Allied Forces Press Toward Cherbourg Front in Normandy
Allied forces in Normandy push along the Cherbourg peninsula with advances from Lessay to St Germain sur Ay and toward Beatavais, while St Lo remains contested and Caen shows no changes. American infantry labor under heavy German artillery as Montgomery's front holds near Caen and British Canadian efforts stall.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
St. Lo
Normandy
Lessay
Carentan
Caen
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Auxais
Les Champs de Losque
Es-Aubris
la Vicenterne
Lessay-St. Lo
Havre de St. Germain
Honorine
Colombelles
Omar N. Bradley
Cherbourg
St. German- Sur-Ay
la Haye du Puits
Beatvais
St. Jean de Caye
Tribehou
Gournay
le Rommenet D'Artheny
Miller elected president of North Carolina Press Association
Dr. Julian Miller editor of the Charlotte Observer was elected president of the North Carolina Press Association at the Sheraton hotel. Frank Daniels of Raleigh became vice president and Beatrice Cobb of the Morganton News-Herald was re elected secretary treasurer. Clarence Griffin of the Forest City Courier was chosen historian. The session followed remarks by Pvt. John Mattern of the U S Army Overseas Postal Depot Greensboro warning that victory requires a hard bloody struggle.
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Press Association
North Carolina Press Association
John B. Harris
The
Albemarle News and Press
Beatrice Cobb
Morganton News-Herald
Frank Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
Julian Miller
Charlotte Observer
Tribune
Raleigh
Clarence Griffin
Forest City Courier
Luncelion
Sheraton Hotel
John Mattern
U. S. Army Overseas Ont
Greensboro
Pvt. Mattern
Airforce
Hitler
Germany
Wo Mattern Ccapal
Gestapo
Srialisim
Aic
Eight-Year-Old Los Angeles Girl Struggles With Poliomyelitis
Eight-year-old Daquelin, born in Chicago and long treated in Los Angeles hospitals, endures extensive ailments including nineteen eye operations and multiple illnesses. Her mother Opal Jenner notes the child’s grim medical saga as she faces further bulbar poliomyelitis treatments during a hospital transfer.
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Los Angeles
Daly
Daquelin
Opal Jenner
Nazis Capable of Destroying Continent
U S representative on the Allied War Crimes Commission Herbert Pell warned that Germany would try to destroy occupied Europe as a prelude to renewed war. He cited a German broadcast promising that Europe would be turned into a whirlpool of destruction.
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London
Herbert Claiborne Pell
U. S
Allied War Crimes Commission
Europe
Pell
Hitler’s Threat Spurs Allies Motive for Quick Victory
In a broadcast the Nazi regime declares Europe will be turned into a maelstrom of destruction to force terms from the Allies. The piece denounces Hitler as a barbaric dictator and argues his past mass killings prove he will stop at nothing. It says the threat, though diabolical, should unite the United Nations to crush the monster swiftly.
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Eued
Reich
Hitler
United Nations
Pes
Adolf Hitler
Americans Break German Lines Near Livorno Amid Bastile Day Push
American troops, led by the 442nd regimental combat team, pierced tight German defense to seize Pastina and advance toward San Luce and Livorno. French forces on the right wing captured San Gimignano and La Casette, approaching the Arno near Empoli while counterattacks tried to blunt the drive.
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Rome
Pastina
Livorno
Leghorn
San Luce
Era
San Donato
San Gimignano
la Casette
Arno
Empoli
Poggibonsi
Monte Maggiore
Terricciola
Era Valley
Pisa
Nazi Prison Labor Used In Annapolis
Fort Meade officials disclosed that about 70 German prisoners of war were employed at the Naval Academy in Annapolis for building grounds maintenance and agricultural work. Some also reportedly worked in the laundries.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Fort Meade
Academy
Finns Question Baltic States Plan Despite Berlin Declarations
A Helsinki dispatch notes Finland remains wary after Berlin claims Nazis will hold the Baltic States. Af tonbladet cites repeated German assurances that yield little change, with Leningrad army success and German divisions reported moving into central and northern Finland and the south.
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Stockho
Finland
Helsinki
Baltic States
Berlin
Aftonbladet
Leningrad
Viipuri
Karelian
Aunus
Leningrad-Murmansk
Central
North
Finand
Allied and Japanese war reports mix on Saipan and Normandy
Reports from Allied and Japanese sources describe the Saipan battle and the Normandy beachhead in the same brief, noting Admiral heads and German flying bombs. Eisenhower says Normandy missiles likely strayed due to faulty mechanisms with no major damage feared. Tokyo radio confirms Saipan defeat and Guam attacks, while Chinese forces report Tengyang siege developments and railway shifts.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Normandy
England
Eisenhower
FIC
Qu Pear! Harbor
Vpi
Saipan
Pear! Harbor
Nippon
Tokyo
Guam
Chester W. Nimitz
Adm
Nimitz
U. S
Washington
Tanapag Harbor
Budapest Hit By 500 Heavy Bombers
Up to 500 escorted American heavy bombers attacked Budapest rail yard and four oil refineries in Hungary in a sustained effort to cripple German fuel and communications. Foul weather hindered Normandy support but some crews bombed Beauvais and Montdidier rail yards as Liberators targeted Petard oil works and Ferencvaros yards.
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London
Budapest
Hungary
Normandy
Beauvais
Montdider
Italy
Fanto
Shell Kooaz
Hungary Petroleum Company
Petfardo Oil Works
Ferencuaros
War plant workers resume duties after stoppage ends
More than 6000 workers at 10 Chicago Joliet and Michigan can plant sites returned to duty today ending a stoppage sparked by a War Labor Board ruling that granted only part of wage demands. A further WLB ruling threatens a strike affecting about 35000 AFL members.
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Chicago
Joliet
Cap
War Labor Board
AFL
Can Company
WLB
Newsprint Rationing Tightened by War Board
The Newspaper Industry Advisory Committee unanimously urged strict enforcement of newsprint rationing with criminal prosecutions for willful violations. The War Production Board said each willful violation will be referred to the Department of Justice and noncompliance will be publicized. Separately, Tokyo radio claimed a dawn raid on a U.S. airfield near Kweilin with 89 planes reported by Japan, though unconfirmed.
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Washington
Newspaper Industry Advisory Committee
Eparat
War Production Board
Department of Justice
Committee of Fishers
Tokyo
U. S
Kweilin
Embattl Hengyang
Swiss commentator cites a brewing German crisis
A Swiss military commentator on Swiss radio warned of a developing major crisis in Germany. He cited dwindling confidence and rising nervousness in the German camp, noting Hitler’s headquarters moving west, Rundstedt’s dismissal, and intensified persecution, as typical crisis indicators.
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London
Germany
Hitler
Rundstedt
Dews
Paratrooper Collier Drowns at Camp Mackall Lake
Private Herman H. Collier of the 515th Infantry drowned yesterday while swimming in Muddy Creek Lake on Camp Mackall military reservation. The accident occurred in the early morning hours and was reported by base authorities.
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Camp Mackall
Pvt
Herman H. Collier
515Th Infantry Regiment
Muddy Creek Lake
Camp Mackall Military Reservation
War Labor Board Wage Rulings Trigger Strikes Across Cities
The War Labor Board rulings spurred protests and potential strikes among war workers and AFL CIO unions. About 6,000 workers halted at 10 Chicago Joliet plants. 35,000 AFL glass workers faced possible strike votes as WLB decisions drew union opposition. CIO Michigan council backed no strike pledge. Culinary Workers faced actions over end of a two week hotel strike in Los Angeles.
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Marietta
Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan Cio Council
National Cio
Los Angeles
WLB
AFL
Culinary Workers Council
Ambassador Hotel
Nazis Abandon Pinsk In Face Of Attack
NBC today quoted a German underground radio station reporting that Russian armies entered Rovanka in East Prussia at noon European time. The report mentions Pinsk as abandoned amid the eastern front actions and references gazetteers noting a similarly named location near Brest Litovsk.
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New York
NBC Today
Rovanka
East Prussia
Roranka
Old Poland
Bug River
Brest Litovsk
German push backs reshape Pripyt marshfront fronts near Grodno
German war dispatches report strategic withdrawals across southern Polish plains and the Pripyat marshes as Pinsk is evacuated and Grodno reports fresh Soviet breaches. Wilno remains encircled and a Polish rail hub near Grodno is cited as a key line. West of Luck German units withdraw further toward Warsaw while encirclement around Wilno loosens.
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London
Pinsk
Pripyat
Berlin
Grodno
Suwalki
East Prussia
Old Poland
Warsaw
German Silesia
Brest Litovsk
Baltic Sea
Panteen
Lithuania
Bug River
East Prussia-Riga
Baltic States
Wilno
Luck
Moscow
Pripya
Grondo
Rai
Poland
Russia
Germany
Pathfinders Used to Blaze Bombers' Trail
The United States Air Force revealed Pathfinders used to guide bombers to German targets obscured by clouds or smoke screens. The technique, first by the RAF, allowed night raids and invasion support in France, with Pathfinders flying ahead to mark targets using flares and smoke shells.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S. Airforce
RAF
France
U.S
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Laiyang
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Hengshan
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