Saipan battle rages as Japanese counterattack repelled
Allied reports describe a fierce Japanese counterattack on Saipan with heavy casualties on both sides. American forces halted the assault near Tanapag, killing about 1,500 and bringing Japanese dead to roughly 10,400. Nimitz noted gains in China and further Superfortress raids on Japan and China.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Saipan
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Liling
China
India
Japan
Jpan
Tanapagown
Hun
Revcod
Nimitz T
Heng
Chungking
Temecerene
Hengyang
Via
Jan
Manchurian
Sasebo
Yawalaain
Omura
Kyushu
Laoyao
Soviets Capture Baranowicze Open Baltic Front Advance
The Red Army seized Baranowicze a strategic rail hub on the invasion route to War saw and cut the Wilno Daugavpils line. Moscow said infantry tanks and artillery breached Wilno amid heavy fighting, destroying Nazi armor, guns, and machine guns as 28,000 Germans were reported killed or captured in the Minsk area and surrounding drives.
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Tom Yarbrough
London
Red Army
Baranowicze
Warsaw
Wilno
Wilno-Daugavpils
Germany
East Prussia
Baltic States
Moscow
Minsk
Berlin
Gregory K. Zhukov
First Ukraine
Old Poland
Kowel
Lwow
Daugavpils
Dvinsk
Latvia
Carpathian Mountain
Zhukov
Marshal K. K. Rokossovsky
Brest Litovsk
Bug River
Russia
Rokossovsky
Ivan D. Cheriakhovsky
Ivan Bagramian
Stalin
Bialystok
White Russia
German East Prussia
Hutton Uses Army Gas While Facing OPA Probe
OPA questioned Ina Ray Hutton, dance band leader, over using army camp gasoline without coupons on three cars. Her manager Maurice Healey faces conspiracy charges. Aldrich noted renewals allow shows in Kansas but warned the case may hinge on morale considerations.
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Omaha
OPA
John G. Aldrich
Ina Ray Hutton
Aldrich
Kansas
Gratis
Miss Hutton
Maurice P. Healey
Healey
U. S. District Attorney's Office
Hutton
Garden City
Liberal
Kas
Wichita
Nurses From Washington Richmond Sent To State
Red Cross sent six nurses from Washington and Richmond to Charlotte North Carolina where infantile paralysis was reported in disaster proportions The drive followed 241 cases in North Carolina over 37 days Additional groups of nurses were slated to depart from Richmond and Norfolk as supplies to the Charlotte area increased Raleigh health officials planned a southern states meeting to discuss poliomyelitis control and to review emergency center methods at Hickory and Charlotte
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Washington
Red Cross
Charlotte
N. C
American Red Cross
North Carolina
Alexandria
Richmond
Norfolk
Raleigh
State Department of Health
Hickory
Fire Destroys Almost Entire Durham Block
A large mid town Durham fire tonight wiped out nearly a full city block. The Big Four warehouse at Rigsby avenue and Morgan street was among the largest losses, with three other warehouses and multiple buildings badly damaged or destroyed. The Noland building and Scarborough building survived, while the nearby armory faced risk as flames spread amid onlookers.
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Durham
Big Four
Banner
Central Leaf
Rigsby Avenue
Morgan Street
Noland
Scarborough
German High Command Faces Historic War Crunch on Three Fronts
The war outlook centers on Germany's need to shorten battle fronts as a triple Allied pressure from east south and west intensifies. Russian advances near East Prussia and a collapsing Baltic theater constrain Nazi reserves, while Allied invasion pressures in Normandy and the Gothic line in Italy threaten Rome. A decisive reserve shift could decide the fate of the Italian peninsula and the entire European front.
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Italy
Rome
Europe
France
Russia
Poland
Baltic States
Brest Litovsk
Dvinsk
Finland
Germany
Normandy
Western Front
East Prussia
Moscow
Baltic
Ligurian
Leghorn
Livorno
Rimini
Adriatic
Arno
Veteran Senator backs Roosevelt for fourth term in Nebraska
George W. Norris of McCook Nebraska, age 83, says he favors Roosevelt’s reelection to a fourth term and calls a change now a mistake. He warns that replacing the president would embolden enemies and discourage soldiers, and he supports disarmament plans though laments little attention to the peace issue.
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McCook
Nebr
George W. Norris
United States
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Norris
Controversy Over Limited Goods Plan Spurs Military Clash
Washington reports that the joint chiefs warned Nelson’s civilian goods plan could slow war production and force revisions in strategic plans. Navy and Army chiefs said orders easing controls on nonessential civilian output threaten adequate war material. Nelson’s WPB faced internal pushback even as he recuperates from pneumonia.
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Nelson
Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Joint Navy
Army Chiefs
Naval
Joint Chiefs
Truman Senate Committee
National Defense
Senate In Business Committee
WPRB
War Production Board
War Manpower Commission
William D. Leahy
Dewey May Use Campaign Train If Nominated
Roosevelt can use a special campaign train this fall if nominated, and Dewey may join, under new rules allowing presidential use but restricting government railcars. An ODT spokesman noted no discrimination against candidates, yet expects little railroad campaigning this fall.
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Washington
Roosevelt
ODT
Thomas E. Dewey
United States
Fifth War Loan Drive Goes Over The Top
America smashed over the top in the 16 billion dollar Fifth War Loan today as subscriptions reached 16 650 000 000 dollars. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau announced the total and said it will rise further when all returns are in. The drive ends today with an army of workers contributing to a magnificent effort.
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Washington
America
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
ODT Restricts Special Pullman Use For War Efforts
The Office of Defense Transportation moves to ban special cars and trains for government public relations trips and for transporting stars to war bond rallies. The rule targets inspector tours, demonstrations at war plants, and the heavy use of pullmans by the armed services and Treasury for publicity and war loan drives.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
War, Treasury
Armed Services
Bretton Woods
N. H
Treasury Department
Massacres Reported in Greek and French Villages
A BBC report via Greek sources describes the Distomo massacre in Greece where about 1,000 villagers were killed and the village burned after a June 9 battle with German troops. Separately, British reports claim 1,100 of 1,200 residents were slain at Oradour sur Glane in central France, where the town was also burned in reprisal for German casualties.
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Associated Press
Distomo
Oradour-Sur- Glane
New York
Lidice
Czechoslovakia
Limoges
Lecentral
France
British Broadcasting Corporation
Izmir
Smyrna
Turkey
Reinhard Heydrich
Red Cross
Caen Battle Drives German Lines, British Advance
Allied forces press a major assault on Caen as British troops push along a seven mile front toward the city while U S troops move from Cherbourg base and threaten western front positions. Rommel struggles to respond to the bombardment as German forces withdraw behind their coastal defense.
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Supreme Huarters Allied Expeditionary Force
Caen
Big
Paris
Transocean
Normandy
Guenther von Kluge
High Command
Supreme Headquarters
la Haye du Puits
Pos
Hboys
Rommel
Erwin Rommel
Bernard L. Montgomery
Bayeux
Britain to Ship 10000 Tons Steel Monthly to United States
The British government will export 10,000 tons of steel per month to the United States as Allied forces need greater armament. War Production Board warns U S output must rise immediately to support Europe, with ingot steel losses around 500,000 tons monthly due to labor shortages.
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Washington
England
United States
Europe
War Production Board
Brehon Somervell
Army Service Forces
S. M. Robinson
Navy
Steel Industry Advisory Committee
WPB
Britain
William L. Batt
U.S
Combined Production and Resources Board
CPRB
Cure
Batt
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Murray
D-Mont
Gov. Dewey
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