Hitler Talks With Generals At German Frontier
Report says Hitler and German front commanders held crucial talks on the Reich’s military situation and defense plans. Delegates debated possible withdrawals from Norway and the Balkans to concentrate forces at home, with Rommel pushing for more forces to Normandy. Rundstedt reportedly resisted a full push against Normandy, while eastern front plans centered on a stand by the Vistula. Authorities warn reports may blend German sources and foreign diplomacy.
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Germany
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Hitler
Norway
Balkans
Erwin Rommel
Normandy
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Vistula
Poland
East Prussia
Italy
Diet
Austria
Allies smash Caen defenses in major Normandy advance
Allied forces push from Caen toward the city center as British Second Army tanks and infantry advance, eight towns fall, and American offensives widen the bridgehead over the Vire river. American troops seize St Jean de Caye and push toward St Lo, La Haye du Puits, and surrounding routes.
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Caen
Normandy
St. Jean de Caye
la Haye du Puits
Supreme Command
Vire
St. Jean
Taute Canal
Reds Take Old Polish Stronghold
London dispatch reports Soviet forces captured Baranowicze behind the Polish frontline, opening routes toward Bialystok and Warsaw. German claims say the Soviets widened a front near the Carpathians, while Wilno operations and a retreat from Baranowicze mark a major shift in the eastern theater.
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London
High Command
Baranowicze
Old Poland
Berlin
Moscow
Wilno
East Prussia
Bialystok
Warsaw
Pinsk
Pripya
Orsha
Red forces press Wilno as German garrison braces defense
Soviet spearheads of cavalry and tanks strike Wilno from three directions. Russian columns seize Kemelishki and push toward the Wilno railway and river Viliya. German troops, still recovering from earlier losses, flood back into the city as the gateway to East Prussia faces renewed assault.
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Moscow
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Wilno
East Prussia
St. Stanislaw
St. Nicholas
Kemelishki
Gudogaie
Ostrovets
Minsk- Wilino
Oshmyane
Red
Mrs Robt Campbell Injured As Coal Truck Hits Car
Cedar Rapids report says 32 year old Mrs Robert Campbell of Voorhees Hall at Coe College suffered internal injuries after her northbound car was struck by a coal truck driven west on F avenue by John L Moore 512 McKinley street SE He could not stop and struck Campbell turning her car around The truck crossed the street and hit pedestrian Frank Rooks 510 F avenue NW Two Kubasa children aged 7 and 9 were riding in the Campbell car The boy and Rooks uninjured The girl 9 was badly scratched and bruised Campbell believed to have a fractured pelvis Moore paid 10 in police court fines for faulty brakes and other violations.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert Campbell
Voorhees Hall
Cne
Ellis Boulevard
F Avenue
John L. Moore
McKinley Street
Moore
Campbell
Frank Rooks
F Avenue NW
Margaret Kubasa
Mila Kubasa
First Avenue NW
Rooks
Kubasa
Secret Pacts Denied in Washington Hearing
Washington AP report states William L. Batt, chairman of the Combined Production and Resources, rejects allegations of secret pacts amid ongoing discussions on national resource policy. The brief item notes Batt addressed reporters and asserted official positions while denying any covert agreements.
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Washington
William L. Batt
Combined Production and Resources
Killed in France: Leonard Kelly 30 Machinist in Armor Division
Leonard Kelly a 30 year old technician from Linn County who entered the army in the first draft was killed in action in France on June 20 according to a notice from his mother Mrs Emma Kelly 308 Daverne NE He was a machinist in an armored division and went overseas just before 1942 Surviving are his wife at Fortieth Street and Mt Vernon Road SE two brothers Chance 28 and Elmer 22 a sister Goldie May Kelly and his grandfather Joseph Tellin all of 1308 D Avenue NE He was employed by Quaker Oats before joining the army.
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Leonard Kelly
Linn County
France
Emma Kelly
Daverne NE
Kelly
Fortieth Street
Mt. Vernon Road
Chance
Elmer
Goldie May Kelly
Joseph Tellin
D Avenue NE
Water pours through grocery stock in Cedar Rapids fire
A smouldering cigarette butt from a vandalism sparked a fire at Club One-9-Teen, 119 Third Avenue SE, causing minor damage to the youth center while flooding the People's grocery store in the same building. Fire Chief E P Kohout estimated about 10,000 gallons of water inundated the store basement, with 25 firefighters pumping out water. Manager Orrie Becker called the stock damage huge but refused a precise estimate. store remained open.
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Third Avenue SE
People’s Grocery
E. P. Kohout
Orrie Becker
Becker
Superfort Workers Strike After Japs Raid at Chrysler
CHICAGO UP Day shift machinists at the Dodge Chicago plant of Chrysler, maker of B 29 engines, returned to work Saturday as management sought to settle a second shift machinist walkout from Friday night following the second B 29 raid on Japan. A prior strike in another department had been settled the next day. Twenty three of fifty six second shift machinists walked out fearing a promotion of a first shift foreman to second shift foreman.
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Chicago
Dodge
Chrysler Corporation
Japan
Fifth Army Wins 3 Key Fortresses
American and French Fifth Army units seized Rosignano Castellina and Colle di Val d Elsa as they thrust toward Livorno and Florence. Heavy street fighting left high casualties on both sides. The line shifted with Americans pushing the left flank through Rosignano and Castellina, and the French advancing toward Poggibonsi. Eighth Army pressed in the Arezzo area as Polish troops moved toward Ancona.
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Fifth Army
Rosignano
Castellina
Colle di Val d’ Elsa
Italy
Livorno
Leghorn
Florence
Colle di Val d ‘Elsa
Poggibonsi
Volterra
Eighth Army
Arezzo
Lake Trasimeno
Adriatic
Osimo
Ancona
Wallace quarantine denial reported in multiple cities
Wallace and others aboard an army bomber returning from China were reportedly quarantined in Edmonton Friday night but this was emphatically denied by Maj. George A. Carroll of the Army Transport Command. No comment was offered on the co pilot’s illness. Seattle station KOMO had not been notified of any change to the NBC hookup schedule for Wallace’s planned speech.
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Alta
Wallace
China
Seattle
George A. Carroll
Army Transport Command
Grand Prairie
Carroll
KOMO
NBC
Field denies Sun campaign to smear Ward chairman
Chicago editor and publisher Marshall Field in a libel suit response Friday denied that the Chicago Sun had launched a campaign to smear Sewell L. Avery, chairman of the board of Montgomery Ward and Company.
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Chicago
Marshall Field
The
Chicago Sun
Sewell L. Avery
Montgomery Ward and Company
Dr. W. A. Jessup Dies Former Iowa U President
Dr. Walter Albert Jessup 66 died in New York after family report of absence from his Arlington Vermont summer home. He headed Carnegie Corp and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. His body found Friday. death probably from coronary thrombosis. He served as superintendent of schools in Westfield and Madison Indiana, dean at Indiana University, and trustee of the University of Iowa pellin... (continued on Page 2)
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Walter Albert Jessup
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Jessup
Westfield
Ind
Madison
Indiana University
School and College of Education
Dent
State University of Iowa
Richmond
Earlham College
Columbia University
Wiscon
Yanks Hit Seven Robot Bomb Bases In Nazi Germany
Allied air fleets pounded seven German robot bomb launching sites in cave depots near Paris and across France. RAF Lancasters and American fortresses faced heavy defenses, with thousands of bombs including 12,000-pounders dropping into limestone caves at St. Leu d'Esserent. Rooftop and rail damage followed as German workers rushed repairs.
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London
United States
France
St. Leu d’Esserent
Paris
Air Ministry
R.af
Vaires
Berlin
Ruhr
London Daily Herald
England
Veszprem
Aniomute
Eighth Fighter
Superforts Bombed Kyushu and China Bases in Night Raids
U S B 29 Superfortresses struck five targets in Japan and China on Friday night, returning with no losses. Targets included Sasebo naval base, Yawata and Omura heavy industries on Kyushu, and Laoyao and Hankow along the Yangtze. Reports noted light air opposition and minimal anti aircraft fire.
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Washington
United States
Japan
China
Twentieth Air Force
Kyushu
Twentieth Bomber Command
Sasebo
Yawata
Omura
Laoyao
North China
Hankow
Yangtze River
Tobata
Nazis Slaughter Greek Villagers in Massacre at Dis tomo
AP dispatch from Izmir reports a Greek puppet government communique claiming June 10 killings of more than 1,000 residents of the Greek village Distomo with babies spared and the village burned, in reprisal for 30 German deaths. The broadcast notes similar carnage near Limoges, France, and a planned massacre of hostages.
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Izmir
Turkey
Distomo
Lidice
Tene Radio
Limoges
France
Bordeaux
Negro publisher named assistant director of GOP publicity
New York AP reports Dr C B Powell publisher of the New York Amsterdam News was appointed assistant director of publicity for the Republican National Committee. Powell previously served as a director of publicity for the Democratic party in 1936 and 1940 under Herbert Brownell Jr the national chairman announced Friday.
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New York
C. B. Powell
New York Amsterdam News
Republican National Committee
Herbert B. Brownell, Jr
Powell
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