D-Day Size Battle Rages For Caen As Yanks Blunt Jap Counterattack
A fierce, multi front World War II battlefield report describes the Caen siege with British and Allied forces advancing on the French port while Rommel struggles to repel the push. In the Pacific, U S and Japanese forces clash on Saipan with heavy casualties and aerial action as Nimitz confirms a strong enemy counterattack. The narrative notes bold Allied maneuvers, supply concerns, and significant territorial pressure on both theaters.
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Caen
Saipan
Baranowicze
Prussia
U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Saipan Island
Ghister W. Nimitz
Allies Suffer Light Losses In Noemfoor Show
Allied troops report light losses while advancing on Noemfoor as air and naval actions continue. Japanese prisoners count rises as bombings hit western flank. operations include raids on Halmahera and Ceram approaches with coastal vessels sunk and a Japanese freighter sunk.
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Noemfoor
Izd
Suisses
Halmahera
Ceram
Tetors
Hartford Buries Its Fire Victims
Hartford city detective described the circus fire inquiry as witnesses testified to an unidentified man accusing another of lighting cigarettes as flames spread. The inquiry, led by State Fire Marshal Edward J. Hickey, followed the Ringling Brothers Circus blaze that claimed numerous lives.
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Pal
Circus Fire
Goodman
Nicholas Zaccaro
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Boy Scout Brigade
Hartford
Conn
Hartford City
Daniel M.auliffe
Edward J. Hickey
McAuliffe
Ene
Hickey
Workers Drive To Save 66 Miners From Powhatan Mine
Belm ont County laborers from scattered pits rushed to help after a blaze trapped 63 to 66 miners at the Powhatan Mine. Crews bore toward the furnace in hopes of reaching the entombed men by dawn while officials warned visibility and danger remained extreme.
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Bellaire
Belmont County
Powhatan
Carpenter's Ridge
Death Toll Rises in Troop Train Wreck into a Deep Gorge
The troop train plunged into a 50 foot gorge on the Clear River after derailment. At least 33 soldiers died and 61 were injured as cranes cleared wreckage and authorities investigated causes with no sabotage found. Hospitals in Knoxville and Asheville treated the injured, including Austin Tanner of Louisville Ohio.
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Clear River
Louisville and Nashville
Jerico
Tenn
Tellice
Hubert Perkins
Louise and Nashville Railroad
LA Fifth
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Army
Moore General Hospital
Asheville
Oak Ridge Army Hospital
I Knoxville
Austin Tanner
Louisville
Ohio
J. E. Lockhart
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
John Ruggles
FBI
Tennessee
Virginia
Kingsport Bond Drive Surpasses Quota But E Bonds Lag
Kingsport reports total bond sales of 2.56 million through Saturday, beating the overall quota of 2.5 million but E bonds at 575 thousand represent only 24 per cent of the target. Chairman B Brown notes payroll savings may add about 250 thousand more, extending the drive to July 31 for E bonds, urging citizens to do their part for the war effort.
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B. MM
Brown
Kingsport Finance Committee
Kingsport
Allies Hurl Every Type Of Plane At Nazi War Machine
Allies unleash a massive air assault across the Western Front near Caen in Normandy with Lancasters dropping six ton bombs on robot bomb caverns at St Leu d Esser ent and American heavy bombers attacking launch ramps. British and American aircraft hit roads around Caen while Montgomery’s troops push forward amid rubble as nightfall returns. The raids, the longest lull in southern England since the campaign began, prove effective in hindering German robot bomb operations.
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London
West
Montgomery
Caen
Normandy
England
St. Leu-d’Esserent
Paris
Hitler Takes Command In West As Rundstedt Replaced
Reports from Moscow and London allege Hitler has assumed direct control of western operations with Guenther von Kluge as front man, Rundstedt under house arrest. The piece notes debates on manpower, possible withdrawals from Norway and the Balkans, and intensified Allied focus on Normandy, amid civilian evacuations and Russian Front concerns.
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Rachard Kosischke
London
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Hitler
Karl ‘Rudolf Gerd von
Rundstedt
Halser
Moscow Radio
Yakov Viktorov
Pravda
Guenther von Kluge
von Rundstedt
Viktorov
von’ Rundstedt
Germany
Norway
Balkans
Normandy
France
Wista
Vistula
Poland
East Prussia
Italy
Eduard Dietl
Finland
Reich
Registration Books To Be Open This Week
Sullivan County registration books open for the August general election and state primary in all civil districts precincts and wards on July 41 12 and 13. W R K Jennings of the Sullivan County Election Commission announced. The registration is for those who moved to a new precinct or ward those who are of age since last registration or those who have not registered. Registration hours are 8 a m to 8 p m on each day. The commission comprising Mr Jennings Kingsport R J Mottern Bristol and Mitchell Carr Piney Flats will meet July 10 at 2 pm to name officers judges and clerks to operate the polls for the August elections.
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Sullivan County
W. RK. Jennings
Sullivan County Election Commission
Jennings
Kingsport
J. Mottern
Bristol
Mitchell Carr
Piney Flats
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Red Army
Ormans Sd
Litovsk
Iy Mogi Tr
Nor Ginen
Brest Litovsk
Gistanre
Gerhad
Bug
Wilno
Gan
Tanapag
Wimitz
U. S
Tinian Island
Isely Field
Tinian
Nimitz
Marcos Air
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Transocean
Guenther von Kinuge
High Command
Cherbourg
St. Jean de Daye
la Hays du Puits
Goughboys
Erwin Rommell
Rommel
Bernard L. Montgomery
Bayeux
Ruthie
Falaise
Legion
Florence
Pisa
Rosignano
Livorno
Leghorn
Castellina
Volterra
Raady
Calle di Val D'Elsa
Poggibonsi
Arezzo
Tiber Valley
Umbertide
Montone
Car Pini
Osimo
Ancona
Washington
Charles de Gaulle
Roosevelt
Arrow
Joe Anderson
George Emery
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