London Evacuation Continues Amid Blitz Despite Damages
British authorities report orderly evacuation of women and children from London and southern England for a 26th day as German drone and buzzbomb attacks cause damage and casualties. Shelters are expanded to house thousands with heat, water, food, and play areas. several landmarks suffer hits including guards chapel, bankruptcy court, and Regent Palace hotel.
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England
Dover Strait
Theouthern
Wellington
Bankruptcy Court
Regent Palace
Picadilly
Fasting Cures Snoring Claims by REA Official
A rural electrification administrator from Chester Lake in St Louis area began a seven day fast on June 28 in protest of REA domination. He says the fast cured his snoring after years of being a heavy snorer. He consumed fruit juice after six days and attended a REA veterans meeting later that day.
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Louis
Chester Lake
REA
REA Veterans’ Son
Tokyo claims downing of 13 Superfortresses
Berlin unconfirmed report claims Japanese forces destroyed 13 B 29 bombers over Sasebo and Yawata on Kyushu. U S 20th Air Force says no bombers were lost. The German claim cites a Japanese base as source and offers no substantiation.
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Tokyo
London
Berlin
Sasebo
Yawata
Ite
Kyushu
U. S. 20Th Air Force
Father Orlemanski Not Expected At Vatican
Vatican circles denied reports that Rev. Stanislaus Orlemanski of Springfield would visit the Vatican. The Vatican service said the ad mentioned has no role in the Dilest visit to Moscow and that officials have no plan for Orlemanski’s possible arrival.
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Vatican
Vatican City
Stanislaus Orlemanski
Springfield
Stalin
Vati
Dilest
Moscow
Daily Double results in New York season holders
The Daily Double in New York yielded winnings of $3,663.80 from 23 tickets on Monday. The event featured Toy Bomb, a Maine two-year-old horse, and Flying, owned by Mrs. C. G. Whitney, with various payouts recorded for $2 wagers.
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New York
Maine Farm
C. G. Whitney
Local Weather Forecast Shows L Thunderstorms Tuesday
The forecast calls for late thundershowers with continued cool conditions and a gradual warming trend through Tuesday, bringing a cooler day than recently but a light rise in temperatures as the day progresses.
Improved Weather Boosts Allied Bombing For Normandy Drive
Large Allied air forces moved east across the channel as weather improved aiding British and American advance on the Normandy front. Paris radio reports Allied planes bombed northeast Paris and RAF Mosquitos and Lancasters attacked trains, railways, convoys, and bridges in northern France.
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English Channel
Normandy Battlefront
Paris
Boston
France
Seine River
Buer
Five Firemen Overcome At Sheldon Cigar Store Fire
Five firemen were overcome by smoke during a basement fire at the Sheldon Cigar store on South Fourth Street early Sunday. Assistant Chief William McDonald Lieutenant Henry Roehrl and several drivers were treated at hospital or station No 1 and all returned to work Monday morning.
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South Fourth Street
William McDonald
Henry Roehrl
Ed Sciborski
Missalke and Welden
Sciborsk
Whipple
Missalke
Odd-Lot Shoes Go On Sale Ration-Free
Washington reports ration free sales of odd lot shoes began Monday under the office of price administration. Clearance of broken sizes and odds ends will run until July 29 with prices cut at least 25 percent from June 1 levels. WPB signaled end to pigskin use as manufacturers cancel orders and white cattle-hide leather may be used after September 1.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
War Production Board
Earl of Halifax Title Granted to Lord Halifax
London reports that Lord Halifax British ambassador to the United States and wartime cabinet member has been raised to an earldom. The new peerage is an addition to his honours with no prior designation for the title previously noted.
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Lord Halifax
United States
Earl of Halifax
Eisenhower
Washington
W. Bedell Smith
Britain
America
Farm death by lightning shocks Hortonville man
Appleton Wisconsin art roles 21 of Hortonville was killed Saturday when struck by lightning while bringing in cows from a field on the Theo dore Abraham farm Rt. 1 Dale.
Fall Of Saipan Opens Way For Direct Air Strikes
AP reports United States forces captured Saipan after 25 days of brutal fighting, enabling land based bombers to strike Manila and Japan from the western Pacific. Noemfoor fell, aiding Allied airfields in New Guinea. Burma and China see Japanese setbacks as Allied casualties climb.
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Saipan
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Japan
Marianas
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Manila
Marshall Islands
Noemfoor Falls
Noemfoor Island
New Guinea
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Hengyang
China
Burma
Ukhrul
India
Jap Doom
Rembert James
U. S
James
Guam
Rota
Tinian
Paran
Southwest
Central
Roosevelt Prediction Sparks Northwest Victory Talk
Willis Mahoney Oregon Democratic candidate for U S senator said after a White House conference that President Roosevelt would sweep the Pacific northwest if he sought a fourth term this year. Mahoney noted he did not discuss the Democratic convention with the president and was at the White House mainly to discuss his own senate race.
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Washington
Willis Mahoney
U. S
Oregon
Roosevelt
Pacific Northwest
Mahoney
Oregonian
White House
Senate
The Road To Berlin Mileages
The routes of Allied armies toward Berlin show three direct-line mileages: 470 miles from a point north of Kowel on the Russian front, 610 miles from near Ancona on the Italian front, and 635 miles from Caen on the Normandy front.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Kowel
Ancona
Adriatic
Normandy
Caen
Delay Extends Le Crosse Airport Project Two Weeks
The Le Crosse city airport construction is delayed two more weeks as the Federal government extends AGT Associates contract for work at Beraboo ordnance plant. City engineer John Barth said equipment will move to French Island next week and weight limits on the new airport road will be left to the county highway committee.
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AGT Associates
Beraboo
Wis
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Mathy
AGT
John Barth
French Island
Barth
Long Bitter Struggle Ahead Says Eisenhower
General Eisenhower warned of continued heavy fighting as Allied forces push toward Germany. He cited overconfidence abroad, noted setbacks like Caen, and called for steadfast civilian and military resolve amid German resistance and new weapons challenges. He praised Allied cooperation with Britain and Russia and stressed realistic expectations.
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Europe
Russia
Africa
Italy
France
Tobruk
Gestapo
Germany
Caen
De Gaulle Plans to Move Capital to French Territory
General Charles de Gaulle, after talks with President Roosevelt, said he would relocate the French capital from Algiers to liberated territory at the earliest opportunity. He emphasized France seeks no territorial annexations, only security and a rightful role with the Allies in war and peace.
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Washington
Charles de Gaulle
Roosevelt
Algiers
de Gaulle
United States
France
New York
Hull
Europe
GOP United Spangler Says Meets Dewey Unity
Albany dispatch reports former Republican national commit tee chairman Harrison E Spangler after a Monday talk with Gov Thomas E Dewey declared the party more united than in years Spangler who now serves as counsel to the RNC said he reviewed organization matters and discussed the situation in various states with the nominee Later Monday Dewey was to meet Publisher Frank Gannett.
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N. Y
Harrison E
Alican National Committee
Thomas E. Dewey
Republican Party
Spangler
Republican National Committee
Frank Gannett
Next Bond Drive May Be A Victory Loan
Washington officials said planning has begun for a victory loan if the military outlook in Europe brightens in months ahead. If not, the treasury will launch another war loan, potentially larger or smaller than the $16 billion final drive.
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Washington
Treasury
Tito Named Commander of Yugoslav Forces in Exile
King Peter of Yugoslavia places Marshal Tito in complete command of all military forces in Yugoslavia and agrees to a postwar plebiscite, according to Allied headquarters in Algiers as reported by Morocco radio.
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London
Morocco
Algiers
Peter
Tito
Yugoslavia
Drownings Reported in Outagamie Shawano Counties
Two drownings occurred over the weekend in Outagamie and Shawano counties. Janice Balthazor, 18 months, fell into a stock tank on her parents farm in Sugar Bush and drowned. Vernon Frasier, 23, of Navarino, drowned while swimming in the Wolf River near Red Banks. his body was recovered the following day.
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Wis
Outagamie
Shawano County
Janice Balthazor
Casper Balthazor
Rt. 1
Sugar Bush
Outagamie County
Vernon Frasier
Navarino
Wolf River
Red Banks
Wallace Returns to Washington After China and Russia Mission
Vice President Wallace flew into Washington from Seattle and will report to President Roosevelt on his mission to China and Russia. He arrived by plane this morning and plans to brief today.
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Wallace
Capital
White House
Roosevelt
China
Russia
Seattle
Wash
Soviets Reach 60 Miles From East Prussia as Wilno Falls
British press reports say Soviet forces stormed toward East Prussia from Wilno, with Red troops tightening siege on the Lithuanian towns of Kaunas and Daugavpils. The advance included a 70 mile gap in German lines toward the Baltic, threatening Warsaw via Bialystok and Brest Litovsk as German defenses switch to a rear-areas posture.
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Russia
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Moscow
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Kaunas-Daugavpils
Otena
Captured Nazi Troops Marvel At Allied Guns
Allied forces push from La Haye du Puits toward Lessay, breaking German lines across the Cotentin peninsula. Fog and drizzle hinder visibility as heavy artillery and armor roll along muddy roads in a sustained bombardment from the Vire river to the western sea.
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la Haye du Puits
Lessay
Cotentin
Vire
Normandy
Montgomery
Orne
Caen
Cherbourg
St. Jean de Daye
Drize
Omar N. Bradley
Sainteny
Byrnes Offers To Arbitrate Civilian Production Row
James F. Byrnes, director of war mobilization, offers to act as arbitrator to settle the dispute between Donald M. Nelson and armed services over a civilian production program. An OWM official says Byrnes will promptly decide issues if submitted, and believes Nelson and military officials are not far apart in objectives. If needed, objections would go to Byrnes for determination. Nelson's WPB colleagues expect he would override military objections to resume limited civilian production.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
War Mobilization
Donald M. Nelson
Armed Services
Nelson
OWM
Byrnes
Army
Navy
WPB
Pleads Innocent To Gas Coupon Charge
Robert Gruba 58 of Stevens Point pleaded innocent to possessing 200 gas line coupons before U S commissioner Paul J Megan. He waived preliminary hearing and was bound over for Dane County authorities under $1 000 bail. Gruba is a janitor in Stevens Point buildings including one housing the ration board.
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Wausau
Wis
Robert Gruba
Stevens Point
U. S
Paul J. Megan
Gruba
Dane County
OPA
Grain Elevator Fire Claims $100,000 Loss in Appleton
A grain elevator of the Liethen company burned Saturday night in Appleton Wisconsin. Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the facility and 70 000 bushels of grain along with grinding and cleaning machinery and other equipment. A fire wall saved an adjoining Liethen building.
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Appleton
Wis
Liethen Grain Company
Frank Liethen
Youth Drowned in Wisconsin Lake
Ed win Gilberts aged 14 of Plymouth drowned last night in Lake Pos kin near Rice Lake Wisconsin. His body was recovered from about 15 feet of water by rescuers.
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Rice Lake
Wis
Edwin Gilberts
Plymouth
Lake Poskin
Chain of Towns Taken by Monty in Stiff Fight
Allied forces led by Gen Bernard Montgomery seized a line of Normandy towns and strongpoints around Caen as British and American units pressed the German flank. Western moves near Carentan and Pont-Herbert advanced after Caen's fall, with the 12th SS Panzer Division heavily mauled and German retreats noted along the Orne.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Bernard L. Montgomery
2Nd Army
Orne River
Caen
Normandy
Carentan
Pont-Hebert
St. Lo
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Odon
Fauborg de Vaucelles
Bretteville-sur-Odon
Esterville
Maltot
Paris
Falice
la Haye du Puits
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