Dians Seize Carpiquet 600 004 Cana
War era notes report varied incidents from several places. In Helena a man forgets his car keys after a long walk and returns home to fetch them. A Kansas City telegram jokes about Ford offering a car to Allied soldiers entering Berlin or Tokyo. Stockton notes a cow with 17 calves in ten years. Denver headlines tell of bricks thrown at a house, a damaged piano, and a taunting phone call.
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Kansas City
F. E. Bredouw
Henry Ford
Berlin
Tokyo
Stockton
Emil Flood
Tugwell Says State Surplus Close to Forecast
Baton Rouge July 4 A P Tugwell released a statement on Louisiana treasury figures for 1944 noting general fund receipts of 33 998 113.86 expected versus 33 563 336.07 actual and expenditures of 21 725 901.39 versus 21 845 945.39. He projects June 30 surplus around 11 717 390.68 with potential rise to 12 500 000 or 13 000 000 as agencies settle. He warns revenues for 1944 46 may total about 70 million while appropriations reach 75 million leaving a 5 million gap. He estimates governor's signing of 5 million in special acts leaves 2.5 to 3 million for contingencies through mid-1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
A. P. Tugwell
Public Treasury
House
Senate
General Fund
Treasury
De Gaulle to Visit Roosevelt in Washington This Week
Gen Charles de Gaulle has finalized plans to visit Washington later this week. The talks with President Roosevelt will cover general policy and war conduct. Britain and de Gaulle committee reached civil administration and currency agreement prior to the visit.
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Washington
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Roosevelt
United States
Algiers
Britain
de Aulle
Allied push in Italy nears Livorno and Cecina
Allied forces surge across western and central Italy with American units reaching within 15 miles of Livorno and the Eighth Army within eight miles of Arezzo. The Fifth Army advances north of Lake Trasimeno and captures Cecina as French columns cut toward Arezzo, with 40 000 prisoners since Salerno and heavy fighting near Magione and Cecina.
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Rome
Italy
Livorno
Leghorn
Eighth Army
Arez- 20
Lake Trasimeno
Magione
442Nd
Mth
Cecina
Pisa
Fifth Army
Salerno
Cascla Delso
Siena
Arezzo
Marciano
Lucignana
Not Guilty Plea By Mayen In U S Mail Fraud Case
Shreveport July 4 Mayen a 7 year old Texan described as a top confidence man pleaded not guilty at arraignment before United States Commissioner James A Van Hook He is held on 25000 bond in a mail fraud case linked to a pocketbook fraud and stock scheme involving the Guaranty Trust Co of New York and the Riverside Bank of Reno New Mexico authorities say the New York mail fraud case may involve about 2000000 Mayen is also under indictment in Dallas for stealing Mrs D B Flagg’s life savings and faces charges in a national stolen properties act case with the same bond amount existing on that charge
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Shreveport
Hillery Mayen
United States
James A. van Hook
Mayen
L. O. Taylor
New York
Guaranty Trust Company of
Riverside Bank of
Reno
Newv
Dallas
Tex
D. B. Flagg
Sioux City
Iowa
New York City
van Hook
Turkish town reports birth of quintuplets all boys
Berlin broadcast cites Ankara dispatches reporting the birth of quintuplets in Mardin Turkey. All five infants are said to be in good health according to the DNB news agency.
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London
DNB
Berlin
Ankara
Bedford Blaze Shatters Windows Across New England
A blast from seven and a half tons of dynamite caused a warehouse explosion near Bedford and Manchester. The Du Pont owned stock, distributed by Varreck, damaged many homes and sent ten youths to hospitals with cuts and eye injuries. Federal agents examined the scene for the cause.
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Bedford
N. H
George E. McClintock
John B. Varreck Company
Boston
Federal Bureau of Investigation
McClintock
du Pont Company
Varreck Organization
Manchester
Churchill to Address Commons on Robot Bomb Threat
London July 4 Prime Minister Churchill delays Commons statement on the German robot flying bombs to Thursday. Parliament questions whether a harsh ultimatum would halt terror as Eden cites the need for fuller information and a formal report before addressing the House.
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London
England
Churchill
Commons
George Broadbridge
Anthony Eden
Eden
Spain
Alfred Edwards
Francisco Franco
Herbert Williams
Croydon
Air Ministry
Crash lands but attends sister’s wedding in Texas
Lt. Paul Whaley Wood of the Monroe air base survived a forced crash landing several miles east of Marshall before attending his sister Nancy Rose Wood’s wedding to Ens. James Walter Fair in Marshall. The plane was badly damaged but Wood was only scratched and proceeded to town for the ceremony.
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Marshall
Tex
Paul Whaley Wood
Monroe Air Base
Nancy Rose Wood
S. E. Wood Jr
Ens
James Walter Fair
Tyler
Wood
U. S. Flag in Rome Piazza Amid Victory Ceremony
In Rome July 4 Benito Musso lini’s balcony stood blank as the U S flag rose on the mast in Piazza Venezia signaling liberation. Maj. Gen. Harry H Johnson declared Rome the first liberated capital and vowed the flag would fly over Berlin and Tokyo. A color guard and bugle/drum interludes accompanied the flag ascent before a cheering crowd including Roman civilians and Carabinieri.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Washington
United States
Japan
Germany
Italy
Piazza Venezia
America
Harry H. Johnson
Berlin
Tokyo
Walter McPhail
Anderson
S. C
Nazi Executions Reported for Aiding Allies
Stockholm reports that Germany announced in Oslo eight more Norwegians were executed for aiding the Allies. The notice came as German authorities intensified reprisals following resistance activity.
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Stockholm
Oslo
Paris Becomes City of Terror as Occupation Grows
Paris endures near panic as German and Vichy forces intensify house to house hunts and mass arrests. Refugees report Cirque d Hiver crowded with Jews and partisans and districts sealed off. Sabotage and resistance rise in France while border points warn of Allied sea threat and Maquis activity in the Pyrenees.
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Madrid
Paris
France
Vichy
Philippe Henriot
Cirque d'Hiver
Gestapo
Germany
Mediterranean
Pyrenees
Americans Strike New Blow at Bonin Islands
Allied forces pressed the Pacific campaign with heavy air and naval actions at Iwo Jima and Chichi Jima while MacArthur’s forces seized Noemfoor Island near New Guinea. Saipan battles neared a decision as Japanese defenses buckled in Garapan.
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Bonin Isles
J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Pacific
Dutch East Indies
Kuriles
Noemfoor
Saipan
Bonin Islands
Japan
Radio
Ment
Kamiri
Biak
MacArthur
Far Eastern
Manokwari
Timor
Palau
Yap
Wewak
Rabaul
Kavieng
Bougainville
Garapan
Ukhrul
Imphal
India
Hengyang
Hankow-Canton
Canton
Russians Push 40 Miles West of Minsk Toward Warsaw
Soviet forces advanced rapidly from Minsk into German lines toward Warsaw and East Prussia, as Polotsk fell and the Baltic gateway to Latvia and Lithuania opened. Finnish reports note a new offensive on the Karelian isthmus with heavy support from tanks and air power.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Minsk
Warsaw
East Prussia
Polotsk
Latvia
Lithuania
Baltic
Slutsk
Karelian
Suomenvedenpohja
Karisalmi
Russia
Massachusetts
France
Red Army
Train wreck near Williams Arizona kills twelve
A Santa Fe train wreck near Williams Arizona early today killed twelve people and injured twenty six. The west bound Chief derailed and overturned at 12 17 a m fourteen miles east of Williams two and a half miles from Maine siding. Ambulances from Williams Flagstaff Winslow Bellemont carried injured to Bellemont and Williams. The engineer Stilwell suffered both legs broken.
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Los Angeles
Santa Fe Railway
Williams
Ariz
Maine
H. M. Gill
Wiliams
Flagstaff
Winslow
Bellemont
Stilwell
Chicago
Democrats Seek Strong Foreign Policy Platform
Washington reports Democrats pushing a firm foreign policy plank promising use of military forces to end aggression if needed. Senator Connally, though not a delegate, chairs the SenateForeign Relations Committee and backs plain language on military action. The Republican plank calls for peacekeeping with international forces, drawing critique from Willkie and several governors.
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Washington
Connally
Texas
Chicago
Senate
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Henry A. Wallace
Dixie
Roosevelt
Yanks Advance On La Haye Du Puits
Allied dispatches report American forces pushing toward La Haye du Puits from multiple fronts as Canadian and British units take Carpiquet near Caen. Infantry reach high ground near Les Rouland and St. Nicholas de Pierre while air support resumes after clear weather.
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Wes Gallagher
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Carpiquet
Caen
United States
Cherbourg
la Haye du Puits
Montgomery
Ross Munro
Caer
Omar N. Bradley
St. Lo d'Ourville
Carenten
Carentan
St. Lo
Nazi International Information Service
Berlin
Lessay
Odon River
Bradley
la Haye
Les Rouland
St. Nicholas de Pierre
St. Jores
Erwin Rommel
Louisiana House Aims to Correct Million Dollar Error
The Louisiana House and Senate acted on a missing million dollar reimbursement in the general appropriations bill for parish contributions to teacher retirement. The 33 to 0 Senate vote adopted a resolution to fix the clerical error, with State Treasurer Tugwell pledging to pay under the resolution amid legality doubts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
State House of Representatives
Senate
A. P. Tugwell
House
Department of Finance
Charity Hospital
Shreveport
Bonnie Baker
East Baton Rouge
Louisiana
U. S. Planes Smash at German Fields in France
Up to 500 American Fortresses and Liberators attacked several German airfields in France as improving weather allowed Allied bombers to resume support for the Normandy invasion. U S heavy bombers with Mustangs Lightning and Thunderbolt escorts faced light flak and no enemy fighters near Paris. crews reported favorable conditions and cloud bombing.
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London
France
Normandy
U.S
English Channel
Britain
Normandy Battle
Paris
Tenor Benjamin Gigli Denies Death Rumors
In Krome on July 4, Benjamin Gigli former Metropolitan Opera singer denies reports of his death calling them malicious slander. He blames enemies for spreading rumors and cites ongoing jealousy and gossip about him as he sits in his villa window reflecting on the false claims.
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Krome
Benjamin Gigli
Metropolitan Opera
Gigli
Holiday Death Toll Tops 317 After Arizona Train Crash
Five killed in an Arizona train wreck raised the national fatality count to 317 over the Independence Day weekend. Traffic accidents caused 138 deaths, drowning 85, and 94 from miscellaneous causes as restrictions on gasoline and tires persisted.
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Associated Press
Arizona
National Council of Safety
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