Yanks At Cherbourg Waterfront Nippon Losses Soar
US Pacific Fleet reports heavy Japanese losses as Allied pushes advance in the Marianas. Saipan is half-secured with American and Marine forces driving toward the mountains while carrier air battles rack up records, including 402 enemy planes destroyed in a single action. Biak Island inland fighting continues with hundreds of Japanese dead, and air fields at Sorong and Manokwari neutralized.
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Associated Press
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Orient
Marianas
Saipan Island
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Mariana
Nimitz
Guam
Kakan
Saipan
Caravan
Laulau
Magicienne Bay
Mt. Tapotchau
Biak Island
Dutch New Perney
Sorong
New Guinea
Manokwari
Biak
War Bonds Drive Urges Sacrifice As War News Praised
Editorial notes war progress from France to Burma but warns the home front must meet the fifth war loan quota. It cites 9,000 Scioto County servicemen with 83 dead or missing and urges every idle dollar to fund bonds to shorten the war.
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Sciotoco
U. S
Girl's Skull Hurts in Auto Accident Near Rarden
Two youths injured when a car carrying young elks from night clubs overturned on Route 73 eight miles east of Rarden at about 5 am Sunday. Marian Goodwin, 15, is in Mercy hospital with a skull fracture in critical condition and unconscious. Willard Bowles, 16, is in the county juvenile ward with a lacerated head. Driver said he fell asleep, causing the crash. Other passengers shaken up.
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Rarden
Marian Goodwin
Koi
Leonard Goodwin
Barden
Mercy Hospital
Willard Bowles
Dewey Bowles
Luasville Rt 1
County Au
Morris Evans
Pha Elza Kallner
Red Cross Leads Shelter Aid After Midwest Flood Toll
Pittsburgh reports ongoing relief efforts by the Red Cross aiding thousands made homeless across Pennsylvania West Virginia and Maryland after a Friday night disaster that killed at least 147 and injured more than 1000.
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Pittsburgh
Red Cross
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Big Investors Get Chance To Join War Loan Drive
Large investors began entering the fifth war loan campaign as four government security issues opened for corporations and other large nonbanking buyers. The drive aims to reach a July 8 goal of 3.2 million dollars with 1.803 million remaining. Local leaders plan a second report luncheon at the Hurth hotel as the Air Service Command Flying Varieties show nears sellout at the LaRoy theater with war bonds as admission. Deanna Durbin’s new picture Christmas Holiday is noted.
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Treasury Department
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr
George H. Bachtrup
Sciotoco War Finance Committee
Percy W. Brown
Ohio War Finance Committee
Bachtrup
Hurth Hotel
E. E. McFarland
Air Service Command
LaRoy Theater
Portsmouth American Legion
Sciotoco
Civil Air Patrol
Deanna Durbin
Holi
Dewey Seizes Lead As GOP Convention Opens
In Chicago Dewey gains a commanding lead toward the Republican nomination as delegates tally 681 pledged votes. The convention opens with many seats empty while strategists discuss Dewey’s path and potential presidential and vice presidential picks among Bricker Warren Griswold Green and others.
Cherbourg Becomes Springboard For Big Allied Invasion
Allied forces reach Cherbourg in a sweeping victory signaling the first phase of western Europe invasion. The port’s seizure enables vast shipments of troops and equipment for the main assault on Hitler’s Europe, following D day operations that included air and sea bombardment, minesweepers, and overwhelming air cover.
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Associated Press
Cherbourg
Western
Europe
France
Hitler
Normandy
Atlantic Wall
Cherbourg Push as Allied Forces Reach Docks
American troops drive into Cherbourg waterfront completing access to the port’s docks. German forces retreat to Cap de la Hague as Montgomery’s offensive pins them along the east flank. Allied ships support the assault with heavy naval fire amidst severe fighting across the Cherbourg peninsula.
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Britain
Cap de la Hague
Cherbourg
Sir Bernard L. Montomery
Brettesvillette
T Filly-sur-Seulles
Tessel- Bretville
Tilly
Fontenay Je Presnel
Caen
Supreme Headquarters
Peninsula
St. Vaast la Hogue
Quettehou
Barfleur
Vauville
Equer- Dreville
Brettville
Cap Barfleur
Missing in Action Pilot Lust Named From Portsmouth
Flight Officer Robert E. Lust, husband of Mrs. Juanita Lust of 313 Bond Street, reported missing in action since June 13 while on his 15th mission over enemy territory in a B-24 Liberator. Lust, a wartime pilot trained in California, served two years and had been in Italy two months. his wife hopes he is a POW or may return to his lines. He attended Portsmouth High School and worked at the Trail garage.
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Portsmouth
Italy
Robert E. Lust
Juanita Dunaway Lust
Bond St
P. E. Lust
12Th St
Lust
Santa Ana
Myra Loma
Oxnard
Calif
Williams Field
Ariz
Casper Wyo
Wright Field
Germany
Portsmouth High School
Trail Garage
Only A Miracle Can Save Bricker
Supporters of Gov. John W. Bricker in Chicago on June 26 express hope for a last minute development to win the Republican nomination but concede no prospect exists. Delegates from California lean toward Gov. Dewey as the convention scoring continues. Former Gov. Myers Y. Cooper notes Bricker strength may never appear on the floor as many Bricker backers vote with the Dewey majority.
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Paul Miller
Associated Press
Washington
Chicago Stadium
Thomas E. Dewey
TN Bno
Ic Wien
Anmannabh
Bigeoew
Durcrionme
Cniccd
H. H. Daugherty
Chicago
John W. Bricker
Thomas E
California
Dewey
Myers Y. Cooper
Bricker
Mr. Bricker
Bricker Lieutenant Says Miracle Needed as Illinois and PA Action
Dewey of New York, a top lieutenant for Governor Bricker, predicted only a miracle could save Bricker, while Bricker voiced keen disappointment at the action of Illinois and Pennsylvania and others. The remark signals mounting tension in Bricker's campaign amid stalled support from key states.
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Dewey
New York
Gov. Bricker
Weather summary and temperature readings for Ohio Valley
The weather forecast notes scattered thundershowers and warmer conditions tonight and Tuesday. Observer Schirrman reports 11 am temperature 85 with a 68 degree minimum today. Compared with a year ago, today’s high was 92 and low 71.
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Ohio Valley
Schirrman
Port of Piombino Seized by Fifth Army in Italy
American troops of the Fifth Army captured Piombino to gain a forward supply base as Allied forces closed on Siena and converged on Leghorn. Infantry and tanks moved within five miles of Suretto and 38 miles of Leghorn, with Germans retreating toward Siena from three directions.
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Associated Press
London
Russia
Vitebsk
Teheran
Germany
Ostrov
Finland
Berlin
Orsha
Mogilev
Bobruisk
Moscow
Red Army
Rome
Fifth Army
Piombino
Italy
Siena
Suretto
Leghorn
Elba
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