Nazis in Italy Stiffen Resistance
Allied armies in Italy report seizure of Valentano and Popoli road junctions as German rear guards from northern Italy resist on high ground near Rome. Fifth Army advances north of Rome while South African forces press toward Orvieto as Eighth Army actions near Terni and along the Tyrrhenian coast. British units push across the Saline river north of Pescara.
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Allied
Italy
U.P
Valentano
Rome
Popoli
Pescara
Adriatic
Fifth Army
Latera
Orvieto
Bagnoreigo
Montefiascone
Terni
Eighth Army
Tyrrhenian
Saline Rivers
Saline River
14Th Army
Bolsena
Montana predicts record wheat crop for 1944
The Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics forecasts a possible new state all-time wheat production record for 1944, with a June 1 prospect of 65,527,000 bushels. The report notes improved moisture from rains since June 1 and near normal growing conditions, plus strong cherry and apple prospects and solid oats and barley outlooks.
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Helena
U.P
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Butte Plans Flag Day Parade and War Bond Rally
A parade and open air Flag Day rally will attract thousands as Silver Bow county presses its Fifth War Loan drive aiming for 2 650 000 in bonds. Tuesday sales total 47135 50, push county to 112463 50. Speakers Captain Robert Crawford and Miss Judith Eccles headline the 8 p m event at Butte high school stadium. Gore Field Band to entertain. rally marks Victory Volunteer program launch.
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Butte
Silver Bow County
Robert Crawford
Amy Air Forces
Judith Eccles
the Waves
Butte High School
Crawford
Army Air Corps
Black Leaders
Allied Air Blows Hit Jap Shipping and Mokmer Airfield Use
Allied forces in the southwest Pacific destroy several Japanese vessels in Geelvink bay and begin operating from the captured Mokmer airfield as part of the Sixth Army drive. Liberators bomb Truk and Palau for multiple days, while a destroyer is damaged off Biak Island amid ongoing operations against the Caroline islands defense ring.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Geelvink Bay
Dutch New Guinea
Mokmer
Sixth Army
Dromes
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Caroline Islands
Truk Atoll
Palau
MacArthur
Borokoe
Carolines
Truk
Biak Island
Officer Convicted in Santa Ana Court Martial
Capt. Morrison J. Wilkinson Jr. was sentenced to 30 years hard labor after a 10 man court martial found him guilty of four sex offenses bigamy and theft in Santa Ana California on Tuesday.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Morrison J. Wilkinson, Jr
Montana Weather: Partly Cloudy to Cloudy Wednesday
Partly cloudy to cloudy in Montana with light scattered showers or thunderstorms. Little change expected in temperatures.
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Montana
Allies Crush German Airdromes as Luftwaffe Flees Front
Allied air forces with 5500 planes struck German airfields in France. U S Eighth Air Force bombers hit Evreux Fauville Dreux Illieres Lebeque and north of Paris while fighters escorted the mission. Reconnaissance shows 27 or more fields abandoned and fronts forced to temporary strips near Caen.
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
U.P
France
United States
United States Eighth Air Force
Evreux-Fauville
Dreux
Illieres-Lebeque
Paris
Normandy
Caen
Evreux- Fauville
U S Carrier Fleet Rips Japanese Defenses in Marianas
A three day U S carrier task force mauled Saipan Tinian Guam and Rota sinking 13 vessels damaging 16 others and destroying 141 airplanes. U S losses stood at 15 aircraft and 15 men. The strike overwhelmed enemy air and naval forces and crippled Japan s outer Marianas defense.
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Pearl Harbor
U.P
U. S
Mariana Island Chain
Oo W. Nimitz
Saipan
Tinian
Guam
Rota
Marianas
Japan
Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Sabotage by Maquis Spreads Across Occupied France
Allied reports detail organized sabotage behind German lines disrupting Nazi reserves moving to Normandy. Maquis fighters strike from Swiss frontier to Paris region, paralyzing rail networks and electric infrastructure. German reprisals, Vichy security, and possible high level German interest loom as clashes continue near the Savoy Jura sector and other rail hubs.
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France
John A. Parris
London
U.P
Normandy Front
Maquis
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Joseph Darnard
Pierre Laval
Quisling
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
General Lorentz
Budapest
Transocean
Carlos Arcos
Vichy
Gueret
Creuse
Savoy- Jura
Genissiac
Bordeaux
Valmont
Dieppe
Belle Garde
Italy
Mantua
Gex
Divonne
Annemasse
Culoz
Jura
Soviet Tanks Break Through On Karelian Isthmus
Soviet tanks and infantry advanced three miles on the rugged Karelian isthmus toward Viipuri as Gen. Leonid Govorov’s Leningrad army pressed through lake and forest terrain. The Red army overran more than 110 towns in three days, capturing five including Kekrola, while Finns prepare to evacuate Viipuri.
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London
U.P
Viipuri
Moscow
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Red Army
Kekrola
Lake Ladoga
Karelian
Mannerheim
Stockholm
Finland
Russia
Aftonbladet
Helsinki
Litsa River
Litsa
Barents Sea
Murmansk
Estonia
Gulf of Finland
Karelia
Narva
Red
Eduard Dietl
Flood Control Hearing Raises Proposals and Funding
Senate commerce subcommittee questioned Army engineers on flood control as emergency use. Senator Millikin cited 10 million acre feet allocated vs 60 million capacity and highlighted $18.75 billion in Army benefits versus $130 million in new crops from the Missouri basin plan. Col. Miles Reber opposed halting projects and supported state protest stop-orders for current bill provisions. He warned ongoing rains could trigger another basin disaster and urged stopping both damage types.
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Washington
Army
Senator Millikin
D-Colo
Senate Commerce Subcommittee
Miles Reber
Missouri Valley
Millikin
Reberg
Reclamation Bureau
Missouri Basin
Reber
O'Mahoney
D-Wyo
Heavy fighting reported around Changsha outer defenses
Chinese forces repelled a Japanese crossing attempt on the Liuyang river east of Changsha. The high command said about 300 Japanese were killed in one sector as severe fighting continued. A Japanese push shifted toward the Liang river to attack Wusha, 12 miles northwest of Changsha.
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Chungking
Hunan
Changsha
Liuyang
Liang River
Wusha
Allies push in France as Montebourg and Carentan face counterattacks
Allied forces advance up to five miles in France on Tuesday while a counteroffensive by American troops presses at Montebourg and Carentan. Berlin says Montebourg may have fallen back to German control, with heavy bombing and air support striking German networks behind the front. In a widening front, British and American units drive toward Caen as Cherbourg’s base remains contested.
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Howard W. Beattie
Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
France
Caen
Montebourg
Carentan
Cherbourg
Corentan
Cotentin Peninsula
Berlin
Cerisy Forest
Tilly Sur Soulles
Balleroy
Richard D. McMillan
United Press
Tilly
Eisenhower Says Nazis Face Openings Across Europe
President Roosevelt disclosed Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower reports that further openings will be forced in Hitler’s fortress as Allies push across Europe. He notes progress in France as satisfactory but only the beginning of a larger pattern with Soviet and Mediterranean forces converging on Germany. The plan envisions landings along Norway, the Low Countries, or the Balkans as the perimeter tightens.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Hitler
European
Eisenhower
France
Norway
Low Countries
Balkans
Germany
Mediterranean
Ing
Bill to Curb OPA Powers Passes
The House approved amendments curbing the Office of Price Administration powers including allowing court challenges to OPA orders in federal district court and barring license suspensions for price ceiling violations. Also approved relief from punitive damages if overcharges were not willful. A final vote on the price measure was deferred as the Cotton textile ceiling formula amendment advanced.
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Washington
House
Office of Price Administration
Dirksen
R-Ill
OPA
Federal District Court
Emergency Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Walcott
R-Mich
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William J. Adams
Dormont
Pacific
Joseph Darnand
Marcel Dent
Darmand
Ministry of the Interior
Dent
Reich
Supreme Headquarters
Vichy Radio
Gulf of Gascony
Bay of Biscay
Valognee
Caumont
Villers Bocage
Isigny
U. S. Signal Corps
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