Midwest truck strike disrupts supply across cities
An AFL drivers strike hits midwestern freight, delaying war materiel and consumer goods. Stores reroute shipments as special trucks reach some grocers while gas stations risk shortages. Officials warn the nationwide action may affect Des Moines Omaha Minneapolis andChicago with estimated thousands of workers affected and hundreds of thousands of pounds of goods waiting movement.
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Swein
Errop
Shmeni
C. G. W. Lit
Li le
Belwein
United Press
Midwest
Oarmy
Omaha
Elimneapolis
Héral Drivers Union
AFL
War Labor Board
Army
Maj. Baxter
Army Transporta Corps
Chicago
Hneéapolis
Rators
Illinois
Kconsin
Kansas City
Quartermast
W. J. Hans
Office of Defense Insportation
Minneapolis
Sid Brennan
Gem Drivers Union Local 544
Ineapolis
St. Paul
Perish's
Washington
Lou Hosking
Etary
Hosking
Tombers
Citii-State
Chicac
Keeshin Motor Expressmpany
Inter-State For Freight Company
PES
Orders Trials for 310 Fascists
Rome reports 310 Italian senators named for prosecution before a new high court for fascist crimes. Count Carlo Sforza says the decree subjects those named to punishment beyond mere purification, with removal from office possible and further criminal trial in ordinary courts.
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Rome
Carlo Sforza
Ltali
High Court
Nazis scorch sacred soil as Red armies push toward Germany
East Prussian frontier witnesses scorched earth by retreating Nazis as Red Army formations widen their assault. Along a 215 mile arc Soviet forces press from the east while German resistance hardens. Advances threaten key towns, oil fields, and rail lines as Warsaw siege continues and Baltic and Ukrainian fronts push toward Prussia’s borders.
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Moscow
Ko‘nigsbergh
Red
Borsier
Germany
East Prussia
Ivan D. Cherniakhov
Sky
Bialystok
Ivan C. Bagram
Jams
Memel
Tilst
Latvia
Estonia
iBoroslav
Sambor
Warshaw
Jon
Konstantin K. Rokolssovsky
East Bank
Praga
Warsaw
Faydlow
Ivan S. Konevs
Vistula
Frydlow
Krakow
Poland
Siauliai
Furious Battle for Arno River Near Florence Continues
Eighth Army troops push toward the southern bank of the Arno five miles southeast of Florence and clash with German positions in ferocious fighting. In Florence suburbs British forces brace for a final assault while White Allied patrols move near the river. British efforts to extend footholds on the southern bank stall at Point 557 as German defenders resist the drive toward the Gothic Line amid a crowd of refugees and ongoing city life.
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Rome
Arno
Florence
Amo
Aro
Hitler Hangs Eight Plotters In Secret Trial
A Nazi purge in Berlin results in the execution of eight army conspirators two hours after a court condemned them for treason and attempted to kill Hitler on July 20. The charges include high treason as the Berlin trial reveals Goerdeler was chosen as Reich chancellor to lead a peace faction. The executions follow a staged day trial in the provincial court with a hand picked tribunal, including generals, delivering damning indictments.
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Adalf Hitler
Bertin
Sessapo
Karl Goerdeler
Lemzig
Newar
Germany
Hitler
Hunt
Goerdeler
Leipzig
Berlin
Breaias
Henerles
Admiral Don P. Rioon Death Tied to Fatigue After Invasion
Secretary of the Navy announced Rear Admiral Don P. Rioon, commander of a task force during the Normandy invasion, died by his own hand on Saturday, reportedly due to combat fatigue. The Kokomo Indiana native, about 30 years old, led naval forces on the east face of the Cherbourg peninsula and helped secure one of the successful beachhead landings under Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk.
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Ashington
Secretary of Navy
James Forrestal
Don P. Rioon
Normandy
Naines
Kokomo
Ind
Cherbourg
Alan G. Kirk
Arlington Soldier Killed in Action in World War II
Mrs. F Gurinsioen received word of her son P Marse Burington death in action July 12. Born March 1, 1922, he was the 10th child in a large family. He enlisted in 1942, served abroad, fought in North Africa and Italy, earned a Purple Heart, and died after participation in the Western invasion. Survived by two children Beverly Jean and Forest Willem, his parents, siblings, and many relatives.
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Arlington
Hir
F. Gurinsioen
Washington
Marse RO Burington
Marse Urington
Iiasion
Sicly
Bulster
England
Africa
Gunning
Beverly Jean
Forest Willem
St. Paul
Minn
F. B. Burmngton
Fort Trucks Open Big Drive With British and Canadians
Report describes Allied forces led by British and Canadian troops advancing across no man’s land. Armor plated lorries carried infantry deep into German positions, surprising defenders. Pathfinders guided bombers, air reinforcements followed, and a heavy bombardment preceded a rapid breakthrough. A supply of surplus wool was dropped to mask sounds and protect troops’ ears. Continued on Page Six.
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Berend Caen
Ziaat
Ty OD
England
Orr
Guam Battle Advances and Chamorro Refugees Describe Hard Occupation
Report details the Guam campaign with a three mile American push toward the southern end, trapping many Japanese troops in a small area as Nimitz notes progress. It also recounts Chamorro survivor Tajalle Pajalle’s account of life under Japanese rule from December 1941 to early 1942, including forced labor, food theft, and harsh treatment.
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Guam
Thomas Tajallé Pajalle
Chamorren
Tihave
Tajalle
Agana
Insular Guard Force
Plaza Government House
Barrigués
Tap
Four Million Tire Plant to Rise Near Des Moines
A four million dollar heavy duty tire factory will be built north of Des Moines with operations starting as early as next year. A Defense Plant Corp loan of 1,750,909 funds factory equipment, and the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. will lease the plant in Akron, Ohio. About 500 workers will be employed, easing truck tire shortages, with Firestone hoping to run the plant postwar to produce tractor parts.
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Des Moines
Des Es City
Defense Plant Corp
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Akron. O
Firestone Represenatives
U S Blitz Parallels Nazi Campaign In 1940 France
Ralph Heinzen reflects on a striking parallel between the Allied drive toward Paris and the 1940 German blitz that toppled France in 45 days. He notes similar tank breakthroughs, geographic terrain, and the role of wartime finance, while comparing France's collapse to the current Allied advance.
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Ralph Heinzen
United Press
Cincinnatio
Paris
France
Normandy
Brittany
Loire Valley
Ardennes
Somme
Reichenau
SRD Conversion Plan Readied in Senate Debate
Washington press reports the senate opened debate on demobilization measures as Waller F. George and Taft drafted a compromise based on Baruch-Hancock recommendations. The plan proposes a federal standard for unemployment benefits, a $15,000 yearly director of war mobilization, and federal control over postwar reconversion, with flexibility for state programs.
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Washington
Senate
Waller F. George
D. Ga
Robert A. Taft
BR. O
George
James Murray
Mont
HM. Kilgore
D. Va
Vans
Air Clipper Crash Believed To Have Lost Many
Avana Pan American Airways clipper vanished after taking off for Miami as engines failed. It struck Antilla Bay and sank swiftly. Officials and rescue boats reported many aboard, exact number not yet known as search operations continued into the afternoon.
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AVANA
Pan Rican Airways
Retcis
Te Iielan
S9tien Company
Pan-American
Miami
Antilla
Open Drive on Paris as Yanks Forge Ahead
Allied forces push toward Paris with heavy air and ground assault. Canadian and British units drive from Caen area toward the capital while American tanks break through western flanks. Air bombardments precede ground advances as 600 plus American tanks strike front lines. RAF also pounds Nazi defenses before daybreak.
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Paris
Yanks
Allied Forces Hit Yap and New Guinea in Pacific Campaigns
Allied reports indicate heavy air strikes on Yap destroying an enemy air base and continuing advances in the New Guinea theater. MacArthur’s forces claim success against Japanese troops, with around six thousand enemy deaths in coastal sector clashes as supplies are cut from Wewak.
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Southwest
Paci
Far Eastern Air Force
MacArthur
Fari
Haity Islands
New Guinea
Wewak
Nape
Muamique
Sina
Drininmor
Hoa
Saitape
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ATES
HT Midwest
UCK
Criies
Rennes
Histof
de Gaulle
Churchill
Signal Corps
International
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Ling
Vigo Sunday
Haputo Point
Lumuna Point
Iowa
U.S
Vichy
United States
Caen
Britany
Li Mans
Gapital
Omar WN. Bradley
1St Army
Caén-Falaise
RAF
Garceiles
St. Ignan de Cremesnil
Roc Gquancourt
Thury-Harrourt
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