WPB Civilian Conversion Plan Moves Forward
The War Production Board announced a civilian production program to start Saturday with staggered dates delaying parts of the plan to August. Inter-agency dispute existed with War and Navy Departments and the War Manpower Commission over diverting labor from arms production.
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Washington CP
War Production Board
Dostaid
Nelson
Army
Navy
War and Navy Departments
War Manpower Commission
Charles E Wilson
Wice Cchairman
Mgency
James F. Byrnes
Digpurants
Sele Ot
Wilsom
Biewer
Clare Luce Hails Dewey as Inevitable Man for U S A
Rep Clare Boothe Luce calls Gov Thomas Dewey the inevitable man for the U S A after a Connecticut delegation luncheon with Dewey. She says Wendell Willkie would support the Republican Party and notes Dewey’s grasp of postwar opportunity and domestic economy. Danaher quotes praise for Dewey’s topic shifts during the visit.
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Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Clare Bootte Luce
R-Conn
Dewey
Wendell L. Willkie
Luce
Wilkie
Roosevelt
U.S. A
Ste
John A A. Danaher
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Danaher
Connecticut
Soviets Bow Over Nazi Opposition In Baltic Push
Soviet forces pushed toward East Prussia and the Baltic Sea as German resistance collapsed. Moscow said about 4,000 Nazis killed and hundreds captured in one day, with over 2,000 prisoners taken east of Minsk and German casualties topping 35,000 in the Minsk to Wilno arc.
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London
East Prussia
Baltic Sea
Germany
Dangerpils
Dvinsk
Latvia
Moscow
Minsk
Wilno
Berlin
Hillman Attacks Dewey as Hoover Mouthpiece
UPI report quotes Sidney Bilman, chairman of the U I Political Action Committee, calling the Republican platform an insult to American intelligence and calling Gov. Thomas E. Dewey a mouthpiece of Herbert Hoover and the Old Guard. He travels to Chicago to press a 6.20 labor plank and warns Dewey would mean a national disaster if elected. He also praises Roosevelt for seeking a fourth term and predicts large support for the President.
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New York
UPI
Sidney Bilman
Chainman
Thomas E. Dewey
Herbert Hoover
O. P
Hillman
Chicago
Dewey
C. SO
Roosevelt
Wingness
Sen
Social Workers Oppose Day Home Group Care
A conference of child specialists and social workers urged abandoning group care for young children to free mothers for war work. They argued day nurseries and similar group care are more costly and harmful than the foster family system in which a child stays in a private home while the mother works.
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Washington
Eastern League scoreboard shows Utica and Elmira updates
The Eastern League scoreboard lists Utica 3 Witke Barre 6 and Ctica 4 Withea Barre Elmira at Hartford postponed. Only games scheduled. Allstar game Oonin Americans.
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Witke-Barre
Ctica
Withea-Barre Elmira
Hartford
Allstar
W C T U Learns Where Rum Flows Freely
In Ocean Grove New Jersey Reverend James S Pemberton pastor of Bal lard Methodist Church Asbury Park told a meeting of 730 delegates from several states that rum is widespread behind the capitol army navy soldiers homes and only Arlington Cemetery remains dry He warned vast sums of money are wasted by citizens yearly on liquor that could be put to better use.
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Ocean Grove
N. J
James S. Pemberton
Ballard
Methodist Church
Asbury Park
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Rum
Capitol
Army
Navy
Arlington Cemetery
Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
Connecticut
United States
Mail Service Reopened Between U S Rome and Vatican City
The United States Post Office announces the resumption of mail service between the U S and Rome and Vatican City. Only personal correspondence is allowed at present. no commercial or financial items may be sent. No registration insurance or parcel post is available.
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Washington
United States
Rome
Vatican City
St Lo Siege Broadside as US Tanks Advance Toward City
Tank battle rages near St Lo as Allied forces press to within two miles of the Normandy hub. Marshal Rommel directs select panzer units in defense while American big guns and Thunderbolt dive bombers provide heavy air and ground support in a major offensive outside the city.
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Normandy
iSt
Ervin Rommel
Caen
St Lo
Watts
Thunderbolt
Montgomery visits Caen in Normandy front advances noted
General Montgomery toured Caen amid cheers and visited St Stephen's Cathedral as Allied troops report progress on the Caen front. American advances near Lessay and Periers tighten the noose on German positions while British and Canadian forces yield some ground east of St Lo.
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Caen
France
Gpi
Bernard L. Montgomery
Montgomery
St Stephen's
William the Conqueror
Rommel
St. Lo
Lessay
la Haye Gu Puits
Periers
Lessay-St. Lo
Chinese Troops Recapture Yungfeng Near Hengyang
Chinese high command reports recapture of Yungfeng forty five miles northwest of Hengyang amid Japanese pressure around the city. Severe fighting north west of Liling as Japan strikes, with U S 14th Air Force destroying enemy boats and pontoon bridges southeast of Hengyang and damaging an air strip.
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Chungking
Yungfeng
Humnan Province
Hengyang
Liling
Laling
Cantom-Hankow
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Joseph W. Sitwell
Heat Blamed for Five Hour Subway Tie-up
New York subway service on BMT lines from Queens to Manhattan resumed last night after a four car train derailed in the Oh Street tunnel. About 200 passengers were aboard with no injuries reported. The Board of Transportation attributed the derailment to heat causing a rail spread and delays affected thousands during the rush hour.
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New York
Queens
Manhattan
Oh Street
Board of Transportation
Tobin Wins Massachusetts Democratic Governor Nomination
Mayor Maurice J. Tobin of Boston, backed by the CIO influenced campaign, won the Massachusetts Democratic nomination for governor as early returns showed Tobin leading Francis X. Hurley. Hurley conceded with Tobin at 32,230 to 34,229 with 702 of 1,805 precincts reported, as other states also selected nominees in New Hampshire Oklahoma Michigan Utah and Washington.
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Associated Press
Maurice J. Tobin
Boston
C-L O. Politics Atcon
Massachus
Tobin
Francis X. Hurley
Hurley
New Hampshire
Oklahoma
Michigan
Utah
Washington
Horace T. Cebill
Edward J. Wry
Harry F. Kelly
Elmer Thomas
Wessey Disney
James. E. Berry
Disney
Northbeast
Robert O. Blood
Heapshire
Colombian President Freed as Southern Revolt Is Quelled
Forces loyal to President Alfonso Lopez freed executives after seizing him and several ministers at Pasto during army maneuvers. Rebel leader Aleut Col Digonese Gil reportedly fled. coup confined to southern garrisons with orders to suppress the subversive movement.
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Bogota
Colombia
Alfonso Lover
Pesto
Col Digonese Gil
Teader
Lopez
Imeither Lopex
Bogots
Lauregno Gomez
el Signo
Alerto Deras Demarco
Ndeal
Pasto
Road in Burma Cleared of Japs
Chinese high command announced Burma troops cleared the Kamaing Mogaung road of Japanese forces. One column moved down from Kamaing and another up from Mogaung, meeting seven miles from the city. Our troops pressed to Pyindas eight miles west of Mogaung.
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Kamaing-Mogaung
Burma
Kameing
Mogaung
Pyindas
Mogaeng
Saipan Casualties Get Prompt Care On Solace Hospital Ship
Saipan in the Mariana Islands July 3 report details wounded Marines and Army troops evacuated to the hospital ship Solace. Capt. John T. Bennett notes the ship’s capacity of 3 doctors, 2 dentists, 13 nurses, 175 corpsmen, five operating tables, and extensive supplies including plasma and penicillin. He praises the patients’ spirits, recounting an amputation and a resilient response from injured sailors. The Solace operates with lights on and without escort, per international law, and serves wounded and non combatants only.
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Saipan
Merianas Islands
Navy
Solace
John T. Bennett
Philadelphia
Bennett
Howard K. Gray
Mayo Glinie
Rochester
Minn
Bennet
Kray
King
Army
Armerican
Caréa
Plane Crash Kills 12 at Maine Trailer Camp
An Army plane crashed into the 100-unit Westbrook Trailer Camp near Portland airport late yesterday, killing 12 people and injuring scores including children. Army officers from Fort Williams and nearby fields began investigations as many victims suffered severe burns and families searched for missing relatives.
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Portland
Maine General Hospital
Philip Russell
South Portland
Russell
Army
Fort Williams
Cape Elizabeth
Grenier Field
Manchester
N. H
Westbrook Trailer Camp
Adja
Fires Under Control In Quebec Mine Area
Fires in the Val D Or region eased after fierce bush blazes swept over a vast northern Quebec mining belt. Patrols reported flames near Columbiere Limeville Versan and surrounding sectors subsiding from Monday night danger to calm conditions yesterday.
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Quebec
Val D'Or
Columbiere
Limeville
Gail Patrick Weds Naval Aviator in Jacksonville Ceremony
Actress Gail Patrick became the bride of Lieut Arnold Dean White of the Navy in a ceremony at Saint Albans Protestant Chapel on the Jacksonville air station. The wedding, performed by senior chaplain Omer RF. Ro Markin, followed a whirlwind romance begun two months ago.
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Gail Patrick
Lightning strike kills sailor at Sampson center
A sailor named Joan Francis Joyce Jr. of Pittsburg, Pa., was struck by lightning yesterday at the U. S. Naval Training Center in Sampson. Naval doctors and firemen fought to revive him with manual resuscitation and oxygen but were unsuccessful.
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Sampson
Joan Francis Joyce, Jr
Pittsburg
U. S. Naval Training Center
Naval
Cause of Circus Fire Determined by Officials
Hartford officials released a joint statement declaring the origin of the blaze that swept the Bingsing Brothers Barnum and Bailey main tent last Thursday, killing 189 spectators. The exact cause was not released to the public at this time.
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Hartford, Conn.p
Hugh M. Alcorn, Jr
Edward J. Hickey
Bingsing Brothers-Barnum and Bailey
Allied Fighter Planes Repel Robot Attack Over England
Allied fighters in strength scored a series of kills last night as German rebel bombs roared in from the sea over southern England. Jet-propelled Tais-Siles were seen. some fell into the sea while others crossed countryside near London. Sirens sounded as Londoners endured their first calm night since bombs began June 1% with damage and casualties reported.
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London
England
Air Ministry
London Aves
Allied Bombing Hits Yap Airdrome With Thirty Tons
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports Liberators dropped thirty tons of bombs on Yap airdrome in New Guinea. Several parked airframes were destroyed, marking a fresh strike in the campaign.
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Yap
New Guinea
Carolinae
De Gaulle To Govern Freed Areas Postwar
President Roosevelt announced a Franco American accord granting Gen. Charles De Gaulle authority to oversee civil administration in liberated French areas with London as a basis for a written memorandum. Eisenhower as supreme Allied commander will determine zones ready for civilian rule and which stay under military control.
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Washington
Roosevalt
Charles de Gaulle
Algiers
France
de Gaulle
Roosevelt
United States
Britain
London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Allied Bombs Shower Vital Axis Targets
Allied air forces pounded three major German targets including the Millmichares Toulon and northern France sites. American heavy bombers and fighters from Britain and Italy attacked Munich Toulon and southern France while Marauders and Havocs hit coast and rail and fuel dumps as weather cleared. A large force struck Munich with Liberators and 730 fighters dropped over 2000 tons on targets near the Nazi shrine city. weather forced instrument aiming and twenty bombers plus two fighters did not return.
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Millmichares
Toulon
Mediterranean
France
Britain
Italy
Munich
Germany
Eheort
Fick
American Planes Attack Pagan Island in Pacific Campaign
A Navy communique reports heavy air and shell actions on Pagan Island in the Marianas as American forces expand from Saipan. Shore-based fighters and carrier planes joined the assault with intense antiaircraft fire and no interceptions noted. Pagan lies about 200 miles north of Saipan.
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Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Japach
Pacific
Aghier
Saipan
Navy
far-Sonzh Battlefront
Sghiere
Pazan Island
Marianas
Pagan
Thompson Family Seeks Share of Late Mayor Thompson Estate
Thompson relatives across the United States and Canada push for a portion of the 1.5 million dollar estate of the late Mayor William Hale Thompson. Attorney James Breen says seventy letters arrived, including one requesting a million dollar cut, with others claiming services or kinship. A South Carolina man and a Wisconsin resident offered unusual justifications, while the overall plan would pass to Thompson widow Mary Walker Wyse Thompson.
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Chicago
Thompsons
United States
Canada
Wiliam Hale Thompson
Edward J. Kelly
Frank Lythan
James Y. Breen
Thompson
Breen
South Carolina
Brees
Howsaty
Dick Whittington
London
Chitago
Wisconsin
Biut
Tor Thompson
Mary ‘Walker
Wyse Thompson
Roosevelt Signals Fourth Term Bid With Reluctant Soldier Tone
President Roosevelt announced at a White House news conference that he would seek a fourth term, stating he would serve "reluctantly, but as a good soldier." The timing surprised reporters and politicians as he read a letter from Chairman Robert E. Hannegan.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Robert £. Hannegan
Roosevelt letter signals renomination support at convention
The Democratic National Committee informs President Roosevelt that a majority of convention delegates are legally bound to back his renomination and invites him to respond to the party and the people. Roosevelt’s reply says he will accept if nominated and elected. A White House news conference echoed the anticipation as reporters pressed for details.
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Democratic National Committee
White House
Roosevelt
Roosevelt to Seek Nomination Amid Wallace Speculation
President Roosevelt held talks with Vice President Wallace as reports spread he may name Wallace as running mate. Democratic leaders say the convention will choose freely without White House pressure. Wallace called the prospect a relief to supporters and declined to discuss his own stance.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
White’ House
Agriculture
Milons
We Want What The People Want Says First Lady
Eleanor Roosevelt said she would not want a fourth term for her husband unless the majority of people felt it was a necessity. She spoke at Antioch College Institute on Conditions for Enduring Peace and said both she and the President serve the people’s will.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Antioch College Institute
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