Saipan Battle Fronts Shift as US-Japan Militants Clash
Admiral Nimitz said US forces could win a decisive engagement in the Marianas as carrier and air power mounted. He noted Japan’s 600 air losses since the advance began and reported bases at Aslito and Biak ready for land and air strikes toward the Philippines and nearby seas.
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Marshalls
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Dougall MacArthur
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Biak
Scouten Islands
Dutch New Guinea
Marianas
Nippon
Tewe
Japan
Saipan
China
Nimitz Eyes Saipan Air Control and Japanese Moves
Admiral Nimitz cites Japan’s reduced naval power but warns they could still defend the Marianas. He notes the need to hold the island defenses, with McMorris adding that the Aslito airfield would aid air control. He stresses safeguarding Saipan’s invasion forces and accepting possible Japanese reconnaissance limits.
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Japan
Marianas
C. H. McMorris
Nimitz
Aslito
Saipan
Marines Drive Invasion on Saipan with Bazookas and Tanks
Hard-pressed Marines lead a general assault on Saipan aided by artillery naval gunfire and air power. They disable 30 tanks with bazookas near Charon Kanoa, repel a Japanese coastal force with 13 barges destroyed, and push inland through swamps and reefs while Navy carriers cover landings. Civilians seek refuge in American camps as they secure Magicienne Bay and press toward Mount Tapotchau.
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Charon Kanon
Charon Kanoa
Garapan
Flores Point
LCI
Lake Susupe
Magicienne Bay
Saipan
Japan
Marianas
Narcotics Probe Expands With Federal Agents In Hagerstown
Federal narcotic agents have joined local officers in Hagerstown to trace two large bottles of painkillers and sedatives found last week in a lumber yard on Madison Avenue. Police suspect the drugs were discarded from a vehicle by people trying to hide them and say the distribution was larger than medical use would permit.
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Hagerstown
Madison Avenue
Cherbourg Fall Nears as Allied Forces Tighten Strangle Hold
Allied forces close three fronts on Cherbourg as German troops defend a harbor pocket amid heavy smoke and demolitions. The city’s suburbs house about 60,000 people while Cherbourg proper holds roughly 33,400 with 2,000 more in nearby areas. Allied sea shelling denied by the high command, rough Channel weather hinders unloading, yet air strikes target Cherbourg fortifications from Normandy landing strips.
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Cherbourg
Allied Command
Forte
Normandy
Month Of Whisky Making Approved
Washington reports a one month whisky production reopening in August to ease a long drought. WPB will release 40 to 60 million gallons of 86 to 90 proof whisky from 20 to 25 million gallons of 190 proof alcohol for beverage use, with tighter controls urged to curb bootleggers and black market sales.
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Senate
WLB
War Production Board
Congress
Donald Nelson
WPB
New York
Ren
S. Baxter
The
Conference of Alcoholic Beverage Industries
Thomas F. McCarthy
Allied Liquor Industries, Inc
Nelson
Bradley Dewey
Alcohol Trade
Four Williamsport Boys Held on Theft Charges
Four Williamsport boys aged 12 to 15 were arrested by State Trooper Brachey, Deputy Winters, and Gornstable Shank on charges of three recent larcenies. They admitted breaking into Earl Shetler’s automobile near the Williamsport bridge, taking 25 dollars, robbing Lowman’s store of seven dollars, and removing merchandise from William Hurd’s store. They were placed in detention cells at police headquarters pending Juvenile Court arraignment.
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Williamsport
B. A. Brachey
Frank Winters
Gornstable Jesse Shank
Earl Shetler
Williamsport Bridge
Lowman
William Hurd
Boards Run Short of A-1 Material in Maryland Draft
Col Henry C Stanwood, Maryland Selective Service Director, said in Baltimore that 18 to 25 year olds in the 1-A category were thinning, draft deferments for 26 to 29 may tighten soon, and future drafts will ease as all services approach full strength. Local boards were told to follow national rules and the 26-29 purge would start only on nationwide order.
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Henry C. Stanwood
Maryland
Selective Service
Baltimore
Col. Stamwood
Armed Services
Col
Stanwood
Office Shifts Vehicle Equipment Orders to District Offices
Under a new procedure, district offices of the Office of Defense Transportation will handle applications from commercial motor vehicle operators for new equipment after July 1. Edward R. Gisburne, ODT district manager in Hagerstown, said field work for rationing will move to the Highway Transport Department of the ODT from the ICC. The regional division will process in the field, aiming for economies and faster processing with more field officers. The Hagerstown office covers parts of Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
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Office of Defense Transportation
Edward R. Gisburne
ODT
Hagerstown
Highway Transport Department
The
Bureau of Motor Carriers
Interstate Commercce Commission
Gisburne
Maryland rejects Japanese relocation center essay
Authorities of Maryland refuse to allow investigated and recommended Japanese from relocation centers to be employed by any State agency. The decision highlights state stance on national security related employment policies and administrative procedures across agencies.
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Laution
Maryland
Marines Charge In To Duty After Training
Eunice Shepard of the Marine Corps Women's Reserve and Danbury Connecticut reports for duty after boat training at headquarters. She addresses the room of eight Marines, declaring she joined to free a man to fight and asks Who's leaving. Brig Gen Don F Pratt officer with the Ninth Troop Carrier Command is killed in France on D-Day when his glider crashed.
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New York
No 21
Eunice Shepard
Marine Corps Women's Reserve
Danbury
U.S. Ninth Troop Carrier Command
Don F. Pratt
France
Many Expected At Farm Bureau Meet
A large attendance is expected tonight at the Washington County Farm Bureau meeting in Boonsboro Community Park. The program begins at 8:30 p m and is sponsored by the Rohrersville Planting Group. Herman J Mills of the Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce will be principal speaker with Roy C F Weagly of the Maryland Farm Bureau Federation also on the program. Refreshments w
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Washington County Farm Bureau
Boonsboro
Rohrersville Planting Group
Herman J. Mills
Hagerstown
Ministers Association protests race discrimination in Cumberland
Cumberland Maryland June 21 protest statement by the Cumberland Ministers Association denounces race discrimination as intolerable to the survival of democracy. The group asserts urgent moral and civic duty to oppose segregation and unequal treatment in public life and policy.
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Cumberland
Cumberland Ministers Association
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