Port Chicago explosion death toll nears 350
Reconstruction of the navy Port Chicago ammunition depot began as the wartime disaster's death toll approached 350. Navy and federal agents investigated while hundreds of construction workers were urged to report to the devastated area. Official tallies listed 250 navy enlisted men, 9 officers, 70 Maritime Commission workers, 36 Navy Armed Guard, 5 Coast Guardsmen, and 3 civilian railroad workers among the dead, with many bodies unrecovered.
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Port Chicago
Calif
Navy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Naval
Maritime Commission Stamen
Coast
A. Bryan
Tarawa Island
Marshalls
Port Chingo
Richthofen Squadron Commander Killed in Action
Berlin radio reports Major Burmheller, commander of the Richthofen squadron and a top German ace with 42 kills, shot down and killed over Normandy by a British pilot. He is the fourth German ace lost in nine days, following Redlich, Fritz Ich, and Lieut. Eugen.
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London
Berlin
Burmheller
Richthofen
Nor- Mendy
Burm-heller
Wolfgang Redlich
Fritzich
Eugen
Nazis Tried To Make Peace With Russians
British radio quoted Stockholm reports that Germany sought a separate peace with the Russian government but the attempt failed completely. The U. S. government monitors relayed the report from Stockholm.
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New York
U. S
Stockholm
CIO backs Wallace for vice president at CIO convention
Philip Murray and Sidney Hillman stated at a Sherman hotel press conference that the CIO bloc remains united for Henry Wallace as vice president. They dismissed rumors of backing Truman and insisted no second choice exists.
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Chicago
Philip Murray
CIO
Sidney Hillman
CIO Clothing Workers Union
National Citizens Political Action Committee
Henry Wallace
Murray
Hillman
Sherman Hotel
Wallace
Truman
Missouri
Jimmy Byrnes
Roosevelt
Phil Murray
Byrnes Drops Out Of Race At Democratic Convention
President Roosevelt reportedly listed Truman and Douglas as second and third choices for vice president as delegates gather in Chicago. James Byrnes directed his name be withdrawn from nomination in deference to the president’s wishes amid Wallace’s active campaign and Roosevelt’s favored slate. The session opened late with pro Roosevelt speeches and adjourned to hear Kerr’s keynote later.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Missouri
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Henry A. Wallace
Robert E. Hannegan
James F. Byrnes
Edward F. Kelly
Scott Lucas
Illinois
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Byrnes
Burnet R. Maybank
South Carolina
Wallace
Chinese break siege at Hengyang move toward Hengshan base
Chinese forces break out of encirclement at Hengyang in Hunan province and advance toward Hengshan, a key Japanese base about 25 miles northeast. The high command says Japanese HQ is now at Hengshan after transfer from Changsha as other Chinese forces counterattack suburbs and push the ring back. American planes fly support over Hengyang as Japanese efforts to rescue isolated garrisons near the Burma road face Chinese resistance.
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Hengyang
Hunan
Hengshan
Changsha
Leiyang
P. H. Chang
Pingka
Salween River
Lungling
Burma Road
Burma
Guam Defenses Battered by Battleships and Air Attacks
U S Pacific Fleet reports battleships with spotter planes pummeling Guam defenses while Japanese garrisons face heavy losses across the Southwest Pacific. Adm Nimitz cites silenced anti aircraft fire as cruisers join in the strikes. MacArthur notes aerial blows sinking and damaging ships, thousands of tons, and extensive barge losses.
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Pearl Harbor
Guam
Southwest Pacific
Japan
Chester W. Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
Nimitz
MacArthur
Pacific
Redeem Bond Pledges Plea Aims to Meet July Quota
With only 12 days left in July, officials urge county residents to redeem Fifth War Loan pledges immediately. La Crosse County trails state averages in E bonds at 76 percent of quota while owning total buys exceed the quota at 144 percent. Banks in Holmen Salem and Bangor will stay open Saturday evenings and Doerflinger's band booth will be open Friday evenings for bond chasers.
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la Crosse County
Holmen
Salem
Bangor
Doerflinger
Big News Tomorrow Delayed By Tokyo Agency
Tokyo based Domei agency says important news to come tomorrow. US monitors note Domei pressured press to hold back today after announcing premier Tojo being relieved as army chief of staff. News delayed until 8 30 p m local time.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Domei
U. S
Hideki Tojo
Army
Toda
The Trap That Failed In Normandy Leaflet Mistimed
German air attacks over Allied lines in Normandy dropped propaganda leaflets saying Americans British and Canadians you are trapped At dawn the next day General Montgomery launched an offensive that cracked open the Orne river defense line
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London
Normandy
Bernard L. Montgomery
Orne River
Livorno Falls To Americans Ancona Taken In Italy Front Push
Allied forces report the capture of Livorno by the 5th army after a wide pincers move driving Germans from the port near Pisa. Polish troops also seize Ancona on the Adriatic coast with over 2,000 prisoners. American wedges form south of the Arno as British troops advance west of Arezzo.
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Mark W. Clark
Livorno
Italy
Ancona
Adriatic
Leghorn
Pisa
Genoa
Arno
Bay of
Monte Cassino Abbey
Pentedera
Florence
5Th Army
Arezzo
Airport Work Starts on La Crosse Island Airport Project
Construction begins on La Crosse island airport with AGT Associates handling grading draining and runway surfacing. City Engineer John Barth notes project at $1,000,000 with CAA approval secured weeks earlier. firm occupied at Badger Ordnance Works Baraboo delaying start.
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la Crosse
French Island
John Barth
AGT Associates
Civil Aeronautics Administration
AGT
Badger Ordnance Works
Baraboo
Two Towns Engulfed by Paricutin Lava Front
Molten lava pouring from Paricutin along a 25 mile front has engulfed two towns and threatens three more. Lava advances about 200 yards daily toward Zacan, San Francisco Pariban, and Zirosto, which face evacuation as Tarascan residents flee with belongings. Earthquake blasts echo from the crater as the 1943 volcano grows.
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Mexico City
Paricutin
Mexico
Zacan
San Francisco Pariban
Zirosto
Flagship of Finnish Fleet Sunk By Reds
The Red air force said it sank the Finnish coastal defense ship Vainamoinen, a 3 900 ton flagship, with four direct hits near Kitka island. The claim follows waves of aerial attacks against Finnish naval targets in the region.
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Reds
Moscow
Red Air Force
Vainamoinen
Kitka Island
Henriot Assassins Captured Reported by Paris Radio
Paris radio reports the arrest of the assassins who killed Vichy propaganda minister Philippe Henriot on June 28. Government broadcast provides no further details.
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Paris
Philippe Henriot
Vichy
Russians Launch New Offensive Across Baltic Fronts
Soviet forces under Marshal Konev push 125 miles wide from Lwow toward the Polish border as Rokossovsky drives toward Brest Litovsk. The Baltic theater sees multiple breakthroughs north and south of Ostrov with heavy fighting near Riga and Grodno. Moscow reports rapid gains and extensive air support against German forces.
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Stalin
Red Army
Velikaya
Pskov
Moscow
Hitler
Ivan S. Konev
Andrei I. Yeremenko
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Ukraine
Lwow
Kowel
Bug River
Selets Belski
Sokal
Skomorokki
Bug
Skomorokhi
Kaminenka
Berlin
Transocean Agency
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Warsaw
Brest Litovsk
Rokossovsky
Grodno
Nieman River
East Prussia
Daugavpils
Ivan C. Bagramian
Latvia
Riga
2500 Yankee Planes Bomb German Targets From Britain and Italy
Nearly 2,500 American heavy bombers and fighters attacked Munich and southern Germany in coordinated raids from Britain and Italy. Up to 500 planes from the U S 15th Air Force joined from Italy, targeting aircraft factories and depots, while the U S 8th Air Force claimed 53 German planes destroyed.
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London
Britain
Italy
Munich
Germany
U.S. 15Th Air Force
Alps
U. S. 8Th Air Force
Hellriegelskreuth
Britain Faces German Robot Bomb Assault Across England
The 24 hour robot bomb attack against England, the largest since the German weapon began, aims to divert Allied air power as raids from the Calais coast intensify. Churchill reported 2,752 killed and 8,000 hospitalized in London bombings as 7,350 Allied planes pounded German targets yesterday.
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Engla
Eisenhower
Channel
Calais
France
Caen
England
Reich
Commons
Winston Churchill
London
Youth Injured In Cliff Fall At Ebner's Coulee
Roland Washburn ten suffered gashes and bruises after falling from Cliffwood Bluff near Grandad Bluff while with a YMCA home camp hike. John Flies said the boy strayed from the group and was found by searchers sliding up the cliff. He was taken by county highway police ambulance to St Francis hospital.
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Roland Washburn
Avon Street
Cliffwood Bluff
Ebner’s Coulee
Grandad Bluff
YMCA
Polce
St. Francis Hospital
John Flies
Roland
Flies
Nettie Washurn
New Shakeup In Nazis West Command Signals Strife
London reports of fierce quarrels among German officers and another reorganization of the western high command as Nazi leadership grapples with a three front war. Grohe named Reich commissioner for occupied Belgium and northern France, with Grase in military command. Hofmeister blames Hitler’s talentless command. Greek shooting deaths among officers cited.
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London
West
Europe
Germany
DNB
Joseph Grohe
Hitler
Belgium
France
Grase
Moscow
Edmund Hofmeister
Russia
Brauchitsch
List
von Rundstedt
Greece
Cairo
Holland
Gestapo
Leopold
Tommies Break Through German Defenses In Normandy Advance
Allied forces push from Orne bridgehead into open plains south toward Caen with Montgomery declaring large German losses. American units clear St Lo area and advance 213 miles, taking towns and cutting routes as air and ground forces coordinate a massive modern assault.
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By Edward Kennedy
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Hottot-Les-Bagues
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Erwin Rommel
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Vire
la Capelle
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Hotte-les-Bagues
Tilly-sur- Seulles
Noyers
Caen-Villers Bocage
Maltot
Orne and
Odon
Cagny
Vimont
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Orne
6Th Airborne
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St. Lo Periers
Taute
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Cassino
Rommel
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