Biak and Saipan Battles See Rapid Allied Advances
Relentless American drive and superior artillery win on Biak as Japanese counterattacks are repelled. Allied forces enclose Mokmer airfield after three tank supported counterblows. Biak’s defense hints at tougher fighting ahead. In Saipan, street by street fighting secures Charan-Kanoa and airstrip as a large air and naval operation targets Bonin and Kazan islands.
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New Guinea
Biak
Dutch New Guinea
Mokmer
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Saipan
Marianas
Japan
Bonin
Kazan
Paramushiro
Seell Bonins
Charan-Kanoa
Guadalcanal
Tarawa
Richard W. Johnson
China
U. S
Truk
American Dead and Wounded After Normandy Invasion
The U S Army reported 2,283 killed and 12,600 wounded on the first days of the Normandy invasion. Total casualties for the initial 11 days reached 15,883 as Gen. Bradley praised the courage of the doughboys and noted higher losses on Utah and Omaha beaches while western flank casualties were lower. Continued on page six.
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Amera
West Front
Normandy
N. Bradley
Paign
Brad
Global tension rises as war fronts shift and De Gaulle’s stance looms
In the last 48 hours the world faces intensified conflict across sea land and air. Germany’s new aerial weapon and Allied bomber advances test Allied unity andRoosevelt’s plans. De Gaulle’s political weight looms amid cautious Allied strategy as Russia intensifies military moves in the Pacific and New Guinea, signaling a potential crisis for Allied relations.
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Roosevelt
de Gaulle
Prom
Russia
Far Pacific
New Guinea
Gasoline Rations to Stay Level for Third Quarter 1944
The office of price administration announced that gasoline rations will remain at present standards for the third quarter of 1944. No prospect of further civilian allotments in the near future was stated. OPA noted national consumption near quota, with allocations in the eastern region exceeded.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Ian
OPA
15 Political Groups Listed For Inquiry
A Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee inquiry expands to 15 groups. Sidney Hillman testified CIO backing for Roosevelt. proposals list The First Voters League and others. Indiana Democratic convention endorses Roosevelt for a fourth term. Idaho Democratic senatorial race tight as Glen Taylor leads D. Worth Clark with 778 precincts.
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Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
CIO
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senator Tunnel
Delaware
Democrat
Sidney Hillman
Roosevelt
Washington
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Senate
Tunnell
the First Voters League, Inc
The
Constitutional League
Transportation Association of America
Friends of the Public Schools of America
Economists National Committee On Monetary Policy
American Taxpayers Association
National Far Conference
Investors Fairplay League
Patriotic Research Bureau
Constitution Forever, Inc
Committee of One Million
Blue Star Mothers
Citizens National Committee
Associated Farmers and the Southern Committee
Indiana
Democratic State Convention
District of Columbia
Idaho
Glen H. Taylor
D. Worth Clark
Taylor
Clark
Bombers Hit Nazi Airbases Across Normandy Arc
Allied heavy bombers attacked six Nazi airbases in southern Normandy, the Paris area, and near Boulogne with about 1000 Fortresses and Liberators. Clouds hindered earlier flights but fighter-bombers patrolled the Normandy zone striking motor convoys and targets along the Pas-De-Calais coast.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Norma
Normandy
Paris
Boulogne
Britain
Pas-De-Calais
France
Carlyle Heads Bar Association For 1946
Irving Carlyle of Winston-Salem was elected president of the North Carolina Bar Association, succeeding W. Frank Taylor of Goldsboro. Other officers include J. G. W. MacClamrach Gheensboro Fred D. Hamrick Rutherfordton and W. L. Thorp Rocky Mount as vice presidents with W. J. Adams Jr. Raleigh. T. Lamar Caudle Wadesboro and Thomas P. Pruitt Hickory named to the executive committee.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Bar Association
Irving Carlyle
Winston-Salem
Forsyth County
W. Frank Taylor
Goldsboro
J. G. W. MacClamrach
Gheensboro
Fred D. Hamrick
Rutherfordton
W. L. Thorp
Rocky Mount
W. J. Adams, Jr
T. Lamar Caudle
Wadesboro
Thomas P. Pruitt
Hickory
Patriots Aid Invasion Suprem Headquarters Reports Sabotage
Allied forces inside France are staging widespread sabotage to disrupt German rail and road networks in the Rhone valley. Bridges destroyed trains derailed and at least 70 locomotives sabotaged stopping traffic according to a special communique from supreme headquarters. German high command says they regained most of the forest south of Bavent and that American troops reached Saint Sauveur in the west.
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France
Rhone Valley
London
Bavent
Orne River
St. Sauveur
Troarn
Bride Stabbed to Death in Montgomery Ditch
The nude body of 19 year old Ester Drew, bride of an army air force cadet, was found stabbed near her residence in Montgomery. Coroner M B Kirkpatrick said the assault_time and full details were not yet determined, with injuries suggesting a knife attack.
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Montgomery
Ala
M. B. Kirkpatrick
Ester Drew
Evacuation of Viipuri Moves Under Russian Pressure
Helsinki reports indicate compulsory evacuation of the Finnish city Viipuri as Russian forces push forward with heavy men and armor. Refugees stream from other Karelia towns amid continued war coverage.
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Viipuri
Stockholm
Sweden
Helsinki
French Forces Take Elba Island for the Allies
French forces landed on Elba under Maj. Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tassigny and secured the island for the Allies. Allied communique says German resistance unlikely. raids targeted a petrol dump and ships at Portoferraio and Porto Longone as the mainland front advanced. British troops seized Foligno Spoleto and Trevi, reaching near Perugia, with Monteleone occupied.
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Rome
Elba
Napoleon
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Corsica
Portoferraio
Marinho di Camp
Porto Longone
Eighth Army
Foligno
Terni
Spoleto
Trevi
Folingo
Perugia
Florence
Todi
Monteleone
Col Holt’s Son Singing His Way To Fame Abroad
Lieutenant Thomas Holt, a tall husky 1 year army officer in Germany’s Oflag 64, gains fame as a tenor in a prisoner theater group. Known as Tomaso, he performs in German and English, drawing Germans and officers alike, and is the son of Colonel Earle Holt, president of Oak Ridge Military Academy.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera
Germany
Oflag 64
Thomas Holt
Greensboro
N. Y
Tomaso
Holt
Earle Holt
Oak Ridge Military Academy
Leaders Deny General Rate Change Needed
Southern spokesmen told the Interstate Commerce Commission that broad changes to freight rates are unnecessary to achieve parity with the East. Critics warned that shifting class rates could raise commodity rates in the South, while officials argued no proven Southward bias exists in commodity rates. Senator Stewart urged ICC to correct international inequities under existing law.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
J. van Dyke Norman
Louisville
Norman
E. H. Thornton
New Orleans
Commission
Stewart
D-Tenn
Fighter Pilot Reports Nazis Are On Run
Allied units push toward Cherbourg and surrounding towns as U S and British forces advance on multiple fronts. A U S fighter pilot observed German retreat, noting trucks and staff moving south while troops close in along the Douve river and near Haguenau. Captain James Barnhardt of Rutherford College provides a perspective amid the mounting pressure.
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Supreme Head
Peninsula
U.S
Cape
St. Sauveur le Vicomte
Cherbourg
U. S
Douve River
Haye du Puits
St. Savveur le Vicomte
Bricquebec
Valognes
Montebourg
Caumont
Caen
Sula
Sevastopol
Crimea
James Barnhardt
Ruerford College
N. C
Robot Planes Are Nuisance At This Time
Allied air experts dismiss the German weapon dubbed the Big Bertha of the war as a nuisance. They compare it to a large iron rocket with a ton of explosive payload that is not radio guided and may be blown off course by winds, offering little military value.
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AR Force
Alli
Hitler
Germany
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