Yanks Storm Cherbourg Fortified Peak In Inch by Inch Assault
American forces under Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley stormed a fortified Cherbourg peak and neared the city as British and American planes blockaded rail lines to curb reinforcements. The fight for Mauspertus airfield raged while German divisions and naval units clung to defenses.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Omar N. Bradley
Cherbourg
Tourinville
France
Nowainville
la Marea Canards
Caen
Normandy
Carray
Granville
Theeninsula
Mauspertus
CBS
Pasering
Wort
Saipan Invasion Gains on Japanese Fleet Defeat
Twenty thousand Japanese troops on Saipan faced a Yank invasion backed by Task Force 58. The fast carrier armada sank one Japanese carrier and hit three others while damaging a battleship and cruiser. U S forces crossed Magicienne Bay and Mount Tapotchau, with advances near Narutan as Tokyo conceded ashore action. MacArthur announced a Japanese merchant ship sunk near Palau by a Liberator.
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U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Saipan
Mananas
United States
U. S
Japan
Luzon
Formosa
Far China Sea
Navy
Washington
Pacific Ocean
Thut
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Tokyo
Tapotchau
Tij
Narutan
Forrestal
Marianas
Western Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Palau
MacArthur
Ue Saipan
Saipan Situation Declared Most Critical Since Start of War
The Japanese naval press chief, Etsuzo Kurihara, says the Saipan area battle is the war’s most critical since it began. The broadcast, recorded by the War Information Office, notes a major effort to halt advances by a fleet centered around over 20 aircraft carriers and more than 80 battleships, plus 100 transport ships.
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Associated Press
Etsuzo Kurihara
Naval Press
Imperial Headquarters
Tokyo Today
Saipan
Office of War Information
Red Army Attacks in Finland Reach Three Fronts
Soviet dispatches report triple offensive成果 in Finland with Red Army advances from Lake Onega toward Lake Otera and Leningrad region. forces seize Podporozhye and Lappenranta area while pushing toward Viipuri. Heavy losses and large equipment captured highlight fierce fighting. Mediation rumors and German naval moves border the report.
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London
Moscow
Finland
Lake Onezhskoe
Onega
Lake Ostera
Leningrad-Murmansk
Svir
Red Army
Podporozhye
Leningrad
Viipuri
Karelian
Leonid A. Govorov
Tali
Helsinki
Govorov
Lappenranta
Villmanstrand
Viiipuri
Lappeenranta
Lakes
Ladoga
Onezhskoe
Stockholm
Norman McDonald
Admiral Hipper
Abo
CBS
Aland Islands
Sweden
Subcommittees named for Republican platform draft
Chicago June 23 Senator Taft announced five subcommittees to draft planks for the Republican platform committee. Members include EF Moore Oklahoma postwar business group chairman Alf M Larsdon Kansas foreign trade chairman and Mrs J B McKinney Kansas agriculture subcommittee member.
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Chicago
Taft
Ohio
Allied advances press along Italian fronts toward key barriers
Allied forces push on both coastal sectors in Italy amid German resistance. Eighth army meets strong defense north of Perugia and southwest of Lake Trasimeno with several German counterattacks repulsed. Adriatic advance nears Ancona while Fifth army moves toward Foronica and Pisa area. Air units hit Parma Modena Bologna and other targets as rail yards and bridges suffer damage.
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Italy
Trasimeno
Lake Chiusi
Perugia
Eighth Army
Lake Trasimeno
Algiers
Adriatic
Ancona
Chienti
Fifth Army
Livorno
Pisa
Foronica
Associated Press
Sid Feder
Giancarico
Yugoslavia
Parma
Modena
Bologna
Castel- Maggiore
Fornovo
Ferrera
Rimini
Treviso
Turin
Forli
Wado Ligure
Housing Office Opens at Chamber to Aid Hercules Plant Workers
A housing office opens at the Chamber of Commerce to list available apartments and houses for Sunflower Ordnance workers as Hercules Powder expands by 5000 more workers. Mrs. Merle Akers will direct listings, with office hours nine to five thirty daily and contact via phone 2004. Beal Bros will close for Arthur Reed funeral.
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Chamber of Commerce
Sunflower Ordnance
Hercules Powder Company
Sunflower Village
Merle Akers
Hercules Company
Hercules
Beal Bros
Massachusetts Street
Arthur Reed
Adv
Air Fleets Strike Axis Oil Centers In Romanian Ports
Allied air forces unleashed a day long bombardment sweeping across Romania and Yugoslavia targeting Giurgiu and Ploesti oil facilities. British and American aircraft accompanied by mighty formations struck Pas de Calais and rail yards near Reims and Laon as part of a broad assault described as one of the war's greatest serial operations.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Ploestia
Britain
Pas-de-Calais
Giurgiu
Danube
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Germany
Romania
Nis
Yugoslavia
Cherbourg
Paris
Pas de Cassis
England
Post war tax cut talk from Rep Carlson Kansas
Washington reports Representative Carlson of Kansas says federal income taxes could be cut by 40 percent after the war if the nation operates on a $20 billion budget. He warns taxes must stay high enough to support about $125 billion in annual national income and calls for high production to keep tax levels feasible. Carlson and Hope head to the Republican convention in Chicago then plan a Kansas tour and reprieve before Congress reconvenes.
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Washington
Carlson
R-Kan
House
Ways and Means
Hope
Chicago
Lambertson
Scrivner
Rees
Kansas
Congress
Dewey Seeks Reform of Federal Service at GOP Platform
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey criticized the national administration as a sprawling bureaucracy. He urged a new regime with stronger congressional cooperation to raise efficiency and curb waste. Dewey spoke to platform drafters amid debates on foreign policy and postwar government reform.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Republican Platform
National Administration
Congress
Dewey
Platform Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Advisory Committee
Fifth War Bond Drive Reaches $601,621 in Douglas County
Bond sale total hits $601,621, about a fourth of the $2,213,400 goal. Rural district meetings kicked off countywide efforts led by Chairman Chris Kraft, with many farm families unable to attend due to work. Retail division and the special names committee push to finish by tomorrow as officials urge prompt purchases.
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Douglas County
Chris Kraft
Special Names Committee
Topeka Sees Cool Air Break Hot Spell Across Kansas
June heat peaks across the state as a northwest air mass moves in ending a moist, stifling period. Temperatures hit 100 plus in many cities while scattered showers spread overnight. farmers expect favorable harvest weather and no significant high water reports. Florence 0.39, St. Joseph 0.30, Manhattan 0.05 inches reported. Topeka low near 78 with warm western readings. Flora notes showers insufficient to hinder farm work.
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Florence
St. Joseph
Hanover
Russell
Salina
Larned
Ness City
Horton
Randolph
Manhattan
Concordia
Tribune
Topeka
Dodge City
Kansas
Kansas City
Goodland
Flora
Missouri
Kanass
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Mrs Whitehead to Cut Ribbon Launching Craft
Mrs Ennis G. Whitehead of Kansas City will cut the ribbon to launch an invasion craft at Darby shipyards tonight. Chief Pharmacist’s Mate Emmett L. Cramer will speak. The event signals Kansas City women’s drive to sell 15 million dollars in Fifth War Loan bonds to fund invasion craft.
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Kansas City
Ennis G. Whitehead
Whitehead
Darby Shipyards
Emmett L. Cramer
Longview
Tex
Summer Drive Is Launched by Reds
London dateline reports a major Soviet offensive on the eastern front three years after Germany’s invasion. German and allied agencies claim heavy tank and artillery use from Mogilev to Vitebsk with fierce fighting near Tarnopol and Lwow while Moscow offered cautious confirmation.
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London
Red Army
Hitler
Russia
Moscow
Berlin
Pripyat
Warsaw
France
Italy
Mogilev
Vitebsk
Lake Queznskoe
Onega
Aunus Isthmus
Karelian
Tarnopol
Lwow
Poland
Ernest von Hammer
International Information Bureau
Propaganda i
DNB
Transocean
High Command
von Hammer
Normandy
Mogilev-Vitebsk
Baltic States
Rega
Finland
Black Sea
Baltic
American Subs Sink Sixteen Japanese Vessels in Pacific
Washington reports sixteen more enemy ships downed by American submarines in the Pacific. The navy kept details secret, offering no timing or location. The tally includes eleven medium cargo ships, four small cargo ships, and one medium naval auxiliary.
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Washington
Pacific
Navy
Byrd Seen as VP Pick Spark in GOP
Washington reports a growing sentiment among Republicans for Senator Byrd of Virginia as a vice presidential candidate. House Leader Martin of Massachusetts, Chicago chair, said there is notable support but will assess strength in Chicago. Representative Knutson, Ways and Means chair, planned to back Byrd for second spot on the ticket.
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Associated Press
Washington
Byrd
Virginia
G.O.P
Congress
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Chicago
Representative Knutson
Ways and Means Committee
Bruner Crash Injures Four After Brake Fails On Hill
War K Bruner Cochran Parked car collision on Fourteenth Street near Massachusetts after brake failure while shifting to low gear caused his car to crash into a parked vehicle driven by Mrs Cassidy. Four injured include Mrs Bruner and two Cassidy family members. unknown driver fled. Bruner hospitalized. glasses lost at scene.
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Fourteenth Street
War K. Bruner
New Hampshire Street
Massachusetts Street
Massachusetts
Eudora
George Gare
Cassidy
Bruner
Vesper Service by Union Churches at South Park
A vesper service of music and meditation will be held at the Union Evening Service at South Park Sunday at 8 00 p m by the Friends church and United Brethren church. A joint choir will provide music with Miss Alice Smith as accompanist and Alfred P Smith and Lawrence Deaver as readers.
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Union
South Park
Friends Church
United Brethren Church
Alice Smith
Alfred P. Smith
Lawrence Deaver
Kyllis Martin
Jesus
Regina Heatherington
Lawrence Deever
Sheldon Jackson
Resius Heatherington
Alfred Smith
God
Norval Smith
Time for Civil Rule When Military Action Is Ended
President Roosevelt spoke at a news conference in Washington on June 23, saying military operations around Cherbon proceed on schedule and that more of France should be liberated before establishing civil administration. He noted prefectures set by Charles De Gaulle and urged liberation before civil talks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cherbon
Schedeule
France
Charles de Gaulle
French National Committee of Liberation
New Students Told of Busy Three Day Orientation
Dr. Gilbert Ulmer announces a three day orientation for all new University entrants during the summer term. Convocation July 1 at 10 a.m. features Chancellor Malott. psychological exams and aptitude tests follow. 4 to 5 p.m. appointment cards for registration. A July 1 6 p.m. picnic and entertainment precede tours, lectures, and class enrollments on July 3.
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Gilbert Ulmer
Ulmer
Deane W. Malott
Jayhaw
Fowler Shops
Museum of Natural History
Robinson Gymnasium
Henry Werner
Stuents
Hail and Wind Storm Hits Barton County Kansas
A damaging hail and wind storm struck Barton county late last night with hail from 11:45 p.m. lasting ten minutes followed by another hailstorm after midnight for twenty minutes. High winds damaged farm buildings and crops, especially near Galatia, with rainfall measured at 1.58 inches at Claflin. Hardest hit areas include Hoisington Classic Beaver Galatia Susank and Olis in Rush county.
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Wichita
Kan
Barton County
W. V. Phillips
U. S. Weather Bureau
Phillips
Galatia
Phillins
Claflin
Hoisington
Classic Beaver
Susank
Olis
Rush County
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