Wallace Up To Convention Conflicting Delegates Debate
The Virginia convention criticized Wallace as veering from traditional Virginia faiths. Wallace defended the American way of life in Seattle radio remarks. Delegates were instructed to vote as a unit with 589 needed to nominate. Roosevelt pledged 552 and claimed 408. Ely 3. 213 uninstructed. Wallace cited unfair freight rates as a northwest hindrance.
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Virginia
Seattle
Roosevelt
Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
Northwest
Senator Stewart backs rail rate parity plank with Dewey
Sen Stewart of Tennessee said he would sponsor a platform plank on rail rate parity for the south and west with Gov Dewey after a quiet Sunday at Pawling New York. Dewey received endorsements from Samuel Pryor and Gov J M Broughton. Pryor backs Dewey. Broughton seeks VP nod as Chicago crowd cites victory jobs peace as key Democratic issues.
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D-Tenn
Washington
South
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Pawling
N. Y
Albany
Congress
Dewey
Samuel F. Pryor
Connecticut
Wendell L. Willkie
J. M. Broughton
North Carolina
Chicago
Russians Mop Up In Wilno
The article reports Soviet forces striking northeast of Wilno and seizing Sventsyani near the Lithuanian border while Wilno’s Nazi garrison fights street by street. Gen Georg Yakharov’s Second White Army advances south and east, taking 150 towns including Dvartlevo and Novogrudok as rail links shrink. The note also mentions Hitler moving headquarters farther inland due to the eastern front situation. The Chinese grew rice as far back as 300 B.C.
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Wilno
Sventsyani
Wilno-Daugavpils
Dvinsk
Bialystok
Kaunas
Georg Yakharov
Lida- Barnowicze
Dvartlevo
Lida
Novogrudok
OWI
New York
Stockholm
Afton- Tidningen
Adolf Hitler
Lotzen
East Prussia
Saipan Falls Prompts Drive For Sea and Air Bases
Saipan falls as Navy and Army forward units plan expanded sea and air operations. Adm. Hoover notes Saipan’s airstrip and geography offer strong reach toward Tokyo, 1450 miles away, with air and naval potential, while Nimitz reports Japanese collapse after sharp counterattacks. Casualties run high, with 11,500 Japanese killed and thousands more imprisoned. American losses exceed 1,400 dead and 8,278 wounded.
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Central Pacific
John H. Hoover
Saipan
Tokyo
Philippines
Guam
U.S
Japan
Noemfoor
Mindanao
Schoten Islands
Biak
Owi
New Guinea
Geelvink Bay
Chester W. Nimitz
Air Support Praises Typhoon Pilots in Normandy Action
In Normandy early today Canadian troops praised Typhoon pilots for flying within feet of soldiers as rockets departed. British Spitfire wing received a telegram for yesterday’s victory tally of 85 German tanks trucks and armored cars destroyed or damaged. A separate Baltimore report notes a 13 percent drop in liquor licenses from 1939 to 1944 and Astoria Oregon traces its founding to 1811 by John Jacob Astor.
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Germany
D. G. Crofton
Thomas Burdge
Second Army
Annapolis
Baltimore
Governor O'Conor
Baltimore City Board of Liquor License Commissioners
Astoria
Oregon
John Jacob Astor
Job advertisement for育 child care service July to August
A short notice seeks a caregiver for a child, available from July 25 to August 3. It requests details on the applicant's name, address, preferred age of child, and sex preference, along with contact information. The text reflects an informal household placement inquiry.
Detours During Highway Oiling Detour Information
Detours and traffic notes for Northbound and Southbound routes around Smithsburg Leitersburg Waynesboro Hagerstown and Williamsport. Details include turns on Public Square Route 60 Route 11 and Route 67 with distances and posted detours heavy caution advised on oiled sections and through traffic patterns near Ringgeld Leitersburg and Waynesboro.
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Public Square
Smithsburg
Leitersburg
Pennsylvenia Line
Theate
Waynesburg
Waynesboro
Hagerstown
Stateling
State Line
Ringgeld
Gapland
Fumes Store
Wweverton
Potomac Avenue
Williamsport
City Limits
Artizan Street
Salisbury Street
Commerce Street
Toll Bridge
CIO To Present Draft Roosevelt Petition
In Baltimore on July 10 the draft Roosevelt movement, backed by the state C Q political action committee, prepares a petition signed by about 100000 Marylanders for presentation to the state delegation at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. About 300 precinct leaders were named to push the effort and distribute educational materials on key issues to voters in the Baltimore area.
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Baltimore
Guam Again Shelled By U S Forces In Pacific Action
Tokyo radio reported American cruisers destroyers and more than 70 warplanes bombarded Japanese positions on Guam yesterday. The broadcast also said Rota and Tinian in the Marianas were shelled by U S ships.
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Guam
Associated Prean
Tokyo Radio
U. S
Rota
Tinian
Marianas
Associated Press
Evacuation of Women and Children Continues in Britain
London reports the evacuation of more than 50,000 children from southern England as German flying bomb attacks persist into day 26. York relented after a compulsory order, billeting 1,600 evacuees. Leicester Station saw hundreds of cheerful evacuees greet a hospital train from Normandy amid chocolate cheers.
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London
England
York
Central Station
Leicester
Normandy
Dover Strait
Returning Combat Vets Complaining
Kansas City dispatch reports R B Handy Jr, adjutant general of the VFW, says veterans returning from overseas combat duties complain of denied reclassification, little rest, and perfunctory medical exams before discharge. He notes a Washington bureau inquiry awaiting Army Navy response and that some veterans are being shuffled into ill suited infantry roles under a reconditioning program.
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Kansas City
R. B. Handy, Jr
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Handy
Local Market Prices From Furnished by Kline Bros
Local quotations list producer prices for wheat butter lard cabbage and other staples with ceiling prices indicated for certain items. Prices show across categories including potatoes chickens ham and apples, reflecting regional farm product rates and ceiling guidance.
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Kline Bros. Benevola
Psa
Derby
British Drive Forward After Fall Of Caen
Allied forces advance across Caen after its fall with British and Canadian troops securing the north bank of the Orne. Rommel’s divisions mauled, pockets trapped north of the river while an organized retreat steadies German front along the Orne. American 1st Army pushes along Cherbourg peninsula helped by British eastward actions.
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Panzers
Caen
Erwin Rommel
River
Orne
Supreme Command
Normandy
Omar N. Bradley
Cherbourg Peninsula
St. Jean de Caye
Cavigny
St. Jean
le Desert
Cherbourg
St. Lo
Caumont
Faub de Vaucellas
The
Caen Falls to British and Canadian Forces in Major Allied Victory
After heavy air support despite bad weather, British and Canadian troops broke German lines to capture Caen, a key barrier on the road to Paris. Rommel still held 1,000 tanks but Caen’s loss marked a decisive Allied triumph, likened to El Alamein. La Haye was cleared by American forces later that night.
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Rommel
Caen
Orne
la Haye
France
Rayon yarn shipments set first-half record in 263 million pounds
Record level rayon yarn shipments for the first half of the year reached 263,300,000 pounds, per the Textile Economics Bureau Inc in Rayon Organon. The figure reflects strong demand and industry output across the period reported.
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New York
Textile Economics Bureau, Inc
Rayon Organon
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