Flashes Of Life In Small Town Snippets
Reports from diverse towns include Willard Cashman drilling for water and hitting a gas pocket, George Goodrich spotting a stolen auto from the air, Wilkes county courthouse clock switching to electricity after 127 years, Sheriff Deogado locating a man he advertised for, and John Britschge recounting a mugging in Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Ind
Willard Cashman
Idea Man
Utica
N. Y
George Goodrich
Goodrich
Yorkville
Washington, Ga
Wilkes County
St. Louis
Santa FE
N. M
Tom Deogado
London reports fourth straight night free of robots
London records its fourth successive bomb free night as flying bombs fall only in southern counties. Allied pounding of launch sites and stronger coastal fighter patrols are reducing the threat while concerns grow over possible secret weapon advances. Northern European fears linger about a rocket bomb capable of immense destruction, though officials note launching platforms near Cherbourg are crude and unlikely to sustain such strikes.
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London
Hitler
Cherbourg
Germany
Pas de Calais
Soldiers from France arrive in Jackson for hospital care
Eighty three soldiers arrived by plane from the Pacific theater to Foster General Hospital in Jackson Mississippi for hospitalization. The group includes 38 from Louisiana and Mississippi and many named servicemen from New Orleans Shreveport Meridian and other towns.
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Jackson
Miss
Louisiana
Mississippi
Pacific War Theater
Army
Foster General Hospital
San Francisco
Elathan Tartt
Canton
Miss. Episcopal Church
St. Owen. Williams
Utica
Joseph Guzzao
John A. Cheneville
Robert Fine
George W. Brown
Clarence W
Palmer J. Austin
Bernice
Lewis Baker
Arthur R. Cobb
Shreveport
Jeff D. Lewis
Starkville
Edward Magee
McComb
Robert L. Ward
Wesley Thomas
Guardiul Wheaton
Mount Rose
Eddie E. Coleman
Corinth
Johnnie G. Jones
Chunky
Curtis Murphree
Greenwood
Willie
Japanese encircle Hengyang amid railway control shifts
Chinese sources report Hengyang again encircled by Japanese forces on July 10 after a brief siege lift. Japan now controls the Canton Hong Kong railway to Laiyang, moves HQ to Hengshan, and airfields at Changsha and Hengyang draw US air forces away. In Yunnan, Tengchung near a breakthrough gate faces sustained assault with US Fourth Air Force support. Civilians told to evacuate Liuchow due to air raid danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Juy 14
Hunan
Hengyang
Canton-Hankow
Laiyang
Changsha
Hengshan
Tokyo
Associated Press
Yunnan
Tengchung
Laifengshan
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Mth A. A. F
Burma Road
Salween River
Liuchow
Kwangtung
Major crisis described in Germany by Swiss commentator
A Swiss military commentator on Swiss radio warned of a possible major crisis in Germany. He cited dwindling confidence and rising nervousness, noting Hitler's headquarters moving west, Rundstedt's dismissal, and intensified persecution of Jews as key elements. Berlin stated Rundstedt is in ill health and replaced by Guenther von Kluge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Hitler
Rundstedt
Karl Dudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Guenther von Kluge
Berlin
von Rundstedt
Democrats Predict Lively Chicago Vice Presidential Fight
A lively atmosphere was forecast for next week's Chicago convention as Democrats discuss selecting Henry A. Wallace's running mate and keeping options open for a nonstandard nomination. Gov. Kerr and Mayor Kelly urged caution while Henry Ward suggested Alben Barkley could be kept in consideration. The CIO Political Action Committee shifted to support a Roosevelt Wallace ticket and a progressive Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Edward J. Kelly
White House
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Henry Ward
Paducah, Ky
Sun-Democrat
Sen
Alben Barkley
Barkley
Wallace
C. I. O. Political Action Committee
Washington
National Citizens Political Action Committee
Roosevelt-Wallace
Progressive Congress
Sidney Hillman
Philip Murray
Hillman
Thomas E. Dewey
Nine appointed to Louisiana commerce board
Gov James H Davis announced nine of twelve members of the Louisiana department of commerce and industry are reappointed with Frank R Gibson named chairman. The economic development committee becomes a division of the department under a new law.
Americans seize Pastina and advance near Livorno
American troops led by the 442nd Regimental Combat Team broke German defenses to seize Pastina, 13 miles east of Livorno, and pushed two miles toward San Luce. French forces on the right wing captured San Gimignano and La Casette, nearing Arno river approaches. The drive aimed to outflank Livorno and Pisa as Bastille Day battles continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Pastina
Livorno
Leghorn
San Luce
Era
San Donato
San Giminano
la Casette
Arno
Empoli
Poggibonsi
San Gimignano
Terricciola
Gls
Pisa
Eighth Army
Parole of Cowboy Henry Revoked by Texas Governor
Gov. Coke Stevenson revoked a three month reprieve for Claud Cowboy Henry who killed a San Antonio policeman. The action followed a Huntsville bank deposit tied to a lawyer who aided clemency efforts. Henry had attempted prison escapes and his case raises concerns over parole integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Coke R. Stevenson
Claud
Cowboy
J. P. Calloway
Houston
Stevenson
Henry
Board of Pardons and Paroles
District Court
Japanese Admiral Who Led Pearl Harbor Is Killed on Saipan
Navy reports Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, who directed the Pearl Harbor strike, died on Saipan with about 16 000 Japanese soldiers. Admiral Nimitz also notes continued U S attacks on Guam as Tokyo declares fresh blows by task force 58.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Saipan
Nippon
Western Pacific
Tokyo
Guam
Chester W. Nimitz
Chuichi Nagumo
Nimitz
United States
Washington
Davis signs and vetoes roll on 20 Louisiana bills
Governor James H. Davis acted on 19 of 20 bills from the recent session, vetoing three, signing five, and allowing one to become law without his signature. Action included acts for finance department amendments and retirement benefits, with several bills unsigned but given act numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
James H. Davis
Hagerty
Heintz
Department of Finance
Morgan
Hennigan
Cleveland
Ernest R. Gogelman
Acadia Parish
Highway Department
Pearce
John B. Lewis
Roosevelt Jr to be buried in France with honors
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. known as Teddy will be buried tonight in an American cemetery in Normandy with full military honors after dying of a heart attack. Attending will be Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley Maj. Gen. Joseph Collins and many doughboys. His son Quentin Roosevelt captains in the First Infantry Division will be present.
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Hal Boyle
Normandy
Theodore Roosevelt Jr
Teddy
Roosevelt
Omar N. Bradley
First Army
Joseph Lawton Collins
Cherbourg
United States Seventh Corps
Quentin
London
Japanese Break Attempt Near Aitape in New Guinea
Allied headquarters reported a costly Japanese assault 21 miles east of Aitape as 45 000 trapped troops tried to break encirclement. The dawn attack sparked savage jungle fighting with heavy casualties on both sides and a build up toward a larger battle.
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New Guinea
British New Guinea
Aitape
18Th Imperial Army
Hotazo Adachi
18Th Army
Wewak
Domengeaux Again Seeks Seat in September Primary
Former Louisiana congressman James Domengeaux, who joined the army after a 1941 draft dispute, plans to run again for the Third district in the September Democratic primary. His secretary Will F. Candler said Domengeaux expects to be discharged soon from Foster General Hospital and qualify for another term, citing his war service and postwar duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
James Domengeaux
Lafayette
Roosevelt
Congress
Will F. Candler
Domengeaux
Foster General Hospital
Jackson
Miss
Candler
Sam H. Jones
Louisiana Third District
Camp Livingston
Pearl Harbor
Claire Chenneult
Louisiana
Washington
Camp Shelby
Finns Warned Complete Collapse Of Germans In Baltic Likely
Soviet dispatches report the Red Army advancing from Wilno toward Kaunas and edging near Riga and Tallinn. Advancing units, including Cherniakhovsky’s cavalry and Rokossovsky’s forces, push toward Grodno and Brest Litovsk while Pinsk is encircled and doomed.
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Baltic
Moscow
Wilno
Kaunas
Lithuanian Republic
Pinsk
Pripyat
Brest Litovsk
Luniniec
Warsaw
Red Army
Riga
Tallinn
Estonia
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Eydtkuhnen
East Prussia
Grodno
Suvalki
Cherniakhovsky
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Bug
Andrei II. Yeremenko
Ivan Bagramian
Daugavpils
Bagramian
War Labor Board in Spotlight on Two Wage Disputes
The War Labor Board faces two major wage disputes as a stoppage hits 6,000 can plant workers in Chicago Joliet and DC regions disrupting 10 plants. A separate report signals a looming strike vote among 35,000 A F L union members in glass plants. Workers walk out over partial wage concessions while C I O United Steelworkers halt in Continental Can plants. Gordon H Kellogg of American Can warns of perishable peas and cherries at risk. Edgar L Warren, WLB regional chair, states he urged action to avoid further stoppages.
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Associated Press
War Labor Board
WLB
Chicago
Joliet
Can
A. F. of L
Sixth Regional War Labor Board
Gordon H. Kellogg
American Can Company
C. I. O. United Steelworkers
Continental Can Company
Edgar L. Warren
Bastille Day Observed in France and Allied tribute
The article notes Bastille Day celebrations in liberated France with tricolor flags and Croix de Guerre honors for three French men in Cherbourg. In London a joint broadcast by Henry Stimson and General Eisenhower saluted French resolve and Allied cooperation against the Axis.
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London
France
Normandy
Cherbourg
Vichy
United States
Henry L. Stimson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stimson
Eisenhower
Take Several Towns By Wes Gallagher
American infantry pinned near St Lo in Normandy hold positions two miles outside the city as German artillery harasses the approaches. Westward, US forces push from St Lo toward Lessay with tanks and infantry within about 1 1/6 miles of the German anchor. Germans appear to be withdrawing. Farther south and southeast of Carentan, advances by Auxais Les Champs de Losque Es Aubris and La Vincenterie expand the frontline from northeast of Lessay to Pont Hebert, about four miles north of the Lessay St Lo road. Lessay remains under artillery fire at 2,000 yards. On the eastern front, British and Canadians are stalled near Caen, while Lt. Honorine north of Colombelles is lost in recent counterattacks. Bradley’s forces advance three miles down the Cherbourg peninsula toward St German sur Ay.
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Wes Gallagher
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
St. Lo
Normandy
Lessay
Carentan
Caen
Bernard L. Montgomery
Auxais
Les Champs de Losque
Es-Aubris
la Vincenterie
Pont Hebert
Lessay-St. Lo
Havre de St. Germain
Honorine
Colombelles
Omar N. Bradley
Cherbourg
St. German-Sur-Ay
la Haye du Puits
Willkie to Back Dewey, Halleck Reports
Rep. Charles A. Halleck said Dewey will receive Wendell Willkie's support in the 1944 ticket. Halleck, who nominated Willkie in 1940, noted a cooperative campaign approach and predicted a Republican House after November. He also cited 212 GOP seats in the House and emphasized campaign coordination across offices.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Congressional
Camepaign
Dewey
Philadelphia
Halleck
De Gaulle hailed as returning hero in Algiers Bastille day parade
Algerians cheered Gen. Charles de Gaulle as he appeared for the first official time since his return from Washington and Ottawa. French and Allied troops led by United States, British and South African units marched past the reviewing stand while crowds filled balconies and plaza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Balc Eonies
Post Office
French National Committee
Washington
Ottawa
de Gaulle
United States
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Denver
John J. Britschge
Manhattan
Kan
Robot Free
Laverne Thomas
Higgins Aircraft, Inc
Lake Pontchartrain
Errol Buckner
Commerce Board
Pitth F
Cowboy Henry
Davis
Theodore Roosevelt
Henry T. Gorrell
Cherbourg Peninsula
By Eddy Gilmore
Labor Board
U. S
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