Cherbourg Liberated as Flag Ceremony Honors Lawton Collins
Cherbourg returns to French control in a ceremony at Place De La Republique. Maj. Gen. J. Lawton Collins presented a parachute silk tricolor to Mayor Paul Reynaud as civilians cheered, marking liberation after German resistance collapsed. The mayor thanked the Allies for defending liberty and hope.
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Cherbourg
France
Place de la Republique
J. Lawton Collins
Seventh Corps
Peninsula
Paul Reynaud
Collins
Allied forces seize Cherbourg as German leaders surrender
Allied communique reports victory at Cherbourg with Lt Gen Carl Wilhelm von Schlieben and Rear Admiral Hennecke captured. Collins' forces crush four German divisions and a naval unit, taking 20 000 prisoners since breakthrough. Substantial loot and equipment found in Fort du Roule amid debris cleanup by labor battalions and minesweepers.
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Amarillo
France
Carl Wilhelm von Schlieben
Hennecke
Cherbourg
Fort du Roule
Wheat Harvest Progress in Hale County and Surrounding Areas
Wheat harvest nears peak with 112000 acres sown in Hale County expected to yield about 1250000 bushels at an average of 10 bushels per acre. Plainview activity drives daily 35000 to 40000 bushels delivered to elevators as combines move from the caprock edge northward. Notable yields include Noah Tipton harvesting 50 bushels per acre on 72 acres and L W Guthrie at 38 bushels per acre on irrigated land.
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Deaf Smith
Kansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Plainview
Caprock
Hale
Plainview Eelvators
Noah Tipton
L. W. Guthrie
Mr. DeRusha
Wheat harvest reports from Plainview and vicinity
Plainview area yields include J W Neil harvesting seven bushels on a hail damaged field and 12 on undamaged land ten miles south. H M Mitchell cut 17 bushels on dry ground two miles west and two miles south. Wayne Boyd gathered 25.5 bushels per acre one mile north and three west. Arville Boyd 25 miles southwest reports 25 bushels per acre. J M Edelman south of Plainview produced 22.5 bushels on 133 acres. Some Swisher County wheat hits 50 bushels per acre. F Barrett cuts 50 bushels on a 240 acre tract eight miles east of Kress.
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Plainview
J. W. Neil
H. M. Mitchell
Wayne Boyd
Arville Boyd
Warren Rejects condemned wage controls at Sparking convention
Former President Hoover and Congresswoman Luce spoke at the convention session while Rep. Martin urged keeping Americans from being chained to a New Deal machine. Bricker backers stayed the same and Stassen showed no change as Warren emerged as focus of attention. Wichita mill officials sought volunteers from office staff to unload 129 cars of wheat amid labor shortages. D S Jackman volunteered as vice president and general manager.
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Herbert Hoover
Connecticut
Clare Boothe Luce
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Republican Party
Bricker
Ditto
Comdr
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Warren
Wichita
Kansas Milling Company
D. S. Jackman
Japs Strike at Railway Flank
Japanese forces press a frontal assault toward Hengyang and shift to a southeast flank aimed at severing the Canton Hankow railway. Chinese high command reports heavy fighting north of Hengyang and advancing units near Anjen and Leiyang. The Genoa region faces a general strike tied to wartime unrest reported by a Communist paper.
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Chungking
Hunan Province
Hengyan
Hengyang
Canton -Hankow
Yihsien
Anjen
Leiyang
Rome
Genoa
Florence clashes rage as fascists fail to quell fighting
In Florence street fighting continues as Ges tapo ad Fascists struggle to control the unrest. In Los Angeles on June 27 Mrs. Carl B. Conner testified that her Army band musician husband in Phoenix beat her and kept late hours, leading to a divorce.
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Florence
Gestapo
Los Angeles
Carl B. Conner
Phoenix
Ariz
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