Fortresses Hit Nazi Airfields in Night Raids Across Reich
Allied heavy bombers pounded German airfields from the beachhead to inland targets as Marauders and Havocs supported the invasion. Berlin radio claimed raids into Britain and Italy followed the Ruhr strike, while RAF and American missions targeted rail centers, oil facilities, and panzer concentrations. General Marcks, a Cherbourg commander, was reported killed in action.
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London
Evereux-Fauville
Dreaux- Illieres-L'Eveque
Berlin
Munich
Alps
Bavaria
Franconia
Germany
England
Luftwaffe
Face
Normandy
Arras
Amiens
Cambrai
Flanders
Poitsiers
France
Forest de Grimbosq
Caen
RAF
Gelsenkirchen
Cologne
Britain
Shaef
Finland may exit war by end of month says London
London observers fear Finland could be knocked out of World War II by month’s end as Soviet troops push on Viipuri and Helsinki. Red Army forces seize Raivola in minutes and advance on the Karelian Isthmus while Finns rush reserves to the front amid intense artillery and fighting.
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London
Viipuri
Helsinki
Finland
Leonid A. Govorov
Red Army
Karelian
Raivola
Stalin
Romania
Balkan
Hitler
Fifth Cracks New German Defense Line
Allied forces push along a new German line from Lake Bolsena to the Tyrrhenian Sea north and west of Rome. Fifth Army seizes most of the lake’s western shore and a strong point near Orbetello. Valentano falls, near junctions of three highways, as South African and American units press toward Orvieto and Latiral Highway 74. In the action near Latiral Highway 74 they take 142 German prisoners and 100 are killed from the 162nd Turcoman Division.
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Rome
Lake Bolsena
Fifth Army
Orbetelio
Valentano
Laterna
Orvieto
Bagno Regio
162Nd Turcoman
Deposit assessments nearly double 1939 in Ohio banks
Ohio banks have deposits facing assessments totaling 8.3 million dollars this year up to June 7, nearly double the 4.58 million in 1939. State tax commissioner William S. Evatt announced the figures, noting the current assessments close to 1.5 million dollars higher than 1943 levels.
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Columbus
Ohio
William S. Evatt
Yankee Pilots Prove Superiority Over Nazis
A U. S. Army Air Forces squadron of 12 Thunderbolts at an England base broke up a German air attack, shooting down 10 of 20 ME-109s in 20 minutes at the cost of one Thunderbolt.
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U. S
England
Yanks Help Sink Nazi U-boat With Canadian Frigate
In mid Atlantic action a U S destroyer and destroyer escort and a Grumman Avenger from an American carrier aided the Canadian frigate Prince Rupert in destroying a Nazi U boat. Canadian Navy Minister Angus Macdonald announced the U boat was sent to the bottom by the frigate’s guns. Fourteen German crew were captured.
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Ottawa
Prince Rupert
Angus Macdonald
French Girl Weeps For Dead German
Reporter Roger Greene describes Allied advance in France on June 10 as they seize a German commandant’s quarters. A 17 year old French girl sobs beside a photograph of a bullet headed German officer, later found dead near a shell wrecked car.
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Roger Greene
France
Fifth War Loan drives rapid start under Roosevelts call
In Texarkana and nationwide the Fifth War Loan Drive opened with President Roosevelt urging victory plans to force Japan toward unconditional surrender or national suicide. He asserted the Allies still aim to defeat Germany first then shift full strength to the Pacific as U S forces push on all fronts. He said Germany faces three walls and the campaign gains momentum.
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Texarkana
U. S.A
Roosevelt
Tokyo
United Nations
Germany
Pacific
Wife of 16 Thinks She Must Be Insane
Mrs. Korine Stankowich of Detroit faced charges of violating the servicemen's allotment act by multiple marriages set at age 16. She petitioned Federal Court for a sanity commission, telling Judge Frank A. Picard she fears something is wrong.
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Detroit
Korine Stankowich
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Sanity Commission
Frank A. Picard
Finland to Pay June Installment on WWI Debt
Finland will remit the $140,000 June installment on its world war I debt to the United States using funds in this country despite active hostilities with Russia and Britain. The total owed by Finland remains about $9,000,000. Also reported, Capt. Randall W. Hendricks of Youngstown Ohio, a 23-year-old Ninth Airforce Thunderbolt pilot, shot down four Focke Wulf 190s in one combat flight.
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Finland
Qhioan
Washington
United States
Russia
Britain
Legation
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Thunderbolt
Randall W. Hendricks
Ninth Airforce
Youngstown
Ohio
Army Demonstrates New Chemical Weapons at Bayway
The Chemical Warfare Service displayed sticky gel gas incendiaries and an improved flame thrower capable of spreading fire across a city block. A smoke generator was shown to obscure troop movements while the incendiary bomb can project fire up to 100 yards and the flame thrower up to 180 feet.
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Bayway
N. J
Chemical Warfare Service
Army
War Taxation Should End With War’s End Says Byrnes
War Mobilization Director James F Byrnes endorsed broad legislation to carry out demobilization plans and declared that taxation tied to the war should end when the war ends. He urged measures to wind down wartime revenue and keep future taxes aligned with peacetime needs.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Mrs Margaret Roosevelt Pallavicini Hides in Rome Convent
Mrs Margaret Roosevelt Pallavicini cousin of the President and Mrs Roosevelt escapes harm during the German seizure of Rome by taking refuge in a convent with her six year old daughter Julia. The article notes their concealment amid the occupation and unrest in the capital.
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Rome
Margaret Roosevelt Pallavicini
Roosevelt
Julia
Allied Forces Drive Japanese Back On Multiple Fronts
U S sea air and ground forces pound the Japanese as Nimitz and MacArthur report intensified actions across the Pacific. Carrier task forces strike Guam Tinian Saipan and other Marianas while Biak Island holdings are expanded and attacks press from Bougainville to Dutch New Guinea. In Burma Kohima and Myitkyina efforts advance as Chinese troops resist a three pronged push toward Changsha along the Hankow Canton railway corridor. Casualties in Dutch New Guinea total 6705 in recent weeks.
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Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Guam
Tinian
Saipan
Marianas Islands
MacArthur
Biak
Bougainville
Dutch New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
India
Burma
Kohima
Myitkyina
Changsha
Hankow-Canton
China
Three Ohio Airfields Get Presidential Approval
Three Ohio airports Canton Mansfield and Springfield receive presidential approval to resume emergency use construction. Civil Aeronautics Administration notes municipalities have entered into site purchases as plans proceed after prior program suspension.
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Washington
Ohio
Canton
Mansfield
Springfield
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Manpower Commission Reviews Over-Age Physicians
The War Manpower Commission is reviewing physicians previously classed as over-age by the Army and Navy. Those who can be spared will be offered commissions with assignment to the Veterans Administration.
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Washington
The
War Manpower Commission
Army
Navy
Veterans Administration
Texas Democrat O Daniel Leads Anti Roosevelt Drive
Senator W Lee O Daniel emerges as central figure in Texas revolt against FDR. He denounces inquiry into financing of a forthcoming anti administration personal newspaper, noting over 100000 dollars raised from prospective five dollar yearly subscribers. Texas Democratic committee votes 36 to 6 against certifying pro Roosevelt electors for the primary ballot.
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Washington
Texas
W. Lee O'Daniel
Lone Star State
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
O’daniel
O'Daniel
United States
Texas Democratic Executive Committee
U S Planes Rout Jap Naval Force Quickly
Fifth Army Air Force bomber command chief Maj. Gen. Ennis C Whitehead reported that 10 Mitchell medium bombers sank four Japanese destroyers west of Biak Island on June 8 damaged a fifth and routed a cruiser and another destroyer. The mission took about 15 minutes.
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Fifth Army Air Force
Dutch New Guinea
Ennis C. Whitehead
Biak Island
Japanese Freighter Sunk by US Air Force Bombers
Liberators of the 14th U. S. Air Force sank a 16,000 ton Japanese freighter and damaged a cruiser off the southeast China coast Sunday. The action was announced tonight.
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U. S. Air Force
China
Nazi Atrocities Against Paratroopers Reported
NBC reporter Stanley Richardson described evidence of German torture and murder of American paratroopers during the Normandy landings. He cited three bodies found near a former command post including a lieutenant with a neck wound and a major slain by stab wounds, all alleged violations of wartime rules.
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New York
Stanley Richardson
NBC
London
Richardson
Carentan
Richardson Datlones
Yanks Tightening Pincers Around Cherbourg
U S Fourth Division advances toward Cherbourg after capturing Montebourg 14 miles southeast of the port. American forces push beyond Carentan with several miles of progress, aiming at the Cherbourg peninsula as part of a broader invasion drive.
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Cherbourg
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Montebourg
Carentan
Berlin
Rommel Ousted by Nazis Reported From London Dispatch
Leslie Randall of the 21st Army Group reports Rommel is believed out of command with no definite news since the invasion began. Allied forces, including the American First and 29th Divisions, fight in France as Tilly Surseulles near Caen changes hands repeatedly and heavy fighting persists east of the Orne River.
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London
L.P
Leslie Randall
21St Army Group
Evening Standard Today
Rommel
Randall
Boing
82Nd
101St Amerecan Airborne
France
Supreme Headquarters
Tilly-Surseulles
Caen
Berlin
Orne River
Allies Drive Deep Into Normandy Fury Near Montebourg
Allied forces push through Cerisy to seize a large German ammunition dump and press toward Montebourg and Carentan as German counterattacks fail to halt the advance. Rommel concentrates troops around St Lo while western front reserves rush to Cherbourg. An Allied communique says about a quarter of Germany’s 60 divisions have been thrown against the American British and Canadian forces.
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Montebourg
Carentan
Ponte Abbe
Ste. Mere Eglise
Berlin
Normandy
St. Lo
U. S
Cerisy Forest
Cher
Woodlands
Caen
Cherbourg
Fourth Division
Rommel
Bid Protest Over Electric Co-op Purchase Price
The SEC weighs objections to the sale of the Ohio Midland Light and Power property to three rural electric cooperatives. Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric protests a 2.115 million bid as too high, arguing the deal aids public utility integration despite a 1.9 million base bid. Also notes the loss of submarine chaser PC-558 in the Mediterranean on May 9.
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Philadelphia
Associated Electric Company
Ohio-Midland Light and Power Company
Lencaster
Marysville
Hillsboro
Securities and Exchange Commission
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
Columbus
Ohio
Washington
Mediterranean
Navy
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Palau
Marianas
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le Pont
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