Unreliable Singapore commentator sparks execution rumors
Australian Information Service reports a Singapore broadcaster misinterpreted a comment as claiming Allied airmen in Japan were executed. Analysts say the speaker warned only of military court actions for violations of international law, not actual killings.
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Melsuvrne
AUAMO
Singapore
Pnb
Port
Japan
Australian Information Department
Autralian Information Bureau
Doolittle
Tokyo
Officer Drowns At San Marcos
SAN MARCOS July 17 Becond Lieuth. Meryl A. Jonas 27 of Redmond Utah stationed at the San Marcos army air fete drowned yesterday while swimming with the San Marcos flyoy public relations office announced Jonas is survived by his widow Mrs Netodonas of Richmond one child Boris who resides by Sau Mireos.
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San Marcos
Meryl A. Jonas
Redmond
Uteh
San Marcos Army Air Fete
Mie Celd
Tleutenga Jonas
Dis Motley
Netodonas
Richmond
Wis
Boris
Guam Raids Stress Tokyo Warning
Allied forces report 12 straight days of sea and air strikes on Guam and Rota with Tokyo warning against optimism. Nimitz says carrier strikes hit Guam and Rota, causing fires and damage while a bomber crew was rescued. Also notes Two Jima air strikes and New Guinea advances as Allied generals describe halted Japanese attempts at Driver River, with 45,000 enemy trapped and being absorbed.
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VOR
Puser
Pearl Harrage
Guam
Rota Islands
Marianas
Tokyo
Admiral Nimits
Pacific
Barbers
United States
Psi Sauls
Saipan
Nimita
Kulyels
Jina
Volcano
Tokyo- Ta
Jima
Bull New Guinea Campaigns
Altapa
Altape
Dead and wounded after Dallas cafe brawl on sidewalk
A gun knife and razor fight in Dallas began in a cafe and spilled onto the sidewalk, killing one man and injuring four. Ferris residents Loa Almondarz aged 8 is listed as dead while his brothers Jesslo Mmentacz and Joe Ale Vmendnex, both Ferris residents, were wounded along with Augustine Munelo and Dred Nunelo, brothers from Dallas, who suffered gunshot injuries.
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Dallas
Swyre—Vy
Loa Almondarz
Ferris
Jesslo Mmentacz
Joe Ale Vmendnex
Hye
Augustine Munelo
Dred Nunelo
Dallan
Japan Names Nomura Navy Minister in Shakeup
Admiral Naoki Nomura was named navy minister replacing Admiral Shigetaro Shimada who had held both navy minister and chief of staff roles. Shimada retains a palace role as former minister as Tokyo cites a move to separate the posts to better handle wartime changes. Nomura, former Kure naval station commander, said to have told reporters that a truce with aims to victory was achieved and emphasized closer links between supreme command and state affairs.
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Jap Board of Information
Shigetaro Shiminda
Naokani Nomura
Kure
Radio Tokyo
North America
Shimada
Jap Navy General Staff
Jap Domei
Oluster
Domel
Paat
Salen Camel Eere
Naokial Nomura
Tia
Bhimiada
Tokyo
Hirohito
Hideki Tai
Nomura
Navy
Nagal
Tokyo Radio
Italy
Imperial Palace
Wrs
Supreme Svar Council
Suakeup Ayms Shimeda
River Navy
Tojo
Japan
Qiaul Nagano
Supreme Command
Allied Security War Tactics Irk German Commander Von Kluge
Nazi field marshal Guenther von Kluge criticizes Allied security tactics in wartime, claiming American British and Canadian forces rely on overwhelming firepower and bombardment rather than infantry zeal. The quote echoes Hitler’s 1942 remark on facing military inferiority against unpredictable enemies.
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Byx
Transocean
Guenther von Kluge
Mansokiler
Aliprene
Revivian Command
Yanks Close In On Livorno Area in Italy Offensive
Allied forces push toward Livorno after seizing Monte Maggiore and advancing along the Italian west coast. French troops hold Poggibonsi as German resistance stiffens in the Bre valley near Gampannel. Arezzo and Arezzo area operations continue as British units push toward the Gothic line.
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Leghorn
Monte Maggiore
Monteviero
Era
Amo
Pisa
Poggibons
Fifth Army
Papalbonal
Qermans
Pozgibonsi
Moni¢ Maggiore
Lorenzana
Crispina
Tisigiano
Livertio
Arezzo
Oliver Leese
Corpus Christi Man Sentenced in Concurrent Burglary Theft
Fairiano C. Pena of Corpus Christi pled guilty to burglary and theft over $50 in Criminal District Court. He was sentenced Monday to two five year terms to run concurrently. The judge noted the terms would be served at the state prison facility on West Sum Mul Avenue.
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Fairiano C. Pena
Corpus Christ
Tor Bee
O. Hy Judkins
West Sum Mul Avenue
Weather Outlook for San Antonio and Vicinity
Forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions Monday afternoon through Tuesday with broadly scattered thunder showers Monday afternoon. Highs near 97 degrees. East Texas forecast notes similar conditions along the coast and in the south west, with page 2A continuing weather updates.
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San Antonio
East
Texas
Tower Coast
Southweat
Bradley's Yanks Batter Into St. Lo
Allied dispatch from July 17 reports American forces under General Bradley driving into the heavily defended Nazi line near St. Lo in misty dawn action. British forces under Montgomery pressed toward Evrecy and Caen, bypassing town centers as their two-direction drive threatened to breach the western Normandy front.
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Supreme Headquarters
Bradley
St. Lo
Normandy
Byo
Wempsey
Caen
Jerles
St. La-Perilers
St la
Supterme
Chartemique
Osen
Evrecy
Odon
Orne
Two Wounded in Race Fight on Bus
On a city transit bus at Flores and Hotstot streets two Black men and a woman sparked a disturbance. A 30 year old Black man, Bacon, was shot in the stomach and taken to a hospital in critical condition. Another Black man, Williams, fired twice at his wife, who was wounded as she shielded herself. Bacon fled but was captured and hospitalized. Police say Williams will not be charged unless Bacon recovers. the other involved was jailed for disturbing the peace.
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Robert B. Green
On & ‘Transit
Uty Palgemuan Doe Willams
Vowell Bacon
Grady Alley
Williams
Jai
Charles Barrera
Flores
Hotstot
Beton
Bacon
Willams
Breon
Rosa
Houston Street
Barera
Normandy Nazis Happy in Rain Amid Frontline Weather
A wartime dispatch reports German troops in Normandy finding relief in heavy rain as Allied air activity persists. Soldiers endure mud soaked gear, flooded trenches, and a grim resilience under constant threat from fighters and bombers.
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Normandy
Madriv
Sury
Gennan
Sndzaen
Jooks
Nazis Threaten Ural and Russian Advances Near East Prussia
British radio reported Alfred Rosenberg in charge of evacuating part of East Prussia. Soviet forces advanced from the Baltics to the Pripyat marshes, capturing Grodno and approaching East Prussia. Moscow said 100,000 Germans were captured and many divisions annihilated as Red Army crossed the Niemen and pushed toward Brest Litovsk and Kaunas.
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New York
Alfred Rosenberg
East Prussia
Insterburg
Sweden
Germany
Bost
Moscow
Bedamy
Lony
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Grodno
Stalin
Prussia
Ural
Marlin Hallensieben
DNB
Berlin
Ted
Kaunas
Bialystok
Brest-Titovsk
Metibove
Wilno-Warsaw
Brest-Litovsk
Red Army
Berez- Kartushkayr
Pinsk
London
Nazis Parade Through Moscow after Offensive Victory
Moscow reports show German troops marching through the capital in large numbers with thousands of prisoners moved along streets. German generals led the first group as civilians watched in silence while troops and staff remain under guard.
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Moscow
Eddy Gilmore
Toxtay
Red Army
Inne
Jethere and Brothers
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Heart of Leghorn
Corpus Christi
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