Red Army Captures Wilno and Breaks German Supply Line
Moscow announced Soviet forces breached Wilno as red infantry, tanks and artillery fought through the city and cut the Wilno Daugavpils railway. In related actions, German regiments were routed and hundreds of thousands of German troops were reported killed or captured by Moscow’s daily communique.
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London
Red
Baranowicze
Warsaw
Wilno
Wilno-Daugavpils
East Prussia
Baltic States
Moscow
Mazis
Red Army
Minsk
Berlin
Gregory K. Zhukov
First Ukraine
Old Poland
Kowe
Lwow
Daugavpils
Dvinsk
Latvia
Carpathian Mountain
Pest
Mattias K
Rokossovsky
Kowel
Brest- Litovsk
Bug River
Russia
Ivan D. Cherniakhovsky
White
Pro Germans Convert Vichy to Fort
The Barcelona Spanish correspondent reports Vichy in darkness after sabotage of power lines while pro German collaborationists fortify the city against anticipated guerrilla attacks. Militiamen patrol streets with heavy machineguns as a tense climate grows after Philippe Henriot's assassination and La Vall’s departure to Paris.
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Barcelona
Toulouse
France
Vichy
Barcelona el Noticiero
Philippe Henriot
Paris
Joseph Darnand
Pierre Laval
Auvergne
Maquis
Americans Repulse Japanese In Fierce Saipan Counterattack
Allied forces repelled a major Japanese counterattack on Saipan with heavy casualties on both sides. The battle near Tanapag town left about 10 400 Japanese dead, while American ground troops suffered numerous casualties. In China the recapture of Liling and heavy Japanese losses in the region were reported as Chinese forces advanced.
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Saipan Island
Saipan
Tanapag Town
Nimitz
China
Liling
Hengyang
Chungking
Manchurian
Nation closes bond sales beyond quota
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau announced the fifth war loan raised 1.65 billion dollars in subscriptions surpassing the national target. Corporations subscribed 12.4 billion and individuals 4.25 billion, with 13 states plus Hawaii reporting quota surpasses.
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Washington
America
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Morgenthau
Treasury
Hawaii
Utah
New York
Rhode Island
Maryland
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Missouri
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Native of Bannock Dies in Salt Lake
Claude Hunt 54 a Swan Lake Idaho native died of peritonitis in a Salt Lake City hospital Saturday. Born July 9 1890 at Swan Lake he was a World War I veteran. Survived by two brothers Clarence and James F Hunt both of Jerome and two sisters Mrs Fannie Bell Morgan of Pocatello and Mrs Bessie Lee of Emmett.
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Salt Lake City
Claude Hunt
Swan Lake
Idaho
Clarence
James F. Hunt
Jerome
Fannie Bell Morgan
Pocatello
Bessie Lee
Emmett
Horse injures woman in barbed wire mishap
Mrs Beatrice Paskins of Treasuretom suffered two fractures of one leg facial cuts and possible internal injuries when a horse she was freeing from a barbed wire fence slipped and fell on her. She was taken to a local hospital.
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Preston
Beatrice Paskins
Treasuretom
Principal Berry Named Superintendent in Moscow
Dr. Ray M. Berry longtime Idaho Falls high school principal selected to succeed Fulton Gale as Moscow superintendent. Berry chosen from twelve candidates and will assume duties July 15. Previously Blackfoot high principal, he holds a bachelor’s from Illinois College, a master’s from Columbia, and a 1942 Stanford PhD. Gale moves to Anaconda Montana to lead their schools.
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Moscow
Ray M. Berry
Idaho Falls
Fulton G. Gale
Berry
Blackfoot
Illinois College
Jacksonville
Columbia University
Stanford University
Gale
Anaconda
Mont
Soldier Cleared in Tule Lake Shooting Case
Pvt Bernard W Gee of San Francisco was acquitted at a court martial held at Tule Lake relocation center gate after Japanese evacuees and relocation authority officials attended. The court found Gee acted in the line of duty when Shiochi James Okamoto, driving a truck, advanced and made a threatening gesture.
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Toll Lake
Calif
Bernard W. Gee
San Francisco
Tule Lake Relocation Camp
War Relocation Authority
Tule Lake Camp
Shiochi James Okomoto
Goe
Okomoto
City Burying Victims of Circus Blaze
Hartford officials report 154 dead in Ringling Brothers circus tent fire as churches prepare final rites for victims. Mayor Mortensen announces revised figures while a board probes causes and safety fixes. State police and clergy organize interfaith funeral plans for the unidentified victims.
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Hartford
Conn
Ringling Brothers
William Mortensen
Mortensen
Edward J. Hickey
Massacres Reported as Germans Destroy Distomo and Oradour sur Glane
AP reports German troops massacred most of Distomo Greece in June and killed 1100 of 1200 residents at Oradour sur Glane France. Distomo and Oradour were burned in reprisal for guerrilla attacks, with reports aligning to Vichy era and Lidice reprisals.
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Associated Press
Distomo
Oradour Sur-Glanes
New York
Lidice
Czechoslovakia
Limoges
France
British Broadcasting Corporation
Izmir
Smyrna
Turkey
Reinhard Heydrich
Bohemia-Moravia
Two Positions Fall to Allied Troops Near Livorno
Allied forces push toward Livorno as Rosignano and Castellina fall after a three day artillery barrage. French advance to Colle di Val d Elsa near Poggibonsi and British reach Arezzo area while Germans reel back from the Gothic line.
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Rome
Livorno
Leghorn
U.S
Florence
Pisa
Rosignano
Castellina
Volterra
Colle di Val d’Elsa
Poggibons
Areazzo
Thirsty burglar steals liquor from Firth drugstore
Bingham county deputies hunt a liquor thief or thieves after eight cases of liquor were stolen from the Firth liquor dispensary Tuesday night. Entry was gained by chiseling off a rear door panel. no other items were taken and the front of the store was left untouched.
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FIRTH
Bingham County
Firth Drugstore
Firth Liquor Dispensary
Hitler Ousts Field Marshal Takes Command in West
A Moscow report says Adolf Hitler has taken over operations in the west after removing Field Marshal Karl Rundstedt. Field Marshal Guenther von Kluge named to lead in the west as German strategy shifts to reinforce Normandy defenses and possible eastern redeployments. Civilians flee Poland and East Prussia as tension mounts.
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Hitler
West
London
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Moscow Radio
Yakov Viktorov
Pravda
Guener von Kluge
von Rundstedt
Vitorov
Tas
von Runstedt
Germany
Normandy
France
Wista
Vistula
Poland
Civi
East Prussia
Air Force reports weak Japanese defense in major raid
Washington says China base B 29s hit five targets on Kyushu in a Friday night raid. Sasebo Yawata and Omura received the heaviest bomb loads while two targets in China Laoyao and Hankow were also struck. The communique notes little fighter opposition and minimal anti air fire suggesting surprise and effective U S air superiority.
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Washington
United States
Asia
Kyushu
20Th Air Force
China
Sasebo
Japan
Yawata
Omura
Laoyao
North China
Hankow
Yangtze River
Claire Chennault
14Th Air Force
Shepherd R. E. Shepherd dies prominent Utah reclamationist
R E Shepherd aged 83 of Jerome Utah died in Santa Barbara California last Monday. Funeral services were held Saturday in Salt Lake City with cremation and internment in the Salt Lake memorial mausoleum beside his wife. Memorial services will be Sunday evening on the lawn of the Shepherd home in Jerome.
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Salt Lake City
R. E. Shepherd
Jerome
Shepherd
Santa Barbara
Calif
Salt Lake Memorial Mausoleum
A. Leonard Wood
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
G O P Elects Thorpe as State Leader
The Idaho Republican convention chose State Senator Vern Thorpe of Jerome as state chairman succeeding Reilly Atkinson. Rose Mayes was reelected vice chair. The platform called for income tax reductions to ease tax burdens, a merit system for state workers, study of education, and continued support for aging and industry along with labor rights and prison reform.
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8S. L
Vern) Thorpe
Jerome
Reilly Atkinson
Boise
Rose Mayes
Kellogg
Idaho
State Nears Bond Goal in Fifth War Loan Drive
Boise Idaho The state war finance committee executive manager Theo H Wegner said the fifth war loan major phase likely ends this month and Idaho will meet its 28 million dollar goal though it will fall short of the 10 million dollar personal sales target He projected total bond sales to exceed 25 million dollars with Series E F G bonds and Series C notes credited to July 31 and expects to surpass the quota.
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Boise
Theo H. Wegner
State War Finance Committee
Idaho
Federal Reserve Banks
Treasury
Medals for Mothers Rewarded by Soviet Decree
The Moscow radio reported a new Soviet decree granting medals titles and awards to Russian mothers with five or more children. Bachelors and small families face higher taxes while allowances for motherhood and large families are increased.
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London
Moscow Radio
Broadcastig
Allied Forces Break Through Caen Front In Fierce Battle
Allied forces wage a massive assault around Caen with British units driving into the northeast outskirts while U S troops push from Cherbourg peninsula. German high command signals possible retreat as bombardment pounds the Caen area and surrounding strongpoints.
Planes Blast At Robot Bomb Ramps In Normandy Raid
Allied air forces launched a sweeping assault over Caen and western front targets. Lancasters dropped six ton bombs on St Leu d Esserent caves supplying robot bombs while American heavy bombers hit launching ramps and Caen as British and American aircraft pounded German positions and storage caverns along the Oise.
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London
Montgomery
Caen
Normandy
England
St. Leu-d’Esserent
Paris
Oise
Air Ministry
Gun Victim Seeks Return of Girdle in Court Case
Miss Edna Desseau, 46, wounded when a man fired during a girdle incident, asks the court to return her girdle now that she has healed. The judge, noting the garment was evidence, declines to release it despite her insistence.
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New York
Edna Desseau
Miss Desseau
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Tory
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Twin Falls
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Transocean
Guenther von Kluge
High Command
U. S
Cherbourg
St. Jean de Cave
Supreme Headquarters
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