Fifth Army Captures Junction North Of Rome
Fifth Army forces pushed around Orbetello and seized the key junction of Highways 1 and 74 just beyond the town as Allied HQ reported. Reconnaissance teams moved north, blocking the German retreat route from Orbetello, with gains north of Rome and along the Adriatic front near Lake Bolsena and Asee.
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Fifth Army
Rome
Lynn Heinzerling
Orbetello
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Romeo
Lake Bolsena
Alsee
British Outflank Caen From West In Normandy Battle
Allied dispatch reports heavy fighting along a 100 mile front in Normandy as British forces flank Caen from the west while German divisions push to hold eastern bas tions. The Fourth U S Division engages near Montebourg as battleships Rodney and Ramillies provide gun support in the Caen Troarn area.
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WES
Geremans
Caen
Alli
Crbatte
Normandy
Caumont
U. S
Montebourg
Cherbourg
Rodney
Ramillies
Troarn
Allied Warplines Now Operating at Biak Toland Base
Allied warplanes operated against the Japanese from Biak Island today signaling a advance of Fifth Army Air Force bases more than halfway to the Philippines from Port Moresby. Mokmer airdrome near Biak 880 miles from Mindanao began operations Tuesday noon, expanding Allied reach in New Guinea and potentially enabling strike missions against Dutch East Indies targets from the northeast.
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New Guinea
Aled
Biak
Fifth Army Air Force
Philippines
Port Moresby
Mokmer
Mindanao
Fort Moresby
Fifth Aaf
Southwest Pacific
Outer New Guinea
Darwin
North Australia
Southern
Stars on Parade at Strand Theatre Tonight
Theatre listing notes Mrs Fr Supa West attending a show titled Stars on Parade at Strand Theatre with Parks and Lynn MérriGK and a cast including Robert Peters and Susan Peters at the Diki¢th Centre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Groften
Supa West
Aiy Parks
Lynn Mérrigk
Robert
Susan Peters
Devastation Of Marianas Is Swiftly Reported By Navy
Navy dispatches reveal 13 Japanese ships sunk, 16 damaged, and 141 planes destroyed over three days as a carrier task force hit Guam and other Marianas bases. reports indicate the force moved within 1500 miles of Tokyo though radar silence remained on exact movements. Tokyo claims slight Marianas damage and one warship sunk with over 121 U.S. planes downed.
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Marianas
Navy
J. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Tokyo
U. S
Bricker Ballot Analysis Differs From Dewey Camp
Bricker campaign officials predict 250 to 300 first ballot votes for Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio at the Republican nominating convention. The Bekker for president team projects 174 Bricker votes so far and 286 for Dewey, with 72 pledged and 213 probable. Diney supporters claim 391 total for Dewey. Bricker backers see 529 votes needed to win, calling the uncommitted field fruitful and Bricker strengthening daily.
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Jack Bell
Associated Press
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bekker For President Committee
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Diney
Bricker
Congress
Illinois
House
Mismanagement Cited In Pearl Harbor Delays By Committee
The House military committee blames mismanagement by an army engineer colonel for delays in prewar Pearl Harbor defense installations. It notes major stockholder Hans Wilhelm Rehr, a German-born California native naturalized in 1941, acquired citizenship before the attack, and says timely aircraft warning might have reduced Japan's surprise. The report, presented to the House, leaves the next move to the War Department.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Pearl Harbor
House
May
D.ky
War Department
Hans Wilhelm Rehr
United States
Germany
a _relint
Russians Near Viipuri in Northern Front Push
Moscow reports Soviet troops moved within 30 miles of Viipuri as Finnish and German broadcasts claim Russia's northern front from Arctic to White Sea and Gulf of Finland is active. Moscow says Karelian Isthmus fighting continues with several Finnish strong points captured yesterday.
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London
Viipuri
Moscow
Russia
Arctic
White Sea
Gulf of Finland
Lisa
Murmansk
Petsamo
Berlin
Narva
Estonia
Addiion
Kadalaksha
Viipurisi
Loukhi
Archangel
Finland
Gulf of Bottnti
Karelian
Rivennappa
Litteral dies by poison in Huntington hospital
West Virginia brief reports Elmer L Litteral 21 of Catlettsburg Kentucky died in a Huntington hospital described as death by own action by poison. Witnesses at a restaurant said he asked for water before collapsing and being taken to a rear room. He had been discharged from the army about a year ago. Also noted is the first of about 350 delegates for the 48th annual meeting of the grand council of United Commercial Travelers registered, with attendees from West Virginia Kentucky Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia. Mayor D Boone Dawson of Charleston Republican nominee for See WEST VIRGINIA Page 3
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Huntington
Elmer L. Litteral
Catlettsburg
F. X. Schuller
Litteral
Grand Council of United Commercial Travelers
West Virginia
Kentucky
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
D. Boone Dawson
Charleston
Public notice parade to start at post office 7 p m
A parade of the BPO Ellis will depart the Post Office at 7 p m on June 14 and finish at the B and O Plaza. Traffic will halt until the parade reaches the plaza and then resume movement.
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B. P. O. Ellis
B & O Plaza
Allied position on the Cherbourg peninsula improves sharply
Associated Press War Analyst MacKenzie reports the Allied front expanding from sixty to about one hundred miles over three days as Montgomery presses the main counterattack while Rommel clashed with Von Rundstedt over reserves. Air power disrupted German bridges, hindering inland movement and signaling cautious German strategy ahead of a major Nazi counter assault.
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Dewitt ‘MacKenzie
Associated Press
Cuesbourg
Montgomery
Marshal Rommel
Hitler
Atlantic Wall
Marshal von Rundstedt
Cherbourg
Weather report from Dover Strait area today in June
Weather conditions in the Dover Strait area were excellent with 4 warm sun and a clear sky. A light southwesterly breeze moved the sea as visibility remained high. The barometer rose steadily and by 8 pm the temperature reached 70 degrees after a cool night.
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London
Dover Strait
German Oil Refineries and Bases Hit by Massive Air Assault
Allied air forces launched a massive strike on June 14 targeting Hitler’s war fuel lifelines. Fifteen hundred U S heavy bombers joined up with up to 750 more heavies striking Hungary and Yugoslavia from Italy. Emmerich refinery in Germany faced heavy damage while Hungarian and Yugoslav oil facilities near Budapest and other sites were attacked. Additional operations hit six enemy air bases beyond the sea.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
France
Germany
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Italy
Hitler
Britain
Emmerich
Shell
Underground French Uprisings Threaten Nazi Invasion Plans
Reports from Madrid say widespread French resistance is undermining German aims to hold the Allied invasion. Guerrillas and the underground movements operate across Franco Spanish frontier, with divisions under martial law like the Atlantic wall zone. Maquis still hold Tarbes, blocking southern France from the Mediterranean route, complicating supply lines.
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Madrid
France
Atlantic Wall
Imm
Tarbes
Pyrennes
Ger
Army Captain Given 30 Years For Morals Offenses
Captain Morrison Wilkinson Jr. was sentenced by a general court martial to 40 years in prison with hard labor for statutory rape and related morals offenses including bigamy and larceny. He was dismissed from the service and acquitted on four other counts. The 28-year-old former China theater flyer remains at an air base during review by military authorities and the president.
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Frank Frawley
Santa Ana
Calif
Arny
Morrison J. Wilkinson, Jr
Wilkinson
Washington
Churchill seeks postponement of French relations debate
Prime Minister Winston Churchill won a postponement in the House of Commons for a full debate on British relations with the French Comité National de Liberation, arguing delay will aid negotiations with the French group, the United States, and Britain. He urged postponement until a better solution emerges and noted recent Normandy war progress.
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Alex Singleton
London
Winston Churchill
de Gaulle Committee
United States
Britain
Commons
Churchill
Normandy
House
de Gaulle
Goncmt
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U. 8
International
Dewey
Vipuri
Paris
von Rundsted
Wilkin
Bt. John's Methodist
Sfriba
Lai
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