Dewey Nominated for President at Wartime GOP Convention
Governor Dewey of New York won the Republican nomination for president at the Chicago convention by a wide vote. Governor Bricker of Ohio was slated for vice president after withdrawing from the No. 1 bid. The proceedings featured dramatic speeches and pledges of support as the Dewey Bricker ticket gained momentum.
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Milestones in the Dewey governorship and career
Chicago dateline details Thomas E. Dewey birth in Owosso Michigan March 24 1902 education at University of Michigan Columbia Law School early law practice in New York 1926 marriage to Frances Hutt children two sons key posts including U S attorney for the southern district of New York 1931 special prosecutor cases against Charles E B Mitchell Irving Wexler rackets hunter 1935 37 prosecutor to purge New York City rackets 1935 37 Tammany Hall conviction 1938 GOP gubernatorial bid lost to Lehman 1949 won over John Bennett inaugurated January 4 1943 at age 40.
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Inside pages report from war fronts and conventions
Summary of scattered war and politics notes: Italy reports Gioiella and Porto captured by the Eighth Army as ten Americans tail. Saipan eyewitness accounts. Chicago Republican convention noted. Three-way shuttle bombing announced. Allies press for all-out effort as Nazi supply lines strained. Cherbourg mop-up by Americans. Allied casualties total 49 549 since D-day.
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Germans Occupy Helsinki as War Moves Westward
German troops march into Helsinki signaling occupation as Finland aligns with the Axis. Amid broader fronts, Soviet and American forces press in Europe and the Pacific with heavy casualties reported in Burma India and on Saipan. Allied air and sea operations target Guam Rota Yap as MacArthur forecasts strategic advances in the Marianas.
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Red Army makes gains as Berlin front tightens and hubs fall
Soviet forces press toward Minsk and Warsaw gateway as heavy air assaults crush German armor. Bobruisk Mogilev and Polotsk clash zones see German losses and Soviet gains. Nazi lines retreat while Red air force supports four converging Soviet armies. Karelia advance continues and rail links near the Murmansk–Leningrad railway are cleared.
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Army Deaths Total 63,000
Washington June 28 The War Department announced army deaths from all causes from December 7 1941 to April 30 1944 totaled 63 000 including deaths in battle The department said total separations from the army from all sources add up to 1 200 000 including deaths honorable discharges prisoners of war and missing and miscellaneous causes A total of 82 000 officers and enlisted men are listed under prisoners of war and missing while the honorable discharges total 922 0
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Molasses from Citrus Peel Replaces Waste Liquid in Feed
June 43 WERSLACU report reveals that dehydrated citrus peel waste liquid is leached into a thin syrup. Florida plants reduce this waste to produce a molasses suitable for cattle feed, using lime treatment to break down pectin prior to dehydration.
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Yankee Ace Record Shatters Luftwaffe in France
American fighter unit in England reports Lieut Col Francis E Gabreski of Oil City PA shot down a German MB 109 over France, boosting his air victory total to 27. Maj Robert Johnston of Lawton OK and Maj Richard I Bang of Poplar WI each tally 27, though both are not currently in combat.
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FDR Sends Scroll to Stalin Honoring Russian Battles
President Roosevelt announced at a news conference that a scroll praising the Russian defense of Leningrad and Stalingrad had been sent to Joseph Stalin. Ambassador Averell Harriman delivered the scroll, and Stalin sent a cheerful reply to the American leader.
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Talk On Kindness at Noon Service By Pastor Miller
Dr Patrick D Miller pastor of First Presbyterian Church will speak on What Kindness Can Do at the noon service Thursday Chester A Simp Sr from Travis Park Methodist will preside and the Trinity University girls trip will provide music for the event
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Commander's Day Honors Texas 36th Division Record Chase
The Dallas News reports Major General Fred L. Walker lauding Texas 36th Division in an Italian front drive that produced about 5000 prisoners and similar enemy casualties in 80 days. Walker credits the unit with a 240 mile push, beachhead actions at Salerno and advances from Cassino to the Rapido, praising courage, logistics, and a future lightning camp.
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Allied armored break to Caen flanks German lines in Normandy
Allied forces push through the Odon line and drive toward Caen in the biggest armored battle of the liberation, with Montgomery directing a thrust that slices from Caen to Evrecy. The advance threatens remaining German highways into Caen as tanks and planes support on the open Normandy plain.
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Weather forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
Forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions Wednesday afternoon and night and Thursday with a high around 93 degrees. East Texas and near the one hundredth meridian expect scattered thundershowers along the coast and in the northeast portion Thursday afternoon. More weather on Page 2-Ad.
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