Soviet Push Breaks Mannerheim Line in Karelia
Soviet field dispatches report Red Army forces breaking the Mannerheim line and advancing toward Viipuri as Koivisto fortress falls. Govorov promoted to marshal for the campaign, while Finnish defense is described as critical amid rapid Russian gains on the Karelian Isthmus and Gulf of Finland.
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Koivisto
Viipuri Bay
Karelian
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Karelia
Finland
Red
Red army
Murila
THakiriola
OSCOW
Viipuri
Mannerheim
Marila
Gulf of Finland
Lake Ladoga
Red Baltic
Koivisto island
Govorov
STOCKHOLM
Helsinki
Karelian Isthmus
Allies Eight Miles Away From Cherbourg Advance
British and American forces push toward Cherbourg in Normandy as U S troops tighten the cordon and shell the port. American units advance along the east coast bypassing Montebourg while British and Canadian troops hit towards Tilly Sur Seulles and Caen, with a seven mile wide break through on the peninsula.
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ITH
U.S
NORMANDY
C.P.Reuters
Cherbourg
Montebourg
Bricquebec
Valognes
TILLY
Allied Expeditionary Force
C.P
Tilly Sur Soulles
Tilly Sur Seulles
Caen
U.S. 9th division
United States
peninsula
Atlantic
La Haye Du Puits
hig
St. Sauveur Le Vicomte
La Haye
Invasion Surprise To Nazis Says Churchill
Prime Minister Churchill in a speech at the Mexican embassy says the months of summer may bring full success to freedom and that the Normandy invasion was a great tactical surprise to the Germans. He notes the move aligns with Teheran decisions and Russia and looks to postwar cooperation and peace. He adds the Allies will not falter and will press to the end, with plans to resume trade with Mexico after the war.
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LONDON
Churchill
Normandy
Teheran
France
Britain
Mexico
Hotel Plaza figure Arthur Benaglia dies in New York
Arthur Benaglia managing director of the Hotel Plaza and former manager of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu has died of a heart ailment at his Plaza apartment. A native of Italy, he worked across Europe and Canada before moving to Hawaii and then New York. He was 66.
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ATHUR BENAGLIA
Hotel
Plaza
the Plaza
New York
Mr. Benagna
Honolulu
Matson Steamship Company
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Town House
Los Angeles
the
Italy
Benaglia
London
Carlton Hotel
Auguste Escoffier
Edinburgh
Kulmin &J. Moritz
Baur au Lac
Zurich
Switzerland
Canada
Gale Roars Over Channel Width
Dover reports a northern-northeast gale at noon with gusts to 60 mph. Mid Channel seas are extreme and high broken waves threaten Allied Normandy unloading operations. Occasional sun and low temperatures appear as winds hamper shipping and beach activity.
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DOVER
England
C.P
Normandy
Allies approve Bonomi cabinet to govern Italy
Rome June 19. The Allied governments after a week’s delay approved Premier Ivanoe Bonomi’s cabinet at Prince Humbert’s request. The new government begins functioning and must assume all armistice duties beyond the Badoglio era while preserving the monarchy.
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ROME
Ivanoe Bonomi
Prince Humbert
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Earthquake Recorded in Los Angeles
A second severe earthquake shock struck Los Angeles at 9 05 p m M D T Sunday night lasting several seconds and rocking downtown buildings A prior quake at 6 03 p m was confined to the metropolitan area and caused no material damage
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LOS ANGELES
Twelve hours on MTB 431 off Cherbourg in 1944
Canadian press war correspondent Louis V. Hunter describes a 12 hour patrol aboard MTB 431 in the English Channel during the invasion port period. The crew faced near misses from shore batteries and chased reported E-boats, while coastal forces officers say MTB flotillas could disrupt German breakout attempts and harry Allied invasion shipping.
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LOUIS V. HUNTER
ENGLAND
C.P. Cable
M.T.B. 431
English Channel
Cherbourg
French
M T.B
M.T.B
inic
Allied air strikes hit German rocket launch sites in Pas de Calais
U S heavy bombers, 500 to 700 strong, pounded Hitler s rocket bomb launching area at Pas de Calais and struck German air bases in southwestern France. Fighter bombers hit Cherbourg peninsula routes, disrupted reinforcement lines north of Paris, and damaged airfields Bordeaux Merignac Cazally Corne Ecluse. Bad weather hampered operations.
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SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
Pas de Calais
U.S
strategic air forces
England
Hitler
Pas de-Calais
France
Cherbourg
Tily- Caen
Paris
Bordeaux-Merignac
Cazally
Bordeaux
Corne Ecluse
Cognac
Second Herald Crop Report Shows June Rains Boost Southern Alberta
The Heralds second crop report notes June rains improved the southern Alberta outlook with normal July rainfall could yield a very fair harvest. Lethbridge logged 1.12 inches. many southern points received over an inch, though moisture reserves are still low and ongoing rains are needed. Fall wheat is in the shotblade, spring wheat strong, ranges green, sloughs filled, and sheep shearing underway as wool prices remain supported. Cannery crops look good with early July peas. irrigated alfalfa normal and first cut started, native hay light, beets progressing after recent rain.
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Alberta
Herald
Lethbridge
Lethbridge and Taber
Allied Troops 129 Miles North of Rome Big Push
Allied forces press a major push 129 miles north of Rome with advances in Italy and Elba as French, British, and American units rate heavy German resistance. Assisi and Perugia areas see advances, while Elba yields two thirds of the island and Portoferraio as Napoleon's villa falls.
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Rome
ACORME
Sirtc- Ferraro
Elba
Assisi
St. Francis
Portoferraio
Napoleon
Porto Longone
8th Army
Italy
Pisa-Rimini
Perugia
Florence
Reuters
London
Algiers
San Martino Delfico
BASTIA
Deruta
Citta Della Pieve
Adriatic
Trento
1st Tactical Air Force
France
Nova Scotia coal output flagged as poor in Commons report
In Ottawa June 19 parliament notes widespread absenteeism as munitions minister Howe cites Nova Scotia coal production woes. He warns of potential winter shortage and mentions 60 workers with mining certificates who refuse transfers. Casualties in Normandy discussed with official lists to follow.
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OTTAWA
Nova Scotia
Howe
House of Commons
Clerence Gillis
C.C.F
Cape Breton South
United Mine Workers of America
Dominion Coal Company
new Caledonia
Mr. Gillis
Gillis
Mackenzie King
commons
King
Gordon Graydon
Defence
Ralston
House of Compang
Normandy
France
Assam Japanese cleared from Kohima Imphal road areas
Allied reports say the last Japanese were expelled from Assam as operations continue to pushbacks along the Kohima Imphal corridor in Manipur. Chinese forces reach Mogaung area and use flamethrowers and bazookas in Myitkyina. 20 miles of the Imphal Kohima road cleared as Japanese withdraw toward Ukrus. Rubber boats aid evacuations amid the monsoon. Chinese relinquish Lungling after securing a major counteroffensive gain and recapture on June 10.
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KANDY
Ceylon
C.P
Assam
India
Kohima-Imphal
Manipur
Mogaung
Myitkyina
southeast Asia
Imphal
Kohima
Ukrus
R.AF
Burma
LUNGLING
CHUNGKING
Burma road
Saipan Beachhead Expands As U.S. Forces Push Harbor
American soldiers and Marines driven toward Magicienne Bay break Japan’s resistance on Saipan after repelling tank and landing craft assaults. Concurrently, U.S. ships pound Guam and New Guinea air bases as bombers sink enemy ships and destroy planes in operations across the Marianas and surrounding areas.
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PEARL HARBOR
canolfields
Saipan island
Marianas
Magicienne bay
Guam
equator
Japan
New Guinea
Soerong
Saipan
Sorong
Netherlands New Crumea
Serong
cn Link island
Netherlands New Guinea
Mokmer airdrome
Truk
Rabaul
Red widen Manerheim breach 1030 miles from Viipuri report
Soviet communique says Red Army troops breached the Manerheim Line to over 36 miles along the front from Moats to the Finnish gulf coast and advanced near Viipuri. Also reports Elba in Allied hands, ban on diplomat travel lifted, and Japanese advance toward Hengyang in Hunan.
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MANNERHEIM
LONDON
Viipuri
Manneerheim
ELBA
NEW YORK
A.P
BBC
CBS
BRITAIN
C.P
foreign office
CHENA CHUNGKING
Canton-Hankow
Hengyang
Chuchow
Hunan
La river
NORMANDIE
Lafayette
U.S. navy department
ITALY
Perugia
8th Army
Rome
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U.S. war department
Second Herald Crop Report
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