Broken German Army Units Flee in Normandy Breakthrough
Allied forces surged through Normandy as American spearheads drove toward Coutances and Cherbourg region, with more than 4,000 prisoners taken. Bradley’s six divisions pierced the German line, trapping remnants of the 84th Army Corps and driving toward Avranches and Vire while Montgomery’s forces counterattacked near Caen.
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Coutances
Tessy-sur-Vire
Vire
Normandy
Omar N. Bradley
84Th
Saab
Erwin Rommel
North Africa
Bradley
Supreme Headquarters
I Town
Lessay
Marin
Periers
Corbuchon
Avranches
St. Lo
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Caen
Montgomery
London
George S. Patton, Jr
Sicily
Bernard L. Montmery
Notre Damé de Cenilly
Eighth Army Presses On Toward Florence Amid Stiff Resistance
Rome July 28 The Eighth Army advances toward Florence amid German opposition. New Zealand troops capture San Casciano seven miles from Florence as forces along the Arno clash near Pisa. Indian units gain near Monte Spertoli and closer to Empoli. Poles patrol the Misa front amid mined approaches and destroyed bridges. Fifth Army sees heavy shelling along the north Ama, while American troops tackle small German patrols on the Arno. Apennini region reports Citerna taken in Tiber valley.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Florence
New Zealand
San Casciano
Acrogside Arno
Pisa
Iroona
Cerbaia
Arno
Monte Spertoli
Empoli
Adriatic
Misa
Senigallia
Mandriola
San Angelo
Filetto
Ostra
Ama
Fifth Army
Apneili
Tiber Valley
Citerna
San Sepolcro
Executions Denied By Tokyo On Bomber Crews
London reports Tokyo denied American pilots who crashed on Japanese soil were executed or would be executed. The denial cited a Singapore English brief and Swiss mediation, disputing earlier Allied claims of Tokyo's plans. It asserted there is no foundation for such executions and noted reception issues with the AP report.
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London
Tokyo
United States
Switzerland
Singapore
Japan
Associated Press
Federal (Communications) Commission
Washington
Dies Report Links Officials with CIO PAC
Jasper Texas July 28 Senator Martin Dies says a prepared report exposes close collaboration between high ranking government officials and leaders of the CIO political action committee. He suggests sending the document to the President and Attorney General for action citing teleams and letters and calls. The Hatch Act and related measures are noted as enforcement avenues.
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Jasper
Tex
Martin Dies
D.-Tex
C.I.0
Diez
House Committee
Unamerican
Acre
Biddle
Hie
SINK 10 JAP SHIPS
American forces repelled a major Japanese attack north of Orote peninsula on Guam. Admiral Nimitz reported two days of carrier air strikes against Palau and Truk, sinking at least ten ships and destroying Nip planes, with Nip losses surpassing 50 ships since the Marianas campaign began. Ground forces expanded on Guam and Tinian as preparations continued for Saipan and the Philippines.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Carolines
Philippines
Chester W. Nimitz
Palau
Mindanao
Douglas MacArthur
Truk
Japan
Marianas
Nimitz
Navy Seabees
Army Engineers
Tinian
Guam
Bear Aam
Richard E. Connolly
Key Arbor
U. S
Sumay
Charles P. Arnot
Orote Peninsula
Tokyo Radio
Palau- Yap-Ulithi
Stock Market Summary Scrambled Note
A fragmented stock market blurb reports indices around 60 and various stock figures. Unclear company names or precise values due to garbled text.
Russians claim nine major victories in 24 hours
Stalin announced the fall of Brest Litovsk and other key Baltic and Polish targets as Soviet troops advanced toward Warsaw. Cities like Lwow and Daugavpils fell, railway links to Prussia were cut, and several strategic rail centers were captured as the Red Army pressed closer to East Prussia and Berlin.
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London
Marshel Stalin
Przemysl
Jaroslaw
Red Army
Stalin Zai
Warsaw
Silesia
Associated Press
Reuters
Kaunas
Lithuania
Brest Litovsk
Baltic States
Poland
Carpathian Foothills
East Asia
German Silesia
Czecho-Slovakia
Berlin
Garwolin
Stalin
Moscow
Bug River
East Prussia
Minsk
Wilno
Russia
Lwow
Europe
Bucharest
Siauliai
Tilsit
Baltic
Memel
Koenigsberg
Daugavpils
Latvvia
Bialystok
Hungary
Stanislawow
Strikes Threaten U.S. War Plant Operations at GM
A strike of warplane engine workers spread across five GM plants in Detroit and a sixth site, risking widespread production disruption. About 3,500 workers, including apprentices, walked out amid a dispute over rate production quotas. Management maintained operations at remaining plants, but overall output appeared seriously affected. Also reported, Alfred J. Kennedy, former national head of the United States World War Veterans, died in New York.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporae
Chevrolet
Pratt & Eet
Sad
U. S
W. V. Head
New York
Alfred ,J._ Kennedyn
The
United Sea Was Veterans
Berlin cut off from world as tensions rise over hit life plot
Communications between Berlin and neutral countries were severed last night amid unclear causes tied to events preceding Hitler's assassination attempt. Mosquito raids had not previously caused city isolation. Reichsminister Goebbels issued two total war orders banning vacations for women workers and assigning front line troops to bridge and road work once done by Todt.
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London
Berlin
Hitler
Todt Labor Organization
Allied Air Attack Targets German Oil and Front Lines
London reports a massive Allied air campaign with over 3,000 planes striking Merseburg on the Saale and the Ploesti oil complex near Bucharest. Bombers from England and Italy hit synthetic fuel plants while Liberators bombed Merseburg again. fighters supported the Normandy advance and railroad hubs. Russian forces say they hit East Prussia’s Tilsit rail center, destroying trains and planes.
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London
Merseburg
the Reich
Ploesti
Romania
England
Italy
Normandy Front
France
Coutances
Paris
Atlantic
Luena
Saale
Leipzig
Bucharest
R.A.F
Tilsit
Byrnes May Retire From Public Life After 30 Years
Washington reports that James F. Byrnes, 65, a South Carolina figure central to U S politics for three decades, may quit public life. Having served in the House, Senate, and Supreme Court, he led wartime mobilization and was eyed for vice president before withdrawing after CIO opposition and a formal statement.
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Washington
U. S. Supreme Court
James F. Byrnes
Jimmy
House
Roosevelt
Byrnes
Office of War Mobilization
Chicago
C.I.O
Witces
Labor unions attack CIC fund raising plan
The weekly Labor editorialized against CIC political action committee fundraising for the fall campaign. It disputed the $6,000,000 target but warned that high donations could provoke serious repercussions nationwide and criticized figures allied with the effort.
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Washington
Labor
A.F.L
C.I.C
Cs Rat
Sidney) Hillman
Illinois appoints Stillwell head of new aeronautical dept
Henry S. Stillwell, 27, head of Kansas University aeronautical engineering, named to lead Illinois new department in Urbana. Illinois plans a premier aero program with a big campus airport under construction, funded by state and federal grants. KU's program has trained over 2,000 residents and 49 faculty offering 90+ courses, with 30,000 war workers educated off campus.
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Henry S. Stillwell
University of Kansas
University of Illinois
Urbana
University
Cutts Willard
Stillwell
K. U
Lockheed Aircraft Company
University of Minnesota
J. O. Jones
K.U. School of Engineering
K. W
University of
Ilinoia University
Civil Aeronautic Administration
Henry Stillwell
K. U. Aeronautical Enginering
State Board of Regents
E. E. Brash
K. VU
Deane W. Malott
Malott
Navy
Aeronautical Engineering
Storms Over Kansas Deliver Damaging Winds And Hail
Severe weather lashed Kansas with rain wind lightning and hail. Wind at Wichita reached 78 mph and Hutchinson 64 blowing down lines and trees. Hail was reported in Hill City with scattered rainfall amounts across the state and cool post-storm temperatures. Mussolini reportedly attempted suicide using a razor blade at a hotel in September last year, according to a reliable informant.
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Topeka
Arkansas Valley
Wichita
Hutchinson
Hill City
Lindsborg
Manhattan
Clay Center
Wamego
McPherson
Lecompton
Florence
Pratt
Concordia
Buzeell
Lawrence
Ashland
Eureka
Coffeyville
Columbus
Hanover
Ind Dence
Winfield
Chanute
Dodge City
Fort Stott
Centralia
Kansas City
Lebo
Goodland
Coffeyne
Dodge Cty
Eatherman
Flora
Smoky Hill
Kansas
Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Campo Imperatore
Gran Sasso
Pialay
DEWEY Opposes Fish Candidacy in New York Race
Albany July 20 Gov Thomas E Dewey announced opposition to Republican who is running in the 22nd New York congressional district on grounds of raising racial and religious issues. In a statement to reporters through James C Hagerty Dewey denounced injecting such issues into a campaign. Fish had said he would support the national Republican ticket and was quoted as saying Jews are more or less for the New Deal.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
James C.hagerty
Dewey
G.O.P
Fish
National Republic
Hagerty
New York Post
Oldest Elm Tree Down In Wind Storm
A strong midnight wind storm felled Lawrence's old elm at 1706 Barker Ave damaging the L. C. Mienome property and nearby light lines. Crews cleared branches along streets while power outages affected West Ninth to Ninth and Kentucky. The elm, a southeast landmark, may be native and was not planted.
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Lawrence
L. C. Mienome
Barker Avenue
Allen
Allens
Cameron Bluff
K.E.P
Je Posey
Walter
Locust Street
North Lawrence
West Ninth
Ninth and
Kentucky
Ninth Street
Snodgrass to Speak at Summer Union Service
The First Baptist church hosts a Sunday night Summer Union Service in South Park with Dr. Ernest L. Snodgrass delivering the sermon on The Yoke of Christ. Rev. Harold G. Barr presides, and music is directed by Charles W. Thomas with Ruth Russell singing Not Your Heart Be Troubled. Jean Scott accompanies on piano. service begins at 8:00 p.m. If rain, it moves to Trinity Lutheran Church. Louise Flack jailed for manslaughter in daughter’s starvation death receives one year in county jail and five years probation.
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First Baptist Church
South Park
Ernest L. Snodgrass
Harold G. Barr
The
Kansas Bible College
Charles W. Thomas
Ruth Russell
Oley Speaks
Jean Scott
Fort
Trinity Lutheran,arch
County plans tax hike to fund new Wakarusa River bridge
Dorglas county commissioners applied to the state tax commission in Topeka for a 25 percent increase in the 1944 tax levy to raise funds for a bridge over the Wakarusa River. If approved the extra money, about .646 mills plus emergency warrants of 25 percent, would finance part of the construction with the rest sought via bonds, budget adjustments, or higher welfare costs as work on the project proceeds.
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Dorglas
Topeke
Baise Fund
Topeka
Tag Commission
Po Wakarusa
Tax Commission
Kansas
Pe Ee
Lawrence Post Office reports stamp sales and price changes
Postmaster Roger Williams said nearly 6,000 auto use stamps have been sold this year at the Lawrence post office. The $6 stamp was due July 1, with enforcement expected after August 1. Last year about 6,000 stamps were sold locally. few motorists have been fined for noncompliance. This year the $5 stamp remains available through the year, while reduced price part time stamps decline monthly from August to June. Reduced price stamps are for new car buyers only. those who owned cars before August 1 must have the $5 stamp.
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Lawrence
Roger Williams
Internal Revenue Department
Massachusetts Street
Jor
Internal Revenue Office
Wichita
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Pacific Fleet Commande
Marjorie Goins
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Sheek
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