Yank Forces Break German Lines Near Cherbourg Port
Allied troops from the U S Ninth and 82nd Airborne broke through German defenses in Normandy advancing to within four miles of Cherbourg and threatening to trap thousands inside the port. Fighting raged in Montebourg and St Sauveur as artillery and air support pressed the drive toward Cherbourg's harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Long
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Bizerte
Nisia
82Nd Airborne Division
Chebourg
Cherbourg Port
Omar W. Bradley
St. Ee . R
O—— Road
Chetbours
Bradley
Cherbourg
Geran
Gers
Montebourg
Whitehead
Ninth Division
Normandy
Lyautey
French Morocco
el Guettar
Tunisia
Cap Bon
St. Sauveur
Whithead
Douve River
St. Jacques-de Nehou
Party Officials Move On Ghigage
U S Pacific Fleet reports U S marines and army troops push Saipan front to five and a half miles with two mile inland advance amid heavy fighting. Nimitz reports gains around Garapan and Aslito airstrip as Japanese counterattacks are repelled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
United States
Saipan
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Himashisu
Guam
U. S
Jap O Fenders
Garapan
Agigan
Aslito Airdrome
Naval Air Base
Aslito
Mercer county Fifth War Loan bond drive gains five allocations
Mercer county progress toward its 3,362,000 quota grew with five recent allocations totaling 64,200. Firms include Consolidated Bus with 30,000 Bluefield's Semet Solvay 20,000 Kresge 12,000 and Woolworth 2,200. Banks conveyed funds to the Richmond Fed for E bond purchases as week progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
B. T. Wren Jr
Consolidated Bus Company
C. H. Scott
Bluefield
Semet Solvay Company
S. S. Kresge Company
F. W. Woolworth Company
Keil D. Alderson
Federal Reserve Bank
Richmond
Federal Reserve
Inichmond
Cleveland
Ohio
Randolph Nickels Injured in Italy, Purple Heart Recipient
Lt. Randolph Nickels of Norton Virginia was slightly injured in active duty in Italy on May 26. He previously received the Purple Heart for injuries in December 1943 and has served in the infantry since September 1, 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Nickels
Norton
War Department
Randolph Nickels
Italy
Lieutenant Nickels
Normandy Beachhead Aftermath Recalls D Day Prices Of War
Ernie Pyle describes the Normandy coast on D Day Plus Two with vivid scenes of fallen soldiers, jellyfish in the surf bearing four leaf patterns, wrecked tanks and boats, and vast destruction along the beachhead. He notes loss of life and the pervasive expendability of equipment amid the relentless war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph
Ernie Pyle
Normandy
D Day
France
Iivas
Shoreline Museum of Carnage Revealed on Battle Beach
Ernie Pyle recounts a war torn shore littered with sunken barges jeeps and landing craft. Tanks jeeps and half tracks lie wrecked along the beach as V shaped iron snares and debris mark the coastal battlefield.
Allied Bomber Planes Hit Bases in France and Normandy
Allied bomber formations and fighters swept over Pas de Calais and the Normandy front as weather cleared. U S heavy bombers Liborators and RAF Spitfires supported invasion troops while seven German airfields were blasted and Lisieux was reported in flames after a 10 minute raid.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Pas de Calais
England
Air Ministry
Aas
U. S
Paris
Lisieux
Caen
Trouville
Berlin
Stockholm
London
Rouen
France
Pas-de-Calais
Channel
Normandy
al- Ned
Fr. McDermott Killed by Milk Truck in Clarksburg
Fr. Patrick H. McDermott 81, pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception since 1912, died after a milk truck backed into the curb struck him on a Clarksburg street. James W. Hustead, 18, of Spelter, was held for investigation. The priest’s long career included roles as chancellor of Wheeling’s St. Joseph Cathedral and builder of St. Mary’s High School in his early Clarksburg years.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Patrick H. McDermott
Fr. McDermott
Church of the Immaculate Conception
E. A. Griffith
Hiest
Aospital
Jule Brasseur
James W. Hustead
Spelter
Wheeling
St. Charles College
Maryland
Theological Propaganda University
Rome
Italy
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Wytheville
Bowlesburg
St. Mary's High School
French Troops Land On Elba Near Italian Coast
Allied reporters describe French Detachment B forces landing on Elba with Gen. Jean de Tassigny at the helm. US, British and French navies supported the assault as Italians and Germans fought for control of the Napoleonic island and nearby Pianosa.
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Rome
Elba
Anme
Deieelli
Pianosa
Pisa-Florence-Rimini
Jean de Tassigny
Berlin
Porto Ferraio
Porto Ferrard
Marino di Campo
Porto Kageene
Grosseto
Fifth Army
Eighth Army
Army Casualties First 11 Days Of Invasion Told
Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley reported 3,283 dead and 12,600 wounded for the first 11 days of the France invasion. He declared the beachhead absolutely secure and said the Germans lost their last chance to push the Allies back. Bradley noted higher casualties at the central beachhead than expected, but lower losses on the peninsula beachhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Omar N. Bradley
Bradley
Peninsula
Virginia Side Citizens Buy $65,000 Bonds
Bluefield Virginia residents purchased about $65,000 in Fifth War Loan bonds in the first week. W L Sexton and R C Anderson urged prompt action while reports from Harvey J Havens and other committees showed strong progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Side
Bluefield
W. L. Sexton
Wagner and Hawkins
Harvey J. Havens
Sexton
R. C. Anderson
Reese Anderson
W. N. Lambert
Guerrilla Bands Bolster Invasion Front In France
Allied command reports French underground forces have executed a master plan of sabotage and resistance since June 6. Guerrilla operations are in full swing delaying German reserves and halting road and rail movements in the Rhone valley. French Maquis are said to control interior areas in street fights, with 300 Germans captured and raids on Nazi garrisons.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allieditionary Force
Allied Supreme Command
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Charlies de Gaulle
Normandy
Rhone
Thernau
Maquis
Nazi Robot Planes Found Invasion Weapon
Expenditionary Force reports winged bombs from Germany, jet propelled and pilotless, used in raids across the southern English coast. The simple overgrown rockets with wings carried heavy explosives and caused fires and casualties before anti-aircraft defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
Allied
Channel
England
Brittain
Crowd confronts police after fight at passenger station
A large mob in Bluefield protested a police arrest of Pvt. Herbert Peters amid a clash with Officer Kerns. Officers retreated as bystanders and soldiers demanded Kerns’ punishment while Peters was taken to hospital. state police guarded city entrances as crowds gathered near city hall.
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B. R. Kerns
Herbert Peters
Norfolk and Western
Peters
Kerns
Ramsey Street
Bluefield Sanitarium
Wirt Bailey
W. M. Linkenhaker
E. R. Kerns
H. R. Harlow
Pvt
Harlow
Lieut
Bailey
Buck Owens
Halsey Receives New Command in Pacific War
Washington reports Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. is named commander of the third fleet bringing a fighting role in the war against Japan. The 61 year old veteran led operations across the south Pacific and played a key part in driving Japanese forces from island chains.
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Washington
William F. Halsey, Jr
South Pacific
Third Fleet
Lawsey
Halsey
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Airborne
82Nd
Sevastopol
By Leif Erickson
Ghigage
Dewey
Associated Press
Chicago
New York
Stevens Hotel
Thomas E. Dewey
John W. Bricker
John B. Quinn
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Quinn
Bricker
Columbus. O
New York State
Edwin E. Jackle
J. Russel Sprague
Tomorow
Herbert Brownell, Jr
New York State Committee
Ed L. Schorr
Clarence J. Brown
Blanchester
James Garfield Stewart
Cin
Nickels
Beachhead
Frange
Fr. M’dermott
Isle
By Lynn Heinzerling
Nasi
E. R. Kerns Slugs Pvt
Police
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