Cherbourg Battle Nears Climax In Pacific War
Twenty thousand Japanese reportedly abandoned by their fleet are said to be trapped and taking heavy losses as U S forces push toward Saipan in the Marianas. Reinforcements from task force 58 bolster the American assault as carrier aircraft strike Japanese positions and threaten further naval assets.
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Associated Press
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Pearl Harbor
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Russian Offensive Opened From West Says Nazi Agency
London report says Germany announced the Red army's long awaited summer drive open with small local advances between Mogilev and Vitebsk on the White Russian front. German sources claimed the push could aim toward Moscow and Berlin, but Russian confirmation was lacking and Allied observers waited for substantial results.
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Lewis Hawkins
London
Russia
Red Army
Moscow
Berlin
DNB
Transocean
von Hammer
Normandy
Mogilev - Vitebsk
Yanks Progressing as German Plan Determined Stand
In Italy Allied forces push along coastal sectors while Germans plan a firm stand between Lake Trasimeno and Lake Chiusi and north of Perugia. The Eighth Army meets strong resistance north of Perugia and near Lake Trasimene as counterattacks are repulsed. Adriatic thrust nears Ancona with rapid advance toward the Chienti river, while the Fifth Army moves along Highway One toward Fonsica and Pisa.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Rome
Italy
Lake Trasimeno
Lake Chiusi
Perugia
Eighth Army
Algiers
Adriatic
Ancona
Chienti
Fifth Army
Livorno
Pisa
Nica
Associated Press
Peder
Grafton Sentinel Invites FRANK SIDERS to Tonight’s Shows
The Grafton Sentinel invites Frank Siders to attend tonight’s screenings featuring Betty Rhodes and MacDonald Carey in Salute for Three at the Strand Theatre, plus Lumber Jack with William Boyd and They Live in Fear at the Dixie Theatre.
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Grafton Sentinel
Frank Siders
Addison Street
Betty Rhodes
MacDonald Carey
Strand Theatre
William Boyd
Dixie Theatre
Eden says Germans admit 50 Allied officers were murdered
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the Commons that Germany now acknowledges the killing of 50 Allied officers at a German prison camp, up from the previously reported 47, and stated that it is clear these officers were murdered.
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London
Anthony Eden
Commons Today
Russia drive linked to Moscow front urged by Berlin
The War Today reports Germany hints at a major Russian summer offensive tied to the western front. Observers note Berlin often previews Russian moves. potential north central thrust from Velikiye to Gomel could threaten Moscow via Mogilev and key supply routes. If started, it may be followed by additional drives as Russia uses the old one two tactic. The piece references a likely sequence leading toward War saw and Berlin, with page guidance to see THE WAR TODAY Page %
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J. M. Roberts, Jr
Dewitt MacKenzie
Germany
Europe
Berlin
Moscow
Smolensk
Soviet
Velikie
Gomel
Russia
Vitebsk-Mogilev
Warsaw
Mogilev
Kewel
Finland
Congress Goes On Recess As Budget Talks Pause
Congress recesses until August 1 after daylong sessions to finish budget issues for the next fiscal year. With the old year ending June 30, agencies cannot spend without authorization. Republicans want to be in Chicago for the nominating convention. Democrats meet there July 19. Barkley says a longer break is possible but most will return to reassess.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Chicago
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Barkley
Kentucky
Navy
Coast Guard
Bond sales progress in Fifth War Loan drive
Washington reports bonds sold to individuals toward 25 percent of the goal. Through Wednesday, the ninth day of the drive, individuals purchased 1.217 billion dollars of their 6 billion quota, out of a total 16 billion dollar goal.
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Washington
American Planes Strike Pas-De-Calais Rocket-Bomb Coast
A force of up to 250 American Liberators and Fortresses attacked the rocket bomb coast in Pas De Calais for the eighth straight day of round the clock raids. British RAF and Allied operations targeted rail yards at Reims and Laon, while bombers hit Lisieux, Dreux and Evreux.
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Pas-De-Calais
Gladwin Hill
Allied Expeditionary Force
Pas-De-Calals
England
Herbert S. Morrison
RAF Heavies
Reims
Laon
Paris
Germany
Lisieux
Dreux
Evreux
France
Cherbourg
Russians score new advances in triple offensives toward Finland
Soviet forces reported by Moscow pounded Finland on three fronts in heavy fighting. Red Army units moved west of Lake Onega toward Ostrovo, crossed the RedeSet bridgehead, and captured Podporoyte in Leningrad region. North of Viipuri the Garov army advanced five miles, threatening Lappeenranta and the rail hub at Lappeenranta as the Finnish defense stretched toward Helsinki.
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Finland
London
Moscow
Lake Onezhskoe
Onega
Red Army
Lake Ostoro
Leningrad-Murmansk
RedeSet
Podporoaitye
Leningrad
Viipuri
Karelian
Leonid A”Govorov
Helsinki
Govorov
Lappeenranta
Villman~ Strand
Lappeenrante
Bond Drive Report Says German Flying Bombs Caused Little Damage
London reports that German flying bombs have caused little damage of national importance and public utilities were only mildly affected. Home Secretary Herbert Morrison told the House of Commons that the enemy effort failed to upset British morale and that the propaganda picture was overstated. He noted occasional clusters but overall disruption was limited.
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London
Herbert
Morrison
House of Commons
West Virginia War Bonds Up For Fifth Loan Drive
West Virginia officials announced the state sinking fund commission will invest 5,248,000 in war bonds as part of the Fifth War Loan drive. An additional appeal urged July 4 traffic safety observance with cooperation among state police road commissioners and city patrols to cut the seasonal death toll. A war department list noted West Virginians interned as POWs in Germany, including Capt Hunter D. Parker and Second Lt Rudolph W. Farmer.
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Charleston
State Sinking Fund Commission
O. Mm. Shreve
H. Clare Hess
Department of Public Safety
Ernest le Bailey
Hess
Road Commission
Washington
War Department
West
Cherbourg defense peaks fall to Allied forces in raid
Allied forces report capturing one of Cherbourg's three dominating peaks at Tourlaville and pressing to seize the remaining two. U S infantry continue to assault the German defenders around Cherbourg including the Maupertus airfield as Lt Gen Omar Bradley leads a strong offensive. The port garrison resists in house to house fighting amid cautious SHAEF assessments of the enemy retreat.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
al Med
Omar N. Bradley
Maupertus
Besiged
U. S
Preliminary GOP GONFAR 10 convention prep today
Republicans hustled in Chicago to finish preliminaries for their convention starting Monday as Democrats in Washington debated Roosevelt aiming to appease factional pressures in the south. The resolutions committee heard varied platform proposals while the Dewey draft gained backing from 22 states and two territories. Bricker projected a finish line nomination while Arnall touted Roosevelt’s optimism about George’s re election prospects.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Washington
Roosevelt
Republican Resolutions Committee
Natonal ‘Committee
Harrison
Spangler
Thomas B. Dewey
New York
Dewey
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Walter F. George
George
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