Americans Near Herbourg in European Invasion
Allied forces breach Italian lines as the Fifth Army advances from Rome toward Tarquinia and Bracciano. Gen. Clark drives north from the capital while Eighth Army pushes along the Tiber, encountering German resistance and equipment losses as they press toward central Italy.
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Adriatic
Fifth Army
Rome
Mark W. Clark
Cap
Lakeno
Caprarola
Lake Vico
Eighth
Tollo
Chieti
Sutri
Bracciano
Eighth Army
Tiber
Rotonda
Sir
Montero
Invasion Developments Amid Weather Delays and Allied Progress
The War Today reports Allied forces advancing with methodical efficiency despite bad weather. Rommel is expected to press his response as the first landing reached a foothold. The second phase begins with German defenses while weather continues to hinder operations and heavy seas slow reinforcements.
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Org Peninsula
Susi
Ich Rommel
Supreme Headquarters
Rommel
High Point Receives $400000 Road Fund Allocation
RALEIGH June 9 The State Highway Commission approved 400000 for retreating highways and advanced 200000 to the Fifth District including Greensboro High Point Durham to ease wear from heavy traffic and plan postwar rebuilding funded partly by federal aid. District funds totaling 36000 2570 38360 38680 45200 40600 41240 46320 44680 42440 allocated by district.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Fifth District
Greensboro
Burlington
High Point
Durham
W. Vance Baise
Charles Ross
French Parachute Troops Aid Cherbourg Invasion
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force reports French parachute troops are participating in the Cherbourg peninsula invasion. They prove especially effective as guides due to their terrain knowledge aiding advance operations.
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U. S. Signal Corps
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
Bombers Hit Munich Area as Allied Forces Press Attacks
U S bombers from 500 to 750 strong struck targets around Munich in a coordinated push with French and Italian air efforts against Nazi positions. German defenses and RAF raids reported heavy activity along the invasion front with several engagements and large rail yard strikes near Rennes and Fougeres.
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U. S
Munich
Germany
France
Italy
Augs
BBC
Britain
Seine River
Paris
Sea
Porto Marghera
Venice
Rome
RAF Spitfires
RAF
Rennes
Fougeres
Alencon
Mayenne
Pontaubault
Normandy
Air Ministry
Cherbourg
Oklahoma war correspondent reported prisoner in France
London dispatch says German radio reports James W. Lee of Oklahoma, war correspondent for the Jewish Telegraph Agency in New York, has been taken prisoner presumably in France.
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London
James W. Lee
Oklahoma
Aeley
New York
France
Myitkyina Struggle Continues As Allies Press Burmese Offensive
Myitkyina in northern Burma remains under heavy assault as allied ground troops seize part of the airfield at Myitkyina and advance along the Kohima road toward Imphal. Chinese infantry widen positions inside the city as British units push Japanese from Kohima area. meanwhile a Chinese river offensive narrows the Burma road gap.
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William Phipps
Myitkyina
Great
North Burma
Ledo
Burma
Japan
Joseph W. Stilwell
Hola
Southeast Asia Command
Kohima
Imphal
Manipura
China
Chanksha
Hunan
Hankow-Canton
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Jimmy Stewart Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in Britain
Former movie star Jimmy Stewart promoted from major to lieutenant colonel by Brig. Gen. James Hodges. Stewart, serving as group operations officer, has flown 14 combat missions and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with oak leaf cluster. He was promoted to major last January and has participated in attacks on Berlin Brunswick and Frankfurt.
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U. & Liberator
England
Jimmy Stewart
James Hodges
Stewart
Britain
Berlin
Brunswick
Prankfurt
Reds Capture Vital Place In Romania
Moscow announced Soviet troops gained a height of great importance north of Iasi in Romania. A German radio commentator said Russian armored forces opened a wide front offensive, while the Soviet communiqué reported about 200 German deaths and several tanks destroyed amid failed Nazi counter attacks. Ernst von Hammer noted Red Army advances in the center and left flank.
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London
Moscow
Iasi
Romania
Ernst von Hammer
Paratroopers Near Hero Status On D-Day Coast
Chicago Daily News report from Cherbourg peninsular recounts parachutists dropping behind German lines on D-Day. Troops split into small groups and fought all night near the beachhead, flushing out or defeating Germans, with pockets of decisive rescues and engagements across hedgerows.
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William Stoneman
Chicago Daily News
Associated Press
Cherbourg
Normandy
D-day
Karol Southard
Nubieber
Calif
Carenaes
Lester Beshears
Larned Kas
Robert Bensel
West Palm Beach
Fla
Daniel Chute
Amsterdam
N. Y
Ernesto G. Burciaga
Roswell
N. Mex
Hawthorne Flying Service Wins High Point Greensboro Airport Contract
At noon in Greensboro the airport authority awarded Hawthorne Flying Service of Charleston a contract to operate general aeronautical services at High Point Greensboro Airport starting July 1. Beverly Howard said Edward W. Nevis will manage operations, provide instruction, charter service and transient plane accommodations with two hangars to be used and offices in the administration building.
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Greensboro
O. Henry
Hawthorne Flying Service
Charleston
S. C
High Point
R. T. Amos
Charles Kearns
Frank Sizemore
J. T. Martin
Beverly Howard
Edward W. Nevis
Nephew of Churchill Taken Prisoner
German high command stated British Lt. Col. Tom Churchill, described as commandant of Lussino in the Adriatic, was captured. Berlin called him a nephew of Prime Minister Churchill. Maj. Randolph Churchill, son of the PM, was in Yugoslavia, with no confirmation of Tom’s status. London reports offered no details.
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Tom Churchill
Lussino
Adriatic
Berlin
Churchill
Randolph Churchill
Yugoslavia
London
Lissa Island
Allied Push Past Cherbourg After Mere Eglise Capture
Allied forces drive 18 miles toward Cherbourg with Mere Eglise fallen. Canadians and British join a Caen thrust as German resistance stiffens, air and sea support constant, and D-Day beachhead expanding under Bradley command.
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Supreme Headquar
Cherbourg
Annow
Caen
Bilan
Detroit
Paul L. Williams
9Th Airforce Carrier Command
Channel
Ste. Mere Eglise
Laing Head
Berlin
Allied forces seize Viterbo and nearby towns in Italy
Allied headquarters announced the capture of Viterbo Tarquinia and Vetralla in Italy. Viterbo lies 40 miles northwest of Rome, Tarquinia 55 miles northwest near the coast, and Vetralla sits on a road between Tarquinia and Viterbo.
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Rome
Viterbo
Vetralla
Tarquinia
Plane crash kills two naval officers in North Carolina
Two officers, Second Lieut. Charles McDaniel USMCR and Ensign John E. Withrow USNR, died yesterday when their aircraft crashed in the Yadkin River reservoir near Radford in the Fifth Naval District area, authorities said.
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Norfolk, Va
Charles McDaniel
USMCR
Ens
John E. Withrow
USNR
Yadkin River Reservoir
Radin
N. C
Fifth Naval District
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MA Pah
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Nevfchatel
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Seine
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Une
Charles B. Ellington
Leonard Baer
Neenah
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Joseph Kozik
Union City
Robert Tubbs
Charlotte
Chas, B
Ellington
Reds
James A. Dodson
Forest City
Ark
Dobson
William Pruck
New York City
Laurence J. Welsh
Quincy
Mass
Stanley Au
The
Allied Headquarters
Washington
North Carolina
State Board of Education
DE Gaulle
U. 8
Roosevelt
Charles de Gaulle
French National Committee of Liberation
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