21 Jul 1944
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1944
Page
1
Reported military action today mentions American forces landing on Guam as part of ongoing operations in the Pacific. The terse dispatch references German divisions moved toward East Prussia and mentions Adolf Hitler, traitor rhetoric, and strategic aims amid the broader war timetable.
Reports claim Berlin announced Col. Gen Ludwig Beck was killed after plotting against Hitler. While some broadcasts urged revolt, Allied sources said Berlin cut communications and neutral reports blocked. In the Pacific, U S Marines and Army troops landed on Guam as Nimitz said beachheads were established and heavy bombardment continued.
Wallace gains strength as Truman fights to overhaul him in the Democratic vice presidential race. Ohio plans 21 of 52 votes for Wallace, with others split among McNutt, Barkley, Rayburn, Kerr. Delegates gather at Chicago Stadium for a climactic second-place showdown amid early morning doubt about city machines delivering expected Truman votes.
General Chennault predicts early defeat for Japan after Saipan and allied advances. He says Japan overextended, will struggle to defend extended lines, and face punishment from Fourteenth Air Force bombers, Chinese regulars, and guerrillas. He cites 150,000 troops risked in a southward drive and notes strategic rail city Hengyang encircled.
The Red Army seized a deadly stranglehold on the Baltic front deep inside Lithuania and pushed toward Warsaw while threatening the Nazi stronghold at Lavaw. Troops poured across the front as the drive intensified on the Eastern front.
American bombers pressed heavy attacks on Regensberg Schweinfurt and targets near Berlin as 1,100-plus aircraft from Britain led by 800 fighters benefited from favorable air corridors. RAF strikes hit rail yards, oil plants, and Hamburg while Soviet forces tightened their hold around Lwow and advances threatened Brest Litovsk and Lublin.
Three people remained seriously or critically injured after Tuesday bus wreck on the Kingsport highway. Hospital reports show Gladys Fowler 24 of American Airlines in serious condition Fred Salyer 47 of Blountville in critical condition Hobart Patrick 40 in fair condition. Fatalities were John Roller 40 Roy Edens 37 and George Rush all of Bristol Warrants for manslaughter filed against bus drivers Robert Kelly and Jack Pippin Bristol hearing set August 2 before Magistrate Baumgardner.
American officials warn of further political military crises accelerating the Axis collapse in Europe and the Pacific. Hitler’s near-assassination and Tojo’s resignation signal a brutal final phase as Allied advances press Berlin and Tokyo, with German and Japanese leaders unable to halt strategic losses and facing inevitable defeat.
Supreme Headquarters reports British and Canadian infantry expanding the advance from Caen to within eight miles, pushing five miles at shallowest points and reaching St Martin De Fontenay near Caen. Rommel’s forces defended with limited tanks amid a flooded river as Montgomery’s drive progresses without large encirclements. About 2,000 prisoners reported. three days yield under two miles per day.
Rain and cooler air moved through Kingsport Friday lowering the day’s temperature. Noon reading reached 75 after a 63 degree night, still near July norms. Nashville reported the lowest July 21 reading since 1877. Thursday’s 80 degree high undershot typical Kingsport temps, while two days of rain, totaling 0.42 inches, aided Sullivan County crops.
Albany reports Eric A. Johnston president of the United States Chamber of Commerce will meet Governor Thomas E. Dewey for an afternoon conference. Johnston recently returned from Moscow where he spoke with Joseph Stalin. The meeting may cover wartime to peacetime industry conversion, a Republican issue in the campaign. Brownell and Dewey reviewed Roosevelt’s acceptance speech on radio. Dewey planned a weekend at his Pawling farm after the Albany visit.
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