Roosevelt Fourth Term Favored By Democratic Leader
Senator Samuel Jackson urges nominating Franklin D. Roosevelt for a fourth term as delegates assemble in Chicago. Henry Wallace mounts a comeback with Truman gaining cabinet support. Kansas casts 16 unpledged votes for Wallace amid a tense convention battle.
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America
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Henry A. Wallace
Harry S. Truman
Roosevelt
Frank Walker
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Nazi Target Hit as Hitler Survives Assassination Bid
Berlin announced Hitler was burned and bruised in a failed assassination attempt. Three top military leaders were seriously injured and Col Gen Alfred Jodl among those hurt. Mussolini was said to have met Hitler after the attack as Tokyo reported Tojo's fall.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Alfred Jodl
Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Benito Mussolini
Schmundt
Old Men Still Winning in 1944 Campaign Theme
Chicago dispatch notes Democratic strategy after Robert Kerr’s keynote endorsing a Roosevelt fourth term. Kerr argues for a wartime administration change, contrasting Dewey’s age critique with the Democrats’ claim of sustained achievement and untested Republican opposition.
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Thomas E. Dewey
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Oklahoma
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Tojo quits as Japan’s war council resigns amid mounting losses
Article reports Japan's Tojo resigns under pressure as Japanese government cites cabinet broadening. Emperor Hirohito expresses concern while U S readers are told military power tightens the noose on Japan. The piece warns the Tojo era ends amid censorship and wartime deception.
Kerr Dem keynote attacks Republicans at Chicago
Gov. Robert S. Kerr declares in a Democratic keynote that democracy will meet the Republican challenge and defeat them. He criticizes Republican leaders as unworthy and notes disunity within the party, saying they have no program beyond opposition. Continued on Fourth Page.
Allies Slash Forward In Good Tank Fighting Territory
Supreme Headquarters reports British armored thrusts in multiple directions penetrating good tank country five miles southeast of Caen on day three of the offensive. Heavy fighting centered around the Emieville Frenouville area near Troarn as German defenses failed to stabilize.
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Koiso And Yonai To Form Cabinet
Allied air raids hammer German oil and aircraft works around Leipzig and Friedrichshafen while Maybach tank engine plants and Zeppelin works are targeted. RAF bombers hit Memmingen and Bad Wörishofen as American and Italian air forces press daylight attacks across northern France and Belgium.
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Hardwick Dies in Berlin Raid Navy Pilot Killed
Lt. Wayne T. Hardwick of Sipe Springs Texas was killed in a raid over Berlin. A B 17 navigator with the Eighth Air Force he completed 22 missions over Germany France and Belgium earning the Air Medal and three Oak Leaf Clusters. He married Juanita Peacock of West Monroe and is survived by his wife his mother Mrs. K T Mitchell and four siblings.
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West Monroe
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Big Spring
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Odessa
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Richmond
Calif
Tojo Falls as New Government Forms in Tokyo
Premier Hideki Tojo and his cabinet have fallen after Hirohito ordered a new government formed in cooperation. Emperor designated General Kuniaki Koiso and Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai to lead as new rulers for Japan in World War II.
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Russians Battle on Seven Fronts Eight Miles From Germany
Russian forces press seven fronts near East Prussia and Poland as German defenses falter along the Niemen and Bug river lines. Russian units reach Augustow near the Suwalki triangle while pushing toward Lwow and Brest Litovsk suburbs. Gen. Ivanova leads fast offensives in Latvia's northeast region.
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Bialystok
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Poland
Bug River
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Latvian Republic
Ivan
U V Rivoire Sr dies suddenly prominent Monroe jeweler
Ulysse V. Rivoire Sr a Monroe resident and longtime partner with his father S J Rivoire in the S J Rivoire and Son jewelry business at 314 DeSiard Street died after a brief illness in a local hospital. A Rosary service is set for Thursday night at Peters Funeral Chapel with burial plans at home 516 Jackson. Funeral services will be held Saturday at St Matthew's Catholic Church with Monsignor Vandegaer officiating.
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S. J. Rivoire and Son
DeSiard Street
Peters Funeral
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Jackson
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N. F. Vandegaer
Rivoire
Monroe
Germans Flee Beyond the Arno Front Advances Near Pisa
American forces on a 25 mile front reach the south bank of the Arno and capture Colle Salvetti seven miles northeast of Livorno as they press the retreating German line. Polish and Italian units push from Ancona to cut the coastal road at Torretta a Mare while armor crosses the Esino river. Torrential rains slow movements as Fifth and Eighth armies gain several miles and mop up rearguards south of the Arno.
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Cerraldo
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San Donato
Barrage Intensifies on Guam as Naval Bombardment Presses
U S Pacific Fleet reports four days of heavy bombardment on Guam with battleships cruisers and destroyers delivering a sustained barrage against pillboxes gun emplacements and defensive positions. Carrier aircraft added new strikes dropping 468 tons of explosives in ongoing Marianas operations. The Guam assault follows Saipan prep and reflects heightened U S naval air and sea power in the campaign.
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Chester W. Nimitz
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Two Army Planes Crash Into Jacksonville Neighborhood
In Jacksonville Florida July 20 two army pursuit planes collided and crashed into a Riverside area residential block. The crash killed two pilots and a civilian Mil lard E McGhee 27 manager of a shoe store. Dozens of civilians injured and multiple homes damaged as debris and fires spread across a two block stretch on Post Street. Authorities had not learned the pilots or their base at the time.
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Riverside
Millard E. McGhee
Southern delegates shift votes and push two thirds rule
Mississippi delegates at the Democratic convention decide to cast all 20 votes for Sam Jones for vice president on the first ballot. The rules committee rejects restoring the two thirds nominating rule 23 to 10 but calls for a study of reapportionment within two years. Southern leaders plan protest votes against Roosevelt's renomination while fearing a lost cause.
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Worsham Killed in Walla Walla Air Crash News
Pfc John H Worsham son of Mr and Mrs A C Worsham Monroe Louisiana killed in a Liberator bomber crash near Touchet Washington after a training flight at Walla Walla army airfield Col David Wade confirmed twelve crewmen died Witnesses said the aircraft exploded midair and wreckage covered miles including the Monroe LA connection and the military escort to return his body
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Axis Dictators Suffer Heavily as Tojo Falls
The Associated Press reports two of the three Axis dictators have fallen. Adolf Hitler survived a bomb attack that wounded him and several advisers as news broke of Hideki Tojo’s downfall. Benito Mussolini had already fallen on July 12, 1943 and now exists as a German puppet.
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Fuehrer
WWII high command injuries reported among Hitler aides and generals
The personnel department and chief military aide de camp to Hitler list several severely injured officers: two lieutenant colonels Brandt and Borgmann and a collaborator named Berger. Also listed as slightly injured are Generals Jodl and Bodenschatz, with Bodenschatz noted as Hitler's personal military aide.
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Port Chicago blast lists 213 naval dead
The Twelfth naval district announced the names of 213 naval personnel who perished in the Port Chicago explosion of two ammunition ships. The list includes nine officers, 203 enlisted, and one Marine, with many missing presumed dead among enlisted men and their families in Louisiana Mississippi and nearby states.
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Clarence Jr
Marcie Lee Oliver
Pvt Fred Newton Killed in France
Mrs Fred Woodrow Newton formerly Miss Elaine Lewis of Monroe has learned her husband Pvt Fred Woodrow Newton was killed in action in France June 13 He leaves a wife a five month old son a brother and a sister and his father all reside in California
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