US Planes Rally for Pacific Showdown Across Marianas
Admiral King predicts a disastrous Japanese defeat if battle occurs as Nimitz notes the enemy fleet has emerged between the Philippines and the Mariannas. Forrestal says Japanese forces hover 500 to 800 miles west of Saipan as Fifth Fleet under Spruance supports the Marianas offensive in a potential decisive clash.
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Ernest J. King
Navy
King
Chester W. Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Marianas
Tokyo Radio
Forrestal
Saipan
Fifth Fleet
Adm
Raymond A. Spruance
Nimitz
Pacific
Philippine Islands
China Sea
Nafutan Point
Japana
United States
Silence Cloaks Armadas After First Air Blows
U S carrier planes attacked a Japanese fleet between the Philippines and the Marianas as Admiral Nimitz announced a potential decisive Pacific battle. Scouting planes spotted the fleet Monday afternoon and American carrier bombers struck.
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United States Fifth Fleet
Adm
Raymond A. Spruance
Santa Cruz
Nimitz
Marianas
Carrier Air Strikes Reach Japanese Fleet In Pacific Tug-of-War
Fifth Fleet reconnaissance spotted a powerful Japanese force likely including the full battle fleet. Carrier bombers and fighters attacked before dusk as U S forces push inland on Saipan Magicienne Bay and Nafutan Point amid renewed efforts to isolate the Japanese pocket in the southeastern Saipan area.
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Lake Susupe
Charon Kanoa
Magicienne Bay
Record Attack on Truk Keyed to Saipan Battle
Liberator bombers from the New Guinea sector conducted a record breaking attack on Truk coordinated with the Saipan invasion. B 24s from the Admiralty Islands dropped 108 tons on Dublin and Eten Islands, the heaviest single day air strike by Thirteenth Air Force.
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Associated Press
New Guinea
Truk
Saipan
Marianas
Admiralty Islands
Dublin
Eten Islands
Thirteenth Air Force
House Kills WASP Bill Despite General's Recommendation
The House rejected a bill to absorb WASP women pilots into the Army Air Corps amid a bitter debate on their value and needs. The final vote stood 189 to 169 after earlier division and teller-count defeats.
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Washington
House
Army Air Corps
Cherbourg Nears Fall in Normandy Invasion Push
Allied reports say Cherbourg defenses weaken as Americans press from the south along the inland road and railway corridor. German demolition squads wreck port facilities while Allied air forces blast targets and drop leaflets. The 21st Army group notes Cherbourg unlikely to hold, with heavy fighting continuing near Caen and along the Cherbourg peninsula.
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Normandy
London
London Daily Sketch
Cherbourg
Roule
Octeville
Don Whitehead
Associated Press
Whitehead
Stalingrad
21St Army Group
France
Jessiquariers
Tourtheville-Hague
Acqueville
Caen
Valognes
Tilly-Caen
Calais
Amiens
Britain
Hitler
Berlin
Supreme Headquarters
Singapore
Germans Start Panzer Push as Infantry Shortage Bites Normandy
Allied reports from Eisenhower headquarters say Germany lacks infantry in Normandy forcing von Rundstedt to move panzer units to the front. At least 78 German tanks are reported destroyed and 18 Panthers and 27 Tigers sacrificed, weakening Pas de Calais and Southwest France defenses.
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Edward V. Roberts
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Normandy
Karl Gerd von Rundstedt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
von Rundstedt
Pas de-Clais
France
Weather overview Amarillo and surrounding areas
The Weather Bureau reports Thursday in Amarillo and vicinity as mostly fair with little temperature change and strong winds, followed by Friday partly cloudy and slightly cooler. New Mexico expects fair conditions Thursday and Friday with winds up to 35 mph. high temperatures range from 85 to 95 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Ten Patt
New Mexico
Berlin Air Raids Continue As Liberators Struck Twice
Allied air forces pounded Berlin in two raids within 12 hours while U S bombers and fighters targeted Pas de Calais rocket sites and other targets in the Normandy area. RAF reported rocket-launching sites captured intact with Germans claiming retaliation but accepting heavy losses.
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Reich
DNB
Berlin
U. S
Pas de Calais
CBS
James Fleming
Moscow
Eighth Air Force
Russia
Europe
Italy
RAF
Cherbourg
England
Budapest
Balkans
London
Normandy
U. S. Strategic Air Force
Reds Launch Two New Finn Offensives Near Viipuri
Soviet forces opened two major drives against Finland, striking north of Lake Onega and along the Svir River as part of a push to knock Finland from the war. The offensives, launched within a day of Viipuri’s fall, moved along the Murmansk Leningrad railway and reached near Medvezhegorsk and Voznesenye.
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London
Red Army
Finland
Moscow
Viipuri
Lake Onezhskoe
Onega
Medvezhegorsk
Svir
Onezhskoe
Ladoga
Murmansk-Leningrad
Medvezhe
Voznesene
Leningrad
Lake
Oneahskoe
Karelian
Helsinki
Manikkala
Marines Pave Way as Yanks Cross Saipan in Heavy Rain
American forces pushed across Saipan in a major southward advance to seize the Many points including Aslito Airfield. Marines and Army units coordinated artillery and naval bombardment to suppress a Japanese counterattack and clear a path along the southern coast under a tropical downpour.
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Percy Finch
Associated Press
Joint Expeditionary Force
Saipan
API
Saipan Island
Aslito
Charon Kanoa
Garapan
Flores Point
LCI
Potter County期待 Fifth War Loan milestone today
Potter County aims to surpass 1 million dollars in the Fifth War Loan drive as daily sales near 100000 and the current total reaches 971107 toward a 6585000 quota. Over one third of sales are E Bonds for small investors. county chairman notes federal reserve credits of 3000 from Morris and Ida Levine and 5000 from Colorado and Wyoming Railway Sempeny. Rotary Club publicity efforts continue today with Wayne and Mrs. Wayne leading.
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Potter County
Federal Reserve
Morris Levine
Ida Levine
Colorado and Wyoming Railway Sempeny
Guy
Rotary Club
Wayne
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