Port Chicago Explosion Kills Up to Six Hundred
Two Navy ammunition ships exploded at Port Chicago 35 miles from San Francisco. Death toll estimates range from 200 to 650 with hundreds injured as the blast leveled the depot area. Civilians were hurt by debris while aid crews rushed to Martinez and Mare Island Navy Yard.
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Martinez
Russians Set for Big Smash
Moscow dispatch reports the Red Army poised to launch its greatest three year war offensive. Signals indicate strikes from the Pripyat marshes toward Lwow, toward the Galati gap, and toward Brest Litovsk. German lines face pressure from multiple Russian groupings as Stalin signals a major new operation.
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Moscow
Red Army
Russia
Pripyat
Old Poland
Lwow
Kovel
Brest Litovsk
Ohioans Indicted in Circus Fire Tragedy
Hartford coroner issues arrest warrants for 33 Ringling Brothers officials and employees. Among those named are Sam Phillips of Cleveland John H Brice of Ironton and Ward Nothe of Sandusky. Warrant aims to compel witness presence in investigation of the July 6 fire that killed 163.
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Conn
Hartford County
Frank E. Healey
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Sam Phillips
Cleveland
John H. Brice
Ironton
Ward Nothe
Sandusky
Retired pastor Dr George T N Beam dies at 73
The 73 year old former minister died yesterday in Ohio. He was a native of Chambersburg Pennsylvania and served churches in Uniontown Pennsylvania Des Moines Iowa Warren Dayton and Bellevue Ohio.
Wisconsin Amnesia Victim Reunited With Aged Father
In Fort Lauderdale a father aged 82, long declared legally dead in 1938 after a 14 year disappearance, reunites with his son John A. Commons, a former UW instructor. The elder asks to go back with him as the son plans to return to Hartford, Connecticut to drive a laundry truck.
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John R. Commons
University of Wisconsin
John A. Commons
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Wisconsin University
Hartford
Veteran actor Alan Dinehart dies at 48 in Hollywood
Alan Dinehart veteran stage and screen actor writer producer and director died last night from a heart ailment and double pneumonia after a two week illness. Funeral and cremation plans were private. He is survived by widow Mozelle and two sons Alan Dinehart Jr. 25 and Mason Jan Dinehart III 8. The older son is in the Army overseas.
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Hollywood
Alan Dinehart
Mozelle Dinehart
Alan Dinehart Jr
Mason Jan Dinehart III
Nazis Execute 33 More Allied Fliers
London reports war secretary Sir James Grigg told Parliament that German captors had shot 33 additional Allied fliers. Foreign Secretary Eden noted 50 had been shot earlier. In 27 cases the men were said to have been shot while attempting escapes, with details on the remaining three killings not yet disclosed.
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London
James Grigg
Commons
Anthony Eden
James
Fire destroys Douglas Aircraft Park Ridge administration building
A spectacular blaze gutted the administration building at Douglas Aircraft in Park Ridge, part of the 33 million dollar plant that fabricates C 54 cargo planes. The fire threatened the vast factory complex briefly, authorities reported no immediate word on casualties.
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Chicago
Douglas Aircraft
Park Ridge
Germans Falling Back Near St Lo In Allied Drive
Allied dispatches report German forces retreating as American troops push into St Lo and outskirts north and east of the highway hub. British advances along the Odon salient strengthen positions near Caen while heavy air support and bombers assist the Normandy push.
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St. Lo
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Periers
Whitehead
Berlin
Orne River
Caen
Odon
Lessay
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Villers- Bocage
Evrecy
Supreme Command
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
John W. Young, 80, dead. leaves 101 direct descendants
John W. Young, age 80, died last night in Hamilton Ohio. He left 101 direct descendants including four sons, three daughters, 60 grandchildren and 34 great grandchildren. He had four brothers and two sisters.
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Hamilton
John W. Young
Edna Allen Killed by Bus in Newark Incident
In Newark Ohio on July 18 Mrs Edna Allen aged 67 died after being struck by a bus last night. Authorities investigated the pedestrian collision and identified the vehicle involved.
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Newark
Edna Allen
Tire Production to Get Priority
Akron O July 18 The War Production Board will curtail other war programs if needed to free labor for speeding up military tire output Col Bradley Dewey rubber director says at a Tires For Victory rally. He praises synthetic rubber capacity and notes some plants diverted to produce more high octane gasoline for Allied combat. Dewey warns heavy duty tires essential for Army Navy Air Forces and Merchant Marine to keep civilian deliveries and worker transport moving. He adds about 15000 German and Japanese tires will soon be released for civilian use from a 300000 lot bought by the United States from Latin America Brazil prior to the war. the tires were later used by Germany and Japan.
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Brazil
Japan
Air Force lauds trucker hero in Wright Field crash
Dayton witnesses a milk delivery driver Robert Shellabarger, 34, praised by Army Air Forces officials at Wright Field for rescuing Captain Robert Kerstetter, 25 Toledo, after his twin-engined plane crashed from 30 feet. Shellabarger raced to the burning wreck, helped free the pilot as flames rose, while Kerstetter was trapped.
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Army Air Forces
Wright Field
Robert Shellabarger
Robert W. Kerstetter
Toledo
Shellbarger
Herstatter
Army Air Forces Form New Materiel and Service Command
The War Department announced the creation of the Army Air Forces Materiel and Service Command with headquarters at Patterson Field Ohio. The new organization consolidates logistics and support functions for air operations as of yesterday.
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Washington
War Department
Army Air Forces Materiel and Service Command
Patterson Field
Byrnes and Barkley Rally Behind Wallace Opponent
War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes and Sen Alben Barkley pushed Wallace's candidacy aside in a fierce pre convention struggle for delegates. President Roosevelt signaled the final choice rests with the convention opening tomorrow. Some delegates called Wallace out as Roosevelt refrained from further comment.
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James F. Byrnes
Alben Barkley
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Wallace
Samuel Jackson
American troops seize Pontedera on the Arno near Pisa
Rome bulletin reports U S forces capture Pontedera on the Arno River about 12 miles east and slightly south of Pisa. Washington announces Brazilian expeditionary force arrives in Naples July 16 to join Allied operations on the Italian front.
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Pontedera
Arno River
Washington
Naples
War Department
Bomb attacks and Eden rules out secret robot session
London July 18 Flying bombs fell sporadically on southern England today and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden announced in Commons that the war cabinet had ruled out a secret session on the robot attacks.
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England
Anthony Eden
Commons
War Cabinet
Eyewitness Tells Horrors Of Port Chicago Explosion
Martineze Calif July 18 Floyd L Scott 19 a naval painter third class from Baltimore described how the Port Chicago Naval Depot blast caved in the building he was in The lights failed the ground shook the barracks housing 1500 men fell and ammunition and high explosives burst in a massive barrage Several sailors recounted their escapes including being thrown or knocked to the floor as debris and shrapnel peppered the area Pettes suffered a broken arm
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Martinez
Calif
Floyd L. Scott
Baltimore
Port Chicago Naval Depot
Scott
S. N. Ilyer
Louis Jones
Elmer Pettes
Pettes
Philanthropist Louis Voorheis Dies in Cincinnati
Cincinnati mourns philanthropist Louis Eugene Voorheis who died last night. He deeded a $100,000 estate to the state of Tennessee, according to friends.
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Cincinnati
Louis Eugene Voorheis
Tennessee
Motorcyclist Killed in Youngstown Skid Crash
William J. Burke aged 31 died when his motorcycle skidded over a curb in Youngstown. The fatal accident occurred last night as Burke rode along the street, with no immediate details on other vehicles or witnesses released by authorities.
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Youngstown, CO
William J. Burke
Battle wagons take part in Guam assault
Heavyweights of America's Pacific fleet joined the Guam bombardment after 13 days of air and sea strikes. Adm Nimitz reported battleships, cruisers, destroyers and carrier planes targeting gun emplacements as a prelude to possible landing on the island south of Saipan.
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Pacific
Guam
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Saipan
Allies threaten German positions near Florence and Ancona
Allied forces pressed three prongs on the Italian front, reaching a bridgehead on the Arno south of Cinelli and advancing toward Florence. British and South African troops seized a bridge intact from German engineers and moved toward Arno River crossings while Poles advanced near Ancona up to three miles, threatening the port.
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Florence
Ancona
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Arno
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Arzzo
Tuscany
Adriatic
Monte Bogo
Japanese general staff chief appointed in Tokyo
New York reports Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu has been named chief of the Japanese army general staff, a position previously held by Premier Hideki Tojo, in a Japanese broadcast.
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Yoshijiro Umezu
Hideki Tojo
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