Allied Forces Break Through Near Bayeux and Seize Beachheads
Allied and Axis reports show ground forces advancing on a wide Normandy front with beachheads established along a 50 mile stretch between Carentan and Caen. Montgomery quoted progress as air fields and strong coastal positions being built or captured while Churchill cautioned against over optimism amidst heavy fighting near Falaise, Caen, and the Seine coast.
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Montgomery
Caru
Carentan
Berlin
21 Brigadiers Promoted
Washington June 8 Roosevelt nominated 21 brigadier generals for promotion to major generals and 63 colonels to brigadier. Named major generals include Bellywain F Giles Dallas Frank B Ross El Paso and Robert B Williams Albany Texas. Col Richard C Sanders Salt Lake City age 28 promoted to brigadier making him the youngest in the army followed by Capt Chiluten D Vincent Natchez Mississippi age 29. Both are in the air corps.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Bellywain F. Giles
Dallas
Frank 8. Ross
el Paso
Robert B. Williams
Albany
Texas
Col
Richard C. Sanders
Salt Lake City
Cat. Ciluten D. Vincent
Natchez
Miss
Dengue Control Group to Meet in San Antonio
A dengue fever control committee in San Antonio will gather with a technical panel to review progress and plan continued efforts against the aedes aegypti carrier. Meeting is at Dr. Lew C Robbins office, Friday morning, per city health director.
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San Antonio
Lew ¢. Robbins
Aedes
21-year-Old Veteran Held In Robbery Near Theater
A 21-year-old discharged veteran and his 16-year-old companion were arrested late Wednesday on a downtown street minutes after allegedly grabbing $180 from an 18-year-old messenger boy near the Majestic theater on Main Avenue. The veteran, once a South Pacific serviceman and San Antonio boxer, and the 190-pound youth had been known to frequent the theater district. The messenger was en route to the Prost National beach when seized from an alley near Wolff and Marx department store.
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South Pacific
Torr
Tuessenger
Majestic Theater
San Antonio
Army
Prost National Beakh
Stepper
Wolff and Marx Department Store
Main Avenue
Texans in Italy Have Juke Box on Wheels
A unit of the Texas division with the Fifth Army in Italy has a mobile juke box. The improvised entertainment unit brings music to soldiers, providing a morale boost amid delay and combat duties.
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Italy
Fifth Army
INS
3Ath
Texas” Division
Eisenhower and Ramsay Meet Aboard Ship Off Invasion Coast
Supreme Allied commanders Eisenhower and Ramsay led a four and a half hour conference at sea near the French invasion beaches to aid drifting soldiers. Montgomery and Kirk joined the talks as the armada stretched along the coast. The meeting followed Eisenhower's Sunday night talks with Churchill De Gaulle Eden Smuts, with full agreement on military matters later reported.
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Bn Lobselver
Churchill
Vichy
Marshal von Rundstedt
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Ile
Latile
Caen
Bayeux
Miers
van Durning
Jy Buleux
Paris
Normandy
Pot
Cherbon
Falaise
Ar- Getan
Rommel
Montgomery
Hitler
Atlantic Wall
Stockholm
von Rundstedt
Eisenhower
Her
Supreme Headquarters
Adm
Bertram Ramsay
Jongenough
Wes
Admanders
Elgenower
Ramsay
France
Bees Montgomery Fisenhower
Cou J Clave
General Montgomery
Alan Goodrich Kirk
U. S
Isenhower
Ag Montgomery
Uch
de Gaulle
Eden
Jan Christian Smuts
Union of Soul Africa
He Preneh
Tauchy
Wberated
Allied Air Blitz Over Normandy Coast and Rail Hubs
Allied and American air forces intensified attacks along the Normandy coast south and west of Caen hitting rail junctions at Acheres Versailles Maray Palis tqu and Jaytsy to disrupt German traffic. Night raids claimed eleven enemy aircraft shot down while daylight operations totaled over 9 000 sorties with 82 German planes destroyed and 20 on the ground.
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RALF
Caen
Normandy
Pas-de-Calais
Air Ministry
Ares
Acheres
Versailles
Maray-Palaistqu
Jaytsy
Invassot
Tse
Lorient
Nantes
Ins Wert
France
St. Brieux
International Information Bureau
Nazi Propaganda Agency
England
Anglia
Cherbourg
U. S
London
Johnson May Get Top Ace Rating for Pacific Battle
Washington June UNS Maj Robert Johnson, American Ace of the European theater with 27 confirmed kills, could reach 28 after final missions if record checks confirm his tally. He recalled a mission where a ME 109 pilot disappeared into clouds after a near miss, aided by a improvised gunsight with chewing gum.
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Johnson
Washingson
Robert 5. Johnson
Lawton
Okla
Mer
Pentagon
CFIC Personnel Officers Confer at Randolph Field
CFIC personnel officers from stations convened at Randolph Field for a three day conference in the Central Flying Training command. Brig. Gen. A. Hornsby opened the session as acting deputy chief of staff, with deputies for administration and services, personnel officers, school secretaries and executive officers in attendance. Sixteen million of the 22 million victory wardens are expected to be placed in cities towns and villages.
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Piving Training Command
Air Command
Randolph Field
Flying Training Command
A. Hornsby
Victory Gardens
U S Navy Torpedo Boat Task Force Leads Normandy Invasion
Bykanemus Ansorlated Press reports Lieut Commander John D. Bulkeley, veteran of Pacific actions, commands the flag boat of a torpedo boat squadron leading the western invasion. For 24 hours prior to the bombardment, the fleet pushed minesweepers and invasion craft toward the French coast. Bulkeley is praised for earlier Pacific battles and aiding General MacArthur near Corregidor.
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Bykanemus
U. S
Normandy
John D. Bulkley
Tojo
Httle
Pacific
Hitler
U. S. Navy
Bulkeley
General Macarthur
Corregidor
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