Saipan battle marks major Western Pacific advance
U S forces have captured Saipan clearing the way for air strikes on the Japanese home islands. The island’s fall ends a brutal 25 day campaign with heavy casualties for Japan and civilians fleeing the fighting. American totals show 1,474 dead and 278 wounded through June.
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United States
Balpan
Irec
Pacific
Japan
Marianas
Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Saipanre
Tokyo
Mantle
Marshall Islands
Saipan
Matila
Normfoar
New Guinea
Hillppines
Sas
MacArthu
Rembert James
U. 5
Wythe
James
Ata
Guam
Rata
Tinian
Pagan
U.S
Burma
India
Southwest
Central Pacific
Japs Claim 13 Superforts Downed
Berlin reports a Japanese broadcast claiming 13 B-29 Superfortress bombers were shot down on July 8 over Kyushu and surrounding areas. The U S 20th Air Force says no bombers were lost. The claim cites Tokyo via a Chinese base.
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London
Herlin
Jay
Basebo
Yawata
Japaomo
Kyushu
U. S
20Th Air Force
Berlin
Aazerlion
Tokyo
China
Jap Resistance At Ukhrul Ceases
Southeast Asia Command reports all organized Jap resistance has ceased in Ukhrul as enemy positions north of Ukhril road and northeast of Tamphal are cleared. Villages Chepu, Sagsbung and Thewail retaken. rear-guards destroyed as Japanese divisions withdraw. Myitkyina hard conquest nears completion with Jap losses cited.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Cey Jelon
Ukhrul
India
Admiral Mountbatten
Ukimi-Daphel
Tmphal
Chepu
Sagsbung
Thewail
Monthatben
Sulwell
Myitkyina
Burma
Nazis Take Over in French Revolt
TRUN Spain July 10. German army moved into Landes in southwest France seizing Dag Mont-des-Marsan and others arresting officials for aiding the underground. German troops evacuated interior towns as patrols and orders spread to secure coastal defense lines and halt French partisan activity amid rising patriot resistance.
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Trun
Spain
Hhatagen
Landes Department
France
Naxi
Bordeaux
Landes
Econtalos
Bae Tins
Dag
Vichy
Dax
Mont-des Marsan
Department
Seacoast
Gascony
Dapart- Imens
Meeting of City Employes Stirs Local Political Tensions
A city employes meeting was called for Monday at 8:15 in the city council chamber to discuss precinct leadership and election strategy. The event involved pro-Roosevelt and “Republicrats” factions influencing county and state conventions and prompted speculation about efforts to counter the city machine before the July 22 Democratic primary.
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Lorene
Gus B. Mauermann
Alvstallnersta
Pri
Republicrats
Austrn
Speek
Manermann
Ety Caunet
Pommenik
Onseinsé
Harlem Angels Buy Bonds Despite Local Refusal
In Harlem, supporters linked to Father Divine attempted to place bonds for the Fifth War Loan drive, with two Pennsylvania officials selling hundreds of bonds to a crowd that included named attendees. New York City reported strong overall results, surpassing its quota while officials in Harlem faced initial sales refusals.
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York
Pathay Divine
Harlem
Philadelphia
Father Divine
Barlem
New York
Henry Brown
Philadelyphia
Louis J. Amarando
Pennsylvania War Finance Committee
Venetia
Pennsylvania
Angels
Brown
Amérando
Miss Feithfulchild
Eve Love
Saven Alara
Treasury Department
Quaker City
New York State
Russians Close on East Prussia as Wilno Falls
British and Moscow dispatches report Soviet forces within about 60 miles of East Prussia while Wilno Iz Vilna lies tight under Red Army pressure. The Red Army pushes toward Memel with plans to cut off Lithuania and threaten Riga and Latvian ports, as German defences retreat to fortified positions.
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London
East Prussia
Red Army
Wilno
Vilna
Wilno-Daugavpils Lele
Ta Ulens
Lithuania
Meme
Baltic
Georgia
Red
Baltic Sea
Tess Tan
Morrow
Kaunas
Russia
Bialystok
Brest Litovsk
Bug River
Waresaw
Berly Radio
Avery
Romanial
Estonia
Latvia
Eret Prussia
Stockholm
Alton Ihaingen
Hitter
Latzen
Prussia
Rastenburg
Berg
Washington
Jilly
Grodno
United Nations
Snip Aunk
Warsaw
Lidales
Duart- Rees Priatar Coussilt
Golayin & Joint Monthly
Seport
Invason
Ike Warns Against Optimism in Europe War Fronts
New York dispatch reports General Dwight D. Eisenhower warned that progress in Europe should not breed optimism. He said fighting would be long and bitter before final victory and cited Allied advances while noting German divisions near Wituw were compromised by Soviet entry.
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New York
Dwight
D. Eisenhower
Supreme Headquarters
Seid
Merrill Mueller
N. B.C
Eisenhower
Europe
Wituw
Fifth Drives Wedge Into Gothic Line Near Volterra
Allied forces in Italy reported a four mile advance from Volterra as American infantrymen pushed the Gothic Line and delayed German defenses along the Arno corridor. West of Livorno and in the Apennines, British and American units pressed advances amid heavy resistance and ongoing air attacks.
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Rome
Volterra
de Terises
Valterra
Arno
Florence
Pig
Forecast for San Antonio and East Texas Warm Poorly Coherent
Forecasts describe fair and continued warm conditions for San Antonio and vicinity through Monday afternoon night and Tuesday with maximum temperatures around 08 degrees. East Texas near the 100 meridian also expects fair weather and warm conditions through Monday night and Tuesday with similar temperatures.
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San Antonio
Former A. & M Head Joins WLB Staff
Dr. T. Ov. Walton, former president of Texas A and M college, named vice chairman of the Eighth regional war labor board. Position effective July 5 with an annual salary of 8500. At a Colorado Springs exhibit, three men and one wife reportedly climbed into a tank and rode off before police halted them near a dead end street.
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Dallas
T. Ov. Walton
Texas A. and M. College
Elghth Regional War Labor Board
Teady
Colorado Springs
Calo
Milk Drivers Strike Hits Detroit Milk Deliveries
A strike by 690 APL drivers and dairy workers in Detroit halted milk deliveries to about 25,000 homes and other establishments. The walkout protested a seven day work week, with AFL official James Hoffs indicating hospitals and institutions would still receive milk, and direct-from-dairy delivery to some customers may occur.
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Detroit
James Hoffs
AFL Vocal 155
Prendergast Rites Set for Galveston Nurse Rose Elizabeth Prendergast
Rosary will be recited at 4 p.m. Monday at Zizdk Kearns funeral home for Rose Elizabeth Prendergast a nurse at Santa Rosa hospital who died Sunday. A Galveston native she had lived in San Antonio 17 years. Survivors include sisters Mrs Maud Farrell of Galveston and Mrs Frank Skeeler of South Bend Ind.
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Zizdk-Kearns
Rose Elzabeth Prendergast
Santa Rosa Hospital
Galveston
Weer
San Antonio
Maud Farrell
Frank Skeeler
South Bend
Ind
British Open Caen Fronts Push Seaward
Allied forces under Montgomery drive east from the Caen area as British and American units advance on multiple fronts. British gains include Breville Surdort and other targets near Caen while American troops push from the Vire river line toward Cherbourg, with heavy artillery support and reports of German setbacks.
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Allied Expeditionary Forge
Montgomery
Orne
Gaen
Normandy
Montgomery Étyle
Fanbory de Vaucelles
Brebleville-SurzOdort
Mijlé
Caen
Jbterville
Malte
Vire
St St. Jean de Daye
Bradley
Sainteny
Carontan
Cherbourg
Paris
Rea
Palice
Muscovites Welcome Sweeping Marriage Law Changes
In Moscow groups of citizens discuss new marriage and divorce laws aimed at strengthening families and boosting birth rates. The decree ends alimony to divorced spouses, limits support to children, and grants inheritance rights to married couples while promoting state-assisted guardianship for orphans.
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Moscow
Noti
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