Invasion News Keeps Pace Despite Setbacks
Allied forces pressed toward Caen and Cherbourg as Eisenhower signaled invasion momentum while German counterattacks along Momtehours and Carentan tested the bridgehead. Rommel deployed a fourth of his France forces to the effort, with four German divisions in the Caen area as Allies closed on the Cherbourg frontier.
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Cerisy Forest
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Momtehours
Carentan
Cherborg
Limile
Caen
Brain Rommel
France
Low Countries
Caen Wes
Paris
Rouen
Emportant Visitors to Invasion Fronts
A misspelled report notes Gen Charles de Gaulle planned to visit invasion areas with Roosevelt to gauge France’s resistance. It hints at a demonstration to strengthen his position for postwar recognition by the United States. Earlier Allied leaders, including Eisenhower and Marshall, visited the Normandy front in allied action.
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Roosevelt
Londmm
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Normandy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George CC. Marshall
Harry KE. Arnsid
Ernest
King
English Channel
Winston Churchill
Nazis Retreat From Tyrrhenian to Adriatic Front
Italian theater report says German forces are in retreat along a 60 mile front in Italy. Eighth army units crossed the Saline river near Pescara while American troops hit dug in positions east of Orbetello on high ground about 90 road miles from Rome. South of Terni the center see limited gains amid stiff resistance. RAF bombers over Hungary set large fires at the Almestuzite oil refineries near Kormarom northwest of Budapest.
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Orbetelio
Terni
Hungary
Almestuzite
Kormarom
Budapest
Red Troops Reach Deep Into Finnish Front
A Helsingfors dispatch says civilians prepared to evacuate Viipuri and other Karelian towns. Finland hurled fresh reserves to stall the Russian offensive as Gen Leonid Govorev’s Leningrad army made deep penetrations along a 73 mile front and overran more than 40 towns and villages. The Russians closed gaps through the new Mannerheim line and pressed toward an intermediate defense south of Viipuri.
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Karelian
Finland
Leonid A. Govorev
Leningrad
Mannerheim
Marianan Islands Raid Defeats Japan and Biak Progress
An American carrier task force defeated Japanese forces in the Marianas for three days sinking 13 ships damaging 16 and destroying 141 aircraft while American losses were 15 planes. Ten ships were sunk and ten damaged in the surprise attack near Saipan. Allied HQ said Biak’s Meskmera airfield is operational and troops moved toward Bereice airfield with 85 killed and 340 wounded in Biak by early June.
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Tokyo
U. S
Saipan
New Guinea
Meskmer
Biak
Bereice
Roosevelt Says Japan Will Suffer Unconditional Surrender
President Roosevelt told a nationwide radio audience that the United States could force Japan to unconditional surrender or national death by action, asserting momentum in the Pacific and that Allies have Germany backed into a corner with three walls. He noted the United Nations armies in France are ready to hit back hard.
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Union Trust
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Munich
Low Countries
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Africa
United States to Harvest Record Wheat Crop This Year
The U S department of agriculture projects a total of 1 034 785 000 bushels of wheat for this year 714 143 000 bushels of winter wheat and 320 637 000 bushels of spring wheat. Bumper yields drive the record but neither type alone exceeds past peaks. Officials warn weather could still reduce the total though progress is excellent after a late start.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Demobilization Plans After Victory Urged by Byrnes
James F. Byrnes announced a plan for rapid discharge of U S armed forces after Germany's defeat with priority for fathers and front-line veterans. A senate report estimates 2.5 million ground force troops to be released next year at 209,000 to 250,000 monthly. The postwar committee warns of 57 to 58 million jobs needed for men and women, far above prewar levels, and outlines 16 measures to avoid economic chaos.
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Office of War Mobilization
Germany
Senate
Special Committee On
Price Control Faces Senate House Hurdles Amid Cotton Clause
The OPA price control extension faces a long path to the President as the House considers the bill after Senate approval. The Cotton ceilings provocation alarms Ches ter Bowles who warns it could shatter stabilization. Across Asia, Chinese defenders repulse strong assaults near Changsha while Burma frontier actions press with air strikes against fascist targets.
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House
OPA
Chester Bowles
Washington Digest Allied Supremacy in Air Warfare
BAUKHAGE argues Allied air power dominates in Europe and Asia, tracing strategic and tactical bombing roles, Sicily’s invasion, and the shift from Luftwaffe strength to Allied air supremacy while stressing coordination with land and sea forces and the danger of renewed German concentration.
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Germany
Europe
Phot
War Costs Hit 200 Billions So Far This Year
The United States has spent 200.9 billion dollars on the war to date and is projected to spend about 55.1 billion more before year end.
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United States
Briefs on Tokyo bureau cuts pork and beet axe aid
In a Tokyo government agency, twenty five to thirty million pounds of pork and forty per cent per gang of beet axe are being set aside weekly for the armed forces. The report notes a patronizing tone and mentions Japanese domains and exports.
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Domai
Tokio
Barker
Filling a Sewing Guide for Ticking Bags and Repairs
The text describes transferring filling into ticks, stitching leaving openings, and sewing techniques for large openings. It notes this is part BOOT 2 of a Mead-end-Save-tar-Victory stock set, with directions for various care and fabric repair methods and hints for using materials, priced at IF cents, with an address for ordering.
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