Unity and treachery mark Roosevelt convention row
Westbrook Pegler reports on a chaotic convention scene where factions clash over Roosevelt’s nomination. He notes Democratic Southern fears of the CIO influence led by Sidney Hillman and the bid to replace Henry Wallace, with calls for removing treacherous rivals amid distrust and political rancor.
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Tammany Hall
Madison Square Garden
Georgia
Popular Front
Sidney Hillman
Henry Wallace
Foe Not Ready To Risk Fleet In Marianas Ops
Tokyo radio via Domei quoted Naval Commentator Masanori Ito saying the time is not ripe for a fleet action. He warned that the enemy’s air strength favors the Allies and that Japan will not come out until factors like fleet power morale and geography favor a decisive naval battle.
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Associated Press
United States
Marianas
Tokyo
Domei
Masanori Ito
Ito
Japan
Togo
Tsushima
Saipan
Guam
Tinian
Saipan Casualties Put At 16 463 In Pacific Campaign
Navy Secretary Forrestal announced 16 463 American casualties in Saipan including 3 049 killed in action and 13 049 wounded with 365 missing. Over 5 000 wounded have returned to duty and fought on Tinian. Enemy dead 20 720 known, 1 707 taken prisoner, 14 192 civilians interned. Guam casualties described as moderate with heavy enemy losses.
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Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Saipan
Western Pacific
Marianao
Tinian Island
Marianas
Guam
Planes Open Western Front in Allied Normandy Drive
Allied air forces poured over 1500 US heavy bombers and an equal number of fighters against German positions in Normandy to clear a path for Lt Gen Omar Bradley’s upcoming ground offensive. RAF attacks targeted Stuttgart Berlin Frankfurt and Aachen while heavy bombers backed the Caen Ome river drive. 25 planes missing.
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London
United States
Normandy
Omar N Bradley
Caen
Normandy Battle Front
Stuttgart
Berlin
Frankfurt
Aachen
France
English
American First Army
Periers-St. Lo
la Hogue Wood
Tricycle Injury After Street Collision In West Monroe
Five year old Jean Beebe was injured when a parked car was struck by a southbound car driven by Dr C H Lawrence causing a chain of impacts with a third truck. Beebe was taken by ambulance to St Francis Sanitarium for evaluation. No charges filed by Tuesday noon.
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J. B. Beebe
Drew Avenue
West Monroe
Cypress Street
Dixie Funeral Home
St. Francis Sanitarium
C. H. Lawrence
Euston
Lawrence
J. R. Greer
Greer
Stassen Praises World War II Seaborn Air War Strength
Harold E. Stassen former Minnesota governor and war veteran said in San Francisco that Japan showed weaknesses in the sea air battles of June 1920 and that the Allied position is improving daily.
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Harold E. Stassen Fabove
Minnesota
San Francisco
A. P. Wirephoto
Poles Demand East Prussia and Polish Liberation Council Emerges
Soviet backed National Council of Poland declares itself lawful authority and seeks post war borders including East Prussia and Pomernia while denouncing the London government as an incapable authority. The council vows alliance with the Soviet Union Czechoslovakia and democratic nations and aims to preserve ties with Britain the United States France.
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London
Russia
Polish Committee of National Liberation
Red Army
Moscow
Bug
Stalin
Poland
East Prussia
Pomerania
Germany
National Council of
Chelm
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
United States
France
Britain
Liberation
Twin Invasions of Tinian and Guam Move Smoothly
US Pacific forces push inland on Tinian capturing the western third of the main airstrip while at Guam they isolate another air field and hammer approaches to Agana. Nimitz notes light casualties on Tinian through July 23 and U S losses on Guam total 348 killed 110 missing 1 500 wounded through July 22.
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United States Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Marianas
Tinian
Guam
Agana
United States
Chester W. Nimitz
Clinton Green
Pacific
Allies ten miles from Florence in renewed Italian push
Allied forces pressed toward Florence with minor gains along the Arno line and 60 enemy troops captured near Strada. South Africans and British with troops from the south advanced toward Monte Domini and Greve while the Tiber valley spearhead neared Sansepolcro as German lines stabilized along the Adriatic front.
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Florence
Arno
San Miniato
Fifth
The
Eighth
Strada
Monte Fili
Monte Domini
Greve
Tiber Valley
Sansepolcro
Citta di Castello
Worsham Rites Set Thursday
The body of John Hart Worsham will arrive Wednesday morning and funeral services are set for Thursday at St Matthew's Catholic Church with full military honors at the grave. He was killed when a Liberator bomber crashed near Walla Walla Washington. Davis Law-Funeral Home is in charge.
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Walla Walla
Wash
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Davis-Lawhead Funeral Home
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Morning World
Rosemary
Laura Leah Worsham
William Henry
Cliff Worsham Jr
Gertrude Hart
Georgia Tucker School
Rosemary McCowen
Mobile
Ala
Bernice Beauchamp
Clinton
R. M. Amacker
Baton Rouge
Clara Dexon
Port Arthur
Tex
J. W. Worsham
A. G. Worsham
Jackson
J. G. Hart
Tucson
Aviz
J. D. Hart
Newark
N. J
W. L. Billings
John Robertson
Newton Moore
W. L. Bendel
F. L. Smith
George Lester
Joe Dawkins
W. A. Walker Jr
Reds Split German Armies In Poland
Moscow reports rapid Red advances less than 50 miles from Warsaw after splitting German forces in Poland by capturing Lublin and Lukow. Soviet columns with tanks and planes push 40 miles in a day, approaching the Wisla near Warsaw as German defenses retreat toward bridges.
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Lublin
Lukow
Daniel de Luce
Moscow
Poland
Red Army
SiedIce
Wisla
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Germany
Silesia
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Bug River
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Lwow
East Prussia
Brest Litovsk
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Bialystok
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Kaunas
Lithuanian Republic
Estonia
Pskov
Belzhitse
Stanislawow
Carpathian
Czecho-Slovakia
Krakow
Lodz
Radom
Iasi
Romania
Ploesti
Narva
Lake Peipus
Baltic Sea
Guam Beachheads Reported as US Forces Advance
Broken lines outline United States beachheads on Guam with drives aimed at Port Apra. Northward, marines seize Sabras Island and the Piti Agana road. South forces land at Mt Alifan signaling encirclement efforts.
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United States
Guam
Port Apra
Sabras Island
Piti-Agana Road
Mt. Alifan
A. P
Roosevelt message exception sparks union claim
New York July 2. J L Egan vice president of Western Union says President Roosevelt’s congratulations to Senator Truman was an exception to wartime ban. The message sent from the White House on July 21 via a government operator to Western Union in Washington.
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New York
J L. Egan
Western Union
Roosevelt
Truman
Wendell L. Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
Egan
White House
Washington
Mussolini marks first anniversary of fall with pep talk
Benito Mussolini spoke to Fascist troops trained by Germany for the Italian front. He warned that any Fascist soldier who wavers is a traitor and urged fighting today to avoid moral death, after a visit with Adolf Hitler.
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London
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Argentina Recalls Ambassador Escobar in Diplo matic Rift
The recall of Ambassador Adrian Escobar marks a widening break between Washington and Buenos Aires since the Farrell regime took office in January. U S officials expect a Buenos Aires statement possibly signaling further moves to withdraw Argentine ambassadors. Hull says a coordinated Pan American stance will require consultations among all nations, delaying policy.
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Washington
Argentina
Adrian Escobar
Buenos Aires
Farrell
Escobar
Edelmiro Farrell
United States
Hull
Norman Armour
Argen
Field Marshal Model Sends Congratulations To Hitler
Adolf Hitler elevates Hermann Goering to chairman of the council for defense of the Reich and orders total mobilization of Germany and occupied territories. Paul Goebbels named Reichs commissar for total war. Himmler named commander in chief of the home army after the bomb attempt. A blood purge of Prussian military leadership reported ongoing. Goering tasked to oversee railways postal service public institutions and industries for total war. Russian forces approach near Warsaw as reorganization unfolds.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Council For Defense of the Reich
Germany
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Reich
Heinrich Himmler
Home Army
Hitler
DNB
Goering
Berlin
Warsaw
Dewey to Confer With Bricker Before Governors Meeting
Governor Thomas E. Dewey plans talks with running mate John Bricker in Albany before traveling to the Republican governors conference in St. Louis. Dewey, back from Pawling, will expand talks with Illinois leaders and GOP officials as they map campaign strategy for the Chicago nomination. Bricker and his wife will stay overnight at the executive mansion and then visit Republican committee headquarters in New York City.
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Albany
N. Y
St. Louis
Thomas E. Dewey
Pawling
Dewey
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Chicago
Executive Mansion
Republican National Committee
New York City
Louisiana Man Olson Credited With Killing 30 Germans
War Department communique credits Capt. Arlo L. Olson of Baton Rouge Louisiana with killing at least 30 Germans and knocking out two machine gun nests while leading his men across the Volturno River in Italy and spearheading a mountain attack. He died in the actions. Veteran accounts from Sgt. Robert Witham and Pfc. Lawrence Adkins describe his actions at close range including grenades and a machine pistol.
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Washington
War Department
Arlo L. Olson
Baton Rouge
Volturno
Italy
Olson
Robert V. Witham
McDonnell Avenue
Los Angeles
Calif
Lawrence E. Adkins
Brintwood Avenue
Jacksonville
Fla
Americans and British Launch Normandy Ground Drive
Allied forces unleash a combined assault on a 100 mile Normandy front with about 4000 planes and heavy bombers. The American and British drives push toward Caen and Falaise, sparking tank battles and close fighting as Montgomery and Bradley lead operations to break a four day stalemate.
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Gladwin Hill
Supreme Headquarters Expeditionary Force
Normandy
United States
Caen
Supreme Headquarters
United States First Army
Fallen St. Lo
Lessay
Berlin
St. Lo
Hammergan
Falaise
St. Martin de Fonentay
Verrieres
May-Sur-Orne
Tilly-la-Campagne
Omar N. Bradley
France
Bernard L. Montgomery
William the Conqueror
Paris
Mary-Sur-Orne
Four Qualified In Senate Race In Louisiana Primary
In the Louisiana Democratic primary four candidates qualified for the United States Senate race as of the midnight deadline. Five filed in the First district and seven in the Second district for House seats, with six in the Sixth district. Sen John Overton's seat and eight House posts are at stake. John Fred Odom said any candidate mailing by midnight qualified. A separate Republican primary is set for September 12 in the Second district with George Dewey Baird and Baldwin J Allen among the qualifiers.
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Baton Rouge
United States Senate
John H. Overeton
House
John Fred Odom
Democratic State Central Committee
George Dewey Baird
Metairie
Baldwin J. Allen
Republican Committee
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