Invasion Progress in Normandy Presses Forward
Allied forces push along the Cherbourg peninsula with U S units from Montebourg to Quineville fighting stiff German resistance. General Eisenhower notes steady gains west of Carentan while Rommel pours tanks into the eastern sector. War Secretary Stimson warns of fiercer counter blows as bombing raids strike England with Hitler’s robot aircraft.
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Normandy
U. S
Cherbourg
Montebourg
Quineville
Eisenhower
Carentan
Elle
Vire
St. Lo
Key Junction
Fourth Division
Erwin Rommel
Stimson
France
Germany
England
Hitler
Chicago Convention Sparks Battle For Nomination
Delegates arrive as Dewey leads in pledged support while Bricker supporters vow a floor fight. Dewey enters with the most pledged delegates though Bricker remains hopeful. Democrats announce Kerr of Oklahoma to keynote their Chicago convention on July 19.
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Republica Party
Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
John W. Bricker
Chio
Bricker Soureas
Dewey
Bricker
Robert 5. Kerr
Oklahoma
Pacific and Italian fronts push as Allied forces advance
Allied forces press toward Saipan with heavy naval and air blows softening Japanese defenses while U S B 20 planes strike Japan from China Burma India lines and a new global air arm forms. In Italy German defenses falter as Fifth and Eighth Armies drive north from the Tyrrhenian coast, taking hundreds of prisoners and forcing a rapid retreat.
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U. S
Japan
Navy Sea
Saipan
Marianas
Tokyo
Tarawa
Guadalcanal
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Iner
China
Tokyo Radio
Moji
Shimonoseki
China-Burma-India
United Nations
Italy
Rome
Tyrrhenian
Lake Bolsena
Terni
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Pain detector showcased at Gastro-Enterological meeting
At a Chicago convention of the Gastro-Enterological Association Dr Lester Morrison of Philadelphia described a device claimed to detect diseased organs in unconscious patients via the viscrogalvanic reaction. The report notes the method and its proposed mechanism.
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Gastro-enterological Association
Chicago
Lester Morrison
Philadelphia
Parity Price Rule in OPA Bill Shape
The House extended OPA price control to parity for farm goods. Processors not paying parity could charge only 90 percent of the OFA ceiling for finished products. Cotton ceiling adjustments were removed, leaving parity as a major House Senate dispute. The administration backed farm lenders in the bill’s form, though a presidential veto remained possible over proposed legal testing of OPA rules in district courts.
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House
Senate
Wounded Yanks: Death Rate Drops for Wounded Soldiers
Maj. Gen. Norman Kirk reports 97 of every 100 wounded Americans are saved, with Navy figures similar. WWI death rate was 8 percent. now under 2 percent. Abdominal injuries kill 25 percent, down from 50 percent. Penetrating chest wounds fatal under 26 percent, down from over 50. Head wounds death rate fallen to 4 percent from 14.
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Norman Kirk
U. S. Army
Navy
Progress in Bond Drive Targets Military Equipment
Treasury officials report during the first two days of the Fifth War Loan drive individual buyers purchased nearly 500 million dollars in bonds. Bond purchases translate into military equipment for the army and navy, with notable price drops such as a heavy bomber from 500,000 to 250,000 and a fighter plane from 650,000 to 150,000 compared with last year.
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Treasury
Goa
Army
Navy
Second Scandal at Pearl Harbor Aide and Contractor Tied
A House subcommittee report blames Col. Theodore Wyman Jr. and Hans Wilhelm Rohl for Pearl Harbor defense delays. Wyman allegedly favored Rohl’s firm with 125 million in contracts for a permanent aircraft warning system begun December 7, 1940. completion lagged. The panel cites drunken conduct and improper influence as factors in the bungled setup.
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Pearl Harbor
Congress
House
Theodore Wyman Jr
Honolulu
Hans Wilhelm Rohl
California
U. S
Germany
Wyman
Rohl
Household goods demand survey guides WPA purchases
The census bureau for the War Production Board surveyed 4,500 representative households in April to map demand for 66 items. It found satisfied buyer demand ranged from 58 percent for sewing thread to 45 percent for wash basins and drawn mowers.
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Census Bureau
War Production Board
WPA
Four Freedoms and Ideologies War Debate
Western Union columnist argues the clash between Four Freedoms and radical ideologies shapes domestic and international news. He urges rejecting collectivism, defending individual liberty, democracy, and religious freedom while warning against state domination and totalitarianism in postwar planning.
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Four Freedoms
Washington
Britain
Congress
Behind the Scenes Gossip and Oddities From A World War II Era Page
A collage of gossip and humor tracks De Gaulle’s unpopularity among top leaders, a Jane Cowl and Philip Merivale feud quip, a Nazi POW disguise failed at Camp Crowder, a judge quip on changing names, bomber pilots’ Switzerland joke, and staff notes on Lowell Mellett’s delayed $5 raise at the St. Louis Post Dispatch, with quick quips from various columnists and readers.
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Lowell Mellett
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Mellett
P.D
Marshall’s Quiet roteiro of Invasion Craft Revealed
In Washington the commander credits go to the troops and Eisenhower, yet a veteran profile recalls Gen George C Marshall planning every invasion detail. He notes his 1917 18 maneuver moving a million men from St Mihiel to the Meuse Argonne with vast rail and supply moves unseen by the enemy.
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Normandy Beachhead
Ernest J. King
United States Fleet
George C. Marshall
Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alan G. Kirk
Potomac
Pentagon
U. S
Eisenhower
Jean
General Marshall
Marshall
France
Pershing
St. Mihiel
Meuse- Argonne Front
Cooperation With Eisenhower And Marshall In World War II
A historical column notes close cooperation between General Marshall and General Eisenhower versus earlier tensions with Pershing. It recalls Marshall’s visits to Walter Reed, contrasts West Point paths, and jokes about G-2’s D-day move amid Allied preparations and Roosevelt’s Irish policy on Axis diplomats.
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War Department
Pentagon
English Channel
Roosevelt
Cherbourg
U. S.S
Irish Sea
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