Road Junction Under Fire of U S Artillery
Allied artillery hit a key road junction as American armored units drove toward Cherbourg Penins ula. Bradley’s westward thrust reached within three miles of Reigneville and within six miles of another junction, threatening to cut off German access to Cherbourg port.
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Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionry Force
Cherbourg Peninula
Supreme Headquarters
Ste. Mere Eglise
Omar N. Bradley
Reigneville
St. Sauveur Road
Cherbourg
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Normandy
Eather
Eme
Ingomery
le Havre
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Montebourg
Quineville
Montebourg - Valognes
Carentan
Baupte
Ite
B 29 Gunner Says Superfortress Proved Itself Over Burma
In an early clash over Burma a B 29 Superfortress reportedly shot down two Japanese fighters while taking minor damage and a gunner was slightly wounded. The encounter occurred weeks before its major raid on Japan and underscored the bomber’s self protection capabilities.
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Washington
Burma
Japan
Nazis Use Pilotless Planes In Day Attack On England
London reports describe German pilotless aircraft used in daylight strikes on Southern England and London. The self destroying weapons, marked by bright lights, exploded upon impact and prompted widespread anti aircraft fire. The British ministry urged civilians to avoid the flying devices as alerts and clears continued.
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England
London
France
Greater
High Command
Ministry of Home Security
Scout Executive Montoya to Lead Parkersburg Council
D. D. Montoya will arrive July 1 from the Mahoning Valley Council to serve as Boy Scout executive here succeeding R. D. Dalrymple who resigned to take a similar post in Hamilton. Montoya's council will cover Athens Meigs Monroe and Washington Counties in Ohio and eight counties in West Virginia.
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Parkersburg
D. D. Montoya
Mahoning Valley
R. D. Dalrymple
Hamilton
Montoya
Athens
Meigs
Monroe
Washington
Ohio
West Virginia
Ohio State Trains Civilians in Therapy for Army Hospitals
Columbus report states Ohio State University is among eight schools chosen to train civilian occupational therapists to aid in reconditioning wounded soldiers at Army hospitals. The program aims to expand therapy staff and support battlefield casualty care.
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Ohio State
Columbus
Ohio State University
Giants Leave Trail of Wreckage in Jap Mills
New York report describes B 29 raid on Yawata steel mills from Western China bases. Roy Porter notes heavy anti aircraft fire and night fighter opposition, with many ships returning damaged but intact. He cites prior Bangkok raid and credits Chinese laborers for airfields enabling the operation.
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New York
America
Yawata Steel
Japan
Roy Porter
China
Bbut
Porter
Bangkok
Thailand
Lord Louis Mountpatten
Southeast Asia
Crippled Boy Adopted As Seabees Mascot
Jimmy Carrick seven year old Pittsburgh lad crippled in a hospital bed was adopted as the mascot for the Seabees. After an overnight train trip with his parents he was driven by Navy ambulance to Camp Davisville where he was greeted as an admiral by Seabees worldwide.
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Providence
A. I
Jimmy Carrick
Pittsburgh
Jimmie
Navy
Camp Thomas
Davisville
S. S. Casualties Rise By 4 472 in Six Days
American Army casualties in Italy rose by 4 472 across six days of heavy fighting in the Alban Hills and south of Rome as German lines were broken.
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S. S
Washington
Italy
Alban Hills
Rome
Pay Hike Proposed for Ohio Civil Service Workers
Ohio civil service employees may receive monthly pay increases up to 25 dollars. Civil Service Commissioner Gertrude Jones announced the proposal ahead of the legislature's next session.
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Ohio
Columbus
Civil Service
Gertrude Jones
Ask More Details on FD's Security Council
Republicans pressed President Roosevelt to define the role of small nations in a proposed international security council outlined yesterday. Some legislators warned it could require unanimous consent from the United States Britain Russia and China to operate. Edwin Underwood Jr 11 and Charles Applegate 9 drowned while bathing in the Little Miami River near Cincinnati.
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Washington
Roosevelt
International Security Council
United States
Great Britain
Russia
China
Little Miami
Cincinnati
Edwin Underwood, Jr
Charles Applegate
Beachheads Secured on Saipan in Pacific Invasion
American troops landed on Saipan in the Marianas with the invasion fleet and advanced inland behind battleship and carrier air support. Casualties were described as moderate by Admiral Nimitz while Tokyo claimed higher losses. MacArthur said heavy raids hit Truk as the Marianas operation continued.
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Paciic Flent
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Saipan
Marianas
Japan
Agingan Point
Charan-Kanoa
Garapan
Nimitz
Richmond Kelly Turner
Pacific
Marshalls
Truk
Douglas MacArthur
Admiralties
Russians Pierce Mannerheim Line Near Viipuri
Moscow reports Red Army breaks through Finland’s New Mannerheim Line a major fortification with four stone wall lines and a wide mine field. Konstantin Simonov notes tanks and artillery push past gaps toward Viipuri as Govorov’s forces advance 25 miles in five days on a 50 mile front.
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Moscow
Red Army
Finland
Mannerheim
Viipuri
Red Star
Konstantin Simonov
Finnish Gulf
Leonid A. Govorovy
Karelian
Allies advance in Italy push 25 miles in 24 hours
Allied forces drive from the Adriatic to the Tyrrhenian Sea advancing up to 25 miles in a day. They seize Acquapendente Narni and Terni, with the Fifth Army reaching above Lake Bolsena and capturing Acquapendente. The Fifth Army also takes Todi about 60 airline miles north of Rome as German resistance appears weak along the Pisa Rimini axis.
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Tyrrhenian Sea
Acquapendente
Narni
Terni
Todi
Pisa-Rimini
Pisa
Florence
Rimini
Fifth
Lake Bolsena
Highway Two
OPA Drafts Flat Price Ceilings for Columbus Beer
The Office of Price Administration drafts a tentative schedule setting flat price ceilings for both draft and bottled beer in the Columbus district. The plan outlines uniform prices across retail outlets to curb inflation.
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OPA
Columbus
Office of Price Administration
Pre-Raid Preparations Drove ASC To Major Mission
The Air Service Command described assembling supplies personnel and aircraft for the B 29 raids on Japan. Patterson Field HQ said secrecy speed and authority powered the effort to ready the world’s mightiest warplanes. Express cars trains and road convoys were prioritized with field teams transforming C 46s into mobile repair shops. The payoff arrived yesterday as the mission reached its dramatic culmination.
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Dayton
Air Service Command
Japan
ASC
Patterson Field
Bombers Strike Nippon Mills in Air Power Prowess
American B 29 task force bases in China conducted a large raid on Yawata and other northern Kyushu targets. The war department reported no losses from enemy action, two planes lost in accidents, and fires and explosions in steel works amid claims of significant steel output disruption. Eyewitness radio described massive bomb loads on coke ovens and furnaces, while Tokyo acknowledged hits on Yawata Moji and Kokura.
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Porter
China
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Washington
America
Yawata
War Department
20Th Air Force
Roy Por
Ter
Far East
Tokyo
Moji
Kokura
Kyushu
Japan Iron Manufacturing Company
Kokura Army
Rep
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D-Ala
Saipan
United States
Kiska
Aleutians
H. H. Arnold
Tokyo Blames No Major Tokyo Hit In Latest Reports
Amid conflicting broadcasts the Tokyo radio belittles an assault while noting damage within 500 airline miles of Tokyo. US officials discuss B-29s from Saipan approaching mainland targets, with Gen Arnold noting their reach and fuel needs ahead of potential Pacific advances.
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Tokyo
War Department
Moji
Shimonoseki
Tokyo Imperial
Japanese Report Bonin Islands Under Attack
Allied naval forces attacked the Bonin Island group 600 to 700 miles southeast of Japan. Planes from the task force struck Chichi Jima in the north and Iwo Jima about 100 miles to the southeast, according to a Domei broadcast.
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New York
Bonin Island
Japan
Imperial Headquarters
Domei
Chichi Jima
Iwo Jima
Find Body of Girl Missing Since June
The body of Frances McGrath, 10, daughter of a former Boston city councilman, was found today in Norwell, about two miles from Scituate. She had been missing since Saturday after going to confession in St Marys Church and last seen in a bowling alley in the town center.
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Mass
Frances McGrath
Boston
Norwell
St. Mary's Church
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