Nazis Cut To Pieces At Vitebsk
Soviet reports say German forces were encircled and under heavy pressure around Vitebsk as four Soviet armies pushed westward. Russian bulletin claims 16,000 Germans killed with many guns and equipment seized, while divisions defected and retreat turned panicked.
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Vitebsk
London
White Russia
Ye Ostoray Seckor
Orsha
Mogilev
Boprulak
Moscow
Baltic Sea
German East Prussia
Trek Set to Save Flier on Canyon Ledge
A seasoned rider and two rescue groups planned a one mile canyon ascent to reach an army airman stranded on an Inner gorge plateau 400 feet above the Colorado River. The operation uses pack animals and a crossing shelter near Tonto plateau as rescuers press toward the site.
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Canyon Ledge
Grand von Ariz
Rengeta
Grand Canyon
Colorado River
Great Chasm
U. S. Coast Guardsman
Pacific Coast
Tonto Plateau
Mier
Iast
Allies on Saipan Isle Expand Hold
Allied forces push to enlarge foothold on Saipan with Marines and infantry driving into Garapan area while reporting Mount Tepotehen captured. Hengyang under pressure as Chinese forces contend with multiple attacks near Changsha and Changking signals pessimism. Air war yields 402 enemy planes destroyed in June 10 23 operations. 2 ships sunk, 51 damaged. MacArthur’s men add to tally in New Guinea and Pacific theater as Burma front tightens near Myitkyina and Mogaung.
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Ine
Rrese
Saipan
Hengyang
Marianas Island
Japan
Garapan
U. S
Mount Tepotehen
Henkow-Ganton
Changsha
Chngking
Heng- Yang
China
Raymond A. Spruance
Cheet
Nimitz
Ihe Jop
Saipen
Britain
Imperial Force
Pacific
Sorong
New Guinea
Manokwari
Palau
Wolead
Truk
Rabaul
MacArthur
Burma
Mogaung
Myitkyina
Yanks Seize Piombino Port as Siena Drive Presses On
Allied forces captured the port of Piombino without opposition, gaining a vital supply base as American and French troops closed on Siena. Fifth Army drove toward Montieri and Massa while German Tiger tanks defended, but were battered by Allied attacks and frequent by-passing of defensive positions.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Pismbine
Italy
Siena
Piombino
Suvereto
Leghorn
Elba
Feth
Torniella
Scalgala
Monticlano
Ombrone
Stena
Cassigion
Dorcia
Rocca Dorcia
Botcheggiano
Kesselring
504Th
Poitiers
France
M P S Investigate Death of Soldier
Military police from the San Antonio Aviation Base probed the death of Bilis Byrd a soldier from Blounstown Florida whose decomposed body was found Saturday afternoon on the Gail Newton farm two miles from the center Justice of the Peace George Baron held an inquest returning a verdict of death from unknown causes pending further inquiry Deputies Carl Fritsch and Charles Buss said the death might remain unsolved due to the body's condition The soldier who had been dead several minutes wore a heavy winter uniform The body was found by Juan Ortiz a farm employee while hunting for mules in a heavily wooded mesquite pasture which is snake infested and where the soldier might have been bitten.
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San Antonio Aviation Gadeb Center
Bilis Byrd
Blounstown
Fla
Gail Newton
Justice of the Peace
George Baron
Carl Fritsch
Charles Buss
Juan Ortiz
Bass
Terrific Barrage Aids Tommies In France Front Advance
British forces under General Montgomery push with a heavy barrage and tanks, advancing toward Tilly and Chen as Fontenay le Pesnel falls. Reports describe progress near Bretteville and Tessel with strong German resistance broken along a wooded ridge.
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Roger Greene
France
Montgomery
Chen
Tilly -Say
Robot Planes Not New to U S Officials
Washington reports that Germany's rehab planes are not new or secret. The OWI disclosed specifications for at least two self propelled aerial torpedoes invented by Americans during the last war, offered by the U S patent office for 10 cents. Inventors include Dr Charles F Kettering of General Motors and Lawrence B Sperry of the Sperry Gyroscope Corporation.
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Washington
INS
Germany
OWI
U. S. Patent Office
Charles F. Kettering
General Motors Research Corporation
Detroit
Mational Inventors Council
Lawrence B. Sperry
Sperry Gyroscope Company
New York
Methodists Protest War Board Whisky Decision Reach Conference Floor
Atlanta June 21 A war production board whisky production decision was criticized by a park critic. The Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference of the Methodist Church opened with a report urging officials to protest to Washington.
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Atlanta
iFi
War Production Board
Weohel
Methodist Church
Washington
Cherbourg Port Falls to Allies Opens Supply Route
Cherbourg becomes a first rate Allied seaport enabling direct discharge of cargo on French soil from U S ports. The port, capable of handling large vessels, marks the second invasion phase success and supports the expanding Allied force with reduced weather risks in the English Channel.
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Arthur F. Aracham I. NI
Washington
Cherbourg
Teday
United States
Naples
English Channel
Normandy
100 French Killed In Nazi Reprisal
Port Here, Spain reports German troops crushed the French village of Ussel after liquidating 100 partisans. A Spanish Barcelona paper notes civilians were executed in the town square and that Maquis guerrillas retreated to the Millevaches plateau while building strength for future actions.
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Port Hou
Spain
Ussel
Tursday
Parle Dispatch
Barcelona
Vanguardis
Correse
Pope Pius X Exhumed and Venerated in Rome
The body of Pope Pius X, who died in 1914 during World War I, was exhumed and clothed in papal robes for public veneration. It was then placed in state as Pope Pius XI was expected to pay homage before reburial in St. Peter's chapel.
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Rome
Pape Pius X
Pius 31
St. Peter's
Willkie Plans Hinge On GOP Ticket
NEW YORK June 26 Willkie 1940 Republican nominee says he has no plans to attend the Republican national convention in Chicago and will not reveal his political course until the 1944 ticket is named. He said he wants to remain flexible for the time being in an interview yesterday.
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New York
Wendell Willkie
Chicago
Willkie
Cherbourg Falls Amid British American Drive in Normandy
Allied forces push toward Cherbourg as American and British units seal parts of the port and reach docks. More than 20,000 Nazi prisoners captured in 20 days of invasion. fighting remains severe with pockets still held by Germans around Cherbourg.
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Arrow No
Allied Command
France
A. B. Nhola
Supreme Headquartr
Allied Expeditionary Force
Supreme Headquarters
Cherbourg
Supreme Command
Tilly-Sur-Beulles
Hretteville
Tesset Brei
Atricat
Cherborg
Lores
Normandy
Yarkoops Heavey
Arbor City
Associated Press
Don ‘Whiteheld
Cap de Is Hague
Nant
Fratce
trans-Atlantic
Bese
Conti
Tilly
Jaerbours
Peringuls
Barfleur
Cape
Cherbourg Falls to American Forces in Hard Battle
Don Whitehead reports Cherbourg cleared but not entirely secured as American troops push past German pillboxes and fortifications along the coast. Tanks and infantry press through burning ruins of the Amot plant while German resistance dalej. Officers recount fierce house to house fighting and the fortress maze still harboring pockets of troops.
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Don Whitehead
Cherbourg
Sa Senate
Aity
San Antonio
Cap. Ge la Hague
Tam
English Channel
Amolt Aircraft Plant
Africa
Sicily
Italy
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Vitebes Nas Bein
Statin
Ivan Bagramian
Dvina
Lepel
Red Army
Ivan Cherniakhovskys
Matvei Zakharov
Pronya
Chausi
Bobruisk
K. K. Rokossovsky
Tovn
Pripyat
Stalingrad
LC. Bragramian
Vitebes
Wwishing, Rocky Trails
Mounted Park Service
Canyon
John Mr. Davis
Grand Canyon National Park
Saipan Isle
M.p.s
Fontenay Lepeesn¢l
Tessel
Brette
Stadvannr
West London
Claridge
U.S
Methodists
Peleeis
Ver
Octevil
Herbourgs
Isenal
Gnouainville
Maquis
Dasel
Manus
Assel
Pope Pius X
Carn
Tily-Sur-Seulles
Fontenay Lepreanel
Texas
Pate
Jorh du Rawls
Pale
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