Allies Overrun German Forces North of Rome In Italy
Allied armies in Italy continue a rapid advance from Rome, destroying the German 14th army as remnants flee. Fifth army units push toward Orbetello and Viterbo area while Eighth army clears mountains north of Rome and advances toward Avezzano and Poggio Sommavilla.
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Rome
Allied
Italy
U.P
Tyrrhenian
Adriatic Sea
Mark Clark
Fifth Army
Montalti di Castro
Orbetello
Bagnoregio
Viterbo
Oliver Leese
Eighth Army
Tiber River
Poggio Sommavilla
Cantalupo
Florence
Fourth Term May Be Court Issue
The Texas Democratic executive committee voted 37 to 6 against certifying a slate of pro Roosevelt electors for the July primary. A split within the party led to a rival group of 23 electors and a demand to restore the two thirds nominating rule at the national convention. The showdown may trigger court action and could affect the general election ballot.
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Texas
Texas Democratic Executive Committee
Dallas
George Butler
Executive Committee
War Bond Drive Opens With Flag Day Plan In Butte
First day sales in Butte reach sixty five thousand three hundred twenty eight dollars as Fifth War Loan officials launch a county wide drive in Silver Bow. A Flag Day parade and open air ceremony at Butte high school stadium are planned with 1300 civilian defense leaders to organize house to house sales and rally residents for support of troops in Europe. Parade marshal Jack Duggan will lead a procession through downtown with Gore Field band Marine color guard Army Navy WAC units Elks Drum Corps and Veterans groups. Navy V 12 cadets at Montana School of Mines cannot attend due to midterm exams. The 8 pm open air meeting will follow a 7 pm parade from the Elks temple to the stadium.
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Butte
Silver Bow
Europe
Liberty
R. L. Ruhle
Fifth War Loan Campaign
Butte High School
Gore Field
Jack Duggan
Butte Elks Lodge
Marine
Army
Navy
WAC
Elks
Miners’ Union Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Girls Central High School
Montana School of Mines
Roosevelt says Germany backs to three walls in war drive
President Roosevelt on radio launch of the 16 billion Fifth War Loan declares Germany has its back to the wall with three walls at once and the war will force Japan to surrender or face national death by action. He cites Allied advances in France Italy and the Pacific and says weapon and troop movements in Britain pour into Europe.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Germany
Hitler
Europe
France
England
Italy
Japan
Montana Weather Outlook Cooler Tuesday
The Montana forecast calls for cooler conditions on Tuesday with cloudy skies. Light to moderate rain is expected east of the Continental Divide, while the west sees occasional showers.
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Montana
Continental Divide
Divide
Stores urged to use shop windows for war bond drive
J. 8. Cohen, head of the Fifth War Loan retailers division, asked all stores to maximize window displays for the current bond drive. A city tour showed many windows still unused, and a compact, unified display in every window was urged to better tell the war bond story.
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J. 8. Cohen
Wave of Sabotage and Strikes Ties Up German Forces in France
Swiss reports say sabotage and clashes in France have grown into a general uprising with patriots and German troops clashing. Mont Bernard factory strikes and uprisings disrupt Nazi movements as 700 underground members dynamite rail lines and attack power stations ahead of the Allied invasion.
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John A. Parris
London
U.P
France
Brazzaville
New York
United Press
Zurich
Neue Zeurcher Zeitung
Mont Bernard
Rhone-Rhine Canal
Algiers
Underground
Normandy
Atlantic Wall
Savoy
Jura
Vosges
Nord Department
St. Quentin
Russians Push 10 Miles Into Finnish Front Amid Major Drive
Russian forces shattered Finnish defenses along the Karelian isthmus advancing ten miles and seizing Vammelsuu Raivola and Kivennapa as part of a broad offensive. The Moscow bulletin noted few changes elsewhere and 20 enemy planes shot down. A Berlin commentator warned of a large scale attack on four eastern fronts.
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London
U.P
Karelian
Berlin
Red Army
Leningrad
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad-Viipuri-Helsinki
Vammelsuu
Viipuri
Finland
Raivola
Govorov
Kivennapa
Gulf of Finland
Ernst von Hammer
Dnestr
Ukraine
Baltic States
Japs Stalled in Fierce Changsha Battles
Chinese infantry and Allied air power halt a Japanese column near Changsha Hu Nan as ground fighting and heavy air strikes keep the city in Chinese hands. U S pilots under Gen Claire Chennault support ground defenders. The northern thrust of a two pronged campaign threatens Kukong railway link.
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Chungking
U.P
Changsha
Central News Agency
Hunan
Laotao
U. S
Claire L. Chennault
Fourteenth Army Air Force
China
Central
Canton
Kukong
Kwantgun
Carrier Task Force Returns From Second Jap Attack
A U S carrier task force, returning from another strike on the Marianas, raided Saipan Tinian Guam and Rota on June 11 12 Admiral Chester W. Nimitz announced. The operation followed Friday and Saturday land based strikes on Truk Ponape Ocean Island Nauru and Marshalls.
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Pearl Harbor
Marianas
Tokyo
Saipan
Tinian
Guam
Rota Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Veu beIyweenssasser Price
Nimitz
Mariana
Rota
Pacific Fleet
Truk
Ponape
Carolines
Ocean Island
Nauru
Marshalls
Param
Eten
Dublin
Moen Islands
A. A. F. Liberators
Ponape Town
Pacific
Brig. Gen. Myron R. Wood Leads Ninth Air Force Service Command
London reports Brig. Gen. Myron R. Wood aged 51 appointed commander of the Ninth Air Force Service Command. He succeeds Maj. Henry J. F. Miller, reduced to lieutenant colonel and sent home for discussing Allied invasion date at a London party.
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London
Myron R. Wood
Ninth Air Force Service Command
Henry J. F. Miller
United States
Americans Advance on Biak Island Ahead of Airfields
American troops with tanks and artillery pushed toward Sorido and Boroke air fields on Biak as infantry moved west and northwest from Mokmer amid Japanese resistance. Liberator bombers from the Admiralty Islands attacked Truk for the sixth straight day, with Dublin Island also struck. one bomber did not return. London reported an air alert for the first time since April 27.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Biak Island
Sorido
Boroke
Douglas MacArthur
Biak
Mokmer
MacArthur
Admiralty Islands
Caroline Islands
Truk
Dublin Island
Allies seize Carentan as Cherbourg drive expands
Allied forces capture Carentan after a night battle and push an 18 mile salient through the French beachhead. By Pacific and European fronts, 1,400 American heavies blast Cherbourg area as 10,000 sorties target air fields bridges and rail links.
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U. S
Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
U.P
Carent
Cherbourg
Valognes
Montebourg
Brittany
France
Seine
Paris
Carentan
716Th
352Nd
Submarines Sink Two Ships Daily in Pacific War Effort
American submarines sunk 18 Japanese ships to raise last month’s total to 63, an average of two per day, while PC558 was lost in the Mediterranean on May 9. The tally includes 10 cargo ships, seven transports, and one tanker, as U.S. submarines expand a secret program cited by Vice Adm. Charles A. Lockwood.
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Pacific Waters
Washington
U?p
U. S
Mediterranean
Pacific
Navy
Adm
Charles A. Lockwood
Lamar, Mo
U.S
France
Water Estimate Put in Record by Senate Panel
Senate commerce subcommittee and Missouri river states officials wind through water flow figures for the basin. An average annual flow of 21,898,000 acre feet at Yankton is urged as a planning basis, while objections cite confidential reports and state control concerns tied to irrigation and river pact protections.
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Washington
Sam C. Ford
Montana
Millikin
R.-Colo
Senate Commerce
Missouri River
Missouri River States Committee
Yankton
S. C
Army Engineers
Reclamation Service
Ford
M. Q. Sharpe
Missouri States Committee of Representative Case
Overton
D.-La
Interior
Ickes
O'Mahoney
D.-Wyo
Austin
R.-Vt
O’mahoney
Senate approves two year sugar act extension
Washington June 12 report the Senate approved by voice vote a two year extension to December 31 1946 of the sugar act of 1937. The measure already passed the House and now goes to the White House for signature.
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Washington
Senate
House
White House
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Carrier Task Force
Philippine Islands
Supreme Headquarters
Caen
Churchill
Gen
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
George C. Marshall
Henry H. Arnold
Ernest J. King
Mannerheim
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Tilly
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