Chinese Break Siege at Hengyang in Major War Turn
Dewitt Mackenzie reports a dramatic Chinese victory near Hengyang on the Peiping Hankow Canton railway. The breakthrough lifts a grave situation, aided by American air power under General Chennault, altering the balance of a Japanese southward offensive and threatening southern China bases.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Hengyang
Peiping-Hankow-Canton
China
A. S. Air Force
Chennault
Japan
Peiping
Canton
Manchuria
Hongkong
Eouth
Gallup Poll Examines Roosevelt Critiques and Voter Sentiment
The Gallup Poll highlights two main arguments against Roosevelt: his domestic policies seen as wasteful and bloated with bureaucracy and dictatorial power over people and Congress. It notes voters blame the president’s age and cabinet, and that many see the war crisis as pressuring the nation to sustain his leadership while offering constructive social legislation.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Roose
Dr Truett Dies Leader Remembered Across Denominations
North Carolina and Texas Baptists, along with the Southern Baptist convention, mourn the death of Dr. Truett. Governors and church leaders praised his preaching, unity efforts, and world influence. His career included leading First Baptist Dallas, presidency of the Baptist World Alliance, and a life shaped by personal tragedy and steadfast faith.
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Southern Baptist Convention
Nashville
Dr. Truett
T. L. Holcomb
Southern Baptists
Austin Crouch
Convention
W. F. Powell
Sunday School Board
Ralph Herring
North Carolina State Baptist Convention
First Baptist Church
Winston-Salem
Truett
North Carolina
George Heaton
Charlotte
N. C
Myers Park Baptist Church
Jones
San Antonio
P. D. Miller
First Presbyterian Church
Samuel L. Terry
Whitewright
Texas
Baylor
Baylor University
Waco
Dallas
Baptist World Alliance
Arnold
Birth of son in Lubbock. weight 7 pounds 6 ounces
Mrs Lon O Hughes of con reports the birth of a son weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces at 4 20 AM Saturday in Lubbock. The father names the child, and plans to make a kneeling pad from an oil covered wagon.
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Lon'o
Hughes
Lubbock
Beltaire Mine Crew Delves For Air Shaft To Save Trapped Miners
In Belmont County Ohio a 350 foot air shaft is being sunk to reach 46 coal miners trapped by a mine fire since Wednesday. Officials doubt the men survive while unions inspectors and company spokesmen push for rescue, with workers hopeful the vent will reach the tunnel within about 48 hours.
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Bellaire
Belmont County
Powhatan
United Mine Workers
Dewey rests at country estate on farm inspection
PAWLING N Y July 8 A candidate's bucolic Saturday on the farm finds Governor Thomas E Dewey picking cherries for photographers and leading a parade of newsmen on an inspection tour of his country residence and clean dairy barns Mrs Dewey notes he keeps about 90 cows raises about 40 percent of his feed and has just built a new silo and repaired haybarns The historic Hill farm atop Quaker hill hosts the Deweys on weekends when Albany is away and serves as a writing place for speeches and positions for the GOP campaign
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Pawling
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Chicago
Dewey
Quaker Hill
Albany
White House
Reds In Wilno Advance Reach Baltic Fronts
Reds push toward Wilno breaking German lines along Bialystok and Brest Litovsk directions. Breakthrough puts Russians within 100 miles of East Prussia and 165 miles of the Baltic. Kaunas could fall within 50 miles. Three German generals captured east of Minsk. total 18 killed or captured since the June 23 offensive. Remnants of nine German divisions trapped as prisoners trek rearward.
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Bialystok
Brest Litovsk
Wilno
German East Prussia
Baltic
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Kaunas
Minsk
Russia
Hoffmeister
41St Tank Corps
Steinkeller
60Th
Hirt
Moscove
Italians Press Front Near Arezzo As Allies Strike North
Italian Front lies within six miles of Arezzo and thirty six miles southeast of Florence. Indian troops advance near Umbertide and Montone, capturing Carpini. Allied air power concentrates on rail bridges fuel depots and gun positions, with medium bombers and fighter bombers targeting communications and battle zones.
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Areazzo
Florence
Tiber Valley
Umbertide
Montone
Carpini
Italy
Normandy Battle Continues With German Retreat
Allied forces pressed the Caen front as German withdrawals from northeast Caen accelerated toward open country near Falaise. British Canadian units seized Hill No. 64 while Americans advanced through Mont Castre forest, pushing toward La Haye du Puits and Gerville as St. Jean de Daye and other targets fell to the assault. Hitler reportedly discussed withdrawing troops to meet multi front demands as guerrilla activity disrupted supply routes behind Normandy.
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Caen
Bayeux
Ruthie
Ithdrawal
Falaise
Carpiquet
Adolf Hitler
Norway
Balkans
Hitler
Moscow
Normandy
von Kluge
Supreme Headquarters
France
Rommel
RAF
U. S S
St. Jean de Daye
Goucherie
Das Reich
17Th SS
Vire
St. Lo
U. S
Carentan
Periers
Mont Castre
la Haye du Puits
Gervilla
Traffic, crash victims and war bond drive update
Mrs L L Castle of Morton remains in critical condition after a Thursday crash near Abernathy. In Lubbock General Hospital updates Mrs Rowell and Willard Newton are reported satisfactory. Rowell suffered pelvic and ankle fractures while Newton may have a skull fracture. Minor injuries were noted for Mr and Mrs Wilson and their small son. War bond sales in Cooper reach the $46 850 quota. Natalie Helwig 88 sustained a forehead bump in a Main street collision with a Domino taxi driven by Manson Lambright. An 18-year-old youth was held in connection with three bicycle thefts from Mackenzie State Park, with proceeds of $57.
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L. L. Castle
Morton
Abernathy
Lubbock General Hospital
L. L. Rowell
Temple Street
Willard Newton
Avenue W
Tenth Street
West Texas
Natalie Helwig
Twenty-second Street
Main Street
Avenue N
Carl Helwig
Manson Lambright
Lubbock
Mackenzie State Park
Lutheran Secretary To Be Commissioned
Rev. R. D. Lechleitner, appointed deputy executive secretary of American missions, to be commissioned at Zion Lutheran church in Houston tomorrow night. He will supervise establishing new congregations in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee with headquarters in Houston.
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Houston
R. D. Lechleitner
American Missions
The
American Lutheran Church
Zion Lutheran Church
Lechleitner
Texas
Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Prison Break Attempts Hit Fifteen in Texas Prisons
Maj. D. W. Stakes reported the Texas prison system recorded fifteen attempted escapes and three killings in the two months ending in June. The victims included two Black convicts shot during an escape attempt and guard George T. Preston fatally wounded by four escaping prisoners.
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Huntsville
Texas
D. W. Stakes
Stakes
George T. Preston
Coastwise enemy movements and terrain impact on advance
The report notes enemy communication near Lessny on the coast and Periers near St Lo, with lines running nearly due east. It states open southern country offers a rapid war of movement, contrasting with Cherbourg peninsula’s limited roads through marshes that have stalled progress.
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Lesssy
Periers Po St. Loon
Cherbourg
Slaton boosts war bond drive as sales near Quota
Slaton held a bond auction on the City Hall lawn with about $57,000 in war bonds sold and additional yesterday at the post office. A captain from Lubbock AAF spoke, a film was shown, and W R Sewell served as auctioneer. Texas reported over 25 million in Fifth War Loan, with $489 million total State sales.
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Slaton
BO Slaton
City Hall
Bank
Post Office
Purrington
Lubbock Army Airfield
Briggs Robertson
Chamber of Commerce
Tarawa
Vernon Larsen
Lubbock
W. R. Sewell
Texas
Dallas
Nathan Adams
War Finance Committee of Texas
Adams
Penicillin Supply Abroad Expands as Domestic Output Rises
A war production official notes civilian needs will reach at least 15 billion units monthly, with penicillin for foreign nations allocated for restricted civilian use. U S produces about 95 percent of world supply and a year of cost drops from 20 dollars per 100 000 units to roughly 4 50 for the same amount.
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U. S
Foreign Economic Administration
FEA
Middle East
Alexander Fleming
Two Injured In Crash Near Slaton July Special
In Slaton area a heavy truck struck the Hagler automobile at the junction of two dirt roads ten miles southeast. Richard T Hagler 59 and his wife 42 were taken to Mercy hospital with arm and head injuries and possible back injuries. The truck was driven by Maddie Bell Curry 16. The Haglers were returning home from Hackberry gin when the crash occurred. The couple were thrown from the car and neighbors transported them to hospital after a delay. Three Hagler brothers reported the younger sibling mildly injured but not hospitalized. The Haglers had lived near Slaton for about 25 years. Hagler is a farmer.
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Maddie Bell Curry
Negress
Nathan Smith
Lubbock
R. L. Hagler
Hubert
Matthew
Hagler
C. Burns
Slaton-Post Highway
Haglers
Slaton
Ceiling Prices Set On Dry Texas Onions
The District Office of Price Administration announced shipping point ceiling prices for dry Texas onions. The ceiling is $1.95 per 50 pound sack from July to August 15 and $1.70 a sack from August 15 to October. Retail prices are expected to rise by about 7.22 cents per pound versus last year.
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Texas
Dallas
District Office of Price Administration
Ralph Crocker
Crocker
New Official Named to Houston City Council
Byron G. McCullough, 45, appointed to the Houston city council to replace Spencer Robinson. An attorney, McCullough was elected to council membership by the council yesterday after Robinson resigned to join the Petroleum Administration for War.
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Houston
Byron G. McCullough
Spencer Robinson
McCullough
Robinson
Petroleum Administration For War
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Howell M. Estes Jr
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