U S Planes Supplied Underground At Night
London reports that American bombers and transports secretly supplied underground units behind German lines. The U S 8th Air Force supported covert operations from six months before invasion until a week before surrender, dropping agents, saboteurs, jeeps, and supplies over France, Belgium, Holland, Norway, and Denmark.
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London
U. S
8Th Air Force
Germany
Berchtesgaden
France
Belgium
Holland
England
Norway
Denmark
RAF
Ardennes
MacArthur Denies Rejection of Patton
Manila June 21 General Douglas MacArthur denied reports that he refused to accept General George S Patton Jr and other generals from the European theater He said he would be delighted to have Patton or any capable soldiers assigned to his command He has praised Patton’s military qualities and hopes for possible transfer to the Pacific but officials note his tank handling skills may not suit island jungle warfare.
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Manila
ANS
Douglas MacArthur
George S. Patton Jr
Eto
Patton
MacArthur
International
INS
3Rd Army
Pacific
Washington
East
Britain Promises Burma Self-Rule
In Rangoon on June 21 British governor Sir Reginald Dorman Smith promised Burma full self-rule after talks with Burmese leaders aboard the battleship in Rangoon Harbor. He said the Burmese response was encouraging and forecast a general election and a return to the 1937 constitution before full self-government within the British commonwealth, while an executive and legislative council would run a caretaker government.
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Rangoon
Burma
Reginald Dorman Smith
Rangoon Hari
Dorman Smith
Allied Commander Visits Installations Of 5th Army
Field Marshal Sir Harold R L G Alexander supreme allied commander in the mediterranean ends a four day visit and inspection of 5th Army installations in milan turin lake como genoa and bolzano. The tour began at lake garda where he spent a night in a villa once owned by Mussolini. Brig general Don E Carleton 5th Army chief of staff accompanied him.
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5Th Army
Harold R.L. G. Alexander
Mediterranean
Milan
Turin
Lake Como
Genoa
Bolzano
Lake Garda
Mussolini
Marshal Alexander
Don E. Carleton
Big Three urged to pursue peace collaboration in Berlin
Soviet writer Yermashev urged the Big Three to maintain wartime collaboration at their Berlin meeting. He said the Soviet Union United States and Great Britain can solve war brought troubles, and stressed unity to secure enduring peace. He linked Eisenhower's call for unity to the conference and highlighted hopes of all who suffered under fascist tyranny.
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Moscow
Redsar Yermashev
Soviet Union
Berlin
Yermashev
United States
Great Britain
Red Star
Stalin
Truman
Churchill
Eisenhower
Washington
Britain
Europe
SHAef dissolution seen at early date
SHAEF and the 6th and 12th Army Groups in western Europe will be dissolved within weeks after General Eisenhower returns from the United States. He will drop the title of Supreme Commander and remain commander of U S forces in western Europe, military governor of the occupation zone, and chief of the U S section of the Control Commission for Germany.
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SHAEF
Allied Expeditionary Force
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Reuter
Eisenhower
Aeneral
U. S
Heat relief elusive inItaly except highlands and coast
The 12th Weather Region foresees limited relief from the heat with scattered showers only in the mountains or northeast coast. Elsewhere in Italy the forecast is partly cloudy with high temperatures around Rome 93 and Florence 93, Naples 92, Bari 85, and Ponte recurring data for yesterday. Sunset and moon data are listed along with moon phase entries.
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Italy
Rome
Naples
Bari
Florence
Fpoxgia
Pisa
European Roundup of War News From Europe and Beyond
Troops of the XII Corps uncover a second German gold hoard near Regensburg containing jewelry securities bullion and watches. A solid gold tabernacle from Prague’s Russian Orthodox church is among the loot. Fifteen U.S. film executives arrive in London to tour war zones including a Rhine trip on Hitler’s yacht. Lindemann is urged for speedy trial by Moscow Radio. Italian anti-Fascists reach Italy after asylum in Holland. Krupp Works future under British cabinet review. Krupp applies to reopen. British zones plan cinema and concert access for civilians. Allies note Germany’s industrial shift to Japan war effort and Zeiss turns to medical and optical gear. Zwickau occupation by Russian troops follows American handover.
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XII Corps
Merken
Germany
Regensburg
Prague
U.S
London
Rhine
Hitler
Moscow
Georg Lindemann
Denmark
Lindemann
Baltic Front
Estonia
Leningrad
Parri's Cabinet Takes Oath Before Umberto
Rome June 21 Ferruccio Parri and his new cabinet were sworn in before Prince Umberto. The ministers pledged a program for regional and municipal autonomy reform social welfare inflation control housing and reconstruction. Nenni as vice premier aims for a Constituent Assembly within months and three commissions to draft plans.
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Rome
Committee of National Liberation
Ferruccio Parri
Gaetano Barbareschi
Genoa
Umberto
Quirinale
Parri
Consultative Assembly
Constituent Assembly
Pietro Nenni
Nenni
Risorgimento Liberale
Liberal Party
Christian Democratic
Ti Popolo
Ministry of Labor
Il Lavoro
General Confederation of Labor
Italia Nuova
CNL
Reich Frau Named Mayor in German Town By AMG
Dr Ursula Meisterernst a 25 year old lawyer from Heidelberg University was installed as mayor of Arnstadt Thuringia after AMG fired the Nazi incumbent She is described as anti Nazi and was placed under the guidance of Capt Jack A McGowan of Dallas Texas Her husband a German Army medic arrived home unaware surprised by the development Her father formerly Kassel police chief was imprisoned by Nazis later drafted into the German Army and held as a war prisoner in southern England
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Arnstadt
Thuringia
Ursula Meisterernst
Weimar
AMG
Heidelberg University
Jack A. McGowan
Dallas
Texas
Ursula
Kassel
England
Nehru Sees British Losing Out In Asia
In Bombay on June 21, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru said British influence is declining across Asia. He predicted a clash between semi feudal and socialist forces within a future world organization and urged addressing imperialistic exploitation as a root cause of economic and social conflicts.
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Bombay
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Indian Congress Party
Asia
Southeast Asia
Japan
Nehru
World Organization
Prague says 691 killed in February raid mix up
Prague city officials report that 691 people were killed and 1 437 injured when American planes bound for Dresden mistakenly hit Prague on February 14 many houses were damaged or destroyed authorities said today in the follow up to the error raid incident.
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Prague
Dresden
Brass Flips Soldiers Off At German Premiere Show
At BAD EMS Germany on June 21 UP reports glamor girls from the Copacabana Review brushed back overzealous officers and fraternized with GIs. The six month USO tour opened to 1400 soldiers at the Opera House where the crowd demanded encores lasting over two hours.
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Bad Ems
Germany
America
Copacabana
U. S
Kentucky
Mary Morton
Powers
Fic
Ernie Mack
Peggy Cooper
Joe Nolan
Europe
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Otto Bismarck
Italian Relief Aid Totals 77,000 Tons
UNRRA will ship 177,000 tons of food to Italy by month end under director general Herbert Lehman. Aid covers five central provinces and supports repatriation of about 850,000 Italians stranded in Germany. American Junior Red Cross ships emergency medical supplies for 800,000 French children.
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Washington
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Italy
Herbert Lehman
UNRRA
Germany
Red Cross
Basil O’connor
O'Connor
Greece
Yugoslavia
Use Of German Labor Is Studied At Moscow
A British Foreign Office commentator said at the Moscow Reparations Commission meeting that the use of German forced labor to rebuild areas devastated by German armies is under consideration. He noted a French delegate might be invited, but no decision has been made and the Commission has no power to decide.
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London
Europe
Moscow
Foreign Office
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The
Krupp
L. T. Townsend
U. S. 15Th Army
Zeiss Optical Works
Far East
Moscow Radio
Zwickau
Saxony
Reich Frau
Brass
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