Wallace heads for Chicago as Wallace campaign faces stiff opposition
Wallace moves toward the Democratic convention in Chicago as Byrnes and Barkley mount resistance. Pennsylvania delegates split with 41 for Wallace, 21 opposed or abstaining. Roosevelt offers cautious support, saying he would vote for renomination if a delegate, but won't dictate the convention.
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Wallace
Democratic Conven
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Woman Dies In River Here
An 80 year old woman, identified as Mrs Layman, drowned when her car rolled into the Mississippi River at Riverside park in La Crosse. Firemen and bystanders tried for 25 minutes to raise the vehicle, but rescue efforts failed. Dr George D Reay county coroner ruled accidental drowning.
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la Crosse
George D. Reay
Ln A
Walter Krusch
Layman
State Street
Riverside Park
Adolph Stavle
John Beis
Caledonia Street
William Lemke
la Crosse Street
Greatest Red Attack Nears in Eastern Front
Moscow reports the Red army poised for a major offensive across western and northern fronts. Soviet forces press toward Lwow and toward Brest Litovsk, Bialystok, and Warsaw while threatening movements around the Suwalki triangle and Grodno.
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Red Army
Russia
Red
Old
Poland
Lwow
Galati
Romania
Carpathians
Danube
Kovel
Brest Litovsk
Sulwalki Triangle
East Prussia
Grodno
Izvestia
Sviloch
Nieman
Lunnol
Bialystok
Warsaw
Bug River
Defenses Crumbled As Yank Attacks Break Through
Allied forces push through Caen lines with British and American troops driving the Germans back along a 48 mile front. St Lo falls to American forces as Bradley reports the last German out of the town. Caen and Villers Bocage see heavy fighting with tanks and infantry clashing amid dust and bombardment.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
United States
St. Lo
France
Normandy
Omar N. Bradley
Army
Ste. Croix
Periers
Whitehead
Berlin
Orne River
Caen
Supre
Lessay
2Nd Army
Villers-Bocage
Evrecy
Vendes
Noyers
Allied Bombing Blitz Strikes German Rocket Stations
A thousand American warplanes from Britain hit Peenemunde and Zinnowitz while another force from Italy attacked Friedrichshafen and Memmingen. The fifth major Allied blow in eight days targeted rocket test stations and aerial fields to support Normandy operations, with 21 German fighters downed near Warnemunde.
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Britain
Germany
Peenemunde
Zinnowitz
Italy
Reich
Friedrichshafen
Memmingen
Normandy
Somme
Loire
Baltic
Baden See
Switzerland
Warnemunde
Leipzig
Tojo Out As Staff Chief In Tokyo Shakeup
Tokyo radio reports a major Japanese command reshuffle with Gen Hideki Tojo removed as chief of staff. Gen Yoshijiro Umezu succeeds Tojo while Admiral Nomura is named navy minister amid losses at Saipan and renewed Allied pressure on Guam and China.
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Tokyo Radio Today
Hideki Tojo
No. 1
Nippon Militarist
Yoshijiro Umezu
Japan
Kwantung
Tojo
Nippon High Command
Tokyo
Saipan
Marianas Islands
Philippines
Umezu
Kwantung Army
Manchuria
Domei
Noakuni Nomura
Guam
U. S
China
Canton-Peiping
Chungking
Peiping- Hankow
Henan Province
Destruction at Port Chicago Port Explosions
Port Chicago California was engulfed by twin ammunitions ship explosions near the navy depot. Losses include ships Quinault Victory and Bryan and numerous naval personnel with civilian injuries and widespread destruction spanning Suisun and San Francisco bays.
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Port Chicago
Calif
Navy
S. S. Quinault Victory
United States
S. S. E. A. Bryan
Bryan
Coast Guard
Suisun Bay
San Francisco Bay
J. R. Thornton
Local Weahther Outlook for Tonight and Wednesday
Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight with continued cool to moderate temperatures Wednesday. The brief forecast notes cooler conditions and limited precipitation potential.
Berlin Reports F R To Visit Rome Soon
Berlin radio reported that President Roosevelt would visit Rome with arrangements made by Vatican representative Myron C. Taylor. The report cited no other sources to verify the claim.
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Associated Press
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Vatican
Myron C. Taylor
Meat Ration Change Ahead
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones ordered the OPA to remove ration points from certain beef cuts and make hams and pork loins again point bearing. The change, possibly effective August 1, will shift rationing to commercial and utility grade steaks and roasts while A and AA grade cuts remain point rated. Publication of the directive is to await July 27.
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Marvin Jones
OPA
Jones
WFA
Wisconsin Delegation Likely 25 to 1 for Wallace for VP
The Wisconsin delegation to the Democratic National Convention is expected to vote 25 to 1 for Henry A. Wallace as vice president the caucus at the Stevens Hotel in Chicago. Nine delegates present united in support while William B. Rubin of Milwaukee dissented. observers note the vote was informal and contingent on Roosevelt letter guidance.
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Wallace
Byrnes
Barkley
Francis Maloney
Connecticut
Jake More
Flowa
James F. Pry
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
Videro
Washington
Ake More
Iowa
Chicago
More
Ore
Butters-In
Crowley
Harold Ickes
Harry F. Byrd
Harold D. Young
Roosevelt
Samuel Jackson
Wisconsin
Henry A. Wallace
Stevens Hotel
Thomas J. King
Oconomowoc
Henry Wallace
King
Leo Crowley
The
Foreign Economic Administration
Mr. Wallace
William B. Rubin
Milwaukee
Rubin
Jimmy Byrnes
Wallace Rubin
Thomas King
Tokyo Denies Rome Peace Talks Report
Tokyo rejects Rome reports that Japan sought peace talks with conditions. A Tokyo radio call said the Vatican audience with Ken Harada, Japan’s minister to the Vatican, occurred but the Rome story is absurd. A foreign office spokesman dismissed the Rome reports as groundless.
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Tokyo Radio
Rome
Ken Harada
Vatican
Pius XII
Japan
Foreign Office
Harada
Nazis Hold 232 Italian Hostages in Monastery
German troops besieging the monastery of Saint Ubaldo near Gubbio threaten to kill 232 Italian civilians, including 70 children, held hostage for four days. The monastery is now a mountain fortress with a German officer under orders to defend to the last, while the Eighth Army has refrained from shelling.
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Eighth
Gubbio
Italy
Saint Ubaldo
8Th
Port Chicago Blast Tears Through Small California Town
In Port Chicago California 1500 residents surveyed an explosion at the navy ammunition dump two miles away with no reported deaths. The blast shattered homes caused injuries and left twisted debris across streets as residents recalled the sudden shock and mass disruption. Nurses described multiple injuries while families moved between hospitals seeking kin. The blast occurred during a film showing at a local theater and stunned the community in about 15 seconds.
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Naval Depot
Mare Island Navy Ship Yard
Red Cross
Martinez
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Coast Guard
San Francisco
Camp Stoneman
Naval
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Floyd L. Scott
Baltimore
Calif
Joe Meyer
Port Chicago Navy
Navy Base
Port Chicaze Theater
China
Joe
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