Allied Drive Seizes Ridge as Caen Front Rages
Allied forces press toward Cherbourg with forward airfields established in France for the first time since Dunkirk. American troops push west and northwest across the peninsula while British and Canadian units block German reserves. Captured German numbers exceed 5,000 as paratroopers and infantry flood toward Cherbourg amid heavy fighting near Caen, Carentan, and Isigny.
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First American Invasion Dead Buried In British Cemetery
The first American dead from the invasion lies buried in Brookwood American Cemetery England as a climactic funeral in wind swept hills. An English girl widow stands nearby as four P-38s circle in formation and a troop carrier crew chief lies among the dead. Chaplains read services and a firing squad fires three volleys as taps echoes along the hill.
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Americans Break Beachhead Advance From Vire Front
American troops led by the 1st Division surged along the beachhead east of the Vire river and west of it as patrols engaged. The 29th Division joined assault troops breaking German coastal defenses, pushing beyond Trevires and Isigny to widen the advance and remove most of the landing area from enemy artillery reach.
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Kittens Named After Liberator Planes At Base
At a U S naval base in Britain a cat named Libby gave birth to six kittens. The litter names honor Liberator planes with Tailspin Zombie Subconscious Seabee Biscuit Low And Slow and Boy short for Boy would I like to be home in the States.
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Libby
U.S. Naval
Britain
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Jap Zero Fast Plane Encounters Fighter Swarm
A Liberator crew on its first mission from a Seventh RAF Central Pacific base reports a tense encounter with Japanese Zero fighters. The ball turret gunner hailed the pilot in a burst of exclamations, noting the Zeros were present but quickly disappeared after the fight.
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Robert Clifford Hurt in Market Square Hotel Fall
Robert Clifford, 56, fell from the Commercial hotel to the sidewalk at the Market Square bus depot around 8 15 p m Saturday. He was taken unconscious to a hospital by police ambulance, regained consciousness on arrival, and was detained for observation.
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Treachery Remembered As Allied Drive Near Caen
Allied forces push near Caen in northern village sectors after fierce German counterattacks. Germans initially yielded ground with white flags but opened fire as troops entered, prompting a withdrawal. Night bombing by Nazi air forces paused as Spitfires returned, and heavy Allied armor advances continued despite weather grounding planes.
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Caen
Spandaus
Singing Policeman Returns to Duty After 21 Years
ST. LOUIS, Mo. A former St. Louis policeman and touring singer, Arthur Nealy, 47, returns to the beat after 21 years away. He left in 1923 to tour as a singer, later performing in hotels, theaters, and radio from coast to coast, and recalls tenor work with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in the twenties and RKO Orpheum circuit appearances.
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Missouri Theater
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Rko-Orpheum
Egbert van Alstyne
AWOL Colonel To Be Reprimanded Decorated
Col Ralph Bagby of Evanston Illinois the first paratrooper to return to England from France went AWOL to join the invasion and made his first parachute jump. He will be reprimanded and decorated a staff officer not supposed to take part in operations.
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Ralph Bagby
Evanston
England
France
Bagby
U S Plans July Import of Six Million Bushels Argentine Corn
The War Food Administration announced a July import of 6,000,000 bushels of Argentine corn to ease domestic livestock feed and war needs. Shipping is via War Shipping Administration and private importers with possible further shipments through November.
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War Food Administration
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War Shipping Administration
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Two Airborne Divisions Aided Invasion, U S Claims
Washington reports the Allied invasion featured the greatest use of airborne forces to date. The War Department notes about two divisions were ferried to France, with a transport fleet over 1,050 planes. Americans used C 47 transports carrying 24 soldiers each, totaling over 24,000 men, with space for vehicles and equipment. Losses were estimated at about two percent of aircraft employed.
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War Department
France
United States
Bond Drive Moves Into Fifth War Loan Campaign
The Tuesday launch targets 16 billion dollars with individual buyers seeking six billion. Morgenthau will lead Civilian D-Day events at Texarkana while Roosevelt, stars, and officials broadcast nationwide. General Vandegrift praises bonds as a bloodless battle in wartime. Mexico pursues an anti illiteracy campaign.
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Texarkana
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Wooden Bullets Fired By Germans Against Invading U S Rangers
June 9 report from Admiral Hall's flagship notes German forces using wooden bullets against American troops. Rangers recovered 20 millimeter and infantry rounds with wooden slugs fitted into metal casings and say some men were killed. Wooden projectiles splinter and cause severe wounds though lighter weight reduces long range accuracy. Recycled rifle cartridges imply steel shortages among Germans.
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Rangers describe beach fighting and heavy German counterattacks
A Rangers unit recalls landing on the beachhead and enduring days of artillery, machine gun fire, and failed evacuations of wounded. They report capturing 66 Germans, destroying a 20 gun battery, and a counterattack that left six killed and 17 wounded among 65 men. A key mortarman, Sgt. Eugene Elder, knocked out 12 machine guns and used colored flares to pin the enemy as reinforcements arrived.
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Missouri
Ans
Taylor Asked To Hasten To Post At Vatican
Washington reports Myron C. Taylor Roosevelt's personal representative to the Vatican has asked to return to his post at once. Absent since fall 1942, Taylor went to Rome in 1939 as the president's first ambassadorial representative and now seeks reassignment after Allied progress.
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Myron C. Taylor
Roosevelt
Vatican
State Department
Taylor
Okayed Electrically Checks Grenades on Assembly Line
An automated system inspects grenades at 4000 per hour. When a defective unit is detected, a bell rings, a dab of paint is applied to the faulty grenade, and a mark is made on a chart.
Dewey Campaign Seeks Delegates as Race Narrows
Dewey with 395 pledged and declared delegates trails by 138 votes to clinch the GOP nomination as Nevada adds six votes. Bricker says he will enter the convention with 250 to 300 votes and vows no roll-call rush. Uncommitted delegates totaling 78 loom large across 30 states and Hawaii.
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Associated Press
Thomas E. Dewey
Nevada
John W. Bricker
Dewey
Bricker
New York
Alaska
Puerto Rico
District of Columbia
Harold E. Stassen
Earl Warren
California
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
British Bayonet Strike Clears German Coastal Strong Point
British troops drove through to link with Canadian forces after a bayonet assault wiped out the last German coastal strong point in the sector. Allied naval guns preceded the attack as Sherman tanks moved up, the sky battle above them keeping Nazi planes at bay.
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France
Caen
von Runstedt
Chinese Drive Halts Traffic on Burma Road South of Mangshih
Chinese forces report a strong roadblock across the Burma road south of Mangshih. Units also stormed Lungling’s gates after occupying the southern part of the base in Yunnan. The Salween offensive aims at Tengchung, threatening large enemy concentrations as Lungling remains a major objective.
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Sung Usi-lien
Taft Opposes World Currency Stabilization Plan
Taft asserts that any world currency stabilization fund is unwise and would resemble dumping money into a sewer. He warns that tying U S dollars to other nations could leave the United States bearing the entire financial risk and urges bilateral rate agreements with Britain, Russia, and others.
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United Nations
Taft
Ohio
Republican Postwar Advisory Committee of Finance
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Treasury
Bretton Woods
N. H
Colege
United and Associated Nations
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Melrose Exceeds Bond Drive Quota
Melrose Wisconsin topped its Fifth War Loan quota Saturday night becoming Jackson county's first to exceed. The village was assigned 9750 dollars in E bonds and subscriptions reached 11006 25 dollars with 8200 dollars in other bonds also purchased. Dr I H Lavine led the campaign with a volunteer committee.
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Jackson County
I. H. Lavine
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