Allies Halt Nazi Naval Delay at Cherbourg
Reported Allied forces rout a Nazi effort to disrupt invasion by striking Cherbourg communications lines. In U.S. political notes, the Republican National Convention delegation roster will be filled as Nevada selects its final six votes. Dewey leads with 391 pledged or claimed votes, Bricker 65, Warren 50, Griswold 6, MacArthur 2, and 478 uncommitted. Georgia Negro groups join Democratic leaders in barring Black voters from the July 4 election in Atlanta and Brunswick.
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Nevada
Philippines
Thomas E. Dewey
John W Bricker
Ohio
Earl Warren
California
Simon
Kentucky
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Leverer
Tonstall
Massachusetts
Douglas MacArthur
Dewey
Bricker
Gov. Warren
Hershey
Dewey Bricker
Griswold
T. H. Maenner
Omaha
Columbus
Chicago
Edward J. Jeffries, Jr
Detroit
Executives Club
Roosevelt
Atlanta
Brunswick
Georgia
Action Wanes On Red Nazi Front
London report notes fighting northwest of Tarnopol in old Poland as the Red Army readies an eastward offensive in coordination with the Allied invasion. Soviet counterattacks drove Nazis from a populated area near Tarnopol while another hill north of Iasi in Romania was captured.
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London
Tarnopol
Poland
Moscow
Red Army
Europe
Iasi
Romania
Stanislawow
Germany
Ernst von Hammer
Former State Legislator Robert Hazlett Dies in Wheeling
Robert Hazlett 81, a banker, businessman and former West Virginia legislator, died after a lengthy illness in Wheeling. Born there, he spent his career serving the city and its business community.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Robert Hazlett
Hazlett
Germans Flee Adriatic Area
Allied forces under Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark swept through Viterbo Vetralla and Tarquinia as German 14th army fled northwest of Rome. Viterbo fell in a seven mile thrust from Lake Di Vico and Tarquinia was seized on the coastal highway. Nazis retreated along the Adriatic front while Eighth Army pressed two miles closer, taking Tolla seven miles from Chieti.
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Rome
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Viterbo
Vetralla
Tarquinia
Adriatic
Lake di Vico
Civitavecchia
Albert Kesselring
Florence
Clark
Crecchio
Eighth Army
Tolla
Chieti
Oliver Leese
Eighth
Tiber
Koppers Company Signs Master Contract With UMW
The Koppers company joined the United Mine Workers under the master contract, with a UMW spokesman predicting further disintegration in southern ranks next week. Signatures from Koppers and Colcord Coal set contracts for about one third of southern tonnage, as negotiations between UMW and Southern Coal Producers stalled without a new meeting. Colcord Coal adds 750000 tons yearly, Koppers 16 million, and the Southern group under Edward R. Burke offered parity with an added clause on litigation.
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Washington
Koppers Company
United Mine Workers
UMW
Southern Corl Producers Association
Colcord Coal Company
Stickney
W. Va
Southern Group
Southern Coal Producers Association
Edward R. Burke
Rommel Shows Fatigue As War Press Reports Field Marshal’s Resolve
Berlin radio says Erwin Rommel, key to stopping the Allied advance in the west, looks exhausted after days without sleep. A frontline report quotes him: Our boys will strike to push the Anglo American invaders back to the sea, the task is hard.
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London
Berlin Radio Tonight
Erwin Rommel
Hitler
German War Front
Captain Wilkinson Denies Charges At Court Martial
Captain Morrison J. Wilkinson testified for six hours in a Santa Ana court martial, denying charges including rape and lewd conduct. He claimed no force was used with the accusers, describing dates with Miss Stull and two other women as consensual encounters.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Morrison J. Wilkinson
Dean Stail
Hollywood
Jesse Duvall
Defense Counse
Maj. Duvall
Miss Stull
Wilkinsor
Wilkinson
Top Commanders Arrive in London Ahead of Major Decisions
Washington reports that General George C Marshall Admiral Ernest King and General Henry H Arnold arrived in London to join the Combined Chiefs of Staff for post D day strategy reviews. They met with President Roosevelt and may shape whether to press in new areas or exploit existing beachheads as the invasion progresses.
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Washington
Europe
America
London
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Britain
George C. Marshal
United States Army
Ernest J. King
Henry H. Arnold
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Early
Lowon
Anq
Eisenhower
Chiefs of Staff
Allied Bombers Hit Munich Area as Weather Hinders Operations
Allied air forces pressed raids over Munich and Augsburg as Italian based heavy bombers joined the attack while Channel weather curtailed daylight operations from Britain. RAF sorties targeted Rennes Fougeres and other rail hubs to disrupt reinforcements for Rommel and Blaskowitz’s forces.
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Alps
Munich
Celanese Workers Vote Against Union Representation
At the Giles county Celanese plant in Narrows 1,279 of 2,613 eligible voters cast ballots. The tally shows 2,327 votes. 727 for United Construction Workers, 175 for Textile Workers Union of America, 146 for American Federation of Labor, and 1,000 against all unions with three void ballots.
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Giles County
Celanese Corporation of America
Narrows
Ainst
P. D. Cooper
National Law Relations Board
Bernard J. Seff
NLRB
Cooper
American Federation of Labor
United Construction Workers
Textile Workers Union of America
Germans Predict Allied Invasion From Dunkerque to Ostende
German broadcasts predicted a Belgium invasion soon with airborne reinforcements aiding Normandy fighting. They claimed divisions in northeast England and Scotland would join the assault within days and noted Canadian troops and strong tank divisions ready for action. aporte
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London
Belgium
Dunkerque
Ostende
Normandy
England
Scotland
Montgomery
Eisenhower
Alderney
Cherbourg
English Channel
New York
German Transcontinent Agency
Fort Marcouf
Four Japanese Warships Sank in New Guinea Battle
Allied headquarters report General MacArthur’s Mitchell bombers sank four Japanese destroyers off Manokwari Dutch New Guinea. A fifth was damaged as a cruiser and a sixth destroyer fled. Ten Mitchells helped halt enemy reinforcement efforts near Biak, with Lightnings shooting down three Japanese aircraft.
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Allied
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Manokwari
Dutch New Guinea
Biak
Geelvink Bay
Schouten Islands
Mokmer
Borokoe
Sorido Dromes
Mokmer Strip
Waigeo Island
Halmahera Island
MacArthur
Truk
League
Tenelise
WV Republicans name Hatfield chair at state delegation meeting
West Virginia's 19 member Republican delegation elected Henry Hatfield of Huntington as chairman to lead the slate to the Chicago convention. Hatfield defeated Revercomb 10 to 7 for the at large post while Walter Hallanan of Charleston won a fifth term as national committeeman. Frances Stubblefield and Austin Wood were also chosen without opposition. The meeting attended by 18 of 19 members included Wilbur Brand as Lilly’s replacement and D Boone Dawson and Jim Shott in attendance.
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Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia
Walter
Hallanan
Charleston
U. S
Henry D. Hatfield
Chicago
Chapman Revercomb
Hatfield
Revercomb
Frances Ogden Stubblefield
Austin V. Wood
Wheeling
Stubblefield
News Publishing Company of
Orden
Cara Ebert
Parkersburg
A. A
Abe) Lilly
Lilly
Wilbur Brand
Fairmont
D. Boone Dawson
Ublican
Jim H. Shott
Bluefield
Republican State Executive Committee
Cabell County
De Gaulle and FDR May Meet in Washington This Summer
President Roosevelt indicated a possible one on one meeting with General Charles de Gaulle this summer in Washington. He noted Vice Admiral Raymond Fenard asked to arrange talks with De Gaulle leader of the French Committee of Liberation and said he would be glad to see him in the second week of July.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Charles de Gaulle
Raymond Fenard
de Gaulle
Committee of Liberation
Fenard
Gen. de Gaulle
Allies Strike On All India Burma Major Sectors
Southeast Asia Command at Kandy reports Allied forces punched forward on all major sectors of the India Burma front. In the east the northern end of the Myitkyina airfield near Kamaung was seized as villages fell and enemy troops routed. On the India side Japanese forces were pursued south from Kohima. Chinese–American units under Lt. Gen. Stilwell reached the northern air strip of the besieged town as Chinese fighters shifted positions and repelled night attacks. Maj. Gen. Lentagne’s airborne Chindits took Hola village two miles north of Maingana.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
India-Burma
Myitkyina
Kamaung
India
Kohima
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
W. D. A. Lentagne
Chindits
Hola
Maingana
White Collar Coal Employees Granted Wage Increase
The regional war labor board approved a five percent wage rise for about 3,000 white collar workers in West Virginia coal firms. The increase, requested by four operator associations, trims a proposed ten percent raise to fit the national wage stabilization program and aims to narrow pay gaps with union miners.
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Cleveland
West Virginia
Regional War Labor Board
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Kanawha Coal Operators Association
Winding Gulf Operators Association
New River Operators Association
Buchanan
Air Power Roars Back in Allied Invasion Drive
Allied air power returned to support French invasion operations as American British and Canadian ground forces pressed German positions on the Cherbourg peninsula and near Bayeux. RAF heavy bombers attacked targets as a parachutist and infantry landing cut German communications, while an American destroyer was sunk off the invasion coast by German artillery.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
RAF
France
James M. Long
Allied
Cherbourg Peneinsula
Bayeux
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
SHAEF
Normandy Beach Invasion Continues With Heavy Fighting
Allied reports four days into the Normandy invasion say Cherbourg area secured and advances west of Bayeux. Heavy combat persists near Caen with German attempts to halt the British Danish Canadian push, while German naval efforts to disrupt the landings are repelled. Axis broadcasts claim 400000 defenders in Normandy with 200000 per side and fresh Allied reinforcements arriving.
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Cherbourg
Ste. Mere Eglise
Normandy
Bayeux
Caen
Allies Beat Off Nazis Initial Thrust At Sea
Allied forces repelled a German attempt to smash at the Normandy coast near Ushant as eight Allied destroyers from Britain Canada and Poland engaged four German destroyers. One German ship was blown up another run aground in flames and two were damaged. The British destroyer Tartar suffered the heaviest damage with a few casualties.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Tartar
Brittany
Ushant
Ouessant
Taretar
Ashanti
Eskimo
Javelin
Haida
Huron
Blyskawica
Piorun
Bay of Biscay
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Marshall
King
Arnold
Italy
Channel
Mass
Augsburg
Venice
Rennes
Fougeres Alencon
Mayenne
Pontaubault
Cherovourg
Johannes Blaskowitz
Celanese
Natris
M’‘Arthur
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