Goebbels Urges Total War Effort and Rally Behind Hitler
Propaganda Minister Paul Goebbels on Berlin radio urged Germans to fight and work for a stepped up war effort. He promised a secret weapon soon and that total war would become reality, saying next month would show results as Nazi forces endure defeats. He claimed US Britain and the Soviet Union helped plot against Hitler and described the assassination attempt as executed after brief proceedings. He ordered Himmler to reorganize the home army and move reserves to the front.
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Richard Kasischke
London
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Adolf Hitler
Goebbels
Berlin
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Junkers
Hitler
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Canada and U S Groups Meet on Border Issues
Canada and the United States prepare to continue talks Thursday when the American Canadian Water Commission arrives in Kalispell Montana. The 24 member party will tour Northwest watersheds and discuss upstream Columbia river basin development with informal conferences set around a dinner session. An inspection of the Hungry Horse dam on the Flathead is planned Thursday afternoon.
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John R. Ward Kalispell
Canada
U. S
Frank Banks
Boise
Ida
Bureau of Reclamation
Conrad Hardy
U. S. Army Engineers
Seattle
Hungry Horse
Flathead
Greater Salvage Effort Urged In War Campaign
The city conducts a 250000 pound waste paper salvage drive aimed to supply mills for making blueprints for a bomber and battleship. Campaign leaders cite the War Production Board and urge every household to participate before Sunday’s city-wide pickup climax.
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Butte
War Production Board
8th Army Gains Up to 5 Miles Near Florence
Fresh Eighth army troops advanced three to five miles on a broad front below Florence and neared the city by eight miles as Fifth army forces sturdily held Arno positions. German resistance remained heavy and a New Zealand armor thrust pushed toward San Casciano, eight miles from Florence.
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Rome
U.P
Eighth Army
Florence
Fifth Army
Arno
Pisa
London
New Zealand
Tavernelle
San Casciano
San Miniato
Soviets Reach Wisla on 30 Mile Front
Soviet troops have crossed the Wisla on a 30 mile front in central Poland and fought for bridgeheads on the western bank to outflank Warsaw. The offensive includes a Baltic front breakthrough with Narva captured and German defenses collapsing in Carpathian passes as 500 towns reportedly fall along an 800 mile front.
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London
Wisla Vistula
Poland
Warsaw
Germany
Wisla
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Baltic
Marshal Stalin
Stalin
Narva
Moscow
Deblin
Visla
Argentina and United States Clash Over War Roles
Gen Orlando Peluffo charged the United States with discrimination against Argentina while listing eight measures against the Axis and four aiding the Allies. Washington denounced Argentina for deserting the Allied cause and urged continued non recognition of Farrell’s regime.
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Buenos Aires
Orlando Peluffo
Argentina
United States
Peluffo
Germany
Japan
Graf Spee
Montevideo
United Nations
Washington
Edelmiro Farrell
United and Associated Nations
Hull
Farrell
South America
Marines Smash Across Northern Tip of Tinian
U S forces on Guam advance 3000 yards up Orote peninsula to seize southern half. On Tinian, Marines smash across the island’s northern tip and gain control of the entire northern quadrant including the Ushi point airfield. Nimitz says the triangle of control spans five miles on the west and 21 miles on the east.
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Tinian
Washington
Guam
Orote Peninsula
Navy
Crote
U. S
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
U.P
Chester W. Nimitz
Saipan
Ushi Point
Third Amphibious Corps
Rotars
Rota
Nimitz
Apra Harbor
Faibus San Hilo Point
Asiga Point
Never Have I Seen So Many German Dead
War correspondent Henry T. Gorrell with the U S forces near Marigny recounts an armored southward drive described as the biggest since D day. He and Bob Casey of the Chicago Daily News dodge bombardment, witness carnage, and report German resistance amid shattered towns and battlefield debris.
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Henry T. Gorrell
U. S
Marigny
U.P
United States
Bob Casey
Chicago Daily News
Nazis Increase Robot Attacks On England In New Offensive
London reports Nazi high command escalated robot bomb raids on England by introducing a twice sized missile and incendiary devices in the 1000 pound robot. A 2000 pound bomb hit a southern hospital. two elderly brothers and a nurse died, 250 patients were moved as roofs collapsed. Anti aircraft and fighters shot bombs down at about one every two minutes.
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London
High Command
England
Heavy Rains Save Kansas Wheat Crop Amid Delays
In Topeka Kansas heavy rains from one to four inches dampen a near record wheat crop while delaying harvest. Much wheat remains uncut or piled on the ground as labor and cars are unavailable to move it to elevators, causing losses from excess moisture. Corn prospects improve as rain intensifies drought relief.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Stuttgart Bombed Heavily in Second Night of Allied Air War
London dispatch reports over 2,000 tons of explosives and thousands of fire bombs dropped on Stuttgart by RAF heavy bombers in the second successive night raid. Mosquito sorties harassed Berlin as American Marauders bombed west of St Lo and Allied aircraft struck targets in Austria and France amid the Normandy offensive.
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London
Stuttgart
U. S
St. Lo
Normandy
Italy
Austria
Vienna
Kiel
Berlin
France
Zanne-Fickel
Ruhr
Deported West Coast Labor Leader Challenge Reheard
U.S. Attorneys for Harry Bridges filed a petition for rehearing in the Ninth Circuit to uphold Biddle’s deportation order. Bridges faces removal to Australia as an undesirable alien after a high court decision.
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San Francisco
U.S
Harry Bridges
U. S
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Francis Biddle
Australia
Bench warrant for James Petrillo in KSTP strike case
A bench warrant was signed by District Judge W W Bardwell for James Petrillo president of the American Federation of Musicians on a contempt of court charge related to interfering in the KSTP Musicians' strike in Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis
James Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
KSTP
W. W. Bardwell
Labor union brands CIO splinter group a Communist tool
The A F of L denounces the National Citizens Political Action Committee formed by CIO as “typical Communist technique” and warns its backing could be the kiss of death for candidates. Philip Pearl, A F of L information director, says the CIO fronts a covert operation and questions its work.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
National Citizens Political Action Committee
Congress
Philip Pearl
A. F
L. Information Director
Communist Stooges
P. A C
Pearl
Cc. I. O
Allied Drive Brittle German Lines West of St Lo
American tanks and infantry broke through the main and secondary German defenses five miles west of St Lo, trapping large pockets of troops as they drove across the St Gillies and Marigny area. At least 16 villages fell to the Americans amid a 40 mile front offensive with heavy German counterattacks.
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Marigny
Thunderbolts
Casey
Alencon
Caen
Tours
Brittany
Normandy
Edward W. Beattie
Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
U.P
St. Lo
St. Gillies and
St. Lo Coutances
Henry T. Gorrell
United Press
France
Leves
Lessay
Montrabot
Tire rationing slashes August heavy truck and bus casings
The Office of Price Administration announced an August allocation of 60 000 heavy truck and bus tire casings, down from July’s 135 000. The War Production Board insisted Army needs must be met despite civilian transportation risks, with September supplies not expected to improve and potential service curtailments for operators.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
War Production Board
WLB
Army
WPB
Office of Defense Transportation
OPA Lowers Barley Ceilings to Parity Levels
The Office of Price Administration cut barley ceiling prices by about three cents per bushel in production areas, effective August 1, returning parity prices for the 1944 crop. It also adds a uniform retail mark-up of 4 dollars per ton, replacing the prior November 29 to December 3, 1943 freeze prices.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Montana Thursday Weather Outlook
Generally fair statewide with late afternoon thunder showers in the Missouri headwaters. Warmer temperatures east of the continental divide.
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Montana
Missouri
Continental Divide
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Mowie
St. Croix
Harry Harris
Associated Press
Reynolds Packard
W. W. Hercher
Stanislawow
Brest Litovsk
Bialystok
Daugopils
Dvinsk
Kaunas
By John M. Hightower
W. W. Copeland
State Department
Havana
Adelap Point
Anne Island
By Frank Tremaine
British Air Ministry
A. F. of
Kiss of Death
Hillman’s
Chicago
OPA
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