Reds Advance Toward Gate to Reich in World War II Battle
Soviet forces push toward the Minsk gateway as four Red Armies converge on Orsha Mogilev and Vitebsk. Red air power disrupts German positions while 1700 settlements are liberated and reports claim 8000 Germans faced clashes with 1000 captured.
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Soviet Union
Red Star
Pavel Pavelenko
Virginie
St. Nicholas
Woman Struck by Copperhead Near Rossville
Mrs. Rul Bopp, 62, of Rossville, stepped on a copperhead near her home and was bitten on the leg around 10:30 p.m. Monday. She was taken to Robert B. Green Hospital for treatment.
Saipan Defenses Hold as U S Forces Press Garapan Line
Allied forces tighten pressure on Saipan as American marines work from Garapan toward Mount Tapotchau and Kagman peninsula. Japanese defenses described as brutally strong grip the toughest terrain yet, with Nimitz reporting bombardment softening Garapan for a large infantry action and 170-plane raid on Guam cited as context.
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Labor Draft Bills Tabled
Washington June 27. National service legislation revived months ago by President Roosevelt is now a dead issue in Congress. Senator Reynolds says the Austin-Wadsworth national service bill and the Brewster-Bailey work or fight measure have been tabled by his Senate Military Affairs Committee. He stated the committee will not act this session unless requested by an author, and that no vote is likely while the authors do not press.
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Refrigerator rush in Corpus Christi as line forms
More than 100 men and women gathered outside Nueces Hardware company in Corpus Christi before opening. Within 50 minutes they had signed up for electric refrigerators to be delivered once released by the government. The store will offer refrigerators as free as applications become available.
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Nueces Hardwart Company
Germans Open Drive in Bosnia
German troops aided by tanks and planes launched an offensive in eastern Bosnia and suffered heavy losses in the Srebrnica area about 75 miles southwest of Belgrade. Tito’s communique said German forces were forced to withdraw from Grahovo and that units including many Poles were defeated after a three day battle near Delnice, 18 miles northeast of Fiume.
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GOP Favors Enforced Peace Policy
CHICAGO June 27 Republican platform committee approved a plank urging enforcement of world security through an international organization with peace forces. The plan drew criticism from Wendell Willkie and others who argued for clarity. The panel promised to push to bring home troops after hostilities end. Delegates debated the language as prep for the convention. Hoover arrived to address tonight and praised Willkie’s critique while Willkie himself downplayed prospects of leaving the GOP. Warren’s vice presidential prospects remained a focus as delegates weighed second-place offers.
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Dewey
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War at a Glance: Allied advances and battles across fronts
War brief summarizes FRANCE where Americans prepare port for Allied shipping and British push within three miles of Caen, ITALY where Fifth Army advances toward Livorna and Pisa, PACIFIC noting stronger Japanese resistance at Saipan, BUKMA where Chinese and British capture Moyaung, CHINA defenders hold Hengyang, and MOSCOW reporting Reds converging on Minsk toward Warsaw.
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Pisa
Gerapah
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Bukma
China
Hengyang
Moscow
Minsk
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Frenchmen Rally Against German Prisoners on Beach
On June 26 French crowds along an American beach in France jeered Nazi prisoners being moved to camp cages. Farmers and fishermen waved at American troops and gestured with taunting throat-slitting signs as the convoy passed.
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Meir
Lieutenant Hurt in Wreck Near Seguin Highway Pole
Lieutenant Willem Osborn Jr. of San Antonio escaped with minor injuries after his car left the old Seguin highway, struck a utilities pole five miles from the city at 3:50 a.m. Tuesday. He is now stationed at Love Field, Dallas. Two other Mission crew members were uninjured.
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San Antono
Seguin Highway
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Mission Felt
Reich Blasted in Raids From Three Directions
Allied air forces conducted raids from three directions on Budapest and Yugoslav rail lines at Brod while U S planes hit a synthetic oil plant in Poland. British Halifax bombers attacked a northern France military installation as Mosquitoes bombed Gottingen and Caen area. Allied fighters claimed several German planes downed. Italians and Romanians also reported heavy air activity with refinery damage near Vienna and Trieste.
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Search Continues For Tornado Dead
FILESBURGH June 27. Rescue crews and volunteers pressed on in the tornado zones of Pennsylvania West Virginia and Maryland seeking survivors and more victims. The death toll reached 153 and was expected to rise as teams dragged debris from streams and fields across the affected counties.
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Cherbourg Falls As Allied Drive Near Caen In Normandy
Allied forces capture Cherbourg port after five days of fighting in Normandy. American troops report major German losses and prisoners while British Montgomery pushes toward Caen with naval gunfire support and heavy artillery.
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