Americans Push Toward Cherbourg Front From St Lo
U S infantry and armor drive along the Cherbourg peninsula from St Lo toward Lessay and St German Sur Ay as part of a broad advance on the Normandy front. Reports say German forces conduct orderly withdrawal while American units seize villages and press the major push toward the sea.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
Supreme Command
United States Army
St. Lo
Lessay
First Army
Normandy
St. Honorine
Colombelles
Omar N. Bradley
Cherpourg Peninsula
St. German-Sur- Ay
la Haye du Puits
Beauvais
Carentan
St. Jean de Caye
Tribehou
Gournay
le Hommet D’arthenay
Bois de Hommet
Les Champs D'Losque
St. Lonow
la Barre de Semilly
Auto Makers Move Toward Partial Car Production Resume
Washington July 14. Top ranking automobile makers plan partial resumption of passenger car production after Nazi defeat. War Production Board readies the nine pre war manufacturers in its mobile industry advisory committee with a blue order version plan to speed reconstruction by placing orders for parts and materials in advance after X day.
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Washington
War Production Board
Automobile Industry Advisory Committee
Few Younger Eligibles Left In Board One
Local Draft Board One reports very few registrants remain for pre-induction processing in the 18 to 26 age group beyond new 18 year olds. Deferments linger for some 26 to 29 year olds while many 30 plus men are rarely called. August pre induction calls are expected to be light, around 60 men, with only one call currently booked.
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Draft Board
Hinckley Named To Settle Contracts
Roosevelt selects Robert Henry Hinckley to direct contract settlement and terminate munitions contracts after the war. Employment in Maryland essential war plants fell by about 16,754 from May 1, 1943 to May 1, 1944, totaling 291,144 workers versus 307,898 a year earlier.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Robert Henry Hinckley
Baltimore
Maryland
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Lawrence B. Fenneman
Tanker Harrisburg Sunk Off Colombian Coast
Survivors reached Barranquilla after an American tanker Harrisburg was torpedoed by a German submarine off the Colombian coast. The dispatch gives no clear tally of survivors or total crew.
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Barranquilla
Columbia
Harrisburg
Columbian
Bombing of Budapest Rail Yards and Oil Refineries
Up to 500 escorted American heavy bombers attacked Budapest rail yards and four oil refineries in Hungary to cripple German fuel supplies. Operations faced foul weather, with bombings also hitting Beauvais and Montdidier in France, and Mantua in Italy, as fighters engaged Luftwaffe interceptors.
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London
Budapest
Hungary
Normandy
Beauvais
Montdidier
Italy
Fanto
Shell Kodaz
Hungary Petroleum Company
Liberators
Petfardo
Ferencvaros
Mantua
Milan
Trieste
Porto Marghera
Pastina Falls To Americans On Bastille Day Front
July 14 1944 American and French forces advance near Livorno with the 442nd regimental combat team leading a village seizure at Pastina and San Gimignano, while French troops push toward Arno river. German counterattacks north of Pastina fail as fighting continues.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Lessay
Cherbourg
Carentan
Auxais
Les Champs de Losque
Es-Aubris
la Vincenterie
Sainteny
Caen
Rome
Pastina
Livorno
Leghorn
San Luce
Halian West Coast
Era Valley
Monte Maggiore
Roosevelt salutes France on Bastille Day promise
President Roosevelt expressed hope that the heroic people of France will be liberated from the invader and from the puppets of Vichy in the year ahead. He saluted France on Bastille Day and stated that together they shall win and France shall be free. He added confidence that July 14, 1945, will see the French celebrate on French soil free of invaders and Vichy puppets.
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Washington
Roosevelt
France
Vichy
Lear Named Head Of U S Army Ground Forces
Lt General Ben Lear is assigned to command the Army Ground Forces, relieving Lt General Lesley J. McNair who takes an overseas post. McNair led ground forces since 1942 after wartime service in the Philippines and Cuba, with earlier roles on the War Department staff and at West Point.
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Washington
War Department
Ben Lear
Army Ground Forces
Lesley J. McNair
McNair
North
Africa
Lear
Second Army
Army Group
Hamilton
Canada
First
Colorado Infantry Volunteers
Philippines
Cuba
Memphis
Tenn
Little Rock
Ark
Senator Clark
D-Mo
Senate
France
United States
American Expeditionary Forces
General Headquarters
Has Had Every Common Ailment Except Mumps Los Angeles
Eight year old Jaquelin Jenner has endured eye operations scarlet fever measles pneumonia a broken nose two broken arms a mashed finger a spider bite a dog bite and now infantile paralysis In a long Chicago born life spent mostly in hospitals her one missed illness is mumps Her mother Opal Jenner hopes she may soon go home from hospital after another transfer for bulbar poliomyelitis treatment
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Los Angeles
Jaquelin Jenner
Opal Jenner
Jaquelin
Clapp Named Assistant Judge Advocate in Maryland News
Baltimore reports First Lieutenant Robert E. Clapp Jr of Frederick, former assistant Attorney General of Maryland, has been appointed Third Service Command assistant Judge Advocate. Major Gen. Philip Hayes announced the appointment today.
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Baltimore
Robert E. Clapp, Jr
Frederick
Maryland
Third Service Command
Philip Hayes
Reckless driving fine paid after Zora road crash
Gettysburg July 14 Mrs Marie Zentz 40 Thurmont Route 2 paid a $10 fine and costs on a reckless driving charge before Justice Ellis Stine in Liberty township after an accident south of Fairfield on the Zora road.
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Gettysburg
Marie
Zentz
Thurmont
Justice of the Peace
Ellis Stine
Liberty Township
Fairfield
Zora Road
Keeps Balance New York Stock Market Steady
Selective buying helped the stock market keep its balance fairly well in to day's market although many leaders slipped to moderately lower levels.
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New York
Sperry Develops Flight Instrument For Aerobatics
Sperry Gyroscope Company announced a new attitude gyro that lets pilots perform all aerobatic maneuvers without ground reference. The instrument continuously shows the aircraft's position relative to the earth's surface, aiding orientation during flight.
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New York
Sperry Gyroscope Company
Claire McCardell Show Sets Pace For College Wear
Miss McCardell unveils a sporty collection for students featuring wraparound jumper dresses, fireman red polka dotted jersey pieces, almond green plaid slacks and shirts, and a plaid taffeta date dress. Her showing, highlighted on the final day of a weeklong institute for 65 visiting editors, signals rapid dressing trends this fall.
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Dorothy Roe
Associated Press
New York
Claire McCardell
Miss McCardell
Fireman
McCardell
New York Dress Institute
Major Crisis In Germany
A Swiss military commentator warned of a major crisis unfolding in Germany. He cited dwindling confidence and growing nervousness as Hitler’s headquarters shift west and Rundstedt’s dismissal signals a new wave of Jewish persecution. Von Rundstedt was replaced by Von Kluge due to ill health.
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London
Germany
Hitler
Rundstedt
Cris
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Guenther von Kluge
Berlin
von Rundstedt
Palest ine constable killed in Jerusalem gun fight
In Jerusalem a Palestine constable was killed and another seriously wounded when about 10 armed men opened fire and planted bombs in a four story building in the city center last night.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Naval Leader Who Raided Pearl Harbor Dies At Saipan
Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, who led Japan’s Pearl Harbor strike, is reported killed at Saipan along with 16,000 Japanese as U.S. forces push toward Guam. Nimitz confirms major Saipan breach and notes continued attacks, with Marines securing Mantagassa north of Tanapag harbor and prisoners counted.
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U. 5
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Saipan
Nippon
Western Pacific
Tokyo
Guam
Chester W. Nimitz
U.S
Washington
Nimitz
Tanapag
Siapan
Tinian
U. S
Chuichi Nagumo
Yano
Nagumo
Midway
Sasebo
Japan
Saipan Island
South Seas
Tokyo Radio
Tarawa
Mantagassa Island
Tanapag Harbor
IBW
Garapan
Central Pacific Area
Lutheran Pastor Accepts Myersville Call in Garrett County
Rev J Wilson Harner pastor of a Lutheran church at Accident Garrett county has accepted the call to Myersville Lutheran charge and will assume duties September 15. The Myersville charge comprises three congregations Myersville Church Till and Wolfsville.
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Myersville
J. Wilson Harner
Accident
Garrett County
Church Till
Wolfsville
Germans Desecrate Pushkin Grave in Moscow Dispatch
Red Star reports Maj. Boris Azbukin faxing that Germans desecrated Pushkin's grave taken relics from memory and burned manuscripts causing indignation. Pushkin, 19th century poet, faced czarist troubles and is revered by Russians akin to Shakespeare to English speakers.
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Moscow
Pushkin
Red Star
Boris Azbukin
Alexander Pushkin
Stratford-on- Avon
George Washington
Mount Vernen
London Free Of Bombs For Fourth Night
London reports a fourth consecutive bomb-free night as flying bombs fall only in southern counties during the day. Allies pound launch silos and bolster coastal fighter patrols. German super rocket plans seen but likely unsustainable.
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London
Hitler
Cherbourg
Pas-de-Calais
Orchestra Leader Teddy Powell Held on Draft Charge
Detroit reports Teddy Powell 38, an orchestra leader, held on $3,000 bond and agreeing to return to New York to face a July 24 examination on a federal charge alleging he conspired with a draft board clerk to evade military service. Weesell notes Cumberland airport bids soon.
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Detroit
Liberty
Teddy Powell
New York
Nazi Radio Says Grodno Believed Penetrated by Reds
London reports Nazi Transocean Agency claimed Grodno was twice penetrated by Soviet forces but pushed back. The broadcast noted Grodno, about 45 miles from German soil, was near a push toward Kaunas and Riga as Soviet forces advanced from Wilno.
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Grodno
London
Nazi Transocean
Pinsk
Luck
Kowel
Warsaw
Bug River
Wilno
Stalin
Moscow
Kaunas
Pripyat
Brest Litovsk
Luniniec
Red Army
Riga
Tallinn
Estonia
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Alry
Eydtkuhnen
East Prussia
Suvalki
Cherniakhovsky
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Ivan Bagramian
Daugavpils
Bagramian
Baltics
Memel
Baltic Sea
Baltic Front
U.S
Willkie Likely To Back Dewey Say Hal leck
Indiana congressman and Willkie nomination maker Charles A Halleck told reporters after meeting Gov Thomas E Dewey that he expects Willkie to support the Republican ticket. Halleck said he has not seen or heard from Willkie but believes a pledge will come. In other news a ration board in Silver Spring was robbed of 10,000 B-3 coupons representing 50,000 gallons of gasoline.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Wendell L. Wilkie
Willkie
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Congressional Campaign Committee
Dewey
Ration Board
Silver Spring
Baltimore Leads Surplus in Fifth War Loan Standings
Baltimore and Georgia both reported 173 percent oversubscription, tying for second place behind West Virginia which led the Fifth War Loan in oversubscription at 179 percent, as of July 14. Maryland and Georgia shared a strong showing ahead of others.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Georgia
West Virginia
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Gen. McNair
R. E. Clapp, Jr
Sperry
Ralph A. Bard
James V. Forrestal
Bard
Chicago
Adm
Reds
Britain
Cumberland
Albert Weszell
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Weesell
J. M. Combs
Beaumont, Tex
House of Representatives
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