Conversation Piece and Oddities From Across the Nation
A collage of brief items includes two women prompting a dog to reveal its owner by phone in Lafayette Indiana, a U S Marshal auctioning odd seized items in Bowery New York, public opinion on Allied leaders in Los Angeles, a German prisoner line marked “end of the war” at Fort Riley, and the ASPCA asking Oregon to investigate reports of 2000 wild horses in eastern Oregon.
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Associated Press
Lafayette
Ind
Cecil Baker
Baker
Alvin Fay
Fay
Sarge
Pat
Kansas City
Loyd Shafer
Fort Riley
Kan
Jrtland
Ore
New York
Ice
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Oregon Humane Officer
Oregon
Local fighter hurt in France
Pvt. Leon Blakeney of West Monroe Louisiana returns from the European front with an arm broken and a shoulder shattered after being wounded on the Normandy coast. He describes heavy fighting and prisoners taken, and he is greeted by wife Beatrice Hilburn and five month old son Ronnie at Foster General Hospital.
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Jackson, Miss
Leon Blakeney
West Monroe
Army
Foster General Hospital
England
Normandy
GI Joe
Beatrice Hilburn
Monroe
Ronnie
Former French premier Herriot dies amid wartime uncertainty
Berlin reports the death of Edouard Herriot once premier of France aged 72, though German and Allied broadcasts show conflicting details. Herriot, a longtime liberal and defender of parliamentary government, resisted Vichy collaboration and opposed totalitarian rule. He had been in German custody since France fell and reportedly sought Allied contact after North Africa landings.
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London
Edouard Herriot
France
DNB
Berlin
CBS
Chamber of Deputies
Herriot
Vichy
Marshal Petain
North Africa
Japanese push to break out of New Guinea trap in latest Saipan stalemate
An estimated 60 000 man Japanese force, including the 19th army, massed for a break out against Allied lines near Aitape and Wewak in New Guinea as Adm Nimitz reports 2359 U S KIA, 11481 WIA, and 1213 MIA in Saipan with higher Japanese casualties and substantial prisoner and civilian losses.
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Associated Press
Saipan
New Guinea
Aitape
Wewak
Douglas MacArthur
Dutch New Guinea
19Th Army
Southwest Pacific
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S
Pacific
Guam
Rankin Calls for Democratic Party Reform in South
Jackson Mississippi July 13 Congressman John Rankin Democrat Mississippi urged reform inside the party not revolution saying he seeks a Jeffersonian Democrat for vice president in Chicago He defended the South against charges of racial unjust noting progress with Negroes and opposing the GI bill pension placement under civil service until veterans benefits stay with the veterans administration
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Jackson
Miss
John Rankin
Mississippi
Walter Winchell
South
Democratic Party
Chicago
Rankin
Congress
Senate
Civil Service
Veterans Administration
Ringling Brothers placed in receivership amid lawsuits
Hartford July 13 Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus is in receivership after a Superior Court order. New damage suits filed Tuesday total 265000, lifting claimed damages to 893000 with more actions expected. Two deaths from Thursday fire raised total fatalities to 162, with Hartford city and fire officials named in several suits.
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Hartford
Conn
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus
Superior Court
John H. King
Circus Corporation
Helen Gray
Providence
R. I
Jarvis N. Mason
West Hartford
City of
John C. King
Henry G. Thomas
Air Blitz Targets Milan Venice Lines and Trieste Ports
In coordinated Allied raids Munich, Brescia, Verona, Mestre and Mantua rail yards were struck along with Porto Marghera and Trieste oil storage tanks. The 15th Air Force hit northern Italy oil and rail facilities while Saarbrucken also faced heavy bombing. Munich, a regional transport hub, received about 9 000 tons of American bombs as the campaign aims to cripple western European transport.
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Gladwin Hill
London
Munich
15Th Air Force
Italy
Saarbrucken
Germany
England
Porto Marghera
Trieste
Milan-Venice
Pinzano
Tagliamento River
Rome
Brescia
Verona
Mestre
Mantua
France
Europe
Strauss To Head Ouachita Parish Red Cross Chapter
Clifford Strauss was elected chair man of the Ouachita Parish Red Cross at the annual meeting on Cherokee Terrace Hotel Frances. He succeeds E. C. Gibson who led the group for six years. R. D. Kellogg was elected vice-chairman and W. C. Oliver treasurer. Mrs. D. T. Milam was secretary. Nominees and many members were listed, with reports showing 1,886 women donated 79,220 hours of service in the past year and 200 service bars plus five chevrons awarded for long service.
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Clifford Strauss
Ouachita Parish
Cause of Red Cross
Monroe
Gibson
Red Cross
Gerth Enters New Orleans Senate Race
Charles S. Gerth a local businessman and New Orleans Bar Association member announced his candidacy for the U S Senate in the September primary. He is a Yale graduate and Connecticut native who has lived in New Orleans 36 years and served in postwar liquidation efforts for the shipping board and military departments. He cites defending freedom at home against bureaucratic encroachment and pledges to do his utmost to stop it if elected.
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New Orleans
Charles S. Gerth
New Orleans Bar Association
United States
Gerth
Connecticut
Yale University
United States Shipping Board
Army and Navy
Michigan
Illinois
Texas
California
Russians Drive 19 Miles Closer To East Prussia
Soviet forces push another 19 miles in western White Russia toward Suwalki and East Prussia, with columns reaching near Grodno and Kaunas. Reports cite advancing detachments within 38 miles of Kaunas and 50 miles of Bialystok, as Berlin signals hint at large withdrawals.
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Moscow
East Prussia
Suwalki
White Russia
Old Poland
Lithuania
Kaunas
Baltic
Estonia
Latvia
NBC
Sweden
Grodno
Germany
Bialystok
Warsaw
Brest Litovsk
Bug
Pripyat
Daugavpils
Baltic Sea
Riga
Wilno
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Ivan Bagramian
Veremenko
Crimea
Velikie Luki-Riga
Reuters Moscow
Izvestia
Japanese Vice Admiral Killed in Action
Berlin radio reports Vice Admiral Kiichi Hasegawa of the Japanese navy was killed in action. He had served on the technical staff of the fleet air arm headquarters since 1942 and may have died near Saipan in the Marianas where Japanese aircraft suffered a major defeat.
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London
Kiichi Hasegawa
Berlin
Yokosuka
Hasegawa
Fleet Air Arm
Saipan
Marianas
Six Destroyers Lost in France Landing Operations
The United States Navy and British Admiralty report six destroyers lost during the France landings. American losses include the Corry Glennon Meredith and the transport Susan B Anthony formerly Grace liner Santa Clara, plus the Tide, Rich, and Partridge. British losses list the Boadicea Swift Swenner Mourne Blackwood Lawford Lord Austin Minister. Total naval losses reach 15 vessels.
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London
France
United States Navy Department
British
Admiralty
Santa Clara
Susan B. Anthony
Tide
Rich
Partridge
Corry
Glennon
Meredith
Roosevelt
Boadicea
Swift
Swenner
Mourne
Blackwood
Lawford
Lord Austin
President Roosevelt and Churchill may meet soon
A potential Roosevelt Churchill meeting may occur as Roosevelts shift on French policy enables cooperation with De Gaulles National Liberation Committee. Anglo American talks face a tough path over recognition issues with De Gaulle and the provisional government question shaping Washington London relations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
National Committee of Liberation
London
Foreign Office
France
Shock Artillery Powers Third Day Push Toward St Lo
American infantry moved within a mile and a half of St Lo as new assaults began on the eastern edge of a 48 mile German salient. A rolling shock bombardment preceded the attack while German fire grew in the ruined city. Air support was limited by weather. Refugees described heavy destruction and German efforts to hold alleys and rubble for delaying fire.
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Hal Boyle
ST. LO
Hitler
Cherbourg
Lessay
Maltot
Caen
Orne
Odon
la Boulayeg
St. Loe Bayeux
No-Man's-Land
le Desert
Vire
Marshal Guenther von Kluge
Channel
Russia
Germany
Charlemagne
Normandy
Laland Mauduit
Yankees Capture Lajatico amid Italian Front Push
American Fifth Army troops breakthrough near Livorno seize Lajatico after bitter fighting. Paris aligned French units advance toward San Donato and Foggibonsi as Allied forces press toward the Arno valley and the Gothic line defenses.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Era
Italy
Livorno
Lajatico
Arno
San Donato
Florence
Foggibonsi
Poggibonsi
Eighth Army
Tiber
Citta di Castello
Arezzo
West Monroe Soldier Dies Overseas in England
Pfc. T. J. Cooper died June 24 in Dorchester, England after ten months of service overseas. The notice was received by his wife Mrs. Rosa Lee Roberts Cooper of West Monroe and his mother Mrs. Mae Cooper. He had two sisters and two brothers serving as Marines at Camp Lejeune New River, North Carolina.
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Pfc
T. J. Cooper
Dorchester
England
Rosa Lee Roberts Cooper
Mae Cooper
West Monroe
Camp Lejune
New River
N. C
Flying bombs ease up as London endures air raids
British report says Germany fired more winged bombs at England but recent nights show an all clear. Attlee rejects secret-session call while London shelters stay crowded and civilians flee. 100000 have left the capital.
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London
England
Commons
Clement R. Attlee
Attlee
Belgium
Flying Instructor Faces Death Charge in Arizona Collision
Second Lt. Howard E. Stittsworth, 21, Wakefield Kansas, accused at Marana Field court martial of murdering a civilian by piloting a plane that struck a car on Highway 89 June 22, decapitating Earl W. Hepple of Los Angeles. Passenger Second Lt. Dean C. Fundingsland, 23, Grand Forks North Dakota, was found guilty of two charges.
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Marana Field
Ariz
Howard E. Stittsworth
Wakefield
Kan
Stittsworth
Highway 89
Earl W. Hepple
Los Angeles
Luke Field
Phoenix
Dean C. Fundingsland
Grand Forks
N. D
Advance Over Enemy Bodies Approaches St Lo Front
Allied forces push through hedgerows toward St Lo as Americans widen gains along a 48 mile front. Lt. Gen. Bradley’s troops seize La Boulaye and La Barre de Semilly while the British regain Maltot near Caen.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
St. Lo
Cherbourg
Omar N. Bradley
la Boulaye
St. Lo- Bayeux
la Barre de Semilly
Paris
Caumont
Polio Outbreak Prompting Southern Health Measures
Health officers in southern states move to contain the infantile paralysis outbreak centered in North Carolina with 270 cases and 13 deaths. Georgia imposes a 21 day home quarantine on returning children. South Carolina and Mississippi report cases as Red Cross nurses are deployed to Piedmont centers.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Kentucky
Georgia
Raleigh
N. C
South Carolina
State Board of Health
Red Cross
Piedmont
Mississippi
Virginia
Louisiana
Alabama
Florida
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