Five Miles to Cherbourg Saipan Bases on Fire
Military dispatches report new Saipan base preparations to press the enemy lines while carrier planes strike inner island defenses between Weinp Memetnnt and Baigah. American forces press a landing assault as MacArthur reports a jungle airfield on Owi island built in 18 days with engineers. A separate Iowa court case fines Robert Brown for license plate violations.
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Tee Bonlan
Banyan
Tehye
Weinp
Baigah
Ofrheer
San Ai
Japan
Methane
United States
Douglas MacArthur
New
Gaines
MacArthur
Owi
U. S. Easault
Biak
Weather outlook partial clouds with scattered thundershowers
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with scattered thundershowers in the southern portion. The forecast calls for unsettled conditions across the region with varying cloud cover and brief storms possible.
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South Portion
Soviet Capture Push Near Viipuri Races War Front
Soviet artillery and air forces pressed toward Viipuri as Govorov’s troops closed in within about 10 miles, capturing towns along the Karelian isthmus and destroying Finnish battalions. Baltic fleet bombed Viipuri bay while three Red columns advance and a new Finnish government cabinet forms amid peace moves.
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Viiperi
Finland
Moscow
Viipuri
Leonid Govorov
Annerheim
Red Army
Summa
Leipassuo
Muolan
Ed Barner
Viipuri Bay
London
Karelian
CBS
Kirkenes
Norway
Riga Ay
Stockholm
Helsinki
Sub Grayback Presumed Lost in Pacific Patrol
The Navy announced that the American submarine Grayback is overdue from a patrol and presumed lost with about 65 officers and crew. The 1,475 ton sub was lost in the Pacific. location not disclosed. It would be the twenty fourth American loss since the war began. Next of kin will be notified of casualties.
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Washington
Joe
Navy
Grayback
Pacific
Lee Graybuck
Defense renews bid for new Haupt trial appeal
Chicago defense lawyers today renewed efforts for a new trial for Max Hans Haupt who has just been convicted a second time on treason. They filed a formal notice of appeal from the life sentence and $10 000 fine arguing the jury verdict stemmed from prejudice and war hysteria.
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Chicago
Max Hans Haupt
Soldiers Missing In Action In Italy Reported
Pvt Harold Good 35 missing in action in Italy since May 29 according to Mrs Good. He married in 1941, worked for Metropolitan Life here, and has a three month old son Donald Lee. Staff Sgt Lorenz E Fix slightly wounded in Italy June 1 reported to wife Jeannette Fix. he lived in Norfolk Nebraska as a farm worker before enlisting in 1942 and has seen action in the Cassino area.
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Pvt
Harold Good
Italy
Migs Jive Ultiich
Poplar Street
Lorenz E. Fix
Atlantic
Jeannette Fix
C. D. MecNeil Real Estate
Fix
Agnes Fix
Norfolk
Neh
Henry Kleen Farm
Cassino
First Southwest 10WA Invasion Casualty Report
Shenandoah Iowa June 20 ENS reports Lieut jg Maxfield Barnes son of C R Barnes Shenandoah wounded in action during the invasion of France. The notification from guard headquarters at Omaha was delivered personally by SPAR and gave no detail on the injury. This marks the first official notice to a Shenandoah parent of a son in the initial landing operations.
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Shenandoah
ENS
T Guard
Omaha
C. R. Barnes
J. G
Maxfield Barnes
France
Baines
SPAR
Shenadoah
Iowa Presbyterian Synod Opens in Ames with Midwest Delegation
The Iowa Synod of the Presbyterian church continued its annual convention in Ames with Rev. Joseph Havlik of Hopkine Missouri serving as moderator. About 200 ministers and lay members attended, including representatives from Minnesota and Nebraska for the four day meeting.
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Ames
Iowa
Cass Four-H Girls Sell $5,712 Worth of Stamps and Bonds
Cass County 4-H girls ran war stamp and bond booths in Atlantic and nearby towns. J C Penney and Woolworth stores reported $1,665.60 and $1,850.00 in sales, Anita totals reached $2,197.05, and Wiota fell short with $5,450.75 of a $6,600 quota. County Chairman E S Holton announced the drive results this afternoon.
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Case County 4-H Club
Atlantic
Snentigign
Reed W Jamal
Ruth Gladson
County 4-H
Anita
Booth
Woolworth’s
E.S. Holton
Wiota
War Bond Queen of Cass County to be Selected
In the fifth war loan drive Cass County will select a war bond queen if enough entrants join. Any county woman may enter by Thursday. Contestants file official entry forms with five sponsor names and purchase votes via bonds. The county winner advances to district and state queen stages with prizes and honors.
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Cass
Towa
Hollywood
Armies Slogging Ahead in Italy Despite Rains
Rome reports the British Eighth Army entered Perugia after outflanking on the west while French Fifth Army advanced on Elba and captured several towns. Casualties heavy for Germans with about 27,000 prisoners since May 11. Allied airmen flew over 200 sorties despite bad weather.
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INS
Eighth Army
Perugia
Henry Maitland Wilson
Elba
Porto Longone
Allied Control Commission
Fifth Army
Grosseto
Mark W. Clark
Arcidosso
Castel del Piano
Abbabia San Salvatore
Fonte Vetrian
Italy
Mediterranean Air Force
Roller Coaster Death At Spirit Lake Claims 16-year-old
Delmar Mortensen aged 16 of Royal Iowa died after falling from a roller coaster at an amusement park in Spirit Lake during a Sunday ride his companion said he stood up as the car hit the second dip authorities listed the incident as the cause of death noting injuries from the fall.
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Death Spirit Lake
Delmar Mortensen
Christ Mortensen
Royal, Ia
Massive American Bomber Offensive Over Germany and Cherbourg Drive
An immense force of about 3,000 American warplanes struck vital German targets and launch sites in France. U S forces pressed toward Cherbourg with Gen Eisenhower noting a two mile advance north of St Lo as Bradley led spearheads toward the Cherbourg defenses amid heavy fighting and rapid Allied gains across the peninsula.
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London
INS
U. S
Coll
Etruck
Germany
France
Svockhelm
Malmee
Sweden
Pas de
Kingsbury Smith
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
St. Lo
Doon Campbell
Reuter
Normandy
Valognes
St. Martin
Eisenhower
Montedbourg
Valogne
Hettot
Tilly-ur Gealles
Bembing
Barneville
trans-Peninaula Corridor
Bumblebomb Ace Powers Tops US Destroyers in Bomblebomb Campaign
London-First Lieut. Lewis W. Powers of Albuquerque is hailed as the top American destroyer ace for bomber bombs with nine half-robot craft and multiple kills. He achieved his first kill Sunday night and added two more last night, sharing third place with a RAF flier as Hitler’s Bumblebombs struck later this afternoon ending hours of activity after American raids.
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London
Lewis W. Powers
Albuquerque
N. M
Hitler
Fortresses and Liberators Lead Massive Calais Air Raid
An official communique reports over 1,500 heavy bombers including Fortresses and Liberators of the Eighth Air Force attacking targets in Hamburg Hannover Magdeburg Polity and Koningsborn near Magdeburg. They were escorted by about 750 fighters as the largest US bomber force dispatched from the European theater.
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Calais
Germany
Pas de Calais
Hamburg
Hannover
Magdeburg
Polity
Koningsborn
Brunswick
Eisenhower Outsmarts Nazis and Chooses Normandy Landing
INS Foreign Editor J. C. Oestreicher reports Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower outmaneuvered the German high command by bypassing Calais and rocket bombs and selecting a Normandy landing site. Allied air forces attempted to uncover German schemes but failed, making Eisenhower's choice the decisive move in the invasion plan.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
RAF
England
Paul Joseph Goebbels
French
Eisenhower
Supreme Command
Calais
Normandy
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