Man Kills Police and Self in Torch Incident
In Pierre two men and 22 officers were involved after Ralph Putman, 55, reportedly set his wife ablaze with gasoline in a tourist camp home. Putman exchanged gunfire with officers, killed Burnett and another officer, and died after a gasoline-soaked confrontation. Authorities describe the case as an attempted torch slaying sparked by an afternoon argument.
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Pierre
Ralph Putman
Walter Frazee
Putman
Burren
M.olly Re
Pierre Rospital
Burnett
Miller
Muztanti
Sos Saes
Tre Denart
Anes
Taylor
Eva Hausman
FDR Promises Victory in War Loan Drive Across Nation
President Roosevelt urged unity as the Fifth War Loan opens nationwide from Arkansas and Texas centers, aiming to raise 90,005,660 bonds. Treasury Secretary Morgenthaler outlined costs of the war, with projections to year end reaching 295 billion dollars.
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Secretar Sary
The
Treasury
Henry Morgenthal
Federal Bynis
Texas Anc
Allied Chiefs See Invasion Front In France Tour
Allied leaders including Lt General Omar Bradley and Admirals Kok and Lester visited the Normandy front with Churchill aboard HMS Kelvin and Eisenhower guiding a tour of American sectors near Isigny and the Cherbourg base. The Prime Minister, Montgomery, and other senior officers observed landings and fight activity during a 10:45 am reconnaissance.
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Ian Comed
Omar N. Bradley
France
Alsa G. Kok
John Lester
Churchill
Kelvin
Jan Christian Smedts
Union of South Afica
Ger
Alan Brooke
Fiaff
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eisenhower
Brazery
Isigny
Britain
Bay of the Seine
Cherbourg
Yugoslav Ambassador Fotich Recalled by King Peter II
June 13 report says King Peter II recalled Constantin Fotich from his post as ambassador to Washington. Fotich, 53, has held the role since 1935 and is viewed as a Mihailovic supporter. Tito's Partisans accuse Mihailovic collaborators with Germany.
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London
Peter II of
Yugoslavia
Constantin Fotich
Washington
Fotich
Draja Mihailovic
Marshal Tito
Germany
Huronians Set Wednesday Bond Sign Up for War Drive
Huronians will staff polling places tomorrow as supply bases for the Fifth War Loan drive pledges. Sign up runs 10 a m to 3 p m at designated post offices and banks in Wolsey Hitchcock Huron Cavour Wessington and other venues with no bonds sold at polling booths. A parade and Fiat Day ceremonies at Campbell Park cap the day with addresses and music by local groups and civic leaders.
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Huron
Beadie County
Wolsey, Hitchcock
Cavour
Wessington
Bank of Wessington
Northwest Security National Bank
Farmers and Merchants Bank
National Bank of South Dakota
Huron Production Credit Office
Najonal Farm Loan Association
Huron Theatre
Campbell Park
Huron Flks Lodge
Kago and North Western Railway
Dakota Avenue
Girl Scouts
American Legion
Elks
Huron Municipal Band
George Chitty
Ene M Reed
Pierre
Elks Lodge
Boy Scouts
T. Luby
Elks Chorus
H. H. Hedblom
Allies Win Battle For Kohima Region
The Japanese withdrawal from Naga village north of Kohima and Allied occupation of Aradura south of Kohima mark the end of the two month Kohima region battle. Officials call the victory vital to operations across the eastern theater.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Naga Village
Kohima
Assam
Aradura
Japs Strengthen Burma Positions
Allied units report capturing an enemy strong point in the southern part of town as Chinese troops hold areas nearby. Japanese forces reinforce positions in Burma amid ongoing fighting with Allied forces advancing in the region.
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Janse
Allies Push Through Italian Line Near Lake Bolsena
Allied Fifth Army and Eighth Army forces broke German defenses along a new front from Lake Bolsena to the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic coasts, capturing Valentano and Popoli, advancing near Orvieto and Orbetello while inflicting German losses. RAF bombers then attacked Hungary’s oil refineries as Mediterranean air forces flew about 1,100 sorties.
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Rome
Lake Bolsena
Fifth Army
Orbetello
Valentano
Orvieto
Bago Regio
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Saline River
Pescara
Popoli
Sulmona
Terni
Tiber Valley
Carsoli
Iti
Hungary
Almassuzito
Komarom
Budapest
Mediterranean
Flandreau Man Charged With Murder In Jilted Suitor Case
Flandreau June 13 A first degree murder charge was drawn against a Minnesota man Pipestone youth Farwick for choking Miss Lavonne Carr 21 a Flandreau telephone operator to death during a quarrel Sunday night Her body was found in a water tank at her parents home five miles northwest of here Police say Farwick confessed in a statement after being located in his car a mile and a half away The couple had been engaged but she recently broke the engagement authorities said He was held in Moody County jail while the charge was prepared
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Flandreau
George Rice
Minnesota
Ingolf Leeland
Farwick
Aim
Miss Jarr
Farnwick
Moody County
Rice
Miss Carr
Everett Carr
Here
Vno
Miss Carrl
Bra
Sit
Expect Finland To Be Knocked Out Of War By July 1
London reports say Soviet troops push toward Viipuri and Helsinki while a Moscow communique notes Finns offer stubborn resistance from prepared positions. Raiyola and Kiveonapa captured as Red Army aims to neutralize Finland quickly to secure the northern flank. Finland's defense, though determined, is portrayed as unable to halt the larger offensive.
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London
Viipuri
Helsinki
Finland
Moscow
Red Army
Raiyola
Kiveonapa
Baryola
Karelian Isthmus
Stalin
Romania
Balkan
Hitler
Red
Stockholm
Berlin
Organization of Siberia Praised By Vice-President
London dispatch reports United States Vice President Henry A Wallace, touring Novosibirsk, praising Siberia's organization over 15 years and noting tenfold production growth. He expressed hope for improved Western ties and likened Western states and Alaska to the region. Wallace is en route to China.
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Organization of
Siberia
London
Moscow Radio
United States
Henry A Waillace
Novosibirsk
Wallace
Soviet Monitor
America
North Dakota
Montana
Washington
Territory of
Alaska
China
Weather aids Allied invasion push on Cherbourg front
War analyst Mackenzie reports 24 hours of sun boosting Allied invasion prospects along an eighty mile Cherbourg peninsula front. He notes the beach-head is established, depths allow initiative, and favorable weather could accelerate progress toward an Allied victory.
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MacKenzie
Associated Press
Atlantic Wall
English Channel
Cherbourg
Ee Bennett
Jap Islands Facing Philippines Raked By Heavy Blows
U S Pacific Fleet reports a series of night and day air raids and sea actions across the Pacific. MacArthur Nimitz forces struck the southern Marianas and attacked Guam Rota Saipan and Tinian while Central Pacific planes and Marshalls bombers hit Truk and nearby Caroline, Marshall Island targets. Submarines claimed to have sunk 18 Japanese vessels as crews were rescued after an anti aircraft fire incident near Nauru.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
MacArthur-Nimitz
Philippines
Marianas
Adm
Chester W. Mitz
Marianas Islands
Guam
Rota
Saipan
Tinian
Douglas
Eten
Ion An Moen
Truk
Paape
Nauru
Ocean Islands
Marshall Group
Navy
Newsman declares Rommel no longer commanding Nazis
London dispatch reports Leslie Randall stating Rommel is believed out of command with no definite news since the invasion began. Rumors from Berlin via neutrals claim Rommel subordinated to Von Rundstedt, who leads western defenses with Rommel in a 83 field command in France and the Low Countries.
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London
Leslie Randall
21St Army Group
Evening Standard
Rommae
Randell
Berlin
Marshal Rommel
von Rundstedt
Romget
France
Low Countries
Allies Break Fronts Near Caen in Normandy Push
Allied forces push across Normandy with rapid advances, capturing Le Ham and Balleroy while threatening Caen and Cherbourg. U.S. Fourth Infantry Division seizes Momebourg and patrols toward Cherbourg Peninsula. British forces gain near Trea m. Berlin cites heavy fighting as 600,000+ combatants contend along a 20 mile front.
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Wes Gallagher
Allied Expeditionary Force
Alps
Normandy
Caen
France
Cherbourg
Cape
Mars Rommelike Desert Fox
Baller
Cer Forest
Bayeux
St la
U. S
Supreme Headquarters
Berlin
St. Lo
Front Dispatch
Cerisy Forest
St Lo
Tery
Marcks
Army Corps
Tilly-Sur-Seuiles
Destroyers Hit Off Normandy Beachhead Report
London dispatch quotes Berlin radio claiming German light naval forces torpedoed two destroyers in the Seine Bay off the Normandy beachhead early today. No Allied confirmation available.
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London
Berlin
Seine Bay
Normandy
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Richard C. Sanders
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