Churchill Bars Further Debate on Franco-American Differences
Premier Churchill tells peers that while the government will discuss matters with all severity, a large debate could deepen differences with the French national committee. He notes limited time for De Gaulle talks and hints notes to invading forces may be linked to livestock or services, inviting government responsibility. Cries of protest erupt from the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Gaulle
Rance
Churchill
Roosevelt
Churchill Defends War Handling As De Gaulle Supports Provisional France
Bevan says government lacks full public confidence in wartime diplomacy. Four French neighbors Poland Belgium Czechoslovakia and Luxembourg recognize De Gaulle's National Committee as provisional government. Algiers aims to respect authority in France naming regional civil and military admins. Bartlett notes Smuts visit caused French dismay and predicts De Gaulle may become provisional PM of France.
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Laborite
Aneurin Bevan
Churchill
Britain
United States
de Gaulle
France
Committee of National Liberation
Poland
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Luxembourg
United Nations
Algiers
Normandy
Francois Coulet
Rouen
Col
Pierre de Chevigne
Provisional Government of
London
Washington
Roosevelt
Vernon Bartlett
London News Chronicle
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Union of South Africa
Bartlett
Smuts
General de Gaulle
Allied Drive Expands Normandy Front to One Hundred Miles
Allied forces push from the Cerisy forest toward St. Lo and Caen, expanding the Normandy bridgehead to about 100 miles as German defenses thin. American and British ships bombard Carentan while air superiority and air support pressure German lines around Caen and Troarn.
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Carentan
Berlin
Transocean
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
Orne River
Caumont
Tilly-Sur- Seulles
France
Normandy
Villers-Bocage
Caen
Cerisy Forest
St. Lo
Bernard L. Montgomery
Supreme Headquarters
Troarn
Montgomery
Transocean Agency
Brest
Vannes
St. Malo
Cherbourg
Ninth Air Force
R. A. F. Fliers
le Havre
Ouachita Parish approves pipelines and board reappointments
Ouachita Parish police jury unanimously approves Inter-State Gas Company pipeline across the Ouachita River and a Tennessee Company line five miles northwest of Monroe. Reappoints Dr. C. A. Hill Dr. A. G. McHenry Dr. E. Powel G. W. Welch and Tom Hicks to the Ouachita Parish Board of Health and names News-Star-World as official parish printer.
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Inter-State Gas Company
Inter-State Company
Ouachita River
Tennessee Company
Monroe
C. A. Hill
A. G. McHenry
E. Powel
G. W. Welch
Tom Hicks
Ouachita Parish
Soviet Tanks Advance On Finnish Front As Red Star Reports Gains
Soviet reports say tanks push through Finland’s fortifications along the Viipuri highway as advances continue on the eastern front from the Barents Sea toward Romania. The Finnish communique notes continued Russian attacks repulsed in Karelian isthmus while Red Star cites seizure of several Finnish infantry divisions headquarters and cannon.
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Karelian
Arctic Circle
Petsamo
Murmansk
Narva
Estonia
Steklyannaya
Kelola
Ronnukjula
Vehmainen
Tijranmjaki
Barents Sea
Romania
Red Star
Viipuri
Armored Division Display At Local Fairgrounds
Three thousand troops plus vehicles and weapons from an armored division will be shown in a public exhibition at the fairgrounds. Displays include field rations, uniforms, mines, tanks, assault guns, flame throwers, medical gear, and mine detectors. Open 1 am to 9 pm with explanations by trained personnel. Open house noon to 11 pm tomorrow with sunset retreat and colors ceremony. Public invited.
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Army
Pearl Harbor Subcommittee Report on Defense Contracts
The Pearl Harbor subcommittee, chaired by May and including Costello Cali fornia Sparkman Alabama and others, approved a report on Hawaiian Constructors and defense contracts. It states that Rohl, a German alien and major stockholder, aided by engineer officer Colonel Wyman, influenced wartime contracts to Hawaii and the South Pacific, with Wyman found intoxicated at Rohl's home the morning of the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May
Costello
California
Sparkman
Alabama
Durham
North Carolina
Martin
Iowa
Elston
Ohio
Fenton
Pennsylvania
Rohl
Hawaiian Constructors
Hawaii
Alaska
South Pacific
Wyman
Hawaiian
War Department
United States
Pearl Harbor
Christmas Island
Canton
Nandi
New Caledonia
Australis
Rplil
De Gaulle Reverses Stand On French Officers in England
De Gaulle arrived in London two days before D day and reversed his long standing position by permitting twenty French officers to accompany missions after Allied insistence on representation for dealing with the French people. Roosevelt agreed to meet him hoping for closer Allied coordination for victory in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaulle
London
Eisenhower
de Gaulle
White House
State Department
Liberation Committee
France
Roosevelt
High Command
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Poland
Allies face bloc fear push by small states after recognition
The article notes Belgium Czechoslovakia and Luxembourg recognizing the London committee, focusing on whether De Gaulle is exploiting fears of small states and exiled governments to form a bloc, amid doubts about Allied invasion currency validity used by Eisenhower's troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Luxembourg
London
de Gaulle
White House
State Department
Eisenhower
Births Tradition of silver service for named battleship states
It is stated that each state whose name graces a battleship contributes a silver service to the ship's officers mess as part of a long standing tradition.
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Hurchill Bars
Carter
DHE
Hiroe Pei
Ady
Road and Finance Committee
Mr. Breece
W. J. Vinson
W. C. Abbott Jr
J. T. French
Edgewater
Sherrouse
J. Sherrouse
State Bond and Tax Board
War Production Board
St. Francis Sanitarium
Duke MacLemore
L. A. Fourmy
Ward 10
John L. Humble
Humble
Brownville Extension
Gould Bayou
Ward Two
Horseshoe Lake
Soil Conservation Committee
Caldwell Parish
Bayou Ballard
Blankston Road
Walter C. Short
Theodore Wyman Jr
Ouachita Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Ah WY
Whitaker Electric Company
Monroe and
West Monroe
Trenton St
H. A. Wales
Gloria Jean
Mosely's Clinic
Somerset Importers, Ltd
New York
Ennette
Penney
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Seersuckers
Chambrays
Pemney
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