Allied Armored Hosts Press On In Cherbourg Caen Drive
Allied forces push along a 60 mile beachhead toward Cherbourg with Canadian and British units joining American spearheads. Ste. Mère Église fallen. Formigny and Bayeux area reporting ground gains as German defenses cave. Omar Bradley leads American troops ashore with 10,000 plus prisoners taken and more armor entering the line amid improving unloading weather.
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Supreme Headquarters
Formigny
Bayeux
Bte
Mere Eglise
Cherbourg
France
Omar
N. Bradley
Paul L. Williams
Detroit
9Th Airforce Troop Carrier Command
Allied Bombers Strike German Targets From Many Directions
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force reports heavy bomber strikes on Munich and Augsburg from the south, aided by Italian routes, with escorts engaging German fighters. Operations span France and Italy, while Rennes to Pontaubault rail targets draw significant RAF air power. Air losses: Allies 35 fighters and five bombers. Germans 52 planes downed. Weather hindered missions and some operations unreported.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Munich
Germany
France
Italy
Augsburg
TA Bbc
Britain
Gains
Paria
Sea
Porto Marghea
Venice
Rome
R.A.F. Spitfires
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Rennes
Fougeres
Alencon
Mayenne
Pontaubault
Normandy
Air Ministry
New ruling sought on CIO activities by Moore
Washington June 9 Senator Moore asked Attorney General Biddle for a new ruling on recent CIO political action committee activity and related groups. He cited April 6 opinions, urged review for Hatch Act and corrupt practices implications, and named CIOU and ILGWU amid other groups supporting Roosevelt. Also notes Hillman summons and Senate probe context amid partisan debate. Air action in Pacific reported with bombers hitting fields, runways, and gun positions at Truk Ponape Nauru and Marshalls. minimal AA fire. Marshal and related missions against runways and coastal guns.
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Moore
R-Okta
Senate
Biddle
C.I.0. Political Action Committee
Senate Elections Committee
Congressional Record
The
Oklahoman
C.I.O
C.I.U
American Communist Political Association
International Ladies Garment Working Union
Roosevelt
Sidney Hillman
Tuesaday
Senator Tunnel
Hillman
Cetral Pacific
Navy
Truk
Caroline Islands
Ponape
Pakin
Nauru
Nouth
Marshalls
Marshalld Marine
Reds Take A Height Near Iasi In Romania
London reports Soviet troops have captured a height of great importance north of Iasi Romania as German commentators claimed a wide front offensive. The Soviet dispatch said about 2000 Germans killed and several enemy tanks destroyed while counterattacks failed to retake the position and Red troops advanced in the center and left Tag sector. Skirmishes were noted south of Tiranspol on the lower Dnestr and southeast of Vitebsk.
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London
Moscow
Iasi
Romania
Ernst von Hammer
Tiranspol
Dnestrands
Vitebskite
Russia
Invasion Weather Over Dover Strait May 9 Reports
Rain began last night in the Dover Strait and ceased by 9 a.m. A Southwest breeze freshened, temperature 54, overcast with low cloud blankets. Visibility varied from a mile to four miles as seas grew choppy with a nasty swell and night drizzle persisted. Whitecaps appeared off English coast as cloud banks hung near sea level.
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Einsten
Dover Strait
Goa
Invasion Bulletins From Berlin and Allied Fronts
Berlin asserts a third invasion wave with airborne landings near Carentan Caen and Bayeux and added naval landings at bridgeheads. A Japanese envoy sent a letter to Hitler praising German arms while a southern France border area faces a motor traffic ban with shoot-on-sight penalties. Finnish opposition banned as pro ally. Paris area combined with airborne actions noted by SHAEF. NBC reports Berlin’s factional confusion and government changes in Washington.
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Berlin
Carentan
Caen
Bayeux
Haute-Loire
Cantal
Allier
Puy-de-Dame
France
Rhone River
Marbeille
Normandy Battle Area
Nutrition specialist to lead vegetable garden training in Douglas
Miss Mary Fletcher from Kansas State College will present a session on Making the Most of the Vegetable Garden at the Community building in Douglas County from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. next Monday June 12. A second session will be held in Aldwin on Tuesday June 13 at the same hours with cooperation from rent testing.
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Kansas State ‘College
Douglas County
Aldwin
Viterbo Junction Seized by Allies
Allied Fifth Army troops seized Viterbo junction and Tarquinia near Rome as German forces retreated. The advance encompassed Lake Bracciano, Sutri, and Bracciano area, with Civitavecchia escaping major damage. Prisoners included elements of the 20th Luftwaffe field division. bombs struck Pola docks and Nis rail yards.
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Tarquinia
Vetralla
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Civitavecchia
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Italy
Denmark
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H Lermann
Bracciana
Sutri
Lake Brégcciano
Tiber
Sir One Leaf
Monteprotondo
Receipts Into Bonds at Jayhawker Theater
All receipts next week at Jayhawker theater June 17 will be invested in War Bonds per Manager Stanley Schwab. Bond Premiere event limits attendance to bond buyers for three performances. Theater forms available from county bond issuing agents. admission tickets issued upon property fill. Two Girls and a Pallorusical comedy forms part of Bond Premiere. Draft Board calls 13 white men June 20 for Fort Worth examination. 15 white men to Fort Leavenworth for induction.
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Jayhawker
Iime
Stanley
Schwabn
Roving Beachhead Jumpy Battle In France Front Line
Canadian forces press a major assault in France with tanks shelling from 200 yards and infantry in continuous assault. A British colonel praised Canadian troops as pockets of Germans are cleared and artillery and naval guns hammer positions. Guerrilla raids flare in towns as Canadians comb houses with grenades tommy guns and rifles in this jumpy, ongoing operation.
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France
Jane
Inj
Beef Supply Slim Forces Seven Week Meal Changes
Lawrence housewives face meals with less beef for seven or eight weeks as invasion trims beef stocks. Local markets report scarcity since the start of the invasion, with pork fish and lamb still available. A long-time market owner notes the worst beef shortage since he began business, while orders from the government consume the better cuts. Another market manager says more meat is coming but beef is not in the current order.
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Lawrence
Women Ready for Fifth War Loan Drive in Lawrence
Meetings at Lawrence schoolhouses drew strong turnout as women workers prepared for the Fifth War Loan bond drive. A special session will be held tomorrow at 2 PM in the Chamber of Commerce rooms to ensure all participants are informed. The Lawrence-Douglas county unit aims to raise 2 213 400 in 10 days, with reports due June 22 and possible follow-ups through July 8.
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Lawrence
Henry Werner
Chamber of Commerce
Douglas County
Chris Kraft
Chamber ‘of ‘Commerce
Kraft
Otto Black
Willow Springs Township
The President Invites De Gaulle For Summer Visit
President Roosevelt said he has invited General Charles de Gaulle to visit Washington this summer. He proposed two date windows between June 22 and 30 or July 6 to 14. Vice Admiral Raymond Fernand delivered the invitation, and De Gaulle is in London at Churchill's invitation.
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Roosevelt
Charles de Gaulle
French National Committee of Liberation
de Gaulle
London
Churchill
Raymond Fenard
Gaulle
Service Club Moves to New Location on Massachusetts Street
The service men's club, long at 726 Massachusetts, relocates to the Elba building in the 900 block west side. It will open tomorrow to receive visitors as the Ellis building is furnished rent free, continuing a pattern from prior sites including the State Bank building and the Triple A offices.
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Service Men’s Club
Massachusetts Street
Elba
Ellis
Te Upiets
State Bank
Triple A
Meadowlark 4H Club Met After Meadow Girls Meeting
Meadowlark 4H Club members met Thursday afternoon at Mrs. C. N. Janeway’s hens. After the session refreshments were served to all present. Attendees included Guess Parker, Mona Lary Morris, Rosemary ris, Mrs. Banp, and more.
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Meadowlark
Meadow
Big Bond Rally in Haskell Stadium Joins War Drive
Douglas county eyes a $2,218,460 Fifth War Loan bond sale with a June 20 rally at Haskell Stadium featuring a Six-Horse Hitch of Clydesdales, 21 bands, speakers, military exhibits and an auction of 15 items paid for by bonds.
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Haskell Stadium
M. J
Mike” Getto
Douglas County
Clydesdale
Wilson & Co
National Treasury Department
Kansas Livestock Commission
Kansas War Finance
Kansas
Getto
Eldridge
F. C. Allen
A. E. Woestemeyer
Charles Radcliffe
Russians Prepare for Big Offensive Against Germans
Moscow reports June 9 that Soviet forces are nearing an early offensive on the western front. Russian leaders aim to shake Hitler's grip as Red Army troops mobilize for battle. people follow progress in France and Italy and unite with the United Nations to end the European war.
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Red Army
Hitler
France
Italy
Neen
Correnenent
Sian
United Nations
Germany
Stock Market Index Reports Narrow Gain
The average of 60 stocks closed at 62.8 points yesterday indicating a slight uptick for the market. Investors watched several leaders as trading remained cautious amid mixed earnings and economic data.
Civilian D-Day to Be Next Monday in Texarkana
Plans for the civilian D-Day drive were unveiled by the treasury today. The $16 060 000 000 campaign will feature ceremonies at Texarkana with Governors Monterde and officials from Texas Arkansas Oklahoma New Mexico taking part. Orson Welles will lead a 9 p m central war time program joined by 18 stars from stage screen and radio including Joe E Brown Walter Huston Danny Kaye Agnes Moorhead Joseph Cotton Lionel Barrymore Charles Laughton Paul Muni and more from Hollywood.
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Washington
Treasury
Texarkana
Texas
Arkansas
Mongenthau
Uisiaha
Oklahoma
New México
Noen
Orson Welles
Welles
Nan
Joe E. Brown
Walter Huston
Danny Kaye
Keenangan Agnes Moorhead
Joseph Cotton
Hollywood
Lionel Barrymore
Harles Laughton
Paul Muni
Edward Arnold
Walter Pidgeon
Susan Hayward
Gloria Jean
Thomas Mitchell
Laird Cregar
Martha O'Driscoll
Jane Randolph
Ray Collins
Sailor Dies After Highway Crash Near Tonganoxie
Clarence Burnam 17, son of Mr and Mrs James Burnam of Route 1 McLouth, died at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after being found unconscious on US 24 four miles NW of Tonganoxie at 3 10 am. He was on furlough from Farragut Idaho and believed struck by a vehicle. Deputy Frank Hoey and paper carrier Clarence Martin assisted at the scene.
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James Burnam
McLouth
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
U. S. Highway 24
Tonganoxie
Jefferson County
Clarence Martin
Martin
Frank Hoey
Leavenworth County
Hoey
Farragut
Ida
Eputy Hoey
Questio
Wet spell continues in eastern Kansas as rains linger
Rain drenched eastern Kansas with heavy 24 hour totals reported in cities from Topeka to Pittsburg. Forecaster S D Flora predicted several more wet days with river levels rising modestly and no major floods anticipated. Temperatures ranged 70 to 80 yesterday, cooling to 50s and 60s overnight with 74 to 80 expected in the east today.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Ottawa
Pittsburg
Coffeyville
Junction City
Paola
LaCgne
Garnett
Lebo
Ft. Scott
Chanuta
Coloumbia
Hanover
Centralia
Horton
Leavenworth
Kansas City
Lawrence
Wamego
Manhattan
Eureka
Salina
Florence
Wichita
Winfield
Goodland
Scott City
Flora
Marais Des Cygnes
Roosevelt says progress slow in France war report
President Roosevelt told a Washington news conference that fighting in France is making slow progress but counts as progress. He had no other war news beyond mentioning rough seas. The same day, a Kansan, Pvt. Arthur E. Cavey, died in the sinking of a troopship in the Mediterranean, part of a War Department list noting 504 killed in action. Staff Sgt. B. Henderson of Moscow Kansas received the Air Medal for December 1943 missions in the South Pacific. Eamon de Valera reelected prime minister of Ireland following a May 31 general election for Fianna Faiil with 76 seats.
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Roosevelt
France
Arthur E. Gavey
Helen L. Cavey
Valley: Falls
Mediterranean
War Department
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New Guinea
Mee
Bs 'B. Henderson
Moscow
Kan
George C. Kenney
Allied Air Forces
Southyyet
Pacific
Nero
de ‘Valera
Dublin
Eamon ' de Val
Aes
Fianna Fail
William Allen White School of Journalism Designated
Kansas State Board of Regents in Topeka designates the University of Kansas journalism department as the William Allen White School of Journalism to honor the famed Kansan and alumnus. Chancellor Malott supported the plan after a letter from Henry J. Allen supporters. a William Allen White Foundation will be created at KU to aid journalism training. The move is praised as a fitting tribute to a great alumnus and the foundation will fund efforts to strengthen the journalism profession with committee figures such as Oscar Stauffer Fay Seaton Roy Bailey John Redmond Rolla Clymer and other state newspapermen. The foundation will be located at the William Allen White school to advance the profession.
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Kansas State Board of Regents
Topeka
Department of Journalism
University of Kansas
William Allen Whi
Kansén
Deane W. Malott F
University
Henry J. Allen
Wichita
William “Ale Jen White
William Allen White
White
Bir. White
Aluypnus
William Allen
Malott
Boa
Willliam Allen White
Mr. Allen
Oscar Stauffer
Fay
Seaton
Manehattan
Roy Bailey
Salina
John Redmond
Burlingston
Rolla Clymer i
Esporado
Spon
Ismn
Roosevelt says Italians must choose their government
President Roosevelt told a Washington news conference that allies will not be fully satisfied with postwar Italy until the Italian people have a chance to select their own government. He neither confirms nor denies specific armistice terms, saying they need not be kept secret and that servicemen can understand them.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Italy
Vittorio, Emmanuele
Umberto
Mr. Roosevelt
Federal panel to hear Kansas Power gas expansion plan
The Federal Power Commission will hear on June 27 in Kansas City an application by Kansas Power and Light Company for permission to construct and operate 38,000 feet of natural gas pipeline in Edwards County Kansas. The line would extend from Cities Service Gas Company's wells along the existing service line.
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Federal Power Commission
Kansas City
Kansas Power And.ight Company
Topeka
Kan
Edwards County
Cities Service Gas Company
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