Air blitz hammers Cologne and targets Nantes La Pallice Le Mans
RAF bombers blasted Cologne for 45 minutes while Hamburg was pummeled. American Fortresses joined daylight raids on Nantes La Pallice and Le Mans, with fighter cover and enemy aircraft claims noted. The strikes, timed with anniversary of Eighth Air Force, show growing Allied air power ahead of a planned invasion.
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London
R.A.F
Cologne
Hamburg
Nantes
le Nans
la Pallice
France
Eighth Air Force
Europe
le Mans
la Pailice
R. & F. Dominion
Paris
Bay of Biscay
Von Brauchitsch’s Son Arrested for War Letter
Stockholm reports that a son of Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch, former German army commander, was arrested in Germany for distributing a letter written by his father criticizing the high command. Several officers were reportedly arrested as well.
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Stockholm &P
Goeteborts Handels-Och-Sjoefartstindninz
Walther von Brauchitsch
Germany
High Command
Axis forms invasion command from Raeder head
Aftonbladet reports a new German general service branch led by Grand Admiral Erich Raeder to counter Allied invasion. It includes four divisions coast guard submarine light and heavy naval forces and appears a navy reorganization with personnel from army and air force. The unit focuses on coastal defense from Norway to Greece with no official purpose announced. Raeder led the navy 1928 to 1930 before Doenitz succeeded him.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Aftonbladet
Hitler
Norway
Greece
Raeder
Karl Doenitz
Germany
Betty Grable to Wed Harry James in Las Vegas
Betty Grable waved farewell to friends and boarded a train to Las Vegas where she will marry bandleader Harry James early today. The couple’s wedding plans followed a long courtship and high public interest as news traveled from Los Angeles to Nevada.
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Los Angeles
Betty Grable
Las Vegas
Nev
Harry James
Italy destroys Sicily quay defenses as invasion threat grows
Allied reports say Axis forces in Sicily are blowing up quays at Trapani and targeting ports near Palermo to deny facilities for any potential Allied landing. Bombing imagery shows demolition of port installations while raids on Ostia Fiumicino and over Rome are mentioned with heavy air action across Sardinia and Sicily.
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North Africa
Italy
Pantelleria
Sicily
Rome Radio
Palermo
Rome
Ostia
Fiumicino
Tiber
Anthony Eden
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North African Command
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Cap Bon
Tunisia
Hoover
America
Mystery Slayer Identified in Wyoming Slayings
Sheriff officials said a man named Howard William Pickell of Syracuse New York identified by Mrs O Larson as the attacker in the Katmo slaying near Laramie is in Cheyenne jail awaiting murder charges. He was captured Saturday near Fine Bluffs as a manhunt continued for two additional killings in the region.
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Ed A. Wood
Cheyenne
O. Larson
Mat Katmo
Wood
Norbert Tuck
Howard William Pickell
Syracuse
N. Y
Fine Bluffs
Dale Creek
Laramie
Pickell
Larson
Katmo
Katma
Percy Cota
Cota
University of Wyoming
Twin Peaks
Cota J
Colorado- Wyoming
Classified Ads Taken Over Classified Ads Taken Over Be Charged
A transient advert section notes a shift in classified listings with notices that the page is now under new management and potential charges may apply. Subheadings indicate changes in formatting and listing procedures for readers and sellers.
Senate Votes Today On Subsidy Funds
Washington AP reports Congress nears end of session with five money bills awaiting action. The Senate will act on a House approved six month CCC subsidy extension with a $350 million borrowing boost and a $25 million spending cap. Deficiency and war-time budgets push total appropriations to about $130.4 billion as five measures total over $35 billion move toward final approval.
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Washington
78Th Congress
Senate
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Senate Banking Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
Hoover assails subsidies and food policy in wartime critique
Former President Herbert Hoover denounces Roosevelt food subsidies as not solving the core food problem and predicts higher prices and scarcer food in eight months. He calls for a single federal food administrator and a National War Council presided by Roosevelt to unify the war effort.
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New York
National War Council
Roosevelt
Hoover
United States
United Nations Mark Fourth of July Support Worldwide
The Associated Press reports a global celebration marking the American Fourth of July with unprecedented international felicity. Nearly all United Nations members and allies publicly honored the date, praising U S independence and allied cooperation, including lavish British editorials highlighting ties with Britain.
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Associated Press
United States
United Nations
Great Britain
London Press
Bombers Wreck Jap Held Bridge Near Mandalay
Medium bombers knocked out the Myitnge railroad bridge over the Irrawaddy near Japanese held Mandalay Burma destroying the south span and tracks and embankment on the south approach. The bridge had been claimed earlier but Japanese engineers had made it usable again, a U S communique said.
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New Delhi
W. S
Myitnge
Mandalay
Burma
Irrawaddy River
United States
Aubrey Williams Declares NYA Death Notice Issued
Aubrey Williams the NYA director signed the death certificate for the National Youth Administration eight years after its birth. The action follows congressional cuts to a 3 million liquidation fund. About 5,500 trainees and 4,300 project supervisors are affected as the staff is reduced to a minimal wound‑up corps. Williams plans unspecified next steps, possibly Army enlistment.
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National Youth Administration
Aubrey Williams
Congress
NYA
Williams
Army
Baseball Scoreboard National and American League results
National league results include Boston beating Pittsburg 3 1 and 13 0, Chicago besting Philadelphia twice, St Louis defeating Brooklyn twice, New York taking Cincinnati in 10 innings, with Cincinnati winning the rematch. American games show New York over Detroit 1 0, Detroit over New York 6 0, St Louis over Washington twice, Chicago over Philadelphia twice, and Boston at Cleveland postponed. Minor notes: Albany beat Springfield and Hartford swept Utica. Wilkes Barre and Scranton also posted scores with a Sunday closing.
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Boston
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
Brooklyn
New York
Cincinnati
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
Albany
Springfield
i—Hartford
Utica
Hartford
Wilkes-Barre
Binghamton
Scranton
Elmira
Sunday Law
Price Control In Solomons Exchange Rates Quoted
Allied Headquarters in Australia lists wartime exchange rates for Solomons occupied by U S forces. Rates use local barter items such as twist tobacco sticks, sweet potatoes, oranges, bananas, pawpaws, bush pigs, grass skirts, turtles, canoes, walking sticks and crocodiles as currency. Lists provided to soldiers to avoid overcharge.
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Australia
Trobriand
Woodlark Islands
MacArthur On Way Back to Philippines Seen
Washington reports friends of General Douglas MacArthur believe the Allied plan to reclaim the Philippines is underway. The South Pacific offensive aims to base forces for future pushes toward Rabaul and Formosa while destroying Japanese air and naval strength. Military leaders stress base construction and attrition over immediate territorial gains, with joint advances possible toward the Asiatic coast.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
South Pacific
MacArthur
Philippines
Japan
Malaya
Netherlands East Indies
Formosa Island
Asiatic
China
Adm
William F. Halsey, Jr
New Guinea
Halsey
Solomons
Rabaul
Allied seize Vura village as MacArthur leads Pacific drive
Allied forces under Gen. Douglas MacArthur seize Vura village on Vangunu Island killing 300 Japanese and forcing the remainder to surrender. MacArthur personally directs the campaign after arriving in New Guinea to oversee preparations for the broad drive from the Solomons to eastern New Guinea. The campaign includes landings at Kirtwina and Woodlark Islands and a launch near Salamaua while air combat increases, with 155 Japanese planes downed since the drive began. Continued on Page Eleven.
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Australia
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Vura
Vangunu Island
MacArthur
Corregidor
Philippines
New Guinea
Kiriwina
Woodlark Islands
Viru Harbor
Nassau Bay
Salamaua
Kendova Island
Solomons
Kirtwina
Trobriand Islands
Woodlark Island
Trobriand Group
Buna
Woodlark
Weyward
Kendari
Celebes
New Gainea
Mme Chiang Kai-shek Returns to Chungking After U S Tour
Mme Chiang Kai-shek returns to war capital Chungking after an extended U S and Canada trip. She arrived secretly by transport plane from an American crew, reuniting with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek at their home. She underwent medical treatment in the United States before the journey.
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Chungking
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Canada
July 4 Death Toll Is Low
The nation kept busy with war preparations as the July 4 holiday weekend saw one of the smallest death tolls. By two-thirds through the three-day period, total deaths reached 144 with traffic accidents 60, drownings 43, and other causes 41.
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Associated Press
United States
Chinese Hold Chungking as Japanese Counterattacks Fail
Chinese forces in Hupen Province near Kungan repelled two Japanese counterattacks, defending one of the bases used in the aborted push on the upper Yangtze, according to the Chinese high command.
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Chungking
Hupen
Kungan
Yangtze
Kiska Base Batterings Hit Japanese Garrison
American bombers pounded the Kiska garrison in nine raids on the Aleutian island. Liberator and Ventura aircraft hit gun positions, camps, and the North Head area, with one direct hit reported on a house possibly a command HQ. Clouds limited observation of results.
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Armen
Kiska
Navy
Aleutians
Gertrude
Tha Aan
South
Southwest
Pacific
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