Last Ditch Stand Seen At Airstrip
Reports from Pearl Harbor and Saipan describe Japanese troops massed in caves and pillboxes awaiting a final stand as Admiral Nimitz predicts lessons from Saipan will shape future assaults. Noemfoor gains noted with Kornasoren airfield captured by MacArthur’s forces as paratroopers aided the invasion. Nimitz warns of a broader defense chain across China coast while naval raids target Guiam Tintin Rota Pagan to prevent Japanese rescue efforts.
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Saipan
Philippines
Nimitz
Prcks
Howard Hanileman
We Island
Noemfoor
Dutch New Guinea
Geelginkhay
Southwest Pacific
Kornasoren
MacArthur
Kamitt
Kavnasoren
Kaumirt
Salven
China
Wis
Nimtz
Smitz
NAVY
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Japan
Bai- Pines
Tokyo
Guiam
Tintin
Abo
Rola
Pagan
Anavy
Sap
Radio
Berlin
Bonin Islands
Boning
Volcano Islands
War costs tally per minute and second in fiscal year
US war costs reach 270,295.65 per minute and 2837.26 per second. In round numbers the year spent about 80.721 billion dollars, equating to 246,130,844.20 daily and 270,295.65 per minute across a leap year.
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Washington
Costa
United States
Mayor to Attend Demo Convention in Chicago and Washington
Mayor Mauermann granted leave of absence to attend the Democratic convention in Chicago and to handle city business in Washington. He and Sie will depart here January 16 aboard the private plane of AY Buchaan for Chicago. He is a delegate to the Twentieth Congressional district.
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Mauermann
Alence
Murs
Chicago
Washington
Sie
Twentieth Congressional Elistrtat
War Secretary Patterson cites Allied Jap dead tally
At a Thursday press conference Secretary Patterson announced Allied counts of Japanese dead in the Southwest Pacific. He listed totals by island including Bink 3055 Martin Bay 2879 Hollandia 3570 Allape 1109 Admiralties 3293 Noemfoor 114 Jougainville 7930 Saipan and others, noting these figures exclude other dead in New Guinea New Britain and central Pacific areas.
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Aty
Rer
Patterson
Southwest Pacific
Bink
Martin Bay
Hollandia
Allape
The
Admiralties
J. Noemfoor
Jougainville
New Jumea
New Britain
Central Pacific Islands
Saipan
Weather forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
Partly cloudy Thursday afternoon through Friday night with maximum temperatures around 92 degrees. East Texas area shows partly cloudy skies with widely scattered thunder showers. More weather on Page 2A.
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San Antonio
Texas
Last Try Made to Reach 64 Miners
BELLAIRE Ohio July 8 84 men entombed deep in a mine engineers brought drills to bore into the shaft where the miners were trapped. Officials feared many were dead though some held out hope they could be reached. The Powhatan mine near Bellaire erupted and fire raged as rescuers sought any path to the trapped workers many of whom were in sections thought safer but the shaft was sealed to preserve air and rescue attempts paused during weeks of tension.
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Ohio
Powhatan
George Mitchell
Fredinu
Adolf Pactiloon
UMW
Mew
Richard McGre
Tescue
Powhatan Mining Company
Here
Marcus Kerr
Hylelon
Charles FE. Youmg
Sapar
Liey
Adolph Pas
George Emery
Elasa
Sudden Bomb Attack Kills U S Troops in Base
WAES reports a sudden air strike near a U S base kills several American soldiers including Sgt Rhoda Laird of Houston and Cpl Mary Lou Bernick of San World. The blast at 7:30 am shattered windows, sent troops scrambling, with Mary Thatcher of Indianapolis praised for aiding wounded and Dorothy Lacey of Cincinnati knocked down but unhurt.
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Lonlun
WACS
Chrest
Rhoda Laird
Houston
Texas
Mary Lou Bernick
Sarnwold
Fie
Seregeant Laird
Laird
Mary D. Thatcher
Indianapolis
Ind
Flo
Dorothy Lacey
Route 8
jCincinnny
Ohio
Engagement of Elliott WAC announced
Wisconsin Rapids July 6 The Tribune reports Mrs Frank Rosebush Port Edwards confirms engagement of her daughter Ruth Briggs to Col Elliott Roosevelt son of the president The couple reportedly met at the Casablanca conference where she served as secretary to Lt Gen Walter Dedell Smith Briggs arrived in England in 1942 and was among five WAC officers who survived a torpedoing voyage from Madagascar to Africa early January
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Wis
Wisconsin Rapids 'Tribune
Frank Rosebush
Port Edwards
Rosebush
Wag
Ruth Briggs
Elliott Roose- Lyell
He Tribune
Colanel Roosevelt
Casablanca
Walter Dedell Smith
Elsenhower
Briggs
England
Magiand Do Africa
Three Cities Liberated In Normandy Drive
Allied forces press a major Normandy push as Bradleys Americans capture Gintigny and Scarman near La Haye du Palis while advancing to La Butte, with heavy fighting at La Haye and Caen airfield. French underground support expands across multiple departments as 24 train derailments and several tunnel losses beset German movements.
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la Haya du Palis
Normandy
France
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la Haye
Scarman
Westby
la Butte
Marass
Marais de Gorges
Supreme Command
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Vercars
Department of
Gers
Bordeaux
Toulouse
Doubs
Department
Aln
Ardeche
Rione Valley
Greman
Densily
Gerehun
Carpiquet
No-Man
Robots Stir More Hate Than Blitz Over London Bombing
By Robert London July 6 reports describe steady robot bombings over London causing greater fear than the 1840 41 blitz. Streets are less crowded, theaters closed, and shelters crowded but life goes on with workers in windowless rooms. Despite sleep problems and casualties, Londoners show determined morale and grim humor as the buzz bombs blur distinctions between street and home.
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Robert London
Taroe Wetka
Hitler
London
Burchelle
Associated Press
Fhebbitz
OPA Office Struggles With Ceiling Price Rules
The OPA reports efforts to buy electric fans for a local office faced price ceilings. Charles Morphew, panel secretary, attempted to purchase but dealers demanded above ceiling prices. A check will be made periodically to ensure fans were not marked up.
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Kanone
OPA
Charles Morphew
Morphew
Mke
Firepower edge in Europe cited by Patterson
Acting Secretary of War Patterson said the United States and Britain will outmatch Germany in firepower in Europe. He defined firepower as including small arms, grenades, mortars, artillery, bombs and rockets, and asserted the aim is four times the enemy’s bullets per month. He stressed firepower as the decisive factor in war.
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Wartivoros
Europe
Patterson
Avery
Pacific
Tere
Batnan
Greatest Toll Taken In London
London blitz toll rises as German bombs claim 2,762 lives and wound 8,600 as Churchill reports three weeks of sustained attacks centered on the capital. He notes 50,000 tons of bombs dropped, with London sustaining heavy casualties while government prioritizes military operations in France and Germany.
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Churchill
Commane
Unites
Churchil
BBC
French
England
Veotear
Havn Lab
Olitz
Churentil
France
Normandy
Iurges
Germany
Ilecise Poinl
Doomed Officer Hangs Self in Army Hospital
Lieut. Beaufort Swancutt, 31, under death sentence by an army court martial, hanged himself with a bedsheet today at Leltes matt hospital on the post near Riverside. Convicted May 24 for the murder of his sweetheart Dorothy Douglas and her friend Laurine Mvermore, Swancutt’s defense claimed insanity, but the court held him sane. His family and wife testified to his sanity and prior mental strain after the shootings.
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Beaufort Swancutt
Martal
Leltesmatt
Swancutt
Camp Ante
Dorothy Douglas
Laurdine Mvermore
Long Beach
Calif
Aubrey G. Serfling
Preston
Miss
Arthur Simpson
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Riverside
Swancut
Caroline Swencutt
Detroit
Beatrice Wright
Gertrude
Hormel
Livatha Way
Ater
Lacrosse
Wis
Jaxt March S
Camp
Anza
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