Invasion Fulfills Pledge to Stalin and Allies
A long diplomatic saga shows how the Western Allied invasion of Europe, urged by Stalin and resisted by Churchill, finally materialized. The piece traces meetings from 1941 to 1943, the second front debate, and Moscow’s mounting pressure on Roosevelt and Churchill, culminating in a North Africa landing and the path to Western Europe.
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Britain
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Europe
Lyle CC. Wilson
United Press
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Great Britain
United States
Lyle C. Wilson
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George C. Marshall
Winston Churchill
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Mr. Roosevelt
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V. M. Molotov
White House
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Mid-ocean
Casablanca
Quebec
Chiang Kaishek
Cairo
Teheran
Molotov
Hitler
Balkans
North Africa
Tobruk
Rommel
Africa Corps
Egypt
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Naval Operations
Harry L. Hopkins
Stephen T. Early
London
Marshall
King
John Bull
Oran
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Carl A. Spaatz
U. S. Eighth Air Force
North African
el Alamein
Tasablanca
Gang of the Red Army
Red Army
Soviet Union
Evening Show Schedules From Local Theaters
Tuesday listings detail Paramount See Here Private Hargrove with multiple showings plus short subjects at Lazette. Iowa offers This Is the Life and Yellow Canary. State presents It Happened Tomorrow and Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman. Palace shows Old Acquaintance and Victory Through Air Power. Rialto features Tarzan's Desert Mystery and Keep Em Slugging. Times screens Swing Shift Maisie and There's Something About a Soldier. Marion presents Destination Tokyo and Follow the Leader with times across the evening.
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Iowa
Rialto
Ramsay: The cautious Scotsman who led invasions at Sicily and Italy
DMS Sir B H Ramsay is the Allied naval commander behind amphibious plans for Sicily and Italy. A retired Royal Navy officer recalled for war, he mobilized the Dunkirk armada that ferried 300,000 men to England. He is meticulous, reserved, and selects subordinates carefully while enforcing strict but fair discipline.
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B. H. Ramsay
Scot
Sicily
Italy
Ramsay
Royal Navy
Dover
Dunkerque
England
Nazi Rabbits Killed On D Day By Allies Invasion
United Press reports a Berlin broadcast claimed 200000 rabbits were raised along the Atlantik wall as a meat reserve and that rabbit farming had become a sport even for generals. The broadcast said the high command would order the bunnies killed on D day to prevent nervous rabbits from triggering mines.
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Berlin
Atlantik Wall
Life Story of Stork Club Boss May Lead Paramount Film
Louella Parsons reports a $100,000 life story deal about Stork Club host Sherman Billingsley to be filmed for Paramount. Ex press agent Richard English will craft the original story portraying Sherman’s New York nightclub rise with music and drama, rivals consider Clark Gable for Billingsley’s role, while other stars and projects circulate at Warners and RKO.
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Richard English
Sherman
New York
Rudy Vallee
Will Hewa Rette Eittan Deas
Hite Tomo
INS
Sherman Billingsley
Theaters to Hold War Bond Premiere At Iowa June 29
Cedar Rapids theater managers plan a war bond premiere for the fifth war loan at the Iowa theater on June 29. Free admission with any denomination war bond purchase, featuring Frank Sinatra's Step Lively with George Murphy and Gloria De Haven. A$100 door prize and an entertainment program are planned with participating theaters listed.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
A. H. Talbot
Iowa Theater
Frank Sinatra
Invasion Fleet Not Afraid of U Boats
United Press reports Allied naval officers no longer fear a German U-boat fleet, estimated at 400 vessels, as invasion ships reach destinations. Counter measures keep submarines a secondary problem though some ships with troops and supplies may still be sunk.
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United Press
Lieved
Baltic
Allies Feints Predicted by Churchill Ahead of Invasion
Supreme Headquarters reports that Allied forces conducted a sequence of feints to mislead German defenses before the invasion. The tactics, foreseen by Prime Minister Churchill, aimed to lull the enemy into false confidence and mask the timing of the decisive strike.
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le Havre
France
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force
Churchill
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