Smashing Defeat Given Jap Fleet By U S Airmen
U S Fifth Fleet planes sank or damaged fourteen Japanese warships in a battle between the Mariana Islands and the Philippines. Admiral Nimitz said four ships were sunk and others damaged. 49 American aircraft were lost. The hunt for survivors continues.
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U. S
Pearl Harbor
United States Fifth Fleet
Mariana Islands
Philippines
Chester W. Nimitz
United States
Nimitz
U. S. Fifth Fleet
Marianas
Spruance
Allied Aerial Bombardment Opens Cherbourg Assault
Allied forces launched a massive air strike on Cherbourg as German defenders rejected an honorable surrender. Ninth Air Force planes attacked fortifications while Omar Bradley ordered the city taken without delay. The bombardment began at 2 p.m. British time, with Maraucel bombers and Havoc fighters striking targets near Fort Du Roule.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
Ninth Air Force
D Eisenhower
CBS
Fort du Roule
Cherbsourg
Blooming Rose Marshes and County Harvest Notes
The piece reports many premises around the city and countryside displaying blooming rose marshes, hay harvest underway on Lawrence County farms, and wheat ripening with early harvest potential. Eddie Cantor plans a Deshin Army hospital visit to entertain wounded veterans within weeks. Highland Avenue resurfacing nears completion from the city line to Wallace Avenue.
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Lawrence County
Eddie Cantor
Deshin Army Hospital
Butler
Highland Avenue
Wallace Avenue
Washington Street
Daily Weather Report Summary
Daily weather report for the United States shows a maximum of 78 and a minimum of 55 with a river stage of 4.5 feet. The same date last year recorded a high of 90 and a low of 62.
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United States
Nire Am
Elderly farmer dies after hayload fall near New Wilmington
William Garrett aged 71 of New Wilmington was killed when a clevis broke on a hayload, causing him to fall at his farm on the New Wilmington Volant road. Garrett, born October 1 1872 in East Lackawannock, leaves multiple children and siblings. funeral is Friday at 2 pm with Rev. Macklyn Lindstrom.
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William Garrett
A. D
New Wilmington
New Wilmington Volant Road
Mr. Garrett
B. B. Carter
East Lackawannock Township
Mercer County
Henry
Agnes Mitcheltree Garrett
Methodist Church
Grover Garrett
George Nesbit
This City
Joan Garrett
Henry Garrett
Grove City
Russell Rodgers
Mercer R. D
Edgar Wilson
R. D
Anzi Heckathorne
Mary Rotgaber
Mercer
Agnes
George Garrett
Macklyn Lindstrom
White Chapel Cemetery
Sharp Funeral Home
New Wilmingtom
Russia offers terms to Finland to end war
London reports that Soviet Russia has offered to end the war if Finland accepts new terms including restoring the 1940 frontier granting freedom of movement for Russian forces bases on Aaland Island temporarily and use of certain Finnish airfields.
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London
INS
Russia
Finland
London Evening News
Stockholm
Aftonblade
Aaland Island
Missing transport plane hunted as search spans Atlantic
An air search was to be conducted today over northern Maine and New Brunswick for a missing transport plane from a routine mail and cargo flight westward over the North Atlantic. The aircraft with a civilian crew of six and one passenger, an army man, was due in Washington Tuesday but did not arrive. bad weather has delayed the hunt.
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New York
INS
Maine
New Brunswick
Canada
Air Transport Command
North Atlantic
Washington, D. C
Yanks Mopping Up Japanese on Biak Island
General MacArthur's headquarters reports American ground forces are mopping up remaining enemy pockets north of Biak Island's captured airfields. Allied airmen target Japanese air facilities and shipping further to the west in Dutch New Guinea as operations continue.
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Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Biak Island
Dutch New Guinea
U. S. At
Vichy Radio Plays Down Cherbourg Loss
Vichy radio urged listeners that Cherbourg losses were minor and labeled the Cotentin battle an episode in Normandy. It claimed no reserves were deployed yet for the Calvados coastal zone defense.
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London
INS
Vichy Radio
Cherbourg
Cotentin Peninsula
Normandy
U. S
Calvados
Weather Hamper Fifth Army Advance on Italian Front
American spearheads of the Fifth Army pushed toward the Gothic Line despite thick mud hindering cross country movement. U.S. forces reached 15 miles below Pisa and inland positions at Paganico while French elements seized Montenero and Poggio Ucello. British Eighth Army took Morro as they advanced toward Camerino near Lake Trasimeno and Perugia.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Gothic
Henry Maitland Wilson
Mark W. Clark
Pisa
Paganico
Montenero
Poggio Ucello
Eighth Army
Morro
Camerino
Lake ‘Trasimeno
Perugia
American fliers fly from England to Russia in bombing mission
Supreme Headquarters says American Mustang fighters joined United States Eighth Air Force bombers from England to Russia as part of a bombing raid on German targets. The June 22 operation marked the first England to Russia flight.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
INS
United States
Eighth Air Force
England
Russia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Cross Channel Aerial Warfare Intensifies Across Front
Allied bombers and fighters strike the continent while Germany sends waves of robot bombs against England. Night raids on Ruhr and Rhineland followed daylight assaults as Bomber Command aircraft mined German waters and RAF losses mount.
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London
England
Ruhr Valley
Rhineland
Ters
RAF
Folkestone
Boulogne
France
Channel
Community honors Rev and Mrs Bennett for fifteen years of service
A reception at the First Christian church in New Castle drew about 450 attendees to honor Rev. and Mrs. S Bennett. The event featured speeches from service representatives, a church board war bond gift, and a Kiwanis plaque presented by Sam Lewis.
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S. Bennett
First Christian Church
New Castle
Bennett
Charles Mills
Sam Lewis
Kiwanis Club
Rev Bennett
Harry Zarkby
American Fleet Hopes For Decisive Clash With Japs
American forces in France push toward Cherbourg as Admiral Spruance’s Fifth Fleet eyes a decisive Pacific clash near Saipan. A large Japanese task force, possibly Japan’s full home fleet, maneuvers 1500 miles from Luzon with battleships carriers and cruisers. The bold guess notes Nippon’s remaining strength and the war’s possible turning point.
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France
Cherbourg
Raymond Spruance
Saipan
Jutland
Mariana Islands
Luzon
Philippines
Japan
Nippon
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Launch Battle To Wipe Out Japs On Saipan Island
United States marines and army troops launched a major daytime attack to wipe out the Japanese defenders on Saipan Island. The naval force stood off the Marianas as the battle unfolded forcing Japan to choose between engagement or risking Saipan’s dwindling garrison.
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Saipan Island
Joint Expeditionary Force
Marianas Islands
United States
Japan
Grand Fleet
Marianas
Philippines
Saipan
Soviet Tanks Press Finnish Defenses On Helsinki Path
Soviet forces pushed west of Viipuri with tanks and air support as they advance along a 200 mile front north of Leningrad. Finns use raw recruits in bayonet charges while German bombers assist on the Karelian Isthmus and two thrusts push along the Murmansk Leningrad railroad.
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Moscow
Helsinki
Viipuri
Leningrad
Baron Carl von Mannerheim
DNB
Karelian
Murmansk-Leningrad
Aunus
Lakes
Onega
Lad
County Nears Million in War Bond Sales
Lawrence County approached one million in Fifth War Loan bond sales with $924 788 in purchases to date. The June 17 report shows 18 percent of a $7 01 million quota, behind several counties. Ellwood City leads New Castle and other towns in bond totals amid partial reports from National Radiator Company employees.
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Lawrence County
Greater New Castle Association
Beater
Mercer
Butler
New Castle
Ellwood City
New Wilmington
Wampum
Bessemer
Volant
New Castle Haus
EB Bonds
National
G O P Delegates Set To Leave for Chicago Convention
Captain Roger W Rowland of New Castle and James Ho Mareh of Beaver Falls will depart Saturday morning as delegates from the 25th district to the Republican national convention in Chicago. Assemblyman James C Bree will join, leaving at the same time. Alternate delegates Mrs Gavnelle Dixon and Mrs Jess S Aber of Butler will also leave for the convention over the weekend.
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Roger W. Rowland
New Castle
James Ho Mareh
Beaver Falls
Chicago
James C. Bree
Gavnelle Dixon
Jess S. Aber
Butler
Death Record notice from Mercer County and Canton listings
Infant Raymond Leroy Cox reported in the death notices. Also listed are Isaac Dolby age 29 from Canton and Mrs. George A. Dibbley age 57 of 602 North Liberty Street. The items appear as a compilation of local death notices from June 22.
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Squire
St. Springfield
Mercer County
Isaac Dolby
Canton
George A. Dibbley
North Liberty Street
Allied advance details German robot launcher locations near Cherbourg
Dispatch from Eisenhower HQ reveals more than one fourth of German rover plane launching installations are near Cherbourg while three quarters lie in Pas De Calais. Correspondents report experts accompany troops to study sites for potential elimination.
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Cherbourg
Normandy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pas de Calais
Miss Summer Returns to Warm Sunshine and Growing Season
A whimsical note warns of Miss Summer arriving with bright sun and long days. The speaker hopes the season will shine, keeping crops lively and free from early frost, as cooler days approach and the season progresses.
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Summer
Shell
Ste
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