Huge Assault On Marianas Shakes Pacific War Front
Allied task forces pounded the Marianas with battleships cruisers and destroyers and sent waves of carrier planes to strike Guam Saipan and Tinian while Tokyo claimed landings were repelled. The shelling extended across 1500 miles of water from the Kuriles to Palau as operations continued into a fourth day.
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Guam
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Philippines
Bombers Hit Japan With New Fortresses
From East West and South allies close in bulletin Washington June 15 American B 29 Super Fortresses of the Army Air Forces bombed Japan today. The Army announced there was no further information and no indication of target within Japan or where the new planes based for first combat.
Hannegan Prepares for Demo Parle After Talk 10 For
Democratic Chairman Robert E. Hannegan, fresh from a talk with President Roosevelt, formed a Chicago committee to prepare for the July Chicago convention and possible fourth term nomination. Roosevelt declined comment on a NY speech predicting acceptance of a fourth term. Kerr of Oklahoma emerged as keynote candidate. Hannegan and others discussed convention chairmanship. Further items noted on page five.
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Associated Press
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Roosevelt
Chicago
Hannegan
White House
New York
Robert 8. Kerr
Oklahoma
Hannezan
Nomegan
Grafton Sentinel Invites Mrs Sergeant to Theatre Night
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs W D Sergeant Blueville to attend tonight's presentation of Stars on Parade with Lary Parks and Lynn Merrick at Brandt Theatre and Henry Aldrice Haunts 8 House with Jimmy Ly don and Wyoming Hurricane with Russell Hayden at the Dixon Theatre.
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W. D. Sergeant Blueville
Lary Parks
Lynn Merrick
Btrand Theatre
Henry Aldrice
Jimmy Lydon
Wyoming
Russell Hayden
Dixonn Theatre
Joan Spiker
Pearl Street
Buster Crabbe
Albert Dekker
Susan Hayward
Frances Farmer
Opera House Theatre
Admiral Halsey Relinquishes Command in South Pacific
Allied Headquarters in the South Pacific reports Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. relinquished his post as Allied commander in the South Pacific to Vice Admiral John Henry Newton. Halsey will take a new role, with the change formalized at headquarters.
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Halsey
Pacific
J. Newton
Fred Hampson
South Pacific
William F. Halsey, Jr
John Henry Newton
United States Pacific Fleet
Red Army Drives Finns Toward Viipuri in Blistering Advance
Moscow dispatches report the Red Army driving Finns across a key river toward Viipuri as heavy casualties mount. Soviet forces push near the Finnish defenses with multiple air and ground assaults. The Finns reinforce in the Kuterselka and Jarvi area while Moscow claims Viipuri faced a night attack by 150 Soviet planes.
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Red Army
Viipuri
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Star
London
Helsinki
Kuterselka
Jarvi
Berlin
Leonid A. Govorov
Kenny Paralysis Treatment Under Publicity Critique
Seven university physicians contracted by the American Medical Association fault the publicity around Sister Elizabeth Kenny’s infantile paralysis treatment. The report says there is no evidence the Kenny method prevents paralysis and criticizes her assurances to patients. The scholars acknowledge publicity spurred better treatment overall.
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American Medical Group
Howard W
Kenny
Orthopedic
American Medical Association
American Academy of Orthopedic Section
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
American Orthopedic Association
Miss Kenny
Elswhere
American airmen blast objectives behind Nazis lines
Supreme Headquarters Expe ditionary force reports 1000 to 2000 American Fortresses and Libera tors with escorting fighters bombed airplane plants airfields and rail facilities across France in a dozen places. Berlin radio claimed attack on Hannover while RAF and Allied planes continued large support efforts over France with daylight bomber runs including Le Havre E-boat pens. Targets ranged from Nanties to Angouleme Beauvais La Frilliere and Bordeaux over 300 miles of deep penetration. Mosquito bombers attacked Gelsenkirchen in the Ruhr in a separate raid to keep pressure on Germany.
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Supreme Headquarters Expeditionary Force
France
Berlin
Hannover
Germany
Normandy
Britain
le Havre
Dusie Betes
RAF
Nanties la Poisonniere
Angouleme
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la Frilliere
Bordeaux
Paris
la Poissonniere
Nantes
Tours
Gelsekirchen
Ruhr
Hitler
America
West Virginia briefs on gas rations and pay for miners
West Virginia reports detail that vacation travel will be limited with no 180 mile trips under new ration rules. A and B book holders may use rations for vacations but only 15 miles per gallon gains anticipated. Miners in the north may convert retroactive pay to war bonds after a wage agreement canvass.
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Charleston
OPA
George W. Jones
CPA
Fairmont
West Virginia
De Gaulle Returns to France Prompted Normandy Welcome
Gen Charles De Gaulle left Allied Britain for a brief visit to Normandy where crowds cheered him and sang La Marseillaise. Reports say he pulled back most fighting French liaison officers as Allied forces advanced, signaling a rift with Allied authorities over civil administration and liaison roles.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
France
Normandy
de Gaulle
Brazzaville
French Equatorial Africa
Britain
Washington
Allied Supreme Command
Eke
Weather in Dover Strait Bright and Clear Morning
Invasion weather report from London notes bright and clear conditions in the Dover strait with smooth sea and light northwesterly breeze. Temperature around 60 degrees at 8 a m, good visibility, barometer indicates continued fall weather outlook favorable.
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London
Dover Strait
Photographer Buddy Bunker wins AP contest top photo
Milwaukee report confirms Earle L. Buddy Bunker, a staff photographer for the Omaha World-Herald, won first place with his Pulitzer winning image Homecoming in the annual AP managing editors association newsphoto contest, announced by W. R. Arnold.
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Milwaukee
Earle L
Buddy” Bunker
Omaha World - Herald
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
W. R. Arnold
Priority Referral Plans Of WMC Told At Meeting
West Virginia area WMC directors and USES managers heard explanations of the priority referral plan set to begin July 1. The plan will require most male workers to seek jobs through the employment service, focusing on mining and lumber industries hit by shortages, with exceptions for small employers and agricultural workers.
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Charleston
War Manpower Commission
West Virginia
U. S. Employment Service
WMC
Andrew Edmiston
Edmiston
Agni von Homie
War Today signals major hit on Cherbourg front clash of armored giants
The War Today notes the Hitlerite counter attack on the Cherbourg peninsula marking a pivotal early invasion phase. Tanks and reserves reshape a fluid, 100 mile front as the Allies press the offensive with air and sea superiority. General Charles De Gaulle appears with Allied forces, boosting hope on French soil.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Cherbourg
France
Serpentine
Charles de Gaulle
Fierce battles in key Bastion rage on this afternoon
Supreme Headquarters reports Allied forces pressing their fiercest clashes since the Normandy landings. Four German armored divisions unleashed furious counterattacks as American infantry and airborne units advance with tanks toward Cherbourg and the peninsula tip, nearing the port.
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Wes Gallagher
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Cherboure Ae
Fifth Army Takes Orbetello and Pushes in Italy
Allied forces break stiff German resistance and press on across central Italy. Orvieto Narni Aquila fall reported as Fifth Army drives from Rome with advances along the west coast toward Magliano and Orbetello. French and American units push near Lake Bolsena and Pitigliano amid resumed offensives. See Fifth Army page 5.
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Narni
Orvieto
Fifth Army
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Terni
Magliano
Orbetello
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Bolsena
Pitiglano
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