Allied Invasion Phase One Concluded In Europe
The Allied invasion of Europe completed its first phase securing a foothold against 10 German divisions on a 100 mile Normandy front from Le Havre to Cherbourg. Air power delivered 27,000 missions as Caen Bayeux and Carentan areas faced intense street fighting and bombardments.
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Europe
Allied Expeditionary Forces
Seine Estuary
le Havre
Cherbourg
Normandy
Bayeux
France
Caen
Navy
Paris Bastille Day Seen As Allied Milestone In 1944
French veterans forecast Paris may be liberated by Bastille Day on July 14 as Allied forces push from Normandy toward the city. Ernest Bauer notes veterans expect rapid advance while Churchill warns Britain to avoid rushing the settlement.
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Europe
France
Paris
New York
France-Amerique
Ernest R. Bauer
London
Winston ‘Churchill
House of Commons
Liberation of Bayeux Heralds Allied Victory Day
Eyewitnesses describe joyous scenes in Bayeux as the first Allied detachments march through the Normandy town near Cherbourg. Crowds cheer as the French Tricolor is raised, cafes reopen, and celebrations erupt across the streets days after liberation.
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Bayeux
France
Europe
Cherbourg
Paris
Seine Bay
King
Amerique
Normandy
New Dispatches Signal U.S. Soviet War Collaboration Shift
Dispatches introduced a dateline From a U. S. Air Base Somewhere in Russia marking a historic shift as American bombers from Italy and other Allied bases struck German targets and landed at secret Soviet air bases. The project expanded Allied reach into German territory with Russian participation.
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U. S
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Italy
Britain
North Africa
England
Fifth Army Breaks Through North of Rome In WWII
Allied reports say the Fifth army breached lines north and west of Rome as Lake Bracchiano and Civitavecchia fell to advancing units. German resistance was light and chaotic, with 18 000 prisoners taken and more captured by the British Eighth army as fighting shifted toward Rome. The Vatican reiterates neutrality, observers noting a cautious stance as Rome nears.
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Italy
Rome
Fifth Army
Lake Bracchiano
Civitavecchia
Tyrrhenian Sea
Eighth Army
Typhus under control with new vaccine and DDT
Brig. Gen. Leon Fox reports typhus removed from the death list of U S soldiers due to a new vaccine and DDT. Fruit crops improve as peach yields jump nearly 150 percent and apples and citrus show strong prospects per United Fresh Grain details.
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Leon Fox
U. S
William Graffitt
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association
Graffitt
Mokmer Air Field Falls Near Biak Island Invasion
Allied forces captured the Mokmer airdrome on Biak Island on the 13th day of the Biak invasion. The beachhead formed in late May, as a frontal assault failed and American troops moved behind enemy positions to seize the air field. Mokmer lies within 880 miles of the Philippines and within fighter range of Palau, with additional air fields sought by Sixth Army engineers.
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Philippines
MacArthur
Mokment
Biak Island
Schoutens
Biak
Palau
Carolines
Sixth Army
Borokoe
Must Take Initiative in Postwar Industry Plans
Donald Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board, told the House postwar committee that government cannot locate postwar work for every company. He warned that finding a market for 8,900 airplanes produced monthly is impractical and urged firms to plan postwar programs with their own ingenuity. He favored government aid for planning but opposed government running small business, predicting a postwar expansion led by private enterprise with minimal pump priming.
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Donald Nelson
War Production Board
House
Postwar Committee
Infantry Pay Rise Hike Tied to War Secretary Request
Chairman May of the house military affairs committee introduced a bill to raise pay for skilled infantrymen by 5 to 10 dollars monthly. Expert infantry badge holders would gain 5 dollars and combat infantry badge holders 10 dollars. Annual cost projected at 55 to 71 million dollars. Stimpson cited infantry casualties as the highest among branches, noting 70 percent of casualties in North Africa and Italy while infantry made up 19.6 percent of forces.
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Stimson
May
House Military Affairs Committee
Italy
Clarence Lea
California
Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
White House
Lea
Restrictions Lifted for Small Farm Machinery Makers
The War Production Board allows small manufacturers with under 100 workers to produce farm machinery and parts using surplus materials or AA-4 rated inputs. The rule limits group 1 labor areas to 50 workers or West Coast regions, with broader eligibility elsewhere for plants under 100 workers.
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War Production Board
Travel Ban Orders Immediate Cancellation Of Nonwar Events
Director of Defense Transportation J. M. Johnson orders cancellation of all nonwar conventions trade meetings and nonessential civilian travel to ease loads on the transport system. An ODT spokesman says no plan to ration train and bus travel though reserved space may be commandeered for casualty cases by the army surgeon general.
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Defense Transportation
J. M. Johnson
ODT
Army
Income tax rates postwar and booster disillusion
The piece argues federal income taxes will remain high after the war, with deficits and debt driving potential increases. It warns the government must cut expenses and urges individuals to support themselves, noting war costs, social security, and public works boosting future taxes. It contrasts farmers and merchants and ends with a critique of the New Deal and its bureaucrats.
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Treasury
Unpromoted Fliers Rampant Promotions and War Time Talks
Washington notes grip among front line airmen over slower promotions for long serving pilots in England. OPA probes tire ration abuses involving major companies and dealer schemes. U S experts rate Rundstedt Rommel and Guderian as top German minds. Daylight saving time repeal moves advance despite presidential veto limits. Barnhart’s army show brings laughs in South Pacific. Navy to train governors for occupation regions.
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War Department
England
Europe
Channel
U. S
Hitler
Germany
Karl von Rundstedt
Erwin Rommel
Heinz Guderian
Harry B. Paul Barnhart
South Pacific
State Department
Washington
Navy
Army
Charlottesville
Pacific
Solomons
New Guinea
America Through a Train Window Chronicle
A moving panorama along a train route contrasts industrial war plants with peaceful suburbs and rural scenes. The narrative places service members returning home, describes road and rail corridors, and recalls Western and desert landscapes, all framed by window views and traveling metrics.
This Is God’s Country Don't Drive Like Hell Billboard
Vivid fragments depict roadside scenery with a motto on a billboard urging safe driving in God’s country, a skyline like an incomplete puzzle in Chicago, and scenes of train car life with travelers passing time. The evocative prose frames Midwestern breadbasket fields and sunlit hills as travelers observe daily scenes.
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mid-West
America
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