British Maul Japs Fleeing Burma Fight
Southeast Asia Command reports Japanese forces dispersed after Kohima and Imphal campaigns. Captured artillery noted. enemy divisions marooned by monsoon floods on routes to Ukhrul and Tamu. Mountbatten HQ says road clearance near Imphal Ukidu entering mopping up stage as British pursuit continues.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Ikhrul
Chindwin River
Burma
Kohima
Imthal
India
Bishenpur
Patel
Tamu
Manipur
Imphal
Ukhrul
Mataguchi
15Th
Chepu
Thoubal
Louis Mountpatten
Imphal- Ukidu
35 Witnesses Summoned in Circus Inquest
Hartford officials prepare for a coroner inquest into the Ringling Brothers circus fire deaths. Thirty five witnesses are summoned for opening proceedings led by Coroner Frank E Healy as investigators probe causes and insurance status.
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Hartford
Conn
Ringling Brothers
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Georgiana Kuhnly
Rockville
Frank E. Healy
Edward J. Hickey
Northwood Cemetery
Hickey
William Dunn
Manufacturers Trust Company of
New York
Ringling Broters and Barnum & Bailey Circus Corporation
W. Ellery Allyn
Dunn
Daniel Judge
William L. Hadden
West Haven
Allyn
Healy
Mortensen
Common Council
Allied Air Strikes Deep in Pacific Targets Truk Palau Yap and Woleai
Liberators from central and southwest Pacific bases joined in raids on main Japanese bases in the Carolines including Truk Palau Yap and Woleai. Enemy planes fled from Truk and Palau. Yap interception likely shot down three of thirteen. Sorong Dutch New Guinea base bombed 43 tons. four Allied planes lost to antiaircraft. Geelvink Bay Noemfoor hit with fuel dump fire. 292 Japanese killed near Sarmi Maffin Bay. Jap forces around Wakaw area near Wewaku show waning strength to westward push.
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Central
Southwest Pacific
Carolines
Truk
Palau
Yap
Woleai
Far East
Sorong
Dutch New Guinea
Marshall Islands
New Guinea
Noemfoor Island
Geelvink Bay
Sarmi-Maffin Bay
British New Guinea
Wewak
British Hold Hill As Caen Front Stalls In Normandy
Allied forces report heavy casualties to German armor with 30 to 35 tanks knocked out southwest of Caen. British and Canadian troops renew pressure around Hill 142 and the Orne and Odon river areas as Rommel withdraws toward Cherbourg amid persistent bad weather. American advances push from Carentan toward Periers and Sainteny, capturing Graignes and La Forges as tides of fighting shift along the Vire and surrounding fronts.
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Caen
Orne
Montgomery
Odon River
Cing
Esquay
Associated Press
Roger D. Greene
Athis
Mallet
Malitot
Eterville
Louvigny
Odon
Erwin Rommel
Cherbourg
Omar N. Bradley
Carentan
Vire
Periers
la Haye du Puits
Boughboys
Sainteny
la Forges
Graignes
the Vire
Pont Hebert
St. Lo
la Meauile
Vine River
Carbernantis
Cherbourg Peninsula
la Haye du Puttsares
Supreme Headquarters
Normandy
Hastings Resigns Amid Police Conduct Charge Hearing
Thomas E. Hastings resigns as state police sergeant just before a scheduled departmental hearing on conduct unbecoming an officer. He had been suspended in January for alleged noncooperation with a special prosecutor in a state police inquiry ordered by Gov. Dever. The charges were dismissed without a hearing per Superintendent Gaffeny. Hastings belonged to Troop C in Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Hastings
Albany
Hastings
Edward W. Scully
Dever
John A. Gaffeny
Sidney
Mexico and United States Co operate on Postwar Industrial Plans
Mexican Foreign Minister Ezequiel Padilla and State Department official Leo Pasvolsky prepared postwar cooperation plans described as a model for the hemisphere. A joint statement with Secretary Hull was expected before Padilla leaves for Mexico. The plans aim to boost Mexico’s consumer capacity and living standards by industrializing and reducing reliance on imports of manufactured goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Cordell Hull
Park Clash Among Three Gangs Leaves Police Astir
Reported in the park, three gangs clashed with guns, clubs, brass knuckles and improvised weapons. The motive remained unclear as officers investigated the street disturbance and ensuing melee.
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Ain
néHat Atte Stout
Ariban
Office Decorum Should Bow to Heat Says Doctor
Dr. Victor G. Heiser urges summer office attire suited to heat advocating short sleeves open neck shirts and no neckties in New York on July 11.
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Lday
Heiser
National Association of Manufacturers
New York
Victor G. Heiser
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