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Vol. 4 No. 216 – Thursday, July 13, 1944
Articles’ Headlines: … Yanks in Sight of St. Lo; Nazis Fall Back on Lessay – Americans 4 Miles From Periers; Lull On Caen Front ….. Crack Negro Artillery Outfit Praised for Work in France / By Allan M. Morrison ….. D-Day Began to Dawn Feb. 20 With Death Blow at Luftwaffe – 5 Days’ Fierce Pounding Left Nazis Impotent, USSTAF Says / By Joe Fleming ….. One-Way Piggyback Ride – Single ‘Chute Brings 2 Fliers Safely Down From Burned Lib ( 2/Lt. Robert L. Sanders and 2/Lt. Robert Callahan ) ….. Berlin Hints Big Retreat In the East ….. The War Today ….. They Smell a Bad Egg, Cheat Nazis of a Cackle ….. WPB to Start Civilian Output – Part of Program Deferred As a Concession to Military Leaders ….. Chinese Units Link in Burma ….. Luftwaffe Ace Killed ( Maj. (acting General) Wolfgang Redlich ) ….. Stimson Reaches Britain To Visit Bases, Wounded ….. Munich Area Bombed Again – 1,200 Forts and Libs Paste Reich Targets; Mediums Attack in France ….. Big Air Force In Peace Asked ….. Ankara Talks Under Way On Turks’ Entry into War ….. Nazi Prisoners Escape ( western Michigan ) ….. Tank Retrievers Save the Cripples Right in the Fight ( “Derden’s Darlings” ) / By Earl Mazo ….. Try, TryYanks Did With Results – Even Office Workers Are Called on to Engage in Fight – Driven From Town 4 Times, GIs Win It on Push No. 5 / By Bud Hutton ….. Pyle Calls 9th Division’s Job In Cherbourg Battle ‘Beautiful’ / By Ernie Pyle ….. What Is Needed ….. Spare Time Idea ….. All About Bombs ….. Yo-Yos May Soar ….. Nationals Take 7-1 Victory in All-Star Game – Winners Amass 12 Hits Against Five AL Hillmen – Nicholson, Cavarretta Star At Plate; Sewell Hurls 3-Inning Hitless Ball ….. Tartans Plan Return to Grid; Snavely to Drill Two Elevens ….. Play-by-Play of All-Star Game ….. Landis Is Mum On Retirement ….. No Games Scheduled in Majors ….. Help Wanted-AND GIVEN ….. Chutemen Stop British Foes,7-3 ….. Minor League Results ….. 100 Candidates Report at Ithaca ….. Corlett in France ….. 4th-Term Foe Balks at Going To Convention – Sen. Gillette Withdraws As Delegate For Slate Pledged to FDR ….. The Light That Failed ….. Radio Highlights ….. Hit Rail Yards East of Turin ….. NEWS FROM HOME – Army Steps Up Its Production Of Giant Shells – 100-Million Acceleration Program Under Way With High Priority ….. Oil Boom-Looms in South ….. Ah, the Glorious Future ….. Bea Lillie Back on Broadway ….. Wreck Yields 33rd Body ( Jellico Tenn. ) ….. Predicts Philippines Seizure ….. Bequest to School ….. Loyalist Troops Quell A Revolt in Colombia ….. Free Fort Gunner Hidden by French Nearly 2 Months / By Bud Kane ….. Demand Reds Take Stand On Money-Fund Quotas ………………… WARWEEK … ( Insert ) ………………… 1055 Hrs: Contact Established! – This Cryptic Entry in Log on D-Day Opened Dramatic Record of a Communications Triumph / By Ralph Harwood ….. Secret Weapon – The Amazing Story of Fantastic Arms of the PastCheap Bids for Victory Which Failed; Buzz Bomb is Latest / By France Herron ….. Foxhole Flats in Normandy are Home to GI Shovel-Architects; Helpful Hints for Soldier Tenants / By Arthur Goodwin ….. GI JERRY by Lt. Dave Breger ….. Why Are We Fighting? GIs Answer ….. Normandy Sheet Gives View