Nazis On Run In Italy Reds Hit Finland Aoften?
Allied reports describe Fifth Army advances along the Italian west coast and Tiber valley toward Reggio while central Italy sees occupation gains from Avezzano to areas near Pescara. The Eighth Army moves through the Sacco and Liri valleys with the South African armored division noted for a ghost advance north of the front.
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Edward Kennedy
Lune
Monte
Lake Bol
Orbetello
Rome
Tiber
Reggio
Rieti
Avezzano
Adriatic
Pescara River
Fifth Army
Nunzi
Alhands
Lake Fucino
Ferano
Carters
Eighth Army
Sacco
The
and Said
K. Eberhard) von Mackensen
Allied plans in Cherbourg battle hinge on air and naval strength
The War Today reports Montgomery flagging a firm lodgement in France while Rommel braces for a push on Cherbourg. Allies bank on air power and warships to break enemy concentrations and erase coastal batteries, with a wider German counteroffensive as the possible turning point.
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Cherbourg
Penin
Assur
Bernard Montgomery
France
Ishal Rommel
Rommel
Proburg
Europe
Erbourg
Peacetime Employment To Be Increased Ten Million
Washington reports the Senate special planning committee says the United States must provide up to 54 to 56 million jobs in peace time, even if 2 to 3 million serve in the armed forces. Present civilian employment stands near 50 million plus overtime. after victory, 4 to 5 million war workers may seek schooling or leave the labor market. The first six months after victory will see the largest civilian job surge.
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Washington
Senate
Special Planning Committee
United States
George
D-Ga
Army
Dr Ralph McDonald No Immediate Plans For Future
Dr Ralph McDonald defeated candidate for governor says he has no immediate plans, aims for honest government in North Carolina. He spoke during a Charlotte stopover on return from Florida educator conference and urged continued fight for good government.
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Charlotte
Ralph McDonald
North Carolina
Yadkin Deputy Kills Robber and Wounds Associate
Sheriff A. L. Inscore said Henry Newman was killed and Conrad Bell wounded during a warehouse robbery attempt in Yadkinville early this morning. Deputy Ray Graham and deputy Ed Wishon pursued. Graham fired, striking both suspects. Newman died, Bell hospitalized in not grave condition.
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A. L. Inscore
Henry Newman
Conrad Bell
Roaring River
Yadkin County
Bell
North Wilkesboro
Inscore
Newman
Yadkin Grocery Company
Ray Graham
Civil Service
Washington
D. C
Graham
Ed Wishon
Wishon
Hull returns to work after rest. meets Polish premier
Secretary of State Hull resumes duties after a ten day rest at Hershey Pennsylvania. His first actions include a talk with visiting Polish premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk about ongoing diplomacy and future discussions.
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Washington
Hull
Hershey
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Fifth War Loan Drive Urges Mass Participation
June 12 to July 8 marks the campaign with every street and home targeted. Volunteers will seek a minimum $100 cash per person as the personal quota, promoting U S War Bonds and Stamps as a safe investment yielding 2.9 percent if held to maturity. Bonds may be bought via cash or payroll deductions with safekeeping by the U S Treasury and Federal Reserve Banks.
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U. S
U. S. Treasury
Federal Reserve
Soviet Push Near Leningrad Seizes Terijoki Rail Hub
Soviet forces under Col. Gen. Govorov launched a major offensive from the Karelian isthmus above Leningrad cracking Finnish defenses on a 25 mile front. The drive claimed 82 towns and villages including Terijoki a key rail junction and was supported by Baltic fleet guns and air power in a coordinated move with Allied plans from Tehran.
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Henry
Cassidy
Moscow
Aera
Red Army
Karelian
Leningrad
France
Leonid Govorov
Sevastopol
Terijoki
Helsinki
Yappilya
Ijoki
Connally and Vandenberg Call for Nonpartisan Postwar Peace Plan
In Washington on June 12 Senator Connally and Senator Vandenberg urged eliminating partisan politics from postwar peace planning. Connally noted a bipartisan eight member liaison committee advised Hull on the framework, warning no plan could avoid controversy over details.
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Washington
Connally
D-Tex
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Calles
Hull
Peace Organization
Three Thousand Strike at Detroit Tank Plant
Production of amphibious tanks at the Graham Paige Motors plant halted as about 3,000 workers across three shifts join a strike. The action follows the suspension of several drivers accused of abandoning work, linked to a pact with the United Automobile Workers CIO.
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Detroit
Graham-Paige Motors Corp
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Boy Drownings Reported in Canton Incident
A drowning occurred in Canton as 16 year old Tom my Revi died yesterday in the Pidge ouu creek. Local authorities investigated the incident and a report will follow.
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Canton
Tommy Revi
Japs Surround Changsha In China's Gravest Battle
Japanese forces close in on Changsha six miles east as Chinese communique says the city is surrounded in a furious battle. Chinese troops ordered to fight to the last man, with another Japanese force moving north from Canton to seal the city.
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Changsha
Mankow-Canton
Liuyang
Hankow
Chungking
Canton
Claire L. Chennault
Japan
Pacific
Philippines
Palau
Carolines
Marianas
Philippine Islands
China
Myitkyina
Burma
CAA to Complete H P Greensboro Airport Project
Rep Randolph says the Civil Aeronautics Administration will resume airport work in 17 states including North Carolina High Point Greensboro and Danville Virginia airports. A White House notice confirms approval to restart 27 of 28 originally involved projects with one in Johnstown, Pa. omitted.
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Washington, Dunett
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Randolph
D-W Va
White House
Johnestown
High Point
Greensboro
N. C
Danville
North Carolina Opens Fifth War Loan Campaign
The fifth war loan campaign starts in North Carolina with a quota of 148 million dollars up from 126 million in the previous drive. Clarence T. Leinbach, state war finance chairman, says the drive runs to July 31 for Series E F and G bonds and savings notes, with a July 8 close for marketable bonds.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Clarence T. Leinbach
U.S. Treasury
Farmers Boost Food Output Says War Administrator
Boston June 12 The nation’s 6 million farmers produced more food in the last three years than in any previous period says Judge Marvin Jones national war food administrator.
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Boston
Marvin Jones
National War Food Administrator
Mass Rites At Beachhead Cemetery For U S Dead
In a French beachhead cemetery, American and enemy dead are laid to rest after the Normandy assault. Negro soldiers help bury the fallen as officers report the first U S cemetery in France of this war. Another grave area is prepared nearby for more casualties.
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U.S
Beachhead Cemetery
John A. Moroso
France
Normandy
Imen
America
Nazis Engaged In Wholesale Slaughter
President Roosevelt told Congress the Nazi drive to wipe out the Jewish race in Europe remains undiminished as the war nears its end. He outlined refugee plans for about 1,000 people in a Oswego New York military camp and noted the War Refugee Board has given new hope to oppressed Europeans.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Europe
Hitler
Oswego
N. Y
War Refugee Board
Secretarys of State
Treasury
War
Italy
Madison Lumber Man Dies in Truck Crash
Banner Mills a Madison lumber dealer was killed when his lumber truck wrecked five miles west of Madison. He had complained of illness and may have suffered a heart attack. He died at the scene and was taken to Dr. M. G. Wilson’s office. Survivors include his widow, two brothers and three sisters.
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Winston-Salem
Banner Mills
Madison
Mills
M. G. Wilson
I Brothers
Allies Press Deep in Normandy as Cerisy Forest Falls
On June 12 Allied forces reported driving 18 miles inland and capturing the Cerisy forest, with St Lo looming nine miles away and Cherbourg within 14 miles from the northeast. Caen encirclement threats were noted though not yet confirmed as the front lines shift under heavy fighting.
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James M. Long
Cerisy
Carenta
U. S
St. Lo
Normandy
Carentan
Cherbourg
Cape
Caen
Allied
Weygand Reported Shot By The Nazis
Berlin reports from Zurich allege General Maxime Weygand, former French commander, was shot while attempting to escape. Weygand, 77, vanished as Germany overran France after Allied landings in North Africa in 1942 and later held posts including minister of national defense and commander in French North Africa.
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London
Koenigsberg
Maxime W Gand
Reuters
Zurich
Weygand
France
Maurice Gustav Gamelin
North Africa
Henri Giraud
Gamelin
Paris
Petain
French North Africa
Supreme Court to Review Williams Marital Case Again
The U S Supreme Court agreed to review the Williams case from Pineola North Carolina. The couple sought recognition of a Nevada divorce after bigamy convictions and NC court retrials despite a prior Supreme Court reversal.
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Williams
Washington
RB. Williams
Pineola
N. C
North Carolina Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
North Carolina
Nevada
High Tribunal
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