War Today frames Allied push as decisive two-front assault
The Allied strategic pressure tightens on Hitler with simultaneous Normandy and eastern offensives. British Canadian gains in Caen sector and St Lo capture mark a major push, while Soviet forces widen the drive in Poland and the Baltic states threatening East Prussia and Brest Litovsk. Izvestia warns of vigorous battles on German soil.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Hitler
Normandy
Berlin
Paris
Caen
St. Lo
Sir Power
Poland
Sunow
Hitlerseine
Baltic States
Baltics
Fuehrer
East Prussia
Red
Bug
Niemen
Bialystok
Brest Litovsk
Lwaw
Moscow
Izvestia
Youth Rally with Dr Weh Delivers Evange lical Speech
The youth rally features Dr Weh speaking on The Trumpet Sounds Go Forward. He is a well known Evangelical Church figure with a Doctor of Divinity from Western Union College Iowa and author of four books. Music is led by Betty Ralston and community youths, and the public is invited.
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Dr. Weh
Evangelical Church
Western Union College Iowa
Young People's Magazine
The
Board of
Christian Social Action
Pilgrim Foundation
University of Dunois
Evansville College
Tinois
Pennsylvania Christian Endeavor Union
International Christian Endeavor Society
Betty Ralston
Democrats Confront Controversy at Convention Platform Debate
Report describes tensions at the opening convention day including CIO demanded and Southern opposed planks on race religion and minority issues. The scene centers on a spirited vice presidential nomination fight while more weighty White House succession implications loom, with Senator Harry Truman chairing the wet investigating committee.
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White House
Harry Truman
Blissouri
Senate
Japs Thrown Back Again At Hengyang
Defiant Chinese hold the Canton-Hankow rail junction at Hengyang against furious Japanese assaults. A Japanese breakthrough into the city was repelled in street fighting. At Lelyang, 34 miles south, a bypassing force suffered immense losses and signs of collapse. Unconfirmed reports spoke of a Chinese counteroffensive near Kioshan in Honan. US 14th Air Force aircraft attacked Japanese supply lines and river craft across Hunan.
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Chungking
Canton-Hankow
Hengyang
Lelyang
Honan
Kioshan
Hankow
Hunan
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Russians Refuse Separate Peace
New York July 19 British radio quoted Stockholm reports that Germany had tried to contact the Russian government for a separate peace. The broadcast said the attempt failed completely.
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New York
U. S
Stockholm
Truman Wallace vice presidential struggles amid CIO stance
The piece describes a tense jockeying over the 1944 vice presidential nomination with Truman leaning toward Wallace, while Byrnes and Barkley are considered contenders. The CIO opposes Byrnes over anti-lynching and poll tax issues, boosting Wallace, but Roosevelt hints at a last word. Barkley offers border-state appeal despite past tax veto tensions.
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Mittee
Lobby Rossip
Truman
Robert E. Hannegan
Sidney Hillman
CIO
Byrnes
Senate
Athen Barkley
Kentucky
Wallaee
Roosevalt
Wallace
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Barkley
Southern Byrd Drive Roars At Democratic Convention
Delegates from the South rally behind Harry Byrd for president at the Democratic convention, backing a two thirds nominating rule and restoration of party control over race questions. Louisiana Mississippi Florida Arkansas tally votes for Byrd as they push for a southern slate and oppose interference with state handling of race issues. Byrnes asks to withdraw as vice presidential candidate, awaiting President Roosevelt's apparent nomination.
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Cascade
National Party
Arkansas
Alabama
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Virginia
South Carolina
Byrd
Lone Star
Tokyo Promises Important News
New York July 19 Domei news service promised important news tomorrow after earlier reports that Prime Minister Hideki Tojo had been relieved as army chief of staff. Government monitors noted Domei later said the news would be held until tomorrow despite initial instructions.
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New York
Tokyo
Domet
U. S
Hideki Tojo
Domei
FDR to address convention by radio tomorrow night
President Roosevelt will address the Democratic convention by radio tomorrow night after a nomination for a fourth term is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. Democratic headquarters announced the plan as part of the convention schedule.
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FDR
Chicago
Roosevelt
Captured Nazi criticizes Hitler and strategy split
Gen Edmund Hofmeister, captured commander of the 41st German Tank Corps, says Hitler’s plan to hold ground costs lives. He claims older generals clashed with younger officers, and that Keitel warned punishments for dissent. Hofmeister notes a five day conference where Hitler’s speech failed to inspire a clear path to victory.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Edmund Hofmesister
Hitler
Ernst) Busch I
Pripyat
Baltic States
List
von Rundstedt
Germany
Erwin’ Rommel
France
Jata
Eduard Deitl
Finland
Hofmeister
Wilhelm Keitel
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Paul Goebbels
Soviet advance nears Warsaw as fighting grows around east Prussia
In late war dispatches Soviet forces push toward Warsaw with elements within nine miles of London and near the Bug River, while fighting intensifies north of Grodno and along the Niemen in a bid to break toward East Prussia. German counterattacks seek to retake Gainovka as weather brings cloudiness and scattered showers.
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London
Rokossovsky
Moscow
Red Star
Brest Litovsk
Lesnia
Gainovka
Bug
Warsaw
Grodno
Nieman River
East Prussia
24 Hr Robot Bomb Attack Hits London
London and southern England faced the greatest 24 hour robot bomb attack since the German weapon began on June 16. Eisenhower headquarters saw it as an attempt to divert Allied air power as 7,850 Allied planes pounded German targets. Bombs were launched from the Calais coast in salvoes, some diving engine running, others gliding quietly to explode. Civilians moved cautiously as rescue squads dug through wreckage and recovered bodies.
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Associated Press
London
England
Reich
France
Germany
Normandy
Channel
Brethren Churches District Meeting Opens in Masontown
The 56th Annual District Conference of Brethren Churches of Pennsylvania opened Monday evening in Masontown with a large elected delegation. Rev. Percy Miller of Brush Valley Brethren Church will speak on Our Lord's Intercessory Prayer. Dean M A Stuckey is guest Bible lecturer from Ashland Seminary, with E A Magon and J Ray Klingensmith also attending. A daily Vacation Bible School and church renovations are noted.
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Ashland College
E. A. Magon
J. Ray Klingensmith
Missionary Board of the Brethren Church
Argentine
United States
Mary
Martha
Percy Miller
Brethren Church of
Johnstown
Brush Valley Church
Bob Elliott Called For Physical Exam
Pittsburgh Pirate third baseman Bob Elliott, an NL all star for the past two years, was scheduled to take his Selection Service physical examination today. Elliott, 27, married with one child, lives in San Diego, California.
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Pittsburgh
Bob Elliott
Pittsburgh Pirate
Elliott
San Diego
Cal
Wallace likely to feature Kerr. split delegations eyed
The report outlines expected convention dynamics with Gov. Robert Kerr as keynoter and McNutt offered as a candidate. It notes possible splits in Pennsylvania and Alabama delegations among Wallace supporters, O Mahoney and Thomas backers, plus Byrnes backing by John Bankhead. In oil news, John B Hawley Jr and Northern Ordance operate 30 to 40 drill strings near Grand Valley drilling oil at five to ten barrels daily amid power shortages.
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Robert S. Kerr
Wyoming
Eibert Thomas
Utah
Alabama
Lister Hill
Senate
Barkley
Hil
John Bankhead
Byrnes
John B. Hawley
Northern Ordnance
Goodwill Hill
Grand Valley
Oklahoma
Mlinos
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Northern
Allegheny River
Titusville
Oi City
Oil Creek
Pleasantville
Northerna
Midwest
Japs Starving In Manipur Hills
Southeast Asia Command reports battered Japanese troops retreating south through the Manipur Hills after their invasion of Eastern India collapsed. Hunger has driven many toward surrender as heavy rains and Allied pursuit disrupt their supply lines, with some "actual starvation point" cases. Mountbatten's headquarters issued the bulletin.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Manipur
India
Lord Louds Mountbatten
Headquarters Daily Bulletin
Normandy Air and Ground Offensive Breaks German Defenses
Allied air forces unleashed a massive pre-dawn assault of over 72 German planes countered across France and Germany, creating a corridor in Orne defenses for armory and infantry. More than 2,200 bombers, British and Canadian field guns, and sea salvos from Martius Enterprise and Monitor Roberts supported tanks in house to house fighting from Caen toward Faubourg de Vaucelles and surrounding villages.
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France
Germany
Europe
Caen
Martius
Enterprise
Roberts
Faubourg de Vaucelles
Montgomery
Tojo shakeup signals shifts in Japanese top command
Broadcasts recorded by the Associated Press and U S government monitors report changes in Japan's army leadership. Gen Yoshijiro Umezu becomes staff chief, Gen Otozoa mada and Gen Sugiyama take key posts, while Tojo remains premier and war minister. Navy changes follow with Adm Naokuni Nomura replacing Shimada as minister.
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Associated Préss
U. S
Saipan
Tojo
Yoshijira Umezu
Japan
Manchuria
Manchukuo
Umezu
Otozoy
Base Toja
Navy
Umeru
Reith Asiatic
Tokyo
Adm
Naokuni Nomura
Shigetaro Shimada
Montgomery Says 156000 German Written Off in Normandy
Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery at his France headquarters said 156000 German personnel were written off in six weeks of the Normandy campaign. He added Allied forces expect to defeat the Germans in France and that the opening offensive gave a tactical surprise. He spoke cheerfully, noting strong mobile units southeast and east of Caen and a sizable area east of the Orne, as his dogs Hitler and Rommel played nearby.
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Montgomery
France
Bernard L. Montgomery
Germany
Normandy
Caen
The
Orne
Hitler
Rommel
Obituary notices for Kephart Crone Collobert in Penn Run and Emporium
Obituaries report Goldie Mable Kephart of Cherryhill township died at her home in Penn Run R D 1 on July 18 aged 70. Survived by husband David Elmer Kephart, mother Ida Bowers, son David Elmer Jr, daughter Olive Grace, and local relatives. Services at Brushvalley Lutheran Church with burial in Lutheran Cemetery. Also memorials for Charles Thomas Crone of Emporium, 66, chemist, survived by wife Phyllis, two sons, one daughter, three brothers and two sisters. Funeral services listed for July 20 with interment at Salisbury Cemetery. Frank Collobert of Vintondale, 58, watchman at Vintondale Collieries, died in Johnstown hospital. Survived by wife, step son Harry Kime, adopted daughter Monabelt Hill, three grandchildren, and three sisters. Services at family home with Rev George Kirkwood officiating. interment Lloyd Cemetery Ebensburg. End with note to read Tag Gazette Classified Ads.
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Goldie Mable Kephart
Penn Run
R. D
David Elmer Kephart
Cherryhill Township
Stake Evangelical Church
Ida Florence Bowers
David Elmer Jr
Olive Grace Keplhart
Brushvalley Lutheran Church
Perm Powder Company
Emporium
Thhe Atlas Powder Company
Tunnelton
Phylis Waddie Crone
Robert L
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Edward G
Pittsburgh
Charles Smith
Samuel
Cecil
Frederick
Maryland
Fred
Richmond
Indiana
Alta Crone
Ndiana
George Moore
Converse
Robinson
Saltsburg
A. H. Gettman
Salisbury
Frank Collobert
Wintondale
Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
Frank
Jane Simon Collobert
Vintondale
Dunlo
Ebensburg
Anny Corre
Portage
Elizabeth Jones
Cleveland
John R Washburn
Philadelphia
Battleships Hammer Jap Posts in Marianas Drive
U S battleships pressed a 13th day of air and naval bombardment on Guam while Gen MacArthur reports sinking four Japanese cargo vessels in the southwest Pacific. Nimitz notes no enemy return fire as destroyers target anti aircraft guns and spotting for the fleet. In Burma and China, Allied forces push forward to Hengyang and Lashio area amid heavy fighting. Saipan falls and yields 1,620 Japanese prisoners and 13,800 interned civilians as 19,000 enemy troops die in the battle.
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B. Krueger
U.S
Western Pacific
Tokyo
Marianas
Batpan
America
Chester Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
Menga
Pacific
Halmahéra
MacArthur
Philippines
Halmahera
New Guinea
Aitape
Hengyang
Chungking
Rai
Hankow-Canton
Pingki
Salween River
Lungling
Burma Road
Burma
Gea
Stilwell
Myitkyina
Saipan
Nimitz
Stock Market Declines Across Major Firms and Sectors
A sweeping list of company stock movements shows wide variations with many firms posting gains and losses. Notable names include General Motors, General Foods, Chrysler, IBM, Eastman Kodak, Boeing, Union Carbide, and Du Pont among others, reflecting volatile market activity and sector shifts.
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Chrysler Corp
Colum G & EL
Cons Edison
Curtiss Wright
Dei Lack & West
du Pont de N
Eastman Kodak
el Auto Lite
General Blee Iby
General Foods
General Motors
General Refract
Greyhound Corp
Hercules
Nl Central
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James F. Byrnes
Brethren Churches District Meeting
Florence
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Miles
Asdthay
Grossato
Lak
Bolseno
Arezzo
ESA
Ancona
Pascan
Livorno
Leghorn
Adriatic
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Italy
Manipur Hills
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