Incers Continues On Normandy Invasion Front
Allied ground forces advance along a 50 mile Normandy coast corridor from Caen to Carentan with beachheads expanding as German resistance stiffens near Bayeux and Cherbourg. Heavy air and naval bombarding support continues. 102 German planes are claimed destroyed as air fighting intensifies.
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Caen
Bayeux
Berlin
Carentan
Cherbourg
Orne
Bay of St. Martin
Cap de la Hague
Falaise
Argentan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Churchill
Supreme Headquarters
Normandy
France
Vichy
Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Atlantic Wall
Valognes
Allied push toward Bayeux Caen front broadens in Normandy
Allied forces report crossing the Bayeux Caen highway at several points and airborne units linking with beach forces. Caen reported burning by returning fliers as German counterattacks and street fighting continue near Falaise and Ste Mère Église.
Rome's Chief Halted Advances Near Guidonia Airfield
Allied report notes Farther east the Eighth army seized Sublaen eight miles south of the main Italian highway. Subiaco area saw heavy fighting as tanks and infantry pressed along a cratered road. Villages Vonne and Vallepietra were taken. German forces withdrew toward Avezanno in the Apennines. Eleven Panther tanks were found, some burned. Near the Adriatic flank, Eighth army pursued withdrawing Germans, advancing to oilskirts of the towns.
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Vallepietra
Avezanno
Apennines
Balsorany
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Lawmakers consider pensions and merit ratings in state bills
The House Judiciary A reports favorably a Senate bill providing $3 old age pensions. Judiciary B approves a measure establishing merit ratings to reduce unemployment tax. Senate and House penitentiary committees defer action on an administration bill creating separate departments of corrections, awaiting compromise over juveniles in the department with the governor.
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House
Judiciary
Senate
House Penitentiary Committee
Army Air Forces Cadets Receive Wings And Training
Second Lt. Hubert E. Deere of Mangham Louisiana earned silver wings at Turner Field Albany Georgia as part of the Army Air Forces eastern training command. Aviation Cadet Manuel E. Hewett of Fairbanks Louisiana completes pre flight training in California and proceeds to Rankin Aeronautical Academy Tulare for ten weeks of primary flight training. Cadet James R. Mann of Monroe Louisiana reports to Frederick Army Airfield for a ten week advanced twin engine course before wing and commission on August 4.
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Hubert E. Deere
Hulon P. Deere
Mangham
Army Air Forces
Turner Field
Albany
John B. Patrick
Army Air Forces Eastern Flying Training Command
Manuel E. Hewett
E. D. Hewett
Fairbanks
Santa Ana
Calif
Rankin Aeronautical Academy
Tulare
J. G. “Tex” Rankin
Hewett
America
Richard Bong
Simaas
Eddie Rickenbacker
James R. Mann
Georgia
Monroe
Frederick Army Airfield
Oklo
Mann
Europe
Tojo
Nazi oil reserves and propaganda described in dispatch
The report says Nazi reserves are vast and even if fields fall the war machine would endure. It claims Germans dismiss Allied claims of cutting Ploesti output by 75 percent and describes numerous oil cars flowing into southern Germany. Hitler and his top leadership are portrayed as shaping German belief.
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Ploesti
Germany
Hitler
How to Ruin Dresses and Lose Friends Ad
Tragic how some girls lose friends and ruin dresses from perspiration odor and stains. Arrid cream deodorant keeps armpits dry and odor free with five benefits including skin safety no fabric damage quick drying after shaving and approval seal appeal. Sold in stores at 10c 39c and 59c a jar.
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American Institute of Laundering
Unclear Laxative Charm Amidst Fractured Ad Wording
Fragmentary OCR-like text touts a laxative product with strained marketing phrases. It mentions a brand name Bond's Jitte Vile and a supposed “quickly-over” action without clear dosage or safety details. Multiple garbled terms obscure the actual product and usage guidance.
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Bond
Leon
Hedttine
Mark Bee
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