Americans Strafe Munich Area as Allied Air Offensive Ramps Up
Allied heavy bombers numbering 500 to 750 attacked targets in the Munich region and rail hubs near Paris as part of a coordinated strike against Nazi positions in France. The action involved bombing from Italy and assaults on Rennes, Fougères, Alençon, Mayenne and Pont-au-March, with German losses mounting and weather hampering operations.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
United States
Munich
Germany
France
Italy
Augsburg
BBC
Britain
Seine River
Paris
Porto Marghera
Venice
Rome
Divorces and marriages headline Kansas City scene
In Missouri a man and wife divorce in the morning, then in Kansas City the same man and a woman appear in court to wed in the afternoon. Another couple seeks marriage while a separate divorce case involves a woman and her monkey-performing husband.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Harold Key
Missouri
Key
Republican son defeats father for police juror in Louisiana
In St. James parish Guy Caire, Republican, beat his Democrat father John B. Caire for police juror. The secretary of state initially issued a Democratic commission, then recalled it when it was found the son won, and a new commission was prepared for release this week. Guy Caire ran as an independent write-in and did not appear on the regular ballot.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Guy Caire
Repubican
John Baire
Ard
St. James Parish
Louisana
Sffice
John B. Caire
Caire
General Bradley Lands in France Invasion Update
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley, the doughboy general, commands American forces in France guiding the advance toward Cherbourg. German reports claim the port within 18 miles, with Ste. Loire and Forigny captured. Bradleys troops reach 20 miles southeast of Ste. Mere Eglise on the Caen Carentan road.
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Supreme Headquarters
Alied Expeditionary Force
Omar N. Brad
France
Herbourg
Lat Great Port
Ste Lore Eplive
Bradley
Forigny
Ste. Mereglise
Caen-Carentan Road
Legislators Reopen as Bid to Speed Bills Grows
Baton Rouge lawmakers restart after warning they lag at least 100 bills. Speaker Norman Bauer cautioned that without rapid action many measures could be lost in the jam. Judiciary A panel approves a plan to extend supreme court terms from 14 to 20 years and a bill letting armed services officials qualify for office before their commanding officer.
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Baton Rouge
House
Norman Bauer
Amos D. Ponder
Louisiana
Armed Services
House Joint Judiciary Committee
Hitler's Wall Is Proved a Myth by Allied Reporter
Roger Greene of the Associated Press reports from France that after five miles inland the supposed Atlantic wall appears largely a myth. He describes a crumbling brick barrier, light German fortifications, and mobile artillery as the main defenses, with bombers and fighters dominating the skies as Allied advances continue.
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Roger Greene
France
Hitler
Doughboys Smash Through Crust of Hitler Fortress
American forces in France report the assault on the beachhead progressing with heavy enemy fire and rapid inland advance. Despite initial disorganization and disrupted communications, engineers laid roadways and heavy equipment crossed the shore as brigadier generals urged orderly preparation for the push inland.
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Hitler Fortress
France
Tunisia
Sicily
Italy
Hitler
Army
Allies Advance Along The Entire Italian Front
Allied forces drive north from Rome as German retreats open the Adriatic sector. Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark’s Fifth Army seizes Lake Bracciano area and Caprarola, with Civitavecchia to Tarquinia shelling reported. Prisoners include elements from Luftwaffe field divisions as Germans pull back five miles inland from the coast. Eighth army forces follow the retreat.
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Rome
Adriatic
Fifth Army
Mark W. Clark
Lake Bracciano
Caprarola
Lake di Vico
Viterbo
Civitavecchia
Tarquinia
Tyrrhenian
Italy
Denmark
Hermann Goering
Crecchio
Eighth Army
Free ports proposed in U S refugees plan
A group of congressmen and President Roosevelt discussed a plan to make certain U S areas “free ports” for war refugees. The proposal would allow refugees to stay for the war while temporary housing is provided at Fort Ontario near Oswego New York. The plan aims to speed action and avoid changes to immigration policy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fort Ontario
Oswego
N. Y
Dickstein
New York
House Immigration Committee
Gillette
Towa
Scanlon
Pennsylvania
Celler
Torrens
Rowan
Illinois
Marcantonio
Farley Resigns as New York Democratic State Chair
James A. Farley resigns as New York Democratic state chairman citing business duties as Coca Cola executive. He opposes a fourth term for the president, fueling fourth term speculation while planning to attend Chicago convention as a delegate. A successor will be chosen July 11.
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Associated Press
James A. Farley
New York
Washington
Roosevelt
Farley
National Democratic
Coca-Cola Company
Chicago
Allies Advance At Myitkyina In Burma Front
Allied forces push toward Myitkyina as Stilwell’s ground troops seize one end of the north Myitkyina airfield. Chindits dislodge Japanese from Hola near Myitkyina while Chinese infantry widen positions inside the city amid house to house fighting.
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Joseph W. Stilwell
Myitkyina
Southeast Asia Command
Kohima
Imphal
Manipura
Japan
China
Changsha
Hunan
Hankow-Canton
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Burma
Lungling
Tengchung
Yunnan
Tenglungchiao
Douglas MacArthur
Germans Count on Czech Arms to Fill Western Front Demands
Lisbon dispatch reports German articles claim the Czech Slovak arms industry will sustain munition flow to the western front. Propaganda Pictures Bohemia Moravia factories as safe and undestroyed, with Czechs at work in unbombed cities and enjoying leisure.
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Lisbon
Western Front
Portugal
Europe
Germany
Bohemia and Moravia
Skoda
Louisiana House Delays Registration for Voters in Service
Louisiana lawmakers vote to delay voter registration to January 1947 for service members and out of state wartime workers. The session also approves measures removing notarization for income tax returns and requiring livestock auction bonds, with various appropriations and routine business noted.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
House
Morris Lottinger
Orleans
Appropriations
New Orleans
Lake Charles
Jefferson Lake Sulphur Company
J. Duff Smith
Union
First Division Leads Invasion On Normandy Front
London reports United States First Infantry Division and British 50th Northumbrian Division spearheaded the Allied invasion from the sea into French Normandy. Officials say both divisions have made excellent progress after repelling German counterattacks. The men have previously fought together in North Africa and Sicily, and the First Division now totals many Brooklyn-born replacements, becoming an all American unit. The Northumbrians hail from northern England, and the two divisions are praised for gallantry as they press forward in Normandy.
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London
United States First Infantry
French
Normandy
France
North
Africa
Sicily
Fifth Army
Eighth Army
Brooklyn
England
North Lake Country
Calais
Ministry of Information
Vite
United States
506Th Parachute
Caen
Arromanches
Paratroopers Fight Night Landing on Normandy Coast
On D day paratroopers hit Normandy after midnight landing amid German tracers. James A Dodson of Forest City Ark and William Pruck of New York City with others fought German forces, killing six and capturing seven at a roadside encounter. Karol Seuthard of Nubieber California survived a fall from a two story house and hid from pursuing Germans. Col Lester Beshears of Larned Kansas and Robert Bensel of 27 36th are mentioned.
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William Stoneman
Chicago Daily News
Associated Press
Cherbourg
Normandy
D-day
James A. Dodson
Forest City
Ark
Dobson
William Pruck
Willow Place
New York City
Karol Seuthard
Nubieber
Calif
Col
Lester Beshears
Larned, Kan
Robert Bensel
Allies Make Progress On All Sectors In Normandy
Allied forces report satisfactory progress along a 60 mile beachhead near Cherbourg after capturing Ste. Mere Eglise and Caen comes a big tank battle as Canadians and British coordinate an eastern push. Omar Bradley leads American forces ashore as air and naval support tighten the frontline.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Caen
Formigny
Bayeux
Ste. Mere Eglise
Mmand
Va i
Civilian D-Day plans unfold for fifth war loan drive
Treasury announces civilian D-Day events to launch the 16 billion dollar fifth war loan drive. Texarkana will host ceremonies at the Texas Arkansas border with Treasury Secretary Morgenthau and regional governors. An hour long radio program from Texarkana will feature Orson Welles and 18 stars, with additional broadcast from Hollywood including Lionel Barrymore and Charles Laughton.
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Washington
Treasury
Texarc Kana
Texas
Arkansas
Morgenthau
Louisiana
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Orson Welles
Welles
Joe E. Brown
Walter Houston
Danny Kaye
Keenan Wynn
Agnes Moorhead
Joseph Cotton
Texarkana
Hollywood
Lionel Barrymore
Charles Laughton
Paul Muni
Edward Arnold
Walter Pidgeon
Susan Haywi
Gloria Jean
Thomas Mitchell
Laird Cr
Another Ward Strike Possible as Union Seeks Government Action
Washington reports that another Montgomery Ward strike in Chicago looms with the union pledging to seek government seizure of the plant again. The War Labor Board ordered Ward to extend a CIO contract with a union maintenance clause while Ward challenges the WLB authority. The union warns a new walkout is likely and the president may be asked to seize the property once more.
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Montgomery Ward
Chicago
Toiay
House
Roosevelt
Ward
War Labor Board
Wards
C.lo
WLB
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