Soviet Red Army Seizes Viipuri as Baltic Port Falls
Swedish reports confirm Finnish port Viipuri yielded to Russian forces. Red Army shelling and a 30 mile gap breach collapse Mannerheim Line defenses near Viipuri. Soviet communique claims ships sunk and heavy raids on Kirkenes, while Helsinki and peace terms loom amid Moscow advances.
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London
Viipuri
Moscow
Mannerheim Line
Mannerheim
Finland
Russia
Sweden
Baltic Republic
Red Star
Gulf of Viipuri
Red Army
Yellow Regiment
Helsinki
London News Chronicle
Leonid A. Govorov
Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Edwin Linkomies
Vaino Tanner
Linkomies
Juho K Paasikivi
Aso
Kirkenes
Norway
Changsha Is Taken By Japs
Changsha in Hunan reportedly fell after suburban defense works were destroyed by over 50 000 Japanese troops and radio contact was lost. Tokyo and Japanese imperial headquarters claimed the capital and Liling 40 miles southeast were captured, while German reports linked Vice President Wallace’s Moscow trip to naval base talks with the Soviet Union.
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Hunan
Tokyo
Liling
DNB
Wallace
Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Japan
Saipan Campaign Reports Sailor Losses Amid Standoff
The Japanese Imperial headquarters claimed American forces at Saipan had secured a bridgehead and were reinforcing while exposing Japanese losses: one battleship two cruisers one destroyer and one submarine sunk and 17 more ships damaged plus over 300 planes downed. The U S Pacific Fleet did not confirm those figures, noting a carrier task force shot down 300 Japanese planes as Saipan operations continued.
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Associated Press
Saipan Islands
Marianas
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Saipan
Temperatures Tumble After Heavy Storms Across Regions
Fast falling temperatures followed three days of storms across New England the south and midwest with Alaska still battling a heat wave. At least 10 deaths occurred from the heat while several states reported record highs and widespread wind and lightning damage. Cooling trends emerged as states from Michigan to Kansas City saw relief and heat illnesses prompted warnings in Alaska.
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Associated Press
New England
South
Middle West
Alaska
St. Louis
Louisville
Chicago
Texas
New Orleans
el Paso
Dallas
Albuquerque
N. M
Michigan
Wisconsin
Athens
Alabama
West Virginia
Iowa
New York
Pennsylvania
Kansas City
Local Soldier Wounded In Action In France
Pic. Merhle DeGrange of 33 East Fifth street was the first Frederick boy reported wounded in the invasion of France. His mother, Mrs. Mary K. DeGrange, received a telegram from the War Department noting he was wounded on June 7 with the 29th Division on the second day of the invasion.
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Pic. Merhle DeGrange
Mary K. DeGrange
East Fifth Street
Frederick
France
War Department
Procope To Sail From U.S. Coming Weekend
Finnish Minister Hjalmar Procope who has been dismissed by the State Department is expected to sail from New Orleans at the end of the week on a Spanish steamer. His English-born wife Mrs Procope, who is due in about two weeks, will likely remain until she can travel.
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Washington
Hjalmar Procope
State Department
New Orleans
Trains Collision Leaves One Dead and Ten Seriously Hurt
Ten of fifty injured in two Santa Fe passenger trains wreck near Fowler Colorado. One man killed. Trains collided when one pulled off a siding before the other had passed.
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Colo
Santa Fe
Fowler
Hail at Braddock Heights Briefly Pings Storm Scene
Hail the size of small marbles fell for a short time at Braddock Heights during the Monday morning storm. No damage was reported beyond minor surface effects and gardens or crops escaped without harm.
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Braddock Heights
Great U S Force Of Bombers Hits Many Targets
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force reports over 1 500 American heavy bombers and 2 000 aircraft total attacked rocket platforms in Pas de Calais and targets across central Germany. Missions hit synthetic oil plants near Hannover Hamburg Magdeburg Politz and a tank depot near Magdeburg. German defenses engaged large formations while some bombers forced to land at Malmo.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Pas-de-Calais
Germany
Emmerich
Hannover
Hamburg
Madgeburg
Politz
Magdeburg
Brunswick
Stockholm
Malmo
Pas-de- Calais
Baltic
Stettin
Wallace Joins Chiang in Chungking to Discuss Mutual Interests
Vice President Wallace arrived in Chungking as Roosevelts representative and urged closer China Siberia ties. He met Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek and U S Ambassador Gauss, planned talks with farmers soldiers and officials on matters of mutual interest. Also in the news: a 200 acre New London farm sold to Baltimore buyers, bond posted for a Baltimore truck driver awaiting grand jury action, and Allied air forces damage the Elba steel mill at Portoferrato without harming historical landmarks.
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Wallace
China
Roosevelt
Siberia
Hu Shih
United States
Canada
Alton Y. Bennett
Marvin Henry
Baltimore
Ian Pierce
Henry
Bennett
Rome
Pointoferrato
Elba
Napoleon
Loss Of U S Sub Grayback In Far Pacific Is Announced
Washington June 20 Loss of the submarine Grayback presumed in operations against Japan in the far Pacific was announced by the Navy today. The 1 475 ton sub carried about 65 officers and men. Commander John Anderson Moore was its commander and is listed as missing in action. Moore's wife Mrs Virginia S Moore lives in Memphis Tennessee. The Grayback’s loss brings to 24 the number of American submarines missing since December 7 1941. Of these, two were sunk in the Atlantic during training and one was destroyed to prevent capture. the rest are overdue and presumed last.
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Washington
Far Pacific
Navy
John Anderson Moore
Moore
Virginia S. Moore
Memphis
Tenn
Atlantic Ocean
Allied drive 17 miles in single day in Burma theater
Southeast Asia Command reports imperial forces from Kohima advanced 17 miles toward Imphal, the greatest daily gain in the counteroffensive. The southern push seized Mao Songsam, Tuphema, and moved west of Maram, with three towns cleared and a large ordnance dump and 10 artillery pieces captured. 3,500 Japanese killed in the sector, per Mountbatten HQ.
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Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Imperial
Kohima
Imphal
India
Mao Songsamg
Tuphema
Maram
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Defense Motion Denied in Sedition Case Trial
Judge Edward C. Eicher denied a defense motion for directed verdict of acquittal for 29 defendants in a mass sedition conspiracy trial. The session opened with the judge announcing the decision. The trial, in its 10th week, remains in preliminary testimony.
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Washington
Edward C. Eicher
Eicher
B and O Funds War Loan Credit to Frederick County
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company announced it allocated 75000 of its war loan subscription to Frederick County for credit of the county. A minor fire at the Dr Noah Kefauver farm tenant house near Middletown was extinguished after a lightning triggered switch short and porch woodwork caught fire. Middletown Volunteer Fire Company responded. London dispatch reports German forces on D-Day captured numerous Frenchmen thought to be Allied supporters, later realizing many were loyal Vichyites.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Fifth War Loan Committee
Frederick County
Noah E. Kefauver
Middletown
Romer Toms
Middletown Volunteer Fire Company
London
Perugia Taken By 8th Army
Allied forces entering Perugia after defeating German positions near Elba and pushing from south and east. Eighth Army faced spotty resistance yet advanced through the old town while minefields and harassing fire slowed movements. Fifth Army moved nine miles north of Grosetto toward Orbetello with continued progress.
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Rome
Perugia
Florence
Elba
Eighth Army
Nazis Taking Poison Gas Into Hungary
A radio broadcast reported by US monitors says Germany moved large quantities of poison gas into Hungary to use against the Soviet Army. The report cites a German official paper of June 2 with detailed transport and handling instructions and sources from the Balkans via Ankara.
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New York
France
Algiers
Germany
Hungary
United States
Balkans
Ankara
Dr. Eisenberger Elected Moderator of Baltimore Synod
Dr William O Eisenberger pastor of First Presbyterian Cumberland was elected moderator of the Baltimore Synod at Hood College campus during the nineteenth annual conference. The moderator role covers the Baltimore New Castle Del and Washington DC areas and is for one year.
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William O. Eisenberger
First Presbyterian Church
Cumberland
Baltimore Synod
Baltimore
Newcastle
Del
Washington, D. C
Presbyterian Church In
Hood College
Nazi Invasion Effort Foiled, Churchill Reports
London reports Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons a German attempt to invade Britain had been smashed before heavy ships and troops could depart from continental ports. Churchill said invasion details were not fully clarified, noting that the fleet largely remained in ports and much was sunk. some plans were abandoned.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Britain
Vyvyan Adams
House
Adams
Emanuel Shinwell
Nazis Acknowledge Cherbourg Cut Off
London reports German broadcasts conceded Allied control near Cherbourg while high command claimed minimal fighting on the peninsula. Berlin broadcasts cited heavy Allied blows elsewhere and suggested a prolonged siege of Cherbourg garrison, with Hitler’s paper noting disrupted land links between Cherbourg and interior France.
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London
Cherbourg
Naz High Command
Tilly-Sur- Seulles
Caumont
Normandy
Berlin
Radigo
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Cotentin
France
Navy cancels refit plan for Normandie ship
The Navy says plans to refit the former French liner Normandie are canceled due to manpower and material shortages. The burned giant, raised last fall at a cost of 3.75 million dollars, was towed to Todd shipyard in Brooklyn, with the cancellation announced by the Navy Department.
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New York
Navy
Todd
Brooklyn
Navy Department
From Normandy Front Five Miles From Cherbourg Invasion
Allied forces hammer toward Cherbourg with heavy artillery as four miles from the port, Montebourg and Valognes captured, and coordinated north front attacks expand the Cherbourg peninsula wedge. Eisenhower’s communique notes advances, German resistance weakening, and high Nazi officers reported killed.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
Normandy
Valognes
Great Harbor
Montebourg
Omar N. Bradley
North Front
France
Rauville la Bigot
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Montebourt#1
Bricqueber
Tilly + Sur - Seulles
Bradley
Channel Islands
Supreme Command
Bricquebec
Five Miles Of City Streets Being Oiled
Frederick city street department crews are applying surface treatment to more than five miles of streets. The $14,000 project uses county gasoline tax funds, with 20 projects approved by the State Roads Commission. Detours are in place as roads are treated, led by Superintendent Roger Cook. Inspectors will review completed work for possible reimbursement.
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State Roads Commission
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South Street
East Seventh Street
Market Street
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East Sixth Street
North Market Street
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Tenth Streets
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Market
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Twelfth Street
Rosemont Avenue
Upper College Terrace
Fairview Avenue
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Center
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Roseront
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Magnolia Avenue
Rosemont
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Trail
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Bentz
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Record Street
East Third Street
Church Street
West Seventh Street
West Patrick Street
Jefferson Street
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