Four Towns Topple: Yanks Within 10 Miles of Cherbourg
Allied forces push across Normandy on multiple axes. Americans seize four towns near Cherbourg, reach 10 miles from the port. British drive toward Caen at Troarn and other points. U S fourth division takes Montebourg while other columns press along the Cherbourg peninsula.
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Cherbourg
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Caen
Troarn
Paris
U. S
Balleroy
Bayeux
Montebourg
Ste. Mere Eglise
Pont L’ Abbe
West Coast
Carentan
LE Ham
le Miles
D-day
France
Cape
Erwin Memel
Cerisy Forest
St. Lo
Ilin
Berlin
U. S. Veenind
82Nd and
Sear
American Airborne
Airmen Hammer Japanese Defenses in Pacific and China
Allied air, sea, and ground forces pound Japanese fortifications across the Pacific from Palau to the Marianas and Biak while striking Truk. MacArthur and Nimitz report progress on New Guinea bases and attacks on Rabaul as Japanese pressure in central China tightens with key cities near Hankow and Changsha under three-sided assault.
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Tedh
Fess
Erican
Ippines
China
imitz-MacArthur
Palau
Marianas
Adm
Ches W. Nimitz
Jan
Ipan
Douglas MacArthur
Cap New Guinea
Philipnd Truk
Arthur
Biak
Japaa
Bougain
Dutch New Guinea
Casin Dutch New Guinea
Mac
Rabaul
Burma
Shima
Myitkyina
Pture
Changsha
Hankow-Canton
Icity
The War Today Brightens Allied Normandy Advance
A burst of sunshine over the English Channel lifts Allied operations in Normandy. The Cherbourg peninsula beachhead grows stronger as weather improves and air power blocks German reinforcements. About 10,000 Allied sorties were flown yesterday, underscoring the advancing front and planning for the next phase.
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Wall
English Channel
Cherbourg
Normandy
Cherbourgne
Evidence Claims German Torture of American Paratroopers
New York June 13 NBC London correspondent Stanley Richardson said there is indisputable evidence that Germans tortured and murdered American paratroopers during the Normandy landings. He cited three bodies found near Carentan and a lieutenant with a cut throat and knife beside him, plus a major killed by multiple stab wounds.
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New York
Stanley Richardson
NBC
London
Richardson
Carentan
Leutenant
War Leaders See Fighting Front In Normandy Visit
Prime Minister Churchill and Allied Commander Eisenhower toured American held sectors in France. Eisenhower was joined by Marshall, King, Bradley, Kirk, Hall, and other U S and naval leaders while Churchill observed and witnessed combat including a dogfight.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Churchill
Normandy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Eisenhower
George C. Marshall
U. S
Ernest King
Omar
Isigny
North Carolina tobacco crop shows uneven growth and delays
Raleigh June 13. The tobacco stand appears about average while growth is irregular and very slow. J J Morgan, state crop reporter, notes the east belt crop ranges from poor to fair. A good rain could bring about a miraculous improvement, as all crops, especially truck crops, are in need of rain.
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Raleigh
J. J. Morgan
State Agricultural Department
North Carolina
R. C. Rankin
Greenville
East Belt
Agriculture Department
German Aerial Raids Touch London and East England
British reports say a small force of German raiders crossed over England early today to divert attention from Normandy. London suffered alerts and a few casualties from a high explosive hit, with shelling warnings near Dover and raids over East Anglia and southern England as RAF fighters engaged targets on the French coast.
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London
Britain
Normandy
East Anglia
England
Paris
Don
Channel
Cap Griz Nex
Dover
RAF
Continen
Liberators Sink 16000-Ton Japanese Freighter
The 4th U S Air Force Liberators sank a 16,000 ton Japanese freighter and damaged a cruiser off the southeast China coast on Sunday, according to an announced report from Chungking.
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Chungking
U. S. Airforce
China
Invalid Crawls Steps to Find Husband Dead
In Camden New Jersey on June 13 an invalid 76 year old woman, Mrs. Elizabeth Springer, crawled downstairs after her husband Clarence, also 76, failed to return to their room. She found him dead on the kitchen floor after an hours long attempt to reach help.
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Camden
N. 4
Elizabeth Springer
Clarence
Allied Army Air Forces Strike Munich Area Targets Again
Allied air formations attacked Munich area targets including Oberpfaffenhofen airfield and Allach Motor Works as part of a second major raid within a week. Other raids hit Innsbruck rail yards Porto Marghera oil plants and Munich area ordnance depots amid heavy flak and fighter activity.
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Naples
15Th Air Force
Munich
Oberpfaffenhofen
Milpertshofen
Allach Motor Works
France
Reich
Enirs
Evreux-Fauville
Dreux - Illieres -Everque
Tle
Berlin
Alps
Bavaria
Franconia
Germany
RAF
Gelsenkirchen
Cologne
Britain
Synod to Hold Meet At Catawba College
The Southern Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed church will meet at Catawba College Salisbury July 27. The Synod includes the Carolinas and Georgia with Dr. A R Keppel, president of Catawba, delivering the conference sermon.
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Catawba
Soviet Forces Press on in Finland as Helsinki Threatened
London reports on Soviet advances toward Viipuri and Helsinki with Raivola and Kivennapa seized. Stockholm says Finns evacuate Viipuri as Red Army gains, while Berlin and Stockholm note Finnish government may bow to peacemakers.
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London
Viipuri
Helsinki
Finland
Moscow
Red
Raivola
Kivennapa
Stockholm
CBS
Karelian
Stalin
Romania
Balkan
Hitler
Baltic States
Gulf of Finland
Berlin
Red Army
Sweden
Methods to End Feed Shortage Discussed in N Carolina
WINSTON-SALEM June 13 Plans for alleviating a serious feed shortage in North Carolina were discussed this morning as Farm Security Administration representatives from 27 counties gathered for the opening session of a three day conference. Farmers face the necessity either of slaughtering their livestock or increasing feed production.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Farm Security Administration
Would Exempt Small Concerns from Taxes
Maury Maverick head of the Smaller War Plants Corporation urged the House post war economic planning committee to boost excess profits tax exemptions from 10000 to about 50000 for small businesses. He also proposed income tax exemptions for new manufacturing corporations with half rates in the fourth and fifth years to encourage free enterprise after the war.
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Washington
Maury Maverick
War Plants Corporation
Mavrick
House
Hangs by Feet to Repair Plane in Flak Over France
John J. Nick of Clifton New Jersey earned credit for saving the troop carrier and crew by hanging from the fuselage to free a jammed control. With parachute lines snagged and flak bursting, Nick hacked at the bundle while two crewmen held his ankles, allowing Lt. Philip Andrews to resume control.
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Ninth Air Force
England
John J. Nick
Clifton
N. 4
France
Nick
Nicks
Philip Andrews
Camargo
Okla
Fifth Army Advances as Allies Break German Lines Near Rome
Allied forces along a new front north of Rome push from Lake Bolsena toward Latera and Ragno Regio while American troops attack near Orbetello. In the Adriatic area the Eighth Army crosses the Saline river and takes Popola, taking prisoners.
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Rome
Bolsena
Jello
Valentano
Latera
Orvieto
Ragno Regio
Orbetello
Cross Saline
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Saline River
Pescara
Popol
Sulmona
Terni
Kalte Elected Governor of Lions Districts 31B and 31C
At the Lions International state convention in Charlotte three district governors were chosen Jennings A Bryson of Sylva for district 31A John H Kalte of High Point for district 31B and Jesse A Jones of Kinston for district 31C Also decided was the selection of next year s convention city and whether to hold district sessions instead of a state convention.
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Charlotte
Lions International
Jennings A. Bryson
Sylva
John H. Kalte
High Point
Jesse A. Jones
Kinston
Japanese Frontline Learnings From Allied Invasion Tactics
Japanese military thinkers plan to study Allied amphibious landings in Europe by sending experienced front line fighters to observe and return with lessons for a future Pacific D-Day. The plan envisions high risk volunteers among officers, with transport via submarine links to Germany as needed.
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Japan
Philippines
China Coast
Pacific
Germany
North Carolina Spanish War Veterans Elect Officers
Leighton Brown of Conford elected commander at the departmental encampment held in Asheville. Albert Watson of Beene chosen senior vice commander and A B Prost of High Point named junior vice commander during the morning business meeting at the LamGres hotel roof garden.
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Asheville
R— Leighton Brown
Conford
North Carolina
Danish report claims four German ships sunk in harbor raid
The Free Danish press service said saboteurs sank four German minesweepers yesterday in Svendborg harbor on Funen Island Denmark. The report notes the event as part of wartime measures and cites Vidningarnas Telegrambyra for the official confirmation.
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Stockholm
Dune
Free Danish Press Service
Svendborg
Fyen Island
Denmark
Svend
Vidningarnas
Leopold Moves King Leopold From Brussels in London Report
London authorities learned that German forces moved King Leopold from Brussels to Germany as a security measure. Bomber operations in New Guinea claim four destroyers sunk, a fifth damaged, and a cruiser and another destroyer put to rout in 15 minutes. The House passed the compromise GI Bill of Rights, sending it to the White House for approval.
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Leopold
London
Jane
Union
King Leopold
Brussels
Germany
Dltc New Guinea
Ennis C. Whitehead
Army Air Force
Biakieland
F. D. R. Washington
White House
Strike garners drivers in Richmond tied to AFL Teamsters
An unauthorized strike by 550 to 750 drivers and helpers from 16 Richmond trucking firms, all members of the AFL Teamsters Union, continued into its third day in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
A. F.L., Teamsters Union
De Gaulle Wins Recognition From Czech, Belgian, Luxembourg Powers
Gen Charles de Gaulle secured official recognition for his Committee of National Liberation as the provisional government of France from Czechoslovakia Belgium and Luxembourg. The move strengthens allied recognition amid ongoing French governance changes.
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DE Gaulle
London
Charles de Gaulle
Czechoslovakia
Belgium
Luxembourg
Committee of National Liberation
French Republic
Pythians Open 73rd Grand Lodge Session in Winston
The 73rd session of the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias of North Carolina opened in Winston with a morning business session led by Frank P. Wommack of Lenoir as grand chancellor. Floyd Tod was absent. C. E. Worley of Goldsboro stood in as vice chancellor. J. Fred Brower Jr. of Winston-Salem gave the welcoming address, with L. L. Caudle of Charlotte replying. The conference will continue with a banquet tonight and business sessions tomorrow.
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Winston-Salem
Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias
North Carolina
Frank P. Wommack
Lenoir
Floyd Tod
Gastonia
C. E. Worley
Goldsboro
J. Fred Brower, Jr
Winston Salem
L. L. Caudle
Charlotte
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Kalte
Lions
Russell Brines
Pythians
Winston
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