Allied Push Rises Across Cherbourg Front In June 1944
Allied forces report heavy combat along a 100 mile invasion front from Cherbourg toward Caen. American infantry and paratroopers supported by tanks gain ground west of Carentan while British hold tight at Caen’s eastern end. Seventy tanks, including eight Tigers, are knocked out as fighting intensifies near Montebourg Pretot Pont L Abbe and Quineville.
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Cherbourg
France
Carentan
Troarn
Caen
Villers-Bocage
Caumont
Les Sablons-Baupte
Ste. Mere Eglise
la Haye du Puits
Pretot
Berlin
Ludwig Sertorius
la Haye du Palis
Montebourg
Pont L'Abbe
Quineville
B-29 Superfortress Fends Off Japanese Air Attack
Brig General Hansell recounts a prior Burma engagement where a B-29 Downed two Japanese planes before a larger raid. The bomber sustained bullet holes and one slightly wounded gunner, yet performed well proving its defensive capability and long range without escort.
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Burma
Japan
H. S. Hansell
20Th Air Force
Boeing
Wichita
Kas
Hansell
Saipan Invasion Opens With Light US Casualties
American troops press into Saipan in the Marianas about 1,500 miles from Tokyo. Admiral Nimitz reports successful landings with light casualties as warships and aircraft pound Saipan Tinian Rota and Guam. Carrier planes and battleships concentrate fire on fortified Japanese positions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Saipan Island
Tokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Danashie
Japan
Saipan
Marianas Island
Nimitz
Pees
Marianas
Tinian
Rota
Guam
Army unleashes B 29 Superfortress against Japan
Air Chief Gen Arnold directs the first combat use of the B 29 Superfortress in a daylight strike on the Japanese homeland. Planes reportedly came from the India China Burma theater with details withheld and no immediate location of targets given. The War Department notes the B 29’s superior range and payload and emphasizes it will not end the war alone.
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Gen. Arnold
Washington
Pacific
War Department
United States Army Air Forces
20Th Bomber Command
Japan
Sky Mammoth
20 Air Force
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Nippon
India-China- Burma
Arnold
Wisceert
Comat
George C. Marshall
Postwar Planners Meet in Mt Vernon June 20
Acting Mayor Harry Bishop announced Mt Vernon will host municipal officials from twenty seven counties for a one day postwar planning institute at Hotel Emmerson on Tuesday June 20. The event is co sponsored by Illinois Municipal League Illinois Post War Planning Commission and the American Society of Planning Officials. The program includes experts Walter H Blucher and Dr Louis Wirth with afternoon round table on public works financing and city streets. Adjournment at 5 pm.
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Harry Bishop
Mt. Vernon
Hotel Emmerson
Alexander
Clay
Clinton
Edwards, Fayette
Franklin
Gallatin
Hamilton
Hardin
Jackson
Johnson
Jefferson
Lawrence
Marion
Massac
Perry
Pope
Pulaski
Randolph
Richland
Saline
Union
Wabash
Washington
Wayne
White and
Bishop
Walter H. Blucher
Blucher
Detroit
Planning Commission
American Society of Planning Officials
Louis Wirth
Wirth
University of Chicago
National Resources Planning Board
Illinois
Bugle for Chow Saves Life of Local Soldier
Pfc Amuel R Duckworth of Belle Rive Illinois narrowly avoided a fatal incident during a Japanese assault at Empress Augusta Bay Bougainville when a 75mm shell exploded near his machine gun pit. The dud shell remained a grim keepsake of a near miss. Duckworth, son of Raleigh Duckworth, was born in Benton Illinois and joined the Army August 10. After training at Camp Wallace Texas he arrived in the Pacific and fought through Guadalcanal to Bougainville in the northern Solomons.
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Bougainville
Amuel R. Duckworth
Belle Rive
Empress Augusta Bay
Duckrth
Amuel
Duckworth
Raleigh Duckworth
Benton
Tili
Thompsonville
Army
Camp Wallace
Texas
Fiji Islands
Guadalcanal
Bougainville Island
Solomons
472 Casualties in Italy in Six Days Report
American forces in Italy suffered 4,472 casualties in six days of heavy fighting in the Alban hills and south of Rome. Since Allied landings last September through June 5 the totals include 11,103 killed, 42,489 wounded, and 8,409 missing. Transfers from missing to death may explain part of the rise.
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Italy
Associated Press
Washington
Alban Hills
Rome
Waltonville Soldier Earns Bronze Star Medal
Sgt. Lloyd H. Roberson of Waltonville is awarded the Bronze Star for heroic action near Mignano Italy. A field artillery battery faced heavy shellfire and one man was wounded. Roberson left cover to aid the wounded soldier, guiding him to safety for first aid despite ongoing danger. The message from General Mark W. Clark commends his courage. Roberson, 24, has served nearly three years and has been overseas since September 1, 1943.
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Lloyd H. Roberson
Waltonville
Mignano
Italy
Mark W. Clark
Roberson
Dow Roberson
1300 U S Warships Invasion Fleet
More than 1300 U S warships carried troops guns and war material into Europe in the invasion of France. Navy Secretary Forrestal said the Pacific offensive has not been diminished and Germany's crisis was while Japan is too hard pressed to lend diversional support.
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Associated Press
Washington
U. S
Europe
France
Hitler
Navy
Forrestal
Pacific
Germany
Japan
Weather Summary Warm and Humid With Thunder Showers
Continued warm and humid conditions into Friday with scattered afternoon and early evening thundershowers. Mt. Vernon reports Wednesday’s high near 96 and low 68 with about 0.45 inch of rain recorded.
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MT. Vernon
Allied Air Attacks Ramp Up Invasion Theatre Blitz
Allied air forces over France and Germany report massive raids as Allied and RAF bomber fleets strike targets from Le Havre to Hannover. In two days of operations, surviving losses include 607 Allied planes and 156 heavy bombers, with hundreds of bombers in action across occupied Europe.
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Associated Press Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Berlin
Hannover
Germany
Normandy
Britain
Gelsenkirchen
Ninth Air Force
SHAEF
Firemen Respond to Alarm at Bath Street Fire
Firemen were called at 6 55 yesterday evening to 1110 80 Bath street where a blaze flared up inside and caused damage. Damaged property details are not fully clear.
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M. Bumpus
Bath ‘Street
Oe ‘Department
Ae En Saya
Halsey Relinquishes South Pacific Command for Newton
Admiral William F. Halsey Jr ends his role as Allied Commander in Chief South Pacific and is reassigned in the Pacific. Vice Admiral John Henry Newton, 62, succeeds as commander with Halsey transitioning to an undisclosed Pacific post after a formal ceremony at Allied headquarters.
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South Pacific
William F. Halsey, Jr
John Henry Newton
Halsey
Pacific
United States Pacific Fleet
Santa Cruz
Guadalcanal
Newton
South
Red Army Presses Finnish Front Near Viipuri
Russian forces drive Finns back toward Viipuri as Govorov’s units clear dense forests with squads and heavy bombers. Viipuri attacked by 150 Soviet planes. Finnish defenses show strain while Berlin says a major Soviet offensive may come after Western Europe actions.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Red Army
Viipuri
Red Star
Leonid A. Govorov
Kuterselka
Berlin
London
Europe
Germans Blow Up Cherbourg Harbor Facilities
Stockholm dispatches report German controlled sources saying harbor facilities at Cherbourg have been blown up. Also Berlin reports new Allied landings at Calais and Ostende expected momentarily.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Zurich
Switzerland
Cherbourg
Aftonbladet
Berlin
Calais
Ostende
Arrow Locates Southern Mai Invasion Landing Sites
A photo caption notes American forces locating southern Mai area where inner task forces have set up installations and damaged ships.
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Arrow
Mai
French Kill Gestapo General Reported by Partisans
Geneva dispatch reports that Major General Werner of the German Gestapo was captured and executed by French partisans near Pontarlier, with the news circulated in Switzerland.
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Gestapo
Associated Press
London
Reuters
Geneva
Switzerland
Werner
Pontarler
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