Yanks and Nazis Fight Fiercely as Reds Push Toward Pinsk
Stalin announced the capture of Kowel a communications hub 70 miles southeast of Brest Litovsk and 40 miles NW of Luck, along a railway to Warsaw. Germans evacuated the city yesterday as the Red Army mounts a large new thrust toward Pinsk from 140 miles from the German line.
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London
Marshal Stalin
Kowel
Pripet Marshes
Brest- Litovsk
Luck
Poland
Chelm
Lublin
Warsaw
Washington Merry-Go-Round Letter From Maryland Farm To Sister
Drew Pearson recounts Chicago convention views and private in uniform husband. He argues political opposition sustains democracy and criticizes steamroller tactics. Also notes Senator Walter F. George's nomination and regional primary results in Georgia.
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Chicago
Drew Pearson
Maryland
Mrrs
Gordon Lang
Swarthmore
Gaithersburg
Sam
Warren
Bricker Boys
Roosevelt
Atlanta
Senator Fair
Walter F. George
Senate Finance Committee
Hugh Peterson Land E. Cox
CTO
Yank’s Perfect Aim Kills Nazi Officers With Rifle Grenade
American infantryman in Normandy reports a rifle grenade incident that failed to explode yet killed three German officers on a motorcycle with a sidecar. Lt. E. Hill of Woodburn Oregon credits the doughboy for the extraordinary shot and recovers the cycle and sidecar.
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Hal Boyle
Normandy
E. ©. Hill
Woodburn
Oregon
Hii
Hill v
Gordons brief escape from camp kept from convention
The text notes Gordon could leave camp for only one day and thus missed the convention on Sunday, with a continuation hinted on page four. The fragment suggests a political angle but lacks full details.
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Gordon
Longway Given 250 Days For Careless Firearm Use
Harry Arthur Longway itinerant recently removed from a steamer for alleged dynamite and caps possession received 250 days imprisonment from US Commissioner Harold F. Dawes for careless use of firearms. On July 4 he entered an Indian home and leveled a 30 30 rifle at a bed with two natives, firing once and wounding no one before fleeing and being captured.
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Petersburg
Alaska
Harry Arthur Longway
United States
Harold F. Dawes
Longway
Richard Brennan
Churchill on bomb blitz and London defenses
London air raids continue as German robot bombs strike the city. Churchill told Parliament that 2,754 robots landed in three weeks, killing about 2,752 and wounding thousands, with hospitals overwhelmed and shelters in use. He vowed full Allied response and resilience.
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London
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Commons
England
Flying bombs strike southern England hospital killing nurse
Dozens of babies were saved by nurses at a southern England hospital after a flying bomb damaged the building and home. One nurse died. the attack came as Churchill prepared to speak in the House of Commons on the robot defense scheme led by Air Marshal Sir Roderic Hill. Fighter pilots reported a productive day against buzz bombs amid renewed Luftwaffe pressure and Eden faced hazing over Spain’s alleged help to Nazi robot programs.
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Lewis Hankins
London
England
Germany
Churchill
House of Commons
Britain
Roderic Hill
Anthony Eden
Spain
Planks Need Planners: Repercussions After War Ends
Jack Sunnett reports on a nation at war facing postwar upheaval. Leaders press for an orderly reconversion from war to peacetime, with cutbacks in industry, mass demobilizations, and unemployment fears. Regions like the Great Lakes and West Coast feel the shift as workers worry about future jobs and policy impacts.
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Gulf of Mexico
Louis Ville
East St. Lois
Ohio
Great Lakes
Tlinvis
Michigan
Karl Warren
California
Ivan
James Byrnes
Democratic Party
Congress
Saipan Battle Rages in Final Stage Near Japanese Lines
United States Marines and infantry press their cleanup of Saipan Tong within bomb range of Japan. Carrier task force support, fierce clashes at pillboxes and fortified positions as Americans close on the island. The two day strike by a carrier task group targets Japan’s Volcano and Bonin Islands, with heavy losses reported.
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United States Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Jy 6
United States
Saipan Telang
Japan
Ino & Vorner
Orth
Philippines
China
Valcano
Bonin Islands
American First Army Routs La Haye du Putts Outflanks Western Line
Allied dispatch reports two hard fighting American columns moved south beyond La Haye du Putts and then east and west, outflanking the German Not mandy line. Forces reached Las de Jardins near La Haye du Putts while another spearhead penetrated Forest du Mont Castre. hand to hand fighting reported near Carpiquet airfield. Caen front forces hold against German counterattacks as tanks and infantry clash in No Man's Land airfield vicinity.
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Allied Expeditionary Forces
la Haye du Putts
Mandy
Itgefl
Forcini
Cherbourg
Las de Jardins
la Haye du Pulta
Carpiquet
No Man’ Land
Ger
Mans
Bayeux-Carpiquet
Normandy
Bombers sweep over Europe in major aerial assault
About 1000 United States heavy bombers attacked northwest Germany and enemy airfields in France and Pas de Calais rail targets, while eight medium bombers hit railroad lines on the Weading Cherbourg front. The Royal Air Force bombed channel front platforms and the Dijon rail center southeast of Paris.
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Heavies
Churchill
United States
Royal Air Air Force
Pay de Calais
London
Germany
France
Pas de Calais
Weading-Cherbourg
Royal Air Force
Channel Front
Dijon
Paris
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Dixie) Davis
Dutch Schultz
Hollywood
de Gaulle
Elba
General de Gaulle
Bayeux
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Georgia
CIO
Baby Hospital
Maniy
Ces
International Soundphate
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Jack Sunnett
Jack Stinnest
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Trent
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Wilber
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West Anchor
First Army
Caen
Carpiquel
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