Americans Cross Vire River in Normandy Push Near St Lo
Allied forces under Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley launched dawn assaults through the marshes north of the Vire river advancing more than a mile and capturing Alirel. A heavy artillery barrage accompanied the operation as American crews established a bridgehead and pressed toward La Haye du Puits and St. Lo while German defenders clung to Caen and surrounding positions.
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Supreme Headquarters Armed Expeditionary Force
Omar N. Bradley
Normandy
Vire
St. Lo
la Haye du Puits
la Haye
Oreak Ce
St. Jeandéen de Lieve
Haye
Sebelvert
la Surelierie
Leasay
BBC
Fee
New York
Supreme Headquarters
Caen
Raver
Second Army
Orne
Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
St. Jean de Daye
Ae Ce
Union Service Sunday Opens With Union Church Speaker
The Rev G W L Landis of First Evangelical will speak at union services in South Park Sunday at 8 p m on A Great Need The event is sponsored by Lawrence churches through the Ministerial Alliance Rev H C Brockman presides Dr Theodore Astman and Dr Ernest Snodgrass assist in worship Rev F C Dissinger directs congregational singing Mr and Mrs John Kliewer with Mrs Harry Pippert sing in duet Fast Falls the Eventide by A W Lansing Lawrence residents are invited If rain the service moves to Trinity Lutheran
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W.L Landis
First Evangelical Church
South Park
Churches of
John Kliewer
Harry Pippert
A. W. Lansing
Lawrence
Trinity Luthereat
Naval Base and Steel Center bombed by U S B 29s in Japan
Washington reports B 29 Superfortresses of the 20th Air Force bombed Sasebo naval base and the Yawata steel center on Kyushu in the second attack on the Japanese mainland. Arnold announced the communique confirming strikes on industrial targets and naval installations, with several bombers not returning.
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Naval Base and Steel Center
Japan
Washington
U. S
20Th Air Force
Sasebo
Steel Center
Yawata
Kyushu
H. H. Arnold
Pearl Harbor
Norfolk
Bremerton
Wash
Arnold
Twentieth Air Force
Chiies of Staff
20Th Bomber Command
James H. Doolittle
Hornet
Tokyo
China
Nagasaki
Air Force
Aerial battle seals heavy Bomber attack on Leipzig area
About 2,000 U S planes pierced central Germany in a major raid on Leipzig and nearby oil targets. American bombers faced German interceptors and fought from five miles to treetop height, destroying at least 70 planes and hitting a Mockau airplane works amid a deep Italian to German strike involving Yugoslavia Austria and Czechoslovakia.
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London
U. S
Leipzig
Germany
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Breslau
Yugoslavia
Austria
German
Silesia
Odertal
Zagreb
Reich
Britain
Teich
Fred Christenson
Watertown
Mass
Leipzi
Mockau
Lutzendorf
Luftwaffe
Kiel
Overprivilege blamed for juvenile delinquency at meeting
St Louis on July 7. Thire F. Pierce of Los Angeles, president of Optimist International, told delegates at a two day conference that rising salaries and living conditions foster delinquency. He argued overprivilege, not underprivilege, is the chief cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Thire F. Pierce
Los Angeles
Optimist, International
Ries
Tee
De Gaulle Vows France Will Be Great Free and Unified
General Charles de Gaulle told Washington that 1944 will see the last German in France killed captured or driven from soil He called for a great strong and free France unifying metropolis and colonies and building a democratic regime He praised allied progress and forecast French armies returning while US officials predicted improved Franco American relations after his White House luncheon and state dinner reception
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Washington
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
French National Committee
United States
Snd
Roosevelt
Casablanca
Jedges
State Hall
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Hull
Air battles described by Pittsburg pilot over Germany
Major Ra Armstrong of Pittsburg Kansas, squadron commander, recalls air fights over Germany from a Bomber Base in England. He says they faced a nearest fleet of four engine bombers, with formations marching toward the target and propeller blasts like riding through a hurricane as bombers jolted in the wind. A brief note adds a four line classified ad offering a full week of courts for 98 cents.
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England
Ra Armstrong
Pittsburg
Kan
Bng
Germany
Ward
Russians In Heart Of Hitlers Line Push Toward Wilno
Front reports from Moscow describe the Red Army widening a 350 mile advance deep into eastern German lines. Units led by Generals Cherniakhovsky and Bagramian push west of Minsk toward Wilno and Daugavpils, with Baranowicze near danger and Kowel’s seizure opening a path toward Pinsk and Brest Litovsk.
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Moscow
Red Army
Hitler
Bug River
Warsaw
Minsk
Soviet Baltic Republics
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Ivan Bagramian
Svir
Naroch
Lithuania
Mihailishki
Warsaw- Leningrad
Daugavpils
Wilno
Berlin
Estonia
Latvia
Mikhailishki
Soli
Baranowicze
Brest Litovsk
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Baranowiczy
Grodno
East Prussia
Bialystok
Bagramian
Polotsk-Idritsa
Tomlachevskaia
Sukhoy Bor
Dvinsk
Nikolai M. Khlebnikov
Kowel
Pinsk
Rokoscovsky
Pripyat T Marshes
Kowe
Western Bug
Kowel-Brest Litovsk
Kowel-Imir Volinsky
Poland
Bug
Kowell
Lu Bom
Chelm
Lublin
Bombers Probe Jap Fleet From Sasebo Base
The report describes Sasebo on Kyushu as Japan’s second largest naval base after Yokosuka and Kure, with facilities for construction and repair and ordnance plants. It notes naval air facilities and a district extending to the China coast, with Sasebo aiding operations against Allied forces.
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Washington
Kyushu
Sasebo
Yokosuka
Tokyo
Kure J
Japan
Sasebo Naval Air Facilities
China
Mazuru
U S Forces Press Saipan Fight as Civilians Move Toward Surrender
Allied forces close in on Saipan northern tip with 7 000 to 15 000 Japanese civilians trapped offering surrender. Marine and Army units interned civilians while countering a last stand by Japanese troops as new invasions and ship sinkings continue near Noemfoor and the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
United States
Saipan
Associated Presa
Rembert James
Pacific
U. S. Es
Saioau
James
U. S
Western Pacific
Philippines
Tokyo
Japan
Noemfoor
Dutch New Guinea
U. S. Fifth Fleet
Marianas
Douglas MacArthur
London reports Rommel and von Kluge paired as invasion wardens
The Berlin radio says Field Marshals Erwin Rommel and Guenther von Kluge are teamed as Hitler’s anti invasion commanders in western Europe. Von Runstedt is moved from his post, possibly to a new command, while Rommel and von Kluge are trusted with bold offensive plans against Allied landings.
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London
Guenther von Kluge
Erwin Rommel
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Berlin
von Kluge
Karl Rudolf Gerd ‘von Runstedt
von Runstedt
Hitler
Rommel
Atlantic Wall
von Ruhdstedt
Normandy
von Rundstedt
Britain
Libya
Alexandria
Napoleon
Russia
Moscow
Stock Market Index Movement Snapshot
The average of 60 stocks stood at 56.0, up from yesterday's 55.6. Market activity showed modest gains as investors tracked broad equity performance.
Registration to Close on July 21 in Lawrence Primary
Lawrence records show registration for the August 1 party primary closes July 21 at 10 p.m. City Hall stays open daily to that time beginning July 12, with details on residency, re registration after moves, and absentee ballots. Voters who doubt their prior voting status should verify poll book inclusion. Absentee ballots must be requested with the county clerk, who awaits certification of state and national candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Harold G. Fisher
Fisher
State of
Kansas
Forta
Armed Services
R. Gerhart
Secretary of State
Sixteen More Kansas Counties Reach Bond Goals
Topeka July 7 Sixteen more Kansas counties reached their Fifth War Loan quotas today bringing total counties over the top to 46. The drive aims to meet a state quota of 124000.00 with counties such as Clay Doniphan Nemaha Rooks Riley Allen Stanton Finney Chautauqua Neosho Logan Douglas Brown Atchison Potawatomi among those reporting success and milestone sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Evan Griffith
War Finance Committee
Clay
Doniphan
Nemaha
Rooks
Riley
Allen
Stanton
Finney Pee Chautauqua
Neosho
Logan
Douglas
Brown
Atchison
Potawatomie
Fund for Fire Victims Supports Ringling Fire Injuries
Hartford July 7 a fund for Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey fire victims was started by Times with a mayoral donor contributing 100 dollars and honorary chair Mortensen joining. Donations are being received at the Times building. Special bus service notes late Friday routes to Haskell K U and Ind Maine with last buses at 10:60 and 11:15 p.m.
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Hartford
Conn
Ringling Brothers
Haskell
K. U
Ind
Maine
J Men
Stimson Tours the Italian Front
U S Secretary of War Henry L Stimson after touring Fifth army front lines praised the spirit and determination of American troops in Ainley and detecto sows and Cherbourg peninsula. He declared the future of the war is safe and that progress is encouraging while avoiding a prophecy on end date. He met generals Devers Clark and other corps leaders and flew over part of the front. He did not discuss his audience with Pope Pius XII.
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Rome
Fifth Army
U. S
Henry L. Stimson
Ainley
Stimaon
Cherbourg
Stimson
Europe
War Department
Jacob Devers
Mark W. Clark
Potatoes Digging Underway In Kaw Valley Area
Early potato digging proceeds with Alfred Heck and others in Kaw Valley despite rain fears. No. 1 unwashed potatoes selling at 2.65 per hundred pounds. yields range poor to medium. Workers urged to register. government price support details and selling procedure via War Food Administration explained.
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Kaw
Alfred Heck
Warbas
Farm Bureau
War Food Administration
Topeka
U.S
War Food Administration Office
Wilson Building
Dallas
Tex
Need Rain for Corn in Eastern Kansas
Topeka July 7 weather outlook warns corn damage if showers fail to arrive. Weatherman S D Flora says rain is not yet desperate but likely soon. Only trace or light rainfall reported in 24 hours. Topeka and Concordia saw none, Kansas City .08, St. Joseph Mo .13 inches. Moderate, no hot spell ahead. Dodge City 94, Goodland 63. Solomon River at Beloit reached 19 feet after heavy rains, not expected to rise further or cause floods below Beloit.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Concordia
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Pilot Juggles A Bomb Near Thunderbolt in France
London reports Lt Gordon Spinhirne of Winslow Illinois maneuvered a 500 pound bomb suspended from a Thunderbolt during combat. Lt Robert ONeill of New Orleans steadied his wing to release TNT packs, loosening them and directing the bomb to roll toward enemy lines in France where it finally plunged.
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London
Gordon Spinhirne
Winslow
Robert O'Neill
New Orleans
O’neill
France
Douglas county surpasses Fifth War Loan quota in drive
Douglas county has exceeded its Fifth War Loan quota with total bond sales at 2,250,190.50 dollars. A committee led by John Lees and George Docking helped push the campaign past the target, with final counts including payroll deductions expected by month end. E bond buyers remain behind by 841,092 dollars, but officials express optimism after payroll deductions are tallied. Women in rural districts and the division team conduct house to house solicitations, with a Jayhawker children's picture show at 10:80 tomorrow marking the drive’s close and bond stamps available at store booths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Special Names Committee
John Lees
George Docking
Irving Hill
Hill
Thin County
Orderd Floggings at Camp Van Dorn Led to Court Martial
Atlanta reports Major Louis Rothschild Lefkoff 84 was court-martialed and found guilty of ordering the flogging of nine military prisoners at Camp Van Dorn. The verdict calls for one year hard labor, forfeiture of pay, and dismissal. Six white and three Black prisoners were whipped with rubber tubes weighted by 45 caliber bullets. no permanent injuries reported.
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Atlanta
G Mal
Louis Rothschild Lefkoff
Camp van Dorn
Mass
Fourth Service Command
Lefkoff
Roosevelt
Army
Tonishment
Four Soldiers Charged With Robbery in McAlester Case
Pittsburg County Attorney Tom Hale filed robbery with firearms charges against four soldiers who said they deserted Camp Phillips Kan at a rehabilitation center. The auto theft near here is tied to the case and arraignment was set for today in district court.
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Eng Okla
Pittsburg
Tom Hale
Camp Phillips
Kan
Hale
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Alirel
Union Service
G. W. Landis
Yalewata
fLonnnnes
Still County
McAlester
Okla
Ansas
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