Allies Press On In Normandy Push Toward Lessay
Allied forces smashed toward the Axis coastal anchor of Lessay on the Cherbourg peninsula. Field dispatches say German demolition crews blew smokestacks near Caen while Ay river banks were reached and Periers and St Lo area neared. E-boat fires and air strikes limited enemy action as Canadians and British fight to hold Caen area.
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Supreme Headquarters
Alliwed Expeditionary
U. S
Lessay
Caen
Normandy
Colombelies
Cherbourg
Ay River
Periers
mid-Normandy
St. Lo
Sanaa Lemeo
Ete
St. Opportune
Pissot
St. Patrice de Claids
Gongreville and
Nay
Lewes River
Seine Bay
le Havre
Montgomery
Ceen
Caen W
Orne River
Belize
Crystal Clear Platform Aims to Condemn Isolationists
Josephus Daniels urged a crystal clear Democratic platform in Chicago to repudiate isolationism and straddlers and promise lasting peace. The 82 year old publisher and resolutions committee member suggested a concise plank set under President Roosevelt's influence, with debates on Negro rights and domestic policy guiding the draft.
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Chicago
Josephus Daniels
Roosevelt
North Carolina
Daniels
White House
Rep
D’alesandro
Maryland
Resolutions Committee
Robert E. Hannegan
Platform Committee
Local Weather Forecast Sunday Fair and Warm
The forecast calls for fair weather on Sunday with mild conditions. Temperatures rise to around 85 degrees by Sunday afternoon, offering warm afternoon conditions and light winds.
Hannegan Ducks Curious As Demos Await F.R. Views
Chicago reporters describe fresh arrivals at the Democratic convention scene with Robert E. Hannegan James Barnes and Jonathan Daniels and six Cabinet officers due to attend. Delegates expect a Roosevelt letter backing Wallace but preserve nominating discretion. Senator Connally to advise on foreign policy for the platform panel.
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Hannegan
Demos
F.R
Chicago
Robert E. Hannegan
Roosevelt
James M. Barnes
Jonathan Daniels
White House
Henry A. Wallace
Tom Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Alend
Allied air forces press through bad weather over Western Europe
In severe flying conditions over western Europe, 750 U S bombers blasted oil refineries and a pumping station at Ploesti Romania while 8th Air Force fighters bombed railway targets at Tours Orleans Nevers Orleans and south of Paris The 9th Air Force fighter bombers hit the St Lo area and railway yards near Cherisy Brucx with numerous direct hits No enemy planes were sighted and Allied losses were zero The British 2nd Tactical Air Force faced enemy fighters over Caen but downed two of thirty with no RAF losses Russian air involvement was hinted by German warnings.
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London
Ploesti
Romania
U. S
Europe
Britain
8Th Air Force
Tours
Orleans
Nevers- Orleans
Paris
9Th Air Force
St. Lo
Cherisy
Brucx
Caen
2Nd Tactical Air Force
Allied Delay May Give Germans Strongest Defensive Positions
Allied observers warn that delaying a major push from the Normandy bridgehead could place German defenses on the strongest lines since D day. Even after Caen, Montgomery’s eastern wing holds less ground than six days after D day at Villers Bocage as Rommel builds forces amid weather and air limitations.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Caen
Bernard L. Montgomery
Villers- Bocage
Erwin
Dakota Farmer Killed Mowing Near Hunt Haven
Frank Brose 60, a farmer living half a mile south of Hunt Haven, died Saturday night while mowing hay. He fell into a 20 foot embankment as a team of horses toppled, the mower struck the horses, and officials ruled the death accidental. Brose’s body was sent to a La Crosse funeral home.
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Dakota
Minn
Frank Brose
Hunthaven
Brose
Winona
Winona County
la Crosse
Authorize New Uses For Magnesium And Aluminum
The War Production Board issued broad orders allowing aluminum and magnesium substitutions in civilian manufacture to ease reconversion. Restrictions stay to protect arms output, with a path to request exemptions for additional uses. Officials say wartime demands will prevent large civilian production resumption until Germany and Japan are defeated.
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Washington
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Germany
Japan
Ford Willow Run Bomber Plant Closed For Shutdown
Ford operated Willow Run bomber plant near Ypsilanti was closed by management on a Saturday night for the second time this week as crane operators worked sporadically and held meetings in the plant, a Ford spokesman said.
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Detroit
Willow Run
Ypsilanti
Ford
Tito Partisans Capture Teslic in Bosnia Patrol
Free Yugoslav communique says Tito's partisans breached German defenses and minefields to take Teslic in central Bosnia. They reportedly bagged 350 prisoners and seized considerable booty in the night operation.
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London
Marshal Tito
Teslic
Bosnia
Minnesota DFL backs Wallace for Roosevelt VP
The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor central committee announced support Saturday for Henry A. Wallace as vice president running mate for President Roosevelt, according to secretary Paul R. Tinge.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota Democratic - Farmer- Labor Central Committee
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Paul R. Tinge
Grodno Outflanked as Soviet Drive Advances on Niemen Line
Soviet forces announced successful operations along a 75 mile Niemen front north and south of Alytus and crossed the river near Grodno, reaching eight miles from the Suwalki border. Russians claimed gains around Daugavpils and Kaunas while Germans said major countermeasures sealed many gains.
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London
Nieman River
Grodno
Suwalki
East Prussia
Old Poland
Opochka
Moscow
Lithuania
Daugavpils
Onikshty
Pichany
Wilno
Red
Kaunas
Kaisiadorys
Alytus
Niemen River
Druskieniki
Shondubra
Privalka
Gozha
Bialystok
Rosa River
Wolkowysk
Slonim
Cordell Family Granted Canning Sugar After OPA Review
In Columbus a letter from Mrs. Roscoe Cordell and her family of six, who never applied for rationed books, requested canning sugar. She stated their farm provides ample food and noted they managed without rationed shoes. OPA approved the canning sugar request after considering her plea.
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Columbus
Office of
Price Administration
Roscoe Cordell
OPA
Cordells
Japs Ignore Rules on War Crimes and Executions
A wartime analysis notes Japan may ignore or retaliate against captured airmen and that Geneva rules against executions of prisoners are difficult to enforce. The piece discusses international law, booby traps, mines, gas, and the varied conduct of Axis and Allied forces in Europe and Asia.
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United States
Japan
Philippines
War Department
Roosevelt
Churchill
Axis
United Nations
China
Mitscher Puts Pacific Tempo In High Gear
Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher and Task Force 58 boosted wartime speed with first carrier blows at Truk and Saipan in February. An air staff officer praised Mitscher for breaking the tempo and driving the fleet toward bold pursuit near the Philippines.
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Pearl Harbor
Marc A. Mitscher
Mitscher
Philippines
Japs Pushed Back in Hengyang Suburb Battle
Chinese high command said Japanese forces entering a southern Hengyang suburb were routed in violent fighting and lost position recovered. Major General Claire Chennault’s bombers attacked Pailuchi air base destroying 27 planes on the ground. The siege around Tengchung and gains on the Burma road were noted as crucial in linking with Stilwell’s forces.
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Chungking
Hunan Province
Hengyang
Claire L. Chennault
Canton- Hankow
Pailuchi
Canton
Hunan
Salween
Tengchung
China
Burma Road
Lungling
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Ina
Daddy Killed Buddies Send $525 To Child
Jefferson City report shows 18 month old Mary Jo Mercurio receiving 525 dollars in war bonds from the buddies of her father, Pfc Joseph P Mercurio, killed March 11 on Bougainville while aiding a wounded serviceman. The unit CO noted the idea emerged as a spontaneous gift.
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Jefferson City
Mary Jo Mercurio
Joseph P. Mercurio
Bougainville
Mercurio
London Bomb Attacks Leave Casualties and Damage
A fresh wave of flying bombs hits London and the southern area on Saturday. Several buildings are smashed, people trapped in rubble, and casualties reported. Rescue teams work swiftly. one person confirmed killed in the collapse.
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London
Postwar Prosperity Fund Near At Monetary Meeting
At Bretton Woods New Hampshire the United Nations monetary conference proposed an $8.8 billion postwar prosperity fund to stabilize currencies and boost trade. The plan allocates United States $2.75 billion Great Britain $1.3 billion Russia $1.2 billion with 44 nations deciding participation. China would hold $550 million France $450 million India $400 million and Canada $300 million.
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Bretton Woods
N. H
United Nations Monetary Conference
Treasury
Morgenthau
United States
Great Britain
Russia
World Bank For Reconstruction and Development
Monetary Fund Commission
Monetary Fund
China
France
India
Canada
U S Warships and Planes Hit Guam Thirteenth Day
U S Pacific forces under Spruance and Mitscher battered Guam for the 11th straight day with shelling of Orote and air strikes. Nimitz announced Saturday night that four enemy planes were destroyed on the ground. Additional raids hit Nauru and the Carolines including Ponape as ships and aircraft supported the offensive.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Raymond A. Spruance
Marc A. Mitscher
Guam
U. S
Orote
a _ peninsula
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Nauru
Port Apra
Tokyo Radio
Spruance
5Th Fleet
Saipan
Mitscher
Nimitz
Japan
Truk
Carolines
Ponape
Allied Hold in Driniumor River Valley as Japanese Halt Offensive
Allied forces report the 18th Japanese Army remains trapped in the Driniumor valley 21 miles east of Aitape as renewed attempts to break out are paused. Japanese loss-heavy fighting followed their initial crossing with some progress noted. Allies pressed from the air and sea, including bomb runs on Boela Ceram and a Yap Carolines raid, with several interceptors shot down and no Allied losses reported.
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New Guinea
Driniumor River
Aitape
British New Guinea
Drinimoor
Boston
Boela
Ceram
Noemfoor Island
Far Eastern Air Force
Yap
Carolines
Plane pilot given life at hard labor for fatal crash killing man
Second Lieutenant Howard E. Stittsworth, 21, of Lakefield, Kansas, convicted by a court martial of murder for a June 22 plane accident near Wittmann Arizona that decapitated Earl W. Nepple of Los Angeles. He faces life at hard labor with possible review by senior military authorities.
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Marana Field
Ariz
Howard E. Stittsworth
Lakefield
Stittsworth
Wakefield
Kans
Wittmann
Earl W. Nepple
Los Angeles
Air Forces Western Training Command
Santa Ana
Calif
Army
Roosevelt
Lake Field
Germany’s flying bomb labs said buried on Baltic islands
Reliable informants report underground facilities for Germany’s flying bombs on the Baltic Sea islands of Rugen Wollin and Usedom guarded closely by authorities.
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Stockholm
Germany
Rugen
Wollin
Usedom
Baltic Sea
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