Guam Returns To U S Hands After Marianas Campaign
American forces completed the Guam conquest except for a small inland pocket near Pati Point. Admiral Chester Nimitz announced the final stage of the assault began July 20 with the Third and Fourth Marine Divisions and the 2nd Infantry Division. Marine Maj. Gen. Roy Geiger led the ground forces amid ongoing coastal patrols as the island neared full reconquest. Tinian and Saipan had been seized in July, placing Guam as the third Mariana island to fall.
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U. & Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Pati Point
Adm
Chester W. Nimits
Fiati
Guan
Japan
Third
Fourth Marine
Tith
Ted
Roy 3S
Geiger
Marianas
Tinian
Saipan
Jury Told to Search For Political Motive in Philadelphia Strike
Federal Judge George A. Welsh charged a 20 member grand jury to find any political motive behind Philadelphia’s wildcat transit strike. He urged that race prejudice or national election considerations not be ignored and said leaders should be punished if race hatred drove the action. Eight Negro workers in training were protected by the Army and awaiting hearings on Smith Connally Act charges.
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Phiadelphia
George A. Welsh
Philadelphia
Wildcat
Welsh
Hoover
Ihops
Winder
Army
Tavoeday
Fair Embate
Quebec Vote Seen Rebuke To Ottawa
Quebec voters in close provincial election rebuked Liberal Premier Adelard Godbout and backed Maurice Duplessis and the Union Nationale on a platform of federal non interference. Results show 38 seats for Godbout and 45 for Duplessis with possible gains to come as official tallies finalize. A new election date remains a distinct possibility.
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Montreal
Canada
W. L. Mackenzie Riggs
Ottawa
Quebec
Adelard Godbout
King
Godbout
Maurice Duplessis
Union Nationale
Biddle Blames Company Union For Strike
U S Attorney General Francis Biddle ordered a thorough probe into the Philadelphia transportation strike to seek evidence of a conspiracy. He said federal officials would be called before the grand jury in Philadelphia along with company, city, and union officials to uncover actions countering the strike.
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Spokane
Wash
Philadelphia
United States
Francis Biddle
Hiddle
CLCL
Miller Nomination Confirmed for Labor Women's Bureau
The Senate continued yesterday the nomination of Fried S. Miller of New York as director of the Women's Bureau at the Department of Labor.
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Washington
Senate
S. Miller
New York
Women's Bureau
Department At Labor
Eastern scoreboard recap with mixed college and pro results
The EASTERN section shows Binghamton 9 Albany 4 with Wikes Harte 3 and Elmirs, plus Wilkes Barre versus Elonra and Rithg Williamsport 2 Scranton 1. National games include St Louis 4 Philadelphia and Pittsburgh 4, New York, Boston 9 Cincinnati, Brooklyn 5 Chicago 2. American games list St Louis, New York, Boston 5 Chicago 1 4, Philadelphia 5 Detroit 4 Washington.
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Binghamton
Albany
Wikes-Harte
Elmirs
Wilkes-Barre
Elonra & Rithg
Williamsport
Scranton
National
St.Louis
Philadelphia
Pittsbory
New York
Boston
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Chicago
St Louis
New ‘York
Detroit
Washington
Dewey Peace Views Satisfactory to Edge
Gov. Walter E. Edge of New Jersey praised Thomas E. Dewey’s postwar plan as an effective framework to confront future world peace threats. Edge criticized the phrase peace forces as vague while stressing Dewey favors a strong organization guiding postwar security.
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Dewey
Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Walter E. Edge
New Jersey
Favorig
Edge
Republican
Austin
Sormel
Second Death Ends Family Tragedy in Israel
Joseph Dernova, 24, died of lung cancer at Zion Hospital in Israel after two weeks of illness. Police say his father Sidney Dernova, 55, committed suicide by poison in remorse for giving his son what he believed to be medicine. Joseph reportedly spat out the poison before fainting, and Sidney died by the same poison. Police noted no further details on the incident.
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New York
Soseph Dernova
Israel Zion Hospital
George W. Rogers
Sidney
Domora
Joseph
Reds Claim New Gains Amid Frantic German Counterattacks
Soviet dispatches report stubborn German counterattacks along the eastern front as Reds widen gains north of Warsaw and lift into the Carpathians toward Czechoslovakia. Germans draft masses, brace for Red Army advance into East Prussia, per midnight communique.
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Latvia
Warsaw
Carpathians
Czechoslovakia
Red Army
East Prussia
Bus Disaster Near Wrens Kills At Least Three
AP dispatch reports a Southern Stages bus from Macon to Augusta detoured into a bridge rail near Wrens Georgia late yesterday. The crash and fire killed at least three riders and injured nine including the driver. Police say a charred body of a white man was found and evidence suggests others perished in the flames.
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Wrens
APIA
Southern Stages
Wrene
C. W. Brown
Brown
Macon
Augusta
Fulbright Increases Lead in Primary
In Little Rock Arkansas Lt. Gov. J W Fulbright widened his lead over Gov Homer M Adkins for the Democratic Senate nomination to succeed Hattie Caraway. Returns from about 150 precincts gave Fulbright 119616 to Adkins 73330. Additional returns also boosted majorities for Jack Carnes Camden for Democratic national committee woman and Circuit Judge J W Truble for third district congress.
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Little Rock
Ark
J. W. Fulbright
Homer M. Adkins
Hattie W. Caraway
Fulbright
Adkins
Jack Carnes
Camden
J. W. Truble
Shift of 3000 WACs to France Stated
London report says three thousand of the 6500 WACs in the European theater of U. S. Army operations will be moved to France following the hundred already there Lieut. Col. Anna Wilson WAC director announced last night she did not indicate how soon transfers would be made
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London
France
Anna Wilson
Wac
Bulgars Bid For Peace Says Ankara
Unconfirmed reports from here state Bulgaria seeks peace terms via the Turkish government. Dr Floyd Henson Black, former president of the American College in Bulgaria and now in Istanbul, traveled to Ankara amid rumors of Allied mediation. Romanian surrender steps may follow if Russian Finland terms are moderate and new Moscow-brokered armistice emerges.
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Ankara
Bulgaria
Floyd Henson Black
American College
Istanbul
UW. Ss
Furkey
Nazi Collapse Will Not Affect Draft Quotas
Salem Ore National draft quotas will likely not shrink after Europe ends Maj Gen Lewis B Hershey says quotas are currently small and the Navy needs men for the Pacific war while the Army requires replacements for long serving personnel Cenobitization of the Army will take many months
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Salem
Ore
Europe
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Navy
Army
U S General Describes Soviet Tactics and Delays
Maj. Gen John RB Deane, chief of the U S military mission to Moscow, says Soviet advances slowed by supply-line reorganizations and civilian mobilization. He dismisses any planned German withdrawal and credits civilian war participation and rapid repair of routes, with partisans aiding the Red Army as intelligence and combat support.
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Washington
John
Deane
Red Army
Moscow
Dearner
Partisans
Family Hears Twin Wounded Brother Killed in France
Greenfield Mass AP report of John Pulaski family learning Alexander Pulaski wounded in France and Walter Pulaski killed there. Twins born March 24 1922 were inseparable in school and Army. Alexander wounded July 25 Walter killed July 21. Another brother Chester serves in the Navy.
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Greenfield
Mass
War Department
Iglegram
John Pulaski
Alexander
France
Walter
Bove
Chester
Party Lines Drawn Over Jobless Pay Debate in Senate
Washington AP reports bitter Senate debate over postwar unemployment pay. Senator Revercomb denounces proposed uniform benefits up to 33 dollars weekly as foreign to America while Murray and Vandenberg defend federal standards and oppose states rights. Coalition leaders await votes amid no clear compromise.
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Washington
Senate
Revercomb
P-W. Vws
América
Gabor
Murray
George Dga
George
Hoovervilles
Deweyvilles
Vandenberg
Reich
Polish Envoy Leaves Russia For London
Stanislaw Mikolayczkyk, premier of the Polish government in exile, announced he would return to London with proposals on rival Polish regimes after talks with Premier Stalin. He said no definite agreement was reached and expressed optimism about a durable, cooperative Poland with the Soviet Union in peacetime.
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Moscow
CPI
Stalin
Stanislaw Mikolaiczyk
London
Poland
Russia
Mikolazczyk
Curiosity Fatal to Boy In Syracuse Chest Death
In Syracuse AP report a boy William Cavallo died from suffocation after curiosity led him to explore a new cedar chest his mother had bought the day before. The chest locked from the inside and could not be opened. His mother, returning home from work, found him missing then discovered the body as she prepared to search the neighborhood. The father had been a prisoner of war in Germany for about two years.
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Syracuse
William Cavallo
Pat
Nicholas Cavallo
Germany
Cavalio
Siate
Ike
Connecticut Portia to Pit Charm and Skill Against Clare Boothe Luce at Polls
Connecticut Democrat Portia Connors, a Yale Law School graduate and former deputy secretary of state, heads the fourth district contest against incumbent Clare Boothe Luce. Connors vows a serious race and full-time service if elected, seeking to win peace and bring focused leadership to Washington.
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Connecticut
Portia
Clare Boothe Luce
Bridgeport
Plang
Fim
Miss Connors
Wellesley College
Yale Law School
Misa’ Connors
Az Weil
Idnterest
F. Wic. A
Jane
Hartford
Geraldine
James W. Condors
Washington
Connors
Luce Renominated by Fourth District GOP in Connecticut
Rep Clare Luce of Greenwich was renominated for a second term by the fourth district Republican convention in Connecticut. She condemned administration policies and communism in a speech and earned press notes as Connecticut's first woman of five reelection. Her Bridgeport law practice was mentioned as she speaks.
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Greenwich
Conn
UPI
Clare B. Luce
Stefamation
Department of Justice
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Allied air and land assault disrupt Nazi tank concentration near Caen
The report describes a large Allied air sweep south of Caen targeting a German tank concentration near the Liaison valley, with Canadians advancing in the sector. Allied forces also strike at submarine bases on the West French coast and German industry as Germany strains resources.
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London
Caen
Spee
French
Germany
Rerey
Yugoslavia
Laison Valley
Quentin de la Roche
Falsise
Morisin Grea
Water and Food Short In Florence
Florence faced critical shortages of water and food as German and British forces tightened control. Artillery and machinegun positions lined the Arno, cutting supply routes. power plant destruction worsened the water crisis, while looting and civil strife persisted and residents stayed indoors hoping for relief.
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Rome
Florence
Arno
Italy
Hight
500 U Boats Destroyed Since Start of War
A joint Anglo American statement reported more than 300 German submarines sunk by the Allies since the war began. The release, issued under President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, notes U boats were ineffective during a month marked by continental operations, with July’s submarine losses higher than earlier months.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stly
Beccess
Aitape Battle Inflicts Over A Thousand Japanese Losses
General headquarters reports 1,072 Japanese killed in the Aitape area as Allied forces encircle front lines along the Driniumor River. Japanese remnants from the 18th Army in the Wewak region now face defense as Allies push westward. An Allied Liberator also bombed a Japanese freighter near Mindanao in the Philippines Monday night.
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Headatariers
Southwest Pacific
Atepe
Headqun
Driniumor
Wewak
Altape
Davad
Mindanao
Phiippines
Bulgarian Parliament Votes Called to Special Session
AP reports New York broadcasts say Bulgaria's parliament will meet in a special session next Tuesday amid rising political tension. A Berlin broadcast cited London sources confirming plans for the gathering.
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New York
Berlin
London
Americans Sweep Past Le Mans and St Malo Forts
Allied forces surged toward Paris after sweeping through Le Mans and forcing Brittany forts to surrender. St Malo fell after heavy fighting. Canadians captured over 2,000 prisoners from the German 12th Division on the Caen front. August toll lists 49 liberated towns and villages by allied units.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Gp—Liaue
Omar N. Bradles
Paris
le Mans
Brittany
St. Malo
St. Mils
Norih
Caen
Norway
Sr, Mato
Wilson and Fibber McGee Taken From Troop Distribution
The Army banned two morale division films for troops the WWI president drama Wilson and the Fibber McGee and Molly comedy Heavenly Days. The War Department cited the soldier voting act and its restrictions on materials to influence national elections. Debate followed over the act and calls to amend it.
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Washington
Wilson
War Department
Morale Services Division Ag
Decry Zasnuck
Zmng Signal Corpa
Stmed
Woodrow Wilson
Capitol
RKGO
Fibber
Green
Congress
Army
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Thei Joo
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New
Aitape
Fibber McGee
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