Red Army encircles Vitebsk in major offensive drive
Soviet forces report driving Germans across the Dvina into central Vitebsk as part of a large summer offensive. Red flag seen on the east bank. one main building taken. Four Russian armies push on a 250 mile front, with a fifth active in Ostrov as 45 000 enemy troops are isolated.
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Dewey Seen As Front-Runner As GOP Convention Opens
Chicago opening of the 1944 Republican convention shows Gov. Thomas E. Dewey leading in pledged votes with 660 tallied and 529 needed for nomination. Gov. Dwight Griswold to nominate Dewey with Earl Warren as possible vice president. Bricker faction remains active amid empty seats and cautious forecasts.
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Labor Leaders Under Fire From Willkie Critique
A critique of Wendell Willkie pointing to labor unions led by Thomas and Dubinsky. The author accuses UAW President Thomas of petty strikes and Communist ties and questions Dubinsky’s fundraising for relief and espionage links. The piece mocks union systems and calls for democratic procedures and possible legal action.
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Parity promised to farmers amid price control talks
Washington reports Representative Pace of Georgia announced farmers would receive parity prices for their products under a price control package. He highlighted a substitution proposal that could affect billions in aid to producers and stressed the plan aims to ensure farmer income parity despite regulatory changes.
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Still Working On Platform In Chicago Convention
Still Working On Platform Chicago June 26. PFA declaration on postwar foreign policy aims to involve returning servicemen in international peace efforts. Republicans debate a peace plank urging participation in an international organization to maintain security. Key figures voice support and criticism over wording and scope.
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House Refuses Fund for State Warrants in 180-32
Baton Rouge taxpayers face renewed rejection as the Louisiana House votes 41 to 40 against appropriating 340 704 to pay warrants listed by the state public service commission in 180 32. Debate centers on past debts including services and telephone bills amid political tensions.
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Gov Green and Roosevelt clash over army meddling
Chicago dispatch shows Gov Green accusing President Roosevelt of political meddling in military affairs. He pledges Republicans would give fighting leaders free hand if victorious in November. He denounces New Dealers and calls for less red tape to empower army and navy officers.
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Uninvited Guests at Chicago Republican Convention Opening
More than 2000 official guests gathered in Chicago for the Republican national convention as notable outsiders joined the scene. Gen. Jacob S. Coxey, near a century old, advocated his fiscal plan to reduce government security interest while Jeff Davis of the Knights of the Road observed and considered a membership push. Also present was (One-Eyed) Connally, the international gates chief, promising to attend and report on the event.
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U S Will Help Rebuild Russia and Shift to Peacetime Trade
The United States plans to aid Russia in rebuilding war damaged plants and expand production, tying wartime aid to peacetime commercial trade. Soviet officials reportedly accept that lend lease shipments ending with the war will ease into peacetime use and that generators and other equipment will flow under credit to maintain employment during the transition.
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Air Armada Bombers Hit German Targets From Britain to Hungary
Allied air forces pressed on with coordinated operations across Europe. Mosquitos from Britain attacked German troop concentrations and supply dumps near the French front and in Hamburg, while bombers from Italy hit Budapest. American and British aircraft attacked targets from Pas de Calais to Cherbourg with emphasis on fuel dumps and railroads, as weather threatened today’s beachhead operations.
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Curfew for Copenhagen Amid Occupation Restrictions
Berlin relay reports a curfew in Copenhagen forbidding more than five persons to assemble in public places. German occupation authorities order the measure to maintain law and order, a broadcast recorded by Associated Press said.
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Yankee Troops Take Piombino in Italy Advance
Fifth Army troops captured Piombino without opposition to secure a vital supply base for the drive up Italy’s west coast. American and French forces closed on Siena with multiple advances while German armor and defenses faced setbacks across the front as Field Marshal Kesselring used Tiger tanks in mobile roles. Lt. Gen. Mark Clark’s forces added 1,000 prisoners in recent days.
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War Loan Still Lagging in Ouachita Parish Drive
With the Fifth War Loan drive half over Ouachita Parish sales total $1,834,259. Series EB bonds sold $258,112 Series FE bonds $137,846 and miscellaneous bonds $1,438,300. Series E6 is 30 percent short of its parish quota and overall bond sales miss the parish target by about $2.6 million. Continued on second page.
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Nazis Fleeing To Cap De La Hague
Allied forces push Cherbourg close to final seizure as American and British units advance in Normandy. More than 20 000 prisoners taken since D day with heavy sea and land bombardment and German withdrawals toward Cap de la Hague.
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Associated Press
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France
Japs Fight at Hengyang Edge in China War
Severe fighting in the Hengyang outskirts continued as Japanese forces threatened to seize the Canton Hankow railway. Chinese high command said Yuhsien and Hengshan fell to Japanese east wing columns while a west wing push toward Liangjiang was repelled. American air forces supported the Chinese defense amid broader rail-line losses for China since spring.
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Japanese Losses Grow in Marianas Campaign
United States Pacific Fleet reports heavy Japanese losses as Marianas fighting shifts to Saipan and nearby islands. Nimitz lists carriers damaged, ships sunk, and about 402 enemy planes destroyed in the week ending June 23, with American forces securing footholds on Saipan.
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Two Week Heat Wave Continues in New Orleans Area
New Orleans marked two weeks of relentless heat with temperatures around 95 to 96 by day and 80 at night. Forecasters predicted fair conditions with no rain for 43 hours while lower humidity offered slight relief. officials report drought-like water shortages in surrounding parishes as tankers distribute drinking water.
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