MacArthur’s Airbase Victory Marks Philippine Advance
Allied forces seized Mokmer air base on Biak island after 12 days of intense fighting, signaling a major Pacific push toward the Philippines. Meanwhile Chinese resistance slows the Hankow Canton rail corridor as Japan tightens the Cochin China to Yunnan front and Allied air strikes widen to Guam.
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Japan
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Biak
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Mokmer
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China
Changsha
Hankow-Canton
Hunan
Salween River
Yunnan
Burma
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Kohima
Tral Pacific
Guam
War Today battle of Arbourg peninsula tests Rommel Montgomery
The war notes the duel between Field Marshal Rommel and General Montgomery as the Allied push toward the Arbourg peninsula intensifies. German counterattacks begin as both sides prepare for a major assault, with observers likening tactics to a game of chess while recognizing the stakes of a decisive engagement.
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Arbourg
Afri Desert
Rommel
Montgomery
Hitler
Europe
Over Optimism Warning From Churchill In Commons
Prime Minister Churchill warned the House of Commons to guard against over optimism in the European war and against the belief that battles would be quickly settled. He noted great dangers behind and called for enormous exertions while signaling news embargoes during invasion reports.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Europe
Axis Prepares For Big Scrap With Russians
New York dispatch reports Nazi Germany withdraws troops on the eastern front to form strong defensive lines for a future clash with the Soviet Union. German officers express confidence in victory, while the high command orders stiff resistance on Romanian battlefields and resistance to Allied claims about Ploesti.
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New York
Nazi Germany
Germany
Red Army
Hitler
Reich
Eastern Front
Eace
Ploesti
2379 American Casualties Near Rome Report
Secretary of War Stimson reported that in a three day period of heavy fighting before the fall of Rome American forces in Italy suffered 2379 casualties. Total Italian campaign casualties from the landings in September to May 30 reached 57529 with 9964 killed 38554 wounded and 9011 missing.
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Washington
Stimson
Rome
Italy
Rome Port Falls to Fifth Army in Rome Campaign
The Fifth Army captured Civitavecchia, Rome’s main port, 38 miles northwest of the capital, while advancing along the west coast toward the retreating German forces. Bracciano, 20 miles north on the lake’s west shore, also fell. a column crossed the lake to the east. German forces retreated in disarray with over 40 Wehrmacht formations among prisoners as the drive north neared Civita Castellana, headquarters of Field Marshal Kesselring.
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Civitavecchia
Bracciano
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Albert Kesselring
Civita Castellana
Eighth Army
Alre
Cherbourg
Ise Bertin
Ste. Mere-Egli
Ste. Mere-Eglise
Chbourg
Lages
Berlin
Vive Bn
French Cities Feel Effects Of Bombings Across Coast Invasion
Allied air forces hit Rennes Laval Tours Le Mans Nantes Angers and Cherisy during the invasion as Fortresses Liberators Marauders and Wavocs bombed railways and targets behind the front. Fighters strafed enemy vehicles while Typhoons attacked road traffic and Focke Wulf and Me 109 pilots were shot down in combat.
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Nantes
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St. Lo
Thunderbolt
Lightning
OTAL
RAF
Lessty
Pontaubault
Cherbourg
Periers
Lahaye du Puits
Air Ministry
Russians Launch Broad Front Offensive Against Germans
Berlin broadcast reports the Russians launched a broad front assault north of Iasi with heavy fighting and progress. Moscow says German attacks north of last diminished. Red troops counterattacked in Moldavia taking two heights. From May 30 to June 6 Germans suffered over 10,000 dead amid savage fighting near Iasi.
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DNB
Berlin
Sasiania
Moscow
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France
Italy
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Moldavian
Iasi
Tar Heel Man Injured In Navy Bomber Crash
SAN DIEGO Calif June 8 Navy Liberator crash at Camp Kearny on Kearny Mesa killed 17 sailors and injured 12 including Aviation Machinist Mate Dale Stallings of Smithfield North Carolina RFD 2.
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Calif
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Kearny Mesa
11Th Naval District
Dale Stallings
Smithfield
N. C
RFD 2
Full Weight of Counter Blows Ahead Stimson
War Secretary Stimson warned that the German counter attack in Normandy will intensify. Allied beachheads have been established from the Seine to Cotentin, with some linked, and Caen area sees local counterattacks. He said mobile reserves will be used and the period of counterattacks will be prolonged, urging cautious outlook.
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Washington
Normandy
Stimson
Seine
Cotentin Peninsula
Caen
Navi High Command
Allied Forces Praised By Eisenhower
General Eisenhower expressed complete confidence in the Allied armies navies and air forces and praised the early naval landing operations under Ramsay. He commended the long and brilliant campaign by the combined air forces including Harris Spaatz and their overall execution.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Eisenhower
United Nations
Ramsay
Harris
Spaatz
Chute-Eye Invasion Account From Ahead of D Day
Leonard Mosely recalls the early paratroop mission behind the Atlantic Wall in Normandy. He details landing in an orchard, fighting near farm fields, and securing river bridges before Allied bombers and gliders arrived to reinforce the beach assault.
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Leonard Mosely
Atlantic Wall
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Japs Short Of Supplies At Bangkok
Southeast Asia Command reports heavy bombing of Bangkok, its heaviest of the war, with the city’s defenses caught by surprise. Japanese 31st division in Kohima area is pressed by depleted ammunition, food, and medical stocks due to poor communications. Chinese high command cites heavy fighting around Changsha with advances toward the Hunan city and Japanese attempts to join southern forces near Tungkwan.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Bangkok
Thailand
Tony
Eran
Kohima
Chungking
Changsha
Hunan
Taying
Tungkwan
Loyang
Luhsih
Shensi
Chinese Troops Seize Lungling as Burma Road Town Lungs
Chinese forces occupy part of Lungling in Yunnan near the Salween River, moving to seize the town’s west gate. North of Tengchung, Chinese troops attack the main Japanese base hub and report limited advances while claiming enemy casualties surpassing 3,000 since crossing the Salween.
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Chungking
Burma Road
Lungling
Yunnan
Salween River
Tengchung
Registration Opens for Summer Session at Woman's College
Greensboro reports registration began today for the summer session at Woman's College, inviting students to enroll and participate in the upcoming term.
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Greensboro
Woman's College
Allies Push Toward Cherbourg In Peninsula Fighting
Allied forces press the Caen area and the Cherbourg peninsula with heavy air and sea strikes. Reports say Bayeux is secured, rail links cut, and advances continue toward Ste. Mere Eglise and Cherbourg as German resistance stiffens along the coastal front.
Principals and Teachers Gain $400,000 Salary Boost
The state board of education approved a $400,000 salary revision for building principals and teachers in the Department of Public Instruction and the controller's office. Principals of small schools and teachers with six months service last year receive retroactive increases starting July 1.
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State Board of Education
Department of Public Instruction
Controller's Office
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