Fifth Army Breaks Through North of Rome Advancing Toward Civitavecchia
Allied forces under Gen. Harold Alexander pushed 10 miles north of Rome and along coastal Highway No 1 toward Civitavecchia, a major break in German lines described by the German high command as a significant advance with light resistance. German retreating units regroup as Italian patriots are urged to rise up.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Lake Bracchiano
Civitavecchia
Harold Alexander
Italy
Tiber
Alexander
Mokmer
Borokoe
Geelvink Bay
Six West Virginians Killed In Action
Names of six West Virginians killed in action in the sinking of a ship in the Mediterranean on May 1 were announced by the War Department. Families affected include Pvt. Lewis H. Ailiff Fort Gay and Sgt. John W. Cook Oceana, among others from Keyser Parkersburg and Washington. Sgt. John W. Cook was listed as missing in action, notified May 7 to Mr. and Mrs. Homer Cook of Oceana.
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Washington
West
Martha I. Spencer
Parkersburg
Albert J. Sutphin
Doris P. Sutphin
Homer Cook
Oceana
Sgt
John W. Cook
Freeman Flier Killed In Crash Near Columbia
A Freeman based flight officer Joseph P Kelly was killed when an B 25 bomber crashed about 50 miles from Columbia South Carolina during a routine flight. He served in China and ferried planes to the Pacific area and is survived by parents and several siblings. Funeral plans are pending as a motor hearse will transport the body from Bluefield to Freeman for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph P. Kelly
H. Masons Kelly
Freeman
Columbia, S. C
Kelly
Army Air Base
Columbia
China
Pacific
Frances Dodd Nance
Guy Clifford
Army Air Corps
Kent
Ohio
Kathryn Foster
Athens
Mercereral
Bluefield
Dancer Capron Testifies in Court Martial Case
Santa Ana California June 7 Caprice Capron 17yearold dancer testified under cross examination as defense attorneys press details of an incident in the Hollywood hills involving Capt Morrison J Wilkinson Jr 28 a former American flight reader in China The witness sobbed and described being frightened while recounting the alleged assault during an April 20 episode
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Santa Ana
Calif
Caprice Capron
Morrison J. Wilkinson, Jr
G. E. Taylor
Hollywood Hills
Wilkinson
Hillman Opposes Dewey In Presidential Contest
CIO chief Sidney Hillman declared the CIO political action committee will fight Gov Thomas E Dewey in the presidential race He accused Dewey of ignorance on major national issues and urged a public airing of postwar employment plans Hillman offered to testify on Hatch Act and Corrupt Practices Law charges raised by Republican chairman Harrison E Spangler about union funding The Mississippi Democratic delegation met to choose 20 national convention votes.
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CIO Political Action Committee
New York
Sidney Hillman
CIO
Political Action Committee
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Hillman
Washington
Senate Elections Committee
Harrison E. Spangler
Republican National
Spangler
Biddle
Labor Committee
Congressional
Mississippi
Japs Advance On Changsha
Changsha front reports to night nine and a half miles from the city with another Japanese force twelve miles east. A detachmen t slipped behind Chinese lines but was wiped out. Between Tungting lake and the Yangtze Chinese troops gain ground including a town advance. In Henan province Chinese say heavy losses were inflicted on forces near Shanhsien.
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Chungking
Changsha
Tungting Lake
Yangtze
High Command
Henan
Shanhsien
Tungkwan
Airborne Troops Key Role in Normandy Reinforcement
Allied airborne forces carried out the largest operation of its kind with successful shock actions behind German lines. Parachutists and airborne infantry seized bridges and towns while sea reinforcements flowed in. a 50-mile train of Ninth Air Force gliders supported the advance. Twelve C 47 transports and twelve gliders were reported missing overnight.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Sixth Airborne Division
Caen
Wairborne
Ninth Air Force
Atlantic Wall
Cherbourg
Mercer County Prepares for Fifth War Bond Drive
Mercer county gears up for the Fifth War Bond campaign opening June 12 with the same War Finance committee led by Hugh Ike Shott. He urges strong local support, noting the nation’s war efforts in Europe and the Pacific and praising county residents for past bond sales.
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Monnday
Hugh Ike Shott
Mercer County War Finance Committee
Mercer County
Shott
Italy
Aes
Burma
America
Shett
First Soldiers Set Feet On French Soil
The report notes Capt. Frank Lillyman of Syracuse New York as the first allied soldier to jump onto French soil during the western invasion leading the parachute troop carriers. It also records Lt Norman J Johnson of Vernal Utah as the first Allied fighter pilot to land on allied territory in France after a crash landing near the coast while escorting troop carriers and gliders.
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U. S
France
Frank Lillyman
Syracuse
N. Y
Lillyman
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Ninth
U. S. Air Force
Norman J. Johnson
Vernal
Utah
Allied Air Offensive Prepares for Invasion Front
Allied air forces carried a sweeping assault around Caen and on routes to the Brest peninsula, with 250 to 500 heavy bombers targeting road junctions and supply lines. Fighters enforced a cordon around beaches, striking rail bridges and oil depots as weather affected operations.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Europe
France
Caen
Rennes
le Mans
Laval
Brest
Seine
Paris
Sea
Thousands of German Wounded Found In Rome Hospitals
Allied officials report about one thousand German soldiers wounded in Rome hospitals amid occupation. Rome’s recovery began quickly with soup kitchens feeding up to 400000, hospitals ready, electricity returning, and key institutions reopening.
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Rome
AMG
Allies Capture Biak Airdrome
Allied forces stormed Mokmer airdrome on Biak Island in Dutch New Guinea and captured it after a daylong fight. The base lies within bombing range of the Philippines and Palau, with air operations and naval support aiding the advance as MacArthur’s forces push toward nearby airfields.
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M/Arthur
Biak
Philippines
New Guinea
Mokmer
Biak Island
Douglas MacArthur
The
GéelVink Bay
Dutch New Guinea
Invasion At A Glance Clears Bayeux District
Allied forces report progress as Bayeux falls inland five miles from the coast. Eisenhower Montgomery and Ramsay meet aboard a cruiser to coordinate operations. Casualties are lighter than expected with reinforcing units and air cover maintaining pressure on German defenses.
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Eisenhower
Montgomery
Ramsay
Caen
Bayeux
Supreme Headquarters
Pas de Calais
Dover Strait
Nantes
Brittany
Atlantic
Strikers Warned to Return at Wright Aeronautical Plant
About 15 000 idle workers at Wright Aeronautical in Lockland Ohio were ordered by plant manager William D Kennedy to resume engine production by Friday or face discharge. The demand followed a war labor board order and appeals from CIO unions, army officials, and company spokesmen.
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Wright Company
Associated Press
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Lockland
Ohio
William D. Kennedy
War Labor Board
Army
CIO
WLE
U. S. Consiliation Service
Greater
Cincinnati
Company
Army Air Force
Strikers Warned See Page 2
The report notes 504 U S soldiers lost in a recent Mediterranean ship sinking with no details provided beyond the rescue tally and the event being recent.
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U. S
Red Star Foresees Russian Offensive After Iasi Battle
Moscow said the Soviet army newspaper Red Star announced readiness to launch the eastern offensive against Germany. Nazi attacks in Moldavia cost over 10 000 dead with heavy equipment losses from May 30 to June 6, while Berlin claims wipeouts of Soviet rifle divisions.
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London
Romania
Iasi
Red Star
Moscow
Russia
Moldavia
Berlin
Westwari
Germany
United Nations
Pope Pius XII Urges Press to Seek Global Peace
In his first press conference as pope, Pius XII called on correspondents to write for a peace acceptable to all well meaning peoples. He urged that war be a means to peace and emphasized duties of truth justice and goodwill aligned with Christ's idea of brotherly love.
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Rome
Pius XII
Vatican
Bayeux to Caen Highway Cut in Normandy Invasion
Allied forces report capturing Bayeux, a Nazi stronghold five miles inland, and cutting the Bayeux Caen highway as reinforcements pour in. Caen repelled a German counterattack while Eisenhower toured beaches with Montgomery. German broadcasts claimed several Allied setbacks.
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Bayeux
Caen-Bayeux
Caen
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Eisenhower Holds Close View Of Normandy Invasion
Gen Eisenhower and Admiral Ramsay conducted a four and a half hour tour off northern France beaches to review progress with invasion commanders aboard ships. The supreme commander later met Churchill De Gaulle Eden Smuts for two hours and reported full agreement on military matters with France.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Eisenhower
Bertam Ramsay
France
Bernard L. Montgomery
Alan Goodrich Kirk
U. S
Montgomery
Churchill
Charles de Gaullé
Anthony Eden
Cage Jan Christiaan Smuts
South Africa
Fories
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Normandy Invasion
England
English Channel
Signal Corps
By Edward Kennedy
Freeman Flier
North 8
S. C
Columia Army Air Base
James R. Derflinger
Betty ~ Derflinger
Reliance
Joseph Price Kelley
Hattie Kelley
W. Va
Dancer
W. W. Hercher
BY Austin Bealmear
Thivasion
Axis
United States
Mediterranean
Reds
Pope
Headquarters
Shaef
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sixth Parachute Division
Orne River
Calais
Britain
Lorient Nantes
St. Brieucall
Gen. Eisenhower
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