Yanks Close On Cherbourg as Montebourg Falls in Fight
Allied forces pressed toward Cherbourg with Montebourg seized in fierce combat. In Italy, German defenses north of Rome stiffened while Fifth Army and Eighth Army operations pushed near Orvieto and Pescara, including the capture of Valentano junctions and several villages, with 142 German prisoners taken and 100 killed in a strike near Orbetello. A port party began restoring Ci vitavechia facilities.
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Rome
Lake Bolsena
Fifth Army
Orbetello
Valentane
Latera
Orvieto
Bagno Regio
Turcoman
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Saline River
Pescara
Popoli
Sulmona
Terni
Tiber Valley
Carsoli
New Allied Blows Deal Philippine Island Fronts
The MacArthur Nimitz team reports sharp blows along 80 miles of island fronts from the Carolines to the Marianas. Carrier task force struck at the southern Marianas and attacked Guam Rota Saipan and Tinian. Air raids were also carried out on Palau and Truk. Navy says submarines sunk 18 Japanese vessels including a tanker, a transport and 16 cargo ships.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
MacArthur-Nimitz
Philippines
Carolines
Marianas
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Marianas Islands
Guam
Rota
Saipan
Tinian
Stand At Stadium Robbed Of Radio And Cigarettes
Ray Cummings owner of City Stadium concession reported last night theft from his stand. A shutter torn open suggests easy entrance and police are investigating. Ruhl Loudin seeks divorce from Vera Dare Loudin via attorney C K Hare in court.
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Ray Cummings
City Stadium
Ruhl Loudin
C. K. Hare
Vera Dare Loudin
Nazi Prisoners Begin Work Near Gettysburg
The Army's Third Service Command announced that 200 German prisoner of war units have begun housing work near Gettysburg Pennsylvania. About 100 prisoners are assigned to Gettysburg armory temporarily until barracks on the battlefield area are completed by about June 15.
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Baltimore
Army
Third Service Command
Gettysburg
Turner Wounded for Third Time in Italian Campaign
Mrs. Walter Turner of Williamsport reports that her husband Private Walter Turner has been wounded for the third time in Italy but is recovering and eager to return to combat. He bears the Oak Cluster along with the Purple Heart and was among the first American troops to land at Anzio. He is the son of Mrs. James Turner and has siblings in service. previously employed by Cushwa’s in Williamsport.
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Walter Turner
Williamsport
Italy
Turner
Anzio
Ile
James Turner
Cushwa's
Willamsport
Launch Drive To Raise 2,850,000 For Fifth War Loan
Paul D. Kretzer chairs the Rural Committee of the local campaign to enlist Washington county farmers in boosting the Fifth War Loan. The drive will adapt to a busy growing season with farm meetings and livestock-rate representation. Short talks will solicit bond purchases as rural organizers from Leatherman to Shank engage farmers at gatherings.
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Washington County
Paul D. Kretzer
Mr. Kretzer
William Leatherman
E. Austin McKee
Clarence Mason
Glen Fiery
Fred Ernst
Helen Roth
Dan Downer
Frank Mullendere
Howard Burtner
Eorge Skiles
Donald Warrenfeltz
J. Keller Shank
Wanlinger
James H. Smith
Even Duce-A Victim Of Own Fascist Regime
Edward Kennedy reports that corruption within Mussolini's Fascist regime in Italy was extensive and worsened as the war progressed. Ex-Fascists accuse leaders, including Mussolini, of graft, fake aircraft redeployments, and rotten conscription. After the regime fell, the puppet state worsened the black market and bread rationing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duce-A
Edward Kennedy
Rome
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Num
Russian Offensive May Knock Finland Out Of War This Month
London reports on June 13 that Soviet forces push toward Viipuri and Helsinki with Raivola and Kivennapa seized. Finns resist from prepared positions as Moscow claims gains in the Karelian isthmus. Evacuations near Viipuri widen concerns of Finland exiting the war by month’s end.
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Finland
London
Vinipuri
Helsinki
Moscow
Raivola
Viipuri
Kivennapa
Balkan
Hitler
Rommel Believed Out as Western Command Changes
London dispatch from 21st Army Group Headquarters reports Rommel is believed out of command with no definite news since the invasion began. Rumors in neutral channels say Rommel subordinated to von Rundstedt, who is presumed to lead western defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Leslie Randall
21St Army Group
Evening Standard
Rommel
France
Low Countries
U Boat Destroyed By Canadian Navy Frigate
A U boat was sunk in the mid Atlantic by a joint Allied force including a United States destroyer and destroyer escort and a Grumman Avenger from an American carrier, aiding the Canadian frigate Prince Rupert. Fourteen German crew were captured. Canadian Navy Minister Angus MacDonald announced the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Angus MacDonald
Finland to pay June 15 WWI debt installment to U S
Finland plans to remit the June 15 payment of about 140000 dollars on World War I debt to the United States to maintain its good record. The legation says funds in the United States will be used to cover interest with a Treasury license sought from the foreign funds control division. Finland has never defaulted, though earlier postponements occurred during the 1939 40 war with Russia.
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Washington
Finland
United States
Treasury
Foreign Funds Control Division
Russia
Britain
State Department
Drunken driving arrest ends in $100 fine
Bernard T. Lilly of Gahitzin Pa was arrested yesterday by Constable Bruce Spickler on a drunken driving charge. He paid a $100 fine plus costs to Magistrate M. V. B. Bostetter in city court this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard T. Lilly
Gahitzin
Bruce Spickler
M. V. B. Bostetter
Leopold moved to Germany under guard in London report
Belgian authorities in London said Germany moved King Leopold from Brussels to Germany as a security measure. Since Allied landings in Wortandy he has been confined to his palace under heavy guard, seen as a potential rallying point for Belgian resistance due to his former role as commander-in-chief of the Belgian army.
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London
Leopold
Brussels
Germany
Wortandy
Hero Freezes Jammed Parachute With Knife During Flight
A Ninth Air Force troop carrier in England in June 13 ABC set credits John J. Nick with saving the aircraft and crew by hanging by his feet from the plane over France to cut a jammed parachute with a hunting knife. Two crewmen held his ankles as he freed the line and regained control with Pilot Lt. Phil Andrews under heavy flak.
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Ninth Air Force
England
John J. Nick
France
Nick
Phil
Andrews
Camargo
Oklo
Bond Sales Low For First Day War Loan Drive
War bond sales at the post office opening day of the 5th War Loan Drive totaled 3696.25 dollars. Forty four bonds were bought including two 1000 dollar bonds. Postmaster Thomas M. Simpson announced windows will be open during the drive at usual hours.
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Thomas M. Simpson
Simpson
King Receives Naval Chief in London Meeting
June 13 telegraph dispatch reports Admiral Ernest J. King Chief of U S Naval Operations was received by King George in London. The historic courtesy visit highlights ongoing Allied naval coordination during the war.
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King
Naval Chief
London
Ernest J. King
U.S
King George
FDR Morgenthau Stress Costs Of War In Opening War Loan Drive
President Franklin D Roosevelt and Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr inaugurate the Fifth War Loan drive from Texarkana pledging a $16 billion bond campaign to fund World War II costs. Morgenthau projects a wartime bill of about $2.3 trillion by year’s end and urges citizens to lend money as the United Nations press toward victory, noting dramatic cuts in Japanese shipping and military strength.
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F.D.R
Morgenthau
Tenarkana
Roosevelt
Tokyo
United Nations
Germany
Pacific
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Moreenthau, Jr
Texas
Arkansas
Texarkana
Japan
Six US Divisions Fight In Normandy Next Goal St Lo
NBC reporter Stanley Richardson said in London there is evidence German forces tortured and murdered American paratroopers during the early Normandy landings. He cited three bodies found near Carentan and a lieutenant and a major killed in apparently executions or stab wounds, signaling war crimes.
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Normandy
St. Lo
New York
Stanley Richardson
NBC
London
Richardson
Carentan
Businesses Hit By Tire Order Prompts Ration Limits
The Ration Board announced amendments barring trucks delivering entertainment devices and other goods from receiving tires smaller than 7.50x20 due to a tire shortage. Eligible applicants must prove the function served is essential to the war effort or public safety, with two qualifying groups.
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Office of the
Plan To Cut Income Tax Rates After War
Senate Finance Chair George of Georgia said corporate and individual income tax rates must fall after the war. He noted current rates deter investment and profit incentives, urging a move to reasonable, moderate levels to spur peacetime production and employment.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Education Board Member Appointed for Six-Year Term
C Huffer a Roonshora shoe merchant connected to the Board of Education was received to pay from Annapolis for recording. Jaffop was reappointed by Governor Herbert R O Caner for a six year term dating from the Monday in May.
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Seared C. Huffer
Board of Education
Annapolis
Jaffop
Herbert R. O'Caner
Anones
Allied forces drive toward Cherbourg in key peninsula push
British troops advance seven miles to seize Troarn nine miles east of Caen. U S patrols believed within 11 miles of Cherbourg per BBC report from Supreme Headquarters. U S 4th Division captures Montebourg 14 miles southeast of Cherbourg as Carentan area pushes widen to cut Cherbourg peninsula. Berlin reports indicate ongoing pincers with airborne Allied forces already landing on the west.
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Bulletins
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Troarn
Caen
New York
BBC Today
Supreme Headquarters of the
Allied Expeditionary Forces
Cherbourg
CBS
Wes Gallagher
U. S
Montebourg
Carentan
Berlin
Surprised Nazis Had No Time To Leave Mines
American forces near Cerisy forest push the German line back with the U S Second Division reporting deep inland penetration and advancing toward St Lo. Six divisions are in action across a 50 mile battlefront as Allied forces press the Normandy campaign with infantry and airborne units driving toward key towns and roads. Berlin said heavy fighting continues east of the Orne and at Tilly sur Seulles as Nor mans road hub near St Lo remains a focal point.
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Don Whitehead
Cerisy
Wust
Germany
Cerisy Forest
U.S
Africa
Italy
France
Cerfsy
U. S
Supreme Headquarters
Montebourg
Carentan
Ponte Abbe
Ste. Mere Eglise
Berlin
Normandy
St. Lo
Cherbourg
Sind
Tilly-sur-Seulles
Caen
Orne River
New OPA Panel Organized Here
A community price panel with members and assistants organized at a meeting last night at the Washington County Bail Board. The panel, supported through the county school system and local clubs, will educate merchants on price regulation and assist the OPA in Hagerstown and the county. Eleanor Paulssyove and Miss Ardto Martin will chair and lead studies on price control and homemaker education.
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Washington County Bail Board
Patel Wil Uesset
OPA
Hagerstown
Ralion Onen
Eleanor Paulssyove
Hheap
Washington County
Teorma Ed
Bestirs
Graun
Ani
Miss Ardto
Martin
Ties Coun
Vise Housewiy
Germany withdraws wall propaganda from shores
Moscow dispatch reports Germany has withdrawn pamphlets and pictures of the Atlantic Wall from German hooks and news of the Allied invasion of Norway. Propaganda materials were removed from circulation as part of a broader shift toward neutrality in the area.
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Moscow
Sian Tass News Prapy
Rusagenev Qisnaten
H. Bwitterland
Todas
Germany
Ciret Ren
Montebourg Falls as Navy Bombards Church Tower
American forces strike Montebourg during a naval bombardment that targets the town center and the church tower. German defenses reportedly resist as tanks and artillery engage the area, with reports of tower damage and ongoing street fighting amid the assault.
More Mines Return to Washington in June Release
A June report notes mines resuming activity across the western states with Hartid Tter set to perform in Montana. The release lists sector values including 4450 and mentions areas across the eastern region resuming operations.
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Washingtos
Hartid
Perfor
Montana
Tata
Areaseaa
Eastern
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