Red Army Opens Minsk Front With Wide Advance Then Presses West
Soviet tanks and cavalry pushed within ten miles of Minsk and 65 miles from Wilno, while by-passing Minsk to encircle the city. Russian reports claim German resistance dwindled as Red Army forces sever rail lines to Brest-Litovsk and Wilno, with heavy fighting around Sloboda and Wilejka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Army
Minsk
Cherbourg
Moscow
Wilno
East Prussia
Sloboda
Brest-Litovsk
Wilejka
Baltic Republics
Poland
White Russia
Grodno
Pravda
Ivan Chernaiknovsky
Third Army
Warsaw- Moscow
Old Poland
Krasmoe
Brest- Litovsk
Stolpce
Neieswiez
Baranowiche
Normandy
Vadim Kozhevnikov
Borisov
Anits
St. Lo D'Ourville
Carentan Ares
St. Lo J
St. Jores
St. Sauveur le Vicomte
Omar N. Bradley
Granville
St. Lo
Fontaine - Etoupefour
Caen
Frevich
la Haye de Puits
Rommel
Odon River
Bradley
Omar
Normany
Amakean
St. le D’ourville
la Haye du Puits
Supreme Headquarters
Caumont
Erwin Rommel
Piazza del Duomo
Eighth Army
Lake
Trasimero
Adriatic
Osima
Anecone
Cerina
Stari
Rome
Sve
Cecina
Fifth Army
Yanks Tighten Grip on Saipan Garapan Front
Allied forces pushed deeper into Garapan as naval and air power pounded the town. Nimitz reported 6,015 Japanese dead and over 2 million prisoners from June 14 to 28 while the seizure of key high ground and coastal advances narrowed the enemy’s last defenses on Saipan’s north coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firest
Pearl Harbor
Gatapan
Ag Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Saipar
Garapan
Nimitz
Howard Handleman
Tanepag Harbor
Richard Johnston
Hatllé
Noemfoor Bombardment Indicates U S Pressure In Pacific
Noemfoor island in Geelvink Bay was subjected to a heavy air and naval assault. U S bombers and fighters from the Fifth Air Force and Everoe operations struck airfields and supply sectors, with about 150 aircraft dropping 230 tons of explosives in a major Saturday raid. Smoke blanketed targets as shore installations endured shelling by Allied torpedo boats.
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Schouten
Iniyagon
Army Air Forces
Naemtoot
Geelvink Bay
Manowar
New Guinea
Noemfoor
Palau
Philippines
Everoe Island
Banda
Noemturday
Bee Noemfoor
OPA Plans Cotton Prices as Bowles Comments Regulate Costs
The Office of Price Administration will release cotton prices with Bowles predicting only modest overall cost impact. He noted some increases may reach consumers, while others could be absorbed during production and distribution. Final decisions to be announced soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gresees
OPA
Beved
Kor
Blairs Gap Man Dies In Fire At Home
Funeral services for Opie Mullins, 35, held at Morrison Cemetery near Blairs Gap after a Sunday fire destroyed his home. Mullins, employed by Blue Ridge Glass, died in the blaze reported between 5 am and 1 am by Bob Boyer. Neighbors recalled Mullins was intoxicated earlier with an unnamed companion. authorities found no foul play. He leaves a widow, two children, five sisters, and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opie Mullins
Blairs Gap
Morrison Cemetery
Mullins
Blue Ridge Glass Corporation
J. E. Upchurch
W. L. Frazier
M. L. Carroll
Bob Boyer
Kingsport
Upchurch
Boyer
Linda Lu
James Douglas
Mrs. Mullins
Ernest
Cynthia Simpson
Church Hill
Lillie Crawford
Zelpha. Myers
Greeneville
Hilly Attendensry
Hattie Mullins
Afton
Tenn
Sullivan County Adopts 2.15 Tax Rate With 10 Cent Fund
Sullivan County Court in July session approved a 2.15 tax rate including a 10 cent levy for a postwar improvements fund. Magistrates voted 18 to 5 to table the levy amendment by Levire D. A. Barger. The budget for 1944 45 stands at 1,079,695.14, up about 100,000 due to teachers salaries funded by the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Bandy
Squire Barger
Sea County Court
Dewey Plans Possible Meeting With Republican Governors
Governor Thomas E. Dewey said he may travel within the next nine days to confer with 25 Republican governors on presidential campaign plans. He did not discuss national issues and noted informal talks with Governor Harry Warren of California after his nomination. Dewey would prefer to stay in Albany for five months but may travel in the coming month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N.Y
Thomas E. Dewey
GOP
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Dewey
Harry Warrer
California
Chicago
Pawling
Street Scene Features Morning Drift and Farm Falls
In a rural morning tableau a girl cuts across a field to reach work but detours to avoid a frisky horse. An instructor enjoys a quiet swing as children arrive. Nearby a boy rides a Jeep on a springless feed cart while another pushes the cart in a quick return from delivering farm supplies.
French Troops Capture Siena Amid Italian Front Advances
French forces and American artillery seized Siena after heavy fighting with German troops. Allied advances along the Italian front pushed toward Cerina and Cecina as Osima fell nine miles from Ancone, with Germans defending strongholds and booby trapping towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Rench
Siena
Florence
Balloon Ascension To Feature Legion July 4 Celebration
The American Legion carnival plans a balloon ascension in a vacant Broad Street lot at 6 p.m. Monday. Judd Tate announces Flying Aliens from Batavia N X will return for tonight and July 4 sets. An amateur contest is set for Tuesday at the Broad Street grand stand with judges Sul livan and Riley and prizes for songs dances or acts plus patriotic awards. Stewart pays tribute to Norman Davis as a distinguished civic leader and former Red Cross chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Broad Street
Judd Tate
Batavia
N. X
Tate
Tom Warriels
Bob Delius
B.1. Sullivan
J.W. Riley
Fve
Miners push autonomy bid at United Mine Workers convention
Eighty delegates from 1¢ districts east of the Mississippi plan to sway a 2,700 strong UMW convention on September 12. Led by Ray Edmondson, they accuse John L. Lewis of suppressing attendance and demand an elected leadership, citing appointive officers and electoral disparities. Edmondson, a former district president, argues the movement has broad regional support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers
Joseph A. Loftus
Cincinnati
United Mine Workers' Convention
Midwest
Conference On Autonomy
Ray Edmundson
UMW
John L
Lewis
Edmundson
Illinois
Mississippi
Einois
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
International Executive Board
Washington
Autonomy Movement
Budapest Target For Yanks
Allied bombing from Italian bases hit Budapest and other targets in Romania and Yugoslavia. Eighth Air Force units flew from England to strike oil storage depots, refineries, and railway facilities as smoke rose near Belgrade and Bucharest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eighth Air Force
England
Romania
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Shell
Belgrade
Rome
Gereman Balkan
Giurgiu
Danube
Bucharest
Malaxe Locomotive Works
Budapest
Gerce
Normandy
Brest
Cherbourg
Mar de Bretagne
Vire
Kingsport Nears Quota In Fifth War Loan Drive
Kingsport nears its fifth war loan quota as Saturday bond purchases total 5713.25 with 10732.25 in B bonds and 55000 in other securities. City and county totals show progress toward large regional quotas, payroll credits expected, and an anticipated sales boost from Legion taxes tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsport
HB Pond
Tennessee
American Legion
Funeral Wednesday For Norman Davis
Norman H. Davis, longtime Red Cross chairman and former ambassador at large, died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Hot Springs, Virginia. A native of Tennessee, he rose to wealth as a Cuban banker by age 35 and served under President Roosevelt. Roosevelt and Hull lauded his global humanitarian work. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 10 a.m. Eastern War Time in Alexandria, Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Davis Signal Mountain
Tenn
Tom Stewart
Norman Davis
American Red Cross
Alexandria
Norman H. Davis
Davis
Tennessee
Cuba
Hot Springs
Red Cross
Roosevelt
Hull
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Yanks
France
Gordon Hirabayash
Esther Schmoe
Spokane
Aui
Supreme Court
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
First Army
Seraca Cherboure Peninsula
Englam
Saipan
U.S
Legion
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