Roosevelt Accepts Nomination In Wartime Chicago
President Roosevelt accepted the Democratic nomination at a packed Chicago stadium, urging continuation of war aims and postwar plans while warning against entrusting the war to inexperienced hands. Reports detail Allied advances in Normandy, with rains hindering ground operations and Montgomery’s forces pushing toward Caen as American units hold the western flank.
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Roosevelt
Pacific Coast
Thomas E. Dewey
Caen
Paris
Caumont-Tilly
St. Lo
Periers
Supreme Headquarters
St. Martin
St. Andre-Sur- Orne
le Havre
Bernard L. Montgomery
Erwin Rommel
Montgomery
Second Rmy
Italy
Normandy
Churchill
High Seas
Casablanca
Cairo
Moscow
Teheran
Lincoln
Wallace Gains New Strength in New York Delegates
Wallace gains ground as about 20 of New York's 96 votes pledge to him in a fierce contest. Truman leads with backing from Edward Flynn's faction, pledging 76 delegates to Truman, leaving others unrecorded. The tally shows Wallace with 379 pledged and claimed votes, Truman 181, and nominating threshold at 589. Bankhead rises as a new southern threat with Alabama's 24 votes pledged to him.
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New York
Chicago Stadium
Henry A. Wallace
Empire State
Harry Truman
Missouri
Roosevelt
Edward J. Flynn
Truman
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
D. Worth Clark
Idaho
Utah
Elbert D. Thomas
Ohio
John Bankhead
Alabama
South
Hitler Aide Plotters Purged After Assassination Attempt
Berlin announced the execution of a conspirator group tied to the alleged plot to overthrow Hitler and sue for peace. Col Gen Ludwig Beck was reported dead, amid claims of divisions revolting in East Prussia and a purge of generals in the wake of the attempted assassination.
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Ludwig Beck
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Sweden
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Czechoslovakia
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von Rundstedt
Europe
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Denmark
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von Bra ‘Sch
Stockholm
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Obersalzburg
General Chennault Eyes Six Month War End If Germany Falls
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault, commander of the 14th Air Force in China, said defeating Germany this year would bring Japan’s defeat within six months. He argued Japanese tactics are strong but their strategy poor and urged interior campaigns to wear them down.
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China
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Germany
Japan
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Hunan
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Hengyang
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U. S
Saipan
Japan Information Board Chief Resigns Amid Cabinet Fall
Eiji Aman described by the Office of War Information as Japan's No 1 propagandist resigns as president of the Japanese Information Board in line with the en bloc resignation of the Tojo cabinet. Cabinet secretary Naoki Hoshino and legislative bureau director Eichi Moriyama also quit.
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Eiji Aman
Office of War Information
Japan
Japanese Information Board
Tojo
Dome
Naaki Hoshino
Eichi Moriyama
Legislative Bureau
Shurtliff Family Notes Arrivals in England During War
Lieutenant Blanche Shurtliff ANC has arrived in England with Lt. E. L. Shurtliff of 458 North Twelfth. Their son-in-law, Private Melvin J. Gregoire, is also in England. The Shurtliffs have readied details of wartime family dispatches and travel notices.
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E. L. Shurtliff
North Twelfth
Lieut
Blanche Shurtliff
ANC
England
Pvt
Melvin J. Gregoire
Shurtliffs
Democratic platform shores up Roosevelt bid for fourth term
Chicago reports the 1944 Democratic platform pledges victory through peace and war records, calls for full employment, and proposes an international alliance to preserve peace with an international court. A racial plank debates equal rights and poll tax repeal amid southern dissent.
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Democratic Party
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Congress
Missouri
Henry A. Wallace
Iowa
Wallace
United Nations
International Court of Justice
Croxall and Cornelison Arrive in England Air Service Command
Lynn H. Croxall son of J. H. Croxall of Pocatello Idaho and Pfc Eugene J. Cornelison son of J B Cornelison of Fort Hall Idaho arrived overseas. They took part in orientation courses to bridge US training and combat life before entering the army. Croxall was a Pocatello high school student and Cornelison worked as a Union Pacific railroad apprentice.
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England
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J. H. Croxall
South Twelfth
Pocatello
Pfc
Eugene J. Cornelison
James B. Cornelison
Fort Hall
Oriental
United States
Army
Sergeant Croxall
Pocatello High School
Cornelison
Union Pacific Railroad
Pocatellan Advances to First Lieutenant Amid War Decree
The war department announced temporary promotions from second to first lieutenant. Edward M. Bjorklund AC Coeur d'Alene Idaho Earl F Elson AC Eden Eusebio Arriaga AC Hailey Ramona M Saar ANC Idaho Falls Arthur Sidney Hyde AC Pocatello. Second Lt Keith Simons AUS Burley ordered to active duty.
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War Department
Idaho
Edward M. Bjorklund
Coeur d'Alene
Earl F. Elson
Eden
Eusebio Arriaga
Hailey
Ramona M. Saar
ANC
Idaho Falls
Arthur Sidney Hyde
Pocatello
Keith Simons
AUS
Burley
Parma Soldier Earns Bronze Star Medal
Washington reports Tech. Sgt. Morris B. Thompson of Parma Idaho has received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious conduct in wartime. The award was announced by the War Department today.
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Idaho
War Department
Tech
Morris B. Thompson
Parma
Russians Tighten Grip On Germans Baltic Front Near Lwow
Soviet forces drive along the trans-Lithuanian railway and seize key junctions 50 miles west of Daugavpils and 85 miles southeast of Riga as they push toward Warsaw. Lwow garrison faces encirclement while German defenses near Brest Litovsk and Lublin weaken under the Ukrainian front breakout.
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Dvinsk
Riga
Meme
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Rawa Ruska
Bug River
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Sokal
Lublin
Stalin
High Command
Kowel
Niemen River
Germany
Nazis seize Poles in Lwow as Russians advance
Polish telegraph agency reports about 3,000 Poles detained in Lwow to quell potential uprising as Russian forces close in. Among those arrested is Gen. Ledochowski, former Krakow military commander and brother of the late Cardinal Ledóchowski of the Jesuit order, per underground radio.
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Court Sets Hearing for Blackfoot Hospital Superintendent
Hearing for Dr. D A McClusky superintendent of the Blackfoot State Hospital South is set for July 28 or 29. Justice C C Harris announced. Deputy prosecuting attorney Donald R Good has filed for dismissal of a similar charge but will prosecute on a count alleging inadequate medical care for a patient whose broken jaw was repaired by a wire.
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D. A. McClusky
Blackfoot State Hospital South
C. C. Harris
Donald R. Good
Bingham County
Burley Man Wounded Among 170 Navy Casualties
Washington navy release lists 170 additional casualties including Marine Jack T. Bowen from Burley Idaho who is wounded and whose mother Mrs. Gladys Bowen is named as next of kin.
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Navy
Idaho
Marine Corp
Jack T. Bowen
Gladys Bowen
Casualties Rise in Italy Across War Period
Active Secretary of War Patterson reports American forces in Italy from the September landings through July 12 total 73,166 casualties. The weekly increase is 2,767 with 12,999 dead, 49,561 wounded, and 10,606 missing.
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Washington
Italy
Patterson
Bolt Strike Injures Woman at Fairfield Ranch
Mrs Raymond Keen of Boise was knocked unconscious by a lightning bolt at the Orvil Nielson ranch south of Fairfield while reaching to pull an electric cord. A physician said she would likely suffer no lasting effects.
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Raymond Keen
Boise
Orvil Nielson
Fairfield
Marines and Infantry in Island Attack on Guam
American marines and infantry landed on Guam as bombardment by ships and aircraft continued. The invasion began amid heavy fire from Fifth Fleet forces under Admiral Nimitz, aiming to secure a crucial Pacific base and press toward Japan.
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Japan
United States
Chester W. Nimitz
Honolulu
Saipan
Tojo
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Pacific
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Kazan
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Raymond A. Spruance
Philippines
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