U S Heavies Raid French Installations Across Normandy
Allied air forces including 1 000 to 2 000 American bombers and escort fighters struck France targets from Mantes to Bordeaux road and rail hubs. RAF and Ninth Air Force joint operations reported heavy bombing of rail centers and front troop concentrations with 1 485 tons of bombs and 11 German planes shot down amid mounting losses for the Allies.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Berlin
Hannover
Germany
Normandy
Britain
le Havre
RAF
Mantes
la Poisonniere
Angouleme
Beauvais
la Frilliere
Bordeaux
Douai
Cambrai
St. Pol
Evrecy
Aunay-Sur-Odon
Caen
Ninth Air Force
le Mans
Meriden
Alabama Farm Workers Available to Ohioans
Ohio farmers may hire experienced Alabama farm workers during the southern slack season from July 1 to September 1. Contracts arranged through county agricultural agents must ensure at least 50 days of work for Buckeye farms.
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Columbus
Guy Dowdy
Ohio
Alabama
Dowdy
Only Five Civil War Vets at Encampment
In Columbus the annual state encampment drew responses from only five of Ohio’s Grand Army of the Republic veterans. Of thousands once marching, just 18 remain in the state. Attendee William D. Welch of Cincinnati, claiming 115, arrived in a state patrol radio cruiser.
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Columbus
Boys In Blue
Mine Operators Fined in War Wage Code Violation
The Regional War Labor Board found Joe Addis and son, Ironton Ohio, owners of a coal mining partnership, violated the wartime wage code and imposed a fine of 13720 dollars.
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Cleveland
Regional War Labor Board Today
Joe Addis
Red Army presses toward Viipuri over Finnish forest defenses
Soviet forces drive Finns back toward Viipuri across an unnamed river as Govorov's troops face fierce forest ambushes. Red Army uses bombers and Baltic sailors join the campaign while Finns cut forests to block roads and rail lines amid heavy fighting near Karelia.
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Moscow
Red Army
Viipuri
Red Star
Leonid A. Govorov
Russigns
Karelian
Izvestia
Kuterselka
Berlin
Halsey Relinquishes Command in Pacific
Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. relinquished his post as Allied Commander in Chief in the South Pacific to Vice Admiral John Henry Newton, 62, his deputy. Halsey will move to a new, undisclosed role in the Pacific.
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Allied
South Pacific
William F. Halsey Jr
John Henry Newton
Halsey
Pacific
Eight Per Cent Of War Bond Quota Passed
The Fifth War Loan Drive reached eight percent of its individual sales goal on its second day with $484,000,000 purchased toward the $6,000,000,000 target. Treasury notes bonds now buy more and better equipment than a year ago, with bombers and fighters showing large price reductions while army mule prices have risen.
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Washington
Treasury
Anti-Black Market Laboratory Set Up in Cleveland
The Office of Price Administration announces a new regional issuance and verification center for ration stamps to be stated Saturday. The anti black market laboratory will verify ration stamps from 2,400 banks, issue B and C gasoline coupons, and distribute forms and worksheets for local boards.
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Cleveland
Office of Price Administration
Antiblack Market Laboratory
Allied naval force shells Saipan as landings claimed foiled
Tokyo radio reported a strong Allied task force attempting to land ground troops on Saipan and Tinian in the Marianas. The broadcast said Japanese defenders opened fire, foiling the attempts, while Nimitz announced four days of bombardment and air attacks as ships remained at sea.
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Tokyo
Marianas
Nippon
Saipan
Tinian Islands
Tinian
Marianas Islands
Japan
Ene Baek
Tne
Llumuwen Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Philippines
Bonin Islands
Bonins
Guam
Marshalls
Southwest Pacific
Palau
Truk
Central Pacific
Kurile Islands
Tokyo Radio
Changsha
China
Chungking
Mogaung
Myitkyina
Burma
Southeast Asia
Joseph Stilwell
India
Stilwell
Biak
Lincoln Heights Incorporation Creates Ohio’s Nearly All Negro Village
Hamilton County Commissioners authorized incorporation of Lincoln Heights near Cincinnati as Ohio’s first virtually all Negro village. About 4,500 residents are Negro, with few opposing families voicing concerns that the move is economically unsound and freighting self government.
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Lincoln Heights
Ohio
Hamilton County
Oddest Casualty of Invasion Reported
London report describes Private Herbert Sather of Tacoma Washington as the invasion’s odd casualty. He fought in Sicily at Volturno and landed in Normandy unscathed until a cow sat on him in a foxhole, pinning him until rescue.
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London
Herbert Sather
Tacoma
Wash
Sicily
Volturno
Normandy
England
Sather
Allied Advance Pushes Through Italy Including Orvieto and Narni
Allied headquarters report a general advance along the Italian front breaking German resistance. Orvieto Narni and Aquila fall as Fifth Army pushes 79 miles beyond Rome and an Eighth Army column reaches Orvieto while another nears Terni. German forces concentrate remnants from the 14th Army for delaying actions.
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Rome
Italy
Orvieto
Aquila
Narni
Fifth Army
Eighth Army
Terni
Budapest
Yugoslavia
Florence
B 17 Crashes in Mountains Near Fort Collins
Rescue parties left Fort Collins for a crash site 30 miles west in the Rocky Mountains where a B 17 bomber lies burned and tangled. Ten crewmen aboard. seven believed alive. The plane was en route from Rapid City to Colorado Springs when it crashed. Two airmen were found weak and shocked by Ault fishermen near Little Bear Creek.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Colorado City
Rocky Mountains
Rapid City
S. D
Colorado Springs
Little Bear Creek
Lastight
Screen Star Mickey Rooney Is Inducted
Los Angeles reports that 22 year old actor Mickey Rooney was inducted by the Army at Fort MacArthur. He carries a barracks bag and says the induction is the biggest moment of his life and makes him happy to be accepted.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Rooney
Army
Ft. MacArthur
Swedish Red Cross Ship Fenja Sunk by Mine
STOCKHOLM TM The Swedish Red Cross ship Fenja sank between Calvi and the Turkish mainland probably after striking a mine. The vessel carried relief supplies for the Greek population in the Aegean Islands and the Swedish Office advised today.
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Stockholm
Red Cross
Fenja
Calvio
Aegean Islands
Job Benefit Claims Drop In 1944 First Quarter
Washington reports unemployment benefit claims for the first quarter of 1944 fell 32.7 percent from the same period in 1943, according to the Federal Security Agency.
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Washington
Federal Security Agency
War workers seek priority for home help
Washington report notes many women leaving war work due to lack of domestic help. A War Manpower Commission committee proposes giving women war workers the first chance at hiring maids to manage homes during their working hours.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
Criticism of Col. Wyman over Pearl Harbor contract favors
Congressional panel questions Col. Theodore Wyman Jr. for alleged bias toward Hawaiian contractor Hans Wilhelm Rohl in secret Army awards. The collusion allegedly delayed the aircraft warning system meant to detect Japanese bomber approaches before Pearl Harbor.
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Theodore Wyman, Jr
Honolulu
Congressional Committee
Hans Wilhelm Rohl
Rohl
Pearl Harbor
Allies Holding Firm Grip on Invasion Area
War Secretary Stimson declared the Allies have a firm foothold on the European coast and will stay until France is liberated and Germany defeated. He warned of counterattacks in Normandy and highlighted destruction of nine Seine bridges as a factor slowing a major counteroffensive. He cited fuller information from initial landings and noted casualties were fewer than expected.
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Washington
Stimson
France
Germany
Normandy
Seine River
Gas Ration Fraud Probe Finds Near Half Million Gallons Released
Cleveland investigators report two transactions released nearly 500000 gallons of gasoline to the black market. Charles N Webb of the Lakewood ration board says files show issuances to non existent firms in the Office of Price Administration probe.
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Cleveland
Office of Price Administration
Charles N. Webb
Lakewood
Office of Defense Transportation
Waverly Farmer Receives War Bond for Train Rescue
A $100 War Bond was awarded today to Andrew C. Derlar of Waverly for aiding a passenger train after the gorge washed away a bridge Tuesday night. Derlar flagging the train helped avert disaster near the washed out span.
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Waverly
Andrew C. Derlar
Yanks Score Only Gains of Past 24 Hours in Cherbourg Battles
Allied forces report their fiercest fighting since the French landings as German reserves counterattack across the Cherbourg front. American infantry and airborne units push within seven miles of cut communications near Cherbourg while Germans drive British from Troarn and Villers-Bocage.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Cherbourg
Troarn
Villers-Bocage
Caen
1300 Warships Used on D Day
More than 1800 U S warships carried sea borne troops guns and material into Europe for the invasion of France. Navy Secretary Forrestal asserts the Pacific offensive has not been diminished and will not be.
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Washington
U. S
Europe
France
Hitler
Navy
Forrestal
Pacific
Americans Press Across Caumont and Montebourg Front in Normandy
Allied forces clash across the Cherbourg region as American units push toward the peninsula’s midpoint. The 9th and 2nd Tactical Air Forces support ground troops with heavy sorties while RAF bombers strike German E-boat pens at Le Havre and targets near Caumont Villers Bocage.
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Montebourg
Ninth
le Havre
Riley Brandon Dies in Action
Nelsonville reports Corporal Riley Brandon aged 33 killed in action May 23 after being missing since that date. Attached to a tank battalion in Italy he likely perished during the Allied advance on Rome. Inducted May 6 1942 he trained at Ft. Knox and served overseas over a year. He would have been 34 today. Survived by parents and three sisters Hazel Clara Bailey and Ann Reed.
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Nelsonville
Arthur Brandon
War Department
Riley Brandon
Brandon
Italy
Rome
Army
Ft. Knox
Hazel
Clara Bailey
Frazersburg
Ohio
Ann Reed
Columbus
Pearl Harbor Blast Claims 27 Lives and 380 Wounded
Adm. Chester W. Nimitz disclosed that 27 men were killed 100 missing and 380 wounded in the Pearl Harbor explosion. Navy reports also list an ammunition dump blast on Oahu last Sunday killing three and seven missing.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Navy
Oahu Island
American Fishing Boat Attacked by Submarine Near Boston
The German submarine shelled and machine-gunned the Boston trawler Lark in the North Atlantic last week, forcing all but two crew to abandon ship. Captain Jamey L. Abbott reported the attack, noting the vessel 145 gross tons and that the crew later reboarded and brought the ship into port, while the skipper, mate Maloney, and dog Rex remained aboard during the confrontation.
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Boston
North Atlantic
Jamey L. Abbott
Lark
F. J. O'Hara Brothers
Tne
Abbott
John Aspell
Democrats Plan Chicago Convention Delegation Meeting
Democratic Chairman Robert E. Hannegan met in Chicago with a party committee to organize the July 19 convention where Roosevelt appears poised for another renomination. It was not disclosed whether Hannegan conveyed the President’s stance on the matter.
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Chicago
Robert E. Hannegan
Roosevelt
Hanegan
Sadie Davis Dies at Kerrs Run
Funeral services for Sadie Bell Davis age 33 who died Wednesday at her Kerrs Run home will be at Enterprise VA B Church Friday at two o clock. Burial will be in Rock Springs Cemetery. She is survived by her mother Mrs Mary Davidson and siblings Cora Cunningham Melvina Davidson Daniel Davidson David Davidson Lavada Davidson and Naomi Wyatt of Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Sadie Bell Davis
Kerrs Run
Enterprise VA
Rock Springs
Mary Davidson
Cora Cunningham
Melvina Davidson
Daniel Davidson
David Davidson
Lavada Davidson
Naomi Wyatt
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Les Sablons-Baupte
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