U S Warships Hit Marianas and Kuriles in Deep Pacific Attacks
United States warships shelled the southern Marianas and central Kuriles in simultaneous, wide-ranging raids coordinated with air strikes. Ships bombarded Saipan and Tinian while Matsuwa and Kuriles bases faced heavy bombardment. Nimitz said none of the attacking ships were damaged.
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U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Marianas Islands
Kuriles
United States
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Matsuwa
Marianas
Saipan
Tinian
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Sgt Billy E Candler Injured In Auto Accident
Mr and Mrs W O Candler of Kirk street announce their son Sgt Billy E Candler was injured in an automobile wreck while en route from Moorefield Texas to San Antonio Texas. He suffered a broken jaw and other injuries and is at Brooke General Hospital where he is reported to be doing nicely.
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W. O. Candler
Kirkstreet
War Department
Billy E. Candler
Mooreeld
Tex
San Antonio
Brooke Centralital
Donicely
Bombers Strike Truk and Pacific Bases in Allied Raid
Heavy United bomber forces hit Japanese held Truk in the Carolines destroying airfields and starting fires. One interceptor was shot down with several others damaged while all Allied planes returned to base. Additional raids hit Ponape Ocean and Nauru as Liberators and Venturas attacked nearby garrisons in the Marshalls.
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New Guinea
Biak Island
Dutch New Guinea
Er Palau
Carolines
Southwest Pacific
Biak
Mokmer
Lippines
Palau
Mak
Washington
Army
Navy
Truk
Monday Dam
Ponape
Ocean
Nauru
Marshalls
Fleet
Marianas
Mercer County Receives Major Fifth War Loan Allocations
Two large allocations boost Mercer county toward its 3 382 000 goal as W M Ritter Lumber adds 25 000 and Pure Oil contributes 10 000. Officials note delays in Federal Reserve figures but expect rising E bond purchases through month end.
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W. M. Ritter Lumber Company
Pure Oil Company
Mercer County
G. Ray Powers
W. M. Ritter Lumber Couny
Bus
Ohio
Hugh Ike Shott
Mercer County War Finance Committee
Chicago
Flat Top National Bank
Bluefield
W. C. Handlan
West Virginia War Finance
Charleston
Federal Reserve Bank
Cleveland
Richmond
Cabin
War Finance Division
United States Treasury
W. Va
Fifth War Loan Headquarters
West Virginia
Richmond Federal Reserve
WAC Officer Lt Toole Injured In Auto Crash Near Mason
Lieutenant Maryon Toole in charge of the local army recruiting station remained critical after an automobile crash near Mason Tennessee. Private Virginia F Smith stationed at Camp Campbell Kentucky was fatally injured. Toole reportedly suffered a broken collarbone, a broken rib and internal injuries.
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Maryon Toole
Memphis
Tenn
Mason
Virginia F Smith
WAC
Camp Campbell
Toole
Elgin M Toole
Huntington Park
Califano
Bluefield
Charleston
Smith
Virginia Smith
Philadelphia
Bricker aides analyze ballot for GOP nomination
Bricker campaign leaders Hugh Huntington and Don H. Ebright released a first ballot analysis showing 174 Bricker, 265 Dewey, 76 pledged to favorite sons, 306 for others, and 216 doubtful. Dewey supporters credit 391 delegates. Bricker backers claim 172 pledged and 213 probable for Dewey. Bricker expresses confidence delegates will choose wisely.
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Associated Press
John W Bricker
Bricker
Thomas E. Dewey
Washington
Hugh Huntington
Don H. Ebright
Sricees
GOP
Ohioan
Dewey
New Yorker
Ohiocan
78 Club
Chamber Board Holds Meeting in Bluefield
The Bluefield chamber of commerce final board meeting was held at Pinnacle Rock with guests including Cpl. Eddie Steele and G M O Dawson. New directors were elected for July 1 and dogwood named official chamber flower amid Home Owners Institute plans and Four Star Mothers awards. Airport progress and a stance against a federal vehicle regulation act were discussed.
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Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Pinnacle Rock
Joseph H. Bowen
Lewis C. Tierney
Cpl
Eddie Steele
Fort Thomas
O. M. Dawson
Norfolk and Western Railway
Home Owners’ Institute
John Nash
Armed Services
Chamber
W 5S Hendricks
Unique Cleaners
Stewart Webster
Owl Cleaners
A. L. Brooks
Pearl Harbor Explosion Kills 27 Missing 100 Wounded 380
The Navy reports 27 dead 100 missing and 380 injured after an explosion destroyed small landing craft at Pearl Harbor on May 21 A second blast at an ammo depot on Oahu island killed three men An Admiral Nimitz confirmed the incident and said cargo was being unloaded when the blast occurred Names of the deceased and missing withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Washington
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Oahu Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
T O
Bomba Truc
Reds Rage Over Finnish Defenses On Karelian Isthmus
Soviet forces press through the Karelian isthmus driving toward Viipuri with eight strongpoints captured and heavy fighting continuing along the western front. Soviet air power and naval bombardment target Finnish positions as Moscow predicts a weekend Viipuri seizure.
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REDS
London
Karelian
Viipuri
Finland
Brest-Litovsk
Bialystok
Pinsk
Minsk
Bobruisk
Orsha
Red Army
Moscow
Viipurt
Mannerheim 2
Pinnish
Stockholm
Pravda
Lisa
Arctic
Murmansk
Petsamo
Spangler to Arrive in Chicago Today
Chicago June 14 arrival of Harrison E. Spangler and the national committee staff signals final phase of openIng for the Republican national convention beginning June 26. Walter S. Hallanan predicts Senator Taft of Ohio may chair the resolution committee and that foreign policy plank talks will meet little trouble. The presidential nomination is expected to be decided Wednesday night with the nominee addressing delegates Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Washington
Harrison E. Spangler
National Committee
Walter S. Hallanan
Republican Arrangement Committee
Taft
Ohio
Resolution
Mackinac
Hallanan
Lindsey Named Richlands Mayor In Va Municipal Election
In Richlands Virginia H V Lindsey president of the First National bank was elected mayor over R L Lambert 351 to 334. Lindsey led a six town election with two tickets and three council members each. Other towns Bluefield Pearisburg Glen Lyn Narrows and Cedar Bluff also voted Tuesday.
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Richlands
H. V. Lindsey
First National Bank
R. L. Lambert
Giles
Tazewell
Co. W. McBrayer
Tivis D. Owens
John J. Draper
Lambert
Lindsey
Pete Tizens
James P. Farmer
Dr. J. Barnes Sanders
Sanders
Tizen
Farmer
McBrayer
Draper
Owens
Powell S. Elswick
W. W. Pields
Andrew H. Jenkins
Walter J. Overbay
J. H. Ellis
J. A. Pendergrass
Bluefield
Pearisburg
Glen Lyn
Narrows
Cedar Bluff
Naval task force in invasion of France numbers 1300 ships
Navy Secretary Forrestal announced the U S invasion fleet included more than 1300 warships with battleships Nevada Arkansas and Texas and cruisers Augusta Tuscaloosa and Quincy plus over 30 destroyers. He said the Pacific drive remains strong and Japan is unable to divert substantial effort.
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Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Uni States
France
Nevada
Arkansas
Texas
Augusta
Tuscaloosa
Quincy
European
Pacific
Europe
Germany
Japan
Marianas Islands
British Isles
French
Northern Coal Men Endorse Dr Lawall for West Virginia University
The Northern West Virginia Coal Association resolves in favor of Dr Charles E Lawall as president of West Virginia University amid reports of a revamped board and possible successor plans. Governor Neely reshuffled the board recently, drawing Charleston speculation about changes at the university. Lawall, a former head of the university's mining school, is praised as a capable leader devoted to the state's interests.
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Pairmont
W. Va
West Virginia University
West Virginia
Charles E. Lawall
M. M. Neely
Board of Governors
Charleston
Morgantown
Lawall
Neely
Ool For Mines
Association
American Forces Take Orbetello in Italy Advance
Allied forces reached Orbetello on the Tyrrhenian coast capturing the German food dumps on the Orbetello peninsula and seizing the road junction north of the town. Maj. John Powhida reported hundreds of cases of ham rations biscuits and nearly 300 tons of flour found in bunkers. The push included action near the Mt Argentario area as British forces targeted Terni and Narni in separate operations.
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Rome
Italy
Orbetello
Fifth Army
Mt. Argentario
Sid Peder
Associated Press
Feder
John Powhida
Philadelhia
O Regio
Orvieto
Narni
Terni
Eighth Army
Mighty Aerial Armada Strikes Across Nazi Europe
Allied air forces led by U S Fortresses and Liberators launched what was described as the mightiest single air armada. More than 12 000 plane sorties daylight to day supported the invasion in France Belgium the Netherlands and Germany with about 4 500 tons of bombs dropped.
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Hitler
Europe
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Normandy
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Germany
Italy
Mediterranean
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Beece
Viren
Cherbourg
Omar N. Bradley
Montebourg
Cher Peninsula
De Gaulle Receives Warm Welcome in France Homecoming
Gen Charles De Gaulle visited France for the first time in four years as crowds lined beachhead village streets. People shouted his name and swarmed to glimpse the lean leader of the French Committee of National Liberation as cries of De Gaulle echoed through the wrecked towns.
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Istgay
France
Charles de Gaulle
French Committee of National Liberation
de Gaulle
De Gaulle Cancels Officers in Normandy Invasion Plan
Washington reports say Gen Charles de Gaulle halted orders for 300 to 500 French liaison officers to land with the first invasion waves. Paris rejects any such agreement claiming no deal existed. Officials say the move impaired liaison with the French population and the allied invasion effort.
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Normandy
Washington
United States
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
London
Patrick J. Kelley Rites Tomorrow
Funeral services for Patrick John Kelley 79 Bluefield pioneer will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic church with Rev. George Burke presiding. Rosary at C L Stacy's home. Interment in Maple Park cemetery follows services noting heart attack as cause of death Tuesday afternoon.
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Patrick John Kelley
Bluefield
C. G. Day
Virginia Court
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
George Burke
Maple Park Cemetery
C. L. Stacy
Kelley
Germans Repel Coastal Counter Attacks In Normandy
Allied and German forces clash along a 20 mile front from Troan to Caen as German armored divisions press repeated counterattacks. Americans retake Carentan area but lose control of Montebourg on the Cherbourg peninsula amid heavy fighting and aerial bombardment.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Tilly- Caen
Montebourg
Cherbourg
Carentan
Trojan
Caen
Tilly-Surseulles
Oin
Sta
High
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Carentan Front
Recount Confirms Clifton Bailey Nomination
Recount confirms Clifton Bailey of Matoeka as Republican nominee for county court. The primary contest against R B Cheatwood of Elgood concluded yesterday with Bailey posting a vote total of 2 088 to Cheatwood’s tally.
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Clifton Bailey
Matoeka
Bailey
R. B. Cheatwood
Elgood
Cheatwood
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Capa
Tanapag Arbor Anchorage
Garapa
Tanapag Harbor
Charankao
Phi
Marine
Pan Island
Siapan
Paramushiro
Shumushu
Tokyo
Marshall Islands
Pagan Island
Nimitz
Neat Camp
Ricker S Aides
Page
Peninsula
HY Russell Landstrom
Northern Coal
Dr. Lavall
Orbetello Peninsula
By Lynn Heinzerling
Mighty Aerial
Patrick J. Kelley
By James M. Long
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
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