Allied Forces Land in Northwestern France Beachheads Formed
British, American and Canadian airborne and seaborne forces landed along the Normandy coast between Le Havre and Cherbourg. Beachheads are secured and inland drives push forward as Allied planners report success. Churchill and Montgomery note progress and potential tactical surprises as mass airborne operations unfold.
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Allied Air Forces Deploy 11 000 Planes In Normandy Invasion
Allied air forces mass 11 000 aircraft in support of the Normandy landings. Heavy British raids attack German coastal batteries at the Frezen coast while RAF vessels sweep rail lines to Osnabruck. Clouds and favorable weather aid a large aerial assault as invasion operations begin.
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Girl Killed by Lightning in Baer Family Field
A bolt of lightning struck Erma Klinger, age unknown, daughter of Mr and Mrs Klinger of Baer. The strike also killed her mother, while a nearby unnamed girl was uninjured.
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Nazi Coast Guns Silenced In Invasion Zone Report
NBC reporter flying over the invasion coast said not a single German coastal gun fired in the area this morning. NBC stated the silence indicates the initial line of defenses of the Atlantic Wall has been knocked out.
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Curtin says Australia supplies most food for US forces
Prime Minister John Curtin told a National Press Club luncheon that Australia under reverse lend lease supplies 95 percent of the food consumed by American forces in the Southwest Pacific. He said food is Australia’s principal contribution and noted a broad range of goods and services from clothing for soldiers to bomber assembly for the Army Air Corps.
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Taft and Burton vote to extend price and wage stabilization
In a 50 to 22 Senate roll call Republicans Taft of Ohio and Burton joined the majority to amend a bill extending price and wage stabilization measures. The change would prohibit food subsidies after June 30 1945 unless Congress provides specific appropriation. Dover England report notes large coastal guns firing across the Strait of Dover with a salvo of four shells observed shortly after noon.
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Allied planes sink Japanese destroyer and freighter
Destruction of Japan's seapower grows with Gen. MacArthur announcing the sinking of a destroyer and a freighter. Allied aircraft also damaged two supply ships and sunk six transports and ten cargo vessels in Pacific actions. Ground fighting continues around Changsha and Myitkyina as Biak and Mokmer airfields are targeted.
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Cleveland Truck Men Vote To Start Strike
Cleveland city truck drivers vote to strike June 14 over sick leave and pay variation demands. Laborers report their members will ballot Thursday on similar action, risking disruption of municipal services.
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President Roosevelt to Read Victory Prayer Tonight
President Roosevelt will address the nation at 10:00 p.m. Eastern War Time to ask Americans to join in a victory prayer he wrote for Allied forces during the invasion. He readied the prayer in his bedroom early this morning after receiving invasion reports.
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More Service Burial Grounds Being Sought
Washington reports the War Department asked Congress for 69 new national cemeteries based on a hypothetical 100000 American deaths overseas. Canton Timken Roller Bearing Co. says nearly 1000 CIO United Steelworkers left their jobs in a seniority dispute in the grinding department.
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Naval Academy names Englemann honor man of class
Annapolis Md Rear Adm John R Beardall named Midshipman Richard Henry Englemann of Cincinnati honor man of the graduating class at the Naval Academy in a ceremony held yesterday.
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Fifth Army crosses Tiber in Rome area advances
Allied forces under Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark drive beyond liberated Rome crossing the Tiber from Rome to the sea with weak resistance. Over 2,000 prisoners trapped by destroyed bridges while Rome enjoys renewed momentum as British Eighth Army and air forces strike German rear guards and rail lines in northern Italy.
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Church Janitor Convicted in Murder Faces Life Prison Term
Cincinnati report states Frank X. Weil aged 62, a church janitor, was found guilty of second degree murder in the April event that killed Gere Krois a 29 year old mother of four. Jurors returned a verdict that makes a life sentence mandatory, with sentencing due later in the week.
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Victory To Be Tough Costly President Says
President Roosevelt told the nation that victory over Germany is certain but will be tough and costly. He noted German losses were heavy but not enough to force surrender and warned Germany might resume conquest later. The radio address aired as Allied forces prepared major offensives from England.
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Physician Dr E A Person Dies of Heart Attack
Dr E A Person 61 long time Murray City physician and Hocking County coroner died of a heart attack Monday at the F R Beasley Garage in Athens. He was in Athens to buy car parts. A Meigs County native, he leaves a wife, a son Paul in Texas, and a brother Everett in Athens. Funeral arrangements had not been completed.
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Sugar Stamp 32 Valid June 16 Amid Sugar Ration
War ration news says Sugar Stamp 32 in Book Four becomes valid June 16 for five pounds of sugar. The policy keeps five pounds per person every two and a half months. OWI warns Americans to dismiss Axis radio reports. General Eisenhower’s communique is broadcast from New York and London in 22 languages.
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Ohio Youth Drowns in Quarry Accident
Sixteen year old Floyd Frederick drowned yesterday while swimming in a Springfield stone quarry. Rescue teams recovered the body after efforts by bystanders and local authorities. The tragedy adds to recent summer incidents at the quarry site.
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Ohio Aircraft Plant Idle as Racial Mix Sparks Strike
Wright Aeronautical’s Lockland plant halted production when seven black workers were moved from the north shop to the center unit, creating a no‑go white unit. CIO UAW officials appealed for calm, condemned instigators, and pledged disciplinary action while stressing no discrimination policy and need to meet Army Navy schedules. Workers on all shifts abandoned the plant after brief hesitation.
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Dealer in Marijuana Gets Term in Prison
John Allie, 40, of Hubbard Ohio, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession and sale of marijuana before Federal Judge Robert N. Wilkins. In Columbus, 69 blue ribbon Holstein cattle sold for 109,930 dollars at the Royal Brentwood auction, with one champion fetching 20,000 dollars.
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Money MIDDLETOWN-4 Story of the Week election pay notice
The Middletown treasurer’s office advertised to recruit election officials to come and collect their paychecks, prompting a local payroll effort.
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