Armored Push Seals Off Nazi Escape Near Coutances
Allied armor drove a trap line nine miles southeast of Coutances, trapping German forces including Tiger tanks. Rommel’s units faced sustained air and artillery assaults as 2,000 prisoners were taken and a broad Allied advance pressed from Brehal to the Vire valley toward Vire, with near coastal advances threatening western escape routes.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Coutances
Canlsy
Sienne
Lengrone
Erwin
Rommel
Burnin
Associated Press
Wes Gallagher
Normandy
Brehal
Brehan
Omar N. Bradley
Percy
Vire
Sea
Lenggronne
St. Malo de la Lande
St. Lo
St. Jean Des Baisants
St. Lo Caumont
Canisys
Notre Dame de Cenilly
Hal Boyle
Les Mesnis-Aubert
Nother
St. Denis-LeGast
Second Airfield Captured On Tinian By U S Forces
American forces report capturing a second airfield on Tinian Island as they push through the town area. U S Pacific Fleet notes 27 000 enemy killed across the Marianas with heavy fighting on Guam and Tinian and advances by Marine and Army units along Orote peninsula and surrounding coastlines.
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Tinian Island
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Marianas
Tinian
Ushi
Jurgean Point
Richard W. Johnston
Tinien
Tarawa
Kwajalsin
Eniwetok
Pacific
Masalog Point
Gurghan Point
Porta Apra
Orote Peninsula
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Ceram
North Dutch New Guinea
Allied Bombers Hit German Oil Centers In Wide Night Raid
London reports 100 American heavy bombers struck the Leuna synthetic oil plant at Merseburg for a second day and targeted Bremen, Stuttgart, and Paris-area airfields. British forces, joined by RAF night bombers, claim heavy bombing over Stuttgart and Hamburg with substantial fighter escort.
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London
Germany
Leuna
Merseburg
Bremen
Stuttgart
Tamburg
Frankfurt
France
Natt
Juvincourt
Laon-Couvron
Paris
Air Ministry
Reich
Hamburg
R.A.F
Ploesti
Meraeburg
Chinese Announce Loss of Pingsiang to the Japs
Chungking reports loss of Pingsiang ninety five miles northeast of Hengyang in Hunan province. A communique says ten attacks upon Hengyang were repelled as Chinese lines held. Five strongpoints east of Hengyang were recaptured after fierce battles, while Chinese troops defend Tengchung suburbs near the Japanese base on the Yunnan front.
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Chungking
Pingsiang
Hengyang
Hunan
Anion
Han Eee
Tengchung
Yunnan
Ter
Dewey to Rest at Farm Before Western Trip in New York
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, arriving at his Pawling farm, plans a New York City meeting with National Chairman Herbert Brownell Jr., National Committeeman J. Russell Sprague, and state chairman Edwin F. Jaeckle before a western trip. Discussion likely centers on possible Republican U.S. Senate candidate in New York.
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New York
Dewey
Pawling
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New York City
Herbert Brownell
J. Russell Sprague
Edwin F. Jaeckle
Ifa Dewey
United States Senate
The
Wright Way
Ady
New Zealand Troops Crack Nazi Lines Near Florence
Rome reports New Zealand veterans pierced south of Florence, reaching near the city after breaking a mountain line five miles away. German counterattacks and Tiger tanks pressed the area as South African forces crossed near Impruneta, while fighting subsided elsewhere on the Italian front.
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Rome
Florence
Pesa
Cerbaia
Greve River
Impruneta
Fifth Army
Lower
Arno
Pisa
Pape Pius
Mass attack shocks London with flying bombs and hospital damage
A new Nazi mass attack tactic hurled flying bombs at London and southern England. Night raids damaged a hospital, harming nurses who aided rescue squads amid fires and embers, while a nearby warehouse became an emergency hospital and a restaurant bombing killed and trapped people. Amid evacuations, polls show mixed support for reprisals. A separate appeal from Allen county Kansas farmers asks for tires amid shortages before harvest.
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London
England
The
Daily Express
Washington
Office of
Scrivener
R-Kan
Allen County
Kansas
Nhte
Office of Price Administration
Giant B 29s Hit Anshan Manchuria And Anshan Target
American B 29 Superfortress bombers struck heavy at Anshan in Manchuria and at the port of Tientsin in occupied China. The attack on Manchuria marked the first daylight strike from high altitude by the new giant planes, with reports of broken installations and smoke rising from the industrial works.
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Washington
20Th Bomber Command
China
Anshan
Manchuria
Tangka
Tientsin
Japan
Greater East Asia
Mukden
Hngs
U.S. 20Th Air Force
Weather favorable for Kansas crops says forecaster
Topeka July 29 warm humid conditions boost Kansas crop prospects. Weatherman B D Flora reports Kansas has the best prospects for a corn crop this time of year. Moisture remains ample statewide while a moderately warm weekend is forecast with little rain. Readings around 65 to 74 anticipated tonight though some areas like Coffeyville and Goodland reported 94 to 98 today.
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Topeka
Kansas
Maidecat
Coffeyville
Goodland
Tortela
Dodge City
Saturation bombing preceded drive in Normandy air raid
The Associated Press reports a new type of aerial bombardment preceded the Allied drive in Normandy. About 4,302 tons of bombs, excluding incendiaries, were dropped from over 2,000 planes, knocking out tanks and vehicles. German troops wandered dazed for days, as officials cited mechanical failures for some bombs misfiring.
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Normandy
Submarine Sinkings Raise Japanese Losses in War at Sea
Washington reports American submarines destroyed 17 more Japanese vessels including an escort craft, boosting total enemy ships sunk or damaged by U S subs to 828 since the war began. The latest tally adds 53 warships sunk and notes a tanker among the targets as Japan reuses dry cargo vessels for fuel transport.
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Washington
Navy
Admiralty
Mdon
Flying Mission At Lawrence CAP Training Event
The Lawrence Civil Air Patrol will host a flying mission at Lawrence Municipal Airport on Sunday July 30. Observations will be flown in L2 M Army planes from 6 to 8 am by Army air crew members and prospective ACC members, then CAP members fly 8 am to noon. The day includes practice flights and a ten day army camp for selected younger members. A three day state wing maneuver at an Army air base will follow at a later date.
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Lawrence
Army Air Corps
Red Cross Dressing Room Reopens for War Effort
The Red Cross dressing room in the Central building of Junior High at Ninth and Kentucky reopens Tuesday on a Tue Wed Thu schedule from 9 to 4 with noon hour. The room will not open Monday night due to floor work. Volunteers are urged to wear wash dresses and assist the quota drive for the armed forces. Mrs. Hovey Hanns and Mrs. C. B. Holmes lead the operation. Adv Board & Moore 840 N. H. Phone 161.
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Red Cross Seraital
Douglas County
Ninth
Kentucky Streets
Geena
Soviets Threaten Baltic Trap as Warsaw Front Expands
London reports Soviet penetration to Jelgava in Latvia threatens to trap Nazi forces in the Baltic region. Russian units advance toward the Vistula while Rokossovsky’s detachments push toward Warsaw and beyond, with cautious forecasts of Lithuania and Latvia liberation within days.
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London
Berlin
Jelgava
Baltics
Mikhail I. Kazakov
Warsaw
Stockholm
Wilhelmstrasse
Vistula
Oder
Germany
Breslau
Stettin
Moscow
Associated Press
Eddy Gilmore
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Poland
Com ‘Munique
Daugavpils
Dvirisk
Riga
Baltic Sea
Cara
Tanke
Siauliai
Kaunas
Siedice
Marschal Konstantin K. Rokosyovsky
Brest Litovsk
Jaroslaw
Przemysl
Rokossovsky
Kolbiel
Noutheast
OWI
Heirg
Bug
Lithuania
Przemys
Ukraine
Krakow
Czechoslovakia
Carpathian
Red Star
Latvia
Estonia
Battles visible from a hilltop during greatest American victory
From a hill outside the town observers described the climax of a major American victory in the invasion campaign. Four simultaneous tank and infantry engagements unfolded under clear Sunday skies as German forces hurled counterattacks.
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Notre Dame-Le Chenilly
Normandy
Americas
Auto Turns Over At Colorado Geology Camp
An automobile accident near Canon City Colorado involved three cars returning from a field trip at the University of Kansas geology camp. Six students in the overturned car escaped injury as a cliff bank cave in. Prof Lowell R Landon reported the camp proceeding well despite the incident. Mrs John Ise will replace Mrs Laudon as camp hostess. Laudon travels to Kansas City for eye ulcer treatment. Camp runs two more weeks of the six week term.
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University of Kansas
Canon City
Colo
Lowell R. Landon
John Ise
Laudon
Red Cross Swim Lessons Enroll 140 At Jayhawk Plunge
The Red Cross swim program at the Jayhawk Plunge reports 140 enrolled through the second week of August, with 79 beginners 27 intermediate 21 teen age and 13 life saving students. First life saving class meet 6 30 p m Tuesday August 1. Classes run Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 6 30 to 8 p m to fit daytime workers. Season passes offered to life saving graduates. Names of current enrollees and advanced students listed.
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Red Cross
Jayhawk
Jose Stapleton
Mr. Lawrence
Whitfield -Anderson
Jack Tusher
June McMillin
Rosemary Gaines
Shirley Reusch
Eleanor Wells
Marilyn Metz
Norma Jean Stith
Marjorie Koelling
Mahlon Ball
Charles Murphy
Bill White
Bill Franklin
Glenn Roberts
Sheila Wilder
Jack Tusker
Charles Mavelock
Claudia Anderson
Whitfield Anderson
Ellen Jane Lupton
Mary Morris
Lawrence State Guard Receives Shoes and Gear for Encampment
The Lawrence State Guard has received 43 pairs of army shoes and 43 black ties from Topeka headquarters, the first state furnished footwear for the company, with issue next Monday. Officers have the encampment training schedule for Fort Riley August 13 to 20, and a platoon of military police from a regular army unit at St. Louis will demonstrate police work for the guardsmen.
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State Guard
Topeka
Tese
Fort Riley
St. Louis
Lawrence Company
Special train rights for Dewey and VP nominees
Washington reports the office of defense transportation granted presidential and vice presidential nominees exclusive use of special rail cars during the campaign. The ruling covers Dewey and any other duly designated candidate, aligning with Roosevelt’s period in office. Earlier, a Royal Crown truck collided with a car on Locust street at 12 40 pm, causing damage to both vehicles.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Office of Defense Transportation
United States
Eee
Locust Street
Joe Scott
Children to Have Part in War Job in Douglas County
County agent D Six announced a Kansas campaign asking 4-H clubs and rural Sunday schools in Lawrence Baldwin Eudora and Lecompton to collect milkweed pods for life jackets. The drive by War Hemp Industries pays per bag, aims for 5 000 pods and readying pods within two weeks. Pods must be dried properly to preserve floss used to replace kapok in life jackets for the armed services.
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Doggles
D Six
Douglas Countien
Java
Groupa Six
Lawrence
Baldwin
Eudora
Lecompton
War Hemp Industries, Inc
Emporia
Kan
Kansas
Six
High School Band Receives Citation for Services to Nation
The Liberty Memorial high school band under Oliver Hobbs earned a Music War Council of America citation for patriotic use of music aiding the war effort. The band played at patriotic meetings bond drives and assemblies, with a certificate to be presented at a fall assembly. Crowd of about 500 attended a Douglas County hunt at Holcomb's Grove where horses loud and Banjo won river race. another meet slated for October.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Music War Council of America
Oliver Hobbs
Kansas
Hobbs
Holcom’s Grove
The
Douglas
County Coon Hunting Association
Holcomb's Grove
Earl Martin
Art Wooten
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