Allied Offensives Renew in Normandy and Italy Fronts
Reports describe a renewed Allied air pressure on Germany and a major push into Normandy as the war nears a potential turning point. British Canadian and American forces are said to move decisively, while Soviet advances press from the east aided by substantial materiel and troops into France and beyond.
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Normandy
Hitler
United Nations
Arces
Italy
Germany
Normanidy
Normany
Churchill
Theeninsula
Thich
Russo-Cgerman Center
Visla
Vistula
Warsaw
Wisla
Yese
Purge signals sweeping Nazi regime consolidation
A purge of army conspirators reportedly advances, with Hitler’s regime preparing new decrees affecting daily life. Reports claim loyalty is shifting toward Nazi leadership as high generals are replaced by SS officers, amid no civilian mass resistance observed.
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Gestapo
Hitler
Reich
Higch
Ludwig Beck
Thermy
Nazi Party
Germany
Allegs
Busch
Vindemann
Baltic States
Wadow Daily Mail
Hatiny
Radio repairs top WPB survey of household appliances
The War Production Board says 28 percent of radios in American homes needed repairs this year and 15 percent won’t work. Radios led 23 appliances in needing repairs as manufacture of new sets has stopped. Other break downs include toasters, vacuums, and stoves with varying repair rates. overall repair success averaged 42 percent.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
WPS
Coutyry
Guam and Saipan battles extend across Pacific fronts
Allied forces intensified operations on Guam and Saipan with Marine units advancing about 600 yards in two hours and civilians, including an 18 month old, hiding in the bush before evacuation to Saipan. Meanwhile Chinese and American forces pressed Japanese positions near Hengyang and along the Burma road, with heavy anti-Japanese actions and strategic rail corridor efforts noted.
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Saipan
Green
Vinian
Tinian
Guam
Tintan
Agana
U. S
Guan
Qrote
Douglas MacArthur
Aitape
New Guinea
Hengyang
Canton-Hank
Yunnan
Burma
Toengchung
Lungling
India
China
Infant Drowns After Tumble From Creek Board
A three year old boy drowned in a creek after losing balance on a board crossing. Authorities say he tumbled into shallow water and died before a doctor arrived. Born Feb 16 1943 in Armstrong Two, he was the son of Robert Dale and Goldie Ellen Martin. Funeral services set for 2 pm tomorrow at the parental home, burial in South Bend Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may visit after 7 pm tonight. The Dominican Republic uses the U S dollar as its monetary unit.
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Fleming
Martin
Armstrong Two
Tot Waad
Robert Dale
Goldie Ellen (Shoop) Martin
South Bend Lutheran Cemetery
Dogs Serve As Mine Detectors
The army uses trained dogs to locate buried or concealed mines, trip wires, and booby traps. Working on six foot leashes, MDogs identify metallic land-mines inaccessible to machines and mark safe paths with tape after deactivation. Breeds vary, dogs weigh 45 to 85 pounds and are chosen for intelligence, willingness to work, steadiness, and distraction resistance.
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Nashington
Russians Drive Deep Behind Polish Front Near Warsaw
Soviet forces slash German resistance with wide flanking moves reaching 25 miles from the Vistula and capturing Lublin to split German armies. Rokossovsky’s First White Russian Army seizes Lublin and reports tally heavy German losses while Berlin says Jaroslaw and Lwow are breached.
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Warsaw
Vistula
Visla
Germany
Lublin
Old Poland
San
Kulow
Konstantin K. Bolossovsky
Brest Litovsk
Berlin
Siedlce
Lukow
German Silesia
Krakow
Jaroslaw
Lwow
Josef Stalin
Moscow
van C. Bagramian
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
G. PF. Sakharov
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Vitebsk
Orsha
Mogilev
Bobruisk
Rokossovsky
Minsk
Wilno Baranowicze
Pinsk
Grodno
Kovel
Lywow
Poland
Dvinsk
Latvia
Baltic Sea
Carpathian m Mountains
Narva
Estonia
Pskov
Baltic
Black Seas
Jaroslav
Livow
Stalin
Escaped Nazi Captured Near Oil City
In Oil City on July 26 1947 an escaped German prisoner of war was captured near North East after boarding a southbound freight. Sgt W H Colegrove of railroad police says the captive Heine Golzke 23 wore a green PW uniform when seized by the crew at Ryndfarm and handed to army authorities.
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Moscow
Lublin
Poland
Vistula
San
Siedice
Berlin
Uhe
Warsaw
Germany
Oil City
North East
Pennsylvania Railroad
W. H. Colegrove
Heine Golzke
Ryndfarm
Here
Gandhi labeled greatest bamboozler in eastern history
In the House of Lords Lord Elibank and Lord Strathern criticized Mohandas K Gandhi terming him the century’s greatest bamboozler. They accused censorship of hiding facts and urged a meeting with Gandhi and Lord Wavell to address Indian independence, arguing Gandhi exploits sympathies and endangers Brits.
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London
Mohandas K. Kandhi
Lord Alibank
House of Lords
Lord Strathopli
Mashal Lord Wavell
India
Viscount Elibank
Gandhi
Cotton Ed Smith Faces Test Today in Primaries
In South Carolina Senator Cotton Ed Smith seeks renomination against Gov. Olin D. Johnston as a heated Democratic primary unfolds amid New Deal backing debates. The piece notes Negro voters eye participation in a closed nonwhite primary and Arkansas contenders challenge Hattie Caraway.
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Associated Press
South Carolina
Ef, Dd
Cotton Ed” Smith
Olin D. Johnston
Roosevelt
John M. Daniel
Augustus 5
Merriman
Sumterland
Carl B. Epps
Sumter Sur
Jd. M. Hinton
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Negro Citizens Committee
Albul
Arkansas
Senate
Hattie Caraway
J. W. Pulbright
U. S. House
Homer Adkins
Oi Man T. WH
Barton
el Dorado
J. Rosser Venable
Little Rock
Harvey G. Combs
Democratic State Committee
Texas
Partisan Troops Holding In Yugoslavia
London reports that German forces fed in Skanderbeg division and other units into Montenegro battles while Yugoslav partisan troops maintained hold in the sector. Tito says liberation army killed, wounded, or captured 800 of the 21st Serbian division. A Croatian radio says a court executed a captured quisling provincial governor for atrocities and warned others.
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London
Skanderberg
181St
Brandenburg
Montenegro
Boia
Tito
Uberation
OWY
People's ‘Court
Cazma
Croatia
Stephan Urojic
Varazdin
St Swithin Day Observance At Waynesburg July 28
Waynesburg Pa prepares for its annual informal July 28 celebration. The town plans events amid talk of postwar reconversion and regional industry and agriculture concerns. The article notes superstition about St Swithin's Day and rain patterns and mentions state leaders and 67 years of records.
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Waynesburg
Pittsburgh
Middle West
Weather watchers and Dewey John Daily prep all night vigil
In courthouse square the rainmakers led by Dewey John Daily and the July 29th club prepare for an all night vigil as residents scan the skies hoping the long standing tradition remains. Sawdust is processed into a plast er to replace gypsum. After the Revolutionary War Congress ordered disbandment of the army except 25 privates to guard stores at Fort Pitt and 55 to guard stores at West Point.
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John Daily
July 29Th
Courthouse Square
Congress
Ft. Pitt
West Point
President Held Meeting Before Convention
New York July 25 Herbert Brownell Jr Republican National chairman accused President Roosevelt of secrecy over a wartime conference with a high Democratic leader in Chicago during the West Coast trip. It later emerged Robert E Hannegan boarded the President's special train days before the convention opening as the train halted for a service stop. Brownell said the meeting was a misuse of wartime regulation for partisan New Deal purposes and should not happen.
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New York
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Roosevelt
Chicago
West Coast
Brownell
Pacific Coast
Robert E. Hannegan
Japs Admit Fleet Inferior in War Broadcast
Tokyo radio quoted naval commentator Masanori Ito saying Japan’s fleet is far inferior in aircraft to the enemy and the coup de grace has not yet arrived. American forces have whittled Japanese strength since Pearl Harbor. estimates show 10–21 battleships, 7–9 heavy cruisers, 30–35 lighter cruisers, 70–80 destroyers, 80–100 submarines. U S Navy Secretary Forrestal noted 1,149 fighting ships in service and 35,000 naval aircraft.
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Associated Press
United States
Marianas
Tokyo
Domei
Masanori Ito
Pearl Harbor
Veterans Return Gain Job Seniority Pact
The CIO and AFL, with the Veterans of Foreign Wars, agreed to grant one month of seniority for each month in the armed forces after September 1, 1946, for veterans entering union jobs. The policy covers skilled veterans for union membership, preserves collective bargaining rights, and seeks other work opportunities for disabled veterans. Leaders hailed it as a major step toward better labor veterans relations.
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Washington
CIO
AFL
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Carl ‘J. Schoeninger
Detroit
Navy
Army
Omar
Ketchum
Truman Visits With Home Folks in Missouri
Kansas City July 26 Senator Truman recalled old times with supporters who gathered to congratulate him on the Democratic vice presidential nomination. Questions focused on when he will meet President Roosevelt to discuss the fourth term campaign and the role he will play before November elections. Local Democrats expect a possible meeting to shape a joint program. Truman plans to stay in Missouri until after the August 1 state primary.
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Kansas City
Sen
Truman
D.-Mo
Roosevelt
France
Missouri National Guard
Missouri
Fran
Middlewest
Bennett Clark
Pearl Harbor
Ucket
Argentina Recalls Ambassador in Diplomatic Dispute
Buenos Aires recalls Ambassador Adrian Escobar from Washington over statements attributed to U S Secretary of State Hull. The move followed dispatches claiming Washington set views on Argentina, signaling possible wider pullback of Argentinian envoys and a wedge against Pan American unity.
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Buenos Aires
Washington
Adrian Escobar
Argentina
United States
Hull
State Department
Escobar
U. S
Norman Armour
Davis V. Kelly
Kaiser Begins Gypsum Mfg
In Oakland California on July 25 AP reports Henry Kaiser formed a partnership to enter gypsum products. The Henry J Kaiser Company will manage the new firm with J Kaiser and Sam A Perkins of Standard Gypsum Company overseeing production facilities for plaster wallboard and gypsum agricultural products across western deposits from the Gulf of California to Alaska.
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Oakland
Calif
Henry Kaiser
Gypsum Products
J. Kaiser
Sam A. Perkins
Standard Gypsum Company
Henry J. Kaiser Company
Gulf of California
Alaskka
Kaiser
Four Years Ago Today Four Years Ago Today
The Associated Press notes United States export controls on petroleum products and scrap metal, Britain reports that German air raids complicate invasion plans, and Turkey signs a trade pact with Germany. The manifesto promises restoration of looted property, punishment for German traitors, and legal equality for Jews, with broad social and economic reforms planned for liberated areas.
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Associated Press
U. S
Britain
Germany
British Isles
Obituary: Mrs May Beck Sleeper of Whittier Dies
Mrs May Beck Sleeper of Whittier California died Sunday morning after a short illness at home. She was the daughter of the late Amanda and Isaac Beck of Indiana and lived much of her life there. Survived by husband Raymond Beck two brothers Harry and Edward both in Indiana and Frank in California two sisters Mrs Eugene O Connell of California and Mrs John Rayne of Portland. Funeral services were held this afternoon.
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May Beck Sleeper
Whittier
California
Amanda
Isaac Beck
Indiana
Raymond Beck
Harry
Edward
Frank
Eugene O'Connell
John Rayne
Portland
Election Boards Check Soldier List
Harrisburg July 25 Local election boards re checked military registrations to speed mailing of ballots to more than 548,000 service members. As ballot deadlines trigger name withdrawals and write-in filings, the State Selection Board aims to certify county nominee lists for immediate printing. Printing bids are sought so ballots can be mailed next month under the G I vote law deadline September 2 for names and addresses. Ballots for service members registered Sept 2 to Nov 2 must go out within 24 hours of application.
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Yam
Harrisburg
County Election Boards
Stock Market Snapshot of Major U S Industrials and Rail Names
A compact stock table lists numerous U S stocks with percentages or shares, including Am Smelt and R 4055, Am Tel and Tel A 215, Anaconda Copper 26, Boeing 14, Gen Motors 6155, Int Harvester 75, Johns Manville 9434, Kennecott Corp 32, Libby McNeil L 834, Montgomery Ward 465, Nat Biscuit 221, North America 178, Penn RR 2954, Pullman 48, U S Steel sale, Westinghouse 48, Woolworth 415, Studebaker 18, and many others in nine pages of market movement. The list mixes utilities, manufacturers, and railroads with varied percentages and figures.
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Aw Rad & St. S
Am Smelt & R
Atch
Bald Loco
Balt & Ohio
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Briggs
Case
JI Co
Ches & Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Colum G & E
Cons Edison
Cent Can
Douglas Aircraft
du Pont de
Eastman Kodak
Elec Bite
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Greyhound Corp
Hard Walker
Hercules
Ill Central
Int Harvester
Nick Can
Johns Manville
Kennecott Cop
Kresge (Ss
Lehigh Val Coal
Libby McN & L
Montgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy
Nat Distillers
Nat Pow
Repab Steel
Sears Roebuck
Sogony Vacuum
Sperry Corp
Stand Oil
Cal
Stand Oil India
My Stand Oil NJ
Studebaker Corp
Swift & Co
Tals Texas Co
United Aircraft
United Gas Impay US Rubber Si
U. S. Steel
Warnes Bros
West An Tel
West el & Mfg
Woolworth
Tfw
Youngst
Sh & T Bbs
Curb— Aero Supply
Cookport 4 H Club meets for room improvement project
Miss Vearick helped girls cover utility boxes at the Cookport 4 H Room Improvement Club meeting held July 20 at 9 30 a m at Annabelle Buterbaugh’s home Juanita Learn led the song Old Black Joe Annabelle discussed her Vacation Bible School attendance this summer and Miss Vearick showed dressing table cover finishes The next meeting is set for August 20 at 1 30 p m at Juanita Learn’s home
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Cookport
Juanita
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