Polish Regime weighs new move amid Warsaw crisis
London reports the Polish government in exile weighing direct talks with Moscow as Soviet forces approach Warsaw. Mikolajczyk may visit Stalin to discuss the split with the Polish Liberation Committee. Britain and the United States back the exile government while considering aid to the Moscow-recognized body.
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Moscow
Red Army
Warsaw
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Stalin
Russia
Polish Committee of Liberation
Bug River
Poland
Anthony Edens
Commons
Britain
Mikolajczyk
Liberation Committee
Eden
House
United States
Great Britain
Polish National Committee
Afoscow
Death toll in Ringling circus fire climbs to 165
Hartford July 26 press report states the Ringling Brothers circus fire toll increased to 165 with Ada Hindle 64 of Norwich added to the list. The tragedy occurred on July 6 and prompted ongoing investigations and inquiries.
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Crcus
Hartford
Conn
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Ada Hindle
Norwich
Doughboys Trail German Tanks Through Hedge Filled Front
A World War II front report describes Sherman tanks driving through bomb torn fields toward German Panther and Tiger tanks. Infantry follow, hammering hedges while officers coordinate via walkie talkie as prisoners surrender after Allied bombing. The writer notes dust, resolve, and names soldiers seen along the advance.
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Bob Casey
Chicago Daily News
Fire damages Liberty ship at Hudson Dock injuring 14
In Hudson New York a 10000 ton Liberty ship being repaired along a Hudson River pier caught fire. The three alarm blaze began around 3 AM and caused two hours of firefighting. At least 14 people were slightly injured as crews evacuated using aerial ladders and Coast Guard rescues. Sparks from welding torches are suspected. Police squads and a disaster unit responded to the incident.
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Hudson New York
Hudson River
Coast Guard
Break Cuts Off Gas From City of 61 000 Springfield
A gas main break shut off the entire fuel supply for Springfield Missouri for eight hours. The outage forced restaurants to close and left families with coal ranges in high demand. Early Springfield Daily News editions were not published due to gas-fed typesetting machines and stereotype equipment.
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Springfield
Springfield Daily News
Nations Join In US Rebuke To Argentina
Washington reports that the United States and allied nations will not recognize Argentina until fundamental policy changes toward the United Nations. The note to Buenos Aires signals continued diplomatic isolation and recalls Ambassador Adrian Escobar as relations worsen amid coup governments and pro Allied stance demands.
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Argentina
Buenos
Americas
United Nations
State Department
Buenos Aires
Adrian Escobar
Norman Armour
United States
Wright Plant Strike Off by C LO
A major labor dispute settlement ends walkouts at Wright Aeronautical Corp Lockland and related actions across Detroit Chicago and Lansing. Union leaders say 100 striking Centrifugal Fusing workers urged to return. In Minneapolis eight musicians ordered to quit over contract talks with KSTP studio. A court hearing set for Friday on a permanent restraining order.
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Associated Press
Wright
Aeronautical Corporation
Lockland
Natior F le
Innis
Serasto
Iet
Chicago
Western Foundry Company
Detroit
Statler
Packard Motor Car Company
Detroit Dairies
Patterson
Lester Washurn
UAW
Lansing
Mich
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Minneapolis
KSTP
Hitler's Purge Looms Over Reich as Himmler Consolidates Power
Editorial notes growing Nazi internal turmoil as Himmler tightens control in a purge of dissenters. It discusses potential power struggles, speculation on Hitler's hold on the regime, and the chance this upheaval could hasten the fall of Nazi authority in occupied Europe.
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Hitler
Reich
Himmler
Fuehrer
Photographer Killed in Normandy Bombing Run
A B 26 Marauder bomb landed short of its mark during an Allied air barrage near German lines in Normandy. Photographer Bede Irvin of the Associated Press, the first American photographer in the European theater, was killed by a bomb fragment while seated in a jeep.
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France
Bede Irvin
Associated Press
Normandy
Irvin
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