Soviet Drive Pushes 25 Miles At Karelia Front
Soviet forces under Col Gen Govorov cross 25 mile front above Leningrad after breaking Finnish defenses. Communique reports 82 towns taken and Terijoki rail junction captured as heavy losses are inflicted on Finnish troops with Baltic fleet gun support. Allied gains in Italy accompany broader push against Axis.
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Finland
Red Army
Karelian
Leningrad
Leonid Govorov
Sevastopol
Terijoki
Helsinki
Yappilya
Leningrad-Helsinki
Selective Service Procedure Revised
The nation's draft procedure is revised to create a common pool of available men for both Army and Navy. After July 1 men who pass induction physicals will be assigned to no specific service and will return home to await orders. They will then learn whether they have drawn the Army or Navy.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Ohio fund reaches 375 million for unemployment claims
Charles H Jones administrator of the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation announced the state trust fund for unemployment compensation passed 275 million during May. The balance now on hand is sufficient to pay 23 449 467 weeks of unemployment at the maximum payment of 16 a week.
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Columbus
Charles H Jones
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Jones
Washington Plans Multinational Security Talks This Summer
Plans for a joint meeting in Washington bring together American British Chinese and Russian representatives to discuss forming an international security organization this summer.
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Washington
Five year old Carrol Smith Killed in Auto Crash
Upper Sandusky report says five year old Carrol Suzanne Smith daughter of Clarence Smith, stationed with the Texas Army, was killed yesterday when struck by an automobile in front of her home.
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Upper
Sandusky
Carrol
Suzanne Smith
Clarence Smith
Texas
Chinese Hold Line As Changsha Battle Intensifies
Allied reports describe fierce fighting around Changsha as Chinese forces retreat toward outer defenses of the Hankow Canton railway. Maj Gen Chennault warns Japan could fortify a rail barrier, prolonging the war, while other fronts show Allied gains in the Pacific theater.
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Japan
China
Changsha
Hankow- Canton
Hankow
Claire L. Chennault
Pacific
New Dutch Guinea
Palau
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Two Earth Shocks Felt in California
A distinct earthquake lasting about a second swayed Los Angeles at 4 17 a m Pacific War Time today. Half an hour earlier a sharp shock was felt in Laguna Beach Pasadena and numerous parts of Los Angeles County. No damage reports were immediate.
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Los Angeles
Laguna Beach
Pasadena
Los Angeles County
War Workers Warned Against Wasting Cars and Tires
Washington D C. ODT Director J Monroe Johnson rejected A A A claims that war workers waste cars and tires. He said workers should be disabused of such ideas after an A A A president labeled them reckless drivers with a belief in automatic replacement if a car or tire is damaged.
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Washington
ODT
J. Monroe Johnson
American Automobile Association
Campaign for 16 Billions in Bonds Begins
The Treasury launched a $16 billion fifth World War Loan Drive with a $6 billion goal from individual bond purchases up to June 26, then $10 billion from nonbank investors. A radio program featuring President Roosevelt and Morgenthau airs tonight. Texarkana is the campaign focus due to its two-state location.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Gulf Southwest
Texarkana
Texas
Arkansas
Vichy Authority in Southern France Weakened by Resistance
Reports from Spain indicate Vichy control in Southern France is breaking down except near German protection. French underground groups disrupt garrisons and seize strategic centers in Toulouse Limoges Tarbes, while De Gaulle's radio spokesman meets crowds in Bayeux Normandy. Resistance leaders urge all French to aid the Allies.
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London
Spain
Vichy
France
Karl Gerd von Rudstedt
United Nations
Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Bayeaux
Normandy
Toulouse
Limoges
Tarbes
Allied Air Might Drills Nervous Reich From France To Berlin
Allied air forces unleashed massive bombing across France and Germany supporting the Normandy invasion. Thousands of planes including American heavy bombers and RAF fleets pounded rail yards bridges and airfields from Caen to Berlin with raids aimed at disrupting German reserves and supply lines.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Berlin
RAF
Erwin Rommel
Failaise
Caen
Caudebec
Europe
U. S
Russia
Balkan
Moscow
Italy
Versailles
Acheres
Paris
Orleans
Normandy
Germany
Pas de Calais
Odd Lot Shoes To Be Sold Ration Free
The Office of Price Administration announced a national odd lot sale offering about seven million pairs ration free from July 10 to July 29. Shoes must cost at least 25 percent less than their June 1 price and cover men and women, boys sizes 1 to 6, excluding misses and little boys’ footwear.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
WAC and Soldier Die in Chute Leap at Wright Field
Dorothy Kimmel 24 of Meadville Pennsylvania and Sgt. Paul L. Mays 34 of Osborne City were killed Saturday during a low altitude jump from a bomber at Wright Field. They became frightened on a routine mission and tried to bail out but their parachutes failed to open.
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Dayton
WAC Pfe
Dorothy Kimmel
Meadville
Paul L. Mays
Osborne
Wright Field
Youngest USAAF officers named temporary brigadier generals
Two young US Army Air Forces officers were named temporary brigadier generals by President Roosevelt. Richard C Sanders, 28, of Salt Lake City Utah, and Clinton D Vincent, 29, of Natchez Mississippi, previously held temporary colonel ranks and permanent first lieutenant ranks.
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Uncle Sam
USAAF
Richard C Sanders
Salt Lake City
Utah
Clinton D. Vincent
Natchez, Miss
Roosevelt
Paid Price at American Beach Head Cemetery in France
John A. Moroso reports on America's first World War II cemetery in Normandy. Bodies of American soldiers lie amid bomb craters as troops prepare mass burials beside fallen German and British troops. A larger cemetery is planned as the ground proves insufficient for the coming dead.
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France
Normandy
America
Americans Drive Half Way Across Cherbourg Peninsula
Allied reports say American troops seized Carentan, controlling the Cherbourg peninsula water defense. British forces pushed nine miles east of Caen, threatening the eastern hinge. Berlin claimed German counterattacks and paratrooper landings near Caen as Rommel led armored responses.
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Peninsula
Caen
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Carentan
Cherbourg
Normandy
Cape
Pdul
Spearneaa Nas
Great Funnel
Berlin
St. Vaast la Hogue
Peninsular
Troarn
Erwin Rommel
First Mascot to Land Is Killed in France
Buffey the cocker spaniel mascot of an illegible unit landed with the initial waves on D day in France and died there from a nervous reaction caused by enemy action. Crew member Kenneth Kytta of Jacksonville Ohio served aboard and enlisted in 1942. Major British forces were concentrating for a full assault on the town.
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London
Buffey
France
LOS
Kenneth Kytta
Jacksonville
Ohio
Kytta
Ruth Kytta
Athens
Yank Advance Near St Lo Breaks German Lines
Allied forces push toward St Lo along a 50 mile front in Normandy. U S troops reach Quineville on the east coast while Bradley’s flank nears Cherbourg with Montebourg in reach. Germans claim 300,000 to 400,000 Allied troops in a bridgehead and warn of a larger amphibious assault.
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Fifth Army
Monte Fiascone
Lake Bolsena
Orbetello
Rome
Eighth Army
Tiber
Bagno Reggio
Rieti
Avezzano
Adriatic
Pescara River
Nunziatello
Sixth South African
Liri
Sacco
Eberharld
von Mackensen
St. Lo
Merderet
Cherbourg
Vichy
Quineville
Omar N. Bradley
Monteburg
Nazi Reserves Blasted as Allied Gunfire Pounds German Positions
Allied forces pressed inland after D-Day as German reserves rushed from Paris to meet the threat. Allied ships including Texas Nevada Tuscaloosa Quincy and Warspite bombarded German positions while ground forces exploited a secure beachhead. The 15 mile front showed steady progress under favorable weather as Montgomery and Bradley’s teams moved to accelerate operations. Findlay reports Miss Clambell Healy 77 of Kirby was killed by a passenger train and will be buried there today.
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Karl Gerd von Runstedt
Paris
U. S
Texas
Nevada
Tuscaloosa
Quincy
Warspite
Montgomery and Bradley
Findlay
Clambell Healy
Kirby
Workman Killed Repairing Sand Mixer at Wright Plant
Milton Bar tell age 20 of Newport Kentucky was killed early today in a sand mixer he was repairing at the Wright Aeronautical Corp plant in Lockland. Police said a woman employee, unaware he was inside, threw a switch starting the machine.
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Cincinnati
Milton Bartell
Newport
Wright Aeronautical Corp
Lockland
Tanks Production Halted by Detroit Strike
Production of amphibious tanks at the Graham Paige Motors Corp plant halted as nearly 3,000 workers across three shifts joined a strike by 30 truck drivers and helpers who quit Saturday in protest over disciplining several drivers.
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Detroit
Graham- Paige Motors Corp
County Agent Dies Over Erie County Loss
Maurice Myers, 43, agricultural extension agent for Erie County, died unexpectedly yesterday. His sudden death leaves the county with the loss of a longtime public service official and advocate for local farming communities.
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Sandusky
Maurice Myers
Erie County
Columbus Nurses Accompany First Wounded Evacuated From France
Columbus Army nurses Suella Bernard and Mari jean Brown, part of the Ninth Air Force evacuation unit, describe the Normandy landing and the first cargo of wounded brought to Britain. They recall escort planes, quiet skies, field mines, and the grim task of returning casualties while sharing human moments with soldiers.
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Columbus
France
Associated Preas
Second Lite
Suella Bernard
Waynesville
Marijean Brown
North
Powell Ave
Ninth Air Force
Britain
Normandy
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