Nazis Claim Reds 10 Miles From Wilno as Front Advances
German reports say Soviet forces are advancing on a 350 mile front toward Wilno within 10 miles of the city where Moscow reports martial law. Russian units push toward the Bug river and Katowice region as German and Soviet maneuvers unfold along the Minsk Warsaw corridor and into Lithuania Latvia.
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Ruissiana
Wilno
Moscow
Kowel
Bug River
Warssay
Luninice
Pripyat
Witno
East Frusch
Yustas Paletskis
Supreme Soviet of Lithuania
Palelskis Seitt
Katuas
Mariampole
Vilnius
Minsk
Kiel
Lithuania
Leningrad
Pinnish
Minsk-Warsaw
White Russia
Ramnowieze
Rokossovsky
Morel
Poland
Bug
Pink
Bresk Litoyek
Rape Iskenisa
Bagramiar
Latvia
Dring
Borovukk
Adamove
Daugavpils
Bexar Tops Quota in Fifth War Loan Drive
Bexar County reports show the Fifth War Loan drive exceeded targets by several million dollars though final tallies were not yet complete. Officials note Saturday midnight as the deadline with mid morning updates reflecting progress toward a $16 billion goal, including corporate and individual sales and related events.
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Bexar County
Treasury
Troop Train Returns for Mascot Joins Crew in Chase
Kansas City report says a mongrel dog named Joshi halted a troop train by yanking the emergency stop. The mascot, missing after detaching at Purnell and Mo, prompted soldiers to recall the train and retrieve their animal.
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Kansas City
Joshi
Mile
Purnell
Allies Use Flamethrowers Near Caen in Village Capture
The Allies employed flamethrowers in an attack this week that captured a village about three miles west of Caen. A cank ngian colonel said his tanks participated in the assault.
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Cakriquest
Frante
Ithree Miles Wat
Colonel White Loses Fight Over Censorship in Stars and Stripes
Algiers July 7 Colonel White, director of Mediterranean area editions of Stars and Stripes, relieved of command and ordered to the United States after disputes with Allied officials over political censorship. Army public relations officers to take over editions published in Oran, Algiers, Naples and nearby. The move follows his push for broader coverage of controversial news and a disagreement with War Department leadership on editorial policy.
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Algiers
Egebert White
United States
Aigher
Sither
Eqrrejfe
Gumson
Alexander
Gurles
Army
New York Herald Tribune
Repub
Heald Tribune
Stars and Stripes
Dewey
B 29s Bomb Jap Sea Base and Steel Mills
U S 20th Air Force Superfortresses bombed the naval base at Sasebo and the steel center at Yawata on Kyushu in the second attack by the B 29s. General Arnold announced the raid from Washington. This marked the third time since Pearl Harbor American bombers struck Nippon targets in one night.
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U.S
Baselo
Yawata
Kyushu
HH. Arnold
Pearl Harbor
Sasebo
Weather forecast for San Antonio and East Texas
Foreecast San Antonio and vicinity partly cloudy Friday afternoon and Saturday with scattered afternoon thunderstorms. Friday night temperatures near nine degrees above normal. East Texas forecast partly cloudy with scattered afternoon thundershowers Friday and Saturday. More weather on page 2A.
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Sent Porti
Amore Weather
Hartford Circus Fire Toll 152 Probed for Cause
Hartford investigates a devastating circus fire that killed 152 and injured many more as officials detained five Ringling Brothers executives on manslaughter charges. Witness accounts vary on ignition source while investigators probe a possible gasoline coating on the canvas. Doomed crowds sought escape as flames engulfed the tent amid a heat wave, with many bodies taken to the armory morgue awaiting identification.
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Hartford
Conn
Ringling Brothers Circus
Josi
Haley and
Ginlth
Jetain
Polter Court
James F. Kennedy
Winter Quarters
Barasots
State's Attorney's
FEE
Wiliam Mortensen
Hal Oliver
Chows Press
Annie
Carther
Sabote
Mortensen
Cits
William
Enns
Camelory
Mortenson
Yanks Hit Reich Plants 75 Nazi Fighters Downed
London reports over central Germany two Allied air offensives claim 75 German fighters shot down in the day’s battles. American Fortresses and Liberators pounded seven plant sites near Leipzig while another force struck across Czechoslovakia and bombed an oil plant east of Breslau. Capt. Fev Christenson of Watertown, Massachusetts, reportedly downed six enemy planes.
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A. S. Filines
Leipzig
Germany
Moneyast
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Breslau
USAAP
Brunswick
Prankfurt
London
Wighthi
UT. S. Tores
Reich
Fev Christenson
Watertown
Mass
Uftwaffe
Leipaly Agri Wu
Mockau
Lutsendorf
Waffe
Skl
Vienna
Iely
Leipyg
Berlin
R.alt Mas- Miltos
Bombing Nazis Help Credited In Allied Effort
In London July 1 reports credit Allied bombing efforts against Nazi targets. An attack involved American units under Lieutenant General Bradley pushing across the Vire River near La Haye and Cherbourg area fronts. Crossings and advances key to a wider push toward Caen with heavy shelling and air support reported, while radar and river bridges limited German escape across the Orne.
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Nordandy
Vito
Alrel
St. Lo
Ta Hoye du Paris
la Haye
St, le
Vire
St.Jean du Caye
la Haye Ane
Rohurin
la Surelierie
la Surederia
la Huse
Lessay
Oaily
D.C
N. Blo
New York
A.D
Dwartquarters
Gaon
Fermans
Caen
Ponte
Orne
Roger D. Greeun
Asso
Gren
Rommel
Ross Munro
Arca Ab
FDR Dodges Dewey Fight and VP Talk
In Washington July 1 6h A reporters pressed President Roosevelt on Governor Dewey as a rival and on a possible vice presidential slot. Roosevelt offered no firm plan, joked about speculation, and redirected questions, saying discussions of future tickets were unfriendly and unwelcome.
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Roosevelt
Dewey
New York
Saughter
SUN
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