Allied Air Blitz Over Boulogne and Western France
Allied heavy bombers and four engine fighter escorts raided Boulogne and Cherbourg peninsulas and rail hubs as part of a large offensive in western France. RAF Mosquitos attacked Bertin and Valogny areas while strikes damaged bridges fuel depots and communications near Chartres Caen and St Lo.
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Boufem
St le Hevre
Valand Leng
Chatellerault
Allied
France
Bertin
Supreme Head
Normany
Valogney
Chesbourg Peninsula
Laane
Enem
Britain
Chartres
Parla Aresle
Wie Dy
Caen
St. Lotalmerican
World War II Fronts Report Amid Global Battles
The World Today details heavy Allied air raids on Japan near Tokyo and island assaults near the Bonins, while Allied forces push toward vital western ports and German defenses crumble in Normandy. Red Army continues pressure on Finland and Viipuri amid shifting fronts.
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Japan
Yawata
Ieland
Navy
Bonin Islands
Tokyo
Wast
Tateere
Peninsula
Britain
Ngain
Normandy
Red Army
Manserhoum
Finland
Tarnl
Rome
Siaeen
Martens
War Bond Night Baseball Game At Wiregrass Memorial
Tonight Napier Field Gruffies meet Camp Rucker at Wiregrass Memorial Stadium with no gate admission except bond purchases. Fifth War Loan drive officials hope large turnout boosts bond sales as Ed Welle and Arthur D Uewery state current policy admits anyone who has bought bonds this week or will buy at the gate.
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Napier Field Gruffies
Camp Rucker
Wiregrass Memorial Stadium
At & O'Clock
Ed Welle
Arthur D. Uewery
Cochairmen
Baseball Game Committee
Uncle Sam
Two B 4s Logos On Rising Sun WaSHington War News
In a bold air raid the United States struck Japan with a large bomber task force targeting industrial sites on Kyushu. The first stage of a new era in strategic bombing produced scattered wreckage and one plane reported lost though its crew were saved. Details on total aircraft involved were not released as reports described a sizable force conducting the operation from bases in Western China.
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Washington
Reia
Yawats
Kyushu
Clyde A Farnsworth
Preen
Bupar
China
Chinese Hold On Changsha As Japanese Advance Stalls
American bombers hit Yangtze freighters near Shanghai and sank one while damaging another off Hong Kong as Chinese forces defend Changsha. China reports Japanese crossings threaten the garrison with a possible eastern escape via the Siang. Lingpas recaptured near Tungkawan while battles heat up along the Lunghi line and Burma road towns see renewed Soviet-style pressure.
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Spencer Hoosa Chungking
Yangtze
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Joseph W. Stillwell
1Éth
Changshe
Wuchang
Yangtse
Hankow
Yellow River
Changwha
Liuyang
Siang
Changsha Ying
Lunghi
Henan
Lingpas
Tungkawan
Yunnan
Burma
Lungling
Hilangts
Mannerheim Line Fails To Halt Russians Advance
Moscow dispatch reports the Red Army breached Finland's New Mannerheim Line near Viipuri. Soviet tanks, artillery, and infantry crossed gaps in the fortification, with trenches and dugouts behind the wall. Red Star cites major breakthrough near Kuuterselkae and rapid Soviet advance along two highways toward Viipuri.
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Eddy Gilhore
Moscow
Red Army
Finland
Mannerheim Line
Viipuri
Red Star
Mannerheim
Konstantin Shvnkov
Finnish Gulf
Leonid A. Govorov
Registered Boy Scout Camp Nearly Full for Four Weeks
Reservations for Camp Rotary show three of four weeks filled to capacity with only the fourth week having vacancies. New cabins to house ten Scouts each replace older ones. Improvements include a swimming pool, drainage system, and a water tower to be completed by Friday, June 3, with opening date set. Six scouts hold leadership roles in camp operations.
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Rotary
Officiel
Roy C. Hill Elected Association Officer
Alt, clerk of the Circuit Court of Houston County, has been elected vice president of the Alabama Association of Circuit Court Clerks and Registers. The announcement followed a meeting held last night in Birmingham on the opening day of a two day convention. The association named The C. Bed, Cherokee County Clerk, as 2 Gant of the association.
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Roy ©. Alt
Houston County
Alabama Association of Circuit Court Clerks and Registers
Birmingham
Thee C. Bed
Cherokee County
Tha
Pilotless Planes Strike Southern Britain During Invasion Response
London AP dispatch reports Fremespit ing pilotless planes struck southern England and Greater London in a German secret weapon reaction to the France invasion. The self destroying craft exploded near targets, causing deaths and damage as anti air defenses fired. The German message boasted of new weapons and heavy explosives while Britain urged civilians to avoid the piloted altnernate.
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Lewis Mawkings
London
England
Richt
France
Greater London
High Command
Ministry of Home Security
Soldiers tied to passing spurious currency scheme
Civilian and military authorities investigated a ring of soldiers from Camp Rucker who passed fake currency at juke joints. Four counterfeit bills have been recovered, with one soldier in custody and reliable sources estimating at least four more involved. The notes, made from ten and one dollar bills, are split by soaking and reassembling so one side shows a ten while the other hides a dollar, fooling victims who check only one side.
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Evdy Brown
Camp Rucker
Tan
Forthern
Sheriff's Office
Poth
Fire Chief Granted Leave of Absence
Commissioner Clyde T. Coe announced that Fire Chief J. K. Ziglar was granted a six month leave of absence for ill health. Assistant Fire Chief Jay Johnson Kegbe will serve as acting chief, with further changes contemplated for the interim period.
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Clyde T. Coe
J. K. Ziglar
Coe
Jay Johnson Kegbe
Allied drive nears Cherbourg as Saipan gains noted
Supreme Headquarters reports Allied advance on Cherbourg peninsula tightening the noose on German forces. American columns push toward critical road junctions near Belignaville and St Sauveur while another unit presses from Ste. Mare Eglise toward Le Baye Du Pulis, threatening multiple exit roads to Cherbourg port. The German communiqué claims Allied gains elsewhere but concedes west and north pressures.
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Allied Expeditionary Force AP
Alrlaa
Cherbourg
Supreme Headquarters
Ste. Mare Egiise
Omar N. Brediey
Belgnaville
St Sauveur Road
le Baye du Pulis
Paninaula
Carentan
Ste. Mere Egine
Inaville
Tern
Yanks Break Ocean Front Invasion At Saipan
American forces press the Saipan assault in the Marianas as 2 500 miles from Tokyo they land with experienced fleet support.Battleships and carrier planes cover beachheads amid stiff Japanese resistance advancing inland toward Garapan and agingan point as Nimitz reports strong progress and organized defense near the main town.
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Quantereptarl Harbor
Tokyo
Saipan
Marianas
Japan
Saipen
Pearl Harbor
Agingan Poist
Suger Mit
Wasity
Charan-Kanca
Garipan
Tin
Dewey Favored For 12 Of 14 Alabama GOP Delegates
Alabama Republicans report 12 of 14 delegates likely to back Dewey at Chicago, with 13 possible. J W Daughtry, Third District delegate, says he remains pledged to Dewey and Warren, while a Texas Democrat proposes a Democrat Republican coalition to deny the New Deal.
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Alabama
Chicago
Dewey
J. W. Daughtry
Third
Congressional
Daughtry
Thomas F. Yewey
New York
Forr Warren
California
Texas
J .E. McDonald
Agriculture
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolna
Georgia
Florida
Tennesse
Mississippi
Louisiana
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Texan
Byrd- Bricker
Bricker - Byrd
New England
McDonald
Damage Suit Brought Against Coast Line
A suit for 16000 was filed by Charles Paw of Dothan against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad for injuries alleged in October 1942 when Faulk a yard worker in Dothan, stopped a switch train per instruction from Albert Roulee, causing permanent injury to his left leg. The plaintiff seeks 10000 on each of two counts.
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Charles 7. Paw
Dothan
Arexantic Coast
Faulk Wen
Apd
Faulk
Albert Roulee
Yourk
Allies Sweep Across Italy In Wide Front Advance
Allied forces push from the Adriatic toward the Tyrrhenian coast, with units advancing up to 25 miles in 24 hours. The Eighth Army seizes Terni and Nera while advancing toward Romes surroundings, as Fifth Army probes Lake Bolsena area and pushes toward Orvieto and Grosseto amid sparse enemy resistance.
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Rome
Adriatic
Aeg
W Ling
Pisa
Florence
Rimini
Lake Bolsenane
Cepeanee
Orbeteils
Masse Martane
Ternl
Highth
Ficulle
Orvisto
Tokyo Denies Damage Great In Yank Raid
Tokyo denies major damage from a U S air raid as B 29 Superfortresses reportedly raided Japan from China via the India theater. Tokyo radio called the reports unconfirmed and questioned the extent of damage while German broadcasts cited Tokyo headquarters claiming no enemy aircraft casualties.
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Tokyo
Washington
Japan
Tokyo Imperial
Rustling Of Cattle Reported In Houston
Sheriff reports cattle theft in Houston County first in years. W. L. Johnson of near Memphis Church identified two stolen animals a white faced Hereford bull and a dun milch cow. Tracks led to Memphis Church where the pair were loaded onto a truck and driven away while the farmer tended tomatoes. Investigation tied to local farm thefts.
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Houston County
BG. Farmer
W. L. Johnson
Memphis
Johnson
Hig Farm
Ashford Market Report On Tomato Sales
Howton County growers sold 2107 crates of graded tomatoes at Ashford market under the Houston County Producers Association since June 6. Ling reports the market has a price of 3.75 per lug, with a single refrigerator carload to a Chicago broker and additional odd sales earning $115 plus baskets. Ling notes farmers are kept posted on prices and extension agents assist with grading and packing. The market opening is a farmer demonstration of prospects for truck crops.
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Howton County
Ashford
Houston County Producers Association
C. WM Ling
Chicago
Truckara
John Bagby
State Extension Service
Mmer
Solons Ponder Quintupled Campaign Charm
Washington lawmakers, facing elections, consider a plan to appear in five theaters at once using a single $200 film shot by Business Films. The idea is to boost personal appeal by multi-site screenings across their home districts.
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George Zielke Washington
Washington
Yawata blast hits Japanese steel works in western China raid
American E-Strike battering ram, led by Brig. Gen. Kenneth B. Wolfe, hit the Imperial Iron and Steel Works at Yawata in northern Kyushu, reportedly knocking out about 20 percent of Japan's steel production. The raid involved two B-29 bombers and aimed to cripple wartime industry as Tojo warned of a surprise attack.
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Fasneworth U
China
Japan
Yeaturday
Yawats
Fatteburgh
Imperial Iron and Steel Works
Yewats
Kyushu
Kenneth B. Wolfe
Imperial Works
Attasi
Ith
Bomber Command
War Department
Washington
Hisoki Tojo
Wolfe
Headland Plans Giant Band Rally Rally at Camp Rucker Band Concert
Headland will host a large band rally Saturday starting at 1 PM featuring a military band from Camp Rucker. Local talks by service men on furlough will accompany the event with auctioneer J Albert Lagwa of Dothan handling bond auctions. Prizes range from 1 to 96 dollars for bond purchasers.
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Headland
Camp Rucker
J. Albert Lagwa
Dothan
G. D. Halstead
Weadland Gttar
Wey
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Batty Ron Evane
Edwin Bitz
Norma Jos
Alfred Sajlba
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Charles Skeen
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