First Two Weeks Of Invasion Cost Allies 40549 Casualties
Supreme Headquarters reports the first two weeks of the European invasion cost the Allies 40 549 casualties including 24 162 Americans killed wounded or missing. Of the June 6 to June 20 period 5 287 were killed with 3 082 Americans among the dead.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Supreme Command
Cherbourg
Caen
Normany
United States
Washington
House of Commons
Omar N. Bradley
Get That Auto Use Tax By June 30
Two days remain in June for car owners to obtain the USE stamp for the coming year. Stamps cost $5, are purple, valid for one year, and available at Ada, Roff, Allen, and Stonewall post offices. On July 1 stamps stay available but at the original price. Information on unused automobiles is at the post office.
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Ada
Roff, Allen
Stonewall
Airmen Launch Major Allied Bombing Offensive Across France
Allied air forces conduct a sweeping assault targeting German airfields and rail hubs in France. RAF and American bombers attack Laon region airfields and rail yards near Saarbrucken with heavy bomber escorts. The day sees extensive Allied sorties and several air losses on both sides.
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London
France
RAF
Channel
Couvren
Athies
Juvincourt
Laon
Saarbrucken
Paris
Britain
Cherbourg
Germany
England
U. S. Eighth Fighter Command
Italy
Budapest
Brod
Yugoslavia
American Planes Raid Guam and Rota Islands Again
Unconfirmed reports say 60 to 100 American aircraft attacked Guam and about 60 hit Rota on Tuesday. It marks the third raid on these islands in four days as U S forces push toward expanded Marianas control, while Marines and infantry fight stiff Japanese resistance on Saipan.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Guam
Rota
Saipan
Tokyo
Marianas
Japan
U. S
Allies press full effort to force German surrender
Allied leaders push to cut oil supplies and hasten Germany’s capitulation as operations continue. Adm. Nimitz headquarters have been silent since Monday. In the Pacific, Yap was bombed with 35 tons of bombs to deny Japanese air support for Saipan 700 miles away.
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Adm
Chester Nimitz
Yap
Guam- Rota Roads
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific Theater
Palau
Carolines
Saipan
Gladwin Hill
London
Tunisia
Germany
Britain
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Fifth Army Advances After San Vincenzo Take
Fifth Army seized San Vincenzo 32 miles from Livorno after a house to house battle. American forces then pushed inland reclaiming Chiusdino and Travale while Sasseta fell under Italian partisan support. Eighth Army pushed near Lake Trasimeno as Gioiella and Porto fell to British forces.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
San Vincenzo
Livorno
Fifth Army
Chiusdino
Travale
Siena
Florence
Sasseta
Belvedere
San Quirico D’orcia
Eighth Army
Lake Trasimeno
Gioeiella
Porto
Gioiella
Castiglione
Magione
Perugia
Monte Pacciano
Tiber River
Pagliaccia
Air Medal Awarded to Three Oklahoma Servicemen
Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney awarded the Air Medal to three Oklahomans for meritorious flight missions. Recipients are Second Lt. Jonathan W. Walbert of Oklahoma City, Staff Sgt. Paul C. Price of Barnsdall, and Capt. Denver R. Stufflebean of Pauls Valley.
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New Guinea
George C. Kenney
Southwest Pacific
Jonathan W. Walbert
Oklahoma City
Paul C. Price
Barnsdall
Denver R. Stufflebean
Pauls Valley
Bombers Ride Britain Italy and Russia on One Long Mission
British based heavy bombers joined an unprecedented three way shuttle raid from Britain to Italy to Russia and back to Britain. The operation targeted a Polish oil refinery at Drohobycz and other strategic sites in France and the Balkans, supported by American and RAF forces with Mustangs guiding the way.
Pacific Coast Forms Its Own Pro Football League in 1944
Hollywood reports the Pacific Coast creates the American Professional Football League to rival the NFL. Led by aviation industrialist William Freelove, the circuit plans franchises in Seattle Portland Oakland San Francisco Hollywood San Diego and two in Los Angeles. George Zaharias and Mildred Zaharias head the San Diego club.
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Hollywood
Pacific Coast
American Professional Football League
West Coast
William
Bi Bill) Freelove
Los Angeles
Freelove
Seattle
Portland
Oakland
San Francisco
San Diego
George Zaharias
Restler
Mildred “Babe” Dirriksen Zaharias
Vichy Information Minister Henriot Assassinated in Paris
In Paris last night Philippe Henriot Vichy minister of information and propaganda was killed by 15 to 20 marked men who burst into his bedroom The killers reportedly wore militia or police uniforms and fled The incident drew immediate praise from Laval who called Henriot a patriot and hero as Berlin said assassins may have posed as Vichy militia and could not be confirmed as captured
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London
Philippe Henriot
Vichy
Paris
Axis
Henriot
Berlin
Pierre Laval
Transocean
Laval
DNB
Ministery of Information
Henric
Greenhalgh
Guam
Hutchinson
McLellan
Five American Airmen Survive Heavy Fire Near Japanese Fleet
Five U S airmen parachuted into the Pacific amid heavy antiaircraft fire near Japan’s fleet and survived to be rescued by float planes from cruisers of the Aga battle fleet the next day. They reported dramatic carrier fires, explosions, and a lengthy night afloat before rescue by Palau area cruisers.
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Eimont Waite
Martanas
Pacific Ocean
Aga Battle Fleet
Japan
Guam
Warren McLellan
Fort Smith
Ark
Selbie Greenhalgh
Pawtucket
R. I
John Hutchinson
Burbank
Calif
Greenhalgh
Hutchinson
McLellan
Ellis Babcock
Buffalo
N. Y
Herman Platz
Bronx
Palau
Allied Burma India Campaign Losses Reported
Southeast Asia command headquarters in Kandy reports during Jan 1 to May 31 Allied casualties 6 000 killed or missing and 12 000 wounded in Burma India. Japanese losses 21 700 dead and about 20 000 wounded. Figures exclude Stilwell Chinese American forces losses.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Burma-India
Joseph W. Stilwell
First Three Way Shuttle Raid Made
The first three way shuttle bombing raid of the European war was disclosed today. U S Eighth Air Force Fortresses launched from Russian bases bombed a Polish Galicia refinery and landed in Italy after a run from England June 21. Mustangs escorted from Russia joined the Italian escort, reporting many explosions at Drohobycz 45 miles southwest of Lwow. Fifteen airforce Mustangs from Italy later joined. In the same report Indians near Colony tribute Pfe David E Cross Jr Arapaho boy declared dead by War Department after Corregidor fell. Parents received his Purple Heart.
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London
Eighth Airforce
Russia
Italy
France
America
Drohobycz
Lwow
Poland
Britain
Berlin
RAF
Channel
Europe
Mediterranean
Balkans
15Th Airforce
Rome
U. S
Pfe
David E. Cross
War Department
Cross
David Cress
Fairland chooses C. G. James as mayor
Fairland Oklahoma selects C. G. James to replace L. C. Overbiller as mayor in a town election held June 28. James succeeds Overbiller in the Ottawa County community.
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Fairland
C. G. James
Ottawa County
L. C. Overbiller
Britishers Help In Wheat Fields At Spartan School
In Miami Oklahoma on June 28 RAF cadets at the Spartan school of aeronautics joined Ottawa county harvest crews. Noel Smith an English farm boy sought a farm vacation and county agent Gaston Franks arranged farm work at regular wages for the British students aiding in the wheat harvest.
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Miami
Okla
U.P
RAF Stents
Spartan School of Aeronautics
Ottawa County
Noel Smith
England
Gaston Franks
Pennsy Flier Tops 27 Aerial Victories On List
Thunderbolt pilot Lt. Col. Francis E. Gabreski of Oil City Pennsylvania shot down a German MB 109 over France, raising his air combat total to 27. Maj. Robert Johnston of Lawton Oklahoma and Maj. Richard I. Bong of Poplar Wisconsin each have 27 victories in Europe and the Pacific respectively, though neither is currently in combat.
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England
Francis E. Gabreski
Oil City
France
Robert Johnston
Lawton
Okla
Richard I. Bong
Poplar
Wis
Pacific
Johnston
Comat
Oklahoma Spring Pig Crop Drops 51 Percent From 1943
Oklahoma’s spring pig crop falls 51 percent from 1943, with an estimated 647000 pigs this spring versus 1314000 in 1943. Farrowings total 106000 head, bred or to be bred for fall about 97000, as state hog numbers decline in wheat belt regions and nationwide.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Wheat
United States
Fort Smith Editor C. F. Byrnes to Speak in Muskogee
C. F. Byrnes, Fort Smith editor and columnist, will address a joint meeting of the chamber of commerce and civic clubs in Muskogee tomorrow.
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Muskogee
C. F. Byrnes
Fort Smith
Chamber of Commerce and Civic Clubs
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A. E. Bradshaw
War Finance Committee
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Duncan
Ed Fleming
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Shawnee
G. C. Wheeler
Clinton
W. C. Smoot
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George H. C. Green
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