London reports fourth bomb free night and ongoing air threat
London records a fourth straight bomb free night as flying bombs and robot raids wane during darkness. Allied strikes on launching sites and coastal fighter patrols are cited as reducing German attacks. Experts doubt sustained mega bombs, while German raids since a month ago total over 3,000 with heavy civilian casualties in Britain.
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London
Daily Allied
Hitler
Ministry of Home Security
United Kingdom
Hosital
Two Japanese Admirals Confirmed Dead on Saipan Island
AP reports Admiral Nagumo and Rear Admiral Yano were killed on Saipan as U S forces hammer Guam preparations for invasion. Nimitz said Saipan’s fortress role near Japan marks a major breach in Japanese inner defenses while heavy fighting continues on New Guinea fronts with large Japanese casualties.
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Guam
Japan
Saipan
Tokyo
Nimitz
Chuichi Nagumo
Central Pacific
Sai
Yano
New Guinea
Aitape
Nagumo
Marianas
Tokyo Radio
Gilbert and Marshall Islands
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Midway
Hara-Kari
Oahu
Admiral Nimitz
Saipan Island
California
General Lear New Head of Ground Forces
The War Department assigns Lieut. Gen Ben Lear to command the army ground forces, relieving Lieut. Gen. Lesley J. McNair who takes an important overseas assignment. McNair, wounded in April 1943 and then relieved, had commanded since March 1942 after serving in the Philippines and Cuba and on the War Department General Staff in World War I.
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Washington
War Department
Ben Lear
Army Ground Forces
Lesley J. McNair
McNair
North
Africa
Lear
2Nd Army
Army Group
Hamilton
Canada
1St Colorado Infantry Volunteers
Philippines
Cuba
Memphis
Willkie Support Seen From Dewey Aide Hallick Says
Albany N Y Gov Thomas E Dewey Republican nominee will likely receive Wendell L Willkie backing though Willkie says no talks have taken place Charles A Halleck Republican congressional campaign chief reports after two hour meeting with Dewey Halleck notes confidence in Dewes election and a Republican House likely after November vote Republicans hold 212 seats with 218 needed for majority
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Charles A. Halleck
Congressional Campaign Committee
Dewey
New York
Halleck
Charlie
Philadelphia
House of Representatives
Girl's Self-Imposed Fast Ends In Death
In Jonesville Michigan Mary Ellen Gries a 71 year old girl died after a self imposed starvation doctors said she could not swallow earlier and lived only on water late in life autopsy found no other physical cause death attributed to psychoneurosis and starvation
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Jonesville, Mich
Mary Ellen Gries
Jonesville
Luther Day
Miss Gries
Alimax
E. P. Schelm
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Ren Studentes
Jonesville High School
Sienna Heights College
Adrian
Local Man Edward Stors Dies in Wisconsin Car Crash
In Elkhorn WisconsinEdward Stors 85 of Fond du Lac died when the car he rode in left the road near East Troy Wisconsin.
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Elkhorn, Wis
Edward Stors
Fond du Lac
East
Troy
French Troops Advance Toward Florence After Poggi Capture
Paris dispatch reports French forces captured Poggi and pushed toward Florence along the Arno river, closing in on German positions on the Gothic Line as Allied troops press their advance in Italy.
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Rome
Maly
Poggi
Florence
Arno
Goebbels Appeals to Allies to Soften Surrender Demands
The Office of War Information reports Goebbels implicitly urged the United States and Britain to ease unconditional surrender demands. He argued nations seek postwar peace yet must be secured from strength and cited the Versailles treaty while claiming Germany never sought extermination, suggesting all powers have a special role in the world system.
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New York
N. Y
Office of War Information
Goebbels
United States
Britain
FFC
Das Reich
Germany
Owi
Boy Charles Anderson Dies After Bike Fall in Cemetery
Charles Anderson aged 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur N. Anderson, died in a hospital Thursday night from injuries after falling from his bicycle while riding through a cemetery.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Charles Anderson
Arthur N. Anderson
German Fuel Supplies Hit In Bold Allied Assaults
Up to 500 American heavy bombers attacked Budapest rail yards and three oil refineries in Hungary to cripple German fuel supplies. Allied fleets bombed Beauvais and Montdidier rail yards in France as fighters harassed Luftwaffe defenses. Seven U.S. 9th Air Force fighters were lost in clashes over bridges and air fields.
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London
Budapest
Hungary
Normandy
Beauvais
Montdider
Thunderbolt
France
U. S. 9Th Air Force
Grave Of Pushkin Desecrated and Manuscripts Lost
Russian reports describe German forces desecrating Pushkin’s grave at Pushkinskie Gori, taking relics and burning numerous manuscripts. Maj. Boris Azbukin of the Red Star reports the incident as Russians advance on Riga with General Veremenko’s Baltic Army.
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Moscow
Pushkin
Red Star
Boris Azbukin
Alexander Pushkin
Stratford On Avon
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Azbukin
Andrei I. Veremenko
Riga
Pushkinskie Gori
Pushkin Mountains
Forecast Reduces Soft Coal Shortage To 16 Million Tons
Fuels Administrator Ickes said early forecasts of a 30 million ton bituminous coal shortage have been cut to 16 million tons after a first quarter survey. He noted definite progress but warned of a critical coal problem with no hope for full residential coal bins next winter in Atlantic coast and Great Lakes states. No improvement is expected in the predicted 5 billion ton anthracite shortage.
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Washington
Ickes
Atlantic Coast
Great Lakes
Spark Likely Cause of Elwood Plant Fire
Lieut. Col. Byron Rife, commanding officer of the Elwood ordnance plant, said the July 11 fire and explosion at the Elwood plant which killed three people was probably caused by a spark created during cleaning operations.
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Joliet
Byron Rife
Elwood Ordnance Plant
Kankakee
When And If She Has Mumps She'll Be On The Road To Recovery
An eight year old Jaquelin Jenner of Chicago has endured nine eye operations and many illnesses including scarlet fever measles pneumonia a broken nose two broken arms a mashed finger and a spider bite now fighting infantile paralysis She hopes to go home soon but remains hospitalized awaiting recovery from polio as her mother Opal Jenner wishes she could take her home with her.
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Los Angeles
Jaquelin Jenner
Opal Jenner
Jaquelin
Butch Albar
WPB outlines postwar auto plans and production rate
Vice-Chairman R L Boulware said postwar automotive planning envisions resuming with new models rather than returning to 1942 designs. The industry could target about 2 150 000 cars per year, roughly half of 1941 output, with phased starts and a blue order plan allowing deferred deliveries.
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Washington
R. L. Boulware
War Production Board
Boulware
Automobile Industry Advisory Committee
WPB
Yankees Cling To Positions In Area Of St Lo
Allied war desk reports American infantrymen dug in two miles outside St Lo under heavy German artillery fire as the advance toward the sea continued. Westward, forces neared Lessay amid reports of an orderly German withdrawal while Caen fronts showed no change.
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St. Lo
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Lessay
Caen
Carentan
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Ausaix
Les Champs de Losque
Es-Aubris
la Vincenterie
St. Honorine
Colombelles
Omar N. Bradley
Cherbourg
St. German-Sur-Ay
la Haye du Puits
Beauvais
Roosevelt Dies of Heart Attack in Normandy
Gen Theodore Roosevelt succumbs to a heart attack near the frontline in Normandy after a long service with the Fourth Infantry Division. He died at 11 65 p m and will be buried in France where his brother Quentin fell in World War I. His surviving brother Archibald Roosevelt was wounded on Biak Island.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Normandy
Fourth Infantry Division
Gene
France
Quentin
Roosevelt
Archibald Roosevelt
Biak Island
New York
Kermit Roosevelt
Alaska
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Quentin Roosevelt
Pathfinders Guide Planes To Cloud Shrouded Targets
U S bomber formations use daylight pathfinder planes to guide bombs to German targets obscured by clouds or smoke. The RAF technique, once for night work, enabled raids in bad weather and sped up U S bombing campaigns with accurate hits at Rostock, Stettin vicinity, and Bremen.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
RAF
France
Rostock
Stettin
Bremen
Boy Scouts Collect Waste Paper Citywide Drive
On Saturday a wastepaper collection will be conducted by Boy Scouts from south King Street to north Winnebago Street. Troops 13, 13A and 5 participate. housewives should tie bundles and place them on curbs if fair weather, or display notices if rain to guide pickup.
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Boy Scouts
King Street
Winnebago Street
Atrocities Of Nazis Flayed
Secretary Hull denounced Nazi atrocities in Europe. He warned Hungary's one million Jews face extermination and cited Distomo Greece as another shocking example of terror. He pledged punishment for those responsible in separate statements.
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Washington
Europe
Hull
Hungary
Distomo
Greece
Ancient Mexican ceremony signals disgraceful dismissal of officer
In Mexico City Captain Benito Castaneda Chavarria faced a rare ancient military ritual of dismissal after a failed bid to seize Puebla. Court testimony showed he consumed tequila, urged a mutiny, and fired on a fellow officer before loyal troops halted him. His wife intervened to save him from death sentence.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Benito Castaneda Chavarria
Avila Camacho
Castaneda Chavarria
Puebla
Here
Gabreski Struggles for More Aerial Victories
Lt Col Francis Gabreski, top US 8th Air Force ace from Oil City Pennsylvania, reports no enemy kills in five missions after reaching 28 downed Nazi planes. He plans to fly next week then rotate home for thirty days. Capt Don Gentile of Piqua also ranks at 30 with 23 in combat.
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U.S. 8Th Air Force
England
Francis Gabreski
Oil City
America
Gabreski
Don S. Gentile
Piqua
Ohio
Allied advance post on Normandy bombs misdirected by faulty mechanisms
General Eisenhower said German flying bombs that fell in the Normandy beachhead area were likely not aimed there. He noted no significant damage was caused, and that faulty mechanisms probably caused the misdirection toward England.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Normandy
England
Truck Dispute Goes To F R
More than 100 Midwest truckers may have their noncompliance with a war labor board wage order sent to President Roosevelt for action. The Midwest Operators Association reports only nine of 112 members expressed willingness to comply, while AFL Teamsters represent the workers.
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Washington
Midwest
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
WLB
Mid-West Operators Association
AFL Teamsters Union
Redeem Bond Pledges Plea For Rural Residents
An urgent appeal to La Crosse County rural residents to redeem bond pledges was made by the war finance committee. Banks in West Salem Bangor and Holmen will be open 7 to 9 p m on the last three Saturdays to issue bonds. La Crosse banks will run bond booths at Doerflinger's store on the last three Fridays 6 30 to 8 p m. Committeemen urge immediate redemption to sustain the county’s strong Fifth War Loan record.
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la Crosse County
War Finance Committee
West Salem
Bangor
Holmen
la Crosse
Doerflinger
Mrs Chiang Kai-shek Begins Rest Cure in Brazil
Mrs Chiang Kai-shek has left Chungking for a three month rest cure in Brazil to treat nervous exhaustion insomnia and chronic urticaria. Her party includes sister Mrs H H Kung and the Chinese minister of finance heads to Bretton Woods.
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Washington
Chiang Kai-shek
Brazil
China
Rio de Janeiro
Chungking
H. H. Kung
Bretton Woods
N. H
Associated Press Bureau
Chiang
Marvingtom
U. S. Naval
U S Tanker Harrisburg torpedoed off Colombian coast
Survivors reached Barranquilla after the American tanker Harrisburg was sunk by a German submarine off the Colombian coast. The number of survivors was not disclosed in the dispatch.
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Barranquilla
Columbia Pi
Harrisburg
Public works program to relieve Rome unemployment
Lieut. Col. Charles Poletti, AMG commissioner for Rome, announced a 25 million lire Italian public works program would start immediately in the Rome region to relieve unemployment. Projects include removal of debris from bombed areas and public park work not requiring construction materials.
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Rome
Charles Poletti
AMG
Russians Close On Kaunas Front As War Moves East
The article reports the fall of the Gere mans last defense base in the Prie pyat marshes near the road to Ware. It notes German hands held for three years before Red Army capture. NBC cites a German underground radio saying Russian armies entered Rozanka in East Prussia at noon European time.
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London
Pinsk
Priepyat
Ware
Red Army
NBC Today
Rozanka
East Prussia
Old Poland
Brest Litovsk
Moscow
Wilno
Kaunas
Pripyat
Best Litovsk
Luck
Warsaw
Bug River
Russian Army Presses Toward Kaunas and Grodno Front
Soviet forces push from Wilno as German losses reported, closing on Kaunas 28 miles away and threatening Grodno. Front dispatches say Red units near Riga and Talinn, with Baltic thrusts aiming for Daugavpils and Memel as German resistance in the Baltic weakens.
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Wilno
Red Army
Kaunas
Riga
Tala
Estonia
Ivan Chernakhovsky
Eydtkuhnen
East Prussia
Grodno
Suwalki Triangue
Chernakhovsky
Marsal Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Brest Litovsky
Bug River
Warsaw
Pinsk
Baltic
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Ivan Bagramian
Daugavpils
Bagramian
Cherniakhovsky
Baltics
Meme
Baltic Sea
Jimmy Stewart Named Second In Command
U S Eighth Air Force bomber base in Britain announces Lieut. Col. James Stewart named chief of staff of his B 24 combat wing second in command to Brig Gen Edward J Timberlake Jr. The former film star, who has flown 14 missions, was previously operations officer for the Liberator group.
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U. S. 8Th Air Force
Britain
James Stewart
Edward J. Timberlake, Jr
Sperry unveils attitude gyro for aerobatic flight
Sperry Gyroscope announces a new attitude gyro that lets a pilot perform all aerobatic maneuvers without ground reference. The instrument provides a continuous picture of the aircraft’s position relative to the earth, aiding orientation during flight.
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New York
Sperry
Milwaukee woman, 79, dies from streetcar injuries
Mrs. Margaret Weber, 79, died Friday from complications after injuries suffered June 27 when struck by a street car in Milwaukee. The accident prompted investigations by local authorities.
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Milwaukee
Margaret Weber
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