Berlin Bombed by Yankee Bombers in Shuttle Raids
London reports over 1,000 American Flying Fortresses and Liberators struck Berlin and surrounding areas with an escort of about 1,000 fighters, totaling around 2,000 planes. Basdorf and other targets suffered damage as German broadcasts warned of retaliation. Shuttle raids from Britain toward Russia would form a ring of steel around Germany amid jet and rocket bomb activity.
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London
Berlin
Britain
Russia
Basdorf
Germany
England
Stettin
Pas de Calais
Cherbourg
Houlgate
Nagy
Supreme Headquarters
Vaugnes
Les Pieux
Couville
Rayville la Bigot
Supreme Allied Command
Normandy
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
Onchy
Tilly
Hottot
Caen
Channel
War Bond Drive Tops 16 Per Cent Mark
The War Loan drive for individual bond purchases has surpassed 16 percent. Through Monday, the seventh day of the campaign, sales to individuals totaled 964 million dollars toward a 6 billion dollar quota, with a total goal of 18 billion dollars. Case individuals’ purchases will be tabulated this week as the four week drive continues. Hep Case introduces pension bill for Spanish American War veterans widows.
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Fich
Treasury
Washington
Hep
Case
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Allies Drive Nazis From Perugia and Push Ahead in Italy
Allied forces cleared Perugia and pressed beyond its outskirts as Fifth and Eighth Armies advanced along the Italian front. German divisions including the 16th Luftwaffe and 16th SS were diverted from the western front. air power reported 750 sorties with an Italian carrier damaged in Genoa harbor. Motorized movement hindered by heavy rains as troops moved toward Cetona, Chiusi, Ascoli Piceno, and Grottammare along the Adriatic coast.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Perugia
Fifth Army
Belgium
France
Italy
Luftwaffe
Denmark
Mediterranean Air Force
Tactical
Genoa
Chiusi
Cetona
Adriatic
Menocchia
Ascoli Piceno
Grottommare
Montepescali
Castel del Piano
Flying Bomb Is Termed Fizzle by Hightower
Washington reports that military leaders deem the Nazi flying bomb a fizzle. They say invasion success hinges on proven weapons like tanks and guns, not secret devices. German plans for gas and other secret weapons appear unlikely to alter the invasion outcome.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Hitler
Weather Outlook for Dakotas June 21 to 26
Extended forecast shows above normal temps across the Dakotas from Wednesday through Sunday with warm conditions early in the period. Moderate precipitation expected in South Dakota, with thunderstorms over the region for the weekend and continuing through the period.
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Dakotas
South Dakota
U S Navy Near Saipan In Major Pacific Clash
U S Pacific Fleet prepares for decisive fight between Saipan and the Philippines as Adm Nimitz reports that the U S and Japan are massing fleets. Japanese losses mount while American planes and ships threaten carrier groups and shore defenses with bombardment and air strikes.
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Pearl Harbor
United States
Japan
Philippines
Marianas
Chester W. Nimitz
Nippon
Midway
U.S
Pacific
Berlin
Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
Saipan
Nimitz
Garapan
Margicienne Bay
Tinian
Bdlanes
Cherbourg Holds Key to Allied Drive Into Germany
War Today analyzes Cherbourg capture as the crucial base for a continental push toward Germany. The piece discusses war plans to secure northwestern France from Brest to Le Havre, with Brittany as a strategic flank, and notes bombings at Avranches and Rennes as indicators of broader objectives. The author suggests surprise landings aimed at establishing a large advance base for operations on a scale of over a million men.
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J. M. Roberts, JR
Dewitt MacKenzie
Cherbourg
Germany
France
Brittany
Brest
Loire
St. Nazaire
le Havre
Seine
Hitler
Avranches
Laval
Rennes
Bain
Mantes
Les MacKenzie
Cherbounrs
Fort du Hon
Fort Octeville
Normandy
Acqueville
Cape de la Hugue
Reds Take Viipuri Push On Toward Helsinki
London dispatches report victorious Russian troops seizing Viipuri and driving toward Helsinki as German pressure grows on Finland. The Moscow radio claimed the fall of Viipuri after an 11 day offensive, while talks of a Finnish peace cabinet and possible German moves to occupy Baltic ports were noted.
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London
Finland
Viipuri
Helsinki
Moscow
Stalin
Leonid Govotov
Leningrad
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Karelia
Gulf of Bothnia
Yorniso
Kemi
Oulu
Aland Islands
Sweden
Herth
Germany
Mannerheim
Theater Pays Huron Boy Five Hundred Dollars
A 15-year-old Huron youth, Donald Nelson, received a 500 dollar jury verdict against Minnesota Amusement Corporation of Minneapolis after a splinter wound from a balcony railing at the Huron Theatre on April 24, 1943. Nelson sought 2,500 dollars with Huron attorney Max Royhl. theater legal counsel were Sioux Falls firm Davenport Evans Hurwitz. The trial was the sole civil case in Beadle County circuit court for the June term. one civil action continued to September and two were dismissed. no criminal cases were heard.
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Huron
Huron Theatre
Beadle County
Donald Nelson
Minnesota Amusement Corporation
Minneapolis
Ehsing Motion Picture House
Nelson
Max Royhl
Davenport, Evans and Hurwitz Law
Sioux Falls
Japs Claim Sinking Of Two Battleships And Two Carriers
The Tokyo radio claimed in a Japanese communique that a 45000-ton Iowa class battleship was sunk off the Marianas on June 16 and a 35000-ton North Carolina class battleship was heavily damaged and sunk on June 15. It said two U S aircraft carriers were heavily damaged on June 17, with one Essex type and another Essex type, plus one Independence type converted from a cruiser, also damaged.
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Philippines
Guam
Rota
Marianas
U.S
Nimitz
Fifth Fleet
U. S
Marshalls
Pearl Harbor
Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Fall Of Big Port Now Saying To Be A Matter Of Hours
Johnson was elected to a five year term on the Sioux Falls board of education, defeating Samuel E. George 536 to 233. He already serves on the board by appointment, filling an unexpired term.
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