Nazi Counterattacks Smashed as Allies Reach Castagneto Italy
June 29 report says Fifth Army advanced five miles along Italy's west coast and captured Castagneto near Livorno while another column neared Siena. Allied HQ notes Livorno and Siena as strategic rail centers. over 32,000 prisoners taken in seven weeks as German resistance weakens.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Italy
Castagneto
Livorno
Leghorn
Siena
Pisa
Florence
Sassetta
Monticiano
Montalcinello
Monticchiello
Pienza
Montalcino
Westbrook Pegler Reminiscence Of Roosevelt Era Press Oddity
An otto style reminiscence recalls Theodore Roosevelt era journalism. A Chicago American hireling rises from poverty via a unique, historic photo anecdote. The narrator recalls a Publisher convention where the achievement prompted a curious interaction with Mr Koeigsberg and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Roosevelt
Iman
Chicago American
Seago
Pop
Yena
American
Hich
New York
Koeigsberg
Five Killed as Plane Crashes at Selman Field
Nine notes detail a C-60 crash at Selman Field after takeoff on a routine combat training flight. Four officers and one enlisted man died instantly. Victims include First Lt. John G. Wilson and Second Lt. Eva J. Rome, among others. An investigation board was formed to determine the cause and bodies were moved to nearby funeral homes for services and interment.
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Selman Field
Selman Ield
John G. Wilson
Ellen Wilson
Columbia Street
Cedarhurst
L. I
Jack E. Hiles
Coilot
Nora Hiles
Springfield
Eva J. Rome
Dorothy Rome
North Fifth Street
Monroe
Charles J. Reinhardt
Navigator
Dolores F. Reinhardt
Arkansas Avenue
Henry Gale
Mary A. Gale
North Third Street
Dixie Funeral Home
Dewey Aides Hopes For Women In Cabinet
Mrs Thomas Dewey attended the Chicago rally as her husband accepted the presidential nomination. Frances Rutt Dewey, a former chorus girl from Sapulpa, Oklahoma, watched and supported him. Speakers named Clare Boothe Luce and Mary Donlon as possible female cabinet appointees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
York
Frances Eileen Hutt
Sapulpa
Okla
New York City
Tom Dewey
Iwosso, Mich
O. T. Rutt
George M. Dewey
Wey
Dewey
Clare Boothe Luce
Coneticut
Congress
Mary Donlon
State Industal Board
Tform
Senate cuts Civilian Defense funding in Louisiana
Baton Rouge lawmakers vote to remove a $40,000 two year appropriation for the Office of Civilian Defense from the general bill, arguing the program is unnecessary after invasion fears fade. The saved funds are reallocated to the attorney general and civil service departments amid floor amendments.
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Baton Rouge
Senate
H. H. Richardson
Bogalusa
Lloyd Hendrick
Shreveport
Brooks Oliver
Bastrop
Lionel G. Ott
New Orleans
Attorney General's Office
Senate Finance Committee
Lessley Gardiner
Opelousas
Drayton Bougher
Springhill
Gardiner
Department of Civil Service
Finance Committee
American Forces On Saipan Score Gains Up To Two Miles
United States forces on Saipan earned up to two miles of advance as battles raged along the island. Pacific Fleet units blasted Kurile bases, while land troops pushed from Garapan toward the northern peninsula. Secretary Forrestal said occupation of Saipan would enable projected operations against Japan, the Philippines, and areas of the Dutch East Indies.
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Saipan
United States Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
United States
Saipan Island
Washington
Japan
James Forrestal
Philippines
Dutch East Indies
Kurile Islands
Kurabu Zaki
Paramushiro
Tinian Island
Marianas
Guam
Rota
Tinian
Shumushu
Kuriles
Yap
Truk
Carolines
Garapan
West Monroe rally planned for bond sales and prizes
Ouachita war finance committee reports total bond sales at noon reached 2 281 808 dollars with Series E lagging. The rally on Trenton street features Selman Field show and band with outdoor prizes donated by over 50 West Monroe merchants for top bond buyers. The event starts at 8 30 p m with no admission fee and parish residents urged to attend. S J Rogers criticizes Series E performance urging greater effort from buyers and promoters.
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West Monroe
Ouachita War Finance Committee
Trenton Street
Selman Field
S. J. Rogers
Dodd Asked to Direct Centennial Evangelistic Crusade
Dr. M. E. Dodd longtime pastor of Shreveport First Baptist and former Southern Baptist convention president has been asked to direct the Centennial Evangelistic Crusade for the Southern Baptist convention in 1945. The plan calls for wide participation from national, state, and local Baptist groups to win a million new members in 1945. A Sunday meeting of the First Baptist Church will consider releasing Dodd from his pastorate for a year to accept the call.
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Shreveport
M. E. Dodd
First Baptist Church of
Southern Baptist Convention
First Baptist
Dr. Dodd
New 120 millimeter anti aircraft gun in use at Erie proving grounds
At Lake Erie’s Erie Proving Grounds in La Carne Ohio the U S Army unveiled a 120 mm anti air craft cannon. The 30 ton mobile unit fires 12 shells per minute and features an automatic rammer and semi fixed powder charge. Built in Grand Rapids its cost exceeds 100000 dollars per unit with a crew of 19.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
F. E. Rundell
Proving Grounds
Rundell
Japs on Saipan Dug In Burrowed North Saipan
Wounded Marines report heavy Japanese fortifications in Saipan north, with caves and tunnels dug deep. They accuse U S troops of sparing Japanese civilians early in the fight, then switching to house as gun positions for swift bombardment. Marine Brown notes civilian protection costs and later reprisals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Oahu
Saipan
Marianas
Jack D. Brown
South 18Th Street
Omaha
Neb
Brown
Honduras Exports 550,763 Pounds of Rubber to US
The Rubber Development Corporation reported Honduras exported 550,763 pounds of crude rubber to the United States from August to June this year. The rubber came from multiple Central American zones developed under the corporation’s guidance after wartime US shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. 8S
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
United States
Rubber Development Corporation
Central America
Dewey Seeks Unified Campaign After Nomination
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey moves to build a party backed campaign meeting with Republican leaders including Wendell Willkie and former President Hoover. He endorses key platform planks on foreign policy and fair employment while Bricker accepts the vice presidential nomination and pledges unity.
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Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
Wendell L. Willkie
White House
Dewey
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Republican National Committee
Stevens
Herbert Hoover
Albany
John E. Bricker
Convention Stadium
Clyde Reed
Kansas
Roosevelt
Allied Air Armada Strikes Germany With 2000 Planes
More than 1,000 Fortresses and Liberators joined 1,000 escort fighters in a 12 hour offensive against Leipzig Oschersleben Aschersleben Fallersleben and a Bohlsen refinery. Rail centers and Nazi supply lines were hit while RAF Halifaxes attacked Metz rail hubs and Mosquitoes raided Saarbrucken.
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London
Germany
Reich
Leipzig
Oschersleben
Aschersleben
Fallersleben
Bohlsen
Europe
Berlin
Hannover
Metz
Verdun
Saarbrucken
Russians Close In On Minsk As Front Presses Forward
Soviet armies move to within 37 miles of Minsk driving Germans back toward Warsaw and Berlin. Red forces fan out northeast of the city with strong groups southeast forming a thumb like grip. The reopening of rail links from Mogilev to Odessa aids rapid force transfer as field dispatches note quick German retreats.
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Moscow
Minsk
Warsaw
Berlin
Napoleon
Red
Mogilev
Leningrad
Odessa
Nikolai Akimov
Vitebsk
Orsha
Zhlobin
Finland Faces Loss of Democracy as Nazi Troops Move In
Stockholm reports Finland teeters as Nazi forces advance and five Social Democratic cabinet ministers prepare to resign from President Ryti and Premier Linkomies amid pressure from the Progressive and Swedish Peoples parties. The government faces collapse without parliamentary backing as von Ribbentrop’s proposals for full military collaboration are cited.
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Stockholm
Finland
Germany
Social Democratic Party
Risto Ryti
Edwin Linkomies
Associated Press
Robert Sturdevant
Helsinki
Social Democratic
Vaino Tanner
Russia
A. Aaltonen
Vaino Salovaara
Takki
von Ribbentrop
Rural Electrification official begins second day hunger strike
Chester Lake, field representative for the Rural Electrification Administration, started a second day of fasting in St Louis to protest what he calls political domination of the REA. His $5 800 a year post was abolished effective Saturday, and he plans to continue until then.
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ST. Louis
Chester Lake
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
Lake
Harry Slattery
Brown Announces Priorities on Ice
New Orleans reports state health officer Dr. David E. Brown unveiling ice delivery priorities during a shortage. The seven tiers place hospitals, physician certified illnesses, milk producers, households without refrigeration, perishable food handlers, retail food handlers, and beverage outlets first. Ice shortage estimated around 100 tons per day.
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New Orleans
David E. Brown
Brown
Stephens Enters Louisiana Senate Race As Democrat
E A Stephens former port of New Orleans board president and 46 year old businessman announced his candidacy for the U S Senate in the Democratic primary September 12. He vows war end urgency employment growth and state rights and will campaign across Louisiana with W H Talbot as state manager and Jack McCarthy handling publicity. He notes 107 000 votes in 1942 against Ellender as a strong prior showing and plans a July 12 radio address and parish wide campaigning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
E. A. Stephens
Board of Commissioners of the Port of
United States Senate
Stephens
Overton
Louisiana
Washington
Sam H. Jones
James H. Davis
Davis
W. H. Talbot
Jack McCarthy
Senate
Ellender
Dewey’s Chicago Acceptance Speech Highlights
Thomas E. Dewey declares he is a free man with no pledges or commitments. He vows to end one man government and keep military affairs out of politics, promising to halt civilian interference and to pursue peace while warning against the New Deal and a tired administration.
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Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
British widen break in line near Caen in Normandy
Allied reports say 292 German tanks disabled or destroyed in Normandy since D-day. British forces breach defenses southwest of Caen and widen a bridgehead along the Odon river as German counterattacks are repelled.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Supreme Allied Command
Normandy
France
Germany
Bricker Named Bricker G.O.P. Power At Convention
At the Republican convention in Chicago Gov John W Bricker emerges as a strong vice presidential candidate with significant financial backing and broad delegate appeal. Bricker’s long bid exposed clear policy lines and solid support despite some skeptics among politicos.
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Chicago
John W. Bricker
Bricker
United States
Earl Warren
California
1 000 Girls And Boys Going Home From 4 H Short Course
More than 1 000 boy and girl 4 H club contestants from across Louisiana leave for home after the 31st annual 4 H club short course on the State University campus. First place winners awarded trips to Chicago for the national 4 H congress include Doris Roy Edna Rose Bradford Freddie Hattie Frances Alexander Ernest Peterman Hanson Hathorn Verna Kugler Dorothy Williams Sue Cummings Ann Keys Bobby Rutledge and more.
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Baton Rouge
State University
Chicago
Doris Roy
Pointe Coupee
Billy Hess
Jefferson
Edna Rose Bradford
Caddo
Freddie Hattie
Frances Alexander
Lincoln
Winn Parish
Ernest Peterman
Rapides
Hanson Hathorn
Verna Kugler
Tangipahoa
Dorothy Williams
Calcasieu
Sue Cums Mings
Bienville
Ann Keys
Tensas
Bobby Rutledge
Ouachita
Ouachita Parish
Bienville S
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Dodd
John 5. Overton
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Wes Gallagher
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Bernard L. Montgomery
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