05 Jul 1944
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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1944
Page
1
Secretary Forrestal announced 17 Japanese vessels sunk by U S submarines in the Pacific including a light cruiser and a destroyer. He credited submarines with weakening Japan’s fleet and predicted accelerating merchant losses through 1944 leaving Japan with a growing deficit.
Allied air forces bombed rail targets and rocket sites in Holland Belgium and France with up to 500 U S planes in a dawn to morning raid. American heavy bombers attacked an oil refinery in Brasov Romania while other formations hit targets across Europe in a sweeping overnight operation following a July 4 aerial display.
In Georgia a quiet Democratic primary saw negroes attempting to vote, prompting a court test after denial. Senator Walter F. George won renomination. In the Georgia delegation Cox leads in the second district, Peterson and Gibson ahead in others, Wood appears set in the ninth. In Mississippi Rankin and Whitten lead in districts one and two, Abernathy leads in four with half precincts counted.
Suprem e Headquarters reports Allied Expeditionary Force progress as U S Flying Fortresses complete a 7000 mile journey. Objective details remain unclear as dispatches emphasize endurance and strategic reach.
Soviet fronts push toward Latvia and Lithuania with fierce battles near Daugavpils Vilno and Kaunas. Berlin notes Soviet gains threaten rear German lines as 900 villages reportedly fall. Finnish and German actions along Narva Bay are also reported.
Washington says the president will not alter a selective service order ending deferments for pre medical students after July 1. He cites the need to keep the nation healthy and supply doctors while prioritizing armed forces requirements. Rep. Miller pressed for a review of the deferment ban.
A dispatch reports Honduras President Tiburcio Carias Andino has quit and delegated powers to Vice President Abraham Williams. In Nicaragua a passive resistance movement forms against President Anastasio Somoza amid expected resignation. Guatemala saw unrest after Ubico suspended constitutional guarantees and resigned.
Philip Shovitz celebrated his 95th birthday in Lancaster Pennsylvania with an annual Fourth of July show. He swam, smoked a cigarette, and blew smoke rings while floating on his back.
The red advance pushes German lines back from Minsk and Polotsk as Berlin acknowledges rapid Soviet gains. Losses reach about a quarter of a million in 13 days with Hitler ordering savage resistance. Minsk’s fall could decide this war front as Moscow’s forces push toward East Prussia and Warsaw.
Allied forces press the Pacific drive with raids on the Bonin Volcano group and Iwo Jima as Saipan operations expand. Nimitz reports substantial enemy plane losses while Tokyo confirms heavy fighting and advances on Saipan. Paratroop landings on Noemfoor signal intensified operations near MacArthur’s command.
Four American fighter pilots used eight Thunderbolts to bomb a church used by Germans as an observation post near Carentan. Lt. Col. John Pease and crew returned to base for a second run after the first miss, striking the church to collapse its structure and topple the steeple.
Quintuplet boys, all in good health, were born at Mardin near the Turkey Iraq Syria border. Prime Minister Saracoglu will order they.
Stockholm based news reports German munition ship blew up in Andhus harbor causing estimated damage near 25 million. Initial tallies claim about 80 dead and 300 injured with 1,000 buildings damaged and several vessels set afire in Andrus, second city of Denmark. Concessions followed a five day Danish strike.
Adolf Hitler urged "enormous courage and strength of nerves" in a Berlin speech to war production leaders. He warned the war will be difficult but asserted Germany will not capitulate and will triumph in the end. He spoke after a Dietl funeral address and a conference with Albert Speer at headquarters.
Lt Col Francis Gabreski of Oil City Pa tops U S Eighth Air Force fighter pilots by downing his 28th German plane near Evreaux France His latest kill is a Messerschmitt 109 He had planned to reach 28 before taking leave to marry Kay Cochran of Grand Rapids Michigan in the Hawaiian Islands three years ago
Secretary Morgenthau denounced a Chicago lunch counter for 19 cent sandwiches during a wartime visit for the fifth war loan drive. The Treasury reported the counter now sells sandwiches for a dime after his protest.
Allied forces press actions along the Normandy front with heavy street fighting in La Haye du Puits as German counterattacks fail to halt progress. HQ reports more than 58 French towns liberated in the first month of invasion and major advances near Caen and Caen’s southwest approaches.
Eighth army units push toward Arezzo five miles from its communications hub on the road to Florence while American forces near Rosignano reach the outskirts of Rosignano and move toward Livorno. Heavy German resistance includes Tiger tanks and field guns knocked out by American artillery as reserves shift to the front.
Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York refuses the job again as Democratic leaders report the party may name a new chairman by week’s end. A sub-committee will assemble in Chicago before July 17 to draft the 1944 platform, though it will have no real power. The convention campaign focuses on seating issues and anti-fourth term debates.
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