Yankees Down 300 Planes for Saipan In Biggest Yeath Since Midway
A chaotic AP report mocks up a wartime banner about Allied fighters fending off German and Japanese threats. It describes rocket and pilotless bomb events, air defense efforts, and German and British reactions to new weaponry amid heightened combat near Pas de Calais and beyond with mixed, unclear details.
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Yankees
Saipan
Fisdssecified Press
Fermana
Deltis Air Ministry
Boeken
Pe Puier
Pas de Calaisis
Tom Dey
Ae Gon
Wweanie
Scotland
Brithwell
Air Ministry
Egland
London
Germany
Lom
Europe
England
Mila
Berlin
Dr. Scharping
Britain
Pas-De-Ce
Planta
Emmerichson
Sky
Hannover
Hamburg
Magdeburg
Pollet
Brunswick
Stockholm
Malmo
Pes-De- Calais
Politz
Land Fighting Sail On Pacific Isle As Gains Made
US Pacific Fleet reports heavy fighting on Saipan with land and sea forces expanding the foothold. Marines and Army troops advance toward Magicienne Bay while Sea Bees prepare the newly captured airstrip on the island south coast. American carriers and warships claim about 300 Japanese planes destroyed in the battle, the largest air clash since Midway, as air bases near Tokyo come into tactical reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Peahl Harros
Saipan
Midway
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Aulite
Japan
Central Pacific
Tokyo
Magicienne Bay
Nafuton Point
Siapain
U. S
Guam
Rota
Tara
World War II Fronts Extend Across Europe and Asia
Fragmented war news reports Allied advances at Cherbourg and Perugia while Red Army nears Viipuri Finland. Tokyo claims breadbasket gains as Saipan operations and air battles persist, with China noting gains near Hankow and central regions as Japanese forces resist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freas Rvasion
Cherbourg
Georman
Pas Rean
Red Army
Maburbs
Viipuri
Heian City
Finland
Maan
Perugia
Peteste
Tronto River
Strate
Rikeri Elba
Tokyo
Saipan
U. S
Murfaris
U.S. Adm
Nimitz
Midway
Myityina
Strance
China
Jans An Pete
Houston Red Cross Publishes PR War Prisoner Mailing Pointers
Houston Red Cross Chapter issues guidance for relatives of prisoners of war as Allied advances push on. It notes most listed prisoners are internees in Japan, with one in Germany, and outlines letter formatting, addressing, typing, frequency, and the use of unmounted photos for Japanese and European prisoners.
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Houston County Red Cross
Japan
John B. Bledsoe
Home Service
United States
American Red Cross
Switzerland
Houston County
Germany
International Committee
Europe
Mallia
Russians Break Finnish Defenses Near Viipuri Seize Territory
Moscow reported rapid Red Army gains near Viipuri with Finnish defenses collapsing along the Gulf of Viipuri. Soviet forces captured dozens of towns and rail hubs while sinking Finnish transports totaling thousands of tons. Heavy Baltic Fleet ships moved to support the assault as Finland faced possible rearrangement of its cabinet and renewed peace terms absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Finme Sree
Viipuri
Tzveske
Ossipov
Vipane Saal
Red Army
Nikolai Shvankov
Red Star
Gulf of Viipuri
Red
Red Fleet
Gulf of Finland
Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Edwin Linkories
Vaito Tanner
Finland
Linkomies
Juho K. Paasikivi
Muolaa
Finnish Gulf
Rokkala
Suma
Muo- Jaa
Leipatoa I
McHugh Speaks on USO History at Dothan Rotary
Robert McHugh, director of the USO Club on South Foster Street, addressed the Dothan Rotary Club at noon, detailing USO origins in World War I and the merging of YMCA YWCA and other groups into the United Service Organizations. He outlined services for service members, funding from the War Fund, and local volunteer support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McHugh
USO Club
South Foster Street
Doo Than Rotary Club
YMCA
YWCA
Jewish ‘Welfare Board
Salvation Army
National Catholic Community Service
Traveler's Aid Society
United Services Organization
Army
USO
War Fund
Elyb
Rural Bond Drive Gathers Pace in Houston County
Houston County launches effort to raise 2.2 million for War Loan bonds by July 8 with County War Finance Chair Pat Poyner Jr urging extra solicitor effort. In ten days over 500 thousand dollars was reported, including 100 thousand in Series E bonds, with two quotas of 450 thousand and 2.2 million. Local committees and events, including a Napier Field band at Columbia, aim to spur rural participation and hit the E bond and overall targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Maunici Salitier
Ewing Ini
Pat Poyner, Jr
County War, Finance Committee
Poyner
Columbia
Napier Field
Albert Logue
Agriculture Committee
Logue
Beat One
Vicksburg
W. H. Davis
Tullie Stembridge
M. W. Merritt
Inflation Crisis Warned By Maverick To Congress
Maury Maverick director of the Smaller War Plants Corporation told Congress that the nation faces rising inflation and unemployment as April and May show excess money in workers hands with fewer goods available. He urged resumption of non military production and warned that small plants and many war contracts are losing work, contracting opportunities for small octants, while overall war schedules hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Congress
Maury Maverick
War Plants Corporation
Maverick
Donald M. Nelson
Reinforced Americans Hammer At Cherbourg
Allied forces under Omar Bradley launch a major push toward Cherbourg with heavy American bombers and ground troops advancing from Montebourg and Bricquebec. Air and naval support pummel German positions as the north front tightens around Cherbourg, with heavy fighting and widespread disorganization reported among German units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallicare
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cestbourg
Normandy
Sveaa
Cherbourg
Valognas
Grant Harbor
Montebourg
France
Brigquabes
Rauville le Bigot
Aix
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Valognes
Bricquebec
Suprema
Americas
Dewgaint
Tig » Sur-Seales
Bradier
Channel Islands
Uaid
Supreme Command
Heid
Bradley
Carentan
Imperial Troops Gain 17 Miles In India Sector
Imperial forces advanced 17 miles south from Kohima toward Imphal in the counteroffensive, narrowing the gap between Kohima and Imphal to 29 miles. About 3,500 Japanese deaths reported. Krao Songsamg and Tuphema seized, two more towns taken, and large ordnance dumps plus artillery pieces captured. Chinese and Allied reports also note advances in Burma and Changsha region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Grover
Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Kohima
Impha
India
Imphal
Krao Songsamg
Tuphema
Maram
Naga
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Chungking
Tiangzup
Tokyo Radio
Hunan
Changsha
Liling
Judge Poyner Reveals New Revenue Source
Probate Judge Saxon P Poyner announced a $539.86 warrant from the State revenue department as the Houston County share of the carbonic acid gas tax for January to May 1984. He noted a 1935 act sets county shares and two cents per pound gas tax. Also received was a $248.78 liquor tax distribution earmarked for old age assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Saxon P.* .Poyner
State Revenue Department
Posner
Poyner
OPA Probes Racketeering By Radio Dealers In Wide Scheme
Washington AP reports OPA is investigating a broad racket by radio dealers and assemblers. Some radios are assembled from parts and sold under price controls while others evade WPB and OPA. The drive targets chiseling assemblers and wholesale dealers with several department stores involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
James Marlow
George Zielke Washington
Allies Making Steady Gains Beyond Rome
Allied forces press north in Italy and enter Perugia as Eighth and Fifth Armies push along the front. In Elba the French captured Porto Longone and liberated most of the garrison, with about 3,900 prisoners taken. The Rome area remains the strategic objective with ongoing advances despite minefields and scattered resistance. The total Allied prisoners rise to 21,000 since the offensive began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Reinzerling
Rome
Aps
Perugia
Florence
Elba
Porto Longone
Eighth Army
Fighth
Fifth Army
Grosetto
Obetello
Ripa
Ciottera D’arno
Citta Della Pleve
San Lutardo
Panicale
Mangano
Catiellone
Grasseto
Wallace Greeted By Chiang Kai-Shek in Chungking
Vice President Wallace arrived in Chungking from Siberia and met Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek at the airfield. Mrs. Chiang attended in a curtained car while Clarence E. GaustA accompanied them to tea at the presidential villa before Wallace planned a move to the U.S. Embassy for the night. His China route included an interim landing in Szechwan Province awaiting better visibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Wallace
Siberia
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
U.S
Clarence E. Gausa
United States
Thawa
Sinklang
China
Szechwan
Dirksen Proposal On OPA Stricken From Bill
Washington AP reports a deadlock over cotton textile price ceilings blocked approval of the war time price and wage controls extension. The House approved Dirksen's plan to open OPA rules to court review was struck from the bill, as conferees worked 14 hours to resolve issues before recess for national conventions.
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Washington
Beauty
House Conference
House
Rep
Dirksen
Federal District Courts
Bankhead
D.-Alt
Roosevelt
Benale
Conference Committee
Congress
Esual
Varigus
Fall of Changsha Reported by Chinese High Command
AP dispatch says Changsha, capital of Hunan Province, reportedly fallen as 50,000 Japanese troops destroy suburban defenses. Radio contact with Changsha broken. Earlier Tokyo reports claimed capture of Changsha and Liling, 40 miles southeast.
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Chungking
Changsha
Huinan
Tokyo
Wall
Liling
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Pacific Isle
Houston Red Cross
Linda Caule
Finn
McHugh
Dothan
War Production Board
Elba Isle
Bill
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