Reds Break Through on an 18 Mile Front Near Vitebsk
London and AP report the Red army has launched a major offensive northwest and southwest of Vitebsk in White Russia. Moscow said the breakthrough touched an 18 mile front with depths up to nine miles as German sources claim a broad drive from Mogilev to Vitebsk plus attacks near Tarpol and Lwow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Red Army
Vitebsk
White Russia
Moscow
Hitler
Russia
Berlin
Pripyat
Warsaw
France
Italy
Mogilev
Tarnopol
Lwow
Poland
Ernst von Hammer
International Information Bureau
DNB
Transocean
High Command
von Hammer
Normandy
Mogilev-Vitebsk
Baltic States
Riga
Finland
I .U
Black Sea
Baltic
St. Pierre Eglise
Carneville
Twenty-first Army Group
St. Vaast la Hougue
Beaumont
Hague
Alderney
Channel Isles
Insurance Ruling Vetoed by House
A House vote of 283 to 54 exempted the $37 billion U S insurance business from the Sherman antitrust act in response to a Supreme Court ruling that treated insurers as interstate commerce. The Senate panel delayed action until after the summer recess as states retain control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
House
Iowa
High Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ruth Roosevelt Marries Lt Col H T Eidee in Texas
Ruth Googins Roosevelt of Fort Worth, former wife of Col. Elliott Roosevelt, wed Lt Col H T Eidee at St Andrew's Episcopal Church in Fort Worth. The ceremony linked the Roosevelt family name with military officer Sch. General hospital Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
Ruth Googins Roosevelt
Elliott Roosevelt
St. Andrew's Episcopal
Hurch
H. T. Eidee
General Hospital
40 Percent of County Bond Quota Raised
Cedar Rapids reports 40 percent of the county bond quota raised as residents support the public funding measure. Local officials urge continued donations to reach the target before the deadline.
Linn County War Loan drive shows strong sales pace
Linn County reports about 40 percent of its 10 025 000 quota in the fifth war loan drive after a 680 447 daily total and a countywide win in pledges. Scouts canvass households to boost Series E and overall bonds with early yields from No 1 troop Jim Maloney and Cub Pack 12 on the west side leading pledges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
War Finance Committee
Boy Scouts
Sea Scouts
Cub Scouts
West Side
Jim Maloney
Troop 29
John Bormann
Shelby County Tops State in War Bond Subscriptions
Shelby County led 99 counties with 60 percent of its fifth war loan quota subscribed as of June 21, per the state war finance committee. The county aims for 908000, with 581200 in E bonds. subscriptions reached 544698, including 61650 in E bonds, against a state quota of 202000000 with 74000000 in E bonds.
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Des Moines
Shelby County
State War Finance Committee
Shelby
Task Force 58 Emerges as Pacific War’s Mobile Air Arm
Washington reports nearly 100 American carriers in the Pacific and unveils Task Force 58 a mobile strategic air force able to launch over 1,000 planes. Commanded by Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher the force backed landings in Gilbert and Marshall islands Hollandia and the Marianas and shot down 353 enemy aircraft off Saipan in a major battle.
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Washington
Pacific
Navy
Japan
U. S
Marc A. Mitscher
Philippines
Task Force 58
Gilbert and Marshall Islands
Eniwetok
Douglas MacArthur
Hollandia
New Guinea
Truk
Palau
Yap
Woleai
Marianas
Marcus
Wake Islands
Volcano
Bonin Islands
Pacific Ocean
Saipan
Government grants rail space for wounded service members
Washington report states that the Office of Defense Transportation and the Interstate Commerce Commission issued an order to prioritize wounded army navy and marine personnel on rail lines. Railroads must cancel civilian reservations and evacuate civilians if needed to provide space, and may divert facilities cancel passenger service or refuse civilian boarding. The order takes effect June 27.
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Washington
INS
Navy
Office of Defense Transportation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Body of Heil Found in Cedar River
The body of William Heil a 62 year old Cedar Rapids man who disappeared June 16 was found floating in the Cedar River near Stumptown and Prairie Creek. Heil employed by Quaker Oats for 31 years and survived by a daughter two sisters and two brothers. services were set for 4 p.m. Friday at Janeba funeral home with burial in Linwood cemetery.
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William Heil
Third Street
Cedar River
Z.C
Ray Alis
Louis Louvar
John Stodola
Clarence (Baldy) Wilson
Heil
Cedar Rapids
Frank
Rose
Leona K. Heil
Catherine Heil
Josephine Reeder
Chicago
George
Harry
Loyal Order of the Moose and the Foresters
Janeba Funeral Home
Grant Anderson
Linwood Cemetery
Robot Bombs Slowed but Noted as Ineffective Threat
London reports show a second week of German robot bombardment with larger, faster bombs causing limited damage. Home Secretary Herbert Morrison rejects claims of decisive chaos, saying services remain barely affected while milk yields decline as dairy cows react to the raids.
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London
England
Home
Herbert Morrison
Hitler
Morrison
Commons
House
Berlin
Britain
Hickenlooper Chairs Agriculture Subcommittee Appointment
Sen Taft named Gov Bourke B Hickenlooper of Iowa to lead the agriculture subcommittee at the Republican convention. He urged platform drafters to ensure farmers gain economic equality with business and labor and to base future farm programs on abundance rather than scarcity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Gov. Bourke
B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Witness Tells Of Defeat of Japan's Fleet
A detailed account by William L. Worden on U S Fifth Fleet tactics that routed the Japanese grand fleet east of the Philippines without a ship lost. Allied air power felled hundreds of enemy planes in two phases near Guam and Rota with heavy Japanese losses and at least one carrier damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Philippines
U. S. Fifth Fleet
Grand Fleet
Philippine Islands
Guam
Chester Nimitz
Worden
Marianas Islands
Saipan
Linn County Sales to Date Exceed Bond Quotas
The report notes the Eagle district or entity labeled E shows bond quotas of 2 860 800 and tallies Linn County sales to date, highlighting progress toward fiscal targets.
Yanks Break German Defenses at Cherbourg Front
Allied forces drive into Cherbourg defenses with bayonet charge and smoke, advancing about 1,800 yards overnight. Troops capture one of three Cherbourg defense peaks near Tourlaville while fighting rages at the city gates.
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HDQ
London
Cherbourg
Tourlaville
France
United Press
Henry T. Gorrell
Omar N. Bradley
Floremanville-Jague
Mont du Roc
Les Andres
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Pont L'Abbe
Harry Harris
Associated Press
Reds
Cedar Rapids News
Scout
Keith Benner
Ohare
Sandor 5
Klein
Cedar
CAB_DE
LA Hague
leAuderville
Realy
Quettehou
Orélette
Les
Carteret
Creane
Coutainville
Lessay
Erst Vaast’ A Eglise de
Grenneville
Quineville
St. Marc
Egle
Pont Heber
Matigny
I Coutances
Normand
William. L. Worden
Combined
American Press
William Worden
Raymond Ames Spruance
Spruance
Rota
New York
NBC
Brazzaville
Gorrell
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