Germans Begin Retreat Along Adriatic Front
Allied forces push north along the Italian front as German units withdraw from Tarquinia and Tarvisio area. Fifth Army advances capture Caparola and Viterbo rail junction, while Luftwaffe field division prisoners reveal a Luftwaffe core unit among retreating troops. Allied aerial and ground bombing disrupt trains and vehicles as retreat tightens.
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Vetralla
Tarquinis
Sth
Rome
Mark W. Clark
Lake Bracciano
Caparola
Lake di Vicco
Viterbo
Luftwaffe
Italy
Hanmark
Luft Waffe
Hermann Goering Panzer
Adriatic
Crecchio
Eighth Army
Tollo
Chieti
Allies Batter Munich Area With Heavies
Allied heavy bombers from the south and escorts attacked Munich and Augsburg targets in a pincer against Nazi positions while strikes hit France and Italy. Over 400 Allied sorties and 52 German planes were destroyed. Allied losses included 35 fighters and five bombers. Weather limited strikes, with RAF and USAAF efforts focusing on rail centers and coastal targets amid ongoing invasion operations.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Munich
Germany
France
Italy
Porto Marghera
Venice
Rome
Britain
Hoan Accepts Draft to Run for Governor
Milwaukee former Socialist mayor Daniel J. Hoan accepted a draft to seek the Democratic nomination for governor despite earlier refusals. Nomination papers were filed by Gerald F. Clifford and Andrew J. Milwaukee, citing a plan to help liberal voters and avoid discouraging a July liberal meeting. Hoan said he would run without formal party affiliation.
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Milwaukee
Daniel J.hoan
Hoan
Gerald F. Clifford
Andrew J. Milwaukee
Democratic
Bradley Directs U S Advance Toward Cherbourg in France
General Omar Bradley commands the American push near Cherbourg France as German reports place forces within 18 miles of the port. The Doughboy leader advances from Ste. Mere Eglise toward Caen and Bayeux areas amid heavy fighting.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Omar Qeatey
Doughboy Generas
France
Poris
Cherbourg
Ste. Mere Relise
Bradley
Forne
Ste. lx Eglise
Caen-Caven
Smith Names Daughter at Treasurer Post
An article notes the appointment of Mrs. Florence S. Haskell as state treasurer’s daughter assistant treasurer. The move keeps pay unchanged, sparing a $4,000 annual increase. The details reference Hugo Hering’s relinquishment and the private secretary role.
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Smith
John Me
Florence S. Haskel
Hugo Hering
Reetoe
Yhane
Local Weather Forecast Predicts Cloudy Cool Weekend
Forecasters warn a cool signal remains through Saturday with cloudy skies and occasional rain or drizzle. Tonight’s low near 5B degrees while Saturday may bring light showers into the forenoon.
Prince Umberto Urges Italians to Aid Allied Troops
In Rome Crown Prince Umberto appeals to Italian soldiers sailors and airmen to push harder at the war with Allied forces. He says only Allied victory can justify Italians and restore their standing among nations. It is his first public statement since resuming as lieutenant general of the realm.
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Rome
Umberto
Roosevelt Plans 1000 Refugees to Fort Ontario
President Roosevelt announced that 1000 European war refugees would be brought to the United States from Italy and housed at an unused military facility at Fort Ontario near Oswego New York. He said this figure represents the total number of refugees now destined for the country.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Italy
Fort Ontario
Oswego
New York
Italy to Name Its Leadership Amid Allied Oversight
President Roosevelt stated Allies will not be satisfied with Italy’s political conditions until Italians can choose their own government. Ivanoe Bonomi began forming a new anti Fascist cabinet to replace Badoglio after Mussolini’s fall with Crown Prince Umberto urging the move.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Italy
Vittorio Emmanuele
Umberto
Rome
Ivanoe Bonomi
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Bonomi
Expert Infantry Pay Boost Approved by Senate Panel
Senate Military Committee unanimously approved a bill proposed by Secretary of War Stimson to raise expert infantry pay from 5 to 10 dollars a month. The panel also backed a 50 percent raise for glider unit members with officer and nurse limits of 100 dollars and enlisted men 50 dollars, aligning gliders with parachutists.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
War Stimson
Sounds Like Our Boys Carry Brass Knuckles
London radio reported that knuckle dusters used by American gangsters were found in the full fighting kit of captured British and U.S. airborne troops. The kit allegedly included a grenade thrower and a long invasion knife.
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London
Berlin
Most Successful Airborne Landing in History at Normandy
U S paratroops landing in the Ste Marie Eglise sector near Cherbourg achieved the most successful airborne operation to date. About two percent of over 1,000 RAF and U S troops involved were borne by invasion craft. Gliders landed on a house along the Valognes Carentan road and troops captured sleeping Germans. Pathfinders aided in landings. some troops were on the ground five hours before H hour.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Ste. Mere Eglise
France
Cherbourg
U. S
Valognes-Carentan
Crete
RAF
Hancock Safe Carrier Sunk in Atlantic Action
Lieut. Thomas Hancock son of Dr and Mrs H H Hancock 1425 State street is safe though his location is undisclosed. The Block Island escort carrier was reported sunk in the Atlantic last month making it the first U S carrier lost in that theater. The ship was the 158th navy loss of the war with six carriers lost since its start. Hancock joined the navy April 15 1942 and trained in Rhode Island then Jacksonville Florida.
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Thomas Hancock
H. H. Hancock
State Street
Hancock
Block Island
U. S
Liscome Bay
Gilbert Islands
Lexington
Yorktown
Wasp
Hornet
Pacific
Trane Company
Navy
Rhode Island
Air Operational Training Command
Jacksonville
Flood
D Day Strikes Ebb as War Labor Board Reports Cleared Nation
The War Labor Board announced that the D-Day invasion led to a general reduction in strikes across the United States. For the first time since 1942 not a single strike was before the board, with regional boards reporting clean records aside from a few exceptions. The conciliation service has seven cases under consideration, involving about 4,000 workers, far below the typical daily load. Since June 6 only minor flare ups occurred and they quickly faded.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Conciliation Service
WLB
Latin American U S relations deteriorate says Brazilian adviser
Dr Hernano Tavares de Sa, adviser to Washington on international affairs, told an international education assembly that U S Latin American ties have fallen in recent months. He cited political economic and personal conduct as causes and noted the issue has largely avoided U S press coverage.
Finnish government bans Svenska Pressen as pro ally
Stockholm dispatch reports Finland has indefinitely banned the opposition Svenska Pressen newspaper under a 1939 law for suppressing papers deemed to harm state interests. The ban targets a pro allied stance as the reason for suppression.
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Stockholm
Svenska Presen
Helsinki
Joan Blondell Sues Powell For Divorce
Los Angeles reports actress Joan Blondell has filed suit for divorce from singer Dick Powell after months of announcing their marital breakup. The action alleges cruelty and cites irreconcilable differences as the basis for the split.
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Joan Blondell
Powell
Los Angeles
Dick Powell
Cru
Wreckage Fills Sea Off Normandy Beach
A stark Normandy beach scene shows wreckage strewn across the water and sand. Derelicts stretch hundreds of yards, with a narrow strip of beach between high water and the grassy rise crowded by invasion paraphernalia and foxholes. Soldiers move carefully among littered stretchers and wounded awaiting aid.
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Normandy
Wisconsin Governor Calls for Exceeding 5th War Loan Quota
Gov Goodland urged Wisconsin residents to exceed the 298 million quota in the 5th war loan. He designated June 12 to July 8 for the bond sales drive and called the loan pivotal to Allied Europe invasion efforts and the war’s outcome.
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Madison
Wis
Goodland
Wisconsin
Europe
America
Paris Food Situation Reported As Serious
Berlin reports Paris as calm amid invasion with curfew relaxed to 1 am. It notes serious food concerns with 642 tons of vegetables 415000 quarts of milk and 203 tons of fruit supplied, while bread for all consumers is assured. Frontline invasion news dominates the two page papers described as eaten up like hot cakes.
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Berlin
Paris
Invasion Glider Pilots Return to Britain
A score of American glider pilots who carried D day invasion forces to France arrived back at a British port on an LST after sneaking out through German lines. Lieut. Charles Ellington of High Point North Carolina described catching the enemy napping. Returning with the glider men were Neenah Wisconsin and Sgt Joseph Kozik of Union City New Jersey.
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France
Lieut
Charles Ellington
High Point
N. C
Neenah
Wis
Joseph Kozik
Union City
N. J
Local Sailor Leads Invasion Force on Tuscaloosa
A play by play broadcast of the invasion heard in La Crosse thrilled Mrs. Jesse Spafford. Her husband, a machinist's mate second class, serves aboard the heavy cruiser Tuscaloosa, the lead ship of the invasion force.
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Tuscaloosa
la Crosse
Jesse Spafford
Cass Street
Allied gains and German counterattacks near Bayeux and St Lo
Allied tanks expanded the Cherbourg bridgehead west of Bayeux with encircling thrusts while German forces countered from Caen. The push toward St Lo from Ste Mere Eglise and Valognes linked the eastern bridgehead, with air and naval actions noted and one Allied cruiser and a destroyer sunk by E boats.
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London
The
Orne
Bayeux
St. Lo
Ste. Mere Eglise
Velognes
Transocean
Cherbourg
St. Lois
Caen
High Command
United States
Valognes
Roosevelt invites de Gaulle to visit the United States
President Roosevelt said he expects General Charles de Gaulle to visit the United States this summer and suggested dates between June 22 and 30 or July 6 to 14. The invitation follows a note from Vice Admiral Raymond Fenard who delivered the message after meeting in London.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Charles de Gaulle
French National Committee of Liberation
de Gaulle
London
Churchill
Raymond Fenard
Chicago
President Silent on Farley Resignation
President Roosevelt declined comment at a news conference on the resignation of James A. Farley as Democratic state chairman of New York. He said he learned of the move from the newspapers and gave no answer when asked about a potential anti fourth term split among Mississippi Democrats.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
New York
Farley
Allies Reach Near Cherbourg Ste Mere Eglise Formigny Captured
Allied reports say Ste Mere Eglise and Formigny have fallen as American forces push toward Cherbourg within 18 miles. Canadians and British coordinate to seize Caen amid heavy armor combat on the 60 mile beachhead as Omar Bradley leads from the front with multiple divisions involved.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
Ste. Mere Eglise
France
Allied Headquarters
Caen
Fierce Hatred Left By Nazis In War Areas
Advance Allied HQs in France reports a tense man hunt around a French chateau where a sniper attacked a soldier. German retreat leaves villagers angry and the chateau owner provided tea and German bread. A sergeant later confirms the shooter is dead.
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France
Chateau
Yank
Resume Deliveries Of Ice In Rhinelander
Rhinelander Wis. agreement to resume sale and delivery of ice reached at a conference of city officials and Elmer Nelson president of the Rhinelander Fuel and Ice company. City had been without ice for three days. Nelson closed his business in a dispute with the OPA and the WLB on Tuesday. He agreed to resume business for 20 days pending WLB action on wage increases and Green Bay OPA decision on his bid for higher ice prices.
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Rhinelander
Wis
Elmer Nelson
Rhinelander Fuel and Ice Company
Nelson
OPA
WLB
Green Bay Opa
Nazis Ready Action If Vichy Govt Falls
NBC reports Berlin radio signals a possible fall of the Vichy regime and says the German government would move to take over if the French government fails in its duties. The broadcast notes the move would be by the people's national government.
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Vichy
Tribune
Sparta Bureau
NBC
Berlin
Devilish Obstacles In Waters Where Invasion Craft Operate
Report from Normandy beach head details German Atlantic wall work ordered after April. field gun casemates newly built, obstacles like element C stakes and mine-topped barriers seen along the tide line. Observes duck landing craft blown apart at high tide with no survivors. warns of deadly surf hidden mines.
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Normandy
Atlantic Wall
Progress Despite Rough Seas For Allied Normandy Push
President Roosevelt said progress in France is slow but real as D-day airborne operations near the beachhead and Allied ships patrol the coast. British and Canadian landings around Berniers Sur Mer near Caen press the German lines, with U S troops advancing toward Valognes and Bayeux. Berlin and Nazi reports clash on gains as ten German divisions clash with Allied forces in a brutal tree to tree fighting.
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Washington
Roosevelt
France
Berniers-Sur-Mer
Orne River
Caen
Berniers
Ste. Mere Eglise
Cherbourg
Berlin
U. S
Valognes
John Leslie Hall, Jr
English Channel
Carentan
Cherebourg
Supreme Headquarters
Fallen Bayeux
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ST. Mere Eglise
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Fifth Army
Taruinia
10Th
Dest
Denmark
Augsburg
BBC
Seine
Sea
Rennes
Fougeres
Alencon
Mayenne
Pontaubault
Argentan
U.S
Prince
Finland
Lew Hawkins
General de Gaulle
By Wes Gallagher
Omar N. Bradley
6Th
British Airborne
Paul L. Williams
Detroit
9Th Airforce
By Roger Greene
By Lewis Hawkins
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