Russians Break Into Lwow Great Rail Center
Moscow reports hard riding Cossacks drive Germans to the east bank of the Wisla near Pulawy and surround Lwow, opening a breakthrough into the great rail hub. Russians advance toward Berlin and Silesia as plans to slash the Baltic front, liberate Poland, and push toward East Prussia unfold.
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Daniel DE Luce
Moscow
Wisla River
Pulawy
Warsaw
Lwow
Berlin
German Silesia
Visla
Kiev
Hungary
Czecho-Slovakia
Stanislawow
Carpathians
Transocean
San
Wisla
Red Army
Baltic
Poland
East Prussia
Prussia
Danube
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Siedice
Kolomia
Carpathian
Narva
Kaunas
Provisional Peace Terms For Italy Reported
Washington reports British proposal for a provisional peace with Italy now a combined defeated enemy and co belligerent. Plan to be discussed with Russia and other interested powers. Aims to regularize Italy's relations with the United Nations and clarify the status of Italian war prisoners while allowing soldiers to rejoin front lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Haly
Russia
Italy
United Nations
German Field Marshal Ernst Von Busch Reported Dead
Reports from British radio cited by US monitors say Field Marshal Ernst Von Busch, formerly commander on the central front, died by his own action in Poland. The claim circulated today amid war broadcasts.
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New York
Poland
Ernst von Busch
Central Front
United States
Chinese Troops Break Into Leiyang City
Chinese forces breach Leiyang city rail hub after enemy capture weeks earlier. Hengyang encirclement bypassed. Street fighting reported as of tonight per Chinese high command.
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Leiyang
Chungking
Hengyang
Radio Guam Reopens Communication With Pearl Harbor Message
Thirty one months after the 1941 attack Guam radio sent a new message to Pearl Harbor saying nothing heard since 1941. The signal came from Col. H Nelson of Irene South Dakota, corps signal officer, who arrived with U S troops during the island reconquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Guam
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Pacific
Pearl
George J. McMillin
Col. H. Nelson
Irene
S. D
Russ Based U S Planes Hit 38 German Planes Near Lwow
American Air Force fighters based in Russia and attached to the U S 15th Air Force supported the Red Army in an offensive sweep over the Lwow area. They destroyed 38 German aircraft, downed 29 in combat, and strafed gun emplacements, railways, and trucks. No American planes were lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
U. S
Russia
Lwow
U.S. 15Th Air Force
Italy
Risea
Eastern Front
Cotton Ed Smith Loses in Senate Primaries
In South Carolina Gov Olin Johnston leads the Democratic primary as cotton Ed Smith trails by a wide margin after a 36 year Senate run. Arkansas sees Hattie Caraway failing to gain renomination while J W Fulbright leads in a crowded field with a possible August 8 runoff. Official returns show Johnston ahead in SC with 109,332 to 69,569 for Smith and other candidates trailing. Fulbright leads Arkansas with 49,440 versus Caraway 18,018 and Adkins 36,255. runoff possible if no majority.
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Associated Press
Senate
Smith
South Carolina
Olin D. Johnston
Roosevelt
Arkansas
Hattie Caraway
Rep
J. W.fulbright
Congress
Fulbright
Ozark Mountain
Johnston
John M. Daniel
Carl B. Epps
A. S. Merriman
Caraway
Homer Adkins
Col. T. H. Barton
el Dorado Oilman
J. Rosser Venable
Local Soldier Killed and Five Wounded in War News
Frederick county notes a local soldier killed in France and five wounded as casualty figures rise after War and Navy Department updates. Pfc. Austin Reed of Thurmont dies in France on June 17. Pfc. Ronald Sier of Ijamsville wounded June 18 and cited for Soldier’s Medal. Pfc. James Grushon of Thurmont wounded in France. Sergt. Henry Mentzer wounded in France. Pfc. Robert Hiltner Jr. wounded in France June 22. Apprentice I/ce Frederick Tyeryar wounded in the Pacific June 29. Reed, a radio entertainer, served with the 29th Division. Tyeryar is son of City Policeman How ard Tyeryar.
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Frederick County
France
Navy
Pacific
War and Navy Departments
Austin Reed
Samuel Reed
Thurmont
Ronald F. Sier
Walter Sier
Ijamsville
Sier
Henry A. Mentzer
Pennsylvania
H. A. Norris
Middletown
England
Pfe
Robert S. Hiltner, Jr
R. 8. Hiltner
Winchester Street
War Department
Hiltner
Pfc
Company A
Pacific Area Hospital
Frederick Gilmore Tyeryar
USNR
Howard W. Tyeryar
Waterstreet
Randall Jacobs
Naval
Tyeryar
South Pacific
Pfo
Reed
Lucille Covell
J. W. Covell
West Seventh Street
Georgetta Lea
19Th Engineers
State
Frederick
Pic
115Th Infantry
Wm. E. Sier
Cherbourg
Corp
Bernard F. Sier
Pvt
Joseph W. Sier
Camp Wheeler
Grushon
Bricker Predicts GOP Victory In Missouri And Border States
Gov John W Bricker of Ohio at a press conference forecast a Republican victory in November. He said Missouri would swing to the GOP despite Senator Harry Truman being named as Truman's running mate and cited strong chances in border states including Oklahoma Kentucky West Virginia Tennessee North Carolina Virginia and Maryland.
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Albany
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Missouri
Harry Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Bricker
Truman
Oklahoma
Kentucky
West Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
U. S. Planes Smash Nazi Positions Near Periers Saint Lo
U S heavy bombers and fighters blasted German positions south of the Periers Saint Lo road as dawn attacks followed large RAF raids on Germany. British and American forces hit Stuttgart Bremen Mannheim and Berlin as weather delayed results. About 1000 four engine bombers and many smaller planes took part with Stuttgart the main target amid intensified bombing of northern France.
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London
M—U
Mediterranean
Austria
Stuttgart
Germany
France
Dual Highway Not Approved By War Production Board
Maryland officials said four planned Roads Commission projects were rejected by the War Production Board. Governor O’Conor announced appeals would be filed for the dual highway near Hagerstown, plus three other projects. The Baltimore-Washington boulevard resurfacing was approved, while labor and material costs drew Grange objections to proceeding with the one lane of the Hagerstown to Route 40 dual highway. Maryland also reported its first 1944 infantile paralysis death, Robert Pictmann Jr., in Owings Mills.
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Hagerstown - Frederick
Maryland State Roads Commission
War Production Board
O'Conor
Associated Press
O'Connor
The
Roads Commission
WPB
Baltimore City Line
Laurel
Hagerstown
Pomona Grange
Grange
Baltimore
Maryland
State Health Department
Robert Pictmann, Jr
Owings Mills
Franklin Square Hospital
Storm Approaches Jamaica As Storms Threaten Florida
A tropical storm possibly hurricane force neared Jamaica today while the United States Weather Bureau urged that every precaution be taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Jamaica
United States Weather Bureau
Allies Bombard Sabang and Palau Raid Reported
Tokyo radio said a U S task force with carrier units penetrated near Palau Island about 500 miles east of Mindanao and launched about 300 carrier planes. Ground anti aircraft fire claimed two enemy planes down. American raids on Yap were also reported with no immediate confirmation and German report cited two more Guam landings.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
U. S
Palau Island
Mindanao
Philippines
Tokyo
Yap Island
Carolines
Palau
DNB
London
Guam
Allied naval strike hits Sabang harbor in Sumatra
Japanese radio reported a large allied force of cruisers destroyers and submarines bombarded Sabang harbor at the western end of Sumatra. The communique claimed sinking two destroyers and one submarine and downing many carrier based aircraft. The raid followed an earlier April attack by a British task force.
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London
Sabang
Sumatra
Tokyo
Uwo
James Somerville
Sabang Harbor
Nazi Shells Batter Pisa as Allies Advance Near Florence
Allied reports say Pisa south of the Arno comes under intensified German shelling while Eighth Army pushes toward Florence, reaching eight miles from the city outskirts. Fourth Army gains inland and near San Casciano with several sectors improving up to three miles. Stocks rise early but gains fade as buyers turn cautious.
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Ome
Pisa
Arno River
Eighth Army
Florence
Fifth Army
Arno
Orno
San Casciano
New York
Baltimore Stations Run Short Of Premium Gas
Baltimore filling stations report shortage of premium gasoline due to wartime order halving civilian refinery production. A distributor spokesman said motorists must get along with as much high octane fuel as before, effective July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Petroleum Administration
War Bond Sales Reported by Third Service Command
Baltimore July 26 war bond sales for June totaled 9,490,600 with 143,975 paid by military and civilian personnel stationed at headquarters in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Third Service Command
Guam Marines Break Japanese Resistance on Orote Front
Allied Press report from Guam dated July 26 describes Third Amphibious Corps forces pushing inland, linking assaults, and sealing off escape routes on Orote peninsula. Maj. Gen. Geiger praises secured beaches as tanks and infantry drive through rugged terrain, with Japanese losses heavy and air power largely absent.
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AL Dopking
Associated Press
Allied Press
Guam
Navy Radio
Third Amphibious Corps
Orote Peninsula
Adelup Pommi
Aguada River
Anae Island
Roy S. Geiger
Chonito
Mt. Tenjoi
Apra Harbor
Allied Armor Breaks German Front Near St Lo and Marigny
U S tanks led a major offensive in France smashing a breach four miles deep in the Germans' first defense west of St Lo and driving toward Marigny. American forces, with heavy air cover and armored support, penetrated to the southern defenses as Rommel reinforced the line and British and Canadian forces faced stiff resistance elsewhere along the Orne and Caen fronts.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allie Expeditionary Force
U. S
France
St. Lo
Marigny
St. Lo-Periers
Coutances
St. Lowest
Omar N. Bradley
Ervin Rommel
Verrieres
Caen
Tilly-La-Campagne
May- Sur-Orne
Bernard L. Montgomery
Orne
Caumont
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Normandy
Lnow
Great Rail Center
Radio
Mielec
Wistoka River
Soviet Union
Cotton Ed’ Smith
James L. Grushon
Mary C. Miller
John Miller
Gop
Rome
Vienna
U.S
Indies
Marianas
Agana
Orote
Sumay
John B. Wilson
Corvallis
Ore
Orne River
May-Sur-Orne
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Newspapre
Shachive
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