session. He says he fired his shotgun into the floor when warned his life and his father’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saipan
Tojo
Coast Guard
Coast Guardsmen
Marine Civil Affairs
West Chester
Howard Barkley
Towerville
Raymond
Chester County Court
Rs Werner Wey
Barkley
Allied advances along Normandy front reported by Supreme Headquarters
Soviet style recitation notes Allied gains on the Normandy front with advances near Lessay and a weakened German hold between St Lo and Periers. The report claims important ground won and a stronger Allied position along the coast as fighting continues in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Lo
Periers
Brazilian Troops Arrive In Italy Join Allied Forces
The War Department announced that a Brazilian expeditionary force arrived in Naples on July 16 to participate with Allied armies in joint operations in Italy. The unit had been in training for an extended period, with no further delays disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Naples
War Department
Italy
Allied Threat To 3 Italian Cities Grows
Allied forces driven toward Florence and the Adriatic ports of Ancona and Livorno by Lt. Gen. Mark Clark’s Fifth Army advance across the Arno valley. Pontedera fell, bridges were seized, and German counterattacks continued as Americans pushed toward Pisa and Livorno with French units holding positions near Poggibonsi and Arenzano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Pontadérg
Era Valley
Noland Borgaard
Transpeninsula
Florence
Ancona
Livoroni
Arno
Cincelli
Arezzo
Tuscany
Adriatic
Monte Boga
Livorano
Pensaceo
Era
Ayna River
Arna
Livorno
Pisa
Fifth Army
Livorono
Poggibonsi
Ponsacco
Palaia
Guam and Saipan battles influence war in Pacific
July campaigns near Saipan shift momentum for Nimitz toward the Philippines. Shigemoto Shimada loses position to Naoktini Nomutra as Japan discusses peace terms via Rome while warning Tokyo radio disputes. MacArthur cites 45,000 enemy near Aitape and Japanese losses at Saipan. Hangyate fights intensify as Changsha raid targets northern supply hubs. Beets cooking tip ends with cold-water peeling cue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Saipan
Nimitz
Philippines
Tokyo
Shigetaro Shimada
Adm
Naoktini Nomutra
Rome
Japan
Ken Harada
Pius
Chuichi Nagumo
Yoshitsugu Saito
Admn
Takahisa
Helnahera
Big Island
New Guinea
Yap Island
Hangyate
China
U.S
Hangyang
Chang- Sha
New Chief of Staff Plane Collision For Jap Army 1500 Ft
New York July 18 Gen Yoshijira Umezu named chief of the Japanese army general staff as naval leadership also changes following defeats near the Philippines and Saipan. In Milerstown a 1500 foot air collision killed two pilots from a photographic reconnaissance unit. one body recovered, another pulled from wreckage as flames engulfed the wrecks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Yoshijira Umezu
Hideki Tojo
Naokuni Nomura
Shigetaro Shimada
Philippines
Saipan
Otozo Yamada
Ume2u
Kwaritung Army
Japan
Manchuria
Soviet Russia
Siberian
Tojo
Britain
United States
Marianas
Milerstown
Fourth Naval District
James Warren
State Police
Duncannon
H. C. Mennegat
Emory Fry
Warren
Aluminum workers hear pay raise arguments in WLB session
Pittsburgh July 18 War Labor Board panel hears arguments from about 560,000 Aluminum Company of America workers seeking a 10 cent hourly raise and 90 cent basic hiring rate. CIO United Steelworkers and Aluminum Workers of America cite rising living costs and postwar prosperity as justification, while Alcoa argues only 23 percent cost rise since 1941. The hearing includes site visits to Alcoa plants at New Kensington and Canonsburg with company and union attorneys present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
War Labor Board
Company of America
Alcoa
New Kensington
Cio-United Steelworkers of America
Aluminum Workers of America
Benjamin Fisher
Fisher
V.sostales
Cressona
WLB
Canonsburg
Obituary Notices From Indiana Area Roster
Obituaries report Minnie Zela Harvey and Goldie Kephart with burials planned in Rimersburg and Penn Run. Anna Nealer Gorman and Mary J. Allison are noted with services in Gypsy and Indiana/Sharon, with interments at Frye and Oakland cemeteries. Survivors include daughters and sisters, and church affiliations appear alongside funeral Home arrangements.
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Goldie Mable Kephart
Penn Run
R. P
David Elmer Kephart
Robinson Funeral Home
Anna Nealer Gorman
Mary Radcliffe
Gorman
Henry J. Gor
Marion Zurhorst
Pittsburgh
Edith Barbour
Akron
Ohio
Helen Gorman
John A.adams
Frye
Mary J. Allison
L. T.,ashbaugh
Sharon
Marion Center
James M
Flora (Smith) Loughry
Milton B. Allison
Church St
Indiana
L. T. Ashbaugh
Speer B. Ray
Shadyside
John W. Loughty
J. R. Learn
United Presbyterian Church of Indiana
Streams Funeral
Oakland Cemetery
Anglo American Oil Policy Talks Near Agreement
Washington reports final Anglo American talks on a shared oil policy ahead. Lord Beaverbrook leads the British committee with Law Lloyd Rasheedon and Brown. Hull heads the American side. Possible treaty or executive agreement aims to study supply demand and regulate production while respecting existing concessions and ensuring fair prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Baglin
Lord Beaverbrook
Richard Law
Geoffrey Lloyd
Oil Control Board
Ralph Rasheton
The
Treasury
Sir William Brown
Hull
Senate
Anglo- American Oil Commission
Stock Market Snapshot of Industrial and Utility Stocks
A condensed list of equities includes Am Rad, Am Tel, Anaconda Copper, Boeing, General Motors, General Electric, Chrysler, Du Pont, Reading Co, Sears Roebuck, U S Steel, and several others with varied percentages. Market activity shows mixed gains and losses across industries from chemicals to transport and utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Chem & Dye
Rad & St
Smelt & R
Tel & Tel
Atch
T& ST
Bala
Balt & Ohio
Bendix
Chrysler Corp
Com
Selvents
Cons Edison
A.ay del Lack & West
Douglas Aircraft
du Pont de
el Auto Lite
General Elect
General Foods
General Motors
General
Greyhound Corp
Int Harvester
Nick Can
Johns Manville
Kennecott
Lehigh Port
Liggett & Myers
Loews Inc
Gath
Socony Vacuum
Sperry Corp
Cal
Ind
Oil NJ
Sti
Studebaker Corp
Swift & Co
Texas Co
United Aircraft
United Gags
U. S. Rubber
U. 5S. Smelt R & M
U. S. Steel
Warner Bros
West Union Tel A
Woolworth
Youngst
Sh & T
Curb— Aero Supply
Ark Nat Gas
Elec Bond & Share
Pennroad Corp
South Penn Ott
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Ey and
Gazette
East Germany
Chester County
Normandie
Montebourg
Minnie Zela Harvey
Ralph Bigley
West
Lebanon
Rimerspurg Cemetery
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