Yanks Invade Tinian in Marianas Guam Drive Key Jap Points
Allied forces land on Tinian as part of the Third Marianas invasion. Admiral Nimitz reports landings began at dawn with light opposition while Guam forces isolate Port Apra and the island’s airfield. Promotions elevate Holland Smith and Harry Schmidt leads forces on Tinian with Tokyo defenses repulsed by air and artillery.
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U. 5S
Pacific Fleet
HDQ
Pearl Harbor
Tinian Island
Marianas
Guam
Chester W. Nimitz
Tinian
Saipan
Port Apra
Isley Field
Oakland
Calif
Tarawa
Eniwetok
Clifton B. Cates
Chester Hill
Penn
Fourth Marines
Thomas E. Watson
Pacific
Second Marine Division
R A F Hammers Kiel and Europe with 2800 Tons of Bombs
RAF bombers dropped well over 2800 tons on Kiel as Allied aircraft ranged from the Baltic to Bucharest. Five hundred US heavy bombers hit German airfields and ports across southern France, northern Italy, and Yugoslavia, with targets including Genoa and a ball bearing factory. Mussqutoa aircraft attacked Germany and Ruhr night targets amid ongoing raids.
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London
R.A.F
Kiel
Europe
Baltic
Bucharest
United States
France
Italy
Yugoslavia
Genoa
Pisa
Adriatic
Britain
Donges
St. Nazaire
Berat
Albania
Mediterranean
Radio Moscow
Warlimont Named Chief of Hitler Personal Staff
Moscow radio reports Adolf Hitler appointed Lt. Gen. Karl Warlimont to succeed Gen. Alfred Jodl as head of Hitler’s personal military staff. Jodl was injured in the explosion tied to the assassination attempt on Hitler.
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New York
INS
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Karl Warlimont
Alfred Jodl
Hitler
Road to Berlin mileages for Allied fronts
The Associated Press lists direct line mileages to Berlin for the Russian front 365 miles, 70 miles closer than last week. Italian front 610 miles from Ancona, 620 miles from Pisa. Normandy front 620 miles from Troarn near Caen.
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Berlin
Siedlce
Ancona
Pisa
Normandy
Troarn
Caen
Chicago Grandmothers vow to wear 1890s garb till Wallace renominated
Mrs Rose Dyiig and Mrs Collette Minton of the Grandmothers club pledged at the Democratic convention to keep wearing old fashioned attire until Henry A Wallace is renominated for vice president. The vow followed their induction of Mrs Wallace as an honorary member.
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Chicago
INS
Rose Dyiig
Grandmothers Club of
Collette Minton
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Dietrich Takes Command of SS Panzer Corps in Normandy
Gen. Josef Dietrich the old line Nazi and Munich beer hall participant is revealed to have assumed command of the SS panzer corps in Normandy. The move signals closer Nazi control of forces in France under Hitler and Himmler as German units sharpen for the Paris drive.
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Allied
HDQ
A.E.F
Josef Dietrich
Munich
Panzer Corps
Normandy
Dietrich
Adolf Hitler
SS Panzer Corps
France
Hitler
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Paris
Eastern Front
Poland
Balkans
Germany
Associated Press
Himmler
High Committee
Ludwig Beck
Fuehrer
DNB
Nazi Party
Junkers
London
Randolph Churchill Survives Air Crash
London dispatch reports Maj Randolph Churchill son of the British prime minister and Capt Evelyn Waugh among survivors of a transport plane crash in Yugoslavia. Philip Jordan of Reuters, also aboard, said the craft fell 400 feet and burst into flames.
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London
INL
Randolph Churchill
Evelyn Waugh
Yugoslavia
Philip Jordan
Reuter
Jordan
Yankees Trap Nipponese Force on Guam Peninsula
American assault troops complete occupation of Cabras island and seal off escape routes on Orote peninsula as Admiral Connolly s fleet pounds Japanese positions. Marines push inland from the beaches while Seventy seventh infantry aids the effort along Maanot ridge and Chonito cliff endures heavy fighting.
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Guam
Percy Tinct
Allied
Admiral Connoly
Navy
Cabras Island
Orote Peninsula
Orote
Richard L. Connolly
Mount Tenjo
Sumay
Apra Harbor
Maanot
An ‘Orote
Tenjo
Adelup Point
Chonito Cliff
Yanks Hold Southern Pisa As Fifth Army Pushes on
Rome AP reports American Fifth Army holding the southern district of historic Pisa while forces clear enemy positions along the Arno south to Empoli. Advancing columns reach Cascina near Pisa and Florence approaches narrow to about 20 miles. German counterattacks target San Miniato area.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Pisa
Arno River
Empoli
Poggibonsi
Florence
Arno Canal
Cascina
Arno
San Miniato
Ponte A Evala
San Romano
Angelica
Tenuta del Témbolo
Livorno
Tiber
Tiber Valley
St. Ubaldo
Gubbio
Cassino
Iowa Weather Stirred by Wind and Hail on Warm Sunday
A weather front hit Iowa with scattered showers windstorms and hail the warmest day in a week. Monroe reported 2.06 inches of rain with hail and wind toppling a corn. Burlington 1.89 inches Ottumwa 1.44 inches and Des Moines airport 0.35 inches. Planes damaged at Des Moines airport amid a 55 mph gusts. High 95 at Iowa City and Sunday night low 55 at Decorah and Inwood.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Monroe
Burlington
Ottumwa
Atlantic
Clarinda
Creston
Lamoni
Council Bluffs
Dubuque
Davenport
Iowa City
Keokuk
Mercury
Inwood
Decorah
Windstorm Knocks Down Trees Across Cedar Rapids
A late Sunday windstorm caused scattered damage in Cedar Rapids with trees down on Linden drive SE Hamilton street SW Center street NE and Carlisle street NE. A live wire was pulled down on Thirteenth street NW and more wires plus a street light were felled on Sixth avenue and Seventh street SE. A large limb struck a car driven by Lawrence Williams at 1265 Third avenue SE.
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Cedar Rapids
Linden Drive
Hamilton Street
Louisa Viaduct
Center Street
Carlisle Street
Thirteenth Street
Sixth Avenue
Seventh Street
Lawrence Williams
Third Avenue
Attempt on Adolf Slew 2 Generals
Paris radio said General Ernst von Stuelpnagel was seriously wounded by armed terrorists in eastern France during an inspection. DNB reported two senior Luftwaffe and army staff officers died from wounds after the Hitler assassination attempt.
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London
Paris
Ernst von Stuelpnagel
France
Adolf Hitler
DNB
Guenther Korten
Luftwaffe
Heinz Brandt
Army
Hitler
Rhineland
Berlin
Allied push and counterattack reshape Normandy front
Allied and German forces maneuver for position as weather improves for a major Normandy battle. Bradley's drive toward Periers stalled by a German counterattack, Maltot and Etavaux fall to Allies, British and Canadian troops tighten control along the Orne. German losses tallied at 156,000, with 60,958 prisoners taken and nearly 45,000 wounded suspected.
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HDQS
A.E.F
Normandy
Omar N. Bradley
Seves
Periers
Caen
Maltot
Etavaux
Orne
Ernieville
Paris
Erwin Rommel
Troarn
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Supreme Headquarters
Normany
Mediterranean
Montgomery
France
Fighting in Lwow, Says Nazi Report
London dispatch notes German radio claimed Russian forces reached within 50 miles of Warsaw and fought inside Lwow and Lublin, with Siedlce 50 miles east of Warsaw. Reports said Lwow and Lublin became battle zones as the front stretched across Poland and German losses mounted.
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London
Warsaw
Siedlce
Jaroslaw
Lwow
Lublin
Berln
Brest Litovsk
Moscow
Berlin
Poland
Vistula
Riga
East Prussia
Masurian Lakes
von Hindenburg
Suwalki Triangle
Bialystok
Stanisla
Carpathian
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Krakow
Memul
German Silesia
Sawmill Worker Loses Arm at Cedar Rapids Mill
Charles Rosell aged 23 of 859 First Avenue SE suffered a severed left arm after slipping and falling into a sawmill on Eddy Paper property. He was rushed to St Luke's Hospital where doctors performed blood transfusions as surgeons worked to save him. The mill is run by Frank Campbell of 1350 Elmhurst Drive NE.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles Rosell
First Avenue
Eddy Paper Company
Rosell
Frank Campbell
Elmhurst Drive
St. Luke's Hospital
Bomb scare chills Hitler entourage in Berlin map room
Stockholm Tidningen reports a bomb attempt on Adolf Hitler caused shock among Nazi leaders in Berlin. The blast allegedly tore the pants from officials at a map table, and Hitler later showed Mussolini the ruined garment as the result of the attack.
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Stockholm
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Japs Thought Front Was in California
Two U.S. soldiers on furlough say Japanese troops in New Guinea were misled into believing they fought near California as the fleet circled Pacific islands to feign a western invasion. Lt. Col. Richard J. Havessey and Cpl. Winston C. Briggs report the ruse to the Boston dispatch.
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Boston
California
New Guinea
Richard J.havessey
Winston C. Briggs
Pacific Islands
United States
Hartford Circus Fire Toll Rises to 164
The number of dead in the Hartford circus fire climbed to 164 as Grace Clark 48 died from injuries. Her 81 year old parents also perished and six persons remain missing.
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Hartford
Conn
Grace Clark
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