Yank Heavies Hit German Airdromes
London reports that up to 502 U S heavy bombers attacked German airdromes harbors and other targets in southern France northern Italy and Yugoslavia. A large British fleet dropped 2200 tons on the naval base of Miel while Allied planes struck Bucharest. RAF forces hit French airfields for the third time in about a day as weather hindered daylight operations.
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Italy
Yugoslavia
Miel
Haly
Bucharest
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Adriatic
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XIEL
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Kiel
Targe Oj
Donges
St. Nazaire
Night Air Bombardment Across Northern France and Germany
Allied air operations hit German bomb sites in northern France while BR A F Mosquitos struck Berlin for the 13th time since D-day. Overnight raids pounded troop movements in Rouen and Amiens as Mosquitos lost eight aircraft. Med-based heavy bombers struck an Albanian oil refinery and possibly targets at Bucharest. Also noted a feature on Henry Give and a preview of The American Weekly on wartime art.
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Berlin
Normandy
Rouen
Amiens
Ruhr
Borat
Albania
Bucharest
Nazis Cleared From South Bank of Arno
American Fifth Army held southern Pisa and cleared the Arno river banks toward Empoli. Other forces pushed toward Florence with gains north of Pisa and near Mount Marciano, while German shelling and bridge demolitions disrupted northern Italy. George Washington’s Mount Vernon bequest mentioned in a separate note.
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Russians Break German Lines Near Lublin and Rising Fronts
Red Army advances push toward Lublin and the Wisla as Berlin’s forces retreat to seaports. Moscow reports 18,000 Nazis captured and 20,000 dead in Brody encirclement, with heavy driving toward Galicia and Silesia. Bialystok base nears fall while 3,000 Germans slain at Lublin and 200 near Bialystok per Moscow communique.
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Blood Purge Intensifies as Reich Turmoil Deepens
Reports detail Blaskowitz absent after failed assassination, Churchill in Britain warning of German weakness. Goering and Beck unnamed as plotters, Guderian pleads for loyalty, Himmler signals harsh crackdown. German press cites resistance, Nazi rhetoric heightens tensions and calls for resolve.
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earl—Teaple
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Local election results feature several runoff chances
Donnell leads several races in Precinct 1 with a 3 to 1 vote for constable and counties. J. M. Wands trails, setting a runoff with C. E. Freeman for State Representative Place 3. Franklin Spears wins State Senator with clear majority over Elmer Stall and Clyde Wantland. Bennett runs as an independent claiming machine opposition. Scheel silent after defeat. Clerk Scheel’s successor comments on politics and support.
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Elmer Ware Stall
Clyde Wantland
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Old Jim
Scheel
Albert Trawnley
Poles Oppose Civil Committee In Moscow Broadcast
Moscow radio announced the formation of a four member committee of national liberation to govern Polish areas freed by Russians under the Polish National Council. The exile government spokesman denounced the body as left wing radical intellectuals and said it would not receive Polish backing.
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Poland
Polish National Council
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Bckle
Rubber for battleship cars and tires described
A report notes that 150 000 pounds of rubber are required to outfit a 35 000 ton battleship with equipment including 200 passenger automobiles complete with spare tires, illustrating material needs for naval vessels.
Visit to Hospital Costs Rise in Chicago Burglary
CHICAGO July 24 11N Las Ler Frankenberg 43 counted the cost of veiling his wife and new born daughter in Michael Rees hospital at $10 000 While he was absent from home greeting his new daughter burglars ransacked his apartment taking off his wife s jewelry and considerable photographic equipment
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