Americans Push Deep Into Cherbourg Peninsula Front
Allied forces report rapid gains in Normandy as American and British armor break through German lines near Caen and Carentan. German resistance yields ground NW of Carentan while battles rage in Montebourg and Cherbourg area with heavy air and naval support.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Caen
Carentan
Cherbourg
Montebourg
Erwin Rommel
Bernard L. Montgomery
Bayeux
Caumont
Villers- Bocage
Villers-Cocage
Villers-Bocage
Berlin
Transocean
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
St. Lo
St. Is
Bridshead
America
1000 U.S. Bombers Attack Nazi Targets Across Europe
About 1,000 Fortresses and Liberators took part in a coordinated raid against Emmerich refinery in Germany and air bases and bridges in France and Belgium. The operation extended the all out bombing campaign around the clock, part of a vast force totaling around 1,500 bombers and fighters.
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London
Emmerich
Germany
France
Belgium
le Bourget
Creil
Paris
Etempes- Mondesir
Chateaudun
Brusels-Melsbroeck
Eindhoven
Italy
Hitler
Europe
Munich
Great Britain
Meridon
Caen
Normandy Battlefront
MAAF
Mediterranean
Brest
Cherbourg
Bombers Drop 400000 Tons in Allied Campaign
Allied air forces report 400000 tons of bombs dropped since the war began with 275000 tons hitting targets in Germany. RAF and US aircrews struck Munich area targets and French and Belgian air fields while massed raids hit rail yards and aircraft plants.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
RAF
Germany
Bricker Advocates State Control of Postwar Projects
Gov John Bricker and Sen Robert Taft argued on the American Forum of the Air that postwar jobs programs for veterans should be funded and managed by states and local governments rather than federal agencies. They spoke during a debate with West Virginia leaders Gov Matthew Meely and Sen Harley Kilgore on whether states or the federal government should finance postwar programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John W. Bricker
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
West Virginia
Matthew W. Meely
Harley M. Kilgore
American Forum
Expect Decrease in Used Auto Prices in Cleveland Area
The Office of Price Administration in Cleveland announces price ceilings on used automobiles across 19 Northern Ohio counties. Average used car prices now run about 20 percent above a year and a half ago and 30 percent above two and a half years ago. Ceilings will anchor prices at January 1944 levels.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Office of
Price Administration
A. H. Anderson
Cleveland Youth 15 Returns From Britain
Private Theodore Rudnak of Cleveland traveled home from an engineer regiment in England. He had altered his birth date to enlist at 15, and now at 17 is returning after discovery of his early draft.
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Cleveland
Theodore Rudnak
England
Yanks in Italy Capture Vital Road Junction
Allied and Axis fronts report heavy fighting across Italy and the Karelian Isthmus. Fifth Army seizes a key junction at Orbetello and advances near Bolsena and Tiber Valley while Russian forces push toward Viipuri and threaten Narva. Air and sea activity accompany the movements as German defenses weaken under shelling and demolitions.
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Italy
Fifth Army
Orbetello
Rome
Latera
Valentano
Gradioli
Bolsena
Eighth Army
Tiber Valley
Magliano
Greyhound seeks control of Valley Public Service
The Greyhound Corporation asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to acquire control of Valley Public Service Company, which operates 46 buses in Southeastern Ohio. Greyhound plans to buy all capital stock in Valley Public Service for 413000 dollars and cut fares on the Valley line where they exceed competing Greyhound rates.
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Washington
Greyhound Corporation
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Valley Public Service Company
Ohio
Associated Gas and Electric
Securities and Exchange Commission
Utility Corporation
United Coach Company
Valley Public Service
Greyhound
Spain urged to cut all war vital exports to Germany
Washington reports Sweden agreed to restrict ball bearing sales to Germany and the United States seeks a broader ban from Spain on war vital exports. Ambassador Hayes will press Madrid to stop tungsten olive oil hides skins and wool shipments to Nazi Germany, seen as a key psychological diplomatic victory.
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Washington
Sweden
Germany
United States
Spain
Carlton Hayes
King George VI Hosts Marshall and Arnold at Buckingham Palace
Gen. George C. Marshall and Gen. Henry H. Arnold were received today by King George VI at Buckingham Palace, the session marking a high level meeting with the British monarch.
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Lundon
George C. Marshall
U. S. Army
Henry H. Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
George VI
Buckingham Palace
De Gaulle Allegedly Cancels Officers Hurting Allied Cooperation
Washington reports say General Charles De Gaulle canceled orders for several hundred French officers slated to land with the first Allied waves. The move is linked to strained cooperation in occupied Normandy and may affect plans for a Roosevelt meeting with France’s National Committee.
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Washington
France
Charles de Gaulle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Normandy
da Gaulle
Roosevelt
French National Committee
de Gaulle
White House
State Department
Liberation Committee
Poland
Bricker Expected to Draw 250–300 First-Ballot Votes
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker’s camp predicts 250 to 300 votes on the first ballot at the Republican convention. The Bricker plan notes 174 votes currently, with 50 pledged and 124 claimed, while Dewey backers claim 391 total. The Illinois House reshuffle briefly shifts dynamics as Rolll McMillen’s victory gives Republicans 212 seats to Democrats 216 with four minor party members and three vacancies.
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Washington
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Bricker
Congress
Illinois
House
Rolla C. McMillen
Leaner Food Market Plans For Civilians Outlined
The agriculture department states civilians will face somewhat leaner food days within a few months. Fewer supplies of meat eggs fluid milk cream butter cheese canned fruits and vegetables and corn products are anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Democrats oppose Roosevelt sacrifice for peace goals
Senate debate centered on a fourth term question as Senator Hatch of New Mexico argued Roosevelt would retire to unite the nation behind peace efforts. Hatch said the president would make that sacrifice, but Democrats would not permit it.
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Washington
Senate
Hatch
Roosevelt
Thursday Deadline For 1944 Income Tax Payments
Columbus report says Thursday midnight marks the deadline for the second quarter payment on 1944 estimated income taxes. Internal Revenue collector Harry Busey warned. The first payment was due April 15. Remaining payments are due September 15 and December 15.
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Columbus
Harry Busey
Internal Revenue
Dee
Navy strikes Marianas as carrier planes pummel Guam and others
A three day attack by a powerful US Navy carrier task force pounded Guam Saipan and Tinian amid claims of sinking 13 Japanese ships damaging 16 and destroying 141 planes according to Admiral Nimitz Tokyo radio confirmed. The action accompanied the Changsha defense but details on surface bombardment were not specified. Edward E Gribler 9 drowned in a pond near Dayton yesterday.
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Guam
Marianas Islands
Philippines
Tokyo Radio
Nimitz
Japan
Tokyo
Saipan
Tinian
Changsha
China
Chungking
Hankow- Canton
Price Control Clash Looms in Congress Veto Threat
The House aims to adjourn in two weeks and votes on a Bankhead Brown textile price amendment risking a Roosevelt veto. Bowles says the plan would raise textile costs by over 250 million annually, a claim opposed by supporters. In Milwaukee Dr. John Koehler, a Wisconsin delegate-at-large pledged to MacArthur, says he will back Governor Bricker.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Senator Bankhead
D-Ala
Rep
Brown
D-Ga
OPA
Chester Bowles
Milwaukee
Wis
John Koehler
Wisconsin
Gen. MacArthur
John W. Bricker
Belgium's King Held Prisoner Within Reich
Belgian Premier Hubert Pierlot announced that King Leopold was moved to Germany as part of Nazi measures as liberation armies approached. Belgians fear he was kept under guard in his palace since 1940 and taken to prevent him from becoming a rallying point for resistance.
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London
Hubert Pierlot
Leopold
Germany
Belgium
Slight Indiscretion Draws 30 Year Term
Santa Ana Calif. Captain Morrison J Wilkinson Jr convicted by Army general court martial on charges including statutory rape three morals offenses bigamy and larceny. He received 30 years imprisonment at hard labor and dismissal from the service. He told reporters the sentence was severe for a slight indiscretion.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Morrison J. Wilkinson
Contract Termination School Opened by Army Air Forces
The Army Air Forces Material Command opened a contract-termination school with headquarters at Vandalia. The command reported about 11,000 contracts covering more than half a million items in effect, with innumerable sub-contracts noted.
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Dayton
Army Air Forces “Material Command
Vandalia
German Born Contractor Tied to Pearl Harbor Defense
The House Military Committee cited mismanagement by Army engineer Colonel Theodore Wyman and named Hans Wilhelm Rohl a German-born major stockholder of Hawaiian Constructors, which held $125 million in Pacific contracts. It noted Rohl’s rapid naturalization months before Pearl Harbor and cited evening parties and Wyman’s drunken conduct at Rohl’s home on the attack morning.
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Washington
House
Pearl Harbor
May
D-Ky
War Department
Hans Wilhelm Rohl
United States
Germany
Pateretinss
Waiian Constructors
Hawaii
Alaska
South Pacific
Theodore Wyman, Jr
Hawaiian
Roh
Wyman
Rohl
Vandals blamed as Dunham Elementary Fire damages
Cleveland firefighters estimate $50,000 in damages to Dunham Elementary School on Lexington Avenue on the East Side. The blaze, fueled by high winds, threatened nearby League Park and homes while burning through the roof. the adjacent 1939 annex remained undamaged. Battalion Chief James Nimino notes the building was locked in summer.
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Cleveland
Dunham
League Park
James Nimino
Lexington Ave
Cleveland Indians
U.S. Medium Bombers Sunk Four Jap Destroyers Near Biak
Ten Mitchell bombers harried seven Japanese warships near Biak Island and, by 1:30 PM, sank four destroyers, left a fifth burning, routed a cruiser and another destroyer, despite heavy anti aircraft fire, at Dutch New Guinea.
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Dutch New Guinea
Biak Island
Ohio Employers Urged to Hire Through USES
E L Keenan director of the Ohio War Manpower Commission urged all Ohio employers to hire male workers only through the United States Employment Service to speed production during the wartime crisis. He said the USES would channel male workers to war plants. Ralph Gates, former Indiana Republican state chairman, announced a secret poll showing 26 of 29 delegates favored Dewey’s nomination.
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Columbus
E. L. Keenan
Ohio War Manpower Commission
Ohio
United States Employment Service
Keenan
Washington
Ralph Gates
Indiana
Od Dewey
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Viipuri
Margaret Ketchum
Harland P. Braley
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Moscow
Russia
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White Sea
Gulf of Finland
Lisa
Murmansk
Petsamo
Narva
Estonia
Kandalaksha
Loukhi
Archangel
Finland
Gulf of Bothnia
Karelian
Rivennapa
Mannerheim Line
Karelian Isthmus
Stockholm
Rivennappa
Vammelsuu River
Lake Bolsena
Narni
Terni
Valley
Yank
Pvt
Wilbur Kemmel
Joliet, Pa
Jack Goode
Jersey City
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Czechoslovakia
Luxembourg
Dems
Honor Yank Dead
Marianas
NAVY
Edward E. Gribler
U.S
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