Tojo Yields Post Amid Japanese Military Shift
Tokyo radio reports Premier Tojo has given up the chief of staff post to Gen Yoshijiro Umesu as Japan faces defeats in the Pacific and Asia. The cabinet shakeup, with Tojo retaining power, follows new moves including mass school decentralization and mounting Allied pressure in China and the Pacific theater. President-level and military changes accompany renewed offensives and setbacks, with Saipan and Guam battles shaping strategic outlooks.
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Wallace Urged to Go to Chicago
Chicago dispatch says Wallace should come to Chicago to personally lead the renomination fight. Byrnes and Barkley clash over support for Byrnes as the Wallac e camp faces pressure from other factions. Roosevelt would back Wallace if he cast a personal vote, while Crowley and Ickes shift lines as Byrnes gains weak momentum in several delegations. Continued on page 6.
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St Lo Nazis Retreating in Major Red Offensive Push
Moscow reports the Red Army poised for its greatest drive of three years, threatening a sweeping push from the Baltic to the south. Soviet forces reportedly gain footholds near Lwow, Grodno, and Bialystok as Nazi defenses crumble along East Prussia and front lines redraw toward Warsaw.
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Continued Hot Weather For San Antonians
Weather expert J A Jarboe predicts seven days of continued heat with temperatures about four to eight degrees above seasonal average. Monday marked the hottest day since August 29, 1931, at 108 degrees by 1:25 p.m. Water mains absorbed record amounts as water usage spiked, with daily flow hitting 108 million gallons. Masterson of the water board urges rescheduling lawn watering to off peak times to ease strain.
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Port Chicago Ammunition Blast Fatalities and Damage
Explosions at Port Chicago depot near San Francisco leveled docks and two ships. Losses include hundreds dead or missing and many injured. ships Victory and Bryan destroyed. coast guard vessels sunk. civilian casualties not yet confirmed. Navy tracking rolls call while authorities estimate 200 to 300 dead with thousands affected.
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Contra Costa County
Explosion Terrifies Port Chicago Coast Aftermath
Eyewitness account from Jack Scher of the Chicago Herald American describes the Port Chicago blast area near Pittsburg California. He recalls shattered buildings, windows bursting, and frightened civilians as two munitions barges exploded. He visits Dr. Sam Bernstein’s office amid glass strewn streets and injured evacuees.
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Sam L. Bernstein
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Port Chicago Blast Terrifies Coast Area In Wartime
Debris and glass shattered homes as a blast at Port Chicago at 12 19 am Tuesday wrecked the town and disrupted power and communications within 50 miles. About 1600 residents evacuated as Red Cross ferried in supplies and medical crews. Port Chicago and Mare Island Navy Yard received heavy casualties and urgent evacuations to Martinez hospitals.
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Brazilian Expeditionary Force Joins Allied Italian Operations
The War Department announced that a Brazilian expeditionary force arrived in Naples on July 16 to participate with Allied armies in joint operations in Italy. The unit had trained for an extended period, but no further details were released.
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Washington
Naples
Turin
British Army to Draft Navy Men
The British war cabinet authorized drafting substantial Royal Navy personnel to reinforcing land invasion units. Requisitions will target port shore naval stations and ships undergoing long repairs, with navy casualties reportedly light. Allied progress includes advances near Caen and along the Caen front, as German forces halt counterstabs and British gains widen the front. The heaviest fighting remains in the Caen sector as the Second Army presss eastward.
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London
British War Cabinet
Royal Navy
Navacreles
Weather forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
Partly cloudy this afternoon and Wednesday. Fair tonight. Continued warnings. Maximum temperature today through Wednesday near 87 degrees. East Texas area near the 100th meridian. Partly cloudy this afternoon and Wednesday. only tonight. Weather Bureau data on TV Channel 2.
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Texas
Yank Attack Shatters German Line
Allied forces press toward St Lo as German lines collapse along Normandy front. American doughboys breach defenses near Ste. Croix and Ste. Oralx, forcing retreats and seizing ground in the push to encircle Cherbourg. Air fleets from Britain and Italy swarm Normandy as Portera falls, signaling a major phase of the battle.
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Associated Press
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Supreme Headquarters
Officer Out Talks Nazis With Fifth Army Front
First Lieutenant Stanton Richart of the 88th Infantry division led a small force into a German column near Rome. By quick talking and German assistance from a nearby aide, they persuaded the enemy to surrender as American tanks blocked the road. Prisoners were escorted under Fifth Army control with Richart returning to his base at 220 Mat aw avenue.
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