Republicans pick a short, sharp rival to Dewey in Chicago
The piece debates presidential prospects naming Dewey as a short, neat candidate and Roosevelt as a towering figure with charisma. It discusses McNutt as a preferred rival, noting height and public image, and hints at political strategy and rival critiques within the Republican field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Roosevelt
Dempsey
Harvard- Groton Choctaw
Fundy
Hyde Park
Leo P. Flynn
James J. Johnson
Mr. D
Paul McNutt
Mr. Big
McNutt
Roosevelt
Slavuta Hospital Death Toll Reported by Ukrainian Committee
The Ukrainian SSR committee chaired by Nikita Kruschev alleges 150,000 patients died at a German hospital in Slavuta during two years of occupation. It cites intentional disease spread, starvation on minimal ersatz flour rations, torture of Red Army prisoners, robbery of newcomers, and mass corpses on a hospital siding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Ukraine
Slavuta
Kiev
Nikita Kruschev
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Red Army
Russian Drive Pushes Toward East Prussia Border
Moscow by AP reports three miles from the East Prussian border as General Cherniakhovsky's Third White Russian army advances from Dudvizhe. Cannons shell German defenses near Schirwindt Eydbuhten and Wehrkirchen while armor moves toward Tilsit and Insterburg in a widening clash along the frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Dudvizhe
Schirwindt
Eydbuhnen
Wehrkirchen
Cherniakhovsky
Tilsit
Bombers raid Bavaria and Friedrichshafen as war reports conflict
Allied air offensives stretch across Europe with United States heavy bombers from Italy and England reported striking German targets near the Swiss border and over Bavaria. Reports describe attacks on Friedrichshafen and French objectives, while British Mosquitos engage in combat amid poor weather and zero visibility at Cherbourg.
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London
United States
Italy
Friedrichshafen
England
Bavaria
Switzerland
France
Zurich
St. Gotthard
St. Moritz
Britain
Allies Plan To Establish Order In Victory Hour
Washington reports detail follow up plans for post surrender Germany with full three way cooperation among the United States Britain and Russia. The plan envisions end of organized resistance and three way occupation including joint control of Berlin and cooperation at all stages of victory.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Britain
Russia
Churchill
Casablanca
Moscow
Stalin
Roosevelt
European Advisory Commission
Commission
Berlin
Underground Fighting Rages in Warsaw Amid Siege
Exiled Polish government press service reports continued hard fighting in central, north, and west Warsaw with Germans besieged as Russians close in on eastern suburbs. Street battles and sniping rage as General Bor coordinates with Russian commanders and seeks ammunition and anti tank guns.
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London
Warsaw
Bor
Vistula
Road to Berlin Front Distancescourse List
The report lists distances to Berlin from three fronts: Russian front 322 miles from War saw eastern suburbs, Italian front 605 miles from Senigallia, and French front 630 miles from Troarn. The figures indicate Allied advance across Europe during World War II.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Senigallia
Troarn
Truman resigns from probe group to back Roosevelt ticket
Chairman Harry S. Truman quits the Senate war investigating committee to freely back the Democratic administration as Roosevelt’s potential running mate. Senator Connally declines chairmanship and Senator Mead is eyed as next in line. Hugh Fulton resigns as chief counsel.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Senate War Investigating Committee
Roosevelt
Senator Connally
Texas
Senator Mead
New York
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman Committee
Mead
Truman
Hugh Fulton
McGuire Tops Japanese Wings With 21st Ship
Major Thomas B. McGuire of Ridgewood New Jersey becomes the leading American air ace on active duty in the southwest Pacific after bagging his 21st Japanese aircraft. The raid on Halmahera near 400 miles from base was one of the longest missions for P 38s.
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General Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Thomas B. McGuire
Ridgewood
N. J
Richard Bong
Poplar
Wis
United States
Major McGuire
Halmahera
Allied forces repel German counterattacks near Pisa and Florence
The Fifth Army halted German efforts to cross the Arno near Pisa and Ponte Dera as mortar fire dispersed a south bank assault. Eighth Army pushed toward Florence capturing La Poggiona heights while New Zealand troops moved near Florence. West of the city British Indian forces crossed the Pesa, taking Ginestra and threatening the German west flank. Civilians reported Nazi clearance operations along the Arno north of Florence.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Arno
Pisa
Italy
Pontedera
Eighth Army
Florence
San Michele
la Romola
la Poggiona
Art City
New Zealand
Pesa
Ginestra
Montelupo
Dies Announces Probe Into CIA Political Action Committee
A three member subcommittee led by Martin Dies with Starnes Costello and a GOP member will probe the C I Q political action committee. Dies seeks swift action and faulted the Justice Department to prosecute PAC activity within 30 days if no move is made. The panel plans to begin next week and report to the full committee soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dies Committee
Political Action Committee
Texas
Martin Dies
House Committee On un-American Activities
Starnes
Alabama
Costello
California
Thomas
New Jersey
Busbey
Illinois
Dies
The
Texan
Biddle
Justice Department
A de
Republicans Say New Deal Invites National Disaster
Report from St. Louis dated Aug 3 describes a policy statement by 26 Republican governors warning that the New Deal risks national disaster by hampering peacetime employment. They urge private enterprise under an enterprise system and urge shared leadership to spur employment for veterans and displaced workers as war ends.
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ST. Louis
New Deal
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Washington
Americans seize airfields and villages in Guam advance
United States forces push inland on Guam capturing Tiyan airfield and towns Saucio Toto and Timon eng as they extend the line north of Agana and Port Apra. About 33 000 Japanese killed with 5139 American casualties reported.
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United States Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Guam
United States
Tokyo
Rota
Tinian
Marianas
Tiyan
Saucio
Toto
Timoneng
Japan
Tumon Bay
Agana
Port Apra
Saipan
British New Guinea
Wewak-Aitape
Biak
Noemfoor
Unemployment Pay Pondered by Senate Panel
The Senate military committee starts work on unemployment compensation rates for discharged war workers as demobilization and surplus property disposal raise urgent questions. White House pressure, Byrnes appeal, and cross party talks shape the rush to action ahead of next week’s sessions.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Barkley
Kentucky
White House
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
George
Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
Doughton
North Carolina
House
Ways and Means Committee
Finance Committee
Mercy Plane Flies For Tetanus Serum To Shreveport
A Barksdale Field B-26 delivered anti tetanus serum from Dallas to Charity Hospital in Shreveport for J O Leach a Beaumont resident critically ill with lockjaw. The 364 mile round trip lasted 1 hour 59 minutes with Capt George F Beall piloting the aircraft.
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Shreveport
Charity Hospital
J. C. Leach
Dallas
Tex
Barksdale
J. O. Leach
Beaumont
William B. Wright
Leach
George F. Beall
Vashon, Wash
Americans Capture Rennes in Brittany Advance
Allied units spearhead across Brittany driving toward Brest and St Nazaire. American armor moved up to forty miles in one day, seizing Rennes and pressing toward Dinan. German resistance collapsed in many sectors as Canadian and British forces attack toward Caen and Brest while U-boat bases loom.
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Gladwin Hill
Allied Expeditionary Force
Brittany
Rennes
Cherbourg
St. Nazaire
Avranches
Dinan
Brest
Combourg
Associated Press
Erwin Rommel
Breton
Rance
Omark Bradley
Caen
Loire River
Bernard L. Montgomery
Male
Army Takes Steps as Transit Strikes Halt Philadelphia
Maj. Gen. Philip Hayes visits Philadelphia amid a paralyzed transit system as 6,000 trolley bus and subway workers strike. Transportation troops enter the 69th Street terminal while Montreal also faces a tramway walkout affecting over 3 million people. Upgrading of eight Negro employees noted.
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Philadelphia
Philip Hayes
Third Service Command
Hayes
Philadelphia Transportation Company
69Th Street
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Montreal
Iue
Tramway
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway
Montgomery exults at front line progress in war
General Bernard Montgomery, near Caumont on the British front, declares progress excellent as prisoner numbers near 100000 since D‑Day. He praises Allied advances and notes American efforts, joking about when the war will end while remaining wary of a forecast.
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Caumont
Bernard L. Montgomery
Montgomery
Associated Press
U. S
Death of Spain's Foreign Minister Gen. Francisco Gomez Jordana Sousa
The German DNB agency reported the death today of Spain's foreign minister General Francisco Gomez Jordana Sousa. His passing marks a significant event in Spanish diplomacy and internal affairs.
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London
DNB
Spain
Francisco Gomez Jordana Sousa
Nazis Seen Preparing Finland Evacuation Under New President
Dispatches from Stockholm report German troops may be withdrawing from Finland after Mannerheim replaced Ryti as president. A Finnish German agreement allegedly allowed a separate peace with Russia and promised German troop evacuations, with assurances from Russia on an armistice for Finland.
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Stockholm
Finland
Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
Risto Ryti
Ryti
Russia
Estonia
Reuters
London
Berelin
Mannerheim
Kremlin
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Pittsburgh
Springfield
Ill
Dwight Green
C., I. O. Political Action Committee
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Roy McKittrick
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