General Beck Executed in Hitler Plot Fallout
Berlin radio and London dispatches report Col. Gen. Ludwig Beck long has been declared dead after a conspiratorial plot against Hitler. Goebbels foiled a Berlin government quarter seizure, while revolts in East Prussia and a purge of generals hint at a broader, dangerous upheaval. Beck, once chief of the general staff, was said removed in 1938 for clashing with Hitler over plans to seize Austria and Czecho-Slovakia.
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BECK LONTGON
Berlin
Ludwig Beck
Hitler
Beck
Sundermann
fime
ONDON
C.P
East Prussia
Germany
Adolf Hitler
reich
yrnan hie
nannla
Sweden
Sunderman
fuehrer
Austria
Czecho-Slovakia
Karl Rudolf Gerd Von Rundstedt
Von Rundstedt
Europe
Aled
Becker
Wilhelm Kettel
Himmler
Allies Inch Toward Caen as Front Expands Deep
British and Canadian infantry pushed the Caen offensive 8 miles from launch points and reached within 1,000 yards of Bures on the Dives. American troops cut larger portions of the Periers St Lo road while rain hindered ground operations. St. Andre Sur Orne was captured as enemy flooding blocked Le Havre access.
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St. Martin and
St. Andre
St. Lo Periers Road
VSED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
St. Martin De Fontenay
Caen
St. Andre-Sur-Orne
Periers- St. Lo
supreme command
WES GALLAGHER
Associated Press
ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
Troarn
Bures
Dives river
Le Havre
Verrieres
St. Andre Sur Orne
Roosevelt Accepts As 25,000 Shout Approval
Chicago crowd of over 25,000 watched an empty rostrum as President Roosevelt accepted the Democratic nomination for a fourth term from a west coast naval base. The convention, split over vice presidential picks, saw Roosevelt win 1,086 votes to Byrd 89 with Farley taking one. Roosevelt outlined aims to win the war and form international organizations.
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CHICAGO
Roosevelt
United States
beamer
Texas
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Sen
Byrd
James J. Farley
White House
New York
Henry A. Wallace
Harry F. Truman
Missouri
Energy sustains greats across ages and fields
A column cites Marie Beynon Ray on leaders’ energy, noting Clemenceau, Edison, Kant, Von Humboldt, Goethe, Victor Hugo, Rembrandt, Titian, Michelangelo, Monet and others who produced enduring work well into advanced ages. The account highlights nonstop effort as a unifying trait among world figures.
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Marie Beynon Ray
W. Orton Tewson
Ottawa Journal
Clemenceau
France
Monet
Mrs. Ray
Edison
Napoleon
Kant
Von Humboldt
Goethe
Faust
Victor Hugo
Torquemada
Rembrandt
Titian
Battle of Lepanto
Michelangelo
Allies Gain On Florence Amid Rome Front Shifts
British Eighth Army closes on Citta Di Castello northwest of Undertide as German garrison fire from Pisa hills harasses Livorno. Fifth Army probes north of the Arno while Poles cross the Esino toward Monte Marciano. Ricasoli falls north of Arezzo as Livorno's harbor sees extensive damage from demolished docks and wrecked cranes. American raids on Friedrichshafen and Munich area destroy industry and air bases as heavy bombers claim 17 enemy planes.
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ROME
8th Army
Citta Di Castello
Undertide
Tiber
gkus
Pisa
Livorno
5th Army
Arno
Aled
Esino
Adriatic
Montemarciano
Ancona
Lesi
RICASOLI FALLS
Arezzo
Ricasoli
Florence
Livorno harbo
ava
Friedrichshafen
Munich
Germany
Yanks Invade Guam Island
United States Marines and infantry land on Guam as part of a fast follow up to Saipan. Admiral Nimitz said landings were in all areas as programmed amid heavy naval and air bombardment. Guam, 150 miles southwest of Saipan, is a key base in the Marianas allowing assaults on Tokyo and Japan.
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GUAM
ROTA ISLAND
CHARLES H. McMURTRY
Associated Press
EARL HARBOR
United States
Nimitz
Saipan
Marianas
Japan
Tokyo
Philippines
Pacific
Apra
Bonins
Chichi
Haha islands
Implement Tax Debated OTTAWA July 21
Finance Minister Asley told the commons that further consideration will fix the date for reducing prices of imported farm implements after tariff and war exchange tax removal. Committee of Ways and Means approved budget resolutions affecting Succession Duty Act War Exchange Conservation Act and Special War Revenue Act. Sept 30 fixed as the ceiling price reduction date. delay concerns for farmers. About 80 000 parts prompted the delay to ensure proper implementation.
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OTTAWA
Finance
Asley
commons
committee of Ways and Means
Mr. Asley
British Columbia
Tom Reid
New Westminster
Bertrand
Reid
Skeena river
House of Commons
Soviets Seal Lwow's Fate
Soviet forces shattered German lines in the Baltic front moving toward Warsaw and closing on Lwow. They seized key rail junctions near Daugavpils and Riga, advancing within five miles of Doroshev and pressing toward Brest Litovsk and Lublin as Korbee Kobryn fell back.
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DANIEL DE LUCE
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Red army
Lithuania
Poland
Warsaw
Lwow
Skopishki
Daugavpils
Dvinsk
Riga
Memel
Doroshev
Brody
Rawa Ruska
Bug river
Opalin
Sokal
Brest Litovsk
Lublin
Korbee Kobryn
Three Die In Arrowwood Crash
Three airmen stationed at No 15 SFTS Claresholm were killed in a crash two miles northeast of Arrowwood during a cross country flight. The three Australians died when the aircraft went down on Thursday. A special board investigates the crash and the names will be released later. next of kin have been notified.
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Aitmen
No. 15
S.F.T.S
Claresholm
Arrowwood
Rumor of Schmeling Death Circulates in Normandy
An unsubstantiated rumor circulated on the Normandy front claiming former world heavyweight champion Max Schmeling was killed. A lieutenant reportedly identified a body from a paybook photo, but the paybook and officer could not be confirmed as Schmeling.
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Germany
London
Hitler
Berlin
NORMANDY
battle
Max Schmeling
Schmeling
Actress Mildred Harris Dies at 41 After Operation
Los Angeles report states Mildred Harris, 41, actress and Chaplin's first wife, died Thursday from pneumonia after an abdominal operation. The death leaves a note on early Hollywood circles and film history.
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LOS ANGELES
Mildred Harris
Charlie Chaplin
Two Win US Awards During Italian Campaign
The Department of National Defence announced two United States Bronze Star awards for gallantry in the Italian campaign to Canadian personnel. Lieutenant William Reynolds Bennett of Montreal and Sergeant Harold Emery Webb of Bremner Alberta received the honours, with Webb born in Edmonton in 1911 and later residing in Bremner. Webb enlisted in 1940 and went overseas in 1943 to the Italian theatre. His mother Mrs. Bessie Webb lives in Bremner.
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OTFAWA
Department of National Defence today
United States
William Reynolds Bennett
Canadian Infantry Corps
Montreal
P.Q
Harold Emery Webb
Canade Infantry Corps
Bremner
Alta
Webb
Edmonton
Bessie Webb
Parliamentary News Bullets Ottawa July 21 1944 extended enlistment ban
Ottawa reports include an order barring coal miners from enlistment until August 1 1945 extended to that date by Labor Minister Mitchell. Other items note housing legislation urgency Isley hopes to bring proposals next week, concerns over battery shortages in rural Canada, and measures related to superannuation civil service, fishing stock studies, and budget bill passages.
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OTTAWA
Mitchell
commons
Isley
Ilsley
Gordon Ross
Toronto-St. Paul’s
Prices Board
Toronto
Ross
J. F. Pou- Not
L—Temiscouata
Canada
Finance
Hiley
Bertrand
Beaverbrook Arrives in Washington Direct Flight
Lord Beaverbrook arrives in Washington from London by direct air route, the first British minister to fly straight to the U.S. The total journey time, including the Montreal to Washington segment, was 72 hours 14 minutes with 36 hours 49 minutes of flying time covering more than 7,000 miles.
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LONDON
Lord Beaverbrook
privy acal
Washington
air ministry
R.AF. transport command Liberator
Montreal
Fourth Day of Air Raids Across Germany
Allied air fleets of nearly 2000 planes attacked Regensburg Schweinfurt and other targets for the fourth straight day. German losses were reported at 31 aircraft, as bombers hit Ruhr oil plants and ball bearing works, with missions extending across France Belgium Italy and Yugoslavia.
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LONDON
Germany
Regensberg
Schweinfurt
R.A.F
Italy
R.A.P
France
Belgium
Courtrai
Normandy
Homberg
Bottrop-Welheim
Ruhr
Hamburg
Parle
river
Yugoslavia
Regensburg
Grermany
Munich
Reich
Allied air armaides
Hom
Await Important Berlin Announcement
London reports that the German agency DNB notified its subscribers at 3 39, keeping an important Berlin announcement open. Three hours later there was no indication when or if the announcement would be released.
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LONDON
DNB
Special plane ready for Hitler's flight in Germany
NBC reported a clandestine German station said a four engine transport plane capable of 10 000 miles was at a secret German airbase for Hitler. The plane reportedly last year flew nonstop to Japan, suggesting readiness for any emergency.
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HITLER
NEW YORK
A.P
NBC
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Japan
OSTROV
CHELM
LONDON
Lawian
Brest Litovsk
Poland
Bug
Warsaw
U.S
Regensberg
Schweinfurt
Italy
Berlin
NORMANDY
ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
st. Martin de Fontenay
Caen
Paris
Black Sea
Terkey
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UWL Pou
GEN. BECK
New York Times
SPA
Guam Island
Shipan
ANE
ISLANDS
ROTA
SOSANLAGH
YUYAHAN
TAPINGA
TAIPINGON POINT
Rumor Schmeling
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