Warsaw Burning as Reds Press on in East Front
Russian forces push toward Warsaw and Praga amid heavy bombardment and fires. Rokossovsky directs a major assault while Germans claim breaches along the Vistula. Red army advances threaten East Prussia as fugitives flood Baltic towns.
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London
Warsaw
East Prussia
Praga
Moscow
Vistula
Visquia
Izvestia
Furthe
Reich
Hitler
Riza
Baltic
Ivan C. Bagarmy
Tiew
Estonia
Latvia
Baltics
Red Army
Lithuania
Kaunas
Tilsit
Stalin
Jelgava
Siedice Ney
Praca
Local Weather Tonight Through Wednesday
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers tonight and Wednesday. Cooler on Wednesday with a low around and a high near 85.
Dewey Attacks Gerald Smith Over Bricker Endorsement
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey condemned Gerald L. Smith head of America First Inc for a sinister effort to smear Gov. Bricker the GOP vice presidential nominee. He said Smith uses racial prejudice as his trade and noted Bricker repudiated the action saying he knew nothing about it. Dewey spoke at a Springfield press conference after a train arrival and a staircase news conference at the governor's mansion.
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Springfield
Thomas E. Dewey
Gerald L. K. Smith
America First Inc
John W. Bricker
Ohio
GOP
America First Group
Bricker
Smith
Dewey
Gerald Smith
Adolf Hitler
America First
St. Louis
Brownell
Executive
National
Herbert Brownell Jr
America First Action
Thomas Mallon
Philadelphia
Postwar Peace Talks Set to Open August Fourteen
The United States will host postwar peace planning talks with Britain and the Soviet Union on Monday, August 14, at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington. Britain and the United States will later hold similar discussions with China. Maxim Litvinov is expected to represent the Soviet Union. Russia and China have not disclosed their delegations.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
China
Stettinius
Dumbarton Oaks Estate
Georgetown
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
Human Torpedoes Claim Sinking Allied Shipping
A Berlin broadcast claimed German human torpedoes and submarines sank 124000 tons of Allied shipping off the Normandy coast and other routes in July, but Allied reports showed no support for the claim.
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London
Berlin
Normandy
Quezon Dies After Illness in New York Summer Home
Manuel Quezon exiled Philippine president dies at 65 in a Saranac Lake summer residence from tuberculosis. He collapsed after the Philippines fell to Japan and had sought independence while aiding American efforts. Funeral plans were not yet fixed, with services possible in Washington.
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
Manuelee
Quezon
Eoai
Philippines
Asheville
N. C
Maria Aurora
Maria Zenas
Manuel, Jr
Spain
United States
Washington
Inter-State Fair Prevue Tuesday invites La Crosse area
Residents from La Crosse and nearby areas are invited to a Tuesday night prevue of the 54th annual Inter-State Fair opening early Wednesday. The event features the Mighty Sheesley Midway, Ernie Young revue grandstand shows, livestock barns, and exhibits in place.
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la Crosse
Ernie Young
Fair Association
Carnival Company
la Crosse Home
St. Michael’s Orphanage
Chamber of Commerce
Allies Land On Northwest Tip Of New Guinea
Allied forces under Gen Douglas MacArthur made a swift landing at Sansapor on New Guinea's northwest tip, securing a beachhead with minimal resistance. The operation, the last of the New Guinea campaign, expands control of the north coast, isolating Sorong and Manokwari as Japanese forces sustain heavy losses in the Marianas and surrounding Pacific battles.
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New Guinea
Japan
MacArthur
Solomons
Marianas
Adm
Chester Nimitz
Sixth Army
Sansapor
Sorong
Manokwari
Mindanao
Philippines
Halmahera
Noemfoor
U. S
Guam
Agana Town
Pago Bay
Tinian
Saipan
New Britain
New Ireland
Ifi
Hengyang
China
Asia
Pacific
Rommel and Stuelpnagel Reported Dead in France
Algiers dispatch says the French underground reports Marshal Erwin Rommel and Gen Otto von Stuelpnagel died in France. Rommel allegedly wounded by an air attack in Normandy. Stuelpnagel said to have killed himself after failing Hitler plot. NBC pool report cites Rommel out of the war due to July 17 strafing injuries.
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Algiers
Erwin Rommel
Otto von Stuelpnagel
France
Committee of National Liberation
Rommel
Normandy
Stuelpnagel
Hitler
Oberg
Gestapo
Paris
Berlin
Verdun
NBC
Merrill Mueller
Douvre
Mueller
Bernay
Drowning of 3-Year-Old From Lake Nagawicka Pier
Nashotah Wisconsin Roger Harlan a 3 year old son of Edgar Harlan Milwaukee businessman drowned Tuesday after falling from a pier at the family home on Lake Nagawicka authorities reported.
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Nashotah
Wis
Roger Harlan
Edgar Harlan
Milwaukee
Lake Nagawicka
West Salem canning plant to receive federal Award of Honor
In a West Salem high school auditorium ceremony at 8 p m Wednesday the West Salem Packing Company will be awarded the A for achievement as the federal government’s latest honor. Maj Thomas C Dennehy will present the flag bearing a wheat head and gear to manager Wendell McEldowney and William T Angle will present a companion pin. A La Crosse Concert Band half hour opens the program with formal ceremonies at 8 30. The flag honors production, with stars added yearly for gains. the War Food Administration cooperates with War and Navy departments. Dennehy is a former canning executive and Angle has long worked with agriculturalists and federal relief programs.
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West Salem High School
West Salem Packing Company
Wendell McEldowney
Thomas Charles Dennehy
Chicago Quartermaster Depot
William T. Angie
Chica
Midwest
War Food Administration
la Crosse
WFA
War and Navy
Maj
Dennehy
Army
Sprague-Warner Company
Chicago
Angle
Missouri
Illinois
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
AAA
Sa! Comservation Service
U. S&s. Department of Agriculture
Office of Distribution
Nazis Claim Allies Pursue Peace by October
German radio asserted that Churchill and U S War Secretary Stimson agreed the war in Europe must end by October at the latest. Diplomats and generals awaited a progress report from the prime minister to gauge time and cost to bring Germany to its knees. The broadcast aimed to rally the German people behind the Reich.
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London
Churchill
U. S
War Stimson
Europe
Germany
Resume Drafting Of Men Over 25
Washington reports state draft directors ordered to resume drafting men over 25 not contributing to the war effort. Draft Director Hershey sent a letter stating conformity to national policy allows deferments for 26 to 29 year olds only if needed in essential industry and 30 and over only if making a substantial contribution.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
City Clerk Open Tuesday Night for Primary Election Registration
The city clerk's office on the first floor of city hall will stay open until 9 p m Tuesday to register voters for the August 15 primary election. Registration for both military and civilian ballots is now being taken, according to Fred Kramer, city clerk.
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Fred Kramer
Stilwell Promoted to Full General in U S Army
President Roosevelt nominated Lieut. Gen. Joseph Warren Stilwell for full general, elevating the American commander of Chinese forces in Burma. The move signals possible intensified Allied war effort in Southeast Asia, focusing on air supply to China and a Burma land route, plus training and reorganization of Chinese forces into a potent combat team.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Joseph Warren Stilwell
Burma
United States
Stilwell
George C. Marsha
MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
China
Burma-China
Chiang Kaishek
Southeast Asia
Louis Mountbatten
Senate
Pacific
Guam
New Guinea
Japs Protest Harada Treatment at Vatican City
Tokyo radio reports Japan filed a protest with the United States through Spain over alleged unlawful treatment of Japanese Minister Ken Harada and his staff at Vatican City. The foreign ministry says Allied troops entered Rome and locked them in their residence while subjecting them to insults and threats of injury.
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Tokyo Radio
Japan
United States
Spain
America
Ken Harada
Vatican City
Japanese Foreign Ministry
Rome
Harada
Madison nurse reinstated after leave of absence
The state board of personnel reaffirmed the discharge of Mrs. Clara Reick of Madison from the veterans recognition board where she had served as secretary. She received pay through August 1 and a one year leave of absence after protesting the dismissal for insubordination.
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Madison
Wis
State Board of Personnel
Clara Reick
Veterans Recognition Board
Reick
German Rebels Broken Belief Confirms Hitler firm control
Washington reports from inside Germany say the bomb plot against Hitler failed and Nazi leadership, including Heinrich Himmler, tightened control in Berlin. The reaction was apathy, with no riots or rejoicing, while purge and restructurings followed.
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Washington
Germany
Hitler
Himmler
Berlin
Heinrich Himmler
Army
Nazis Ban Travel In North France Belgium
Allied dispatch reports German occupation authorities prohibit all motor vehicle traffic in Belgium and northern France effective August 15. The German Transocean agency announced the ban in a Berlin broadcast.
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France
Belgium
Inquest Into Williams Shooting Continued In Drake Hotel
Investigators told the coroner there is no new evidence in the January 19 shooting of Mrs. Adele S. Williams in a Drake hotel suite, leading to an indefinite continuation of the inquest.
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Chicago
Adele S. Williams
Drake
Argentine envoy Escobar departs Washington on recall orders
Washington reports Dr. Adrian C. Escobar ambassador of Argentina departed by plane on recall orders from Buenos Aires. The note confirms the recall and arrival details amid diplomatic movements.
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Washington
Adrian C. Escobar
United States
Resignation of Finland’s President Ryti Reported
Reuters dispatch from Stockholm reports Risto Ryti has resigned as Finland’s president. Helsinki sources quote Premier Edwin Linkomies as the expected new president.
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Risto Ryti
Finland
Ondon
Reuters
Stockholm
Helsinki
Edwin Linkomies
Allies Strike Fast in France Push Toward Key Dams
Allied forces captured Brecey on the Lee river and advanced ten miles southeast of Avranches to seize two dams on the Seullene. Prisoners total 18,587 as seven enemy divisions are said to be decimated since D day. German counterattacks east of the Vire were repelled, with Tessy sur Vire taken and retreat evident.
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Gavray
France
Brecey
Lee River
Avranches
Selune River
Vire River
Omar N. Bradley
Tessy-Sur-Vire
Tessy
Territory gains for Allied forces in northwest France
Allies expanded their hold in northwest France by about 50 percent in the past week, controlling roughly 1,500 to 2,000 square miles of territory. France’s total area is 212,659 square miles.
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France
Allied Breakthrough Drives Deep Into Normandy Front
Allied columns surged south of Avranches across the Selune toward Vire, pushing through Ducey and Le Beny Bocage. German resistance faltered as troops fled. British forces widened a bridgehead over the Souleuvre and moved into the Eveque forest near Percy, securing a broader advance.
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Vire
Villoches
Percy
Souleuvre
Eveque
Company Flushed Nazi Troops Through Normandy Route
A unit advanced from Coutances toward Avranches and beyond, widening a corridor for armored columns to flush out Nazi ground troops. The action emphasized the push across occupied Normandy and the shifting front lines as Allied forces maneuvered through the region.
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Coutances
Avranches
Allied advances push toward Paris across hedgerow front
Allied forces push in multiple sectors of Normandy and Brittany as British and American units join near the Vire and advance east of the Torigny area. Canadian troops briefly take Tilly La Cham pagne before being driven back. Omar Bradley’s tanks reach Avranches, threatening a 100 mile push toward Paris with German prisoner numbers rising.
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Ivan
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Pyne
Bee Quezon
Manuel Quezon
Roy L. Wingers
American Legion
The
John M. Sheesley
Carnival
Stoddard
Camp McCoy
McCoy
Sheesley
Isles
Rota
Associated Press
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D'Ouessant
Brittany
Quberor
Belle
Annel
England
St Nezeire
Coutance
Laval
le Mans
Brest
Salem Canners
City Clerk’s
Vatican
Theope
Ilya Ehrenburg
Bradley
By Wes Gallagher
Gladwin Hill
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Selune
Noremandy-Brittany
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Ducey
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