Hitler Appeals For Loyalty Of German Troops
Adolf Hitler urged loyalty from the revolting German army as reports of unrest and purges circulated. Nazi leadership sought to solidify control with Gestapo actions and loyalty pledges from top and lower officers amid rumors of rival commands and continued suppression.
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Hitler
London
Adolf Hitler
Emoa
Germany
Europe
Junker
Karl Doenitz
Air
Navy
Himmler
Gestapo
Army
Himmier
Moscow
Geneva
Reich
Navy Secretary Calls for 383000 Navy Recruits by June 1945
Navy Secretary Forrestal announced needs for 194000 enlisted men by December 31 and 189000 more by June 30, 1945 to sustain rapid Pacific operations. The plan raises total naval strength to 3389000, mainly for amphibious craft and auxiliary vessels, with selective service and transfers from civilian duties to fill gaps.
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Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Japan
Local Weather Forecast Peaceful Sunday Warm
General fair and warm conditions are expected Sunday with afternoon highs ranging between 85 and 88 degrees. Light winds and no rain anticipated.
Ringling Circus to Open in Akron Without Tent
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey will reopen in Akron Ohio on August 4 after their Hartford big top was destroyed by fire. Spokesman F Beverly Kelley said the show will perform without a tent for the first time in circus history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota, Fla
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Hartford
Army Officer Makes Award to West Salem Packing
Maj. T. C. Dennehy of the U S army attached to the Chicago quarter master depot will present the A award to West Salem Packing company at 8:30 p m August 2 in the West Salem high school auditorium. The War Food administration named the firm one of 12 in Wisconsin to win the award for excellence and cooperation in the war effort in the food processing field. At the August 2 program pin awards to company employees will be presented by W T Angie of Washington D C chief of the trade section of the A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Dennehy
U. S. Army
Chicago
W. T. Angie
Washington, D. C
Allied Columns Threaten Florence as Forces Maneuver
Allied forces pressed toward Florence with three columns within 14 miles, while west of the city Pisa and the Gothic line faced renewed pressure. Fresh German divisions were described as aging and ineffective by a captured officer. Polish troops advanced along the Adriatic and seized towns including Montemarciano and Ancona, taking about 2,000 prisoners.
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Rome
Florence
Pisa
5Th
Arno
Gothic Line
Adriatic
Senigallia
Misa River
Montemarciano
Hengyang Base Cling Amid Bitter Siege By Japanese
Chinese communique reports Hengyang in Hunan holding out against encirclement as Japanese siege continues. Chinese forces claim progress on outer defenses after weeks of combat to cut China off from assistance from the east.
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Chungking
Hengyang
Hunan Province
China
Crowley Visits Madison After Democratic National Convention
Leo T. Crowley national economic administrator is in Madison after attending the Democratic national convention in Chicago. He is visiting friends and former associates.
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Madison
Wis
Leo T. Crowley
National
Chicago
Crowley
Allies Score Fresh Gains On Normandy Front In Mud
Allied forces made substantial gains in two sectors despite heavy mud from two days of rain. American and Canadian units improved positions near Caen and St Lo while near Periers a Seves river spearhead advanced within a mile and a half of a key highway. German counterattacks were repulsed with losses including tanks. the fight stretched ten hours along the 100 mile front.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Caen
St. Lo
Maltot
Periers
Seves
Carentan-Periers
Associated Corrept
Roger D. Greene
Esquay
Hill 112
Odon-Orne River
le Bon Repos
St. Martin de Fortenay
Peters-St. Lo
Key Positions Around Guam Port Seized
Allied forces on Guam secured key positions around Port Apra after repulsing Japanese counterattacks. Mt Alifan and a south coast beachhead near Agat were captured, with Cabras Island and a northern road segment secured as air and naval bombardments aided the assault.
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Guam
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Port Apra
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Mt. Alifan
Agat Town
Pitt Town
Agana
Harbor
Cabras Island
3Rd Marine Division
Provisional Marine Brigade
Army
77Th Infantry Division
Orote Peninsula
Butter Boosted To 16 Points As War Ration Upheld
Price Administrator Chester Bowles raised the creamery butter ration to 16 points a pound from 12 effective Sunday to curb civilian demand. Creamery butter, farm, and processed butter remain at 8 and 4 points. Officials cited civilian purchases exceeding the July allocation and weather and labor-related production declines contributing to tighter supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chester Bowles
War Food Administration
OPA
Navy chief hints new blows against Nippon
Admiral Ernest J. King said after visiting Saipan that the U S fleet now has bases to strike directly at Japan China and the Philippines from the Marianas. He noted 1500 miles is a fair operational radius and warned the enemy would be puzzled by the next targets in a 120 degree arc.
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Ludwig Beck
Liqui
Claus Vonenberg
Geneva
Marshal
Hitler
Berlin
der Bund Im
Bern
Hadeen
Germany
Pacific
Japan
Atlantic
Navy
Nippon
Charles H. McMurtry
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Ernest J. King
United States
Marianas
Tokyo
China
Philippines
Saipan
King
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Kwajalein
Eniwetok
Marshalls
Lieut Wrobel Reported Missing Over Germany
Mrs. Glen Wrobel received word from the war department that her husband Second Lieutenant Wrobel has been missing over Germany since July 7. He piloted a B-24 Liberator and has been overseas since April 23, 1944 after training in Florida Arkansas Texas Utah and Massachusetts. He is a 1940 Central High School graduate and entered service January 27. They live at 914 Badger Street with their six month old daughter. he is the son of Mr and Mrs G A Wrobel of Stoddard.
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Glen Wrobel
War Department
Wrobel
Germany
Florida
Arkansas
Texas
Utah
Massa- Wrobelchusetts
Central High School
Badger Street
G. A. Wrobel
Stoddard
Incumbents in Texas Trailing in Early Primary Returns
In Texas first Democratic primary many incumbents trailed. among them Speaker Sam Rayburn led a field of eight in a district recount. Gov. Coke Stevenson led state races, while congressional contests showed several incumbents slightly behind, as party factions clash over electors.
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Dallas
Texas
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
G. C. Morris
Greenville
George Balch
Commerce
Hatton Summers
Joe Mansfield
Richard Kleberg
Luther Johnson
Russia Sets $1.2 Billion Quota At UN Monetary Talks
Secretary Morgenthau announced the Soviet Union will fix its reconstruction quota at 1.2 billion dollars, raising the world bank capital to 9.1 billion. The increase concludes three weeks of United Nations monetary conference deliberations.
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Bretton Woods
N. H
United Nations Monetary Conference
Treasury
Morgenthau
Soviet Union
World Bank For Reconstruction
Hen A War Casualty
Oregon City A hen owned by Mr and Mrs R R Maxwell produced standard eggs then began laying super eggs nine and a half inches long and eight inches wide. After seven days of boosted production the bird died possibly while its owners worked swing shifts at the Kaiser shipyard.
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Oregon City
Ore
R. R. Maxwell
Kaiser
Jap Policy To Be Unchanged As Koiso Takes Office
Gen. Kuniaki Koiso formed a new cabinet and pledged that Japan’s foreign policy, notably in Greater East Asia, would remain absolutely unchanged. Kept in key posts, Shin Shigemitsu will lead foreign affairs with Okazaki as foreign office spokesman, while Tojo is moved to reserve.
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Kuniaki Koiso
Korea
Japan
Greater East Asia
Hideki Tojo
War Ministry
Domei
Associated Press
Tojo
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Katsuo Okazaki
East Asia
Shigemitsu
China
Britain Endures Stiff Robot Bomb Barrage
Britain faced a heavy 24 hour rocket barrage over southern England with reports of killed and wounded from scattered areas. Officials say 182000 mothers and children have relocated under state aid, while thousands more evacuated privately. Allied air forces continued strikes on rocket sites using large aerial bombs.
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London
England
Artillery Fire in Dover Straits Reports Unobserved Results
London dispatch says coast artillery on the south coast fired about 30 rounds at enemy shipping in the Dover straits between 11 30 p m and midnight. The results were not observed.
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London
Dover Straits
Reds Capture Stronghold On Vital Highway
Soviet 1st Baltic Army pushed toward East Prussia capturing Panevezys 85 miles south of Riga as Stalin calls it a key stronghold guarding the Baltic to East Prussia. Other Soviet advances reach Chelm near Lublin and push toward German Silesia as forces reach the Finnish border.
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Florence
Tavernelle
City
Arno
Sangiovanni
Castel Fiorentino
Panevezys
Skopiskis
Bagramian
Daugavpils
Memel
Chelm
Poland
Warsaw
Germany
Moscow Radio
Lwow
Moscow
Lyubaczow
Jaroslaw
German Silesia
Silesia
Lyvubaczow
Brest Litovsk
Siemiatyceze
Bug River
Lake Ladoga
Kyril A. Meretskov
Londonvara
Suojarvi
Finland
Russia
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Bene Viipuri
Helsinki
Falls
London
Ivan C. Bagramian
Lithuania
Baltic
Penevezys
Riga
Baltic Sea
Joseph Stalin
East Prussia
Siauliai
Estonia
Latvia
Lublin
Stalin
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Hint Junker
Keitel
Atlan Army
Franz Halder
Fedor von Bock
1St Army Group
Algiers
von Bock
von Shitsch
Albert Kesselring
Waller von Model
Fritz von Mann- Stein
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Ernst Busch
Linde- Mann
Schoerner
Nikolaus von Falken
Norway
Ieshal Gunther von Kluge
Normandy Front
Kesselring
Roosevelt
Naval Service
Ringling Circus
Aim
Sth
Ancona
3Rd Marines
77Th Army
Bangi Point
Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr
la Jolla
Calif
First
Allen H. Turnage
Widewater
A. D. Bruce
Temple
New Guinea
13Th Air Force
Yap
U. S
Douglas MacArthur
Carolines
MacArthur
MacCluer Gulf
Dutch New Guinea
Manokwari
Soviets
Armed Services
WFA
Lieut. Wrobel
The
Koiso
Tokyo Radio
the Tiger
Kwantung
Taketora Ogata
Asahi
Osaka
Nagoyna
Board of Information
Eiji Amau
Mitsumasa Yonai
Konigsberg
Pskov
Hern
Suchawa
Oleszyce
Lwow-Krakow
Likovets
Przemys
Beach “State Border
Ivan I. Maslennikov
Jaunlatgale
Britain
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