Reds Open New Offensive In Viipuri Sector
Stockholm dispatch reports Soviet forces began large scale landings on Viipuri Bay northern shores in Finland to establish a bridgehead. Finnish high command notes landings from multiple boats aided by coastal batteries and smokescreens. Viipuri town had fallen recently. further landings reported on Narva island groups with some repulsed actions.
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Stockholm
Viipuri Bay
Finland
Red Army
Viipuri
Narva
Red Army Drives Toward Latvia and Lithuania in Baltic Push
Soviet forces pressed toward Dvinsk in Latvia and Wilno and Kaunas in Lithuania as German troops retreated from Kowel in Poland. Berlin and Moscow reported rapid advances with fronts near Narva Bay and Daugavpils, while counterattacks by Finns recaptured two islands and heavy fighting continued on a third.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Latvia
Lithuania
Dvinsk
Wilno
Kaunas
Kowel
Old Poland
Berlin
Narva Bay
Estonia
Finland
Narva
DNB
Melansaari
Lammasaari
Teikassari
Ivan Bagramian
Dvina
Daugavpils
Ivan Cherniakhovskys
London
Chinese Push West To Join Allied Force
Chinese forces in western Yunnan have narrowed the gap to 26 miles from Stilwell's units in northern Burma after the fall of Chanhsi. Despite monsoon rains, troops secured a mountain position east of Tengchung and occupied four villages southeast of Tengchung and two villages near the Hsiapan river, with advances near Lungling as other Chinese units push toward Tengchung and Lungling along the Burma road.
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Chunking
Yunnan
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Chanhsi
Tengchung
Stilwell
Sanon
Myitkyina
Lungling
High Command
Hsiapan
Pennsylvania-born Gabreski Becomes Army Air Forces Ace Leader
Lt Col Francis Gabreski of Oil City Pennsylvania becomes the top US Army Air Forces fighter ace with his 78th confirmed kill near Evreux France. Maj Robert Johnson of Lawton Oklahoma and Maj Richard Bong of Poplar Wisconsin tied with 77 apiece. Gabreski, flying a Thunderbolt, shot down a Messerschmitt 109 on his latest victory. He had planned to shoot down German planes before taking a 30 day US leave to marry Kay Cochran of Grand Rapids Michigan, whom he met in Hawaii three years ago.
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Eighth Air Force
Britain
Francis Gabreski
Oil City
U. S. Army Air Force
Evreux
France
Thunderbolt
Maj
Roberts. Johnson
Lawton
Okla
Richard J. Bong
Poplar
Wis
Gabreski
United States
Kay Cochran
Grand Rapids
Mich
Hawaiian Islands
Jesse Jones Warns Texas Democrats
Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones published a signed page one editorial in the Houston Chronicle asserting that no political convention can deny a qualified voter the right to vote for any candidate. He warned Texas Democrats may be prevented from voting for the party nominee and urged all Democrats to vote for their chosen man in November.
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Houston
Tex
Jesse Jones
Houston Chronicle
Texas
Jones
Submarine success report boosts Pacific war progress
Navy Secretary Forrestal announced 17 Japanese vessels sunk by American submarines in Pacific waters, including a light cruiser and a destroyer. He credited subs with weakening Japan’s merchant fleet and warned battles ahead will be bitter and costly, with the main fights likely on land as 1944 nears.
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Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Pacific
Japan
Orrestal
Minsk and Normandy stakes in global war turn decisive
Allied forces press Minsk offensive driving German units from key positions as loss figures mount. Soviet advances threaten East Prussia and Berlin while Allied Normandy operations close in on Caen and La Haye Du Puits, with victory in both theaters seen as decisive to ending the war.
Evacuation of Kowel reported by German command
German announcement says the old Polish city of Kowel 175 miles southwest of Warsaw will be evacuated to shorten the front. In White Russia Soviet forces reportedly approach Wilno and near the Prussian frontier as heavy Allied air operations strike rail yards in France and the Toulon naval base.
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Kowel
London
Warsaw
Pripyat
Berlin
Russia
Wilne
Europe
Britain
Italy
Eisenhower Returns to HQ After Normandy Visit
General Eisenhower completes five day tour with his troops in Normandy England HQ with conferences with Montgomery and Bradley and two behind enemy lines trips highlighted by the visit.
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Eisenhower
England
Normandy
Bernard L. Montgomery
Omar N. Bradley
Caen Flattened by Thunderbolt Pilot Report
A U S Thunderbolt pilot said Caen remains largely demolished with only red cross marked houses still standing in the city of 61,000, as heavy destruction continues across eastern Normandy. A second death from infantile paralysis is reported in Hickory area amid an epidemic. Bruce Etheridge says National Carbon will open a Greenville plant employing 300 to 450, with Krone plastic production starting after building alterations by September or October. Adolf Hitler vows no capitulation in a speech to war production leaders, noting the need for courage and calm. text was released by Nazi broadcasts.
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Caen
London
U. S. Thunderbolt
Normandy
Raleigh
Bruce Etheridge
State Department of Conservation and Development
National Carbon Company
Greenville
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Reich
British Envoy To Argentina Returning Home For Consultations
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden said the British ambassador to Argentina would return to London immediately for consultations. He added a review of all aspects of the relations with Argentina, with emphasis on wartime bearing, before making any further statement.
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London
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Argentina
Eden
Final assault underway as U S troops push Saipan defenses
American forces pressed into Saipan as the 2nd Marine Division moved through Garapan while the 4th Marine Division and 27th Army infantry advanced toward Marpi Point. Japanese positions clustered in caves and towns as civilians retreated with defenders. Naval bombardment battered Tanapag and the Iwo Jima base area nearby.
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Saipan
U. S. Timor
I Fl
Janese
Iwo Jima
Yokohama
Western Pacific
Garapan
Tanapag
Second Marine
Fourth Marine Division
27Th Army
Marpi Point
Tananaval
Tanapag Harbor
Mother Accepts Medal of Honor for Son in Home Ceremony
Mrs. Friedericka F. Truemper, an invalid, received the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for Lt. Walter F. Truemper, killed last February attempting to land a damaged bomber. Brig. Gen. RKB ODeill delivered the citation as family and about 100 friends looked on at their home in Aurora.
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Aurora
German Lines Inch Backward South of Minsk
The wartime delivery reports from Berlin indicate German forces south of Minsk advanced while facing Soviet resistance. The communique notes continued fighting as German formations sought to alter frontline positions late in the day.
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London
Minsk
Allies Drive On Strategic Italian City
Allied Eighth Army nears Arezzo within five miles on the Florence road as American units reach the outskirts of Livorno. Heavy German fire from Dominate hills harasses advances toward Rosignano while American troops break into the town with tanks and artillery, knocking out two Tiger tanks amid counter moves.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Arezzo
Florence
Italy
Livorno
Rosignano
Diminishing Flying Bomb Attacks Boosts British Resolve
London reports a drop in south England flying bomb activity last night, with Churchill expected to address Commons. Some allies doubt German retaliation will shift forces from the front as morale within Germany faces scrutiny in Das Schwarze Korps.
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London
England
Winston Churchill
Commons
Churchill
Steinhardt Heads Home From Turkey on Leave
American ambassador Laurence A. Steinhardt is returning to the United States for consultations on leave, with the State Department stressing no alteration in US Turkey relations. Ankara dispatches said Steinhardt and British envoy Sterndale Bennett would depart Ankara shortly.
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Washington
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Turkey
State Department
United States
Steinhardt
Ankara
Sterndale Bennett
La Haye Du Puits Station Seized Amid Normandy Push
Allied forces pressed along the Normandy front with a thrust toward La Haye Du Puits, seizing the railway station near the town after heavy fighting. Field reports note advances of one to two and a half miles through swampy terrain as German counterattacks, including Tiger tanks, tested the line near Caen and Carpiquet air field.
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Wes Gallagher
Doughbvays
la Haye du Puits
France
Normandy Battlefront
Supreme Headquarters
Omar Nley
U. S
Normandy
Caen
Erwin Rommel
Carpiquet
la Haye
Cherbourg
St. Jores
Carentan
Georgia Democrats Renominate Key incumbents in Congress
Georgia Democrats renominated Walter F. George chairing the senate finance committee and nine of ten Georgia congressmen. Hugh Peterson and E. E. Cox won renomination after CIO opposition. John S. Gibson, Robert Ramspeck, Carl Vinson and others were renominated. B. Frank Whelchel did not seek reelection. John S. Wood won the ninth district seat.
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Atlanta
Walter F. George
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Georgia
Hugh Peterson
E. E. Cox
CIO
John S. Gibson
Robert Ramspeck
House
Carl Vinson
House Naval Affairs Committee
Pace
Tococca
John S. Golden
Jasper
Rankin Leads Mississippi in Fourth July Primary Nomination
In Mississippi, incumbent Rep. John E. Rankin led in unofficial 4th of July Democratic primary returns. Rankin posted a four to one margin over two opponents in the first district, signaling his nomination and likely election.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
House of Representatives
John E. Rankin
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East Prussia
Baltic States
Marion Gilenn Spencer
Conover
Richard Spencer
Howard Hanbleman
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Madrid
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