LaGuardia Invited to Paris Bastille Day Fete
Paris radio reports that LaGuardia and other dignitaries including the Lord Mayor of Moscow Chang Wong and Prague officials have been invited to Paris on July 14 for Bastille Day celebrations. The item notes Navy V-12 graduates at University of Rochester and mentions ongoing military training correspondence. It also reports despondency over the health of Francis J. Glynn, secretary of the New York State Bridge Authority, in Hudson Valley, with a death following a visit to a home garage.
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Paris
New York
Majer Floh
Ie Guiarda
Marvom
Moscow
Changwong
Prague
Rochester Pochester
University of Rochester
Navy
Francis J. Glynn Hudson
Francis J. Girvan
New York State Bridge Authority
Martin BH
Gianna Aiena
Hudson Cat
Valnte
Spring Onion Ceiling Unchanged for Summer Period
The grower ceiling price for the late spring crop of onions remains $2.00 per 50 pounds for the period June 21 to July 13, as announced by the OPA.
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Washington
OPA
Marcel Deat Condemned to Death in Paris
Marcel Deat, minister of labor under the Vichy regime, was condemned to death in absentia by a Paris court. In Prague, Prof. Hans Pfitzner, former mayor under German protectorate, has been arrested in a refugee camp at Stary Plzenee, authorities said.
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Paris
Vichy
Court of Justice
Prasrie
Prague
Hans Pfitzner
Bohemia and
Moravia
Stary Plzenee
Eisenhower in New York City Welcome Parade
Large crowds line a tree lined boulevard as General Eisenhower arrives in New York greeted by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. Police estimate 35,600 schoolchildren and others watch from Grand Central Parkway to Madison Square Garden amid ticker tape and cheers.
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Eisenhower
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
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Weather Bureau
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Madison Square Garden
Wall Street
American Express
Trinity Church
White Wings
Buckner Dies Leading Okinawa Battle in 1945
Gen Simon Buckner Jr died after a shell struck the observation post on Okinawa while he and other officers watched action on Runishi ridge. The general, 58, had just praised his forces and had led since the Ryukyus campaign. Admiral Nimitz defended Buckner's tactics days earlier. Buckner was the son of Gen Simon Buckner Sr, and a Kentucky native who attended VMI and West Point.
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Army
Navy
Marines
Eighth Marine Regiment
Runishi Ridge
Buckner
Hubbard
Okinawa
Geiger
Solomons
Marianas
Palau
Fleet
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Fort Donelson
U. S. Grant
Kentucky
Simon, Jr
Munfordville
Young Buckner
Virginia Military Institute
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Polish Home Army Trial Details and Protests
Testimony at the wartime trial describes a Polish underground network's aims to form a western European bloc after victory, directed by the Polish exile government in London. Prosecutors say the plot sought postwar control including Ukraine and Kiev, while several defendants confess morally to false attitudes toward the Red Army. Major General Leopold Okulicki leads the accused.
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Europe
Soviet Union
Joondon
Poland
Germany
Yariners
Wyenesses
Home Army
Ukraine
Dnieper
Kiev
Britain
Jankowski
Red Army
Leopold Bronislaw Okulicki
Komorowski
Army divisions and raids in World War II page summary
The passage traces actions of U S Army divisions in World War II from Sicily to Germany. It highlights the 82nd Airborne debut in Sicily and D‑Day, the 6th, 36th, Ninth and 29th Infantry Divisions across Italy, Normandy, Southern France, the Rhineland and into Germany, noting battles around Anzio, Cassino, St Lo, Brest, Nijmegen, the Ruhr, and final advances. It emphasizes heroism, heavy casualties, and pivotal campaigns.
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Sicily
Anzio
France
Seventh Army
82 Airborne Division
Italy
Cherbourg Peninsula
Nijmegen
Rhine
S6th
Salerno
Death Valley
San Pietro
Rapido
Cassino
36Th
Rome
Vosges
Germany
North Africa
St. Lo
Normandy
Belgium
Truman calls for elected successor and new line of succession
President Truman outlined a plan placing the President in charge of nominating an immediate successor only in death or inability to act. He proposed the Speaker be next in line and not serve beyond the next Congress election or a special election. Bills echoed the recommendation as interest grows amid reported plans for long distance talks with Stalin and Churchill.
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Treasury and War
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Labor
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Congress
Berlin
Stalin
Churchill
Fourth Armored Division’s Role in Patton’s Italy to Rhine Drive
The Fourth Armored led the Third Army from the Cherbourg peninsula toward Brest and east into Germany. It spearheaded Patton’s winter push and became the first armored unit in the Third Army to cross the Rhine, driving through tough German defenses until Germany’s collapse.
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Fourth Armored
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Cherbourg
Brest
Germany
Patton
Rhine
Truman Flies From Camp to Wave to Photographers
President Truman departed Camp Gordon for a flight to wave to photographers. He quipped as he recalled his 92 year old mother’s remarks. General Eisenhower greeted him on arrival at Warne House surroundings. The same eight man crew piloted the President’s plane from yesterday's Atlantic crossing. Lt. Col Henry T. Myers of Tifton, Ga., led the chief pilot team. Secret Service and Newsmen were aboard the other escort planes. The weather outlook was improving as their mission continued.
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LaGuardia
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Atlantic
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Fiichr
Secret Service
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Leopold Declares Belgium Monarchy Will Endure
King Leopold III affirmed his intention to remain Belgium's ruling monarch, stating there is no question of abdication. Vicomte Capi du Vare, the King's aide, conveyed the pledge to reporters.
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Salzburg
Ins
Leopold III
Belgium
Lawdon’s Brother To Be Questioned In Langford Murder
William Netto, Lawton Langdon’s younger brother and a $100000 protege of Mrs. Marion Grimes Langford, was to be questioned today in the Langford murder case. Lawton’s attorneys planned a $3500000 slander suit in Supreme Court against Mrs. Langford, alleging her statements harmed his professional standing. The interrogation was the only police development in the Langford slaying outside his Hotel Marguery apartment two weeks ago.
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New York
Marguery
Lawton
Supreme Court
Pacific War advances reshape coast of China and Borneo
Allied forces regain Wenchow and near Liuchow while swaths of coastal China fall under Allied control. Australians push into Brunei Bay area. Balikpapan oil refineries bombarded as air raids continue. In the Philippines Luzon moves toward Cagayan River while Mindanao troops press inland. MacArthur creates a new supply command for an invasion of Japan. Okinawa fighting intensifies with losses on both sides as American advances continue.
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Sarawak
West Borneo
Brunei Bay
Balikpapan
Western
Borneo
Tokyo Radio
Philippines
Weston
Labuan
Labuan Island
MacArthur
North Borneo
Tarakan Island
Hill 105
Luzon
Caravan Valley
U. S. Sith
Cagayan River
Naguillan
Mindanao
41St
Davao Gulf
Calinan
Japan
Tokyo
Buckner
Second Marine Division
Okinawa
Roy S. Geiger
Third Marine Amphibious Corps
Third Army unit touts Herman Goering pants in homecoming
Newark Delaware report notes Maj Gen John W. Aron O'Dannel praises a new wallpaper feature at Third Division headquarters. He arrived for a homecoming celebration and said the pants are his proudest possession, though he would not explain how he obtained them.
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Del
Seventh Army
Third Divisions
Herman, Goering
John
W. Aron Mike) O'Dannel
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