British Forge Ahead On Road to French Capital
Allied forces push toward Paris after driving five miles southeast of Caen and breaching Orne defenses. American troops cleared pocketed Germans north of St Lo while Montgomery’s units widened a wedge near Noyers and Majlac, with air and sea support blitzing Caen front.
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Supreme Headquarters
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Byrnes Pledges Votes to Truman
A Chicago dateline report outlines shifting support at the Democratic convention with Byrnes pledging Missouri votes to Truman and signaling a second place bid after contacting party leaders. Wallace remains a rival as Barkley negotiates with labor and regional factions amid campaign intrigue and delegate math.
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Harry Truman
Missouri
Supreme Court
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Nazis Admit Situation Serious Fronts Open Across Eastern Front
Moscow dispatches report six Russian armies advancing on multiple sectors from Lwow to the Latvian republic near the Bug river. Konev and Yeremenko drive toward Poland while Rokossovsky presses Brest Litovsk as Soviet forces breach defenses near East Prussia and Riga.
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Hitler
Marshal Konev
Yeremenko
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Lwow
Bug River
Sctets Belaks
Sokal
Busk
Tid Bortkov
Berka Radia
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Sail Konev
Lasnis River
Noth
Grodno
Nieman River
East Prussia
Riga-Bginn
Plane Gets Last Lick At Enemy
London July report describes a single liberated aircraft that fell in air combat. A British heavy bomber attacked German positions with its own flaming run and then dived toward the Orne river near German lines, the crew parachuting to safety as the aircraft finished its maneuver.
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London
Mantrantery
Orne
319 Foe Planes Bagged By Eighth Air Force
Allied air forces claim 319 enemy planes destroyed in 96 hours as U S Eighth Air Force raids from Porée Britain report 814 total kills. Monstrous numbers include 36 destroyed on ground and 17 in combat, with Mediterranean and Russian air forces contributing. Notable feats include Julius Clarence Lester of Chicago, a 19-year-old negro pilot, credited with three Messerschmitts in a single engagement, and pilots from Portland and Dallas among those downed a significant share of Luftwaffe aircraft near Amiens and over the eastern front.
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U.S
Porée
Britain
Mediterranean Air Forces
France
Memmingtn
Julius
Clarence D. Lester
Chicago
Steut
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Holsclaw
Portland
Col
George Bickall
Nutley
N. J
Amiens
Joe Wwatts
Dallas
John Melfart
Dayton
Ohio
Pistols End Nazi Confab Ends in Athens Shootout
A recent conference in Athens ended in a gunfight among German officers. Several senior officers were killed or wounded as pistols fired during an argument over policy. The Austrian provost marshal Col. Fritze reportedly disappeared after the incident amid competing government reports.
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Athens
Beerly
Palos Nonhestis
S. 8
Col
Fritse
di Not. Sprolfy
Forecast for San Antonio and East Texas
Partly cloudy Wednesday afternoon and night and Thursday. Continued warm with maximums around 97 degrees on Wednesday and Thursday. East Texas area partly cloudy Wednesday afternoon and Thursday with similar warmth. More weather on Page 2-A.
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Vicinfty
East Texas
Montgomery says 166000 Germans written off in Normandy drive
General Montgomery told a press conference that about 166000 German troops have been killed wounded or captured in the Normandy campaign. He predicted British and American forces would defeat the Germans in France, aiming to bleed the German military machine to death. He praised Dempsey’s opening offensive and noted tactical surprise with strong forces near Caen and east of the Orne. He warned a hard fight remains.
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France
Montgomery Callmater
Normandy
Miles Christopher Dempsey
Second Army
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Caen
Orne
Hitler
Rommel
Massive Allied Air Attacks Hit Munich Area and German Targets
Nearly 2600 American heavy bombers and fighters from Brialu and Italy attacked Munich area rail yards air fields and war plants in southern Germany. Over 1200 Fortresses and Liberators dropped bombs. up to 500 from the US 16th Air Force crossed the Alps to strike aircraft factories airdrome and ordnance depot near Munich. British raids hit Heavily at Berlin Cologne Ruhr and eastern France with transports and oil and gas targets also affected. The Allied air offensive set pace with nine German cities struck in about a dozen hours and continued into the night with Mosquitos and other aircraft hitting rail centers and coastal installations.
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France
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Ruhr
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Rouen
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Pombers
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Saarbrucken
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Rhy
Brunsels
Davis
Member drive winner in San Antonio nets 63 new members
Tone clu hrs wins a $25 prize for adding 63 members in the past year, the lowest net increase among San Antonio communities.
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San Antonio
Tone Clu
Lacwest
Wlee
Two Italian ports fall to Allied forces in Italy
General Clark's Fifth Army captures Livorno after a wide pincers movement forcing German troops from the third largest Italian port near Pisa. Poles take Ancona on the Adriatic coast, with over 2,000 prisoners and war matériel seized as they push northward.
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Ceneral
Clark
Liverno
Italy
Nile
Livorno
Genoa
Arno Vivor
Ancona
Mitestone
Bay of
Stelp
Adriatic
Allied Armies in Race to Reich
In a global wartime outlook the Allied forces push toward the Reich. By early March the U S Fifth and British armies in Italy face two major defenses, while advancing from France and the East threaten Berlin. The piece notes the strategic aims of a coordinated, multi-front push with East Prussia as a looming flashpoint.
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Wie
Halen
Livorno
Brenner Pass
France
Taroy
Europe
Berlin
Germany
Italy
Pise
Rimini
iBrennel
East Prussia
Streicher
Uvien
East Prissia
Pomerania
Aed Ag
90th Division in Normandy Action
The 144th and 118th Infantry Regiments and the 90th Infantry Division are in action in France. The 134th Regiment under Butler Miltenberger and the 15th under Alfred V. Edate fought near Mount L., clearing routes to aid the Texas-led division advancing to La Haye. The unit landed in Normandy June 6 and has since pushed north of Periers and attacked forests near Mount Centre and La Haye.
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France
Butler B
Miltenberger
pNorth
Platte
Neb
Meday
Alfred V
Edate
Baton Rouge
Sith
Texas Outfit
Normandy
Retoss
Perinquin
Hays
Perlers
Mount
Centre
la Haye
Putts
Heaviest Robot Blow Hits England
London reports describe a devastating 24 hour bombing raid aimed at Britain by German forces from Calais, with flying bombs and power dives causing widespread destruction. The attack sought to divert Allied momentum from Normandy as British defenses and civilian life endured heavy bombardment and damage in cities along the coast and inland.
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England
Ndck
Eisenhower
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