Allied bombers strike Reich France and Belgium in two way raids
Thousands of Allied warplanes pounded German targets in the Reich France and Belgium today in daylight blasts to disrupt Nazi movements and aid Anglo American troops inland from western France. Budapest radio reported American bombers hit the city and Hungarian towns this morning amid continued night and day assaults.
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London
Europe
France
Budapest
Mediterranean Command
United States
Reich
Belgium
Germany
Salvage Center of Battle Highlighted at City Hall
Visual and oral evidence of salvage needs was shown at city hall on Tuesday night with two films and several speeches. Attendees included Lawrence County PMTA members, manufacturers, Boy and Girl Scouts, and merchants. The first film depicted Pearl Harbor’s impact, followed by Behind the Winning Punch showing scrap use and wartime footage. Earnest D. Hawk projected the pictures. J Fred Clarke of PMTA led the meeting. The event emphasized continued PMTA cooperation in the war effort.
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Lawrence County
Pennsylvani Motor Truck Association
Industries
Cod
Pearl Harbor
United States
Dieppe
Earnest D. Hawk
J Fred Clarke
PMTA
Germans Move Up More Artillery In France Push
Heavy German counter attacks along the Allied line in France push west toward the Cherbourg peninsula. Reconnaissance places the line from Montebourg to Carentan and Cerisy forest, with fighting around Montebourg Caumont and Caen in tense engagements as panzer elements appear.
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U. S. Ninth Tactical Air Force
France
Cherbourg
Montebourg
Carenthan
Cerisy Forest
Caumont
Carentan-Bayeux
Caumont Ana
Caen
Germans Mass Counterattacks as Allies Penetrate Caumont
Four German mechanized divisions push counteroffensive as Allied forces breach Caumont, 20 miles inside Normandy. Eisenhower confirms Caumont seizure amid reports of fierce fighting near Caen, Montebourg, Carentan. Cherbourg front appears fluid with German tank thrusts provoking Allied adjustments.
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Cpreme
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Normandy
Caumont
St. Lo
Caen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
French Channel
Montebourg
Carentan
Summer Entry Set as Official Time in Pennsylvania
PA NEWC notes the official entry time at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday June 21 as summer arrives one week away. The state department of revenue warns drivers about confusion from using 1942 front plates with 1944 rear tags and reminds cars now require only one license plate this year.
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Pennsylvania
State Department of Revenue
Highland resurfacing near Sheridan avenue completed
Work to resurface Highland avenue reaches just south of Sheridan avenue with Pa Nene noting the progress. Flag Day is observed citywide with many homes displaying flags. Salvage paper collection is scheduled in Ellwood City and the New Castle district, as residents prepare for a record contribution. Pfc. Jack Potter, son of Recorder and Mrs. Orville Potter Halcrest avenue, stationed at Anchorage Alaska as a radio operator.
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Highland Avenue
Sheridan Avenue
Nene
Ellwood City
New Castle District
Pe Newe
Jack Potter
Orville Potter
Halcrest Avenue
Anchorage
Alaska
Daily Weather Report Summary for 9 am period
United States weather statistics show a maximum temperature of 85 and a minimum of 67 with 0.27 inches of precipitation and a river stage at 4.6 feet for the 24 hour period ending 9 am. A year ago the range was 99 and 38 with 0.01 inches of precipitation.
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United States
Invasion Site Most Suitable For Allies Along Coast
Maj Paul C Raborg explains that the Allied Supreme Command chose the most suitable landing site along the western European coast from Norway to Spain. He notes only the supreme commander has a full view of all intelligence and stresses air support range and beach defenses as key factors for any invasion plan.
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New York
Supreme Command
Europe
Norway
Spain
Pacific Fleet Readies New Blows At Japs
American carrier task forces hit the Marianas 1500 miles southeast of Tokyo as Admiral Nimitz sent a flotilla of ships and planes to strike Japanese military facilities. Over three days 29 Japanese ships were sunk or damaged and 141 planes destroyed while US losses included 11 Hellcat fighters and eight pilots.
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Pearl Harbor
America
Laval
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Mariana Islands
Toko
United States
Marianas
Japan
Washington Roundup on War Plans and Postwar Policy
Military experts weigh German anti invasion strategy delaying mass counterattacks until major Allied forces move in to Normandy. Diplomatic observers read Roosevelt statements on economic warfare as hints of a Red Army northern push into Norway and southern move into the Balkans. The United States plans global postwar air routes, the GI bill awaits signature, and Congress evaluates foreign policy and OPA extension issues.
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Washington
Normandy
Roosevelt
Germany
Red Army
Balkan
Norway
Balkans
Capitol Hill
House
OPA
Bowles
Congress
Eight More Jap Ships Blasted Near Biak Island
American bombers credited with sinking seven Japanese vessels near Biak Island in Gellvink Bay. Seven ships include four 1000-ton cargo ships and three coastal craft, plus a 2000-ton merchant vessel damaged. The air attack coincides with use of Mokmer air field in the Schouten group. Infantry actions continue nearby as air and ground forces press the Dutch New Guinea campaign.
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Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Biak
U.S
Mokmer
Schouten
Gellvink Bay
City Board Two Names Men for Navy Induction
The select service board at New Castle announced a small group of registrants who passed pre induction physicals at the Pittsburgh examining center and are ordered to report for Navy induction later this month. Names listed include Jack L. Pullwood Alexander Rouse Tony D Cipriani Thomas L Johnston Richard Williams Richard M McCartney Arnold B McCartney and Henry M Zank with street addresses in the area.
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Selective Service Board Two
New Castle
Pittsburgh
Navy
Jack L. Pullwood
Thorpe Street
Alexander Rouse
Turtle Creek
Tony D. Cipriani
Long Avenue
Thomas L. Johnston
Richard Williams
West Falls Street
Richard M. McCartney
Clayton Street
Arnold B. McCartney
Reynolas Street
Henry M. Zank
Waldo Street
Engineer Killed In B and C Mishap
In Snowden township a Baltimore and Ohio freight locomotive jumped the track. Engineer W. F. Carson aged 52 of South Hills was killed when his engine cabin was crushed. Brakeman Albert Hope 42 of Mt Oliver was burned but survived. Ten cars derailed as the locomotive overturned and the crew escaped.
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Pittsburgh
Baltimore & Ohio
Snowden Township
W. F. Carson
South Hills
Albert Hope
Mt Oliver
Carson
Dover
Budapest Hit By U S Bombers
Budapest radio reported that American bombers attacked the city and several Hungarian provincial towns this morning in a wartime raid. The report, filed from London, notes attacks occurred in the early hours with no immediate casualty details available.
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London
INS
Budapest
Willard Grange Honors J. A. Boak in Recognition Event
Willard Grange honored J. Audley Boak of Slippery Rock township for many years of service to the grange. The presentation took place Tuesday evening when Willard Grange hosted members from other subordinate granges in the area.
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Boak
Grange
Willard Grange
Lawrence County
Pomona Grange
J. Audley Boak
Slippery Rock Township
Villers-Bocage Taken By British Armored Force
British armored troops entered the French village of Villers-Bocage at 10 a.m. Tuesday, seven miles east of Catumont, according to Edward Gilling of the Exchange Telegraph. The report places the advance in the ongoing Allied push in Normandy.
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London
Villers-Bocage
Catumont
Edward Gilling
Exchange Telegraph Company
Bocage
Flag Day Calls for Greater War Bond Sacrifice
In a Flag Day editorial the writer urges genuine patriotism beyond lip service by buying extra War Bonds. The piece links the flag to homes, families, and the war effort, calling on readers to forgo luxuries and support veterans and Allied victory against the Rising Sun and Swastika. The editor emphasizes practical patriotism and sacrifice until victory.
Yanks Pinch Off German Rear Guard South of Orbetello
Fifth Army troops trap German detachments south of Orbetello securing a road junction of Highway One and Highway 74 cutting off escape routes to the north. Reconnaissance elements advance toward the Rome area as Allied forces press the Italian front amid strong resistance.
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Naples
Fifth Army
Tyrrhenian
Orbetello
Sir Henry Maitland Wilson
14Th Army
Highway 74
Rome
Latera
Lake Bolsena
Gradill
Mark W. Clark
Bolsena
Red Army Pushes Finns Back Across Karelian Isthmus
Soviet forces advance on the Karelian Isthmus claiming at least five more enemy strongholds captured and Finns retreating with towns abandoned. Moscow radio says Russians pressed entrenched positions while reporting heavy losses on both sides and seizure of war materiel.
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Moscow
Red Army
Axis
Lissa
Murmansk
Petsamo
Arctic
Steklvannava
Kekrola
Ronnunkulae
Vehmainen
Siiranmaeki
Novosokolniki
Philadelphia Leads In Flag Day Program
Philadelphia marks Flag Day with the Betsy Ross House as the focal point for events. Patriotic groups honor Betsy Ross’s grave and the city prepares for the official Independence observance headlined by Gov. Raymond Baldwin of Connecticut delivering the main address.
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Philadelphia
Betsy Ross House
United States
Raymond E. Baldwin
Connecticut
Independence Hall
War Loan Drive Now Under Way
Early returns from the Fifth War Loan Campaign show no figures yet. For a 27 day span ending July 8 Lawrence County must average about $260,000 in bonds daily to reach a $7,010,000 quota. The drive funds equipment for the men who will fight the invasion.
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Lawrence County
Germans General Counter Attack Presses Back in France
New York June 14 Harold Peters reports from Allied supreme headquarters that strong Nazi forces have launched a general counter attack in northern France and pressed back into Montebourg, which had been held by American troops.
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New York
France
Blue Network
Harold Peters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Montebourg
New Atlantic Coast Developments Foreseen by German Observers
German military observers in Zurich forecast significant new events on the Atlantic coast within 48 hours. The claim rests on Allied fleet movements in the channel and invasion port activity tied to the Normandy front. London reports that British bomber command has dropped 400000 tons of high explosives and incendiaries on Europe since the war began, 275000 tons on Germany.
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Zurich
INS
Atlantic
Berlin
la Suisse
Normandy
London
British Bomber Command
Europe
Germany
Air Ministry
Death Record of Mrs Sarah Emma Baer and Mr Meade Gibson
Death notices list Mrs Sarah Emma Baer aged 6 and G Meade Gibson aged 65 with addresses in ILI East Wallace avenue and R D 4 Neshannock township as of June 14 1944. The terse item appears in a Wednesday death record brief.
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Sarah Emma Baer
Ili East
Wallace Avenue
G. Meade Gibson
Neshannock Township
R. D
Allied Planes Blast Munich in Night Raid
Allied forces conducted a night raid on Munich destroying an aircraft engine plant and an ordnance works, with another aircraft assembly facility targeted. A daylight strike near Munich and Innsbruck followed, as 33 German planes were shot down in heavy opposition. 20 heavy bombers and eight other crafts are reported missing.
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Naples
Munich
Germany
Livorno
Italy
Mediterranean Air Force
Arthur Mometer Hails Gentle Rain as Crops Need Water
The piece extols light rain aiding corn, beets, beans, cabbage, and squashes on a dusty field. It notes crops thirst, warns weeds may grow, and records a weather reading of seventy five.
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Nazi Europe
International News Service
Joseph Thomas
Britain
Medi
Lee Carson
Bulletin
J. C. Oestreicher
PA Newc
Daily Weather Report
Maj
Paul C. Raborg
Richard V. Haller
Hunt Jap Fleet
CAA
Globe
Pres. Roosevelt
U. S
Biak Island
Frank Robertson
FON. S
Dutch New Guinea
County
Mrs. Boak
Grange Hall
Willard Grange Hall
Mr. Boak
City Board Two
J. A. Boak
Pomona
State Grange
Granges
Uy Oan
Larry Newman
Red
Isthmus
Atlantic Coast
Arthur Mometer
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