Russians push east front gains alarm Western allies
Russian forces drive across the eastern front from Pskov to Przemysl and near Dvinsk as Britain calls the advance the war's most amazing. The piece notes German generals' disloyalty doubts, western delays, and compares Russian momentum with Allied pace in France and Italy.
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William IL Stoneman
Chicago Daily News, Inc
London
Pskov
Lublin
Przemysl
Poland
Europe
Dvinsk
Kaunas
Bialystok
SB Grest-Litovsk
Britain
Hitler
East
Gunther von Kluge
Ervin Rommel
Col
Josef Dietrich
Munich
Adolf Hiller
Panzer Corps
France
Germany
Churchill
Bernard L. Montgomery
Rommel
Tland
Italy
Russia
Red Armes
Wbst
Home Front
Qydick
Soviet Forces Reach Lwow and Lublin as Push Advances East
Moscow reports rapid Soviet advances across Poland and into adjacent regions. Armies drive toward the Carpathian area and Silesia while encircling Brody yields 15,000 German captives and 39,000 dead. Major generals Beutler and Lindemann are killed and captured respectively. Berlin warns of mounting losses as the Red Army nears Warsaw’s approaches and the Baltic region tightens.
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Brody
Livov
Beutler
Lindemann
Galicia
German Silesia
Ivan S Konev
Red Army
Gaila Lipa
Stanislawow
Carpatho- Ukraine
Czechoslovakia
Forest Litovsk
iChemo
Bialystok
Warsaw
Ivan Bagramian
Baltic Sea
Rila
Memel
Red Javaiy
Daugavpils
Dvinsk
Ievalia
Allied and German Actions Shift in Normandy Front
Allied bombers and fighter bombers pressed the Normandy front with 1600 sorties including 2800 tons of bombs on Kiel. German troops from the 271st division in Maltot were identified as captured. airstrikes targeted bridges, rail yards, fuel dumps, and storage depots as U. S. and British forces extended pressure around the Orne and Seine regions.
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Hitler
Munich
Balkan
Kharkov
Normandy
R.A.F
Kiel
Mediterranean
Montgomery
France
Leves
Esquay
Orne
Maillot
Paris
Seine
Mirville
Rouen
Charentonne
Serquigny
Foret de Conches
Montfort
Sienne
Courlances
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Two-Week Hiccough Spell Ends for Los Angeles Man
Lawrence Schone, 31, a war worker, was to go home from Los Angeles hospital after his first day free of hiccoughs in two weeks. A seizure ended yesterday following electrical therapy. Dr. Lloyd Tainter said Schone woke without hiccoughs and they hope for permanent relief.
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Los Angeles
Lawrence Schone
la Hospital
Hiccoughs
Lloyd Tainter
Schone
Reports $172 Lost Fusion July 24
Richard Van Buren of 402 Cayuga Street reported to city police a lost field containing 173 in 29 10 and 1 bids in the vicinity of State and Seth Second streets.
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Richard Van‘Buren
Cayuga Street
Joss
On Rield
State
Seth Second Streets
Girl in Bed Haunts Doctors With Self Injuries
A two year bedridden girl at Bethesda Hospital admitted in 1992 was found to be harming herself to prolong her stay. Miss Helen Bergmann used hidden tools to spread infections, prompting medical teams to uncover the self harm and treat wounds with extensive blood transfusions and antibiotics.
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Helen Bergmann
TC Birdsall
Welch
Yanks Push North in Italy as RAF Bombs Bucharest
Allied forces advanced along highway two reaching Wavernelle Mount Morocco Strada and near Florence while Eighth Army pressed north of the Arno clearing Terra nuova and nearing Mount Marciano British troops moved three miles in the upper Tiber Valley after taking Citta di Castello where 96 Germans fell and 30 were found on a hill. Luft planes bombed Bucharest and Albania targets as Allied raids disrupted rail and bridge networks in Northern Italy with two Allied planes lost.
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Arno
Eighth
Terranuova
Mount
Marciano
Arezzo
Saint Ubalde
Gubbio
Cassino
R.A.F
Bucharest
Berat
Albania
Mitchells
Thunderbolts
Italy
U S Invaders Push Inland On Tinian
Forces drive inland on Tinian as Admiral Harry W Hill returns to command and Maj Gen Clifton B Chester Hill takes Marines lead. Casualties 348 killed 1500 wounded 110 missing as Guam operations isolate Orote peninsula and Agana.
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U.S
Tinian
Marianas
Orote
Third Marine Division
Cabras Island
Fake U S Auto Use Stamps Seized in Rochester and Buffalo
Federal agents seized counterfeit automobile use tax stamps valued at about 512 million dollars from a Rochester printing plant last week. 1,500 sheets were confiscated along with a high powered press and special stamp paper. Frank Buttitta, a 28 year old identified as a Buffalo distributor of the stamps, was named in the probe. A dozen residents of Buffalo Rochester and Syracuse have been arrested in the investigation.
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U.S
Rochester
Buffalo
Eugene J. Donnelly
Donnelly
Frank Buttitta
Duke
Syracuse
Critical War Stage Beginning Now Says 4th Air Force Chief
Brig. Gen. James E. Parker, commander of the Fourth Air Force, declares the Allied Nations are in a critical war stage and that workers must redouble efforts to keep war materials flowing. He spoke at the dedication of a B-17 Flying Fortress funded by employees at the Hanford Engineer Works in Washington July 24.
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4Th Air Force
Hanford
Wash
James E. Parker
Fourth Air Force
San Francisco
Workers of America
Parker
Building boom seen by Gypsum Company
Buffalo July 24 UP Melvin ae Baker president of the National Gypsum Company predicted the first ten years after the war would see a building boom double the last decade. He cited a survey by the company planning department and said a new Baltimore plant would be built and Akron N Y and Clarence Center mills would rise production by at least one third after the war.
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Buffalo
Melvin Ae Baker
National Gypsum Company
Baker
National Gypsum
Baltimore
Akron, N. Y
Clarence Center
Boris Karloff Awaits Spinal Operation in Hollywood
Film horror star Boris Karloff rested comfortably at Good Samaritan Hospital awaiting a spinal operation to relieve a long standing arthritic condition. Surgeons planned the procedure within the week after Karloff collapsed on a movie set last Wednesday and entered the hospital Friday night.
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Karloff
Hollywood
Boris Karloff
Good Samaritan Hospital
Karioff
Ray L. Jeffries
Susan Hayward Bride of Jeffrey Barker at St. Thomas Church
Hollywood couple Susan Hagwani 24 and Jeffrey Thomas Barker 34 wed at St. Thomas Episcopal Church. Edythe Martinez attended as a red-haired actress with Jean Pettebone and Henry Toogess listed among attendees. Honeymooning at Rancho Santa Fe near San Diego.
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Susan Hayward
Jeffrey Barker
Hollywood
Susan Hagwani
Jefrey Thomas
Jel” Barker
Lms
St. Thomas, Episcopal Church
Edythe Martinez
Jean Pettebone
Piers Age
Henry Toogess
Rancho Santa Fe
San Diego
Sing Sing Warder Appointed Reformatory Official at Elmira
Sing Sing prison lieutenant Louis J. Kelly named assistant superintendent at Elmira Reformatory. Frank Smith, reformatory superintendent, announced Earl C. Laird of Elmira would succeed Kelly at Sing Sing. Smith also announced Dr. M. E. Pittman appointed provisional reformatory physician replacing Dr. Harry Adler, commissioned a Navy lieutenant.
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Elmira
Sing Sing
Louis J. Kelly
Elmira Reformatory
Frank Smith
Earl C. Laird
Kelly
Smith
M. E. Pittman
Harry Adler
Navy
GE Vacations Boost in Wage Pact With Union
General Electric and the United Electrical and Radio Workers Union reach a pact approved by the National War Labor Board. Vacation pay totaling 1 500 000 dollars is provided for all employees. Those working more than 40 but up to 48 hours weekly will receive pay based on their scheduled hours, not a 40 hour baseline.
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G. E
Schenectady
General Electric Company
United Electrical and Radio Workers Union
C89
National War Labor Board
Jap Soldiers Believed New Guinea Battle Was California
Two U S Army men on furlough say thousands of Japanese troops in New Guinea were misled into thinking they were fighting in California as their fleet circled Pacific islands for weeks to stage the long voyage to the western United States.
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New Marianas
Saipan Island
Tinian Island
Marianas
Saipan
New Guinea
California
Boston
Richard J. Havessey
Newton and Corp
Winston C. Briggs
Methuen
Pacific Islands
United States
World Fund Action Likely Delayed by Congress Until Next Year
A U S source said action on the international monetary fund and world bank for reconstruction will be delayed until Congress reconvenes in January due to late summer recesses and an active campaign. The Soviet Union boosted its bank quota to 1.2 billion, lifting the total to 9.1 billion, while the United States commits 3.175 billion to the bank. The fund is set at 8.8 billion to provide foreign exchange during balance of payments shortfalls.
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Bretton.Woods
N.H
International Monetary . Fund
World’ Bank For Reconstruction
Thew
United Nations Monetary Conference
White Mountain
Congress
World Bank’ For Reconstruction and Development
Treasury
Morgenthau
Soviet Union
United States
Monetary Fund
Texas Congressmen Win Renomination In Democratic Primary
Fourteen members of Congress including Speaker Sam Rayburn won renomination in the Texas Democratic primary. Rayburn defeated G C Morris 20840 to 16673 for his 17th term. Richard Kleberg was defeated by Captain John Lyle who serves with the army in Italy. Judge J M Combs won the nomination in the second district where Martin Dies did not seek renomination. The run off is set for next month.
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Texas
Dallas
Tex
Alg
Congress
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
G. C. Morris
Richard Kleberg
Corpus Christi
John Lyle
Italy
Martin Dies
J. M. Combs
Dies
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