Americans Reach Cherbourg Docks Amid Heavy German Fire
Allied siege of Cherbourg nears completion as American troops hold one third of the port city and press to the water front. German shelling from Cap de la Hague continues while Montgomery forces push east of Caen, taking several towns. Naval bombardment and air support aid the assault with more than ten Allied divisions engaged and thousands of prisoners reported.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
Doughbors
Normandy
Tilly-sur-Seulles
U.S
France
Cap de la Hague
Great
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Brettewillette
Tessel-Bretvilla
Tilly
Fontenay Leprestier
Caen
Maupertus
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Altho
Whitehead
Tilly sur-Seulles
Bernard L. Montgomery
Barfleur
Cape
U. S
Walker and Forrest
Vitebsk Falls to the Russians in major 250 mile front push
Russian forces under Chernyakhovsky and Bagramian stormed Vitebsk, trapping about 45,000 Germans. The Red army advances across a 250 mile front threaten Berlin with four powerful armies. Moscow reports 16,000 German deaths and widespread captures as retreat turns to panic. Govorov and Meretskov push toward Helsinki and the Baltic.
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London
Joseph Stalig
Vitebsk
Ps Baltic Front
Ivan Bagramian
Ivan Chernyakhovsky
Stalin
Minsk
Rusela
Red Army
Russia
Germany
Ostrov
Finland
Berlin
Moscow
Baltic Sea
German East Prussia
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Helsinki
Ladoga
Onega
Advance in Italy presses as Piombino falls
Rome reports Fifth Army seized Piombino with little opposition advancing toward Siena and Leghorn while French troops move on Castiglione D Dorcia and Rocca Dorcia. Allied forces press inland, capturing Boccheggiano as Tiger tanks counter with heavy artillery. About 24 000 German prisoners taken so far this offensive.
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Fifth Army
Piombino
Italy
Siena
Suvereto
Leghorn
Elba
Pote
Tyrrhenian
Massa Maritima
Montieri
Massa
Bocc
Mark Clark
Eighth Army
Dewey Keeps Albany Routine After Pawling Weekend
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey resumed his normal executive chamber schedule in Albany today after a weekend at his Pawling farm. He paused for moving picture crews on the mansion lawn and earlier golfed with neighbors. A friend said he slept late after chatting by long distance with New York Republican delegates in Chicago.
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Executive Chamber
Pawling
Zovener
Executive
Capitol
New York
Chicago
Albany
N.Y
Ney
Saipan advance continues as Pacific fleet reports gains
U S forces push inland on Saipan as American troops fight into northern areas after landing on June 14 they hold half the island and drive attackers into the mountains. Navy chief Nimitz cites enemy losses including six carrier ships sunk or damaged in the Marianas and a record 402 Japanese planes downed west of Guam in a single action.
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Pearl Harbor
Orient
Marianas
Saipan
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Guam
Kazan Group
Garapan
Loulau
Magicienne Bay
Hang 100 Frenchmen in Assel village square
June 26 dispatch reports German troops who retook Assel in Correze hanged 100 French civilians in the town square after liquidating partisans. The action, described under German censorship, aimed to intimidate locals as Maquis organize nearby hills for a future allied strike.
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Port Bou
Spain
Assel
Renchmen
German envoy visit alleged in Helsinki pressure on Finns
Rumors circulate in Stockholm on June 36 claiming German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop visited Helsinki to press Finns to keep fighting with the Nazis. The reports could not be confirmed from Helsinki.
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Joachim von Ribbentrop
Helsinki
Dewey Set For First Ballot As Convention Opens
Dewey nears nomination as pledged vote total reaches 539 with 159 more reported. Bricker faction persists while Warren eyed as possible vice president. Illinois Governor Green welcomes delegates and promises free hand for professionals. Convention seats fill slowly in Chicago Stadium amid hot, steaming conditions.
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Thomasy E. Dewey
New York
Dwight Green
Miams
Dwight H. Grean
Illinois
Windy City
Roosevelt
Ds .Green
Chitapo
Kansas
Maine
Nebraska
Vermont
Oregon
North Dakota
Chicago
Destroyer Fechteler Lost in Mediterranean Combat
The Fechteler destroyer escort, 1300 tons, was lost in combat in the Mediterranean last month with casualties reported. Next of kin have been notified and survivor Lt Calvert Gill of 712 Park Avenue Baltimore is named among those rescued. The loss marks the second Fechteler-class ship sunk after Leopold in March in the North Atlantic.
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Washington
Fechteler
Mediterranean
Calvert Pai | Gill
Park Avenue
Balti
Wan
Leopold
North Atlantic
Dewey Far In Lead In Republican Convention Lineup
Chicago June 26 The Republican convention delegates tally shows Dewey leading with 681 votes followed by Bricker 90 Stassen 36 Willis 22 MacArthur 1 and 227 unpledged or unclaimed of the total 1057 delegates, shaping the nomination map.
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Dewey
Chicago Stadium
Thomas E. Dewey
John W. Bricker
Harold E. Stassen
Simeon S. Willis
Douglas MacArthur
Fifth War Loan drive nears half in Douglas county
Douglas county reports 1 039 581 25 dollars raised toward a 2 213 400 county quota. H P Lowe notes Kansas lags in E bonds while other bonds sell well. District tallies from Wilson County totals show multiple districts contributing, and the retail division completes sales in downtown with seven prizes to be awarded at a Wednesday event at the Jayhower theater.
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Douglas County
H. P. Lowe
War Finance Committee For
Kansas
Topeka
Lowe
Chris’ Kraft
Wilson County
Palmyra
C. C. Claridge
Vernon Linnis
Stan Schwahn
Eldridge
Jayhower Theater
Dr. F. C. Allen
Year s hottest day drives townspeople to seek shade
The city endured a record heat spell with thermometers at the gas office downtown registering 98 degrees from 4 to 5 pm and Kansas Power Company at Cameron Bluff Plant showing 95. Prof Posey’s reading at 1315 New Hampshire street confirmed the extreme heat. Residents cooled indoors or in shade, many ditching plans and drinking cold beverages.
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Kansas’ Electric Power Company
Cameron Bluff
C. J. Posey
New Hampshire Street
Chinese forces advance near Burma road base in Shweli valley
Chinese troops push toward the Salween foothills west of the Burma road, reaching within five miles of Aung as heavy fighting rages south of Lungling. Reports speak of severe casualties as operations continue near strategic positions along the front.
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Saan Chungking
Shweli
Salween Hese Wachet Int
Aung
Burma Road
Lungling
Freedom beyond four Freedoms inspires Kansas graduation address
Dr. Nelson P. Horn of Baker University urged graduates to seek a greater freedom grounded in religion and service, arguing true freedom includes truth, justice, and goodwill. The baccalaureate opened a week of commencement events for 190 seniors at the University of Kansas with music by the University choir and organist Laurel Anderson.
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Nelson P. Horn
Baker University
University of Kansas
Heaven
Dr. Horn
Lawrence
Harold G. Barr
Lawrence Deever
Ernest L. Snodgrass
G. W. Landis
University
D. M. Swarthout
Laurel Everette Anderson
Mortar Board
E. E. Bayles
School of Fine Arts
Hoch Auditorium
Military Science
Kansas Room
Union Building
Fraser Theater
Robinson Gym
Kansas City to host site inspections for proposed government hospital
In June, a veterans administration representative will visit Kansas City to inspect potential sites for a new government hospital. L. H. Tripp, VA construction director, notified the chamber of commerce. Three sites have been proposed, with other Kansas City locations to be considered. General Frank T. Hines said inspections will cover Topeka, Leavenworth, Atchison, Emporia, Fort Scott, and Lawrence, amid plans to convert the Wadsworth, Kansas hospital into a mental-patients institution.
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Kansas City
Veteransinistration
Washington
L. H. Tripp
Chamber of Commerce
Wadsworth
Kansas
Veteran's
Frank.t. Hines
L. A. Warren
Topeka
Leavenworth
Atchison
Emporia
Ft. Scott
Lawrence
Oil drilling underway on Middlekauff Farm southwest of Lawrence
The Sterling com drills a second oil well for Skell Oil on the Middlekauff farm, about 150 feet northeast of the first, with drillers at 900 to 1,000 feet last evening. Roy Goff family resides on the farm with the project continuing. Chungking reports severe fighting near Hengyang as Japanese forces threaten the Hankow Canton line, continuing a major attack in China since 1938.
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Sterling Com
Skell Oil Company
Middlekauff
Lawrence
Roy Goff
Chungking
Hengyang
Hankow-Canton
China
Harvest Aid Urged as Kansas Seeks Labor Force
Bert Culp, chairman of the Kansas farm labor commission, urged all possible assistance for harvest of the state’s large heat crop. The Great Bend office reported 1,200 additional harvest workers today. Texas shortages threaten Kansas farmers as Texas wheat is delayed, prompting local volunteers to help and business leaders in Washington to close on July 8 to work on farms.
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Associated Press
Manhattan
Kan
Bert C. Culp
Kansas Farm Labor Commission
Farm Labor Office
Great Bend
Culp
Frank Biecha
Kansag Extension Service
Texas
Laborera
Maon Iry
Kangas
Washington
CALL NEW PASTOR AT FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
The First Christian church yesterday approved Rev Warren Hile of Perry Indiana as pastor after seven years of ministry. Rev Harold G Barr ends his Perry tenure July 2 marking 30 years in the ministry. Hile has served Perry for sixteen years and holds Drake University degrees. The Hiles expect to move to Lawrence in August and reside at 938 Tennessee Street.
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First Christian Church
Warren Hile
Perry
Harold G. Barr
Kansas Bible,college
University of Kansas
Barr
Christian Church
Liberty
Hile
United Christian Missionary Society
National Missionary Board
Drake University
de Moines
Hileway
Drake
Diagonal, II
Red Cross
County Red Cross
Kiwanis
Asonic
Lawrence
Pew 'S
Tennessee Street
Housing Bureau Seeks Apartments for New Lawrence Families
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce housing bureau seeks rental listings as many new families arrive. Mrs. Merle Akers of Hercules Powder oversees the effort and urges local residents with vacant furnished or unfurnished apartments or rooms to contact the housing office at 1004. Families are staying in hotels while awaiting placements and daily calls to the office reveal growing demand.
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Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Merle Akers
Hercules Powder Company
Petc Net Apa
Curfew Declared in Copenhagen By Berlin Radio
Berlin radio announced a curfew in Copenhagen prohibiting any traffic on city streets from 8 p m to 5 a m The Associated Press recorded the broadcast which cited German occupation authorities saying the move aims to maintain law and order More than five people were allowed to gather in public before the curfew was enacted.
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Copenhagen
Berlin Radio
Associated Press
Mexican laborers arrive to work at two dehydration plants
Twenty five Mexican nationals reached Lawrence at midnight to fill agricultural labor shortages for two dehydration companies, Small and Cerophyl. They will stay in cabins north of town until November 20, work one shift daily, and be housed and paid as agricultural workers. The group was arranged by War Food Administration assistant Emil Espinosa with local officials.
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Old Mexico
Lawrence St
Emil Espinose
War Food Administration
Mexico
Uni
Kansas
Gor
Wichita
Conoco
Commerce Rooms
Espinosa
A. E. von Bergen
WEA
Vice Presi Lne
J. W. Small Company
Deal Six
Ees
Albert I. Decker
U. S
Douglas County
Erate
Kansas City
Mexico City
Heat Grim in Kansas Harvest Weather Forecast
Topeka on June 26 reports hot weather with fair skies and rising wheat ripening for harvest. Weatherman Fiora notes no relief in sight as temperatures linger in the nineties to low hundreds across cities including Coffeyville 101 Concordia 100 Topeka 99 and Phillipsburg 75 overnight.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Fiora
Coffeyville
Concordia
Phillipsburg
Rooney Arrives at Ft. Riley for Cavalry Training
22 year old film star Mickey Rooney recently inducted into the army has arrived at Ft. Riley to begin training with a horse cavalry unit, the post public relations office announced today.
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Mickey Rooney
Ft. Riley
Army
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