Assured GOP votes tally for first ballot at convention
Report from Convention Headquarters Chicago June 26 shows Dewey with broad regional support totaling 721 delegates across states including New York 93 Illinois 50 California 50 Pennsylvania 70 and many others. Bricker 83 delegates and Stassen 36 delegates listed with state by state tallies. total delegates 1057 and 529 needed to win.
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Chicago
U.P
Dewey
Alabama
California
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Ilinois
Kansas
Massachusetts
Maryland
Michigan
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Vermont
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Iowa
Bricker
Mississippi
Ohio
Stassen
Minnesota
North Dakota
Bitter Fighting In Port Cherbourg Sees Dock Reach
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force reports American troops halve Cherbourg area and hold a third of the city while Germans retreat to a northwest refuge. British advances southeast of Tilly-Sur-Seulles push beyond four miles, threatening several towns in an offensive.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
Cane
Normandy
Tilly-Sur- Seuilles
Cherbourg Falls to Allied Forces After Fierce House-to-House Fights
Allied troops have reached Cherbourg waterfront and battle to clear remaining Nazi resistance as German shells strike from Cap de La Hague. In 24 hours American forces captured 3,340 prisoners with thousands more taken in 20 days of invasion. British units push between Caen and Tilly-sur-Seuille as Montgomery’s tanks drive forward.
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Prize
Cherbourg
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Cap de la Hague
Whitehead
Normandy
Caen
Tilly- Sur-Segiles
Frontenay Lep
Tilly
Tessel
Bretteville
Bernard L. Montgomery
Supreme Headquarters
Urgent Appeal Issued For Electricians
The Army issued an extraordinary appeal for skilled electrical workers to volunteer for long term vital war construction jobs at Hanford Engineer Works in Pasco Washington and Clinton Engineer Works in Knoxville Tennessee. Under secretary of War Patterson announced the plan after talks with Edward Brown head of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and others from the War Department and Laurence W. Davis head of the National Electrical Constructors Association. Workers currently employed by construction contractors utilities and electric shops would be asked to take a leave of absence to work on these two projects and employers cooperation is sought.
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Washington
Lea
Hanford Engineer Works
Pasco
Wash
Clinton Engineer Works
Knoxville
Tenn
Patterson
Arsenal
Edward Brown
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
War Department
Laurence W. Davis
National Electrical Constructors Association
Arizona to back Dewey at Republican convention
In Chicago on June 26 the Arizona delegation plans to cast seven of eight first ballot votes for Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York for the presidential nomination. Denver C. Henson of Phoenix leads the Bricker for President faction and is expected to vote for Ohio's Bricker.
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New York Young Republican Club
Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Arizona
Denver C. Henson
Phoenix
Bricker
Ohio
Earl Warren
California
Yanks Capture Prize Hill On Saipan Island
American troops seized Mount Tapotchau overlooking Tanapag harbor on Saipan. Japanese counterattacks failed as U S forces held the mountain, a prize target amid the Marianas drive. The operation gives U S control of half Saipan, with air and sea assaults continuing against Japanese vessels and aircraft.
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Prize Hill
Saipan Island
Frank Tremaine
Pearl Harbor
Mount Tapotchau
Tanapag Harbor
Saipan
Marianas
Tokyo
U. S
Philippines
Navy Announces Loss of Destroyer Escort Fechteler
The destroyer escort Fechteler was lost in combat in the Mediterranean last month, the Navy announced today.
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Navy
Washington
Fechteler
Mediterranean
Eruption of Mt Cleveland Triggers Evacuation of Alaskan Army Site
The Mt Cleveland eruption on Chuginadak Island in the Four Mountains group prompts evacuation of an Army installation and may have cost a life. The June 10 activity produced rocks large as automobiles and a top blown off the mountain. Capt Donald Drewes led a rescue party. a missing soldier is believed lost in the early hours.
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Eleventh Army Air Force
Alaska
Mt. Cleveland
Chuginadak Island
11Th Army Air Force
Four Mountains
Aleutian
Donald Drewes
Minneapolis
Minn
Vocano
Retrial of City Detective Set for September 19
In Phoenix on June 26 Judge M. T. Phelps set September 19 for the retrial of Leonce T. Navarre 51 city detective on a first degree murder charge. The original trial ended with a hung jury after the shooting of David Johnson a Negro policeman.
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Phoenix
Leonce T. Navarre
M. T. Phelps
Superior Court
David Johnson
California Swings Behind Gov Dewey at GOP Convention
Chicago Stadium reports the opening day of the Republican national convention with Welcoming address by Gov Dwight Green Illinois, convention call by Harold Mason Vermont, temporary roll call and officers, subcommittees on credentials, rules and business, and a keynote by Gov Earl Warren California. Noon session adjournments and next day schedule noted.
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Chicago
National Committee
Harrison FE. Spangler
Dwight H. Green
Ilinois
Harold W. Mason
Vermont
Spangler
Earl Warren
California
Warren
California Delegates Unify Behind Dewey at Nomination Caucus
At the convention in Chicago California Republicans pledged all 50 votes for Dewey on the first ballot after an initial small split. Two Bricker votes were withdrawn as the Western delegation adhered to a two thirds rule ensuring a Dewey majority, with Earl Warren praising the choice afterward. Warren suggested Dewey may be the party’s presidential candidate with possible future vice presidencY.
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Chicago
U.P
California
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
John Bricker
Ohio
Dewey
Bricker
Earl Warren
Warren
Edward Tickle
Carmel
Gov
Cmdr
Harold Stassen
Russians Hurl Million Men Against Nazis
London dispatch reports Soviet forces stormed and captured Vitebsk, a major White Russian fortress city, as part of a summer offensive. Stalin announced the victory, noting encirclement of German divisions and the trapping of 530,000 to 75,000 troops.
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London
Vitebsk
Zhlobin
Stalin
Josef Stalin
White Russia
Russians Drive Westward In Largest Red Offensive Of War
By Harrison Salisbury Moscow June 26 reports an 285 mile Red Army offensive against Vitebsk with large forces and tanks aiming at Minsk and the Baltic, Warsaw, and Berlin. Russian attack lines encircle the fortress and threaten Mogilev and Bobruisk.
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Harrison Salisbury
Moscow
Vitebsk
Orsha
Mogilev
Bobruisk
Germany
Minsk
Baltic
Warsaw
Berlin
London
Red Cross Leads Tristate Recovery Effort
Red Cross spearheads rehabilitation among thousands made homeless by a killer tornado that struck Pennsylvania West Virginia and Maryland Friday night killing at least 147 and injuring over 1000. Early property damage estimates place losses around 3 million with WV reporting 102 deaths PA 42 and MD 3. Relief units provide food and temporary shelter across the devastated tristate region.
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Pittsburgh
Red Cross
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Jerry Wakefield
Clarksburg
W. Va
Tristate
Dispute May Create Strain Over China Russia Border
J M Roberts Jr notes Wallace’s visit to Chungking as a goodwill gesture from Russia and the United States. Chiang Kai-shek backs the Sino Russian idea but warns of China’s border disputes. Outer Mongolia’s autonomous stance and Russian ties raise the likelihood of tensions if Chungking seeks to reassert control.
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J. M. Roberts, JR
Wallace
Chungking
Russia
America
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Stalin
Chiang
Outer Mongolia
GOP Delegates Swinging To Earl Warren
The upsurge of enthusiasm for Earl Warren, California governor, shifts Republican convention hopes toward a Dewey Warren ticket. Warren’s press conference drew crowded rooms as he declined the VP offer but delegates eye his keynote at the stadium tonight. California Oregon and Washington delegations meet today with West coast leaders including DeMille and Selznick.
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John W. Dunlap
Chicago
Earl Warren
California
West Coast
Warren
Stevens Hotel
West
Alameda County
Virginia Warren
Oregon
Washington
James Bailey
Seattle
Hollywood
Cecil B. DeMille
David O. Selznick
Columnist Claims Envoy Cut Appeals To Finns
Chicago June 26. Finnish Minister Hjalmar Procope was recalled from Washington for not sending full texts of appeals by President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull urging Finland to exit the war. Radio commentator Drew Pearson said Procope added messages suggesting the statements were insincere and aimed to please Russia, while spreading anti Russian gossip to senators. He also cabled reports on dinner conversations with anti Russian figures and presented them as American views.
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Chicago
Hjalmar Procope
Washington
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Finland
Drew Pearson
Blue Network
Procope
Hull
Russia
Pearson
British Eighth Army Breaks German Line Near Perugia
British eighth army troops breached the German center north and west of Perugia after three days of hard fighting. Meanwhile American forces captured Piombino on the west coast and neared Livorno, as British South African and Indian armored columns pressed the front from Perugia to Lake Trasimeno. Tanks harried the retreating Germans as engineers blew bridges and roads to slow pursuit.
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Robert Vermillion
Rome
U.P
Perugia
Piombino
Livorno
Leghorn
Lake Trasimeno
Chiusi
Eighth Army
GOP Adopts Crop Control Tariff Planks
Republican resolutions committees approved planks urging an adequate protective tariff and crop control to address farm surpluses. The foreign trade subcommittee led by Alf Landon proposed reciprocal trade only with ratification, an adequate tariff, and an international air system with bases abroad. The agriculture subcommittee endorsed modified crop control after farm bureau leaders urged production adjustment for postwar programs.
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Chicago
Alf. M. Landon
Kansas
Agriculture Subcommittee
Roosevelt
Subcommittee
American Farm Bureau Federation
Nebraska Governor To Nominate Executive
The Chicago Stadiu m reports the wartime Republican National Convention in full swing with Gov. Dewey accruing pledged votes and Gov. Griswold of Nebraska chosen to nominate Dewey. Bricker holds 77 pledged votes as Warren is slated to deliver the keynote tonight.
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Nebraska
Army Airmen Stranded On High Plateau
Three Army fliers who parachuted from a B-24 over northern Arizona are safe on a Tonto plateau 4 500 feet below the Grand Canyon rim. Ground teams plan to reach them by mule after crossing the Colorado River. the men dropped green flares indicating no injuries.
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F. W. Milam
Merom
Ind
Milam
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Tonopah
Tucson
Ariz
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