End Russian Shuttle Trip Ends With Return to Italy
United States heavy bombers completed the shuttle bombing mission from Russian bases and returned to Italy. Lt Gen Ira C Eaker led the force on the homeward leg. More than 1000 American planes based in Russia and Italy attacked targets at Constanta Giurgiu and Smederevo in coordinated raids. One Russian based aircraft was lost amid fine weather and strong results.
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United States
Italy
Bucharest
Focsani
Galati
Ira C. Eaker
Mediterranean air force
EASTERN COMMAND
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STRATEGIC AIR FORCES
Russia
Constanta
Giurgiu
Romania
Smederevo
Yugoslavia
London to Rome press line reopens for traffic
Direct radio link between Rome and London was restored Sunday night and will be available for press traffic from Italy.
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LONDON
Gurkhas fearless fighters and combat humor in Burma
The Left Hand column notes Gurkhas as fearless fighters and lively troops in Burma. It recalls their liking for fists and a joke about a motorless machine while officers monitor their readiness. An Australian item recalls Mrs Rixon's recovery and a magnet demonstration revealing a needle spur.
Britain Reveals Secret Normandy Glider Hamilcar
London reports Britain disclosed a secret weapon used in the Normandy landings the huge Hamilcar glider with a wingspan larger than a Lancaster. It is towed by a heavy bomber and lands in small fields capable of carrying a light tank. One tank entered France silenced a German gun post within two minutes. Another Hamilcar tank damaged a tower used by German snipers.
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Normandy
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Hamilcar
French Rebels Seize Cities in Southern France Uprising
IRMN Spain report says French partisans occupy Toulouse Limoges and Tarbes and execute police prefects mayors and collaborators. Dispatches note key hubs in the region seized with unclear scope of a nationwide revolt. Swiss Swedish accounts claim a broader uprising from Metz to Avignon and a Bellegrade coup with sabotage and clashes.
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Toulouse
Limoges
Tarbes
France
Metz
Avignon
Bellegrade
United States office of war information
New York
Bellegrads
Paris
Belgium
econe
Pati- Bordeaux
Roosevelt and King to Meet Soon
OTTAWA June 12 An early meeting between Prime Minister Mackenzie King and President Roosevelt is considered a possibility. King has just returned from the Empire prime ministers conference in London where postwar international arrangements were discussed. The U S government invited representatives of the United Kingdom Russia and China to meet to advance plans for a world security organization. A visit by Mr King to the president for a weekend of private talk would be in order before that event.
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Mackenzie King
Roosevelt
King
Empire
London
United States
United Kingdom
Russia
China
U S Forces Strike Guam and Mariana Islands
On June 12, U S carrier aircraft hit Japanese positions in Guam and two nearby Mariana islands. The raid followed a similar February attack. Guam lies about 1,500 miles northwest of the Marshalls, with a small garrison. Palau was bombed from the air, destroying 22 planes and damaging facilities near the airfield. In the Manokwari area bombers sank a 1,000-ton freighter and six coastwise vessels.
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WASHINGTON
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Mariana group
navy
Mariana chain
Marshalls
PALAU
New Guinea
Philippines
Palaus airdrome
Manokwari
Netherlands New Guinea
Geelvink Bay
Unregistered man charged with vagrancy in Vancouver
Police say Har Old Mode Griffith 24, who has no fixed address and admits never registering, worked odd jobs across Canada and was arrested here last night on a vagrancy charge under the National Registration Act.
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VANCOUVER
Harold Mode Griffith
Canada
French Air Bases In Use By Allied Air Power, June 12
American heavy bombers and fighter streams pounded German defences in the largest aerial blows to support the French invasion. Allied air forces flew more sorties by noon than all of yesterday, after a night of RAF and US bombers striking rail hubs in France and Berlin. RAF fighters now attack targets on ground calls, signaling new air bases in France becoming active to disrupt lines within 100 miles of the battleline and rail centers beyond that radius to deny German strategic reserves. Continued on page three.
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France
Berlin
Rommel
7 000 Nazis Captured in France Says Montgomery
Gen Bernard L. Montgomery announced that about 7,000 prisoners have been captured in the battle in France. The report notes some Japanese women snipers had been killed while firing on Allied troops, highlighting the intensity of the fight.
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ROGER GREENE
Associated Press
FRANCE
Bernard L. Montgomery
Montgomers
Correspondent Dies In Action in Western Europe Invasion
London June 12 Arthur Thorpe naval correspondent for the Exchange Telegraph was killed in action at sea. He was 42, father of three, and the first war correspondent to be reported killed during the western Europe invasion operations.
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LONDON
Arthur Thorpe
Exchange Telegraph
western Europe
Parliament News Bulletins Ottawa June 12 1943
Defence Minister Ralston said losses in France are moderate but would not give numbers in the commons responding to Gordon Graddon. Mutual aid totals reveal Canada’s $312,603,220 in period aid. Unit Kingdom received $72,375,278.68 and Russia $23,282,292. India and West Indies receive smaller sums.
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Ralston
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Gordon Grandon
Col Ralston
Canadas
Howe
Unitel Kingdom
Russia
justias
West Indies
India
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Mackenzie King
Charles de Gaulle
Dominion Day To Be Marked Saturday July 1
Ottawa reports the government will observe Dominion Day on July 1 as a national holiday. The date was restored after a prior change to the first Monday in July, though some 1944 calendars showed July 3. Dominion Day is one of six wartime statutory holidays.
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OTTAWA
State Secretarys department
Canada
winch Dominion
Dominion Dai
Saskatchewan Campaign Signals Nearing Election Day
In Saskatchewan leaders press campaigns as voters near election day. J G Diefenbaker cites CCF policy shifts in Watrous while Hugh Smith and CCF leaders debated structure of society. Premier Patterson tours Can-nington and North Battleford PC spokesmen announce Buck McNair nomination for Battleford.
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J G Diefenbaker
Lake Centre
Watrous
CCF
Diefenbaker
British Labor party
Saskatchewan
CCFe
Hugh Smith
Revs . C. Douglas
Estevan
W J Patterson
Cannington
North Battleford
Progressive Conservative
t Buck McNair
Progressive Conservative party
Reds Crack Finnish Line
Soviet forces push into Finnish defenses along the Karelian Isthmus north of Leningrad after breaking through on a front near Terijoki. The communique says 22 towns and villages captured as the drive advances, coordinated with Allied operations in France and part of the broader grand Allied strategy.
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Leningraa toda
France
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Sesadayye
ivy
Weygand Reported Shot While Escape Attempt In Germany
In a Zurich dispatch dated June 12, Reuters reports that German authorities told officers imprisoned at Koenigsberg fortress that General Maxime Weygand, former French army commander, had been shot during an escape attempt.
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ZURICH
Switzerland
C.P.-Reuters
Koenigsberg
Maxime Weygand
Monte Fiascone Falls as Allied Rome Drive Advances
Fifth Army seizes Monte Fiascone near Lake Bolsena while Allied thrusts push toward Orbetello and along the Tiber from Bagio Reggio to Rieti. Pescara captured. Lake Fucino and Avezzano area fall. 6th South African division helps drive through Lirt and Sacco Valleys. German forces withdraw toward Florence in disarray after a broad Allied advance.
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EDWARD KENNEDY
Associated Press
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Lake Bolsena
Ordetello
Fiehth
Tiber
Bagio Reggio
Rieti
Avenzano
Adriatic
Pescara River
Pescara
3th Army
LAKE FUCINO
Lake Pucino
Avezzano
6th South African armored division
8th Army
Lirt
Sacco
5th Army
terri- LOT
von Mackensen
Florence
Changsha Is Surrounded in World War II Crisis
Changsha is encircled as Japanese forces assault Hunan capital from all directions. Eastward advance nears Canton-Hankow railway city while Liuyang river crossing fails. US Air Force reports renewed Japanese drive along the railway, threatening Changsha as Chinese forces push to connect with Allied units in north Burma.
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hangsha
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Kaingtung province
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Bill Tebo Retires From Calgary Press After 28 Years
Bill Tebo retires from the Calgary press after 28 years of service at the Western Associated Press. He plans gardening and golfing, and may continue violin-making as a hobby. Tebo, a top Morse operator, joined WAP at Fort William and moved to Calgary eight years later to specialize in automatic printer maintenance.
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Fort William
Calgary
Churchill and Smuts Visit French Beachhead
Prime Minister Churchill visits the Normandy beachhead in France today joined by South African Prime Minister Jan Smuts. A headquarters spokesman said Gen Brooke, chief of the imperial general staff, accompanied the two leaders.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
A.P
Churchill
France
Jan Christiaan Smuts
South Africa
Brooke
imperial general staff
Carentan Falls and Caen Threat Looms in Normandy
Allied forces seize Carentan while German broadcasts warn of encirclement near Caen on the Orne river. British and Canadian troops push toward Troarn, with fighting near Tilly Sur Seulles and advances around Montebourg. Berlin reports seaborne landings at St Vaast La Hougue as Rommel mounts counterattacks in the Caen sector.
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Rommel
Enemy On Defensive in Caen Area Says Munro
Canadian press dispatch reports Munro says enemy defenses hold west and northwest of Caen. Night largely quiet on eastern front with some British Canadian air and naval activity. Germans shelling and counterattacks continue. about 3200 German prisoners taken since D-Day. Caen not yet captured but firm Norman front established for next phase.
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Eisenhower visits beachhead with Allied chiefs in France
General Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, tours the U S sector at the Normandy beachhead with service chiefs Admiral King and General Marshall. The party landed at 1 17 a m and toured for five hours before returning to an English coastal town Monday night. 1400 bombers strike 16 German airfields and 51 bridges in France with minimal losses. Japanese ships sunk by U S submarines total 607 vessels. Russians push into Finnish Isthmus taking Kivenata Raivola and over 30 other strongpoints. Montgomery commends Western Canadian troops in France noting their brigade's extraordinary achievement and unmatched front-line performance.
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Geen Arnold
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