German generals die as Hitler plot unfolds
ONCON July 24. Two German officers Col Gen Guenther Korten and Major Gen Heinz Brandt died from injuries after the bomb attempt on Hitler. Churchill returns from France calling signs of internal German weakness and predicting possible early end to the war. He toured Normandy with Montgomery and Dempsey, praised bridges and Caen cleanup, and addressed troops. New purge reports say eight eastern front commanders were arrested or ousted amid gestapo actions.
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ONCON
Guenther Korten
air force general staff
Heinz Brandt
army general staff
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
CHURCHILL
James F. King
Associated Press
ONDON
A.P
Heinrich Himmiler
gestapo
Germany
BLASKOWITZ
France
Italy
Albert Kesselring
Johannes Blaskowitz
Bordeaux
Hitler
NORMANDY
Briain
Normandy front
RA.P
MONTGOMERY
Allies and Nazis Line Up For Supreme Struggle
Allied and German forces mass on the Normandy front after gains by British and Canadian units and American setbacks. British troops seize Troarn west of Caen and hold Mallet area as fighting continues near Orne River. Emieville was retaken. Leves fell after a German counterattack. American positions remain intact. Allied estimates put German losses at about 156,000 soldiers with 60,000 prisoners, signaling a major attritional battle.
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ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
Normandy
Roger Greene
Associated Press
Orne River
Troarn
Caen
Mallet
Bravaux
EMIEVILLE
Orne
Bradley
Lewes
Periers
Leves
Erwin Rommel
Fit Lt Calder Missing Former C P Editor
OWEN SOUND Ontario July 24 Fit Lt Jack Calder of Owen Sound is missing after operations over enemy territory the second time in this war His parents Rev and Mrs A C Calder were advised officially Sunday Calder formerly on the editorial staff of The Canadian Press in Toronto recently went back on operations after a long convalescence from serious injuries in August last year when the plane he crewed flew into a northern England mountain Before that in October 1941 he was reported missing for a short time before air authorities learned he had parachuted safely from a plane over Hire He was interned in Eire for more than a year before returning to England There was no explanation how he got out of Hire.
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OWEN SOUND
England
Calder
Eire
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Chicago Art Exhibit Sparks Cops as 6500 See Posada's Grim Prints
The Chicago Art Institute showcased Jose Guadalupe Posada, a 31 years dead Mexican artist once hailed as a prophet of revolution. The exhibit of 800 black and white engravings depicted assassinations, accidents, massacres, and scenes of death, drawing a massive crowd and requiring firemen and police.
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Chicago
Art Institute
Chicago Daily News
North America
United States
Jose Guadalupe Posanda
Mexico
Spain
Goya
Franco
Daumier
Chicago Art Institute
Eufemio Martinez
Zapatista
Zapata
Diaz
Jose Posada
Talk Bench Nominees Talk Bench Nominees
Justice Minister St Laurent said in the commons he did not agree that only defeated public office candidates could qualify for the bench. He praised appointments to higher courts, urged reforms, and supported a pension-sharing option for judges and their widows or wives. He noted salaries lag behind other posts and backed a bill for annuity sharing if approved.
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OTTAWA
St. Laurent
commons
Canada
John Diefenbaker
F.C
Lake Centre
Mr. St. Laurent
Maj Randolph Churchill Survives Yugoslav Plane Crash
A British dispatch from Yugoslavia reports Maj Randolph Churchill and Capt Evelyn Waugh survived a transport plane crash from 400 feet. Four Russian officers and others were saved. crew members from British and Dominion forces perished. Churchill and Waugh were part of the mission to Marshal Tito's Partisans and were treated in partisan facilities.
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YUGOSLAVIA
Randolph Churchill
Evelyn Waugh
Mej. Churchill
Waugh
Marshal Tite
Parley Ends Bretton Woods Conference in New Hampshire
Delegates to the United Nations monetary conference left Bretton Woods today after three weeks of work. They carried plans for an International Monetary Fund and a World Bank for reconstruction and development, aiming to stabilize postwar economies.
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BRETTON WOODS
N.H
United Nations monetary conference
White Mountain
international monetary fund
world bank for reconstruction and development
Parliamentar y News Bulletins Ottawa July 24
In Ottawa on July 24 a Commons return shows the External Affairs staff abroad climbs to 188 with 261 in Ottawa and London hosts 80 among 15 countries. Crerar to probe soldier settlers titles. pensions chair Tisley cites April 1 as the ceiling date. floor price bills seek 200 million for farm support and 25 million for fishery price stabilization. House to sit six days a week including Saturdays as MPs debate duration.
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external affairs department
Stanley Knowles
C.C.F
Winnipeg North Centre
Canada
Dominion
London
Washington
Algiers
New Zealand
Australia
Newfoundland
Lire
South Africa
Greenland
Brazil
Argentine
Chile
China
Russia
Mexico
SOLDIER SETTLERS
Crerar
commons
Robert Fair
S.C
Battle River
Crérar
OLD AGE PENSIONS
Finance
Tisley
house of commons
Clarence Gillis
Cape Breton South
Mackenzie King
70 Miles From Warsaw as Red Army Advances in Poland
German troops flee through central Poland as Soviet forces push within seventy miles of Warsaw and battle through Lublin near the Vistula river line. Stalin's offensive claims hundreds of German generals and thousands of troops, while bypassing Brest Litovsk and driving toward Prussia.
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Poland
Warsaw
Lublin
Visla
Vistula
Hitler
Reich
Stalin
Prussia
BREST LITOVSK
Red
Baltic republics
Carpathian
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Bug river
Red army
Siedlice
Allied air raids pound Kiel and western Germany
RAF and USAAF heavy bombers unleashed over 2 800 tons of high explosives on the Kiel naval base and oil depots near Saint Nazaire, while Mustangs hit Berlin with 4 000 pound bombs. Night Mosquitos targeted Ruhr as Allied fleets mined waters and supported Normandy troops. Mediterranean bombers struck Berat Albania and Bucharest targets. Eight planes were lost in the raids, with two over Normandy.
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RAF
R.C.AF
Hiel
Europe
Baltic
Bucharest
Reich
Germany
Bavaria
Italy
Britain
R.A.F
Kiel
Donoes
St. Nazaire
France
BERLIN
R.A.P
D-Bay
Normandy
Rouen
Amiens
Ruhr
Berat
Albania
Independent candidates named for Hand Hills and nearby ridings
Edmonton July 24 The Independent party announced nominations for the forthcoming general election. Sydn. Liur W P Roberts named for Hand Hills as CCF candidate. Three more Independents chosen: J T Broomfield MLA for Okotoks High River, B C Gilpin for Bruce, and C P Hayes for Sedgewick.
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EDMONTON
Sydn. Liur
W. P. Roberts
C.C.F
Hand Hills
Independent party
J. T. Broomfield
M.L.A
Okotoks High River
B. C. Gilpin
Bruce
C. P. Hayes
Sedgewick
Quebec premier brands hydro official a fanatic traitor
ST. JOSEPH D'ALMA Que July 04 Premier Godbout said in a political speech here that Senator T D Bouchard former chairman of the Quebec hydro electric commission will never again hold a Quebec government post because he is a fanatic and a traitor to his own People.
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Que
Godbout
T. D. Bouchard
Quebec hydro-electric commission
Quebec
King George Flies To Italy On War Inspection Tour
King George of Britain lands in Italy for an inspection tour toward Pisa Florence and Rimini amid war fronts. He arrives by large plane with escort fighters and is greeted by Gen Sir Henry Maitland Wilson Admiral Sir John Cunningham Harold McMillen and Air Vice Marshal Baker before a short five minute reception.
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APLES
King George
Britain
Italy
Pisa
Florence
Rimini
Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean
John Cunningham
Harold McMillen
King George Algiers
G. B. A. Baker
Hitler Salute Adopted by German Forces
London July 24 German radio reports the Hitler salute has been introduced in the German armed forces. The announcement marks a formal adoption of the salute across branches as part of military ceremony and discipline.
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LONDON
Hitler
Yanks Invade Tinian Isle
American forces landed on Tinian Island in the Marianas, establishing beachheads with Marine troops aided by carrier, land-based planes, naval and artillery fire. The operation marked the third Allied amphibious move on the island group amid light opposition. Guam also reported substantial gains with 1,958 casualties in three days.
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PEARL HARBOR
Tinian Island
Marianas
Nimitz
the
Pacific
Saipan
South Seas Development Company
Allies Enter Historic Pisa
Rome July 24. Aftieu Sth Army units held southern Pisa district and wiped out enemy positions along the Arno from the sea to near Empoli. British 8th Army moved north of the river toward Mount Marciano. In upper Tiber valley, Indian troops helped capture Citta di Costello. 90 Germans killed, 30 bodies found. Allies also took Cascina and towns San Miniato Ponte a Eva San Romano Angelica as 5th Army holds the Gothic line near Plovenice.
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Pisatetas
Arno
Empoli
Poggibonsi
Florence
8th
Tetranuova
Mount
5th Army
Plovenice
Arno canal
Cascina
Pisa
San Miniato
Ponte a Evala
San Romano
Angelica
Beurling Plans Civil Life After Air Force Service
Ottawa reports that Fst.Lt. George Buzz Beurling will resign his RCAF commission within three weeks to pursue civilian life rehabilitation. The air force noted opportunities for civilian employment and Buzz’s potential to serve in a civilian aviation post, with a Montreal report suggesting he might join the Chinese air force. Beurling, a top Allied ace with 32 shootdowns and decorations, is quoted as wanting fighting to continue in some form and described aviation as his blood, though he may seek a new war after the war.
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OTTAWA
PFst
George “Buzz” Beurling
Canada
Verdun
Que
R.C.A.PL
Buzz
air force
CHINA
Montreal
Allied Offensives Reported Across Italy and Europe
News brief detailing a British offensive south of Florence and north of Poggio Bustone, Allied buildup for new Normandy drives, heavy US bombing of Southern Europe targets, and Russian advances including Lublin capture and San River reach, with additional items on a murder suspect arrested in Winnipeg and political resignations in Ottawa and Saskatchewan riding comments.
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ITALY
LONDON
C.P.Reuters
Florence
Pogsibensi
Karl Yrzegner
D.N.B
Mondus nigiat
ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
C.P
Normandy
U.S
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France
Yugoslavia
LUBLIN
Stalin
Poland
Berlin
Warsaw
Siedlich
Jaraslaw
PEG
WINNIPEG
Alexander Danithik
Detroit
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Andrew Kacaarek
San
PHILIPPE LIZOTTE
OTTAWA
J. A. Glen
Louis Philippe Lisette
Kameourasha
Quebec
DOUGLAS
KING
T. C. Dowglas
Saskatchewan
Mackenzie King
Prince Albert
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GLADWIN HILL
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Combined Allied Press
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