Normandy battles test German defenses and Allied resolve
The writer argues German coastal defenses were not as strong as claimed while inland resistance could slow but not stop the Allied advance. Roosevelt plans to meet Gen. Charles de Gaulle to shape post invasion governance in liberated France, with De Gaulle as the key anti Axis leader.
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Normandy
France
Europe
Roosevelt
Charles de Gaulle
Washington
de Gaullist
de Gaulle
Courage of Doughboys Broke Wall
Don Whitehead reports from France on D day style landing as American troops breach Hitler's fortress in fierce beachhead fighting. Engineers rush roads and supplies ashore amid German 88mm guns and fortified blocks while prisoners capture reveals dismal war corners.
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France
Tunisia
Sicily
Italy
Hitler
Allied gains in Italy push north near Rome and Adriatic
Allied forces shattered the enemy line on the Adriatic and advanced along the Italian front. Viterbo Tarquinia and Vetralla were captured as Fifth and Eighth armies pushed north from Rome toward Bracciano and Lake Vico, with prisoners from the Twentieth Luftwaffe Field Division among those taken.
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Rome
Adriatic
Fifth Army
Mark W. Clark
Bracciano
Caprarola
Lake di Vico
Viterbo
Lake Bracciano
Luftwaffe
Italy
Denmark
Hermann Goering
Crecchio
Eighth Army
Tollo
Chieti
Bi“ano
Sutri
Cabaret tax cut faces mixed reaction in wartime economy
Congress trimmed the cabaret tax from 30 to 20 percent amid wartime strain though critics argue it targets spending at night venues while soldiers sacrifice. Proponents say spending tax dollars on entertainment rather than essential goods benefits the federal treasury. service members are taxed to prevent open door for uniformed attendees.
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Congress
Federal Treasury
War time parking policy fades and flood damage grows
The piece warns that curtailment of automobile traffic during the war has paused parking solutions and that a rushed fix could appear after hostilities end. It notes a reader predicting a sharp parking crisis and urges orderly planning to handle renewed demand. It also reports central Iowa flood damage has turned thousands of acres into marshes and disrupted productive land.
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Iowa
Allied command warns fishermen to halt Atlantic catches
London AP reports the Allied command on Brazzaville radio urged Norwegian Danish Belgian Dutch and French fishermen to stop fishing the Atlantic zones from June 8 at 9 p.m. to June 15 at 9 p.m. to avoid hampering operations. Land crews should remain ashore and sea crews must return to port.
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London
Allied Command
Brazzaville
Atlantic
Norway
Denmark
Belgium
Holland
France
Berlin Hints Fall Of Vichy Regime
NBC said Berlin radio signals a potential collapse of the Vichy government as Berlin broadcasts suggest the people's national government would take over if the French authorities fail to act. The report cites a Berlin broadcast stating readiness to assume power.
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Berlin
New York
NBC
Fighting First and Northumbrians Lead Normandy Invasion
Two storied divisions the U S Fighting First and Britain's Northumbrian division push across Normandy joining forces against German lines. The First is now an all American unit under Lt General Omar Bradley aiming to match World War I exploits and achieve a decisive breakthrough.
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London
First
Britain
French
Normandy
United States Army
Eighth Army
North
Africa
Sicily
France
England
Omar Bradley
Missing in action: Sgt Paul R Clark over Germany
Staff Sgt Paul R Clark 21 a radio operator and aerial gunner on a Flying Fortress is missing in action over Germany as of May 27 per war department notice to his wife Mrs Catherine E Clark 1724 B avenue NE He enlisted Jan 18 1943 trained at St Petersburg Fla and served since mid March He is son of Mr and Mrs Arthur D Clark of Sioux City Ia
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Paul R. Clark
Germany
War Department
Catherine E. Clark
Avenue
McKinley High
Sch
Clark
Army Air Corps
St. Petersburg
Fla
Arthur D. Clark
Sioux City
Incomplete D Eighth Air Force wartime record fragment
London dispatch notes the eighth day of Allied invasion of northern France with early report on air operations and movements. The brief item cites ongoing bombardment and aerial activity from Eighth Air Force as Allied forces push inland.
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London
France
Bradley in France Directing Offensive
Lt General Omar Bradley directs the U S Army in France leading the Allied offensive against German forces. The Doughboy leader coordinates armored and infantry attacks shaping operations across key sectors of the front near multiple French towns and enemy positions.
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Bradley
France
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Type
Omar Pele Arr
Leege
Pubias Suse
First Landing Strip Is Built by Ninth Air Force Engineers
United States Ninth Air Force engineers established the first American emergency landing strip in France on D day. They moved heavy equipment under German fire and laid the strip by sundown the first day, after wading ashore through water and shellfire. The same unit helped build airfields in Britain to support mounting air operations.
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9Th Air Force
France
United States
Ninth Air Force
Britain
Eee
Naval equipment destroyed in San Pedro blaze
A two story frame building and hundreds of thousands of dollars in naval equipment were damaged in a Thursday fire at an out fitting dock in San Pedro California.
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San Pedro
Calif
INS
Allies Press Drive into Cherbourg Front Across Normandy
Allied armored forces push west through Normany meeting fierce German counter attacks. The push cuts the Cherbourg rail and highway lifelines as American units seize Ste. Mere Eglise and Formigny, with Bayeux and Carentan areas under advance and Canadian and British infantry helping seal the beachhead. Over 1,600 to 2,400 German prisoners taken as the battle widens.
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
Norman Peninsula
Cherbourg
Ste. Mere Eglise
Supreme Headquarters
Normancy
Formigny
Caen
Carertan
Bayeux
Cher
St. Lo
Cherbourg - Carentan
Carentan
Bernieres-sur-Mer
Orne
Bernieres
Berlin
Caren Caen
Bayeux and
Additi
John
Yanks Bomber Munich Area In New Pincers Attack
United States heavy bombers 500 to 750 strong struck southern Germany in the Munich area Friday in a coordinated pincers assault with blows on German positions in France from the west. The raid formed part of a broader effort to cripple Nazi war capacity.
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Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
United States
Munich
Germany
France
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