Russians Launch Two New Fronts as Finnish Crisis Deepens
The Associated Press reports Red forces mounting two new offensives north of Lake Ladoga and Viipuri area as Finland faces a possible peace bid. Moscow nights describe vast troop movements. Finnish cabinet and Murmansk railway conditions loom amid upheaval and uncertainty.
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Associated Press
Lake Lain
Finland
Ing
Moscow
Viipuri
Karelian
Ladoga
Stockholm
Svenska T
Sov
Peperestiy
Murmansk
Pearl Harbor and Pacific War Briefing
The text reports ongoing Pacific War news and Pearl Harbor context. It notes uncertain tactical hopes and a large Japanese fleet, with remarks on Allied air strength and Adm. Spruance’s explanations of recent actions.
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Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Rembert James
Fifth Fleet
Japan
Adm
Spruance
American Battle Casualties Nearing Quarter Million Mark
Washington reports total American battle casualties through June 6 near 178,677 with 31,789 dead and 71,482 wounded. Navy list shows 46,705 casualties, 70,044 killed. Italy ground forces total 64,992 casualties with 11,610 dead and 44,479 wounded. Air forces report 9,? casualties with 1,186 killed and 6,498 missing.
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Washington
Stimson
Navy
Italy
Ialy
Europe
Allied Forces Close on Ancona and Camerino Front
Allied and Italian troops are within 32 miles of Ancona and 35 miles east of Perugia as Eighth Army nears Camerino. American units push 15 miles northwest of Grosseto amid improved weather but lingering mist slows cross country moves. Air forces claim 1100 flights with no losses targeting Livorno, Ventimiglia, and rail lines.
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Rome
Ancona
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Camerino
Perugia
Grosseto
Venice
Fermo
Rimini
Florence-Rimini
Nocero Umbra
Lake Trasimeno
Mediterranean Air Force
Livorno
Ventimiglia
Italian Riviera
Russians Offer Ceasefire If Finland Accepts 1940 Borders
Stockholm June 22 Aftonbladet reports Russia offers to end war against Finland if Finns accept the 1940 border settlements and grant temporary Red Army freedom of movement through Finland including Aland airfields and bases.
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REDS
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Finland
Red Army
Aland Islands
Allied Forces Trap German Divisions In Cherbourg Area
American forces in the Cherbourg peninsula have trapped elements of three German divisions in the Normandy port and its environs according to War Secretary Stimson. British and Canadian troops are credited with helping to drive the enemy toward the southeastern end of the port. Continued on page two.
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Washington
Cherbourg
Normandy
Stimson
Greg
Attack On Cherbourg s Last Defenses
Allied forces launched a major combined land and air assault to break the Cherbourg defenses. American and British units attacked forts at Fort Du Roule and Fort d Octeville, driving toward St Pierre Eglise and Quettehou as the garrison was split. Bradley’s troops pressed inland near St Croix Hague while spearheads closed in from the west and east toward Cherbourg.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Normandy
Omar N. Bradley
Fort du“ Roule
Fort Octeville
Bradley
St. Pierre Eglise
Cherbourg
Cape Barfleur
Quettehou
St. Vaast la Hougue
Supreme Headquarters
U. S
St. Croix-Hague
Bricker rules out VP bid at press conference
Gov Johan W Bricker of Ohio declared he will not withdraw his name from Republican nomination consideration and he does not expect a vice presidential offer. He spoke at a Chicago press conference prior to addressing the conventions resolutions committee as head of a postwar advisory group on domestic issues.
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Bricker
Chicago
Johan W. Bricker
Ohio
Bond sales by drug stores aid fifth war loan drive
Drug stores across North Carolina sold EF bonds totaling 711,900 during the first week of the fifth war loan drive, according to the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association. Dr. Thurman Kitchin of Wake Forest College resumes duties after two months illness. Gov. Broughton names Dr. W. A. Keffer to the state chiropractic board for a three year term. An informal report on coal and iron drilling in Piedmont and western North Carolina is encouraging, with a fuller report due in 90 days.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association
Kitchin
Wake Forest
Thurman Kitchin
Wake Forest College
Raleigh
W. A. Keffer
Kinston
Broughton
North Carolina Chiropractic Board
Hal Pittard
Oxford
Piedmont
North Carolina
Big Bombers Strike German Rocket Bases In Allied Assault
Supreme Headquarters reports daylight and night bombing of Cherbourg Pas De Calais rocket sites. Marauders Havocs Thundersbombers flew within 100 feet of German guns to aid American troops, while Fortresses and Liberators hammered rocket launching grounds for a fourth time in 24 hours.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
Pas-De-Calais
Omar N. Bradley
France
Germany
Ruhr
Berlin
Russia
Poltava
Ukraine
London
Striking Wright workers face donation from war crew
A naval crew from the U S S Coos Bay claims 41 200 pennies to end a strike at Wright Aircraft. The letter to Forrestal and editors appeals to halt the walkout, urging unions to resume production for war needs.
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Wright Aircraft Corporation
Washington
Associated Press
Forrestal
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers
Wright Aeronautical Company
Lockland
Ohio
Thomas
Detroit
G I Bill Signed by FDR Creates Vast Veterans Program
President Roosevelt signed the G I bill of rights establishing a broad federal aid program for war veterans. The measure authorizes loans hospitalization unemployment and education benefits with an estimated cost between 3 and 6.5 billion dollars. He called for more war service legislation including social security credits and unemployment support for merchants marines. The aim is to ensure employment for veterans after the war.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Merchant Marine
Christian Way Theme for Address at Institute Program
GREENSBORO June 22 The final day of the 11th Carolina Institute of International Relations opened with A J Muste of the Fellowship of Reconciliation asking if the Christian way can overcome evil He said if belief exists it must be practiced The day includes a 4 pm lecture on the role of good in winning peace by Howard Kershner and an 8 pm address by Dr Huch C Stuntz on Our Responsibilities For World Order.
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Greensboro
A. J. Muste
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Carolina Institute of International Relations
Woman's College
Muste
American Friends Service Committee
Howard Kershner
Council On Food For Europe
Huch C. Stuntz
Scarritt College
German General Hellmich Killed in Cherbourg Fighting
The German communique announced the death of Lt. Gen. Hellmich in the fighting on Cherbourg peninsula near London dated June 22.
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London
Hellmich
Cherbourg
Mrs Will Rogers Dies in Santa Monica at 65
Mrs Will Rogers widow of the famed humorist died last night in Santa Monica California. She was 65.
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Will Rogers
Santa Monica
Calif
Yank Carrier Planes Sink Four Vessels
U S Fifth Fleet carrier planes scored a crushing victory off the Philippines after a major air battle near Saipan. Japanese losses included an aircraft carrier, three tankers and several ships. American loss was 49 planes. The enemy retreated under night cover with limited interceptors.
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Charles H. McMurtry
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
United States Fifth Fleet
Philippines
Japan
Saipan Island
Marianas
Possibely
Raymond A. Spruincees
Fifth Fleet
Record of Japanese vessels sunk or damaged by U S forces
Washington reports official-like box score from field headquarters terming 2468 enemy ships sunk probably sunk or damaged. Combatant ships total 641 sunk likely 33 probably sunk 88 damaged 328. Non combatant ships total 1827 sunk 645 damaged. grand totals not provided due to transcription.
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Washington
Toda
Troyers
Saipan invasion battle labeled victory as Japanese fleet suffers damage
Admiral Nimitz announced victory after the Saipan invasion battle. American air losses totaled 21 to Japan's 353 in the Sunday reprise while Mitscher's carrier group reported no ship losses and 49 planes down. The Japanese fleet suffered multiple carrier and battleship hits with several ships damaged or sunk.
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Saipan
China Sea
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Japan
Marianas
Tokyo
Philippines
Marc A. Mitscher
Fifth Fleet
Raymond A. Spquance
Nimitz
Zuiho Taiho
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J. M. Roberts, SR. Uiting
DeWitt MaccKenzie
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Prize
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Chungking
Fourteenth Airforce Liberators
South China Sea
Joseph W
Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Kohima-Imphal
Manipur
India
Fifth Army
New York
U.S.S. Coos Bay
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Coos Bay
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FDR
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