Allies claim biggest sea battle since Midway
Read about Allied forces claiming a major sea battle near Saipan with heavy air combat and land assault. U S Pacific Fleet reports substantial Japanese air losses and a successful operation that secured a southern Saipan airstrip while sustaining minimal American damage. The report notes Japanese claims of aircraft destroyed and ships sunk, with ongoing ground action continuing on the island.
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Pearl Hargor
Saipan
Midway
Yan
Japan
Adm
Cora W. Nimitz
Maine
Firms yield Viipuri to Russian Army
Reports from a reliable Swedish source say the Firms have yielded Viipuri to the Russian army as of today.
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Stockholm
Viipuri
Wall removes University of West Virginia president
Morgantown June 20 The West Virginia university board of governors acting with Governor Neely ousted Dr. Charles E Lawall effective August 32 president since July 1 1939. Lawall was offered two posts and will choose before Aug 31. Board plans to meet again before fall to select a successor amid protests and politics. Members Deem McIntosh Townsend left early. a minority formed. See LAWALL Page 2
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Morgantown
West Virginia University Board of Governors
Matthew M. Neely
Wday
Charles E.lawall
Lawall
School of Mines
College of Engineering
RP. Davis
Troops Bear Down Within Four Miles of Cherbourg
Allied forces push toward Cherbourg as Valognes falls and German defenses retreat to the inner perimeter. Roger Gene Seey reports from SHAEF that Americans advance beyond Valognes toward Cherbourg with heavy momentum and German disengagement.
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Cherbourg
Americar
Montebourg
Pont l'Abbe
Carentan
St.Lo
WBS Gallagher
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Gyine
Chi State
Nla
Valognes
St. Martin le Grand
Valoges
Chibourg
Roger Gene Sai
Valo
Opin
Japanese Losses Reported In Pacific Skirmish
An Associated Press summary notes a Japanese imperial bulletin cites reinforcement of forces on Saipan in the Marianas and claims heavy losses by U S forces. The American carrier task force reportedly struck Saipan air and naval targets, downing many Japanese planes, with conflicting signals about confirmed Japanese losses.
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Associated Press
Baipan Island
Marianas
U. S. Pacific
Ich
Berlin
Tokyo
Marianes Islands
Pacific Fleet
NAZE
Once Upon a Time at Strand Theatre Tonight
Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs R H Oliver of West Wilford Street to attend tonight's Strand Theatre presentation Once Upon a Time with Grant and Janet Blair. Also mentioned is The Town's Theaters showing with Claire for Ana and Albert Dekker at the local theatre.
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Grafton Sentinel
R. H. Oliver West
Wilford Street
Grant
Janet Blair
Strand Theatre
Claire
Ana
Albert Dekker
Je Theatre
The
Cpl. Russell
Gloria Jean
Evelyn Ankers
Patric Knowles
Jackie Cooper
Bus Foster
Opera House
West Virginia Sees Limited Anniversary Observance
Charleston notes June 20 as the anniversary of West Virginia joining the Union but marks a limited observance with liquor stores and a few Capitol departments open. State agencies such as selective service, auditor, road commission, and liquor control remain active at the Capitol. In Beckley a judge and Mrs Clarence W Meadows welcomed a third daughter, Judge Meadows listed as Democratic gubernatorial nominee. Welch reports an eight-year-old boy stabbed seven-year-old Jean Kelley in Welch, perilously close to a vertebra, the girl taken to hospital. Navy LCTs to visit towns along Ohio and Kanawha rivers after June 25 to boost war bond sales.
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Harleston
West Virginia
State Capitol
State House
Selective Service Headquarters
Auditor's Office
Road Commission
Liquor Control Commission
Beckley
Clarence W. Meadows
Beckley Hospital
Nancy Massey
Clifton Forge
Judge Meadows
Welch
Jean Kelley
Welchesterday
Harry Chaffins
Clyde Kelley
Wilcor
Norton
Chaffins
Charleston
Ohio
Kanawha
Normandy
A. *. Spurr
Fairmont
Loss of Grayback Submarine Reported Missing
The navy announced the 1475 ton submarine Grayback is overdue and presumed lost off Japanese waters. Commander John Anderson Moore is listed as missing in action, with his wife Mrs. Virginia Moore of Memphis, Tennessee. The loss raises American submarines overdue to 21 since December 7, 1941.
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Washington
Navy
John Anderson Moore
Moore
Virginia Moore
Memphis
Tenn
Allied Forces Enter Perugia Near Rome in Bold Advance
Allied troops of the Eighth Army moved into Perugia, a key communications hub 72 miles southeast of Florence and 85 miles north of Rome, after the fall of Elba weakened German lines. The assault netted 1,800 prisoners as forces pressed through the town amid sporadic resistance and rain.
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Linn Heinzerling Ome
Perugia
Florence
Rome
Elba
Longone
Eighth Army
British Lend-Lease Key To Invasion Says Lyttelton
London June 20 British War Production Minister Captain Oliver Lyttelton told the American Chamber of Commerce that American and British lend-lease programs were the key factor that enabled the invasion. He said American lend-lease reached four billion dollars in 1943 and British reverse lend-lease totaled two billion dollars to date, with America supplying 25 percent of Britain's munitions. He noted British aid included building 100 see British Page?
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London
Oliver Lyttelton
American Chamber of Commerce
Lyttelton
America
United States
United Kingdom
Littelton
Allied Warplanes Sweep Toward Berlin in Light Normandy Support
Allied warplanes crossed the English Channel in limited support for Normandy ground operations. German radio claimed U.S. heavy bombers reached Berlin amid large air battles over the Reich. Reports cited raids around Stettin and Hannover, with Berlin area defenses intensifying as American formations fought through clouds and haze. Mustangs and other fighters added to the night and day air activity, while crews pursued rocket bomb threats along the front.
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London
English Channel
Normandy
Almply
Berlin
Reich
French
Stettin
Hannover
Brandenburg
United States
War Today Aims at Shifting View of German War Potential
The War Today column assesses early Allied optimism on Germany’s capacity for a long war. It notes Germany’s horse drawn transport indicating material shortages and possible gasoline limits, suggesting reserves for a prolonged fight may exist. It cites Hitler’s manpower claims and the strain on supply lines, with emphasis on a cautious, evolving outlook.
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J. M. Roberts, Jr
Germany
Churchill
Jon Euois
France
Hitler
Dewey Seen as Lead GOP Presidential Hope in Polls
Backers of Governor Thomas E. Dewey claim New Yorker leads presidential polls with about 60 percent support in unnamed surveys cited by Republican national committeeman Russell Sprague of New York. Senator Taft counters that poll results are unreliable and Bricker’s true convention strength remains unclear amid debate over delegate commitment.
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Associated Press
Thomas E. Dewey
New Yorker
Taft
Ohio
John W Bricker
Russell “Sprague
New York
Dewey
Chicago
Sprague
Bricker
Washington
Ennally
Spreee
Wallace Visits China As FDR Representative
Vice-President Wallace arrived in Chungking as President Roosevelt's personal representative and urged closer relations between China and Siberia. He quoted Dr Hu Shih calling the Siberia China boundary a joint frontier like the United States and Canada.
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Wallace
China
FDR
Chungking
Jing C. P
Roosevelt
Siberia
Hu Shih
United States
Canada
Fall of Viipuri Seaport Reported by Soviet Communique
Soviet dispatches say Finnish port Viipuri fell under heavy pressure with a breach near the Matmeren line and Red forces advancing toward the city. Soviet airmen and artillery reportedly sank 160 ships trying to flee as Moscow signals claimed a city assault neared completion.
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London
Viipurt
London ‘News
Chronicle
Deelairell
Marshall
Goyorov
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Sriquebeccy Ponty
Uessay
Awall
R. P. Davis
Fred B. Deem
Clarksburg
F. F. McIntosh
Spencer
Deem
T. C. Townsend
Tricolor
Trivere
U. S
Rarbor
Mas Ce
Van
Heav
State Court of Claims
Bulletin
Migh
Lew Powers
Albhquerque
N. M
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Mannerheim
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