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Vol. 4 No. 211 – Friday, July 7, 1944 ……….. Articles’ Headlines: … Robot Toll 2,752; London Worst Hit; Yanks Quit La Haye; Rundstedt Ousted ….. Stories From WACs Buzzed by Bombs – Ceiling, Floor, Panes Mashed, But Nothing Happened to Me ….. Something New Has Been Added – For Every 6 Months Overseas, You’ll Now Sport a Sleeve Bar ….. Reds Smash Near 3 Key Rail Towns – Vilna, Dvinsk Threatened; Russians Only 10 Miles From Baranovichi ….. Saipan Victory NearNimitz ….. Fire in Ringling Big Tent Traps Circus Spectators ….. Von Kluge Takes Over In France – Americans Seek to Bypass La Haye; Fierce Battle For Carpiquet Airfield ….. The War Today ….. Rocket-Bomb Attacks On N.Y. Held Possible ….. Japs Using Gas, Yank Confirms ….. Buzz-Bomb Facts Issued By Churchill – Premier Lifts Censorship On New Blitz; Reveals Yanks Among Killed ….. Churchill on Buzz-Bombs ….. Debt of Gratitude ….. From a Ranger ….. The Home Front Goes All Out to Hail Ace Bob Johnson ….. Col. Gabreski, Now U.S. Ace of Aces, Is Also Heading Home ….. Gabreski Got No. 28 In ‘Longest, Best Fight’ ….. Nazi Night Raids in Normandy Just as Regular as Clockwork / By Ernie Pyle ….. Notes from the Air Force ….. Sports Sidelights ….. Tennis Star Has a New Racket ….. Brownies Whip A’s, 4-2, As Bosox Lose to Tigers ….. HOW THEY STAND ….. Bucky Walters Is Nearing Top As National Loop Shutout Ace ….. Jimmie Foxx Fails In Comeback Bid; Stays as Cub Coach ….. Help Wanted-AND GIVEN ….. Minor League Results ….. Turf, Diamond Fans Turned Out for July 4 ….. Segura, Talbert Advance In Western Net Tourney ….. Connie Mack to Be Feted ….. Andersson Sets Mile Mark ….. Southern Loop Commences Second-Half Season Play ….. Thomas Beats Armstrong To Reverse Former Defeat ….. Bluejackets Suffer First Loss ….. Having Seen Yank Fliers, It’s Now ‘Mac’ Among Russian Kids / By Arthur W. White ….. Georgia Voters Rename George – Veteran Senator, Target Of FDR’s ‘Purge’ in ’38, Easily Renominated ….. Princess Visits First U.S. Unit, Christens Fort Rose of York / By Gene Graff ….. Hopkins Back on Job ….. Radio Highlights ….. Find Oil in Wyoming ….. NEWS FROM HOME – War Spending Past Its Peak, Official States – Appropriations Chief Says Decline Will Accelerate As Victory Nears ….. Ask More Veterans’ Hospitals ….. Jackpot ….. Bon Bond ….. Diogenes, Quit Hunting ….. 26 Win Awards In 29th Infantry ….. Elliott Roosevelt to Wed Capt. Briggs of the WAC ….. Carriers on Cruiser Hulls Given Big Role in Pacific ….. Call Off Reunion ….. 1,000 Heavies Batter Calais ….. Money-Confab Hitch Arising?