Supers Make 2nd Attack on Japan Allied Patrols Penetrate Caen Dock Area
Allied forces in Normandy press the assault as British Second Army patrols reach Caen docks and American units launch a new push across the Vire River toward La Haye du Puits, Carentan, and St Lo. Frontline reports say American troops may have captured La Haye du Puits with limited corroboration.
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Japan
Caen Dock
Allied Expeditionary Force
Second Army
Caen
Vire
la Haye du Puits
Carentan
St. Lo
Normandy
British Broadcasting Corpors
Lon
Roosevelt letter to Gandhi blocked by Britain exposed
The Washington Merry-Go-Round reports President Roosevelt sent a conciliatory letter to Mahatma Gandhi about Indian cooperation with the Allies. British authorities refused delivery, barring Gandhi and other imprisoned leaders despite U.S. aid. Ambassador Phillips failed to secure access, and Churchill dismissed the matter. Gandhi is recently released, renewing the issue.
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Washington
Jong
Winston Churchill
Mahatma
Gandhi
India
Roosevelt
William Phillips
U. S
Pacific
Australia
Phillips
Churchill
FDR
Ihcensed
Men and Women Veterans Shape Postwar Thoughts
Jack Stinnett profiles returning servicemen and women across the nation as they articulate sober, broadening views after war. They distrust soft tactics, oppose labor strikes in war plants, and expect postwar collaboration. Many have seen heavy combat and hold a deep commitment to reform and accountability.
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Pearl Harbor
Yanks Take Noemfoor Island Airfields in Pacific Push
United States infantry units occupy Manin Islet three miles from Noemfoor Island on the west coast after a swift operation. Advanced Allied forces report two big airstrips on Noemfoor secured with limited resistance, as Komasoreb airfield and Kornasoren on Independence Day fall to American troops backed by Royal Australian Air Force support.
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CED
Inea
Manin Islet
Noemfoor Island
Kamiri
New Guinea
Komasoreb
Douglas MacArthur
Noetiloor
T the Kamiri
Kornasoren
Royal Australian Air Force
Noemfoor
Mt Martin Bay
Sawar
Southwest Pacific
Dassaults
Caroline Iatands
Woleal Airfield
De Gaulle Arrives for Talks With Roosevelt at White House
Gen Charles De Gaulle heads to Washington for talks with President Roosevelt after declaring that 1944 will not pass without France driving out the last German. He spoke to staff at the French delegation headquarters about France becoming great strong and free and building a democratic regime.
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Washington
Charles DeGaulle
French National Committee of Liberation
Roosevelt
France
de Gauille
DeGaulle
White House
Fish and Wildlife Team Visits Bristol Bay on Supervisory Mission
J Steele Culbertson supervisor with the Fish and Wildlife Service accompanied by EarT Bright fleet engineer and Ed Dahlgren in the scientific division flew to the Bristol Bay area for a two week supervisory visit.
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J. Steele Culbertson
Fish and Wildlife Service
Eart Bright
Ed Dahlgren
Bristol Bay
Nazis lash out in new drive in Italy
Allied forces report renewed German attacks along the Gothic line in northern Italy as the Fifth Army nears Livorno Pisa and Florence. American troops push through Rosignana toward Livorno and claw forward amid house to house combat, matching Cassino severity in readings.
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Italy
Fifth Army
Livorno
Pisa
Florence
Alfied
Eighth Army
Rosignana
Cassino
Red Armies Within Ten Miles Of Wilno In Latest Advance
German reports say Russians push toward Wilno within ten miles as martial law spreads in the city. Moscow claims Polish frontier crossings near Luninice and Pripet marshes. In Lithuania Kaunas, Marianpole, and Vilnius report uprisings while Soviet forces advance west and mop up German stragglers east of Minsk. Moscow cites 5,000 Germans killed last night and 9,000 in the midnight communique.
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Wino
Moscow
Kowel
Bug Rayer
Law
Mall Trusk
Luninice
Pripet Marshes
Wilaw
East Prussia
Yustas Paletskis
Supreme Soviet of Lithuania
Paletskis
Kaunas
Marianpole
Vilnius
Minsk
Six Passengers in Alaska Airliner Reach Juneau
An Alaska Airliner arriving from Anchorage yesterday brought to Juneau Harvey and Harriet LaZelle J B Sledee Frank Marshall Mose Mortis and F G Franzen. Returning was T O'Neill Mrs H Simmer Mrs Florendo and 41fant and H B Priele. Oren Addleman listed for Cordova. Pilots were McDonald and Currie.
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Anchorage
Juneau
Harvey
Harriet LaZelle
J. B. Sledee
Frank Marshall
Mose Mortis
F. G. Franzen
T O'Neill
H. Simmer
Florendo
Fant
H. B. Priele
Oren Addleman
Cordova
McDonald and Currie
152 Killed in Circus Fire Shocks Hartford
Hartford July 7 152 killed and 250 injured in the Ring Woe Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus fire that destroyed the main top observers said the blaze spread rapidly with some witnesses noting gasoline treated canvas. Investigators questioned circus officials and a bail set for J A Haley George Smith Leonard Aylesworth Edward Verstely and David Blanchfield. Gentner arrives in Juneau after the tragedy.
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Hartford
Barnum and Bailey
Braty Armory
J. A. Haley
George Smith
Leonard Aylesworth
Edward Verstely
David Blanchfield
Wagon Mar
Smith
Miush
Janes Jeklody
Sarasota
Florida
Priday
William Mortensen
Wholesale Burning of Equipment Along New Highway Now Charged
The report states that wholesale destruction of equipment along the Alaska Highway was contested by officials. Col. Bivongeaid defended salvage practices at Dawson Creek and Port St. John, denying wasteful handling and asserting Canadian participation in absorbing material. A board will examine salvaged items to ensure they meet US Army standards before reconditioning or destruction.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Alanka Highway
Paaerts Gil
Prelerick K Strom
Northwest Service Command
Vancouver
Dawson Creek
Col. Bivongaid
United States Army
St. John
United States
Fire Department 10 Holds Weekly Drills In Juneau
At the Juneau Volunteer Fire Department monthly meeting held at the Wire Hat, it was decided to hold drills every Tuesday evening. Plans were made for a film to be shown in September to raise money for necessary expenses.
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Juneau Volunteer Pure Department
Two Targets Are Crashed in Jap Homeland
United States Twentieth Air Force bombed Sasebo naval base on Kyushu and the Yawata steel center in a second B 29 strike on the Japanese mainland. Gen. Henry H. Arnold announced the attack as part of the third air raid since Pearl Harbor. Sasebo, near Nagasaki, hit for first time. Yawata previously targeted June 15.
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United States
Twentieth Air Force
Sasebo
Kyushu
Yawata
Henry BH. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Norfolk
Bremerton
Wash
Iles Went
Japhore Islands
Sasebo Les
Nagasaki
Chinese forces break siege of Hengyang in Hunan Province
Chinese troops launched a smashing comeback in Hunan breaking the Hengyang siege and driving back Jap forces 25 miles from the Hankow Canton rail line. An army spokesman credited American air forces for disrupting Japanese supply lines along the Liang River.
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Hunan
Hengyang
Hankow-Canton
China
United Nations
Leiyang
Liang River
Allied Armies to Receive Expanded War Material
Washington July 7 Acting Secretary of War Robert Patterson says Anglo American armies in Normandy will soon hit the Nazis with four times the high explosives and projectiles they can deliver. The arms include all types of weaponry and large quantities of metal explosives to be sent to troops on both the continent and in the Pacific.
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Normandy
Robert Patterson
Arma
Pacific
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