Blood Baths Begin In Germany Revolt Reports And Guam Invasion
U S troops land on Guam as Marines and infantry push inland under heavy air and naval bombardment. Nimitz notes beachheads established July 20 with carrier aircraft and Fifth Fleet ships in support. Guam, 130 miles from Saipan, lies within range of Tokyo as 17 days of bombardment precede the attack.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
United States
Guam
Chester W. Nimitz
Saipan
Nimitz
Tokyo
Japan
Philippines
Pacific
Marianas
Apra
7Th Army
Richard L. Coolly
Sicily
Salerno
Hoi
Namur
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshall Islands
Roy S. Geiger
U. SS. Marine Corps
Third Amphibious Corps
Geiger
Guadalcanal
Bougainville
Fifth Fleet
Adm
Raymond ‘A. Spruance
Gilberts
Marshalls
Rota
Tinian
Truk
Carolines
Strength Of Wallace In Chicago Heats Up Nomination
Vice President Henry A Wallace gains momentum as Senator Harry S Truman fights to lead the Democratic ticket. Ohio announces 21 of 52 votes for Wallace and 9 for Truman on final convention day, leaving Wallace with 33712 pledged votes and Truman with 83. 589 needed for nomination.
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Chicago
Henry A. Wallace
Harry Truman
Ohio
Missouri
Wallace
Truman
Nazi Guns Shell Livorno From Pisa Hills
Allied reports say German heavy guns in the hills behind Pisa shelled the city of Livorno while Fifth Army patrols probed north of the Arno. The day was described as one of the quietest since the May 11 offensive, with Germans retiring before Allied pressure on other fronts.
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Pisa
Livorno
Fifth Army
Arno River
Arno
SS Units Marching On Berlin To Maintain Order
Reports from neutral observers claim SS units are moving toward Berlin to restore order as upheaval follows an alleged bomb attempt on Hitler. Former General Staff chief Beck is reported dead, with Goebbels agitation and revolts in Prussia and East Prussia cited by German propaganda outlets.
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Berlin
Stockholm
Sweden
Prussia
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hitler
East Prussia
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Switzerland
Copenhagen
Denmark
Atlantic Sender
von Rundstedt
Falkenhausen
Halder
von Beck
von Brauchitsch
Beck
Aftonbladet
Alfred Rosenberg
Nazi Party
Volkischfer Beobachter
Nikolaus von Valkenhorst
Fire damages county barn near Frederick during threshing
A fire near Frederick started beside a farm threshing operation on C Raymond Crums property two and a half miles north on the Opossum town pike. The straw stack and barn were damaged but firemen kept the blaze from destroying the structure. The Independent Hose Company fought the two hour fire using Tuscarora Creek water and returned to Frederick by early afternoon.
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C. Raymond Crum
Frederick
Opossum Town Pike
Independent Hose Company
Tuscarora Creek
Turkish Ships Ordered Home Report Aired
A Vichy controlled radio outlet claimed Turkish vessels were ordered into Turkish harbors with immediate effect and that navigation in Black Sea waters was halted. No independent confirmation available.
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London
Vichy
Black Sea
Yap Island Raid Report by Tokyo and U.S. Suspensions
Tokyo radio claims American bombers attacked Yap Island in the Carolines with one plane shot down and two damaged, a claim not confirmed by the American side. In Chicago, Nelson Potter of the St. Louis Browns is suspended by AL president Will Harridge pending umpire Hubbard’s report on alleged spitball use.
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London
Tokyo Radio
Yap Island
Carolines
Potter
Chicago
Will Harridge
American League Today
Nelson Potter
St. Louis Browns
Cal Hubbard
Burden Of Attack Taken By Infantry In Caen Area
British and Canadian infantry expanded the Caen offensive while American forces cut parts of the Periers St Lo road. Continuous rain hindered ground operations as Montgomery’s forces moved about eight miles from initial positions. Rommel’s tanks remained in reserve, and prisoner numbers remained about two thousand as air support battled weather.
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Caen
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
St. Martin de Fontenay
St. Andre Sur Orne
Caumont-Tilly
Periers-St. Lo
Supreme Command
Troarn
Bures
Dives
le Havre
Bernard L. Montgomery
Edwin Rommel
Montgomery
Italy
Normandy
Germany
One Gallon Of Gas For Each Day Of Furlough
The Office of Price Administration announced a change allowing one gallon of gasoline for each furlough day from three to 30 days. The limit increases from five gallons per furlough and applies to servicemen after next Tuesday. shorter furloughs are not rationed.
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Washington
Armed Forces
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Army
Navy
Dissident Southerners Meet Over New Deal Revolt
Texas Democrats who walked out of the national convention called a meeting of dissident Southerners today to discuss next steps in their revolt against the New Deal. The Chicago event signals ongoing rifts within party ranks after July 21.
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Chicago
Texas
Propaganda at Work Special Hitler Edition Issued
German radio directs editors of army newspapers to publish a Hitler special edition praising the unwavering loyalty of the troops.
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New York
German Radio Today
Adolf Hitler
Reds Hurl Great Blow In Direction Of Warsaw
Moscow dispatches report the Red Army driving toward Warsaw from the Baltic front. Soviet forces crossed the Trans Lithanian railway and captured Skopishki, moving within about 100 miles of Warsaw as they encircle German garrisons at Lwow and Brody. The offensives threaten Brest Litovsk and Lublin as they push toward Polish cities and rail hubs.
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London
Moscow
Lwow
Red Army
Lithuania
Poland
Warsaw
Skopishki
Daugavpils
Dvinsk
Riga
Memel
Bug River
Doroshev
Brody
Rawa Ruska
Opalin
Sokal
Brest Litovsk
Lublin
Korbee Kobryn
American Air Armadas Strike German Heartland in Fourth Day
London reports a coordinated assault by about 2,500 American planes over Germany with 1,100 heavy bombers and 1,000 fighters joining attacks on Regensburg Schweinfurt and nearby targets. RAF bombers hit rail yards, oil plants, and ports while Italy based planes pounded sites in Saneaver Yo and Yugoslavia. Washington approves purchase of 5,000 new school buses.
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London
Germany
Regensberg
Schweinfurt
Italy
Berlin
RAF
France
Belgium
Courtrai
Normandy
Homberg
Bottropwhelheim
Ruhr
Hamburg
Paris
Sane Aaver Yo
Yugoslavia
Civil War Rumors Rise as Himmler Cracks Down
London reports of broken Berlin communications and executions of alleged plotters tied to a failed coup against Hitler. Major figures including Col Gen Ludwig Beck implicated. Neutrals cut off as the Reich braces for a possible purge and renewed resistance.
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Reich
Himmler
London
Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Hitler
Berlin
Transocean
Ludwig Beck
Stockholm
Germany
Maxwell Hearing Set Tonight for Assault Charge
Roxbury July 21 Elmer St Clair Maxwell superintendent of Roxbury state penal farm and former Frederick city engineer is summoned to appear for a hearing tonight on charges of assaulting a guard. Sheriff John B Huyett arrested Maxwell Wednesday on a warrant alleging he beat and ill treated Lee Winebrenner of Frederick during escort from the superintendent's office after an argument. Magistrate John H Hetzer signed the warrant and reported Winebrenner’s account of the incident.
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Roxbury
Elmer St .Clair Maxwell
Frederick
John B. Huyett
Washington County
Maxwell
Lee Winebrenner
John H. Hetzer
Williamsport
Winebrenner
Great Work By French Patriots Sabotages Munition Dumps
French patriots at Crugey destroyed munition dumps supplying German air bases in eastern France between June 19 and 22. About 10 000 tons of munitions in over 7 000 rail cars were reported destroyed in London.
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London
Crugey
France
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Wilhelm Keitel
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Junkers
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Karl Doenitz
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