Russians land forces to threaten Finnish defenses aging Berlin fronts
Soviet troops begin large scale landing on Viipuri bay southern Finland to establish a bridgehead behind Finnish lines. German forces evacuate Kowel in Poland as Red Army advances toward Warsaw, threatening the eastern front and Baranowicze gap. Berlin reports shift of center of gravity to the eastern front and growing Soviet pressure across Latvia Lithuania and East Prussia. A Santa Fe Chiefs wreck near Santa Fe kills four and injures many as investigation points to possible track failure.
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Pripyat
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Baranowicze
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Latvia
Lithuania
Dvinsk
Transocean
Wilno
London
Berlin
Polotsk
Ivan C. Bagramian
New Communist Appeal Urges Roosevelt Reelect Amid Criticism
A long critique of the New Communist organization targets its ads urging a fourth term for Roosevelt. The piece questions democracy under class conflict and highlights the party’s stance on elections and postwar readiness. It cites a Fortune survey backing universal military training after the war and reflects on wartime casualty realities. It also notes Dawes endorsing military rank discipline and officer conduct.
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Communist Party
United States
Roosevelt
Communist Organization
Earl Browder
Fortune Magazine
U S Colonel Leads Attack On Crutches
Lt Col Benjamin Vandervoort 28 led the assault on Hill 131 near La Haye du Puits with a plaster cast on his leg. He pressed the attack under rain and fog, earning the nickname Glory Hound for pushing his unit to the objective first.
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London
INL
la Haye du Puits
Benjamin Vandervoort
London Daily Express
Cherbourg
Vandervoort
D-day
Normandy
Hill 131
Hitler vows no capitulation amid gloom in grim speech
Adolf Hitler warned Germany cannot capitulate as Allied victories mount, urging Germans to emulate front-line troops and endure sacrifices. The speech, reported by Nazi broadcasts from Reich war production leaders, hailed heroism while noting German production lags and Speer announced further boosts in output.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Berlin
Hitler
Eduard Dietl
Finland
Lism
Italy
France
Transocean
Albert Speer
Gabreski Tops U S Fighter Pilots With 28th Kill At Evreux
Lt Col Francis Gabreski of Oil City Pennsylvania became the leading U S Army Air Forces fighter ace by downing his 28th German plane near Evreux France. Maj Robert S Johnson of Lawton Oklahoma and Maj Richard I Bong of Poplar Wisconsin had each tallied 27 kills. Gabreski, 25, planned 28 but took a 30 day leave to marry Kay Cochran of Grand Rapids Michigan. He joined in 1940 after leaving Notre Dame pre med, joined the AAF in 1940, served in Europe since 1942, and earned the Distinguished Service Cross Air Medal Distinguished Flying Cross with seven clusters Silver Star and the Polish Cross of Valor.
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Oil City
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Evreux
France
Robert S. Johnson
Lawton
Okla
Richard I. Bong
Poplar
Wis
Gabreski
United States
Kay Cochran
Grand Rapids
Mich
Hawaiian Islands
Notre Dame University
R.A.F
War Heroes Band Rally Tonight in Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids rally features the War Heroes band performing tonight. Organizers urge attendance to support veterans and community events. Local officials expect a lively turnout downtown.
Navy Incentive Show to Boost Linn County Bond Sales
Navy Photographer's Mate Sam Rivituso, wounded in the South Pacific, will join five combat veterans on the Navy program at 7 30 tonight in the Memorial Coliseum. The program features a famed navy band and displays including an 11 quad anti aircraft gun, a torpedo, depth charge, sea mine and captured enemy arms.
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Sam J. Rivituso
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Rivituso
St. Louis
Jimmy Doolittle
South Pacific
Helena
Kula Gulf
U. S. S. Boise
Eisenhower flies over Normandy battle area during France visit
General Dwight D. Eisenhower returned to Allied HQ after an Independence Day observation flight over the Normandy front with Major General Elwood Quesada. The trip, in a Mustang, included six other planes and a road tour past enemy pockets on the Cherbourg peninsula. Eisenhower praised Captain Don M. Beerbower for his 18 aerial kills.
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ALF
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Elwood Quesada
Normandy Battle
Eisenhower
Quesada
United States
Ninth Air Force Fighter Command
Cherbourg
France
Bernard L. Montgomery
Omar N. Bradley
Don M. Beerbower
Hill City
Minn
Son
Beerbower
Ninth Air Force
Roosevelt Engaged to American WAC Ruth Briggs
Newsweek reports Col. Elliott Roosevelt, twice divorced, engaged to Capt. Ruth Briggs a secretary to Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith. They met in Africa last year and became engaged though formal announcement likely after the November presidential election.
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New York
Newsweek
Elliott Roosevelt
Ruth Briggs
Walter Bedell Smith
Dwight Eisenhower
Africa
Eden Doubts Franco Help With Germany Robot Bombs
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Parliament he found reports that Francisco Franco aided Germany in testing explosives for pilotless planes to be unfounded. He dismissed the claims as lacking foundation and said no evidence supported them.
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London
INS
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Francisco Franco
Germany
Saipan Campaign Gains Ground As Yanks Reach Capital
U S forces intensified operations in the Marianas with air strikes on the Bonin Islands and Saipan advances. Marines captured Garapan, Tanapag harbor, and neared the northern tip, while carrier task forces hit Iwo Jima and Haha Jima and inflicted heavy Japanese losses.
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Pearl Harbor
Saipan
Bonin
Volcano Islands
Tokyo
United States
Garapan
Tanapag Harbor
Marianas
Marc A. Mitscher
Bonins
Japan
Iwo Jima
Key Island
Volcanos
Haha Jima
Bonin Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Chichi Jima
Nimitz
Central Pacific
Rota Island
Guam
Allied assault forces seize La Haye du Puits rail hub in Normandy
American troops stormed into La Haye du Puits capturing the rail station amid heavy street fighting as German Tiger tanks entered combat for the first time on the American front. Canadians fought near Carpiquet airfield while Britons repelled German tank attacks with heavy losses.
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HDQ
A.E.F
Normandy
la Haye du Puits
la Haye
Cherbourg
Carpiquet
Caen
Omar N. Bradley
Carentan
Verson
Erwin Rommel
Russia
Cassino
Caen Largely Leveled, US Pilot Reports
A Thunderbolt pilot over Caen in eastern Normandy says the city of 61,000 is nearly destroyed except for houses marked with Red Crosses. He reports that everything else has been leveled as of Wednesday.
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London
Caen
Normandy
De Gaulle Quits Algiers for U S Visit
Gen Charles de Gaulle president of the French Committee of National Liberation left Algiers for Washington to confer with President Roosevelt. The trip marks a key moment in Allied leadership as de Gaulle heads to the U S.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
French Committee of National Liberation
Washington
Roosevelt
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