Bitter Fight For Saipan Saipan battle expands as American forces push inland
Saipan remains a focal point of the Pacific war as U S Marines clash with Japanese troops in a major ground assault. Reports indicate heavy mortar and artillery fire, street fighting, and advances toward Charan Kanoa and Carapan. U S carrier airstrikes support the invasion, with losses on both sides and continual updates on troop movements, terrain, and strategic stakes.
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Saipan
Charan Kanoa
Carapan
Central Pacific
Tokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
Japan
United Press
Richard W. Johnster
Nimitz
Bonin
Volcano Islands
Midway
Marianas
Chichi Jima
Haha Jima
Bonins
Iwo Jima
Volcanos
Agingan Point
United States
Johnston
Palumbo Son Confirmed Prisoner of War in Germany
Mr and Mrs John Palumbo of 401 K streetsw received word that their son Sgt Michael Palumbo 27 is a prisoner of war in Germany. The letter dated April 20 states he was captured February 12 at Cassino Italy after serving in Africa and other campaigns.
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Len
John" Palumbo
Michel Palumbo
Arman
Cassino
Italy
Palmbo
War Department
Cedar River Flood Threat Grows in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids faced rising flood danger as the Cedar River reached 11.2 feet by 2:30 p.m. with a three foot rise since Friday. Prairie Creek spilled from its banks, prompting evacuations along Highway 218 between the North Western viaduct and the Prairie Creek bridge. Trains were delayed as creek waters covered tracks but later resumed operations.
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Riverside Park
Burlington Street
Stumptown
Rock Island Viaduct
Cedar Rapids
Eli
Bill Streeter
Cedar River
R. S. Toogood
U. S. Geological Survey
Prairie Creek
North Western Viaduct
North Western
Beverly
Walkout Ends at Superfort Plant in Chicago
CHICAGO UP A walkout of 600 workers at the Dodge Chicago plant of Chrysler ended Saturday as striking employees agreed to return to work while negotiations proceed over a 10 cent hourly wage increase for a tool grinder. The plant produces 2200 horsepower engines for the B 29 Superfortress.
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Chicago
Dodge
Chrysler Corporation
Unclear Index Fragment Skims Comics and Radio Items
Fragmented OCR index mentions Marquis Deadths and Marion DJ teen beans Movies. Notes Drew Pearson and Walter Winchell in rows with radio and sports references. No coherent event or outcome to summarize with precise entities.
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Marquis
So Ates
David Lawrence
Marion
Drew Pearson
Connes State
Walter Winchell
Ssesiedere
Elba Island Invaded by French Forces in WWII
French army detachments landed on Elba from Corsica as Allied units push north through Italy toward Florence Pisa Bologna. DNB reports fierce battles with German garrison. Fifth and Eighth armies seize Grosseto and other key positions while air forces fly over 2,300 sorties.
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Rome
INS
Elba
Napoleon
Corsica
B” Ad
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
DNB
Florence-Pisa-Bologna
de Tassigny
Charles de Gaulle
Algiers
Montpelier
Africa
Fifth
Italy
Grosseto
Piombino
Eighth Army
Terni
Spoleto
Trevi
Fologno
Orvieto
Adriatic
Teramo
Mediterranean Air Force
Thugs Rob Man of 50 Cents but Miss $203 in His Pocket
A man on Sixth Street SW reports that robbers knocked him from behind around 11 PM on Friday night. They took his flashlight and about 50 cents in change, and he says he misplaced $203 that was in an inside coat pocket during the scuffle with attackers near 1134 Twentieth Avenue SW.
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Adolph Zoback
Twentieth Avenue
Sixteenth Avenue
Sixth Street
Police Department
Zobach
Chancey Berryhill Wounded in Action in Allied Invasion
The Navy reports Chancey E Berryhill 44 a baker and navy man wounded in action during the Allied invasion of Europe. Mrs Berryhill, living with her parents, received notification. A World War I veteran from Gladbrook, he previously resided in Cedar Rapids and worked for Pippert Grain and Coal. He will have two years of service next October 21.
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Cedar Rapids
Chancey
Gladbrook
Pippert Grain and Coal Company
U. S. Orders Departure of Finns' Envoy
Washington reports Finland ordered to remove its envoy amid diplomatic tensions over anti U S activities. Procope and core staff to depart. only two staffers may stay. passport seizure followed Finland's war debt payment. State Department cites inimical actions but denies severing relations. guarded homes, disconnections, and limits on contact described.
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Washington
Finland
Russia
United States
Hjalmar J. Procope
Procope
Leg
State Department
Department
Legation
Edmund Gullion
Helsinki
Chinese Forces Capture Kamaing in North Burma Base
Chinese forces reportedly captured Kamaing, a principal Japanese supply base in north Burma, as Southeast Asian Command announced on Saturday. The report notes the position as a base for Japanese operations and highlights ongoing Allied efforts in the theater.
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Kandy
Ceylon
INS
Kamaing
Burma
Asian Command
Linn County War Bond Drive Faces Slow Start
Linn county war bond investments lag in the first week of the fifth war loan drive. Iowa Manufacturing workers surpassed their 120000 quota while Harmony lodge union stewards aided the effort. Statewide total sales reach 202000000 with Linn under one tenth of its 1002500000 goal. Wapello reports 21225 in bonds. Clermont township exceeds goal. Chairman Clark urges early attainment.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Iowa
Harmony Lodge No. 831 Machinists Union
Linn
Vernon L. Clark
Iowa War Finance Committee
Beach-head Is Secure Gen Bradley Declares
General Omar N. Bradley announced that American forces in Normandy had opened the western front with 3,283 killed and 12,600 wounded in the first 11 days. He praised doughboys and parachute troops, said the beach head was absolutely secure, and noted 8,500 Germans captured.
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France
Normandy
Omar N. Bradley
Bradley
Missourian
Carentan
Seventh Corps
Cherbourg
Fifth Corps
Channel Islands
Brittany
Robot Planes Still at It on Lesser Scale
Britain answered Germanys rocket bombers with a limited RAF counter offensive over Pas de Calais and a second night of pilotless plane attacks on southern England. The Nazi claim of heavy devastation was tempered by British reports of lighter damage and swift counter measures.
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London
Britain
Germany
Royal Air Force
Continent
Pas de Calais
England
Berlin
R.A.F
Home
Herbert Morrison
Truck Strike Set for July 1 Across Midwest
More than 20 000 over the road truck drivers in eight midwestern states will strike July 1 the central states drivers council of the AFL Teamsters union announced. The date follows a overwhelming ballot support for a walkout last weekend. The action could affect 250 000 drivers and begin in Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Missouri the Dakotas Nebraska and Kansas with about 20 000 more in Illinois Indiana Ohio and Michigan impacted within a week. The strike targets noncompliant operators after a War Labor Board 12 percent wage increase order. If the order is not followed the strike may reroute or halt shipments through the region. Cedar Rapids Local 238 members are affected.
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Chicago
Central States
Lewis
War Labor Board
Midwest
Operators’ Association
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Yanks Shell Last Enemy Escape Line
Allied forces near Cherbourg and St Sauveur le Vicomte push to sever German escape routes on the Cherbourg peninsula. Brigades report advancing toward La Haye du Puits and Montebourg as they repulse counterattacks. Weather hampers operations and unloading while Bradley reorganizes forces.
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Normandy
HDQ
A.E.F
Cherbourg
United States
Cape
Carentan
la Haye du Puits
St. Sauveur le Vicomte
Montebourg
Sevastopol
Crimea
Troarn
Caen
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Pearl Harbor
Guadalcanal
Frank Young
Riverside
United States Geological Survey
Waverly
Toogood
Michael” Palumbo
Cedar Rapids News
Superfort Plant
Elba Island
Chancey Berryhill
Bereyrill
Signal Corps
George
King George VI of
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
U. S
Linn Bond
Warloan
Clermont and
Clermont Township
J. M. Brorley
J. F. Miller
J. A. Erickson
Wapello
Gen
Barfleus
Vaast
Eglise
Seine
St. Sauveur Je Vicomte
Douve
Erwin Rommel
Breville
Escoville
Caenes
Head
Supreme Headquarters
Omar ‘N. Bradley
Amer
Ican
St. Sauveur
Paris
Henry T. Gorrell
United Press “War
Caumont
Tilly-sur-Seulles
Allied ‘Naval’ Command
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