Soviet Troops Sight Warsaw and Push Toward Poland
Soviet forces reached the Vistula near Warsaw and pressed east and north as German lines fell back. Jelgava on the Baltic rail hub was contested and reports suggested Russians aimed to cut off Baltic German divisions. British and Moscow dispatches noted fighting near Jelgava, Siauliai, Kaunas, and in the Warsaw area as Russian spearheads moved toward the Polish capital.
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London
Red Army
Polplain
Warsaw
Jelgava
Baltics
Stockholm
Wilhelmstrasse
Vistula
Oder
Ber
Germany
Breslau
Stettin
Berlin
Daugavpils
Dvinsk
Riga
Baltic Sea
Siau-liai
Kaunas
Siauliai
Konstantin K. Rokossovwing
Brest Litovek
Recheck Needs For Big Tires
The office of price administration cancels nearly all outstanding ration certificates for heavy truck tires at midnight Saturday to reassess needs amid reduced allocations. About 100,000 certificates are in circulation while only 60,000 casings will be available in August.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Emero
War Production Board
War Food Administration
WPB
Willkie Opposes Fish Libel Suit Over renomination clash
New York figures discuss potential libel action by Rep. Hamilton Fish against Wendell Willkie amid New York 29th district renomination battle. Herbert Brownell Jr. cites Americanism at stake and Dewey comments on political confrontation. Race and religious issue mentions appear in the coverage.
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Willkie
Rep. Fish
New York
N. Y
Wendell L. Willkie
Hamlion
New York State
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Republican National
E. Ae Spe
Milton Pin Rny
Ican
Brownell
Dewey
Army separations total 1 234 000 amid war tolls
The War Department reports total separations from the Army since the war began are 1 234 000. Deaths both battle and non battle number 1568 000 with 941 000 honorable discharges. Prisoners and missing total 66 000 and pend ing separations including those on return to inactive status 259 000.
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Washington
War Department
Local Weather Fair and Cool Night With Mild Sunday
The forecast calls for fair and cool conditions tonight with a low around 58 degrees. Sunday will be generally warmer with a high near 84 degrees.
New Zealand Veterans Break Nazi Defenses Near Florence
New Zealand units cracked Nazi defenses south of Florence advancing from a Cerbaia bridgehead on the Pesa river and pushing toward the last mountain line five miles from the city. German counterattacks with Tiger tanks challenged the advance, though officials said the positions on the hills were being held. South African troops crossed the Greve river two miles south of Impruneta, widening the threat to Florence amid continued artillery duels along the Arno.
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Florence
New Zealand
Noland Norgaard
Rome
Aloe
J Peeromey
Pesa
Cerbaia
Greve River
Impruneta
Lower
Arno
Pisa
Pope Pius
Report Nazis To Pull Back Western Wing
Allied forces repelled a major German counterattack east of Coutances and pressed along the Normandy coast toward Brehal. Rommel shifted armor toward Caen defenses as U S and Allied tanks clashed across hedgerows, engendering heavy losses and air attacks that knocked out hundreds of enemy tanks.
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Hoqtrs
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Coutances
Normandy
Brehal
Erwin Rommel
France
Tessy- Sur-Vire
le Mesnil-Herman
Rommel
Associated Press
Hal Boyle
le Mesnil-Aubert
St. Denis-le Gast
Atlantic
Sienne
Caen
Avranches
Brest
Granville
Grumman Avengers
Calnenate
NBC
John McVane
Tessy-Sur-Vire
Vire
U. S. 9Th Air Force
Rommel Wounded in Strafe Near Lisieux Reported
A senior American officer said prisoners reported Field Marshal Erwin Rommel severely wounded in a strafing attack near Lisieux east of Caen. A French woman behind enemy lines said Rommel died later in Bernay, per German captain accounts.
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Cannsy
France
Erwin Rommel
Lisieux
Caen
Bernay Aaron
Worker Crushed Between Truck and Building Injures Man
William Foner of La Crosse was critically hurt Saturday morning when a truck crushed him between a vehicle and the Northern Engraving plant. City police ambulance rushed him to Lutheran hospital at 11 49 a m with back injuries per his physician.
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William Foner
la Crosse
Northern Engraving Company
Lutheran Hospital
Foner
Obituary notices death of B J Volz longtime Standard Oil worker
Bernard J Volz 51 of 132 South 23rd street died Friday night in a local hospital after 36 years with Standard Oil of Indiana handling pricing. He held many community offices and belonged to several groups including Catholic Knights of Wisconsin Knights of Columbus Aquinas Booster club American Legion and church choirs. Survived by wife four children mother four sisters and a brother. Funeral Monday at Blaschke funeral home and Blessed Sacrament church with burial in Catholic cemetery. Rosary Sunday evening.
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Bernard J. Volz
South 23Rd Street
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Oeeiane
Joseph Liebesbund
Acme
Catholic Knights of Wisconsin
Knights of Columbus
Aquinas Booster Club
American Legion
St. Mary's Church
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Volz
Robert
Richard
Mary Jean
Bernard G
Christina Volz
Milwaukee
Cecelia
Marcella
Maria
Rose Mary
Charles
la Crosse
Blaschke
Blessed Sacrament Church
Victor Plecity
Road To Berlin Distances From Front Lines
Russian front lies 337 miles from Kolbiel, Normandy 630 miles from Troarn, and Italian front 605 miles from Senigallia, as reported by Associated Press.
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Kolbiel
Normandy
Troarn
Senigallia
Missing In Action Ace Gabreski Sealed From Return
Lieut. Col. Francis Gabreski, top U S air force ace with 31 victories, is reported missing in action since July 20. His fiancé Kay Cochran waits in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin and his parents in Oil City Pennsylvania plan a town welcome.
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Col. Gabreski
Oil City
Francis S. Gabreski
U. S. Air Force
War Department
Stanley Gabryszewski
United States
Gabreski
Pretty Kay Cochran
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Hawaii
Notre Dame University
Air Force
Lottie
Thaddeus
India
Max
Sampson, N. Y
America
Francis Gabreski
Germany
Kay Cochran
Newton Bush
St. John’s Church
Paul Monarski
Heavies Strike Reich Oil and Cities in Air Assaults
A force of 1,100 American heavy bombers attacked the Leuna synthetic oil plant at Merseburg for a second day and hit Bremen. British heavy bombers struck Stuttgart Hamburg Frankfurt and buzz bomb bases in France. A village in Brest peninsula was wiped out in a Spitfire raid. RAF and Luftwaffe clashes produced many losses. night bombers clashed over the Reich with reported shoots down.
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London
Germany
Merseburg
Bremen
Stuttgart
Hamburg
Frankfurt
France
Brest
Air Ministry
The
Reich
Ploesti
Loss of Minesweeper Swerve Increases Naval Toll
The U S Navy announced the sinking of the 890 ton minesweeper Swerve in the Mediterranean after enemy action bringing total American naval losses to 172 since the war began. The ship carried a crew of 60 and was commanded by Payoff Morthland 33 of the San Francisco area. The vessel went down in January 1944.
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Washington
Navy
Mediterranean
Ool Morthland
Congeles
San Francisco
Morthland
London
Normandy
Major Candidates Get Special Trains
Washington officials announce that Republican presidential candidate Thomas E. Dewey and major party vice presidential candidates along with any designated nominees may use a special train or car during the campaign. The Office of Defense Transportation bars rail equipment use to all others, barring the president.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Office of Defense Transportation
United States
ODT
S. Sgt. O. J. Gray Killed in France on June 12
Mrs. Frank Roth of 1412 Ferry Street learned from relatives that S. Sgt. O. J. Gray was killed in action in France on June 12. Gray, who left Camp McCoy with the Second Division in October 1943, is survived by his wife, a five month old daughter he never met, and his parents, whose home is in Texas.
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Frank Roth
Ferry Street
Ss. Co
J. Gray
France
Sgt. Gray
Camp McCoy
Roth
Second
Texas
Nye Wins Republican Senate Nomination in North Dakota
The North Dakota state canvassing board finalized McIntosh County’s tally and announced Senator Gerald P. Nye won the Republican nomination for U S senator by 972 votes over Lynn A. Stambaugh in the June 27 primary.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
McIntosh County
Gerald P. Nye
U. S
Lynn A. Stambaugh
Driven Nazi Divisions Meet Bold U S Armor Line
From Le Chennilly Normandy a hill observer reports seven German divisions thrusting into a 30 mile American armored line south of Cherbourg. US Ninth Air Force fighter bombers hammered enemy strength as four tank and infantry engagements raged beneath a clear sky amid the invasion campaign.
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Notre Dame LE Chenilly
Normandy
Cherbourg
9Th Air Force
Drunken Crow Sits Out Hangover in Skunk Cage at Bronx Zoo
New York report says Deacon the crow salved his night of drinking by being placed in a spare skunk cage at the Bronx zoo after a street brawl. He wandered from the bar terrace to a tussle with a white tom cat as zoo workers noted his fondness for begging drinks.
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New York
Deacon
Bronx Zoo
Zoo
Reich Women To Do More as Germany Mobilizes
Nazi broadcasts report Germany will raise the working age for women to 50 and push more female labor into the home front. Goebbels says reserves will rush to fronts as barracks empty, with industry workers replaced by men and women from non war related enterprises. Swiss cables note Hitler will address Aug 3 anniversary of the SA to justify past and present policies.
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London
Germany
Transocean
Adolph Hitler
Chicago Postal Aide Dies Hailing From La Crosse
Gustave M. Wenzel aged 63 and a longtime Chicago postal official died Saturday from heart disease. A La Crosse, Wisconsin native, he began as a clerk there in 1908, moved to El Paso as a postal clerk then chief inspector with immigration, and returned to Chicago in 1910 becoming first assistant postmaster in 1940.
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Chicago
Gustave M. Wenzel
la Crosse
Wis
Postal Service
el Paso
Texas
U. S. Immigration Service
Greene named commander at Truax field after Jewtt departs
Lieut. Col. Charles C. Greene takes command at Truax field succeeding Col. Alfred L. Jewtt who leaves for detached service. Greene previously served at the Army Air Forces Training Center in Greensboro North Carolina.
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Madison
Wis
Charles C. Greene
Truax Field
Alfred L. Jewtt
Greene
Army Air Forces Training Center
Greensboro
N. C
Worker Dies After Struck by Moulding Tool in Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Feb 4 William Schmidt aged 41 a moulder at a steel casting plant died from a skull fracture after a moulding tool struck him on Thursday. He died Friday in city hospital.
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Milwaukee
William Schmidt
Nazis Deploy Mass Attack Robot Bombs Over London
The Nazis use a new mass attack tactic delivering flying bombs in batches across London and southern England. Hospitals suffer damage and casualties as nurses aid evacuations under sparks and embers. A restaurant blast traps and kills several as emergency crews search the debris. About 200,000 people flee London for safety in the countryside.
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London
England
Police Seek Soldier Using Bogus Check
City police are looking for a man who passed a $25 fake check at Montgomery Ward. He gave the name S. Sgt. J. A. Gillis and claimed to be with the 719th Military Police Battalion Camp Perry Ohio, said to be stationed at Camp McCoy. Police suspect he is not a soldier, just wearing a uniform. The clerk described the suspect as 140 pounds, 5 feet 7 inches, with light brown hair and fair complexion. His overseas cap had green and gold braid but no shoulder patch.
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J. A. Gillis
Montgomery Ward and Co
719Th Military Police
Camp Perry
Camp McCoy
How Could He Charlotte Bag Full of Money Found
At a busy Charlotte intersection Patrolman W T Bryant found a heavy bag atop a mailbox. A local firm employee, en route to a night depository, had forgotten the bag containing 10992 dollars. The incident raises questions about how the money was left behind and recovered.
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Charlotte, N. C
Charlotte
W. T. Bryant
OPA Raises Dry Bean Ceiling Prices About Five Percent
Washington says the Office of Price Administration will lift retail ceiling prices for dry edible beans by about five percent, effective Aug. 3, tying the change to parity with prior sales levels.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
German Reports Hint At Turkish War Preparations
The Associated Press notes German radio claims a Turkish shipping ban is in effect and soldiers are being drafted as Turkish summer maneuvers approach. Reports also say Bulgaria seeks German division withdrawals and negotiations with the Allies may be underway. Transocean reports Turkish Black Sea ships near the Bosporus and Aegean naval forces stationed in the Marmara.
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Turkey
Transocean
Black Sea
Bosporus
Istanbul
Sea of Marmora
Daylight Raid Targets Anshan as B 29s Strike Manchuria
B 29 Superfortresses bomb Anshan in eastern Manchuria in the first daylight assault from high altitudes. The raid targets heavy industry including chemical by products and steel mills. A diversion strikes Chenghsien rail yards while Tokyo reports limited damage. carrier and Marianas actions continue elsewhere.
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China
Anshan
Manchuria
Mukden
Japan
Yawata
Sasebo
Kyushu
Manchurian
Chenghsien
Henan
Peiping-Hankow
Tokyo Radio
Penhsihu
Tokyo
Palau
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Moscow
Bug
Recheck
Gladwin Hill
Lengronne
Brehan
Canisy
Notre Dame de Cenilly
B. J. Volz
Was Price Authority of
Standard Oil
Leuna
O. J. Gray
Nye
Stambaugh
By Wes Gallagher
Skunk
Tinian
Guam
Joseph W. Stilwell
Hongkong
Chungking
Formosa
Greater East Asia
Philippines
Marianas
Agana
Ushi
Port Apra
Orote Peninsula
Orote
Sumay Naval Base
Saipan
Yunnan
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