Jap Fleet Comes Out for Battle In Cherbourg Assault
Supreme Headquarters reports U S units and tanks broke through Cherbourg defense belts. American forces reach within three and a half miles of the port as they push along a broad front from the southwest southeast and south. The advance includes Montebourg and Valognes as rail key falls to Allied control.
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Supreme Headquarters
AEF
HMS
U. S
Cherbourg
U.S. 9Th Division
Juergen von Arnim
Tfamsin
Cap Bon
St Martin le Grand
St. Martin
Bil
U. 5
Express
Montembourg
Valognes
Reuter
Rail Key
Cher
Nimitz Signals Possible Major Naval Battle Near Marianas
Admiral Nimitz hinted a great duel may be raging between Japanese fleet and U S forces near the Marianas as American troops advance 1500 miles from Tokyo. He said the Japanese could have damaged ships and that the battle could be under way, noting Tokyo radio reports of a large naval engagement forming.
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Nimitz
Marianas
Pearl Harbor
Ayal Aramada
Philippines
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Tokyo
Japan
Senate Votes To Fund FEPC Despite Southern Opposition
The Senate rejected a bid to kill the Presidents Fair Employment Practices Committee by a 39 to 21 roll call. An appropriation of $500,000 within a $1.03 billion war agencies bill was approved, with 18 Republicans and 23 Democrats siding to override objections.
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Washington
United States
Senate
FEPC
Johnson
Colorado
Sen
Pepper
Florida
Deep South
Roosevelt
Allies Push Nazi Forces Across Italy and Elba
In Italy and on Elba, Allied troops under Lt Gen Mark W. Clark push the German 14th army toward a Pisa Florence Rimini line while French colonial troops hold Elba after surrender of Porto Longone. About 41 960 German prisoners taken. Elba battles end with limited damage to landmarks.
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Rome
Elba
Pisa-Florence-Rimini
Italy
Perugia
Mark W. Clark
Florence
Offi Porto Longone
Napoleon
Wallace Takes Gifts to China on China Visit
Vice President Wallace carried almost 100 packages as gifts to China, including grass seeds, MacDowell score, library science books, medical firm items, machine shop tools, and refrigerator data. Each package bore a note stating contents are sent under cultural relations programs as evidence of ongoing cultural exchanges between the United States and China.
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Wallace
Washington
Wich
China
MacDowell
State Department
Department of State
United States
West Virginia Reaches One Fifth of E Bond Quota
West Virginia has sold about 4,722,808 in E bonds as the fifth war loan opened June 12, with individuals totaling over 7,000,300 in all war issues. State leaders announce plans for an LCT-801 naval landing craft cruise up the Kanawha and Ohio rivers starting June 26 and are arranging a Charleston bond rally. Local block readers report 72,025 in E bond sales in their areas as part of the drive.
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West Virginia
War Finance
Federal Reserve
Richmond
Cleveland
Kanawha
Ohio
Charleston
Chaittmen
August Alcohol Output Earmarked for Liquor
Washington June 20 WPB Chairman Donald M. Nelson said liquor distillers may resume beverage alcohol production in August for the first time since October 1942. Production would shift back to war needs in September as rubber and petroleum programs reduce alcohol demand. Nelson cited rubber plan progress and lowered 1944 demands, projecting an overall national alcohol balance with moves toward meeting war needs.
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Washington
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
Senate
Rubbry
Bradley Dewey
Governor Says He Wants Best for West Virginia University
Gov Neely restates board control of Lawall succession at West Virginia University as a 12 hour session ends. He praises other college heads like John Davis Williams of Marshall College. Lawall faces removal with options to lead the School of Mines or take an engineering professorship. salaries differ across positions. Dean Davis is demoted to engineering professorship effective Aug 31 as board outlines postwar expansion plans.
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Charles E. Lawall
West Virginia University
Board of Governors
Neely
Particlar
John Davis Williams
M Shall ‘College
Huntington
Lawall
Eollent
Lawal
School of Mines
College of Engineering
A. P. Davis
Va May Return To Old Whisky Allowance
War Production Board action authorizing, disasters to resume whisky manufacture during August will ease West Virginia shortages but not end rationing. Distillers’ allotments, transport and distillery revisions affect timing, with a return to one quart per month likely, possibly by October. West Virginians now receive one quart every six weeks.
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War Production Board
West Virginia
State Liquor Control Commission
West
Massive Allied Air Blitz Targets German Oil Plants and Rocket Sites
In a record daylong assault, over 2,000 Allied heavy bombers attacked 12 German oil plants and Pas-de-Calais rocket launch ramps. About 800 more bombers struck later, with 3,000+ aircraft dropping 4,000 to 4,500 tons of explosives across France and German defenses.
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London
United States
Hitler
Europe
France
Pas-de-Calais
Germany
Poland
Britain
RAF
Ba Calais
Elveic
Calais
Abbeville
21 U.S. Bombers Crash in Sweden
In Stockholm a day of Luftwaffe attacks sees 21 American heavy bombers forced to land or crash in neutral Sweden. About 18 percent of crewmen survived, with many wounded, and the influx sharpens tensions over treatment of crippled aircraft under wartime neutrality. The U.S. pressed Sweden to permit safe refuge under Geneva rules, but Sweden refused to establish a new international law principle during wartime.
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Robert N. Sturdey
Stockholm
United States
Sweden
Gomi
Gereman
Inudir
Changsha Falls After Five Years as Japanese Advance
Changsha, capital of Hunan, fell to Japanese forces after a protracted siege. The Chinese high command said about 50,000 Japanese troops, with artillery and air power, overwhelmed urban defenses. The loss marks a strategic setback as Japan moves toward Hengyang and potential rail disruption.
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China
Chungking
Changsha
Hunan
Chinera
Hankow-Canton Orashway
Changling
Hengyang
Siang
U. 5
Henan Provines
Azn
Kurs
Japan Admits Losses Off Saipan in Marianas
Tokyo radio claimed heavy losses of ships and planes off Saipan in the Marianas in a domestic version quoted by the FCC. An American broadcast toned down the statement to say the side suffered some damage in vessels and aircraft.
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Japan
Mariana Islands
New York
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Saipan
Marianas
FCC
Navy commander cites uncertain enemy moves as battle looms
Admiral Nimitz warned that Japanese feet movements are unpredictable and stated he cannot control them. He hinted that enemy surface units may already have suffered damage, from naval forces or carrier planes, signaling early battle stages.
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Nimitz
Americans Capture Two Biak Dromes in New Guinea
Allied forces report the seizure of Baorokoe and Sorido airfields on Biak island, completing control of airstrips in the Schouten group. Mokmer had fallen earlier. a fourth drome on Owl island is now in American hands, bringing the Sth Air Force within 880 miles of the Philippines.
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New Guinea
Baorokoe
Sorido
Biak Island
Schouten Islands
Corido
Mokmer
Sth
Philippines
Owl Island
Blak
Churchill Reveals 1940 Nazi Invasion Was Nipped
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that a 1940 German invasion attempt was prevented by heavy Allied concentrations and air power. He said no seaborne crossing occurred and much of the fleet was destroyed. Attlee’s prior statement was largely upheld.
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Churchill
London
Churchill Partialy
House of
Seat
Clement Attlee
Jaid
Roaryell
Royal Air Force
Vyvyanadama
Attlee
Finland Ready To Quit War Amid Finnish Cabinet Shuffle
Stockholm reports Germany pressures Helsinki to block a peace cabinet as Russian victories, including Viipuri, reshape the war. A Finnish source says Mannerheim initiated talks on a new government to pursue peace while a radio dispatch notes shifting Finnish strategy after the loss of key Karelian isthmus defenses.
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Stockholm
Helsinki
Dagens Nyheter
Viipuri
Pinland
CBS
Finland
Carl Gustav Mannerhelm
Karelian
Viipuri Falls to Red Army in Finland Campaign
London reports Soviet forces seized Viipuri, Finland’s second largest city and key fortress, after an 11 day offensive that pushed 60 miles toward collapse. Moscow says the fortress fell by assault as Stalin honors famed commanders and fleets 20 gun salvos.
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London
Stalin
Red Army
Finland
Viipuri
Leningrad
Leonid A. Gavorov
Moscow
Red
Mannerheim
Viipu
Govorov
Helsinki
Stockholm
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