Fall of Cherbourg Looms in Pacific Naval Battle
The report says U S and Japanese fleets prepare near the Philippines and Marianas as preliminary blows hint at a major clash. Admiral Nimitz says possibly the entire Japanese fleet has entered the area and the fifth U S fleet stands ready for battle. Berlin radio reports Nippon’s air and forces claim success, while Allied communiques note losses but resilience.
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Whippines
Marianas
Adm
Ster W. Nimitz
Ppon
Midway
U. S
Berlin
Nippon
U. 8
Governor Dewey Silent On GOP Nomination Talks In Albany
Albany dispatch reports Governor Dewey spent the day in quiet contact with New York Republican leaders in Chicago and did not publicly commit to any statements on nominating the draft. A separate London bulletin details a massive Allied air raid on Berlin with over 1,000 American bombers and Liberators supported by about 1,000 fighters.
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Albany
Dewey
New York
Chicabo
London
Berin
Britain
Russia
Two More Enemy Airfields Near Borneo Islands
American forces on Biak island claim to have completed four airstrips near Mokmer, Borokoe, Sorido, and Blak airfields. The advance supports operations across the New Guinea area as warplanes could soon strike targets further west.
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Bink
Senod Islands
Blak
F Owi Island
Philippines
Distrom Yap
Carolines
Malebes
Borneo
Timor
Netherlands East Indies
Australia
Theatre Ticket Invitation for Elizabeth Gill Tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. Elizabeth Gill of 918 Barrett Street to tonight's theatre presentations. At the Strand or Dixie, shown are Booker Holiday with Eddy and Charles Couburn Dowling at the Strand, and The Woman Town with Clair Terevo Dekker at the Dixie.
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Imme Grafton Sentinel
Elizabeth Gill
Barrett Street
Booker Holiday
Eddy
Charles Couburn
Dowling
Clair
Terevo" Dekker
Dixie
Eighth Army Drives Nazis From Perugia City Front
Rome June 21 Allied forces press the Italian front as Eighth Army drives Nazi defenders from ancient Perugia while Fifth Army advances through four villages. Prisoners from the 19th Luftwaffe division and several SS units are reported captured in the same sector as air forces claim damage to an enemy carrier in Genoa harbor.
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Rome
Lynn Heinzerling
Eighth Army
Eit
Hoa
Amie& Quarters
Fifth Army
Belgium
France
Italy
Denmark
Balkans
Mediterranean Air Force
First Tactical Air Force
Genoa
Americans Roll Back Japs Sweep Across Saipan To Take Base
American forces have swept across Saipan island seizing the southern part and Ashito airfield to protect against Japanese air attacks. The enemy lost about 300 planes in failed attempts to cripple the amphibious assault while the US expanded a beachhead toward Magicienne Bay and Garapan. Reinforcements and artillery supported marines in a broad advance along the island.
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Saipan
Percy Finch
Associated Press
Joint Expeditionary Force
Saipan Island
Ashito
Ceed
Magicienne Bay
Garapan
Moune Tapotchau
Nafutan Point
Nazis Secret Weapon Flying Bomb Turns Out To Be Fizzle
Washington reports military leaders say the Nazi flying bomb, hailed as a secret invasion weapon, proves to be a fizzle. Experts contend only proven war tools like tanks and aircraft can harm Allied forces. fear of new German weapons faded as invasion plans neared.
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John Hightower
Washington
Hitler
London
Nauin
Lyttelton Apologizes For Pearl Harbor Comment
In a Commons apology Captain Oliver Lyttelton, British minister of war production, denied alleging that U S lend lease pushed Japan into Pearl Harbor. He said the remark was a misinterpretation of his speech to the American chamber of commerce and a fault of expression, not intention, and asked MPs to accept his clarification.
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London
House of Commons
Oliver Lyttelton
War Production
United States
Britain
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Lyttelton
American Chamber of Commerce
Bonsall elected president of West Virginia Funeral Directors
Joseph H. Bonsall of Charleston was elected president of the West Virginia Funeral Directors Association at the annual convention succeeding Joseph Ford who has joined the navy. The report also notes state total War Loan bond sales and liquor ration book paper shortages delaying new coupon book registration.
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Associated Press
Bluefield
Joseph H. Bonsall
Charleston
West Virginia Funeral Directors Association
Joseph Ford
Fairmont
Navy
West Virginia
West
Virginia
The
Liquor Control Commission
Allied troops seize Nip village in northern Burma
Southeast Asia Command announces Allied forces advancing from Tiangzup in northern Burma captured Nip village, six miles south, after heavy fighting. Tiangzap fell recently, about 40 miles north of Myitkyina, as Mountbatten headquarters reported today with heavy Japanese casualties.
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Bulletin Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Tiangzup
Burma
Nip
Louis Mountbatten
Tiangzap
Myitkyina
Russians advance toward Helsinki in Finland war
Soviet troops push from Viipuri toward Helsinki as German pressure mounts to block any Finnish peace cabinet. Stockholm reports German forces trying to prevent a Finnish peace government, while Stalin orders signaling the fall of Veipuri’s port and a cautioned Finnish defense plan now jeopardized by eastern Karelia losses.
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London
Finland
Viipuri
Helsinki
Joseph Stain
Moscow
Stalin
Leonid Govorov
Leningrad
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Germytts
Karelia
Take
Committee Begins Work On Drafting Platform For GOP
Republican leaders in Chicago began work on a draft platform aimed at aiding campaign efforts to place their candidate in the White House. The effort, set on a convention timetable next week, comes as factions praise or critique Dewey and Stassen prospects and as anti fourth term groups move toward a separate convention. Rep Everett Dirksen of Illinois is being considered for vice president as Republican leaders weigh coordination and strategy.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Cam‘paigan
White House
Harrison E. Spangler
P. D. Moore
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Dewey
Moore
J. Russell Sprague
Victor Johnson
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
American Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Af Ticans
Bricker
Harry E. Byrd
Virginia
Democratic
Congress
Everett Dirksen
Ilinois
Pdms
Reserey
War Today analysis of Cherbourg invasion strategy
The column argues a Normandy capture sets a continental base for a push into France, likely anchoring along Brittany from Loire to Le Havre. It discusses necessary fronts, risks of a large-scale Allied offensive, and possible future landings around Calais as the drive toward Paris unfolds.
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J. M. Robertson, Jr
Dewitt MacKenzie
Cherbourg
Germany
France
Brittany Peninswa
Brest
Loire
St. Nazaire
le Havre
Seine
Vance
Hitler
Avranches
Laval
Rennes
Bain
Nantes
Brittany
Paris
Calais
Belgium
Ground units move into Cherbourg suburbs assault city
An NBC report notes ground forces advancing into Cherbourg through its suburbs near the commercial docks. Fort Du Roule and Fort Octeville face heavy bombardment as German defenses collapse in the port area, signaling a last-ditch stand in Cherbourg's inner ring fortresses.
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Cherbourg
Normandy
Fort du Roule
Fort Octeville
Tle
Fort
Osteville
France
Senate cheers alcohol release plans and whisky production
Washington reports the War Production Board will release industrial alcohol for whisky production. About 40 to 50 million sixty eight proof blended bottles will be made in August to ease shortages. Senators and industry leaders cheer the move despite concerns from Rep. Bryson and critics who warn of supply and public health impacts.
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Washington
Senate
BEM Sease
Plac
Booth Eee Ie
War Production Board
Bryson
New York
Kenneth 8. Baxter
Conference ‘of Alcoholic Beverage Industries
McCarran
Som Ie
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