Nazis Hold Cherbourg In House to House Battle
Allied reporters describe fierce fighting around Cherbourg as German defenders resist street by street. American and British troops press from St. Vaast la Hougue toward La Haye du Puits, widening the corridor on the eastern flank while bombers target Gaen steelworks fortifications. Reports note Allied air activity and efforts to prevent German reinforcements, with no clear change in overall front strength.
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Mrantehile
Supreme
Jurie 6
St. La-D'Ourville
la Haye du Puits
Penin
Ula
Normandy
Vily-sur-Seulles
Caen
Funeral set for Leo P Cloud Sr from Hope to San Antonio
Funeral arrangements are announced for Leo P Cloud Sr who died Thursday. The service is set for 11 a.m. Saturday at Beacon Hill Church of Christ with burial at Mission Burial Park. A native of Hope Arkansas, he lived in San Antonio 11 years and retired in 1940 as field office manager for H B Zuchry Construction Company. He previously served as county clerk undersheriff and county treasurer of Custer County Oklahoma from 1913 to 1923.
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Leo P. Wut
Clutter Street
Beacon Hill Church
Volunteers to Check Prices on Used Durable Goods
Volunteer workers will perform price checks on used durable goods valued over $2 during the first half of July. Robert Harding, chairman of the Bexar county ration board panel, announced the plan Friday. Volunteers train to conduct checks and help dealers fix errors, with ceilings largely based on item condition and many priced in dollars and cents.
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Robert Harding
Bexar County Ration Board
Mussolini Reported Suffering Relapse In Italy Crisis
UHIASSO Switzerland June 23 reports say Mussolini relapsed and summoned his son Vittorio from Germany and his wife to vigil beside his bed. The deposed dictator reportedly lives at Garda Lake and may be taken to Germany if Nazis withdraw to the Alps.
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Uhiasso
Switzerland
Frontier Reports
Mussolini
Vittorio
Germany
Garda Lake
Alps
Navy Flier Earns Medal of Honor for Cavieng Harbor Rescue
Lieutenant Nathan G. Gordon 27 earns the Congressional Medal of Honor for landing a Catalina flying boat under heavy fire at Kavieng harbor to rescue 15 airmen, then returning to save six more as Japanese guns roared. Born in Morriston Arkansas, his mother Mrs Ruth Gordon survives.
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Washington
Nathan G. Gordon
Kavieng Harbor
Mier
Gordon
Bismarck Archipelago
Lfe
Kayieng
Morriston
Ark
Hiis
Ruth Gorden
Dives
Holloway Hits Show Shock From Army Hospital Stay
UTICA June 23. Pi Sgt Sterling Holloway veteran actor is in Rhoads General Hospital recovering from stage fatigue he calls show shock. He joined the army in June 1942 and has performed continually in the U S and overseas from Fort MacArthur California through Africa Asia and India before his illness.
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Utica
Sterling Holloway
Rhoads
Hospiral
Holloway
Sonja Viente
Iceland
Africa
Taly
China
Burma
India
Shess
Fort MacArthur
Calif
Admiral of the Fleet Rank Pigeonholed in House Debate
The June 23 report notes the House declined to act on a bill creating the rank of admiral of the fleet to honor Admiral Ernest J. King and Admiral William D. Leahy. It states the measure aimed to grant the rank to King while Leahy served as chief of staff, but generals in the army would object to the stature shift. The cenote mention appears garbled but indicates broader wartime rank discussions.
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Washington
House
Alreay
Ernest J. King
U.S. Navy
William D. Leahy
Roosevelt
Doctor Outlives Policy in Irregular Insurance Payout
Evanston Michigan reports Dr. John H. Burlingame a retired Cherokee physician received a $1973 check from an insurance company after officials noted he had outlived the policy expectancy by reaching age 96. He was described as one man in a hundred thousand by the company.
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Evanston, MI
John H. Burlingame
Burlingame
Fawns Not Pets Warn From Warden Witafelder
Warden A B Witafelder warns rural Bexar County residents not to capture fawns born in June and July. Taking fawns as pets risks fines from 50 to 400 dollars plus court costs. The warden notes fawns weigh about five pounds and may look starved but are not, and warns against feeding or releasing them to predators.
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A. B. Witafelder
Bexar County
Hirtzfelder
Allied air gains and heavy night raids on Nazi targets
British Mosquitos attack Hamburg as robot bomb assaults hit southern England. Allied air forces report strong ground support in Normandy, destroying fortifications near Cherbourg and blasting rocket bomb sites at Pas de Calais. U S Ninth Air Force strikes Alderny area and behind Normandy front with bombers and fighters. Berlin raid meets only about 200 German fighters.
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Hamburg
Air Ministry
England
Normandy
Cherbourg
Omar Iv. Bradley
U. S
Pas de Calais
U.S
Lille
France
Gent
Belgium
U. 5
Ninth Air Force
Alderney Island
Can de la Hague
Stark
Aldemey
Baron
Caen
Supreme Headquarters
Berlin
Brewster Initiates Reconversion To Civilian Goods
New York June 23. Reconversion moves begin at Brewster Aeronautical Corp as officials announce withdrawal from aviation and shift output from two plants to civilian goods. The navy canceled bulk Core salt planes contracts last month triggering a sit-in by 500 Local 365 UAW workers. The firm holds over 7 million dollars in high grade aluminum to be turned into pots and pans, suitcases, and other household items.
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New York
INS
Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
Twe
Brewster
Navy
United Automobile Workers of America
Katy Wreck Kills 1 injures several near Bastrop
In a collision between a Houston-bound Missouri road passenger train and a troop equipment train between Bastrop and Dunston, one trainman was killed and several injured. Smithville reports identify J. E. B. Chennault, a fireman on passenger No. 25, as killed, while fireman A. J. Cloud, from Smithville, suffered a severed leg and serious injuries.
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Smithville
Texas
Bastrop
Dunston
Katy
J. EB. Chennault
Cloud
Enliro
Tornado toll rises in Wisconsin and Illinois counties
Tornado struck Belmont Wisconsin and Stephenson Illinois last night killing at least eight people and injuring many more. Sheriff Homer L Curry of Lafayette County Wisconsin reported at least six deaths in the county as others perished in Stephenson County Illinois. The storm destroyed more than forty homes with property damage in the thousands.
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Platteville
Wis
Border
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Belmont
Homer L Curry
Lafayette County
Stephenson County
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