Decorations Highlight Army Air Forces and Ninth Infantry in WWII
Cpl Homer J Schein authorized to wear bronze star on Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Ribbon for Marshall Islands occupation. Cpl Jay H Dyson of Murray City a Ninth Infantry Division member awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge by Maj Gen Manton S Eddy in England before continent operations. Ninth Division’s WWII history noted from North Africa to Cherbourg and Palermo, with Ernie Pyle coverage.
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Homer J. Schein
Army Air Forces
War Department
Marshall Islands
Cpl. Schein
H. A. Schein
Rockbridge
Armed Forces
Cpl
Jay H. Dyson
Murray City
Ninth Infantry
Manton S. Eddy
England
Ninth
Cherbourg
North Africa
Maknassey
Bizerte
Sicily
George S. Patton
Seventh Army
Palermo
Troina
Randazzo
Ernie Pyle
G.i.’S
Draft growth urged as Navy plans troop increase Washington
Washington July 24. The House Military Affairs Committee reports the draft will likely fill from the under 26 group as the national pool stands at 22,212,000 aged 18 to 37 with 10,251,000 current or former servicemen. Calls will primarily come from registrants under 26. Navy Secretary Forrestal projects 194,000 more enlisted by year end and 189,000 by next June, boosting Navy strength to 3,389,000, mostly via selective service.
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Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
Francis V. Kesseling, Jr
Keesling
Navy
Forrestal
Screwball Rescues Cleveland Moonlight Cruiser Thrill Seeker Rescue
Nearly 1,500 passengers aboard a moonlight lake cruiser watched the crew pull back a man who leaped 30 feet from the third deck in an apparent bid to prove he was no coward. The dramatic rescue occurred yesterday as the vessel cruised Cleveland harbor under calm skies.
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Screwball
Cleveland
Moonlight Lake
Fifth Army Holds Pisa Front as Arno Line Tightens
American forces of the Fifth Army held the southern Pisa district while others cleared enemy positions along the Arno from the sea to near Empoli. Columns advanced north from Poogi Bonsi to within 12 miles of Florence, and Cascina, San Miniato, Ponte Alvala, San Romano and Angelica were taken. The Arno Canal crossing was achieved in advance areas, with Pisa remained partly in Allied hands.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Pisa
Arno River
Empoli
Poogi-Bonsi
Florence
Arno Canal
Cascina
Vatican Reaffirms Opposition to Catholic Communists
Pope Pius XII urged clarity in faith as he denounced Italy's Catholic Communist Party during an audience with St Peter's Club members. He warned that some self labelled Catholics follow condemned theories and forget sacred church teachings, reiterating the Vatican stance from Saturday’s Ossservatore Romano.
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Rome
Pope Pius XII
Italy
Catholic Communist Party
Vatican
Osservatore Romano
St. Peter’s Club
Butter Points Rise to 16 As OPA Sets New Ration
Washington July 24 Housewives face four extra ration points per pound of butter, raising the value to 16 points to curb civilian consumption as ordered by the Office of Price Administration.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
German Army Morale Shaken Amid Purge Report
London July 24 report says Himmler's Gestapo squads conduct a major purge to quell internal upheaval Churchill calls a revolution. German army morale appears badly shaken though no concrete evidence yet of decisive action or outcome.
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London
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Germany
Churchill
Nazi Air Force Staff Chief Dies In Bomb Blast
London dispatch reports Berlin confirming the deaths of Col. Gen. Guenther Korten and Maj. Gen. Heinz Brandt from the Thursday assassination attempt on Hitler. The blast, part of a purge described by Churchill as a German revolution, also claimed the fate of the Fuehrer’s ally Berger or Bengner according to updates.
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Hans Christopher Freiher Schenk von Stuffenberg
Adolf Hitler
London
Air Force General Staff
Hitler
Berlin
Gestapo
Winston Churchill
Germany
Guenther Korten
Heinz Brandt
Army General Staff
Fuehrer
Double
Berger
Heinrich Bergner
Hitler's purge widens as fronts feel crisis risk
Reports from France and Germany indicate Hitler's purge of officers extends to front lines in Germany France and perhaps Italy. Eight eastern front commanders are said to be arrested or ousted while Gestapo agents seized divisional leaders in France and Kesselring in Italy. Churchill in Britain warned of grave signs of weakness and possible earlier war end.
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Germany
France
Hitler
Italy
Gestapo
Albert Kesselring
Blaskowitz
Johannes Blaskowitz
Churchill
Berlin
Normandy
Reich
Marines Close In On Guam And Tinian In Marianas Drive
American forces rapid advance in the Marianas reports heavy air and sea support. Tinian landings began with light resistance as Second and Fourth Marine divisions moved ashore at dawn. Guam seizure followed four days earlier, isolating Apra harbor and Orote airfield and pushing toward final contact with northern troops.
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Tinian
Guam
U. S
Nimitz
Marianas
Apra Harbor
Pacific
Orote Peninsula
Apra
Agat Village
Mt. Alifan
First Marine Provisional Brigade
77Th Army
Saipan
Japan
Rota
Pagan
Dewey Bricker Meet To Map Race Strategy
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Gov. John W. Bricker will outline campaigning possibilities in their joint bid to defeat the 12-year Democratic administration. Bricker arrives with Mrs. Bricker for a Wednesday morning visit to the New York executive mansion in Albany for their first huddle since Chicago.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Chicago
Executive Mansion
Monster Mimic in Hollywood Mystery Heals at Hospital
Film horror actor Boris Karlov rests at Good Samaritan Hospital awaiting a spinal operation to relieve a long standing arthritic condition. Attendants report he is resting comfortably and in stable condition as doctors plan surgery.
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Hollywood
Boris Karlov
Good Samaritan Hospital
More Buzz Bomb Bases Probed in Britain and Belgium
London reports the 40th straight day of robot attacks as military experts say Germany may be using new flying bomb bases, including locations in Belgium, widening the strategic threat to Britain.
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London
Britain
Belgium
Allied Bombs Shatter Kiel In Major RAF Raid
London reports a vast RAF air strike on Kiel last night delivering over 2 800 tons of high explosives at the German naval base. Attacks extended across Europe from the Baltic to Bucharest with additional strikes on Donges St Nazaire oil depots and bomb sites in northern France. Mosquito squadrons bombed Berlin and supported Normandy ground actions by hitting troop movements in Rouen and Amiens.
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London
RAF
Kiel
Europe
Baltic
Bucharest
Reich
Germany
Bavaria
Italy
Britain
Donges
St. Nazaire
France
Beriin
Normandy
Rouen
Amiens
Soldier fatally shoots self at Cleveland home
Cleveland July 24 PFC James Minch 20 stationed at Newburgh New York was fatally shot at his home yesterday while cleaning a .22 caliber rifle Coroner Dr S C Ward ruled the death accidental and not a homicide
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Cleveland
James Minch
Newburgh
N. Y
S. C. Ward
Hitler on Home Front Stays Steady Amid Prussian Rebellion
DeWitt MacKenzie reports from the Associated Press that Hitler maintains a firm home front despite Prussian high command opposition. The piece argues for defeating Germany on the battlefield for lasting peace, noting Churchill’s critique and signs of weakness in the Reich. The article ends hinting a continuation on page six.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Hitler
Germany
Soviet Vanguards Close on Berlin From Poland Reach 50 Miles to Warsaw
Soviet advances press toward the Polish capital as German forces retreat through central Poland. Red troops reach near Siedlce and Jaroslaw, within 50 miles of Warsaw, while Lublin and Sierlce echo with fighting. Across the front, 23 German generals captured, and vast territory falls to Stalin’s offense as the Visla line nears.
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Moscow
Poland
Warsaw
Lublin
Visla
Vistula
Hitler
Sierlce
Jaroslaw
Siedlce
Berlin
Lwow
Red Army
Prussia
Baltic
Carpathian
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Stalin
Brest Litovsk
Bug
Rokossovsky
Pskov
Galacia
Parczew
Wisla
Allies Poise for Big Drive on Normandy Front
Allied forces prepared for a major battle on the Normandy front as weather improved. British and Canadian troops widened gains west of Maltot and Btavaux while American units, after a push toward Periers, faced a German counterattack that retook Seves. Casualty estimates showed German losses of up to 156,000 soldiers, including over 60,000 prisoners.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
N. Bradley
Lewes
Periers
Seves
Caen
Maltot
Btavaux
Orne River
Erwin Rommel
Search for killer after gasoline station operator is shot
Detective Captain Joseph C announced a search for the assailant who killed John W. Biddulph a gasoline station operator. Police found his body with a shot through the head and noted missing money.
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Cleveland
Joseph C
John W. Biddulph
Torday
Biddulph
Parley Date Targeted by Ohio Republicans
Columbus Ohio July 2 The date of the Republican state convention likely will be Wednesday at a meeting of the partys state central committee and other leaders in Columbus. The plan aims to set a firm date for the nominating gathering and solidify party coordination ahead of the national convention.
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Harry S. Truman
Missouri
James Farley
New York
Truman
Margaret
Parrley
Columbus
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Dewey
Hitler Terror
Kamerad
Vistula River
Daniel de Luce
Transocean Agency
Red
Siedlce and
Jaraslaw
Pskov Falls
Gladwin Hill
Omar
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