Esquire Standoff Captures Morals Fight in Washington
The dispute pits Postmaster General Frank Walker against Esquire publisher David Smart over the magazines nudity and humor. Smart defends casual viewing while Walker pushes possible cuts to mailing subsidies. Arnold Gingrich had previously submitted Esquire's content for preclearance, illustrating the ongoing clash over taste and policy.
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Esquire
Supreme Court
Congress
Frank Walker
David Smart
Chicago
Walker
Mr. Smart
Washington
Arnold Gingrich
Post Office Department
Warsaw Under Siege as Red Army Attacks Praga
Russian and Polish forces attack Praga across the Vistula while Warsaw burns in flames. Moscow reports Warsaw under siege as additional fronts push toward the German defense lines near East Prussia.
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London
Warsaw
East Prussia
Moscow
Praga
Vistula
Labor trouble hits 6000 Philadelphia workers
A sudden work stoppage at the Philadelphia Transportation Company idles about 6000 workers and disrupts city commutes as drivers blame hiring of black operators, while a Detroit dispute involves 2200 Montgomery Ward employees in a lockout over overtime pay for inventory work. The case spurred War Labor Board involvement and federal conciliators.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia Transportation Company
Montgomery Ward and
Empany
Detroit
Philadelphia
Hich
Montgomery Waard and Company
Jeff Craig
C. O. United Retail and Wholesale
Montgomery Ward
War Labor Board
Big
Chicago
Kansas nominating candidates today in quiet primary
Kansas to nominate eight state contests in a calm primary. Senator Clyde M. Reed and Representatives Lambertson and Winter face GOP opposition. Reed runs against Carl Friend and Chauncey Dewey, while Lambertson and Winter seek reelection against Albert Cole and Oscar Rennin d. Democratic races include lieutenant governor and governor with McGill and Lemon unopposed.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Clyde M. Reed
William P. Lambertson
Thomas D. Winter
Reed
Carl E. Friend
Chauncey Dewey
Lambertson
Albert Cole
Winter
Oscar
Jack) Rennind
Errett P. Scrivner
F Rees
Clifford R. Hope
Carlson
James E. Fisher
F. Koch
United States
Ge McGill
Senate
Robert S. Lemon
Dewey Campaign Platform Speech In Springfield
Governor Thomas E. Dewey spoke at a Springfield platform address promising a four year effort to build the best peace the world has seen. He criticized the Roosevelt era and urged government restored to the people, touting postwar jobs and economic balance. The crowd greeted Dewey and he traveled with Mrs. Dewey to the executive mansion for preliminary meetings ahead of a Republican governors conference in St. Louis.
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Springfield
Ill
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
United States
Roosevelt
Pittsburgh
GOP
Dwight H. Green
Deweys
Executive Mansion
St. Louis
David Jeter Killed in France July 12 1944
Mr and Mrs Tom Jeter of Layton Avenue receive notice that their son Pfe David Jeter was killed in action in France on July 12 1944 at age 24. He lived in Monroe after leaving Jonesville in 1922 and worked for Supreme Bedding before enlisting in 1939. He leaves his wife Irene and siblings Fay Dean Jeter and Alice King.
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Tom Jeter
Layton Avenue
Pfe
David Jeter
France
Jonesville
Monroe
David
Supreme Bedding Company
Fay Dean Jeter
Alice King
Irene Jeter
Civil Service Laws Expanded in Louisiana Say Parker
Willard E. Parker, director of Louisiana civil service, said new laws strengthen the system. Four-fifths of both houses back civil service. two bills passed both houses and were signed. The changes secure workers, prevent “kicked upstairs,” guarantee reinstatement if a job is recreated within two years, and improve leave and appeals rights.
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Lat
Willard E. Parker
Louisiana Civil Service System
Louisiana
Parker
House
Senate
Civil Service
New Orleans
Advance Against Florence Slow but Steady in Italian Front
Eighth Army makes cautious progress toward Florence as five German divisions defend the approach with counterattacks and Tiger tanks. Allied HQ notes Germany's stubborn stand and use of new wire trap grenades. San Michele, La Romola, and San Andrea change hands amid ongoing fighting west of Highway Two.
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Eighth Army
Florence
Italy
29Th
Panzer Grenadiers
Third
Highway Two
San Michele
Fighth
la Romola
San Andrea
Japan’s Pacific Empire Crumbles as Allied Leap Reaches Philippines
Allied forces under General MacArthur expand the New Guinea push with a surprise Sansapor landing on New Guinea’s northwest tip, halting 15,000 Japanese troops and tightening the path toward Mindanao. Guam and Tinian advance nears completion, signaling broader offensives toward the Philippines and beyond.
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Associated Press
Japan
Pacific
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Guam
Tinian
U. S.S
China
Tokyo
Rota
Marianas
U. S
MacArthur
Solomons
Adm
Chester Nimitz
Sixth Army
Sansapor
Sorong
Manokwari
Mindanao
Halmahera
Noemfoor Island
Soron
Missouri Primary Shapes Senate Race and State Races
Missouri voters head to the polls to nominate candidates for U S Senate as Bennett Champ Clark faces Roy McKittrick in a Democratic fight while Republicans name seven contenders led by Gov. Forrest C. Donnell. Governors, congressmen, and state offices also on the ballot amid a broad primary slate.
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ST. Louis
United States
Bennett Champ Clark
Congress
Clark
Roy McKittrick
Harry S. Truman
Forrest C. Donnell
Senate
House of Representatives
Opposition 10 Dixie Strong in Southern Democratic Split
Southern Democrats return to Congress reporting strong Dixie opposition to the administration. They expect the South to vote for the Democratic popular majority but fear electors may favor Senator Byrd over Roosevelt if the electoral ballot tightens. Some Mississippi electors may break from Roosevelt. Georgia Representative Gibson says widespread South discontent could affect November outcomes.
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Washington
South
Byrd
Virginia
Roosevelt
Thomas Dewey
Mississippi
Chicago
Gibson
Georgia
Germans Unveil Rocket Propelled Fighter Amid Air War
London reports Germans revealed a rocket propelled fighter with described high speed. Allied fliers say the craft fled quickly in encounters, raising fears over mass production. U S air forces said they met the planes over Germany as 27 000 heavy bomber sorties targeted industry and oil in July.
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London
Berlin
United States Air Force
Germany
United States Eighth
Congress Returns to Work Amid Postwar Reconversion Push
Congress reconvened with limited attendance as Republicans press for swift completion of demobilization and reconversion measures. Senate leaders plan to move reconversion to the finance committee, while the House grapples with a marking time schedule and aims for action within two weeks.
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Washington
Congress
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate Military Committee
Senate
Barkley
Reynolds
North Carolina
Military Committee
Finance Committee
George
Georgia
House
Rayburn
Texas
Voting today on Ham Fish primary faces New Deal clash
New York August primary pits Rep. Hamilton Fish against Augustus Bennet amid Dewey and Willkie opposition over alleged race and Jew remarks. Polls open noon to 9 pm ET. NYC hours 3 to 10 pm. Bennet is unopposed by Democrats and American Labor, with Fish seeking November election if he wins today.
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New York
Hamilton Fish
New Deal
Thomas E. Dewey
Wendell L. Willkie
Fish
Dewey
Willkie
Congress
Augustus W. Bennet
Newburgh
Bennet
New York City
Death by own action of Marshal Ernst Busch
Aftonbladet reports Marshal Ernst Busch, commander of German forces retreating from White Russia, killed himself after third degree treatment at Hitler headquarters. He had been missing from the Russian front where his army group suffered a severe mauling by the Russians.
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Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Ernst Busch
White Russia
Adolf Hitler
Basie
Switzerland
Hitler
Road to Berlin fronts distances list
The report provides three major fronts with measured distances: 328 miles from near Warsaw on the Russian front, 605 miles from Senigallia on the Italian front, and 630 miles from Troarn on the Normandy front.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Senigallia
Normandy
Troarn
Whole Nazi Front Appears Shattered
Allied offensive across France drives into Brittany and approaches Vire as American and British forces push south of Avranches. Canadian troops renew action on the Paris east flank while Germans surrender in droves and tank columns threaten deeper into the Brittany peninsula.
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Gladwin Hill
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Brittany
Vire
Paris
Trans- Normandy
Avranches
Selune
Normandy-Brittany
Pontaubault
Ducey
le Beny Bocage
Torigny
Souleuvre
Caen
Tilly-La-Champagne
Normandy
Percy-Villedieu- Les-Peeles
Granville-Villedieu
Villedieu
Percy
Tessy-Sur-Vire
le Beny-Bocage
Caumont
English Channel
Eveque Forest
Torignie Sur-Vive
Omar N. Bradley
Brittany Peninsula
Sartilly
Planes Ferryed to Russia Through Western Route Revealed
Edmonton reports confirm about 10 000 American built planes have gone to Soviet fronts since 1941 with roughly half flown via Edmonton and Fairbanks during 1944 four month period. US sources say losses are low despite harsh weather as Russian crews rejoin in Alaska and fly to Siberia.
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Alta
United States
Russia
Fairbanks
Alaska
Red Star of
Seattle
Warren G. Magnuson
Washington
Raska
Great Falls
Mont
Siberia
Nome
Bering Sea
James J. Pat
Truman urged to stay as head of war inquiry panel
Two Republican senators Ferguson of Michigan and Burton of Ohio urged that Senator Truman remain chairman of the Senate special war investigating committee despite plans to resign after his nomination as Democratic vice presidential candidate. Democratic Kilgore of West Virginia also supported keeping him in charge.
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Senate
Special
Truman
Missouri
Ferguson
Michigan
Burton
Ohio
Kilgore
West Virginia
West
Stilwell Nominated for Full General in U S Army
President Roosevelt nominates Lt Gen Joseph Warren Stilwell to full general in the U S Army. Stilwell, American commander of Chinese forces in Burma, would join generals Marshall MacArthur and Eisenhower at the rank. He serves as commanding general of U S Army forces in the Burma China theater and works under Chiang Kai Shek and Lord Mountbatten.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Joseph Warren Stilwell
Burma
United States
Stilwell
George C. Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Burima-China
Burma-China
Traffic ban in Belgium and northern France announced
The German occupation authorities announce a ban on motor car traffic in Belgium and northern France starting August 15 and a parallel ban on motor cycles beginning September 1. The Transocean agency aired the Berlin broadcast and U S government monitors reported the transmission.
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Belgium
France
Transocean
Berlin
United States
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