Fifth Army Presses From Rome Toward Coast in Major Break
Allied forces drive north and west of Rome toward Lake Bracciano and Civitavecchia on a rapid advance along Highway No. 1. British General Harold Alexander says German strength is broken as the enemy retreats from the republic, with light resistance and disorganized counteractions.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Lake Bracchiano
Civitavecchia
Harold Alexander
Italy
Ber
Alexander
Six West Virginians Killed In Action
Six West Virginians killed in action in the Mediterranean sinking of a ship on May 1 were identified by the US Navy. Names include Pvt. Lewis Ailiff, Staff Sgt. Leroy W. Davis, 2nd Lt. Porter A. Spencer, Pvt. Albert J. Sutphin, Sgt. John W. Cook, and Sgt. John W. Cook, with families notified on May 7.
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Washington
West
Freeman Flier Killed In Crash Near Columbia
A Freeman born Flight Officer Joseph P. Kelly died in a lane crash about 50 miles from Columbia South Carolina during a routine flight. He served in China and ferried planes to the Pacific. He is survived by his parents and siblings. Funeral plans pending. Also confirmed: a B 25 plane from the Columbia army air base crashed killing three aboard including Lieut James Derflinger and Flight Officer Joseph Price Kelley.
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Joseph P. Kelly
H. Masons Kelly
Freeman
Columbia
S. C
Kelly
Army Air Base
China
Pacific
Frances Dodd Nance
Guy Clifford
Army Air Corps
Kent
Ohio
Kathryn Foster Kelly
Athens
Mercereral
Bluefield
North S. C
Colum Army Air Base
James Derflinger
Betty Derflinger
Reliance
Va. R
Joseph Price Kelley
Hattie Kelley
Freeman, W. Vi
Hillman presses CIO on Dewey in presidential race
CIO political action committee chairman Sidney Hillman blasted Gov. Thomas E. Dewey as ignorant of major national problems and pledged to scrutinize his postwar employment plans. Hillman warned of potential Senate hearings into Hatch Act charges while defending the labor group’s compliance with election law. Democratic delegates gather in Mississippi to select national convention votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Hillman
CIO
Political Action Committee
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Hillman
Washington
New York
Senate Elections Committee
Harrison E. Spangler
Publican National
Spangler
Oral Biddle
Bar Committee
Congressional
Trial Action Committee
Japs Advance Near Changsha Amid Chinese Defense Updates
Chinese high command reports Japanese forces have closed to nine and a half miles from Changsha with another unit twelve miles east. A group behind Chinese lines was wiped out. Between Tungting lake and the Yangtze, Chinese troops say they have recovered ground as the Japanese drive began May 27. In Henan province, heavy Japanese losses were claimed west of Shanhsien.
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Chungking
Changsha
Tungting Lake
Yangtze
Henan
Shanhsien
Airborne Troops Play Major Role in Normandy Fray
Supreme Headquarters reports the airborne invasion as a major success with paratroopers and airborne infantry behind German lines near Caen and Cherbourg. Twelve C-47s and twelve gliders reported missing in reinforcing operations as Allied forces continue rapid, behind the lines gains.
Mercer County Prepares for Fifth War Loan Bond Drive
Mercer county readies a major bond drive beginning Monday June 12 led by War Finance chairman Hugh Ike Shott. The same faithful county committee will run the campaign to support Allied forces in Europe and the Pacific, urging residents to buy bonds as sacrifices at home mirror wartime needs.
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Fifth Ward
Hugh Ike Shott
Mercer County War Finance Committee
Mercer County
Shott
Italy
Pacific
Burma
America
First Soldiers Set Feet On French Soil
On June 7 at Parachute Carrier Base the first allied soldier to set foot on French soil in the invasion was Capt. Frank Lillyman of Syracuse New York who led the assault from the sea. Supreme Headquarters announced that Lt. Norman J. Johnson of Vernal Utah the first allied fighter pilot to land on occupied France in a Thunderbolt crash landed near the coast while escorting troop carriers and gliders.
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Frank Lillyman
Syracuse
N. Y
Lillyman
Supreme Headquarters
Allieditionary Force
Ninth U. S. Air Force
France
Norman J. Johnson
Vernal
Utah
Aerial Cordon Shields Troops Ahead of Invasion
Allied air forces report heavy bombing and strafing in a 50 mile arc around the Caen area as pre invasion operations target German rail lines and airfields. Fighter escorts maintain a cordon while bombers strike Rennes Le Mans Laval and key bridges over the Seine.
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Rennes
le Mans
Laval
Brest
France
Seine
Paris
Sea
Thousand German Wounded Found In Rome Hospitals
Rome reports AMG officials say about a thousand German soldiers were wounded and treated in city hospitals. Over 25,000 casualties were being treated as occupation began, with rapid normalcy: kitchens fed 400000, beds 16000, coal and some electricity restored, and institutions reopened.
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Rome
AMG
University of Rome
Popolo di Roma
Gliornole d'Italia
Allies Capture Biak Airdrome
Allied forces stormed and captured Mokmer airdrome on Biak Island marking a base within bombing range of the Philippines. Japanese losses were light as U.S. troops advanced from the May 27 beachhead aided by warships and aircraft.
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M’arthur
Biak
Philippines
New Guinea
Mokmer
Biak Island
Douglas MacArthur
Schoutens
MacArthur
Palau
Western
Carolines
Noe
Geeloay
Dutch New Guinea
Sixth Army
Invasion Surges as Allies Seize Bayeux Town
Allied forces report progress in the invasion with Bayeux captured five miles inland and the Caen Bayeux highway cut. Eisenhower Montgomery and Ramsay confer at sea as air cover remains strong and German resistance steadies. Weather improves and combat continues with Allied air and ground operations adapting to conditions.
Strikers Warned to Return to Wright Aeronautical Plant
About fifteen thousand idle workers at Wright Aeronautical in Lockland Ohio were told by plant manager William D Kennedy to resume engine production by Friday or face discharge The ultimatum followed a war labor board order for returns and came after CIO union and army representatives urged a return to work.
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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
Total U S Soldiers Lost In Sinking Patch 504
Washington June 7 504 U S soldiers are reported lost in the sinking of an American ship by enemy action in the Mediterranean. No further details on the incident or its timing were provided.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Mediterranean
Red Star Says Reds Ready To Open Offensive
Moscow says Russia ready to launch a full scale eastern offensive against Germany. German drives in Moldavia inflict heavy losses with ten Soviet divisions reported mauled. Red Star quotes for a united Soviet push as Allied forces prepare to strike from the east.
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Red Star
Reds
London
Romania
Tasi
Moscow
Russia
Moldavia
Berlin
Lii
Iasi
Germany
United Nations
Pope Holds First Press Conference
Pope Pius XII addressed correspondents in the Vatican throne room urging coverage that promotes a universal peace. He recalled 1940 Christmas eve ideals and said war should be a means to peace, calling on journalists to seek truth, justice, and goodwill.
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Rome
Pius XII
Vatican
Allied forces take Bayeux and cut Bayeux Caen highway 19
Supreme Headquarters announced the capture of Bayeux, a Nazi fortified town five miles inland from the Normandy coast, while reporting the cut of the Bayeux to Caen highway. Allied reinforcements flowed in as Caen faced a German counter-attack. Eisenhower toured beaches with Monckton officers nearby.
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Bayeux
Caen-Bayeux
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Caen
Pas de Calais
Dover Strait
Nantes
Brittany
Neinsula
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bernard L. Mon
Eisenhower Holds High Level Conference Off Normandy
Gen Eisenhower and Admiral Ramsay led a four and a half hour briefing with Allied field commanders near northern France as Montgomery Kirk and other leaders attended. The gathering followed a Sunday night talks with Churchill De Gaulle Eden Smuts, with progress and agreement reported on strategic matters.
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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 Gaulle
Anthony Eden
A Christiaan Smuts
Africa
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England
English Channel
Signal Corps
By Edward Kennedy
Homer Cook
Oceana
Sgt
John W. Cook
Freeman Flier
Caprice Capron
Santa Ana
Calif
Morrison J. Wilkinson, Jr
Pope G. E. Taylor
Hollywood Hills
Wilkinson
Ieader
Miss Capron
Taylor
Ed Wilkinson
CIO Political Action Committee
THE
Mississippi
W. W. Hercher
Atlantic Wall
Cherbourg
BY Austin Bealmear
Europe
Borokoe
Geelvink Bay
Ramsay
Axis Radio
Wright Company
Pope
Headquarters
Shaef
Gen. Eisenhower
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