Pacific showdown in vast naval clash described
Reports from Pearl Harbor say a massive naval engagement between the Japanese Imperial fleet and the United States Pacific fleet may be under way between the Marianas and the Philippines. The article cites Tokyo and Reuters reports as nations brace for what could be the war’s biggest sea battle.
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Mariana Islands
Philippines
Jap Domei
United States
Marianas
Reuters
Chester W. Nimitz
Marshall Islands
Nimitz
Thehilippines
Tokyo
Sainan
Japan
Cherbourg
Americans Smash Into Cherbourg Port Defenses
American forces press the final approach to Cherbourg as Ninth Division troops storm the main German fortifications defending the great French port. U S artillery pounds positions while Nazis withdraw from the peninsula into Cherbourg amid street fighting and rapid advances toward Centinard.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Ninth Division
Cherbourg
Dwight D Eisenhower
First Day of Summer Shrouded in Cool Fires Across Leesbure
Officially the first day of summer and the longest day, Leesbure reports cool weather with many residences burning heaters as smoke curled from chimneys. Resurfacing work on the Leesbure Grove City highway is underway per Leebure reports.
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Grove City
Leebure
War Bond Drive Highlighted by City Youth as Repairs Begin
Work is underway at several city school yards to lay blacktop reducing mud during the term. Downstairs in the evenings crowds gather at windows to view pictures of service members, those lost and those currently serving, while the community backs the Fifth War Bond Drive with resolve.
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United States Service
Daily Weather Report for United States
The 24 hour period ending at 9 m shows a maximum temperature of 66 and a minimum of 30. Precipitation records indicate 01 inches, with lunar stage noted as 4.6 feet. The report consolidates today’s weather statistics across major metrics.
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United States
Forces poised for thrust after Viipuri fall
Washington declares Pacific fleet has closed on Japanese fleet 500 to 800 miles west of Saipan. Moscow reports Red Army legions poised to thrust into Finland after capturing Viipuri, gateway city on the Gulf of Finland, with Stalin announcing the fall after a rapid 10 mile advance.
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James Forrestal
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Red Army
Finland
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Gulf of Finland
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Joseph Stalin
State Failing To Meet Quotas For Paper Salvage
Harrisburg June 21 The state salvage committee reports Pennsylvanians still miss monthly waste paper quotas amid wartime shortages. Committee chairman Warren R. Roberts notes the May 10 pound per capita target fell short by 1.5 pounds. May collections reached about 44 000 tons versus 22 133 tons in January.
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Penneylvanians
State Defense Council
Warren R. Roberts
Roberts
Dewey Seen Securing GOP Nomination On First Ballot
National GOP delegate survey shows Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York with a minimum 700 votes, well ahead of Gov. John Bricker of Ohio with 190. Briefer mentions Bricker as second, while Congress pushes a five week recess for conventions and major price control and appropriation bills loom.
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Chicago
Dewey
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Congress
Annual Meeting At Almira Home In Wartime Face
The Almira home for aged women held its first board meeting in two years on East Washington street. Four counties Venango Mercer Butler and Lawrence were represented with optimism about operations amid labor shortages and rationing. Mrs Rose Sloan credited inmate cooperation for the home’s resilience. Morning devotionals led by Mrs Thomas Irwin opened the solarium session as bouquets decorated the area.
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Almira Home For Aged Women
East Washington Street
Venango
Mercer
Butler
Lawrence
Rose Sloan
Thomas Irwin
Franklin
H. C. Harper
Optimism Hurts War Bond Sales In Pittsburgh
June 21 1 attempts at Fifth War Loan sales blamed on public optimism. L H Lund Allegheny county war finance chair warns that one victory leads to belief the war is over. He urges continued buying as American troops fight and die in France.
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Pittsburgh
France
L. H. Lund
Allegheny County War Finance Committee
Iver Thousand Bombers Strike Nazi Targets Across Germany
Allied air forces unleash a daylight raid with Iver thousand heavy bombers targeting Berlin and other German cities. The mission aims to dismantle war industry and cripple Nazi logistics, with formations flying at high altitude amid heavy anti aircraft fire.
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Berlin
Germany
Allied bomb raid devastates Berlin outskirts by 1000 heavy bombers
A force of more than 1,000 American Fortresses and Liberators, supported by Thunderbolts and Mustangs, bombed Berlin and nearby Basdorf. Escort fighters overwhelmed Nazi defenses as Eighth Air Force targets key facilities and German propaganda calls it a terror attack. Continued on page two.
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London
Berlin
Basdorf
Eighth Airforce
Three Airfields On Biak Island Taken By Yanks
American tanks and infantry cleared pockets west of Sorido airdrome after taking all three Biak Island airfields Borokoe Sorido and Mokmer in a swift assault begun yesterday at 11 a.m. The bases position within 800 miles of Mindanao enhances air power for MacArthur’s forces.
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Douglas
Mindanao
Page Tun
Longest Day of the Year Marked in 1944 Solstice
Philadelphia reports the summer solstice at 9:03 a.m. with 15 hours and two minutes of daylight. Dr. Roy Marshall notes heat waves and storms are typical for June and summer’s peak. The piece frames the solstice as the year's longest day.
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INS
Roy Marshall
Pels Nlanetarum
Marshall
Allied Armies In Italy Make New Progress
Allied forces pressed toward the Florence Rimini line after capturing Perugia, while German forces under Field Marshal Kesselring hurled elements of seven divisions against the Fifth Army east of Clark's front. Allied fighter bombers also attacked a German carrier at Genoa. The American advance seized Monte Pescali, guarding the junction of Highways One and 73 as Nazi defenses and hit and run tactics attempted to slow the northward drive.
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Albet Kesselring
Italy
Florence- Rimini
Perugia
Genoa
Mark W
Tempo of Bond Sales Rising in Pennsylvania War Drive
The pace of war bond sales in Pennsylvania climbed for the third straight day in the fifth war loan campaign. G Ruhland Rebmann Jr. said totals reached 9,322,551 dollars with the state past 79 million or 1788 percent of the quota. Series E bonds rose by 3,571,731 dollars to 47,002,900 dollars at 2098 percent of the 224 million target.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
G. Ruhland Rebmann Jr
State War Finance Committee
Rebmann
Bond Sales In County Show 784.995 Today
Bond sales to individuals totaled 784 99550 with two districts unreported at noon in the fifth warioan bond headquarters. The "E" bond total is 485 224 and Ellwood City leads in per capita and gross totals with 227 40775. Continued on page two.
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Warioan
Greater New Castile Association
New Castle
Ellwood City
Wampum
Bessemer
New Wilmington
Ellwood
Standard Steel Spring workers set strong War Bond record
The Standard Steel Spring Company workforce leads in War Bond drives, with every employee subscribing via payroll allotment and averaging near 10 percent of payroll. Over 500 employees have also purchased extra bonds, according to the treasury representative at the plant.
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Standard Steel Spring Company
Treasury
Obituaries and Death Notices Share June 21 1944
Death notices list Mrs Garnet Robison Wirsing of 322 East Street Albert B Winder 89 East Brook and Mrs Edith A Townley 57 Grove City.
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Garnet Robison Wirsing
East Street
Albert B. Winder
East Brook
Edith A. Townley
Grove City
Heaviest Bomb Load Strikes Berlin by U S Raiders
At least 1,000 four motor bombers dropped a record load on Berlin causing heavy devastation in the German capital. Pilots reported high explosive bombs hitting designated targets as German defenses remained active. The report notes the raid followed the Nazis robot bomb controversy and continues on page six.
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Britain
Berlin
U S
Elba battle totals exceed 9 600 Nazis reported dead
New York June 2 French troops counted more than 9 600 Nazi dead and captured over 100 artillery pieces on Elba, according to CBS relayed by British radio.
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New York
INSI
Elba
CBS
Pilotless Planes Struck Scotland and England
NBC reports a British broadcast said German pilotless planes attacked Scotland and Southern England on the day of the broadcast. The claim notes use of unmanned aircraft in UK raids.
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New York
NBC
Scotland
England
Cherbourg Fort Attacked by U S Troops On Front
American forces on the Cherbourg front pressed toward the port as veterans of a rapid offensive struck at Cherbourg's outer fortifications. Nazi counter thrusts were repelled amid heavy fire as troops advanced toward Militic bastion in readiness for a final assault.
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Insi
United States
Militic
Daily Papers Report World and Local Happenings
Read about global events and city life as the paper notes daily happenings from the war to weather. It mentions people births dances and the day’s events in broad terms with a general view of news and climate.
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