Reds Reach Visla Front as Russians Close on Berlin
Soviet forces push toward the Visla in Poland and encircle Lwow while U S planes support the assault destroying 38 German planes near Lwow. Besieged garrisons, advancing Red troops, and proximity to East Prussia shape a widening threat to Berlin.
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Daniel de Luce
Moscow
Visla
Vistula
United States
Lwow
Wisla
Pulawy
Warsaw
Berlin
German Silesia
15Th Air Force
Russia
Kiev
Hungary
Czecho-Slovakia
Stanislawow
Carpathians
Bialystok
Brest Litovsk
Ivan Bagramian
Daugavpils
Dvinsk
Latvia
Riga
Baltic
George Lindemann
East Prussia
Lipsk
Suwalki
Poland
Junkers
Radom
Krakow
Europe
Bug River
Ivan D. Konev
Przemysl
Silesia
Carpathian Range
Westbrook Pegler on Communists and Roosevelt at Democratic Year
Westbrook Pegler argues that Sid ney Hillman and the Communist C I O coalition remain influential within the Democratic Party and still receive Roosevelt's support. He criticizes the faction for past violence and anti American actions while noting ongoing recruitment and fundraising by the Popular Front network. Mrs. Roosevelt’s absence from the convention is noted in his foreword.
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Chicago
Sidney Hillman
Harry Truman
Henry Wallace
Roosevelt
Popular Front
United States
Overton Opens Campaign For Reelection In Radio Address
Sen. John H. Overton launched his bid for a US Senate reelection from Shreveport with a radio address vowing to abolish mushroom agencies and drive bureaucrats from the federal government after the war. He pledged to fight Louisiana battles in Washington and develop the state’s waterways and harbor projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
John H. Overton
United States
Senate
Overton
Louisiana
Washington
Red River Valley Improvement Association
Eugene Reybold
Army Engineers
Photographer A P Killed as Bomb Falls Short in Normandy
A P photograher Bede Irvin was killed by a bomb fragment near Pont Hebert four miles north of St Lo while documenting an Allied aerial barrage. The Des Moines Iowa native was 33, the first AP photographer assigned to the European theater, and had been in Normandy since D Day.
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France
Bede Irvin
Associated Press
Normandy
Pont Hebert
St. Lo
Irvin
Des Moines
Iowa
United States
London
Normandy Front
D-day
Lee McCardell
Baltimore Sun
McCardell
Powerful Task Force Attacks Palau and Sabang
Japanese radio reported Allied naval task forces attacked Palau in the western Pacific and Sabang in the Dutch East Indies. Tokyo said a U S carrier task force struck Palau with two of 30 planes shot down and that Sabang raid damaged harbor and city, sinking two Allied destroyers and a submarine.
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Associated Press
Palau
Pacific
Sabang
Dutch East Indies
United States
Tokyo
Bricker Predicts GOP Gains In Border States In November
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker told reporters in Albany that the Republican ticket can win in November and carry Missouri despite Harry Truman’s nomination. He also predicted strong showings in Oklahoma Kentucky West Virginia Tennessee North Carolina Virginia and Maryland. The Dewey Bricker meeting in Albany focused on campaign strategy and governors conference plans.
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Albany
N. Y
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Missouri
Harry Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Bricker
Truman
Oklahoma
Kentucky
West Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Chicago
St. Louis
Dewey
New York
Crane offered for sale turned down by Audubon Park Zoo
George Douglas, superintendent, said the zoo rejected two 10000 offers and a make your own price deal for a Gras Americana whooping crane found injured in Evangeline parish. The bird, believed to be the only one in captivity, is part of an endangered species with about 250 remaining. Government prohibits trapping or shooting. butchered or sold after death is possible per offers from museums.
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New Orleans
George Douglas
Audubon Park Zoo
Douglas
Evangeline Parish
Argentina Accused of Deserting Common Cause in Americas
Washington reports a stinging US circulated statement among 19 American republics accusing Argentina of deserting the common cause and demanding conclusive acts showing a pro Allied change in policy toward the United Nations before any recognition. The communiqué, prepared in Washington, signals continued diplomatic isolation unless Buenos Aires alters course.
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Washington
United States
Buenos Aires
Americas
United Nations
State Department
Argentina
Planes Again Support Drive in Normandy and Germany
American Marauders and fighter bombers backed the First Army in a dawn attack south of the Periers Saint Lo road, following RAF assaults on Germany. Stuttgart faced a night of heavy bombing while Berlin Bremen Mannheim and Wanne-Eickel were struck. About 1000 four engine bombers plus many smaller craft took part, with German fighters absent and losses totaling 13 Allied planes.
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Austin Beal
London
United States
First Army
Periers-St. Lo
Normandy
Germany
Stuttgart
Berlin
Bremen
Mannheim
Wanne-Eickel
Reich
Mediterranean
Austria
Bomber Missing Over Gulf With Six Crew Aboard
Lake Charles army airfield reports a medium bomber carrying six men is missing since Monday night over the Gulf. Army and navy planes search Gulf waters from Freeport Texas to Cameron Louisiana. next of kin notified. Crew: Second Lt Paul E Gowrey Jr Seattle. Second Lt Anthony Gerlach Brooklyn. Second Lt Alfred J Flower Nelson Nebraska. Sgt Paul Gauthier Simmesport Louisiana. Cpl Clement P Libby Medford Massachusetts. Cpl Alfred E Kraus Eddyville Nebraska.
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Lake Charles
Lake Charles Army Airfield
Gulf
Army
Navy
Freeport
Tex
Cameron
Paul E. Gowrey Jr
Seattle
Wash
Anthony Ge
Germans Shell Pisa Heavily As Allies Push Toward Florence
Allied forces report heavy German shelling of Pisa south of the Arno while Eighth army moves toward Florence and Fifth army closes on Pisa’s southern sector. Front gains include outskirts of San Casciano and snipers eliminated at San Miniato and San Romano as fighting centers on a war-torn Arno corridor continue.
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Rome
Pisa
Arno River
Eighth Army
Florence
Fifth Army
Arno
San Casciano
San Miniato
San Romano
Caprona
Plan to Build 1200 Air Parks in Southeast States
Atlanta July 2 More than twelve hundred air parks for private flyers would be built in eleven southeastern states under a plan by the Aeronautical Training Society. Parks Air College of St. Louis proposed 6000 air parks nationally with two 2000 foot runways in L, T or X layouts. Southeast allocations include Mississippi 97 at 24 250 000 and Louisiana 11 at 27 750 000.
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Atlanta
Aeronautical Training Society
Parks Air College of St. Louis
Mississippi
Lousiana
Big Four Set Up in Germany
A reported Nazi leadership bloc headed by Hitler Goering Goebbels and Himmler plans total war mobilization in occupied Europe. Goebbels will address the nation as Goering tightens state control in Germany and the plan aims to maximize manpower for the army and arms industry.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Europe
Madrid
Foreign Office
Germany
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Hitler
Berlin
Goebbels
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Ministerial Council For Defense of
Goering
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Barcelona
Spain
Brussels
Paris
Vichy
Milan
Rubber Chief Announces End of Rubber Bureau
Washington July 26 The first war agency head to liquidate his own bureau Rubber Director Bradley Dewey declares the 750 million dollar synthetic rubber industry will survive into peace time. He resigned and dissolved his office by September 1 noting production at 836000 tons per year well above prewar natural rubber demand and fearing delays from traditional tree growing.
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Washington
Bradley Dewey
Dewey
Baruch Committee
Fire Aboard Empty Liberty Ship in Hudson River
A three alarm fire aboard an empty Liberty ship tied to a Hudson river dock was controlled early today. Origin undetermined the blast drew two police disaster units and Coast Guard boats to evacuate crew as sailors leaped into life jackets and were rescued. several firemen needed treatment for smoke and minor burns.
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New York
Hudson River
Coast Guard
Breakthrough Four Miles Deep Opens in Normandy Front
Allied tanks smash a four mile deep breach in the first German defense west of St Lo near Marigny as infantry ride armored fronts into heavy combat. The 25 mile front sees British Canadian pressure and Omar Bradley’s forces advancing with air and artillery support while Rommel redirects armor to halt the Allied advance.
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Gladwin Hill
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
United States
France
St. Lo
Marigny
St. Lo-Periers
Coutances
la Chapelle- En-Juger
Caen
St. Lowest
Omar N. Bradley
Erwin Rommel
Verrieres
Tilly- La-Campagne
May-Sur-Orne
Bernard L. Montgomery
Orne
Arkansas runoff race shapes up after primary
In Little Rock on July 26 the Arkansas Democratic senatorial runoff narrows to Rep. J. W. Fulbright and either Gov. Homer Adkins or Col. T. H. Barton. They exited the preferential primary with substantial leads and face the August contest.
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Little Rock
Ark
J. W
Bill) Fulbright
Homer Adkins
T. H. Barton
el Dorado Oilman
Arkansas
Caraway Concedes Defeat In Arkansas Democratic Primary
Sen. Hattie W. Caraway conceded defeat today in the Arkansas Democratic renomination race. In a statement she thanked supporters and said she accepts the people’s verdict and remains a Democrat committed to listening to the voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesboro
Ark
Hattie W. Caraway
Arkansas
Fulbright leads in Arkansas with bitter runoff expected
Arkansas returns show Fulbright ahead of Adkins and Barton with Caraway leading in Little Rock. The 66 year old Mrs Hattie Caraway plans a concede statement as anticipated runoff campaigns hinge on personalities and past university actions.
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Hattie W. Caraway
Fulbright
Adkins
Barton
Caraway
J. Rosser
Little Rock
Arkansas
University of Arkansas
De Gaulle Urges French To Fight For Final Victory
Gen Charles de Gaulle addressed the French consultative assembly urging all French to join the final European battle for liberation. He cited the immobilization of seven to eight German divisions in France and 10,000 German casualties, plus 60,000 French casualties and 100,000 prisoners captured.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
France
French Consultative Assembly
de Gaulle
Europe
Germany
Assembly
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Himmler
Sen. Caraway
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