French Willingly Paying Stiff Price of Liberation
William Randolph Hearst Junior reports from the Normandy front, noting Normandy people pay a heavy price for liberation. He describes conversations with residents, their losses, and resolve to be free, while detailing a brief travel narrative from London to a press headquarters in a French village near the coast. The piece emphasizes courage, sacrifice, and the shared goal of defeating tyranny.
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William Randolph Hearst
Normandy Front
France
Normandy
Germany
Sine
Cotts
Bayeux Stop During War Remnants and Food Scarcity
In a travel interlude near Caen, Allied officers stopped at Bayeux after moving through newly liberated areas. They describe scarce food, a hotel stay at Lion D Or, and plans to return for a late dinner, while noting Bayeux’s cathedral and Bayeux tapestry as historic anchors amid wartime disruption.
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Liete
Bayeux
France
William Te Conqueror
England
Caen
Lion D'Or
Feuding Nazi Generals Clash Before Munich Crisis
Adolf Hitler dismissed Von Fritsch after a failed pledge to reinstate him. Army leaders led by General Beck warned Hitler that invading Czechoslovakia could trigger world war, prompting Hitler to deride the generals as a defiant club and walk out. The army later split between Reichswehr loyalists, Himmler’s Waffen SS, and Goering’s Luftwaffe forces as tensions rose.
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Adolf Hitler
von Fritsch
Hindenburg
Hitler
Ludendorff
Heldmarshal
Germany
Jan
Hetler
Beck
General Staff
Sudetenland
von Fritach
von Brauschitch
Ae Sauce
Frank Halder
Tuehrer
Steff
Berlin
Tor
London
Unter der Linden
Munich
Adlon
Feld
Taigely
Bitel
Foreign Office
Estornl
Telebentrop
Denmark
Norway
Reichswehr
Ws Prissan
Himmler
Waffen 8 Guards
Ls Relehae
Goering
Luttwalls
Gorring
German Army Leadership Assailed by Informed Memoir Claims
A fragmentary excerpt discusses fears of a German uprising led by high ranking officials and elite Nazi units. It references Luftwaffe bombers and Wehrmacht forces, Himmler and Goering, Gestapo, SS Ruthless Crew, and mentions Zeitzler replacing Halder as chief of the General Staff. It notes doubts about the army leaders' ability to crush rebellion across fronts.
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Gevinarys VI
Luftwaffe
Goering
Himmler
Tongueat
Moat
Germany
Hitler
Gestapo
Reich
Waffen
Juftwaffe
Hiler
Himoitur
Dennege
Kurt Zoltzler
HiLler
Franz Halder
Intler
Stalingrad
Zeitzler
Seryitty
Gidrian
Book of Americas Urged By Speaker
Adolfo Dominguez urged publishing the Book of Americas in English Spanish and Portuguese with each nation’s chapter written by a native citizen. The Anglo-Hispano Conference in Houston was chaired by Milas Ruth-Colt and sponsored by four senior colleges and the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs.
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Adolfo, G. Domingues
Houston
Gin Antonio
Milas Ruth-Colt
Municipal Suditarium
Dominguez
W. Don Biluger
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Alonso S. Perales
Carlos Calderon
Three Swank N.Y. Clubs Face Closure
New York July 24 upi The Stork Club Capacabana Sud La Vie Parisienne three elite New York night spots face possible sale of assets unless they pay 381,018 in back sales and business taxes Mayor Fiorello La Guardia said he planned similar action against other spots He noted 180,474 owed by the Stork Club 37,370 by Capacabana and 12,074 by La Vie Parisienne All three owners denied owing town money Sherman Billingsley of Stork Club said he obtained a Supreme Court order for removal of a custodian posted on club premises by the city.
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New York
Upi
Stork
Capacabana Sud la Vile Parisienne
F. Hi
la Guardia
la Guardis
Stork Club
Copacibana
la Vie Parisienne
Mangere
Elong
Sherman Billingsley
Supreme Court
Acustesian
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Efeep
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del. Bob *Parhan
George Kirksey
Ben Wright
Sealine
Capudine
Husky
Hoya
Thason
Trans Towke San Antonio Transit Company
Japan
Army Air Force
Winlitree A. Somelett
Hopewell
China
Ini
Py Karl NM. von Wiegand
Aweriten
Warant
Karl Bodensbarg
Geering
Louiaville
Kentucky
Swank N
BANK
SAN Anton
BER Federal Depobrit Insurance CC
Buick
Snick Motor Division
Tlint 2
Michigan
Stich
Vision of
General Motors
Baary
Lenny Aliers
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