Yanks Threaten To Cut Germans Into 3 Segments On Cherbourg Peninsula
Allied bombardment and a combined land and air attack target Cherbourg fortifications on the Cherbourg peninsula. German defenses face a triple-segment threat as U S forces under Omar N Bradley advance toward Fort du Roule near Cherbourg.
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Cherbourg
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Normandy
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Germans Split By Allied Drive Around Cherbourg
Allied forces push toward Cherbourg with several spearheads splitting German garrison into three segments. Reported captures include St Eglise and Quettehou as advances near the northeastern Lip of the peninsula and up toward Beaumont Hague. Soviet lines not involved.
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St. Eglise
Cherbourg
Cape
Peninsi
Quettehou
St. Vaast la Hougue
Theorthwestern
Évancing
Beaumont-Hague
Hague
Supreme Headquarters
Gemwich
London Daily Sketch
Pinal
Omar N. Bradley
St. Croix-Hague
Cap Lake
Leas
Gee
Saire
le Theil
Valognes
Cherbours
Ttice
Captured Nazis Welcome Food Near Cherbourg Front
A reporter moves to within 6000 yards of Cherbourg as German prisoners at a camp awaken hungry. American canned meat sustains them while doughboys sleep in trenches. Front-line leaders warn of a tough push as ramps for flying bombs and underground shelters loom ahead.
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England
Cherbourg
Local Weather Light Thundershowers to 200 Fricey
Weather bulletin notes light thundershowers possible in the west with minimal temperature change. Forecasters indicate a steady pattern with occasional showers through the period.
Fishermen Warned To Stay Home As Port Defense Tightens
Supreme Allied Commander Eisenhower announced a radio warning to fishermen until 9 PM June 29. The message, the second seven day extension, urged mariners to avoid Cherbourg area while Allied forces push defense around the port.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Command
Bond Sales Reach 528105 in La Crosse County
Bond purchases in La Crosse county rose to 528105 in reports issued Thursday. The total includes 169710.75 in E bonds with further pledges in the business district adding 42581.25 and 7513.75 in the north side area. The bond committee urged solicitors in rural and residential zones to submit reports to headquarters promptly. Rivoli theater reports its bond premiere Shine On Harvest Moon drew 43000 in bonds already and expected sales to reach or exceed 50000 by evening.
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la Crosse County
North Side
Rivoli Theater
Sharp Cut Ordered In Premium Gasoline For Civilians Use
Secretary Ickes announced an immediate reduction in civilian premium gasoline to about 40 percent of June levels due to military demand for tetraethyl lead. Regular gasoline production would be spurred to offset the loss, with refiners allowed to raise output to 72 octane. The move aims to revert premium supply to August 1942 levels, while June consumption was about 22.8 million gallons daily.
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Washington
Ickes
Roosevelt Signs GI Bill of Rights for Veterans Benefits
President Roosevelt signed the GI Bill of Rights creating a wide federal aid program for veterans. The measure authorizes loans hospital care job insurance schooling and other ex service benefits with estimated costs from 3 to 6.5 billion dollars. He urged more wartime service legislation including social security credits for service and education and unemployment benefits for merchant marines. He emphasized job security after the war and quick action on related laws as veterans seek employment.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Erans
OT Wisner
Pea
Congress
Russians Launch New Offensives Near Ladoga in War Drive
Moscow reports mass Soviet assaults on a broad front north of Lake Ladoga aimed at forcing a quick end to the Finnish war. Finnish government turmoil and a possible armistice bid are noted as a political crisis unfolds in Helsinki. Swedish press claims Moscow seeks armistice terms plus movement rights through Finland and bases on Aland islands.
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London
Red Army
Lake Ladoga
Finland
Moscow
Viipuri
Karelian
Ladoga
Helsinki
Reuters
Stockholm
Associated Press
Svenska Dagbladet
Soviet Union
Murmansk-Leningrad
Svir River
Onega
Onezhskoe
Lake Onega
Medvezhegorsk
Afltonbladet
Aland Islands
Eduard Dietl
Bombers Support Land Forces in Cherbourg Offensive
Allied air power pound Cherbourg with light and medium bombers while heavy bombers strike Pas-de-Calais rocket sites. Marauders Havocs and Thunderbolts fly within 100 feet of German guns to boost infantry advances under Lieut Gen Omar Bradley. Fortresses Liberators hammer rocket grounds for a fourth time in 24 hours.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
Pas-de-Calais
France
Germany
Ruhr
Berlin
Mussolini Pledged 1.5 Million Italian Laborers to Germany
Rome report says a captured diplomatic document shows Benito Mussolini planned to send 1.5 million Italian workers to Nazi Germany in 1944. The Allied command disclosed the detail Thursday night amid war reporting from the front.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Germany
Texas Supreme Court Upholds Democratic Elector System
The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the state Democratic party system for selecting presidential electors. The electors are not bound to the party nominees unless the national party meets specified demands.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Supreme Court
Democratic Party
German bombers strike Poltava airfield in Ukraine
German radio reported a large scale raid against the Soviet airfield at Poltava in Ukraine. Several hundred heavy bombs and thousands of incendiaries fell on installations for about an hour as German forces claimed American shuttle bombers rested in Berlin after a prior attack from Britain.
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Berlin
Russia
Poltava
Ukraine
London
Britain
DNB
Greatest Luftwaffe strike met by Allied bomber fleet over Berlin
Allied daylight raid on Berlin involved more than 1,000 U.S. Flying Fortresses and Liberators with 1,200 escort fighters. The operation marked the Reich capital’s heaviest air assault of the war, while shuttle and cross front operations broadened reach from Russia and Italy.
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Styria
Italy
Berlin
U.S
Reich
Germany
Navy Crew Appeals to End Strikes with Money Offer
A naval letter from the U S S Coos Bay urged Wright Aircraft strikers to end the June 5–9 walkout and accept a $412 cash aid to help cover a wage increase. UAW CIO leader R J Thomas condemned the move as anti Negro propaganda and naval officials declined further comment.
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Associated Press
U. S. S. Coos Bay
Naval
Fleet Post Office
San Francisco
Wright Aircraft Corporation
Thomas
Lockland
Ohio
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Coos Bay
R. J. Thomas
United
Wright
Cincinnati
United States
U. S. S. Coal Bay
C-O Fleet Post
Calif
U. S. S. Coas Bay
NAVY
Third Great Blow as U S Carrier Fleet Sinks Japanese Ships
U S Pacific Headquarters reports a crushing victory off Saipan and the Philippines. Five carrier planes from Admiral Spruance’s 5th Fleet sank an enemy carrier and other vessels while taking limited losses. Japanese aircraft losses reach 353 in Sunday battle. The Saipan airfield at Aslito is readied for operation.
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Pearl Harbor
United States 5Th Fleet
Philippines
Japan
Saipan Island
Marianas
Adm
Raymond A. Spruance
5Th Fleet
Saipan
China Sea
Chester W. Nimitz
Tokyo
U. S
Rembert James
U.S
James
Aslito
Marianas Islands
Nimitz
Mitscher
Midway
Spruance
Missing Radioman From India S. Sgt. Robert H. Harder
Radioman S. Sgt. Robert H. Harder, 30, son of Charles H. Harder of 1403 Hyde Ave, has been missing since June 8 between Burma and India, as reported by the U. S. war department. He was a bomber radio man with an Army Air Force unit in India since August 1943 after training at It Field, Wendover, Tucson, Clovis, and El Paso. His brother Sgt. Charles is stationed at Camp Ellis.
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It Field
Wendover Field
Utah
Tucson
Ariz
Clovis
N. Mex
el Paso
Tex
Sgt
Charles
Camp Ellis
Will Roosevelt Seek a Fourth Term Say Georgia Governor
Gov. Ellis Arnall of Georgia after meeting with President Roosevelt predicted the president would accept a fourth term nomination if tendered by the Democratic national convention. Arnall said Roosevelt might publicly state after the Republican convention that he will abide by party decisions and submit to the convention’s mandates.
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Washington
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Roosevelt
Top military leaders report to Roosevelt on European invasion
Navy Chief Adm. Ernest King Army Gen. George Marshall and General H. H. Arnold returned from a personal inspection to brief President Roosevelt. They stated they shared locations and observations but offered no further comments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Adm
Ernest King
Navy
White House
George C. Marshall
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Bricker Refuses to Quit Presidential Bid at GOP Convention
Gov. John Bricker of Ohio declares he will not step aside or withdraw his name for the Republican nomination and says he will not foresee accepting second place on the ticket. He spoke before the convention’s resolutions committee and noted he will persist as a candidate despite Dewey’s strong delegate lead.
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Chicago
John Bricker
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Bricker
Navy to Send Waves Abroad Under House Panel Vote
The House Naval Affairs Committee approved legislation allowing the Navy to deploy Waves overseas with volunteers only. Hawaii would be treated as a home continent assignment under the bill.
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Washington
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Hawaii
Nazi General Killed in Cherbourg Peninsula Fighting
German communique says Lieut. Gen. Hellmich died in infighting on the Cherbourg peninsula, as Allied forces press toward the coast.
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London
Hellmich
Cherbourg Peninsula
Casualty List Nearing Quarter-Million in U S War Losses
Washington reports U S battle casualties nearing 250000 with totals through June 6 including 178677 Army casualties 71319 more since June 8. Army dead 31289, wounded 71932, missing 39976, prisoners 35980. Navy totals 46705 with 20044 killed 12905 wounded 9295 missing 4461. Italian theater shows 64992 Army casualties and 11610 dead 44426 wounded missing. Air force in theater totals 9052 casualties 1186 killed 1373 wounded 6493 missing. Front report clarifies Normandy killed figures earlier included missing.
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Washington
Stimson
Navy
Italy
Europe
Normandy
Front
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