Invaders Break Through Saipan Defenses On Beachhead Push
American forces, facing fierce Japanese resistance, advanced on Saipan capturing Garapan and nearby targets as Admiral Nimitz reported good progress. Japanese long range guns on Tinian bombarded ships, with reports of damage to an American battleship. The Saipan operation positions the U S within reach of Guam and strengthens the central Pacific advance.
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Pearl Harbor
Saipan
Garapan
Domei
United States
U. S
Tinian Island
Aginan Point
Charan Kanoa
Central Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Marianas
Japan
Tokyo
Tanapag Harbor
Carolina Islands
Guam
Reds Take 17 Fortified Positions in Karelia Drive
Moscow announced the Red Army captured 17 additional fortified strongpoints on the Karelia Isthmus route to Viipuri as part of a six day offensive aimed at forcing Finland out of the war. The broadcast said the advance reached 25 miles through early Finnish defense zones and widened the breach to 47 miles.
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London
Lake Forest
Karelian
Viipuri
Moscow
Red Army
Finland
Red Star
Biddle Rejects Call for Grand Jury on CIO Action Committee
Attorney General Biddle declined Rep. Smith of Virginia's demand for a grand jury investigation into the CIO political action committee. He said no federal law violation was found and the files Smith submitted two months ago provided no new information.
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Washington
Biddle
Rep. Smith
Virginia
CIO
Political Action Committee
Smith
Amusement Calendar Theaters and Drive-In Highlights
The calendar lists Paramount Andy Hardy's Blond Trouble with Mickey Rooney and Bonita Granville, Jam Session with Ann Miller and Nan Wynn, Capitol Rationing with Wallace Beery, Rialto Mojave Firebrand, Victory Northern Pursuit with Errol Flynn, Texas Return of the Vampire with Bela Lugosi, Star Thundering Hoofs, Leon Too Many Husbands with Jean Arthur, Rex Go West Young Lady and Leopard Man, Liberty Stick to Your Guns and I Walked With a Zombie, Lyric Here Comes Elmer and Hall to the Rangers, plus several night club acts and dance orchestras. Carload traffic on U S railroads in 1943 totaled 42 414 000 cars.
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Paramount
Andy Hardy
Mickey Rooney
Bonita Granville
Lewis Stone
Herbert Marshall
Fay Holden
State
Ann Miller
Nan Wynn
Capitol
Wallace Beery
Marjorie Main
Rialto
Bill Elliott
Gebby Hayes
Victory
Errol Flynn
Julie Bishop
North Woods
Texas
Bela Lugosi
Frieda Inescourt
Oe Foch
Matt Willis
Fred MacMurray
REX
Penny Singleton
Dennis O’keefe
Margo
Liberty
William Boyd
James Ellison
Elmer
al Pearce
Gloria Stuart
Hall
The
Rangers
Charles Starrett
Ted Adams
Thief Steals From Police Statistician Home
In Kansas City on June 16 a thief entered Richard L. Holcomb’s home and emptied his trousers pockets while the officer slept nearby. The incident was reported in the Globe-News Want Ads.
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Kansas City
Richard L. Holcomb
Holcomb
Globe-News
Peace talks in Moscow and Finnish front chatter noted
The article reports Sweden's diplomats raising the peace talks question with Moscow. It notes a new breach in Finland's second defensive belt between Musto maki and Kutose as Soviet troops seize Mustomaki railway station near Viipuri and nearby Ino. Russian activity north of Vitebsk and German counter actions near Stanisławów are also noted. A historical aside mentions chrome discovery in Guatemala in 1916.
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Amarillo
Texas
Sweden
Moscow
Mustomaki
Kutose
Viipuri
Leningrad
Ino
Vitebsk
White Russia
Stanslawow
Old Poland
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ABC Plumbing Company
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Dick Morton
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Joe Palacio
Mayfair
Texas Bluebirds
NAT
Fritz Cowan
Aviatrix
Carlton Scales
White & Kirk
Gates
Bull Tire CO
A. L. Bray
Charlie Pavillara
Fillmore
Western Battery & Electric
Mary Adell
Guatemala
Amarillo Printing Company
International Business Machines Corporation
First National Bank
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Blue Network Man
KGKO
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