Letters From France and a Friendly Turtle Tale
A Corporal Gardner letter from France recalls sharing candy and gum with French children as a note on invasion news. Nearby, two boys found a soft-shell water turtle on a tobacconist shop steps. its long head, leathery shell, and aquatic habits described as it sought water and showed homesickness during a drought.
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Francis Gardner
Corwin Gardner
France
America
Rbcer
Vance Brian
Africa
Asia
Missisipii
Great Lakes
Logan
Vice Presidency Eyed by Ferguson at Democratic Convention
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson disclosed he was seriously considering a vice presidential bid at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. If he acts, John Nolan will deliver the nominating speech. Ferguson would direct delegates to vote for a fourth Roosevelt term while aiming to expose Gov. Bricker and the Ohio Republican administration.
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Newark
Joseph T. Ferguson
Hicago
Ferguson
Licking County
John Nolan
Jefferson County
Ohio
Roosevelt
John W. Bricker
U S should feed world to foster peace says Lincoln
Murray D. Lincoln general manager of the Ohio Farm Bureau told an Antioch College Institute audience at Yellow Springs Ohio on July 14 that the United States should help feed the world in the interest of peace not as Santa Claus but as a matter of our own interest.
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Yellow Springs
Murray D. Lincoln
Ohio Farm Bureau
United States
Antioch College Institute
Lincoln
Progress in fighting for city of St Lo in Normandy
American infantry and tanks push along the Cherbourg peninsula from St Lo toward the sea with a move described as a general front shift. The Germans conduct an orderly withdrawal as U S forces take several villages and close on Lessay. Bradley’s First Army drives south along the inland front while eastern operations see limited activity and Britain reports losses near Colombelles.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
Supreme Command
United States Army
St. Lo
Lessay
First Army
Normandy
St. Honorine
Colombelles
Americans and French Press Through Italian Front Near Livorno
American troops broke German lines near Pastina and pushed east toward Livorno with the 442nd regimental combat team leading a drive that seized San Luce and advanced toward San Donato and San Gimignano. French forces on the American right wing gained 2 to 20 miles northward from San Donato, capturing San Gimignano and La Casette, narrowing the Arno defense near Empoli.
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Rome
Pastina
Livorno
San Luce
Era
San Donato
San Gimignano
la Casette
Arno
Empoli
Poggibonsi
Negro Dies in Prison Grudge Boxing Match
Edward Scott, 65, a Black inmate at London Prison Farm, died of a fractured skull five days after a grudge boxing match. Superintendent William F. Amrine said the two inmates were allowed to settle an argument with gloves. The coroner ruled the death accidental.
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London
Edward Scott
William F. Amrine
Scott
Amrine
W. E. Luken
Hitler Serves 'Bloody Notice' WLB Wage Disputes Stir
The War Labor Board faced two major wage dispute cases. The can manufacturing sector saw a 6,000 worker stoppage across Chicago and Joliet plants after a partial wage offer. A CIO union report warned of a strike vote among 35,000 AFL glass plant workers, signaling broad unrest in wartime industries.
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War Labor Board
WLB
Chicago
Joliet
Can
AFL
Gordon H. Kellogg
American Can Company
CIO
United Steelworkers
Continental Can Company
Edgar L. Warren
Dont Forget About Children's Picture Invitation
The Daily News invites parents to bring their children for free pictures taken by Waltzes Studios of Des Moines Iowa at Bell Hall next Tuesday July 18 from 10 AM to 6 PM. No subscription or purchase required. no appointment needed. children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
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Daily News
Waltz
Des Moines
Iowa
Bell Hall
Hospital Is Almost Home To Young California Girl
Eight year old Jaquelin Jenner, hospitalized through most of her life, has endured eye operations, scarlet fever, measles, pneumonia, broken bones and bites. Her mother Opal Jenner says she would rather she had mumps and finished with doctors. In Springfield, Ohio, 19 month old Constance Erter was fatally struck by a bus truck yesterday.
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California
Springfield
Constance Erter
Ohio to seek expansion of public school system
Ohio plans to expand public schools to include kindergarten and two years of post high school training with state and local funding. The initiative aims to provide college credit for some post high school work and to assist veterans and undecided graduates, with optional adoption by districts and students. The plan would raise state share of costs from 38 to at least 50 percent, aiding rural and small districts.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio School Superintendent's Association
Association
D. H. Patton
Toledo
Institute of State
Patton
Japanese Admirals Lost at Saipan in Saipan Battles
U S Navy reports the deaths of two Japanese admirals on Saipan as Guam endures heavy bombardment. Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, central Pacific commander, died July 7 during the fighting on the island. Rear Admiral Yano also perished. Farther south, Allied forces tighten the noose around Dutch New Guinea as 45,000 enemy soldiers resist near Aitape.
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U. S
Guam
Japan
Saipan
Tokyo
Nimitz
Chuichi Nagumo
Central Pacific
Marians
Yano
New Guinea
Aitape
Dutch New Guinea
Nagumo
Accuse Woman of Kidnapping Baby in Columbus
Michael Alessi seven month old boy recovered in Columbus after vanishing from a Detroit beer parlor. Det Chief Leo Phillips said Alice Drawdy of Columbus 21 was arrested with the child and would face arraignment on a fugitive warrant. Drawdy reportedly admitted taking the child but claimed no motive. Police traced tip from a purse left in the beer parlor.
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Columbus
Michael Alessi
Detroit
Alice Drawdy
Leo Phillips
Phillips
Drawdy
Sam Alessi
Alessi
Carbon Hill Youth Wounded in France
Mrs. Victor Reider of 96 Hill Street received a letter from her brother Pfc Elbert Rutherford informing of wounds in France. Rutherford, Infantry, did not take part in the invasion’s first day but went over from England later and is hospitalized. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Charlies Rutherford of Carbon Hill and has a brother in service in France near him and another brother in New Guinea.
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Victor Reider
Hill Street
Pfc
Elbert Rutherford
France
Rutherford
England
Charlies Rutherford
Carbon Hill
New Guinea
Russians Press Toward Kaunas in Baltic Push
Moscow reports the Red army advancing from Wilno to 28 miles from Kaunas as German positions retreat. Front dispatches say Cherniakhovsky and Rokossovsky push toward Grodno and Brest Litovsk, with Baltic forces nearing Daugavpils and Riga and Pinsk encirclement widening.
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Moscow
Wilno
Kaunas
Pinsk
Pripyat
Brest Litovsk
Luniniec
Warsaw
Bug River
Stalin
Red Army
Riga
Tallinn
Estonia
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Eydtkuhnen
East Prussia
Grodno
Suwalki
Cherniakhovsky
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Brest Kitovsk
T R JR DIES IN NAZI TRUCK ON NORMANDY FRONT
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr aged 56 died of a heart attack while resting in a captured German truck on the Normandy battlefield. He had led the Fourth Infantry as assistant commanding general and will be buried in France. His son Capt Quentin Roosevelt, who was nearby, paid respects as the general’s daily tours continued until fatigue overtook him.
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London
Theodore Roosevelt Jr
Normandy
Fourth Infantry Division
France
Quentin
Roosevelt
North
Africa
Sicily
Italy
Quentin Roosevelt
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