Port Blair raid reports damage to Andaman garrison
Southeast Asia Command reports naval and air raid on Port Blair in the Andaman Islands causing considerable damage to military installations. Tokyo claims six Japanese planes shot down. domei cites small boat hit and ablaze. British and American reports detail carrier and fleet losses west of the Marianas and battles around the Pacific theater.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Port Blair
Andaman Islands
Sumatra
Ceylon- Calcutta
Bay of Bengal
Indian Ocean
New York
Tokyo Radio
U. S
Domei
Roosevelt says Cherbourg ops on schedule and more of France needed
President Roosevelt stated that military operations around Cherbourg proceed on schedule and advocated liberating more of France before forming a civil administration. The remarks indicate strategic delay in civil governance until additional gains are achieved.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cherbourg
France
Non Committal On Prediction By Arnall
President Roosevelt declined to confirm or refute Governor Ellis Arnall of Georgia predicting he would soon express willingness to accept a fourth term. A reporter pressed whether such a statement would appear after next week’s Republican national convention as forecast by Ar ai.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Arai
U S Troops Batter Way Into Cherbourg
Allied forces launch a second day of heavy assaults around Cherbourg as they push to seize key defense peaks and clear the port area. Lt Gen Omar Bradley directs Americans forward amid tough German resistance near Maupertus airfield and St Pierre Eglise.
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Cherbourg
Omar N. Bradley
Gonneville
Maupertus
Singapore
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
St. Pierre Eglise
Carneville
23St Army Group
St. Vaast la Hougue
Mrs Ruth Roosevelt Marries Col Eidson in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas June 23 Mrs Ruth Roosevelt a former wife of Col Eliott Roosevelt was married today at St Andrews Episcopal church to Lt Col H T Eidson of the Lawson general hospital Atlanta Georgia Ed ward Walker colored 14 West Fourth Street held for hearing on health and nuisance act violation and to appear in Police Court this afternoon James Walker of the same address also faces the same charge awaiting hearing
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Fort Worth
Tex
Ruth Googins Roosevelt
Col
Eliott Roosevelt
Day
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
H. T. Eidson
Lawson General Hospital
Atlanta
Edward Walker
West Fourth Street
Edward J. Smith
James Walkter
Parrot Found After Robot Bomb Debris in England
In southern England rescue workers heard a hoarse voice from the rubble of a wrecked house and unearthed a parrot after a half hour of frantic digging. The rescuers had been clearing debris when the bird exclaimed a surprised line about war.
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London
England
Nazis to Make Stand North of Perugia
Allied progress in Italy continues with the Eighth Army facing German resistance north of Perugia and southwest of Lake Trasimeno. British forces hold Chiusi, a town 25 miles southwest of Perugia, as Allied advances stretch along coastal sectors toward Ancona and along Highway One toward Pisa and Falonica.
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New York
Winston Burdett
CBS
Rome
Chiusi
Italy
Perugia
Lake Trasimeno
Lake Chiusi
Eighth Army
Algiers
Adriatic
Ancona
Chienti
Fifth Army
Livorno
Pisa
Falonica
Associated Press
Sid Feder
Giancarico
Grosseto
Showers Aid Crops Help County Harvest Progress
The week’s second morning thunderstorm brought about a third inch of rain in half an hour, with general coverage across the county. Light showers followed and cooler breezes were noted. forecasts call for more rain and warmer temperatures to end the week. Farmers in Central and Eastern areas faced harvest delays but crops like corn and tomatoes benefited. Middletown to Mt. Airy reported varying rainfall. Four past due water accounts were settled after notices to pay or face shut off, with more notices to follow.
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Henry R. Shoemaker
Washington
Middletown Valley
Brunswick
Middletown
Emmitsburg
Mt. Airy
Harry C. Castle
Mr. Castle
AP Staffer Arrested in Buenos Aires by Argentine Regime
Washington reported the State Department said AP staffer Stanley Ross, based in Buenos Aires, was arrested by the Argentine regime. The government gave no reason and is not recognized by the United States.
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Washington
State Department
Stanley Ross
Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Department
United States
Germans Admit Mass Killings of Allied Officers
London reports Eden told Commons Germany admitted killing 50 Allied officers at a Dresden camp, up from 47, a Nazi explanation rejected as an odious war crime. Eden vowed pursuit and just punishment of those responsible, noting victims included various European officers and some British and Dominion flyers.
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London
Anthony Eden
Commons
RAF
Dresden
Eden
Switzerland
Gestapo
Women Elect At Synodical Conclude Baltimore Conference
The nineteenth annual Baltimore Synodical gathering of the Presbyterian Church closed at Hood College with officer elections and installation for the coming year. Re-elected were President Mrs. D Hobart Evans vice presidents Mrs Bruce McDonald and Mrs Wilbur LaRoe junior secretary Mrs Warder C Jenkins and treasurer Mrs E C Sauer newly elected vice president Mrs Charles F Eastman. Miss Ruth Ure installed officers and led the leadership list alongside Missionary Dorothy Eler ton and Merlyn A Chappel. About 120 women attended the five day meeting themed Put on the Whole Armour of God.
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Baltimore Synodical of the Presbyterian Church In
Hood College
D. Hobart Evans
Hyattsville
Bruce McDonald
Baltimore
Wilbur LaRoe, Jr
Washington, D. C
Warder C. Jenkins
Chevy Chase
Ganado
Ariz
W. Sherman Skinner
First Presbyterian Church
Germantown
Philadelphia
Baltimore Synod Synodical Organization
New Castle
Wilmington
It's Really Tough Going Its Really Tough Going
Marine unit on Saipan receives medical briefing before assault. A medical officer warns of sharks, barracuda, sea snakes, coral, dangerous waters, and disease risks. The briefing ends with a private asking why not surrender the island to the Japanese.
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Saipan
Marianas Islands
Oust Japs From Shweli River
Chinese high command reports Japanese forces driven west and south of the Shweli river. An advanced Chinese unit reached within 10 miles north of Tengchung, near the main enemy base west of the Salween in Yunnan. Reinforcements from Lungling attacked Chinese troops along the Burma road east of Tengchung.
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Chungking
Shweli River
Tengchung
Salween
China
Yunnan
Lungling
Burma
Grave Situation Looms as Japanese Reach Hengyang
Thousands of Chinese civilians flee Hengyang as Japanese forces move within 33 miles of Changsha, threatening to sever China in two. Hengyang, a key rail junction, lies on the southward drive toward Canton, with locals fearing a virtual battle for China. In Washington, Bolivia is recognized by the United States and 17 other American republics, ending six months of isolation.
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Chungking
Hengyang
Changsha
China
Canton
Bolivia
Washington
United States
Japs On Saipan Run Short Of Drinking Water
U S forces push water supply as a critical need on Saipan. Japs struggle behind lines with dwindling wells and cisterns. Americans use loudspeakers offering water to surrendering soldiers. water priority grows alongside ammunition as distilling plants expand.
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Saipan
U.S
Conference On Salvage Work To Be Held Here
An Army conference on war department salvage activities at the Frederick depot will run June 27 28 to spur further conservation of Army material and cut taxpayer costs. Speakers include Edwin C Barringer Maj Robert L Kirkpatrick and Col R W Riefkohl with Gen Philip Hayes at a luncheon. the center is being enlarged and now holds over 40 tank hulls awaiting reuse.
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War Department
Frederick
Third Service Command
Baltimore
Edwin C. Barringer
Scrap Iron and Steel Institute of America
Robert L. Kirkpatrick
R. W. Riefkohl
Philip Hayes
Tri-State
Frederick Rotary
Kiwanis
Lions Clubs
Chamber of Commerce
Third Service
Three Nazi Generals Killed In Normandy Report
London reports June 23 that Lt Gen Heinz Hellmich, whose death was noted in a German communique yesterday, is the third German general killed in action since the Normandy invasion began. Earlier announcements named Artillery Gen Eric Marcks and Maj Gen Fritz Witt of the Tenth Panzer Division as casualties on the invasion front.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
RAF
Reims
Laon
Paris
Germany
Nowlands
Lisieux
Dreux
Evreux
France
Cherbourg
London
Heinz Hellmich
Eric Marcks
Fritz Witt
Masons to attend service and special communication Sunday
Lynch and Columbia Lodges of Masons will attend a divine service at Calvary Methodist church Sunday morning in observance of St John’s day. Other Master Masons are invited. A special communication of the two lodges will be held at Masonic Temple Sunday morning at 10 30. MOST CRITICAL By The Associated Press Etsuzo Kurihara, chief of the naval press section of Japanese imperial headquarters, declared in a formal statement broadcast by Tokyo today that the battle situation in the Saipan area is the most critical one since the beginning of the war.
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New York
Imperial Headquarters
Marianas
Federal Communications’ Commission
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S
Philippines
Tokyo
OWI
FCC
Bunker Hill
Washington
Pacific
Navy
Forrestal
Howard M. Norton
Baltimore Sunpapers
Associated Press
Saipan
Lynch
Columbia
Calvary Methodist Church
Masonic Temple
Etsuzo Kurihara
Naval Press
Tokyo Today
Imphal Kohima Sector cleared as Japanese forces retreat
British troops linked Imphal and Kohima by land for the first time since March 20, ending Japanese control of the Imphal Kohima road. Allied forces estimated 75,000 Japanese took part, with about 14,000 killed. remaining troops retreat toward Ukhrul and areas south of Imphal.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Imphal- Kohima
Manipur
Kohima
Imphal
India
Imphal-Kohima
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Ukhrul
Romanian Oil Fields At Ploesti Hit Again
American heavy bombers based in the Mediterranean attacked Nazi oil installations at Ploesti and Giurgiu on the Danube south of Bucharest today and struck railyards at Nis Yugoslavia, according to Rome dispatches.
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Rome
Mediterranean
Ploesti
Romania
Giurgiu
Danube
Bucharest
Nisi
Yugoslavia
Russians Launch Summer Offensive Across Eastern Front
German and Moscow dispatches describe a broad Soviet push from south of Mogilev to north of Vitebsk with heavy tank and air support. Reports say bitter fighting near Vitebsk while advances also occur in Finland near Onega and along the Karelian isthmus. strategic rail centers and border towns change hands as Red Army gains ground toward Ostero, Podporozhye, and Viipuri region.
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London
Red Army
Hitler
Russia
Moscow
Berlin
Pripet Marshes
Warsaw
France
Italy
Mogilev
Vitebsk
Lake Onezhshoe
Onega
Aunus Isthmus
Karelian
Tarnopel
Lwow
Poland
Pripet
Ernst von Hammer
International Information Bureau
DNB
Transocean
High Command
Podporozhye
Leningrad
Tali
Viipuri
Leonid A. Govorov
Helsinki
Foreign Policy Is Not For Sale
President Roosevelt declared that the United States will not trade its foreign policy for payment. The expulsion of Finnish Minister Hjalmar Procope, tied to Finland’s WWI debt and allied with Germany, sparked questions about a possible diplomatic rupture. The diplomat remains persona non grata. Vice President Wallace, in Chungking, voiced confidence that China can endure the current dire hour as Japanese forces advance in Hunan and threaten Changsha.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Finland
State Department
Hjalmar Procope
United States
Procope
Germany
Russia
Gee
Wallace
Chungking
China
Hunan
Changsha
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Annapolis
Joseph H. A. Rogan
State Board of Correction
Catonsville
O'Conor
Charles T. Leviness
Gavray F
Normandy
Granville
John B. T Campbell, Jr
Los Angeles
Marine Corps
Los Angeles Herald-Express
The
Shweli
Charan Kanon
Mt. Tapotchau
U. 85
Gen. Hayes
Mogilev and
New Drive
White Russia
Dvina
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