Cherbourg Defenses Crumble as U S Forces Reach Sea
American spearhead drives into the Cherbourg outer shell within 2000 yards of the port after air and artillery bombardment. German pillbox defenses resist firmly but signs of crumbling appear as 1200 enemy casualties are reported and Cherbourg becomes a death trap for holdouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IED
U. S
Cherbourg
Associated Press
Cort Don Whitehead
E.W.T
Iters
Hl Supreme Head
War Today Awakening of German Offense and Allied Struggle
The article reflects on a renewed German offensive as a pivotal moment in World War II. It contrasts Hitler's retreat from invasion plans with a reshaped strategy aimed at pressing the Allies, while noting deteriorating German morale and widespread casualties as the war advances toward its conclusion.
Camps barred for counties hit by infantile paralysis outbreak
In Raleigh June 24 authorities ordered western North Carolina camp masters to refuse applications from the 17 central and western counties affected by infantile paralysis. Health officer Dr. Carl V. Reynolds urged canceling existing reservations to prevent disease spread.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Carl V. Reynolds
Liberators Raid Ploesti Area and Romania Rail Targets
American Liberators attacked the Ploesti area in Romania and bombed a rail bridge on the Oltul near Piatra NeamI. Fortresses hit Craiova railway depot while medium forces, escorted by fighters, reported bomb hits on the Oltul bridge and Craiova.
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Rome
Ploesti
Romania
Oltul
Piatra Neami
Central
Craiova
Iron Gate
Piatra-Neami
Oltul River
Harrell elected bishop by southeastern Methodist church
Dr. Costen J. Harrell of Nashville Tennessee was chosen bishop by the southeastern jurisdiction, filling one of two vacancies in the college of bishops. Unrest reported in Bern and northern Italy as strikes widen and German fascist control weakens. A lumber plant fire near Elkin caused about 125000 dollars in damage, while British forces destroyed Nazi tanks east of the Orne in a major Normandy engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Costen J. Harrell
Nashville
Tenn
Methodist Church
College of Bishops
Bern
Switzerland
Bologna
Milan
Genoa
Turin
Italy
Elkin
W. P. Bell Lumber Company
Thurmond
Bell
France
Orne River
Normandy
Ste. Honorine la Chardonnerette
Caen
Bowles Hints Meat Rationing Eases Through July
OPA Administrator Chester Bowles indicated most meats may stay ration-free through July with only a few changes expected next month. He told a reporter there would be no dramatic shifts in policy.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Sink German Boats at Northern British Naval Base
German shipping totaling forty two thousand tons and a 600 ton naval vessel were sunk and damaged by the Royal Norwegian submarine Ula at a northern British base. The report notes no date and indicates delays in details.
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Ula
Dixie Leader Hopeful of Rate Parity
Washington June 24. The ICC heard one of its longest rate disputes the South and West seeking equal freight rates with the East. Tennessee Governor Prentice Cooper predicted the ICC would rul e for the South and set a uniform rate system from the Mississippi to the Atlantic coast. He said postwar prosperity and reconversion depend on removing the barrier. The South faces rates 39 percent higher than the East. Legal arguments ended after five years of study, but no decision date was given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Tennessee
Prentice Cooper
Southern Governors’ Conference
Mississippi River
Atlantic Coast
Cooper
South
East
Commission
Flight Officer Dies When Plane Explodes
Goldsboro June 24. Col D B Howard commander of Seymour Johnson Field announced that Flight Officer Clarence W Holloway 22 was killed instantly when his military plane crashed and exploded during a combat training. Holloway was the son of Mr and Mrs Fred Holloway of Rockwell City Iowa and had come here May 30 from the Richmond Army Air Base. His mother was visiting at the time of the accident.
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Goldsboro
Col
D. B. Howard
Seymour Johnson Field
Clarence W. Holloway
Holloway
Fred Holloway
Rockwell City
Iowa
Richmond
Paratrooper Sgt Edmund Gray Injured Abroad
Sgt Edmund Gray former Raleigh Times editorial writer was hurt in a parachute jump overseas. He belongs to a paratrooper battalion and had recently been stationed in England.
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Raleigh
Edmund Gray
Raleigh Times
Gray
England
Red Army Drives West in New Front Offensive Near Vitebsk
June 24 report from Moscow says the Red Army with 11 divisions pushes toward Vitebsk and Polotsk amid heavy fighting and mud. Allied planners note this may be the opening phase of a major summer offensive with attempts to encircle Vitebsk and disrupt German rail links. American airmen express readiness to shuttle bomb into Soviet action from bases in Europe and Russia.
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Moscow
Red Army
Vitebsk
Polotsk
Helsinki
Leningrad-Murmansk
Russia
Stalin
Hitler
Soviet Union
Eighth Airforce
England
Italy
Dudley Fay
New York
Willkie Campaign Coordinator Rejects Dewey Nomination
Hartford interview with Russell W. Davenport, 1940 Willkie campaign organizer, states he will not back the Republican Party if Thomas E. Dewey is the nominee. Davenport condemns Dewey on the international issue and opposes his lend lease stance.
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Willkie
Dewey
Hartford
Conn
Russell W. Davenport
Wendell Willkie
The
Hartford Courant
Thomas E. Dewey
Tom Dewey
Davenport
the Courant
United Nations
Lend Lease
American Air Force Blasts Nazi Targets Over France
Allied air forces pounded rail bridges airfields and gun positions behind Normandy with about 500 planes. Marauder bombers with Thunderbolt escorts dumped 250 tons on Cherbourg guns as RAF Lancasters hit rail bottlenecks south of the Normandy zone and Mosquitos targeted rail yards.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Normandy
Cherbourg
Berlin
U.S
Germany
Hitler
Reich
Lisieux
Vire
Dreux
Evreux
Veneuil
Mezidon
Germans Resist Eighth Army in Central Italy Push
Allied reports say Ay-Fifth Army tanks and infantry advance to Roccastrada and Fallonica while a coast road toward Livorno and Pisa is closed. German forces mount firm resistance east and west of Lake Trasimeno with hard fighting near Chiusi and Perugia.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Roccastrada
Fallonica
Livorno
Pisa
Eighth Army
Italy
Lake Trasimeno
Chiusi
Perugia
Adriatic
San Elpedro
Morrovalle
Montecosaro
Ancona
Castiglione D'Orcia
Camerino
Macerata
Lott Keeps In Form At Camp Grant Tennis Instructing
Army private George Lott, former Davis Cup star, teaches after hours at Camp Grant. He serves as a tennis instructor keeping his game sharp and providing the boys with a fun, practical lesson.
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Camp Grant, Lr
Ins
George Lott
Camp Grant
Lott
Kansas Twister devastates Pennsylvania and West Virginia towns
A deadly tornado spanning Pennsylvania and West Virginia left at least 133 dead and hundreds injured. West Virginia reported 95 deaths and Pennsylvania 35 as rescuers raced to locate the missing amid widespread destruction from Pittsburg to Shinnston. Red Cross teams and state police led relief with blood plasma shipments and field stations set up for care and recovery. A separate twister hit Cambridge Maryland injuring about 35.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Red Cross
Pittsburgh
Elkins
Shinnston
Mckeesport
State Inn
Waynesburg
Coa
Clarksburg
W. Va
Lola Heavner
Dorsey Bailey
West Virgina
Charleston
Cap
Maryland
Cambridge
State Purchasing Division Outlays 76 929 83 for Supplies
Raleigh announces the purchase and contract division spent 76 929 83 on definite quantity supplies for state departments. Contracts for institutions in Raleigh Goldsboro and Morganton totaled 34 262 38. Other staple groceries will be locked in on three month contracts.
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Raleigh
State Division of Purchase and Contract
Goldsboro
Morganton
GOP Delegates Convene in Chicago for Wartime Convention
The 1944 Republican National Convention opens in Chicago as delegates assemble amid preconvention activities. Dewey Bricker and Stassen supporters clash over nominations while vice presidential prospects divide, and Byrd denies any ticket candidacy. In Washington and Houston, Democratic moves focus on electors and potential ballot strategies.
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Chicago
Everal
Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Dewey
New York
Senator Byrd
D-Wa
Bricker
Earl War
Roosevelt
Houston
Tex
James V. Allred
Texas
Ice Shortages Beset the South Heatwave Claims Two
Scorched by a heat wave the South faced ice shortages and rationing. A 68 year old man died in New Orleans amid an eleven day heat spell. Tallahassee reached 106 and Augusta 106. Columbus hit 107 and Macon 101 with limited purchases in Little Rock and Tampa.
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Atlanta
South
New Orleans
Tallahassee
Fla
Agusta
Columbus
Macon
Little Rock
Ark
Tampa
Believe Jap Carrier Sent To Bottom
United States forces report a Japanese carrier likely sunk after an American submarine torpedoed the Shokaku amid the Saipan invasion actions. Navy accounts list multiple ships sunk or damaged and note extensive carrier plane activity during the Marianas operation.
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U. S Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Philippines Sea
Nippon
Saipan
Shokaku
U. S
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Dutch New Guinea
Navy
Washington
Tokyo Radio
Guam
Cee
Frostbite Reduced Air Crew by Improved Gear
England reports frostbite among American airmen dropped by 1500 percent in a year. Brigadier General Malcolm C. Grow cites electrically heated clothing face masks gloves and new windows for waist gunners aboard Fortresses and Liberators as the chief factors in the large reduction.
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AIR Service
England
Ins
Malcolm C. Grow
Air Service Command
General Grow
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Sir Ber- Montgomery
Honorine la Char
Pont L’abbe
Harry Harris
M. Roberts
DeWitt MacKenzie
English Channel
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Britain
Prnitler
Ger
Ter
Poland
Supreme
Channel Island
Alderney
Swiss Telegraphic Agency
Dixie
Hart
REDS
Meadow
Ile
Barbour County
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