Japanese Seek to Break Allied Lines
Allied headquarters in the Southwest Pacific report a 45 000 strong Japanese force isolated along the northern New Guinea coast between Aitape and Wewak preparing an assault to break westward. Skirmishes opened Monday night as Allied forces press the trap on the Eighteenth Army under Gen. Hatazo Adachi with heavy bombing reducing enemy strength since landings at Aitape and Hollandia.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Ely
New Guinea
Aitape
Wewak
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Eighteenth
Japanese Army
Hatazo Adachi
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Wewak-Aiitape
British New Guinea
Allied Troops Near Livorno in Italy Campaign
Allied forces pressed within eight miles of Livorno on the west coast while targeting Ancona on the Adriatic in a 150 mile battle line. American light armor advanced two miles and seized Castel Livorno area. Polish troops moved into artillery range of Ancona fortifications as both ports would aid an assault on the Gothic line.
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Rome
Livorno
Ancona
Adriatic Sea
Castiglioncello
Cassino
Anconca
Gothic Line
Zurich
Switzerland
Italy
Era River
Lajatico
Toulon Evacuated After Heavy Allied Bombing
Swiss radio said Toulon on the French Mediterranean coast had been completely evacuated after major air raids by American heavy bombers. The report came early Wednesday and cited surrounding turmoil and displacement in the port city.
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London
Toulon
Weather outlook fair to partly cloudy with storms east Thursday
The forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy conditions with widely scattered thunderstorms in the eastern portion Thursday afternoon. Cooler temperatures are expected Thursday.
Montana Medical Convention Opens in Butte With Two Day Program
The sixty sixth annual Montana Medical association convention starts in Butte at the Finlen hotel with a heavy two day program of scientific papers and discussions. Mayor Barry O Leary delivers welcome with greetings from state president Dr J P Ritchey of Missoula. New president Dr J C Shields will preside. International speakers Dr John M Waugh of Mayo Clinic and Dr Henry Michelson of the University of Minnesota headline the opening session. Dr Harry Baum of Denver is the first technical speaker.
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Montana Medical Association
Butte
Finlen Hotel
Barry O’leary
J. P. Ritchey
Missoula
J. C. Shields
St. James Hospital
Shields
John M. Waugh
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Henry Michelson
University of Minnesota
Waugh
Michelson
Harry Baum
Denver
Saipan Campaign Costs Record Casualties Across Pacific War
The Saipan campaign ended after 25 days with 15,053 American casualties including 2,359 killed and 11,481 wounded, plus 1,213 missing. Secretary Forrestal estimated about 19,000 Japanese dead, noting many buried or unrecovered. Saipan is described as a heavily fortified Japanese base of major strategic value.
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Washington
Saipan
Pacific
James V. Forrestal
Forrestal
Soviets Open Baltic Sea Drive Against German Forces
Soviet troops launched a major offensive toward the Baltic Sea pushing through east of Latvia on a 93 mile front. Gen. Andrei Yeremenko's Baltic army reported advancing up to 22 miles, with more than 1,000 towns liberated in two days and 7,000 Germans killed or captured. The move aimed to seal Riga and threaten East Prussia as five Soviet armies combat retreating Germans along a 550 mile front.
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London
U.P
Baltic Sea
Russia
Latvia
Moscow
Second Baltic Army
Idritsa
Polotsk
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Stalingrad
Independent Maritime Army
Crimea
Yeremenko
Riga
Ivan C. Bagramian
Daugavpils
Vina
Baltic States
Joseph Stalin
Pskov
Narva
Estonia
East Prussia
Grodno
Carrier Planes Hit Guam and Rota in Seventh Straight Day
Admiral Nimitz announced continued carrier strikes on Guam and Rota in the Marianas. Bombers and rocket planes hit Agana Umatao and Agat with moderate AA fire at Rota. one twin engine bomber was shot down. Liberator bombers pounded Dublin naval base at Truk with 50 tons of bombs.
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Pearl Harbor
U.P
Guam
Rota Islands
Marianas
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
United States
Agana
Umatao
Agat
United States Naval Base
Rota
Orote Point
Seventh Air Force
Dublin
Truk
Japan
Pacific
Nimitz
Marshall Islands
Fourth Marine Aircraft Wing
Fleet Air Wing Two
Ayers Attacks Outside Interests in Montana Gubernatorial Race
Former Governor Roy E. Ayers in a KGIR radio address denounces the C I O political action committee and Sidney Hillman as hostile to Montana while backing Leif Erickson. He accuses Hillman’s Montana representative Jerry J. O Connell of opposing state interests and questions the Democratic candidate’s program. Ayers also highlights his own record on labor, water conservation, irrigation, and highway construction.
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C. I. O. Political Action Committee
Montana
Leif Erickson
Sidney Hillman
New York
Butte
KGIR
Roy E. Ayers
Erickson
Ayers
Political Action Committee
Hillman
America
Jerry J. O'Connell
O'Connell
Council For Progressive Political Action
Kalispell
Jerry O'Connell
King and Queen Witness Robot Bomber Downing
The king and queen of England watched as a robot bomb was shot down close to their location during a visit to an antiaircraft emplacement in New York on July 12.
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New York
England
Republicans Fire First Campaign Salvo at F D R
Republicans opened their campaign against President Roosevelt ahead of his expected renomination, accusing him of using the commander in chief title to extend his stay in office. Herman Brownell Jr. outlined the charge after meetings with Governor Dewey and other party leaders as Willkie's support and cross-state plans were discussed. Brownell indicated a nationwide push, sizable treasury balance, and possible new regional offices to boost the bid in key states.
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William W. Tyler
Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
National Republican
Herman Brownell, Jr
Chicago
Brownell
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
United States
Brownwell
Assembly
Ives
United States Senate
Robert F. Wagner
New York City
Willkie
New York
Washington
Von Papen Burns Papers and Leaves Turkey
London reports Franz von Papen burned his papers and left Ankara with his wife, cook, and heavy luggage amid Turkish signals of possible pro Allied shift. Turkish radio also claimed the ambassador to Berlin flew to Istanbul and might go to Ankara, signaling further developments.
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London
Franz von Papen
Sly Fox
Turkey
Ankara
Russia
von Papen
Cook
Berlin
Istanbul
French Attacks Intensify Against German Lines
French resistance forces are increasing attacks on German communications and supply routes. Sabotage targets include the canal system at the east canal and Marne-Rhine canal, with electric railway traffic halted on the Vierzon-Limoges line. Patriots derail German trains carrying robot flying bombs on June 24 along the Merville Metz line, per FFI communique.
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London
U.P
Algiers
East Canal
Marne-Rhine
Albi
Toulouse
Carmoux
Rodez
Midi
Vierzon
Limoges
Boncourt
Meroville-Metz
FFI
De Gaulle Addresses Montreal in Historic Balcony Speech
Gen Charles de Gaulle spoke from a hotel balcony to thousands in Montreal declaring France united and ready to win peace. He praised France's renaissance, denounced doom faced by foes, and thanked the city’s officials and the French colony before departing for an undisclosed destination.
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Montreal
France
Gen. de Gaulle
Shortage of 30,000 Workers Hits Pacific Coast Aircraft Industry
July 12 Los Angeles reports the Pacific coast aircraft industry is short 30,000 workers with 5,000 vacancies in the Los Angeles area. Brig. Gen. Frederick M. Hopkins Jr., head of the Army Air Forces resources division, told a contract termination conference here.
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Los Angeles
Frederick M. Hopkins, Jr
Army Air Forces Resources Division
Chinese repulse new Jap attacks on Hankow-Canton rail center
Chinese forces in Hunan province repelled new Japanese assaults on the Hankow Canton railway center at Hengyang and cleared six miles around captured Yungfeng. Brig. Gen. Clinton D. Vincent of the Fourteenth Air Force said the turning point in the Tungting lake campaign has been reached and the Allies have blunted the Japanese offensive.
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Chungking
Hunan
Hankow-Canton
Hengyang
Yungfeng
Clinton D. Vincent
East China
Claire L. Chennault
Fourteenth Air Force
Tungting Lake
China
Canton-Peiping
Vincent
Northwest States Committee Sets August Meeting Dates
Boise Idaho July 12 tentative meeting of the Northwest States Development committee set for August 11 and 12 chairman Gov C A Bottolfsen said Wednesday dates to be approved after Republican governors of four of the five states meet in St Louis August 2 and 3 The meeting will likely be in Helena Spokane or Portland Governors of Idaho Montana Wyoming Oregon and Washington comprise the committee
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Boise
Idaho
Northwest States Development Committee
C. A. Bottolfsen
Bottolfsen
St. Louis
Thomas F. Dewey
New York
Helena
Mont
Spokane
Wash
Portland
Ore
Montana
Wyoming
Oregon
Washington
Yankees Drive Nearer to St Lo Citadel
U S storm troops attacked through hedgerows and fields near St Lo advancing within one and a half miles of the Nor mandy citadel as artillery pounded German rear lines. British and Canadians aided by air power and ground assaults pressed the push toward Lessay while heavy losses fell on German forces north of St Lo.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
mid-Normandy
St. Lo
Lessay
Caen
Berlin
Normandy
London Evacuation Rises as German Missiles Persist
London and southern England saw continued hits from German flying bombs though at a lighter scale and with public hope that Allied countermeasures are succeeding. Evacuation data show 96 500 moved in 10 days with 30 000 mothers and children and 66 000 unaccompanied children, while 150 000 more reportedly fled in the city’s surrounding area.
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London
U.P
England
Adolf Hitler
France
Water Prosperity Seen for Montana by Mansfield Plan
Rep. Mike Mansfield on tour outlines a county by county water resource program aimed at post war growth. He envisions a peacetime Montana with forest, agricultural and mineral wealth developed for residents and returning servicemen through hydro power and new industries.
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Montana
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
American Flyers Shatter Munich in Major Night Raid
Allied air forces unleashed the largest American bombing force against Munich. Over 1,200 B 17s and B 24s dropped more than 3 300 tons of bombs in a second obliteration raid, escorted by 750 fighters. 26 bombers went missing. Swiss reports say nine were downed over Switzerland.
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London
U.P
Munich
Germany
France
Nentral
U. 8 S. Strategic Air Forces
Luftwaffe
Europe
U. S
England
Italy
Russia
Hitler Holds War Council as Wehrmacht Plans Moves
Madrid reports say Hitler chaired a supreme war council with top officers to avert calamity to the armed forces. General Field Marshal Kluge, new western front commander, attended as plans reportedly called for moving headquarters westward and regrouping reserves, possibly withdrawing in Norway and the Balkans for decisive battles in France Italy and Russia.
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Madrid
U.P
Adolf Rns
Vichy
Nes
Guenther von Kluke
Western Front
Karl Gerd von Rundstedt
Hitler
Frankfort-on the-Oder
Berlin
Norway
Balkan
France
Italy
Russia
Kluge
Germany
Finland
Koenigsberg-Riga
Tallinn
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Hungary
Ancora
Yugoslavia
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Poland
Nya
Romania
Bulgaria
Red Army
Don Caswell
By Noland Norgaard
P. E. Kane
Butte Country Club
Montana Medical Convention
U.S
Mr. Willkie
George Wang
Northwest States Committee
Yankees
St. Lo Citadel
By James M. Long
Rep
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