Normandy Front Entering Critical Phase After Beach-Head
Allied beach-head on the Cherbourg peninsula enters its most critical phase with the threat of a protracted struggle. The Germans may counter with limited-scale assaults. weather and supply lines loom as decisive factors in the coming days and weeks.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
Atlantic Wall
Sicily
Gela
Italy
Salerno
Anzio
OPA Sets Price Ceiling on Used Cars Nationwide
The Office of Price Administration fixed price ceilings on all used passenger cars, effective July 10, covering about 6,000 models from 1937 through 1942. Two prices per model apply: "as is" and dealer-guaranteed "warranty" pricing, with ceilings varying by region and a 4 percent cut every six months. Buyers and sellers must file transfer certificates with local ration boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Mississippi River
Iowa
Bowles
May Commandeer Rail Space Amid Invasion Casualties
Defense Transportation Director J Monroe Johnson warned that railroad and bus space may be commandeered without notice due to returning invasion casualties. It marked the sternest government warning yet to non essential civilian travelers.
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Washington
Defense Transportation
J. Monroe Johnson
Aerial Blitz Rolls Again After Layoff
Allied air forces launched a large daytime and nighttime bombing campaign in northern France behind the Normandy front. U S Fortresses and Liberators, aided by R A F bombers, hit rail junctions near Paris and enemy airfields at Flers Rennes Laval Le Mans. Eight German night bombers were lost and some planes were shot down over the Thames estuary amid heavy anti aircraft fire.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
France
R.A.F
Paris
Erwin Rommel
United States
Etampes
Berlin
Flers
Rennes
Laval
le Mans
Thames
RAF Lightning raid targets Ploesti Romanian refinery in Balkans
Fifteenth Air Force crews hit the Romana Americana refinery at Ploesti with P-38 Lightnings, leaving it engulfed in smoke after a long range mission. Bombers also attacked Trieste refinery, Porto Marghera tanks, and rail yards near Trieste during a 500 mile raid involving over 500 Fortresses and Liberators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifteenth Air Force Headquarters
Italy
Balkans
Ploesti
Romania
Messerschmitts
Focke-Wulfs
Fifteenth Air Force
Trieste
Porto Marghera
Venice
Allied Armies Drive North Of Rome In Major Offensive
Allied headquarters Naples report rapid advance with Fifth and Eighth armies pushing German forces from the Adriatic front. Tuscania captured forty miles northwest of Rome as the Fourteenth army withdraws in disarray. Orsonga, Guardiagrele, Mori icone and Arsoli seized in multiple gains. German Tenth army strained to cover flank. heavy losses and prisoners noted. Munich raid targets marshalling yards set afire. 23 Allied planes missing. 34 Nazi planes destroyed.
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Allied
Naples
Tuscania
Rome
Fifth
Eighth
Mari W. Clark
Fourteenth Army
Eighth Army
Tarquinia-Vetralla
Fifth Army
Appennines
Adriatic
Orsonga
Guardiagrele
Moriicone
Arsoli
Giuliano
Clark
Eberhard “von . Mackensen
Drea
Tiber
Viterbo
Hermann Goerlrng
Sicily
Munich
Mediterranean Air Force
Pedestrian Killed When Hit by Car in Cedar Rapids
George C. Johnston, 62, of 218 Eighth Street NE, died at 4 05 a m Saturday from injuries after being struck near First avenue and Eighth Street by Maurice Garnant, 18, route 2 Cedar Rapids. Johnston crossed in front of a city bus as Garnant, driving 30 to 35 mph, could not avoid impact. Johnston had been drinking. Garnant remained at the scene. no charges filed yet.
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George C. Johnston
Eighth Street
Maurice Garnant
Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
T. F. Hersch
Linn County
Johnston
First Avenue E
Garnant
St. Luke's Hospital
Arlo
Sigmundy
Third Street
Bhus
Dwight Krumbholz
Maraquis Childs Dies in obscure comics feature
A brief obituary item notes the death of Maraquis Childs, linked to a comics feature section. It mentions the name Walter Winckel, a radio figure, and references to women’s features and movie notes in the period context.
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Drew Pearson
Walter’ Winckel
Women’s
58 Germans Wiped Out By 3 Yanks in Normandy
Glider pilots report Lt. Robert Campbell of Seattle and two troopers destroyed 58 Germans with grenades and a machine gun, and captured a Nazi command post near Ste Mre Eglise. One trooper was wounded but unhurt, as 27 glider crews landed behind enemy lines during the invasion.
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U S
Ninth Air Force Carrier Base
Robert Campbell
Seattle
Ste. Mere Eglise
Normandy
Sigourney, Ta
Leo Iu
Cordier
East Hartford
Conn
Charles Dobeneck
Jeannette
Montgomery With Troops in France Front Dispatch Says
Allied Supreme Headquarters in London reports General Bernard Montgomery is with his troops in France, delivering a front line dispatch on Saturday describing their advance and movements in the field.
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Montgomery
France
Allied
Supreme “Headquarters
London
St . Bernard le Montgomery
Red Assault Reported on Karelian Isthmus
Finnish agency transmission quoted by DNB says Russia launched a general offensive on the Karelian isthmus north of Leningrad with violent artillery and air attacks. The communique claims small penetrations at several points while Soviet notes report only limited skirmishes in southeast Poland and Romania.
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London
DNB
Karelian
Leningrad
Poland
Romania
Boyington Alive, His Mother Says
Mrs. E. J. Hallenbeck said she was informed Maj. Gregory Boyington, listed as missing, is alive on an island and being hidden by natives until he can safely rejoin his Marine squadron.
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Seattle
E. J. Hallenbeck
Maj
Gregory Boyington
Foe Says Doughboys 15 Miles From Cherbourg In Normandy Tank Clash
Allied reports say U S troops push toward Cherbourg with a 15 mile distance claimed by German sources. American forces strike near Carentan and Isigny as German counterattacks fail to blunt the advance. British Canadian units fight near Caen in the largest tank engagement since the landings as Rommel throws armored divisions from Caen and Bayeux toward the coast.
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Foe
Cherbourg
Caen
Isigny
Carentan
Stockholm
Trevier
Bayeux
Omar Bradley
Russia
Cassino
Berlin
Caen-Bayeux
Supreme Headquarters
Conde Sur Seulles
Ste. Mere Eglise
Caren
Tan
United States
Bloody Cassino
Italy
Ean
Erwin
Rommel
Senate Votes OPA Rule Extension With Carlos
The Senate approved extending the price and wage stabilization act to December 31, 1945 by a 39 to 35 vote, sending the bill to the House. An amendment by Bankhead directed OPA to adjust cotton textile ceilings to raise the market price of raw cotton. Several late changes were added, including a Stewart amendment to adjust ceilings on fruits and vegetables for producers losses, and higher loan rates on six major farm commodities. The move faced administration opposition as inflationary.
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Washington
Senate
House
Bankhead
OPA
Stewart
Thomas
Roosevelt
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Wherr
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North
Boyington
Montebourg
Ninth Air Force
Touffreville
Bradley
Trouville
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