Turkey Breaks Off Relations With Germany
Turkey aligns with the United Nations by severing diplomatic and economic ties with Germany as signals of potential broader conflict. Stockholm reports Russian promises to Finland for an armistice, while Berlin awaits official reasons. Churchill warns Britain would face German aggression if Turkey is attacked. In Philadelphia, a citizens committee urged martial law to curb race riots and transport shutdowns, appealing to Roosevelt to seize transit systems.
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London
Turkey
United Nations
Germany
Russia
Finland
Stockholm
Baron Mannerheim
Berlin
Churchill
Commons
Helsinki
Hitler
Balkan
Marshal
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Citizens Committee
Bernard Samuel
Roosevelt
Advancing Americans Demoralize Germans Near Riga and Warsaw
Russian forces push toward the Baltic from Latvia and Estonia trapping thousands of German troops west of Riga while heavy fighting endures along a 20 mile Warsaw arc. Northeast of Warsaw Gen Cherniakhovsky drives toward East Prussia on a 200 mile front as Vistula crossings spark clashes.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Latvia
Estonia
Baltic Sea
Riga
Warsaw
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
East Prussia
Junker
Vistula
Augustow
Memel
Kalvaria
Jelgava
Wilkowischken
Birsen
Beskid
Carpathians
Czechoslovakia
Baltic States
South Carolina
Red Army
Berlin Admits Rommel Injured in Allied Strafing Raid
Berlin announced that Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was seriously hurt when an Allied plane bombed and strafed his staff car in Normandy on July 17. The DNB reported a brain concussion and other injuries, but said he is not in danger and recovering satisfactorily.
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London
Berlin
Erwin Rommel
Normandy
DNB
Rommel
Yanks Sweep North Brittany Ahead of Rennes Advance
Allied forces push west and south of Pontorson as American tanks and infantry close toward Rennes and St. Malo. Churchill confirms rapid progress across Brittany with a fluid battlefront and uncertain exact spearhead locations.
Churchill says Japan defeat may come soon after Nazi fall
London August 2 Prime Minister Churchill told the House that the interval between Germany and Japan defeats may be short. He reported Allied supremacy at air sea and undersea fronts, warned of possible Nazi bombing of London, and said the Burma highway carries more tonnage while India is defended and Eastern fleets will be strengthened.
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London
Winston Churchill
Commons
Germany
Japan
Churchill
Britain
Burma
India
Marshal Carl Mannerheim
House of Commons
Tokyo Changes in Japanese Navy Staff
Tokyo reports new appointments in the navy leadership. Adm. Koshiro Oikawa will be chief of the naval general staff, succeeding Adm. Shigetaro Shimada who resigned after serving since February. Adm. Naokuni Nomura named commander-in-chief at Tokosuka base. Shim named to Kuri base previously.
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Oikawa
Shimada
New York
Tokyo Radio
Koshiro Oikawa
Navy Ministry
Naval General Staff
Naokuni Nomura
Tokosuka
Japan
Tokyo Harbor
Nomura
Kuri
Navy
Mitsumasa Yonai
Kuniaki Ko
British Bomb Attacks Kill Thousands and Destroy Homes
Prime Minister Churchill reported that 4,735 people were killed and 14,000 injured in Britain since the June 15 German raids. He said 17,000 homes were destroyed and 800,000 damaged as evacuations rose to nearly 1,000,000.
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London
Britain
Churchill
Commons
French
Calais
England
Germany
Allies Pivot From Normandy To France In Big Drive
American forces under Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley shift from securing Normandy to a mobile battle across France. The plan centers on expanding the Cherbourg breakout, pressuring German front lines, and using air support as advance cavalry for armored units. German stamina wanes as Allied air and ground pressure intensify.
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U. S. First
France
Europe
Normandy
Omar N. Bradley
Cherbourg
Bradley
Brest
Roncey
Bomb blast kills monk near Vatican convent
A bomb exploded near a Santa Monica convent in Vatican City as a monk attempting to remove the fuse was killed. The blast broke windows in St Peter's area.
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Monk
Vatican City
Santa Monica
St. Peter’s
Germans Battling For Their Lives
London editorials viewed Churchill's wartime address as urging a final push for victory. The Evening News called his remark on Japan a surprise and noted a perceived shift in the Japanese naval and air threat, suggesting the mix of sea and air weakness to be significant.
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London
Winston Churchill
Commons Today
Evening News
Japan
Liberators Bomb Rail and Oil Plants in Southern France and Genoa
More than 500 U. S. Liberator aircraft of the 15th air force attacked targets in the Rhone valley of southern France and in Genoa harbor. Rail yards at Portes Les Valences and oil storage at Le Pouzin, about 100 miles inland, were damaged along with communications and installations at Avignon.
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London
U. S
15Th Air Force
Rhone Valley
France
Genoa Harbor
Portes Les Valences
le Pouzin
Avignon
Clark Loses But Fish Wins In Primaries
In New York Rep. Fish wins GOP nomination over Clark amid McKittrick attack and absentee ballots to be counted. Bennett Clark trails as Missouri and Kansas primaries produce mixed results with Reed and Donnell leading.
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Clark
Fish
Rep
Hamilton Fish
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Bennett Champ Clark
Missouri
McKittrick
Kansas
U. S
Clyde M. Reed
Parsons
Carl E. Friend
Lawrence Lumberman
Bennett
Forrest Donnell
T. D. Winter
W. P. Lambertson
Philadelphians Urge Martial Law to Fix Transit Paralyzing Strike
Washington reports that after the War Labor Board ruled further talks won’t end Philadelphia’s transportation stoppage it asked President Roosevelt to take appropriate action, a phrase commonly implying seizure and government operation.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Germans Crack Open War Fronts and Politics
American forces push from Normandy toward Brittany and advance east on a major flank while Russians begin crossing the Vistula. Baltic front sees a battle of annihilation against about 200000 Germans in Latvia and Estonia as Turkey cuts ties with Germany and Finland moves toward peace. Churchill signals possible quick victory and notes Germany and Japan are recoiling.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press
American First Army
Normandy
Brittany
Warsaw
Vistula
Reich
Latvia
Estonia
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Turkey
Germany
Eighth Army Creeps Closer To Florence
The eighth army advances regain ground lost to German counterattacks as British and New Zealand forces push toward Florence. New Zealanders are firmly in La Romola six and a half miles southwest, while an Indian division holds Castiglione ten miles from the city. British guardsmen reach two mountain positions east of Highway two with Sezzate occupied as forces move toward the Florence axis.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Eighth Army
Florence
Cassino
Harold Alexander
la Romola
Castiglione
Sezzate
Chinese Repel 10 Japanese Attacks Near Hengyang
Chinese forces repelled ten Japanese assaults on Hengyang outskirts in Hunan province and recaptured five positions south of the city along the Canton Hankow railway. Lienhua northeast of Kengyang fell to Japan, while Nighsiang endured a fierce street battle as a military spokesman claimed the crisis danger to China had passed.
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Chungking
Hengyang
Hunan
Canton-Hankow
Lienhua
Kengyang
Nighsiang
Japan
China
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Radio Atlantic
United States
St. Malo
Paris
Caen-Vire
Vire
Villedieu-Les-Peeles
Tessy-Sur-Vire
Reore
Orote
By Percy Finch
Adm. Conolly
Maite
Utang
Pado
Pulan
Dege
Fadian Point
Army and
Marine Organiza
Joseph W. Grigg
Tokyo
Jap Navy
Great Britain
By Wes Gallagher
Genoa
New Yorker
Roy McKittrick
Dewey
Augustus W. Bennett
Newburgh
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