Fifth Army Captures Civitavecchia and Bracciano Near Rome
The Fifth Army seized Civitavecchia, Rome’s main port, and Bracciano as it advances along the west of Rome. Allied forces push toward the capital, maintaining contact with retreating enemy units.
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Rome
Fifth
Civitavecchia
Fifth Army
Bracciano
Eighth
Tiber
Oliver Leese
Monterotondo
Sant Angelo
Romano
Guidonia
Mentana
Subiaco
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Barrea
Pescocostanzo
Rivisondoli
Sulmona
Ovid
French Riviera
Livorno
Voltri
Genoa
Savona
Florence
Capture of Biak Airfield Puts Philippines in Range
Allied forces seize Mokmer Airdrome on Biak Island after 12 days of fierce combat, placing Biak airfields within bomber reach of the Philippines. The operation outflanked Japanese positions, followed by rapid advances toward Boroke and Orido airfields as U S fliers strike from Central Pacific bases and missions extend to Guam Nauru and Ponape.
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Biak
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Australia
Schouten
Dutch New Guinea
Mokmer
Hankow-Canton
Hunan
China
Salween River
Yunnan
Burma
Ledo
India
Kohima
Central Pacific
Guam
U. S. Naval Base
Manila
Orido
Tokyo
Sorong
Schouten Islands
General Clark Talks With Pope in Vatican Office
Pope Pius XII and Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark, commander of the Fifth Army, spoke for ten minutes today in the Vatican private office. They were joined afterward by Maj. Gen. Alfred H. Gruenther, Maj. Gen. H. H. Johnson, Brig. Gen. Edgar F. Hume, and Col. (Chaplain) Patrick Ryan.
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Rome
Pope Pius XII
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Vatican
Alfred H. Gruenther
H. H. Johnson
Edgar F. Hume
Patrick Ryan
Presidential Veto Seen for Price Control Bill
Senators predicted President Roosevelt may veto the price control bill due to amendments easing controls. Provisions debated would relieve merchants from liability for certain price violations and raise issues affecting cotton and textiles.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Chandler Asks Miller Probe
Senator Chandler of Kentucky urged a senatorial investigation into Maj. Gen. Henry J. F. Miller for being demoted from major general to lieutenant colonel and moved from Europe to the United States after publicly discussing D-Day. The Army cited Miller's remark that the invasion would occur before June 15.
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Washington
Chandler
D-Ky
Henry J. F. Miller
United States
Army
Miller
Franc Notes Issued To Invasion Troops
American invasion troops aboard a U S Coast Guard transport prepared financially for the assault on France with payday francs issued by the Bank of France. The notes dated 1944 in five 50 100 and 500 franc denominations valued at two cents per franc, largest worth ten dollars, smallest about ten cents.
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U. S. Coast Guard
France
Bank of France
Townsend pension plan advanced for postwar recovery
Rep. Homer A. Ramey of Toledo Ohio urged advancement of the Townsend old age pension plan as a potential postwar recovery device in a yesterday session.
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Washington
Homer A. Ramey
Toledo
Judge rules courthouse clock must run on slow time
Washington C H officials report that Judge H M Rankin upheld a petition seeking the Fayette County courthouse clock to be set to slow time as mandated by state law. The ruling allows an order to force commissioners to restore the clock to state time after it had been advanced to war time.
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Washington C. H
Common Pleas
H. M. Rankin
John B. Hill
Jesse Hagler
Fayette County
Court House
Rankin
Hill
Symphony Conductor suspended by union in Cincinnati case
Chicago report states conductor Eugene Goossens of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra must pay a 1250 dollar fine and may not practice until August 15. The AFM executive board found conduct detrimental to both the local and national union and cited interference with contract negotiations.
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Chicago
Eugene Goossens
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
American Federation of Musicians’ Executive Board
Goossens
Union
AFM
Cincinnati
Ohioan lands first glider on French soil
Findlay veteran Lt. Col. Mike Murphy, who led the American glider invasion of France on D-Day, operated the local airport before joining the army and was a three time winner on the Freddie Lund Acrobatic Trophy at the All American Air Shows in Miami.
Nazi Bluff Exposed by Allied Front Reporter
Richard D. McMillan reports from the French front near Caen and Bayeux that the Atlantic Wall threat is overstated and failing. He notes rapid Allied progress inland, German retreat into fear, and French towns and flags celebrating Allied advances as air power terrifies remaining German forces.
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Richard D. McMillan
France
Atlantic Wall
Caen
Bayeux
Goom
Churchill warns Britain that victory in Europe is not assured
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons to avoid over optimism in the war against Germany. He stressed enormous exertions lie ahead despite dangers, as Allied forces push north of Rome with advances by the Eighth Army toward Civita Castellana and inland operations across the Italian peninsula.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Europe
Rome
14Th Army
Albert Kesselring
Civita Castellana
R. H. McCray Dies at Nelsonville Home
R H McCray age 75 former miner active for Townsend old age pension plan dies at Railroad Ave Nelsonville after extended illness. Survived by wife son Arthur Nelsonville and four grandchildren. Member of Latter Day Saints Church. Funeral arrangements pending. Friends may call Warren Funeral Home.
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Nelsonville
R. H. McCray
Townsend Old Age Pension Plant
Railroad Ave
Arthur
Latter Day Saints Church
Warren Funeral Home
Allied Air Power Sustains Normandy Invasion
RAF bombers continued air cover as U S heavy bombers joined to support the invasion. Allied air crews flew over 22 000 sorties in 48 hours, destroying 144 German planes and 20 on the ground, with losses growing. Thunderbolt and Lightning fighters pressed nonstop missions since 6 p m.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Paris
Cologne
Caen
Normandy
Torch lights Statue of Liberty for D-Day tribute
The Statue of Liberty flame is lit in honor of D-Day and Americans fighting to liberate France, a symbol presented to the United States in 1884. The event marks the first wartime lighting of the torch since the conflict began.
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America
France
Plane Factory Strikers Face Discharge Amid Racial Row
In Cincinnati 12 000 to 15 000 Lockland Wright Aeronautical workers remained idle as unions and management waited on an ultimatum. The War Labor Board ordered a return to work and warned no group may place grievance above armed forces needs. Company says only 450 bona fide strikers. absenteeism fluctuates but delays a full return.
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Cincinnati
Lockland
Wright Aeronautical Corp
War Labor Board
33 USO Camp Shows Ready for Invasion
NEW YORK says USO Camp Shows has 154 entertainers in England prepared to present 33 mobile performances to invasion troops on the continent as soon as the War Department grants permission.
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New York
USO
England
War Department
Urges Cancellation of Non-Essential Travel
Washington director J. Monroe Johnson of the Office of Defense Transportation urged immediate cancellation of non-war conventions and non-essential civilian travel due to rail shipment pressures for military needs not yet peaking.
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Washington
J. Monroe Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation
Bayeux Capture Cuts Rail Link to Paris in Allied Push
Berlin reports say Russians launch broad front offensive near Iasi as Western forces press on in France and Italy. Allied troops strike south of Bayeux severing the Paris Cherbourg railway and aiming to trap Cherbourg while fighting rages at Ste. Mere-Eglise and near the Vire River.
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London
DNB
Berlin
Iasi
Romania
Moscow
Germany
France
Italy
Cherbourg
Bayeux
Paris
Ste. Mere-Eglise
Vire
Eisenhower Confident After D Day Invasion Progress
On day three of the invasion Supreme Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower voiced complete confidence in Allied might. Field reports noted British Canadian troops advancing in France, securing towns, capturing prisoners, and fighting heavy battles as bridges and air power supported the push into the Cherbourg Bayeux region.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Berlin
Carentan
Cherbourg
Orne River
Caen
Bay of St. Martin
Cap de la Hague
Allied troops drive to beachheads along 50 mile Caen to Carentan coast
Allied forces tear down the Atlantic Wall as Ninth Air Force reports airfield captures or constructions on the Cherbourg Peninsula. Montgomery hails progress while observers note dense air traffic and multiple beachheads. German broadcasts claim village battles and routs near Ste Mere Eglise and Varville as invasion forces push inland.
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Paris
Acheres
Versailles
Massy-Palaiseau
Juvisy
Normandy
France
Europe
Brittany
Lorient
Nantes
St. Brieuc
Falaise
Argentan
Caen
Coutances
Lessay
Cherbourg
Atlantic Wall
Ninth Air Force
Bernard L. Montgomery
Carentan
Eisenhower
Channel
Hitler
Rommel
Wounded Signal Corps officer clings to film amid surgery
A young Signal Corps officer at an Army field hospital on the southern English coast suffers severe injuries including loss of a foot and gunshot wounds while insisting his camera film be saved. Captain Aprile coordinates calls to European theater HQ as Lt. Enger arranges rapid retrieval of the footage.
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Army Field Hospital
English
Signal Corps
Joseph Aprile
New York
European Theater of Operations
Europe
Aprile
Adi
James Enger
Philadelphia
Enger
John Cook
Lexington
Cook
France
J. B. Marshall
Louisville
500 More May Become Idle at Timken Plant
Canton workers at Timken Roller Bearing Co. face possible additional layoffs as strike action looms. A company spokesman warned about 500 more idle employees if the stoppage continues and a regional war labor board back to work order is considered at a meeting.
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Timken
Canton
Timken Roller Bearing Co
War Labor Board
Eisenhower Tours Invasion Beach Areas Near German Lines
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Allied supreme commander, spent four and a half hours touring beach areas in a British vessel. He conferred with General Sir Bernard Montgomery and other Allied leaders less than five miles from German-held territory. A separate Cincinnati incident reported a Greyhound bus collision with a parked lumber truck, injuring Bisht sons enroute to Detroit.
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Eisenhower
London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bernard L. Montgomery
Cincinnati
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