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tank cars and columns
ican bombers struck the enemy
in France, Romania and
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and dilly-
in the statewide campaign which,
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and fired when his
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Rota roads was an air blow at
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gave Dewey all its votes save
one and made it unanimous
for Bricker.
A lone delegate from Wiscon-
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ters has been silent since Mon-
day afternoon.
several hours last night, and to-
day tiie Fifth army was reported
slugging its way steadily forward.
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metic issues, but their involv-
ment in international issues The
relationships of the world tomor-
j row are going to be more trying
than ever before
"Tom Dewey will become the
gallant leader of the .Republican
hosts which free America and re-
turn America to the Republican
among major community
and four campaign divi- ?
directions today on
the capital of White
people carry the germ which is
not always recognized at once as
bronchia asthma, chronic catar-
rah and allied diseases.
whose possible attitude toward? a
Dewey candidacy was a subject
of conjecture, addressed a cn- 1
gratularotry message to Dewey
from New York. A bulletin over
the Associated Press wire at the
platform brought word of the
gestur e.
Governor Bricker, playing the
key role in a harmony move that
developed overnight, announced
his own withdrawal as a presi-
the Hale Lumber company yard
and sheds burned today.
Eight firemen were injured—
five of them blistered by the in-
tense heat.
that than I am ever of being
president of these United States.
“I understand as you do that is
the overwhelming desire of this
convention to nominate a great.
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third raids reported on these
islands in four days, suggest-
ing that the American navy
was clearing the way for fur-
ther expansion of its holdings
in the Marianas group, 1,500
miles from Japan.
On Saipan U. S. marines and
infantrymen at last report were
sent niy name to this convention,
, but to cast their vote along with
the host of friends which I hive
pared with 72 for the same week
over a seven-year median. 4
AIR SERVICE ANNIVERSARY
NEW YORK, June 28 (P)—To-
day marks the fifth anniversary
of regular air passenger service
between New York and Europe.
During the five years, clipper
planes have flown 1,800 cross-
ings, carrying 60,000 passengers,
according to Pan American Air-
ways.
nese air' forces- there are kept
from interfering with the Saipan
operations 700 miles to the north.
Reds Are
Closing in
On Minsk
One of Greatest Air
Attacks Ever Supports
Ground Forces’ Drive
By EDDY GILMORE
vancod to the vicinity of San
Quirico d’ Orcia, 22 miles south-
east of Siena on highway two,
beat back repeated enemy coun-
terattacks. ,
plailing nes still my anuidate
We dian’t get an opportunty to
presont him.”
A. committee hurried to tele-
Piuie uuvernor Dewey at Albany
where he awaited formal noti-
catio. nbefore going ahead with
: plans to rush here for his speech
i of acceptance—tonight, if weather
■ Ooes not interfere witn a trip by
! plane.
2nd Place
New York Governor
To Fly to Chicago
To Accept Nomination
By PAUL MILLER
CHICAGO STADIUM, June
28 (AP).—A 1944 Republi-
can ticket headed by Gov.
ip was
shattering of
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„ unit of about 50 horses paraded
slowly against through the heart of the
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tanks were used as road blocks
in ait attempt to convert the en-
tire town into a road block.
Allied Losses
In Two Weeks of
Invasion 40,549
24,162 Americans Are
Included in Killed,
Wounded and Missing
ster Finnish defenses crumbling
before the Russian onslaught.
An eyewitness wh» left H el
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Quota----$1,290,000
Bonds sold
through :
Tuesday-- $653,70250
Balance to
be sold.. $636,29750
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that it offers one of the greatest
sources of infection to family
groups, particularly when older
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craft struck at Guam and
that 60 hit Rota to the north
in addition to moving in rein-
forcements, the Germans opposed
a further Fifth army# advance
with increased artillery fire, hur-
riedly laid mine fields and as-
sembled new concentrations of
in panhandle and south plains
late this afternoon and - ‘ “
not quite so warm in ~
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By AUSTIN BEALMEAR
LONDON, June 28 (A) — Amer-
vided
chests
ister Joachim von
000 men.
A large percentage
oil fields, 35 miles away. The
Glermans said Bucharest itself
capital into a parade
German might.
Destroyer
rs wit!
depths of my heart this morning:
personally, I am more interested
in defeating the new deal philos-
ophy of absolutism which is
threat* ning Americans todayi I
am more interested in defeating
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yards normally are clogged with
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DNB reported Berlin comment
that Henroit “died for the battle
of Europe” and'blamed England
for inciting "French terrorists to
this action.” Berlin broadcasts
voluminous praise.
some of the' Bricker boosters, as
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Temperature: high yesterday
96, low last night 70, noon today
96, high for year 100, law for
year 9., .
East Texas: Partly cloudy this
afternoon, tonight, and Thurs-
day; scattered ? thundershowers
along the upper coast and in
northeast portion Thursday aft-
ernoon.
West Texas: Partly cloudy this
afternoon, tonight and Thursday;
a few scattered thundershowers
irst four years of the
led 667,159.
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down Mannerheim boulevard.”
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to-house battle that las
last year.
100 Feet of
armcred force continued to roll
back stubborn enemy resistance
and occupied the " villages of
Chiusdino and Travale. Chius-
dino is only 17 miles southwest
of Siena, key highway and com-
munications center 31 miles be-
low Florence.
vigorous, fighting young Amen
j can—the noble, the dramatic and
! the appealing governor of the
grezt state of New York, Thomas
For the week ending June 17,
the department reported 735
cases of tuberculosis as com-
Third Raid in Week
It was Yap’s third raid in a
week and 30 enemy planes rose
to meet it. Eight were downed.
The Americans lost a Liberator.
MacArthur’s airmen bombed
Palau and Woleai, wrecked a
Jap freighter off Boeroe island
west of New Guinea, damaged
three other vessels in the East In-
dies, and attacked Manokwari,
Noemfoor, Wewak and their old
favorite, Rabaul.
The Japanese retaliated with
a ten-ton raid on Biak island’s
Mokmer airdrome, inflicting mi-
nor casualties.
The meager nws from Asia
pictured the Chinese suffering
and ’ inflicting heavy losses in
defending Hengyang, ' keypoint
on the Hankow-Canton railroad.
The Japanese sent a column on
a new encircling move designed,
Chungking surmised, to cut the
city off from the south.
Myitkyina was : still under
heavy attack by Lt. Gen. Joseph
Stilwell’s troops and a support-
ing Chinese force cut the Burma
road below Lungling, which the
Chinese are trying to recapture.
The Chinese who captured Mo-
gaung moved six miles northeast
and took Namti.
Tuberculosis is
Leading in Deaths
AUSTIN, June 28 (A — The
State Department of Health today
said that tubercluosis is the lead-
ing cause of death in Texas for
The unconfirmed report
said 60 to 100 American air-
if i
Prime Minister Churchill told
the house of commons yesterday
that casualties for British forces
for the f
war total
of the
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HOUSTON, June 28 (P) —Ap-
proximately 600,000 board feet
of lumber were destroyed when
headon into a_____—______( _______ —___-—p,
----tici-t invaion exercises gatin for its support.
Two of the most astute stu-
dents of aviation in the Red air
force, these young officers were
reported throwing clouds of dive
borbers and medium bombers
against the German ground
troops and fortifications, blasting
bridges and strafing communica-
tions 1
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EARTH SHOCKS RECORDED
NEW YORK, June 28 Up—
Two “very severe” earthquake
shocks, probably occurring in the
vicinity of Nicaragua, were re-
corded today by the Fordham
University seismograph.
invasion—and 46,705 for the
navy to June 22.
OAKLAND, Calif. (P)— Kath-
erine Gray’s mid-day nap ‘"
interrupted by
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Two weeks ago Henroit was re-
ported visiting Germany where
he was said to have conferred
with Dr. Joseph Paul Goebbels,
nazi propaganda miniated, and
nazi Foreign Minister Joachim
Field Marshal Gen. Wilhelm
tel, Gen. Alfred Jodi and
Gen. Eduard Dietl.
Finland’s leaders f
Hague, jutting northwest
threat of-------- -------. —
circled. Swift, stabbing armored
drives are an old story to Mont-
5th Army Takes
San Vincenzo in
to mention whether any of the
assassins had been captured—a
strong indication that they got
ture lovers report a mockingbird
has learned to imitate
whistle. 7—- -— i+
Owner Thomas Half estimated
the damage at $50,000 to $75,000.
Flames leaped 100 feet into
the air.
Firemen prevented the blaze
-_____ spreading throughout the
neighborhood.
- two-story sales office
building of the Humble Oil and
j “What a magnificent job he
। (Dewey) ha done as governor.
“He understands not only do-
today in France, Romania and
Bulgaria in mass attacks from
Britain and Italy close upon dis-
closure of the first three-way
shuttle assault of the war.
A eloud of 750 or more Flying
Fortresses and Liberators spared
widely over France and western
Gernany, bombing three air-
dromes near Laon, targets near
Paris and rail yards at Saar-
brucken. By night, 1,000 RAF
heavy bombers attacked the Cal-
lais robot bomb spawning
grounds and rail centers east and
south of Paris. The avowed pur-
pose was to flatten every nazi
airdrome in France and tangle
every rail junction.
From Italy, 500 American
heavy bombers with escorting
Mustangs, Lightnings and Thun-
derbolts attacked two oil refin-
eries near and in the Bucharest
suburbs and rail yards at Chit-
ila north of the Romanian capital
on the main line to .the Ploesti
and Ploesti were both bombed.
The Karlovo airdrome in Bul-
garia 75 miles east of Sofia also
was attacked. A number of in-
tercepting nazi planes were de-
stroyed.
Refinery Is Fired
Returning pilots reported
flames darting from dense black
smoke erupting from a bombed
refinery northwest of Bucha
and the Titan Oil works in
, at tae termination of a rousing
i demonstration which greeted the
nomnating speech for Dewey,
the lall Ohioan strode to the
speaxer’s stand, looked steadily
over the vast reaches of the teem-
ing convention hall and said
I "I am deeply grateful to the
many friends which have ex-
pressed their loyalty to me, but
far more important than that to
the cause for which I have tried
to stand.
“I am personally more inter-
ested— and this comes from the
swept in ---
Allied planes hovered over the
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Canadian—363 ____,
wounded, and 1,093 missing,
total of 2,815.
A Washington announcement
on June 22 placed total Ameri-
can casualties in all war theatres
since the beginning of hostilities .
at 225,382 This included 178.677
for the army through June 6—
the first day of the Normandy ‘
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AUSTIN, Texas, June 28 (pL
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ing shingles, sashes, hardwood,
and roofing were destroyed. The
building and contents were rated
a complete loss by Hale.
present British offensive in
Caen area.
NUMBER 260
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Risto Ryti, Premier dwin Link
omies and Finance net
Bitter Fighting
City 32 Miles Below
Big Livorno Port is
Wrested From Germans
By NOLAND NORGAARD
ROME, June 28. (A)—-San Vin-
cenzo. only 32 miles below the
big port of Livorno on the Ital-
ian west coast, was wrested from
the Germans after a bitter house-
londay there
zed move? to
er. and Col. Gen. Timofey Krui-
kin, Cherniakhovsky’s youthful
aviation chief.
Esquay.
This deep penetration sliced
the road from Caen to Evrecy,
and threatened the remaining
German-held highways feeding
into Caen from the south and
von Ribbentrop had answered an
troops, and
. -__ Minister
Vaino Tanner submitted to nazi
MOSCOW, June 28 (AP).
Supported by one of the
greatest air attacks ever
against the Germans,
Monday—and disclosed___
day—that sent Flying Fortresses
thundering out f____ -
bases in Russia, plastered the re-
mander of the veteran 13th corps
army in Africa,
ture.
“Gee, TH have to send these
dippings to my girl friend,” he
said, grinning. "She thinks l’i
dope.” ) .
They say it has been
using this newly acquired trait
every time a pretty girl passes.
posssses great strength as far
north as positions west of the
captured town of Kamen, also of-
fered the Germans another prob-
lem While it is only 85 miles
northeast of Minsk, it is just 35
miles from the railway leading
from Germany and Poland into
Polctsk, 65 miles from the Lat-
vian border and less than 100
miles from Lithuania.
The third thrust to Minsk came
from Gen. Konstantin Rokossov-
sky’s first White Russian army,
driving up from the southeast ov-
er the Minsk-Gomel highway and
railway. T
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was likewise in the battle along LABOR GROUPS COOPERATE
this front. F HOLSTON. Tex.. June 28 (A
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starts Saturday at a meeting yes-
terday. I
wire entanglements in front of
the defenses.
Fat ther inland an American
finery at Drohobyc,
southwest of Lwow in old.Po-
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American troops meanwhile
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"kaly-to-Russia route
already been established
American bombers lashing out
from Italy at targets in the Bal
kans and completing the trip
to base on Russia.
Mustangs escorted ?the Fort
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force a change in the government
to one which would
for peace.
glass. She opened her
eyes to see a two-pointed buck
deer standing on the living room
rug. It exited through a kitchen
smoke rose from them.
The triple shuttle
smashed Berlin.a wet
a Polish oil refinery
ery’s steel fist tore a breach six
miles wide in nazi defenses,
the peninsular base road from
Caen, poured over the Odon
river, and battered two miles
deeper to a point northeast of
PERFECT IMITATION
OLPE, Kans. (A) — Local na-
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Britcanasaptaradsig.p
allies
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and 1 'asting the way for four.War Chest luncheon here yester-
§
a
considerable navy on hand,
afternoon a Wehrma
in the Carolines, was
,—__ worker
in making honey is
north, where they were
threatening to outflank Bor soV
from the northwest in conjunction
with Bagramian’s troops.
This combined force, which
Refining company, located next
door, was damaged.
In addition to the lumber,
other building materials, includ-
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Associated Press War Editor
American planes have again raided Japanese-held Guam
San Vincenzo had been con-
verted into a fortress bj —
Cherbourg, where the nazis were
making a last stand. They
mopped up the port, and subduee
resistance at Maupertus airfield
to the east. .
Perhaps 10,000 prisoners have
been captured in other sectors
of Normandy, bringing to 40,000-
50,000 the total allied bag.
• Dempsey Leads British
Headquarters disclosed that: Lt.
Gen. Miles C. Dempsey, 47, com-
GOP NOMINEES — Governor
Thomas E. Dewey, above, of New
York was nominated for the
American casualties came in the
first two bloody days of fighting
on the beaches when elements of
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS,
Allied Expeditionary Force, June
28 (AP) — The supreme command
announced today that the first
two weeks of the European in-
vasion cost the allies 40.549 cas-
ualties, inefudirig 24,162 Ameri-
cans killed, wounded and miss-
ing—figures that still do not in-
clude last week’s losses in the
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it 750 American
’ • loosed ex-
in France
and Rota islands south of invaded Saipan, Tokyo radio said
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War Chest Quota
Of $4,480,391jfor
Texas Accepted
ond waserminbn dential candidatelas asDew-
For the vice-presidency, by the qy‛s name was placed in nomina-
Republican national convention
in Chicago Wednesday._________ pearance to tremendous applause,
HOLSTON, Tex., June 28 (A)
Business agents of 45 American
Federation of Labor unions in .... -- -----t - .. —~
Houston promised cooperation tuberculosis, but ‘regarded
with the government in the new ’
War Manpower Commission pri-
generals is directing the opera-
tions. | i .
Violent fighting also broke out
a few miles north of Caen, with
British troops pinning down Ger-
mah defense forces while tanks
was
operation
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into this area.
Carving down southwest of
Caen in an outflanking drive,
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgom-
southeast.
British armor ca nmove swiftly
Cherniakhovsky, who is himself
the youngest army general in
Russia, turned westward toward
Minsk after capturing Orsha and
drove steadily forward. Two big' ChestofTexas,predicted
obstacles were in his path—the -
Berezina river and the city of
Boriscv.
fierce opposition at the___
points of its attack. We t and
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Of the casualty total for the
second period from June 6 to
June 20, inclusive, 5,201 _____
killed — of which 3,082 were.. . . ....
Americans,. 1,842 British and 363 theugcvernofwcntinued;
Canadians.) : j
Against these allied losses Ger-
man casualties in Normandy
through the fall of Cherbourg
have been estimated by supreme
headquarters at not less than 70,-
Nazi Europe in Three-
Way Shuttle Assaults j
By AUSTIN BEALMEAR tank cars and columns of black
the open, rolling plains
below Caen, and the Germans
must block this thrust or face the
was opened —
Berlin broadcasts failed
sin. Grant kitter, 55-year-oid
, ■ farmer ol Beloit, cast his vote tor
Gen. Douglas A. MacArthur, ex-
At Vichy Is Assassinated.
LONDON, June 28. (P—Philippe Henriot, Vichy minister of i-
formation and propaganda, was assassinated last night in Paris ,
15 or 20 uniformed men who forced their way into his bedroom, the
axis radios announced today. e----—-----------------------
Apparently a victim of French
patriots, Henroit was the most
important collaborationist yet to
fall. ;
, here for Thomas F Dewev far
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dallying the opportunity y
missed. The new cabinet list
tually was ready with Forei
Ramsay
of the Eighth
Sicily, and Italy, was leading
British Second army in France.
The huge tank battle near Caen
may decide the fate of a large
part of the German's 15th and
17th armies. The Germans have
thrown four armored divisions
Gov. Dewey for Presidency
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meeting stiffer opposition from
said Gov Japanese garrisons dug in along
a mountainous, cave-lined front
_ roughly halving the island. But
converging in a great day 1,
semicircle on the gateway city TheTexawarEm,„p,ti, uation as of two days ago, and
to Warsaw and Germany. nnese as War tu nd execut ue Adm
mi . t .. .. .committee accepted a goal of
The northernmost of the three I $14 480. 391 ■ - I - -1
somposadsorimcen.atvMninsBagraslcarpagnin which a total of sb.
mians First Baltic army andW 000,000 win,he eneht fen “
year old Gen. Ivan Cherniakhov- and war related agencies.
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Now 40,000
Greatest Armored
Battle of Invasion
Raging on Feninsula j
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Way arid D. Towners, general presumably to insure that Japa-
manager of the State! War Chest, ' '
said this year’s state budget for
the national fund would be di-
Supported by Italian partisans,
an American infantry force by-
passed, then surrounded and cap-
tured the town of Sasseta, four
miles northeast of San.Vincenzo,
despite its defense by' elements
of the German 17th SS division,
identfied in that sector for the
first time.
Other enemy units were mop-
ped up in the village of Belve-
dere, below Chiusdino and Tra-
vale, while the French, who ad-
Berlin agencies first broadcast
reports of the assassination. A
short time later Pierre Laval,
Vichy chief of state, took to the
air and declared Henroit “was
animated only by patriotism.
. He fell this morning a hero.*
The German agency Trans-
ocean, which said Henroit had
reached Paris yesterday in com-
pany with Laval, declared it was
not possible to ascertain whether
the killers were “dressed in the
uniform of the militia or police,*
DNB declared flatly the assassins
were masquerading as members
of the Vichy militia.
Transocean said 15 or M men
II “e "-tote flT
pressure after a series of meet
ings with German Foreign Min!
Ribbentrop
Minister of Information
gomery’s desert veterans, and
one of Britain’s most famous tank
By WES GALLAGHER
SUPREME HEADQUAR-
TERS Allied Expeditionary
Force, June 28 (AP).—Brit-
ish tanks shattering through
nazi defenses into open ter-
rain only four miles south-
west of Caen locked with the
Germans today in the great-
est armored battle of the in-
vasion, as supreme headquar-
ters estimated at 30,000 to
40,000 the total of ‘prisoners
on Cherbourg peninsula.
Smashing open the backdoor to
Caen—eastern Normandy strong-
hold 120 miles from Paris—Brit-
ish tank columns burst the Ger-
mans’ Odon river line, and
plunged two miles beyond.
--- of the state. Later it will
be broken down into county bud-
gets.
In order to avoid an improper
burden on any one community,
local goals will’notbe established
until after a study of economic
and other factors has been made,
VOL 54
Allied Airmen Smash
_ called fol
open German military support
after the nazis had turned the
ground of
■ dent, with Gov. John W.
Bricker of Ohio as his run-
ning-mate, was nominated in
I a whirlwind session today by
I a national convention that
between the two countries. —
patches said the alig nment was
so complete the Finnish commu-
nique henceforth would be a
practicing
along the . , ____
British and Canadians were able
to ’land with less opposition.
Complete Figures I {
The complete? allied figures for
the two-week period:
United States—3,082 killed, 13.- ,
121 wounded, and 7,959 missing, a
total of 24,162. f " |
British— 1,842 killed, 8.599
wounded, sand 3,131 missing, a to- =
tal of 13,572.
Red Units Move Rapidly
Field dispatches said that Cher-
niaknovsky’s advance units were
less than fifty miles from Minsk
and about 26 miles east of Bori-
sov. Other units under his com-
maud were reported moving rap-
idly through sparsely settled lake
country to the forest area fur-
re
ov
GOP Nominate
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h and Nazi Tanks Engaged in Great Battle Near Caen
■ lr-laemrzazpBrickerIs
1 A6gm5te1
. _ aded
through the heart of Helsinki-
Von Ribbentrop Sends Aid
F i n l a n d’s government an-
bombing
and
Monday.
Minister Sir Henrik----
premier and Labor Minister
taa Eemil Hynninen as the
foreign minister. 1 ,
“But President Ryti held it up,
fighting for time because her still
feels that the Russians are hear-
ing exhaustion and eventually
the Germans will be able to force
a compromise peace in the east
“There were a couple of de-
sembled new concentrations of arqyers.amng...them. Blue-
anti-tank guns. Disabled German coated officers with tup-swinging
--rm scabbards were evidence • of a
Finland, Turned Over
To Germany, Swarms
With Nazi Soldiers H
I H By EDWIN SHANKE
STOCKHOLM, June 28 (P)—Einland, handed over toGermany
by its leaders without parliament’s%pproval, swarmed with German
troops today and all pretentions that th country was fighting a sep
arate war with Russia were ended. 11 ; : 1
1---------------------m® The capital resounded with the
songs of German regulars and SS
guards. Some were reported -
ready at the eastern front to bol
H. Powell, of Austin,
Message to Dewey
At the same time, Rep Joseph
W. Martin of Massachusetts, con-
vention chairman, dispatched the
folk wing telegram to Dewey:
"May 1 in behalf of this great
Republican convention advise you
oi your nomination as president
"Heartiest congratulations. We
know you will make a ‘winning
president.”
Even before the roll call, short-
ly after Dewey’s name was placed
in nomination, by Gov. Dwight >
Griswold of Nebraska, Wendell
L. Wilikie, the 1940 nominee.
: La
P
2sq I
an.l
I CHANNEL CABLE LAID
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
Allied Expeditionary Force, June
_ ____ 28 (IP)—A special telephone cable
ndsoniht: laid under the English channel
panhandte since the invasion is
___ft was dircloned today.
part of the German
que.
The eyewitness gave the fol-
lowing report:
“A week ago Mo
Poundmen later re-
turned it to a zoological garden.
land, and carried them on to
Italy to complete the mssion
without loss. Thy bombers were
—____ _____ - _____ Britain on Minsk.
June 21 and gave Berlin one of Russia
its most terrible poundings of the 1 Dispatches from the front said
_ Russia. that probably never before —
The daylight offensive from Stormoviks (dive-bombers) been
British bases featured a triple thrown 1
" , j 5 effectiveness against _____
ored forces. Hour after hour they
were reported searching out Ger-
man tanks, plastering them in
«
I
c •e
dhbr""
U. S. Planes Raid Guam,
_ 1 -l ■ i-' l . ‛
Rota Islands Third
L :i' ‘' 5 ,-i -fl ■ I i j ! 5 J
Time Within 4 Days
■ ■ 7^ ?‛ .
I ■ 11
ALL STEAMED UP
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (A) — The
official temperature reached 100
degrees in Nashville yesterday
but in the; offices of the Nashville
Tennessean ’twas much hotter. In
fact, far hotter.
Wilted newsmen discovered a
mechanical failure had turned on
the radiators.
WE’LL MOW ’EM DOWN!
FORT DOUGLAS, Utah (A) —
GI Joes will look on as brass
hats engage in a duel Sunday.
The teams will! be headed by Col.
Samuel White, post commander,
and Col. A. P. Kitson, department
chief of staff. The game: To see
which team can cut the larger
portion of grass on Fort Doug-
las’ front lawn
DEER ME!
German division Bricker thanked the Ohio dele-
-
attack by at least
heavy bombers Which
plosives on airdromes u1 riquce I
after the RAF had hurled 1,000 _
planes against two key centers mass
in France and rocket installations —J
along the channel coast during
the night.
A great triangular shuttle
(SatinesbiMle
i M i . IE i I’ .I- :
-----------------
HER HERO NOW
NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. (P) —
A member of! the coast guard,
cited recently for a rescue at sea,
dropped into the Standard-Star
office and was given a few copies
of the edition that carried his pic-
brought blue-coated officers!
their hip-swinging .swords anil
Germany cavalry p a r ’ ’
gill.
great triangular shuttle
bombing run over all of nazii
dominated Europe v vas estab-
lished by the mission from Rusj
ria. Heavy bombers have made
shuttle runs from Britain toItai- year o‛a uen. ivan cnernaknovt i
ian bases and from the Mediteri skys Third White Russian army. —u--LJ--. --auo -yivuicus
ranean back to Britain. The In the van of this group were the approximately $5,000,000 to the
route also had Stormoviks, fast Yak fighter ’ national fund and a similar
established "by plancs and medium bombers of amount to local welfare agencies, i
berslashingou Lt en.N. P. Papivin, Bagra- Wayland D. Towners, general
argetsi n.he Eal mians 37-year-old air command- manager of the State War Chet,
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