American Planes Sweep Over France In Daylight
Allied air forces raid France in daylight bombing aircraft plants airfields and rail hubs across multiple targets. Lancasters bomb Le Havre and other ports while a large bomber force penetrates deep into France from Cherbourg to Bordeaux. A separate raid hits the Ruhr at night as Mosquito bombers strike Gelsenkirchen. Meanwhile a 14-year-old boy in South Carolina faces the electric chair after being convicted of killing an 11-year-old girl.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Berlin
Hannover
Germany
Normandy
Britain
Ina
le Havre
RAF
Nantes
la Poisonniere
Angouleme
Beauvais
la Frilliere
Bordeaux
Tours
Gelsenkirchen
Ruhr
Hitler
Navy
Channel
George Stinney
Alcola
S. C
South Carolina
Columbia
Allied gains widen Cherbourg front as siege continues
Allied Expeditionary Force reports strong push toward Cherbourg with less than six miles to La Haye du Puits and Montebourg retaken briefly. German counterattacks press along a 100 mile front. American armor expands near Les Sablons Baupte and Pont L Abbe as Berlin confirms progress west of Pretot.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
Berlin
France
Pakenten
Troarn
Cagm
Vilers-Bocage
Villers-Bocage
Caumont
Caen
Les Sablons-Baupte
Ste. Mere Eglise
la Haye du Puitts
Ludwig Sertorius
Pretot
le Haye du Puits
Montebourg
Pont L’ Abbe
Fireball Sweeps Winston-Salem Store. No Injuries Reported
Fire raged through a Winston-Salem department store around noon, sending clouds of smoke as firefighters fought a blaze suspected to have started in a transport system. All employees and customers were in the building and escaped unharmed according to Fire Chief M. G. Brown.
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Winston-Salem
Rf Company
Swang Win
Allies Firmly Entrenched Says Stimson
War Secretary Stimson declared the Allies have a firm foothold on the European coast and will stay until France is liberated and Germany defeated. He warned of greater counterattacks in Normandy and cited air strikes that damaged Seine bridges as delaying a major counteroffensive. He noted German defenses remained formidable and casualty counts were lower than anticipated by commanders.
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Washington
Stimson
France
Germany
Normandy
Seine River
Communist Party
Rome
Bank takes ownership of Greensboro region properties
Security National Bank of Greensboro today bought for about 500 000 the bank buildings it operates at Burlington and Raleigh from Southeastern Realty Company. The structures had housed the bank’s quarters for the past 11 years and were previously operated by Atlantic Bank and Trust in Burlington and Citizens National in Raleigh.
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Greensboro
Security National Bank of Greensboro
Burlington and
Raleigh
Southeastern Realty Company
Southeastern Realto Company
Security National Bank
Atlantic Bank and Trust Company
Burlington
Citizens National Bank
Russians Advance Toward Viipuri Seaport Front
London reports Soviet forces push with tanks artillery and air power toward the Finnish port of Viipuri, within 25 miles, as Helsinki defenses stiffen. Moscow says Finns reinforce near Kuterselka and Jarvi and claim several Finnish positions fell to the Red Army amid heavy fighting.
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London
Viipuri
Moscow
Helsinki
Red Army
Kuterselka
Jarvi
Stanislawow
Tomlinson’s Condition Remains Critical At Home
The condition of S. H. Tomlinson, president of Tomlinson of High Point and a noted manufacturer, remained grave today. Physicians reported he slept some but stayed critically ill at his home after a several day bed confinement following an illness that began during a New York business trip and led to partial paralysis.
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S. H. Tomlinson
Tomlinson of
High Point
Tomlinson
New York
De Gaulle Secures Support From Newly Liberated France
The French Committee of National Liberation reports Gen Charles de Gaulle, during a Normandy visit, left instructions on civil administration supplies and relief. He received moving demonstrations of courage from Isigny residents and other liberated areas. He seeks recognition of Liberation and plans a brief return to Algiers to report to the French consultative assembly before meeting President Roosevelt.
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London
French Committee of National Liberation
Charles de Gaulle
Normandy
de Gaulle
Isigny
France
Algiers
French Consultative Assembly
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Roosevelt
London Standard
Eisenhower
Trawler Shelled by Submarine Reaches Port in North Atlantic
A Boston trawler named the Lark, 145 gross tons, was shelled and machine gunned in the North Atlantic by a German submarine last week. Most of the crew abandoned ship. two stayed aboard before bringing the vessel to Boston harbor. Captain James L. Abbott, 35, reported the attack at a press conference.
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North Atlantic
Boston
James L. Abbott
Lark
F. J. O'Hara
Doom Bill for Hitler Urged in House Approval Vote
Representative Snyder urged unanimous approval of a 49.1 billion Hitler doom bill to fund the War Department for the year starting July 1. He said the measure would soften Tojo and provide Eisenhower with a knockout punch, aiming toward Germany’s downfall and a larger war debt figure exceeding 390 billion dollars.
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Washington
Germany
Snyder
D-Pa
House
Hitler
War Department
Appropriations
Tojo
Eisenhower
Italian Business Men Fearful Of Postwar Events
Rome report notes Italian businessmen fear postwar chaos as communists gain influence. Many expect civil war or a shift to communism, while some praise Allied cooperation and the Vatican’s moral guidance as society stabilizes after the war.
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Edward Kennedy
Rome
Italy
Bonomi
Kerensky
Vatican
Allies Break German Resistance on Italian Front Advance
Allied forces push along the line in Italy taking Orvieto Narni and Aquila and reaching Terni. Fifth Army moves on the west coast Roman area advancing beyond Rome and entering Magliano. French and American units reach Pitigliano and Saline river as new German divisions arrive elsewhere.
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Italy
Orvieto
Aquila
Narni
Fifth Army
Eighth
Lake Bolsena
Terni
Magliano
Orbetello
Qibetello
Pitigliano
Adriatic
Budapest
Yugoslavia
New B-29 Super Fortresses Strike Nippon Mainland
The War Department announces the first air raid on Nippon by B-29 Super Fortresses from the 20th Bomber Command under Gen. H. H. Arnold. The raid used planes from the India China Burma theater, marking a major step in long range bombing capabilities.
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Washington
War Department
United States Army Air Fo
20Th Bomber Command
Japan
Sky Mammoth
20Th Bombermand
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
GUARD
Jaspan
Nippon
India-China-Burma
Cok
We Neat
Arnold
George C. Marshall
Allied Clash on Cherbourg Front Signals Major Invasion Phase
The war today reports a turning point as Allied forces face a German counter attack on the Cherbourg peninsula. Tanks and reserves shift the frontline in a fluid battle along a 100 mile front. Allies retain initiative and air and sea dominance loom as de Gaulle visits with renewed hope for unity with the Allies. Prime Minister Churchill cautions public debate but signals possible progress toward a settlement with the French National Liberation Committee.
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France
DE Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
French Committee of National Liberation
Churchill
House of Commons
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