U S Bombers Smash Vital Nazi Targets
Allied air forces pressed a major campaign across France and Germany. U S Ninth air force Marauders and Havoc bombers supported ground troops by striking highway junctions and bridges at Villeres Bocage Chartres and other rail and road targets. R A F coastal command and Bomber Command joined in targeting shipping harbors rail yards and troop concentrations through a multi force offensive.
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Hannover
Germany
Tours
U. S
Ninth Air Force
France
Villeres-Bocage
Chartres
Paris
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Normandy
R. A. F. Mustangs
Seine River
Quillebouef
R. A. F. Coastal Command
Frisian
R. A. F. Bomber Command
le Havre
Douai
Cambrai
Lille
St. Pol
Brittany
Evrecy
Aunay-Sur-Odon
Villers-Bocage
Promotions and leaves for military personnel in Butte area
Second Lt. Mary A. Collins of 117 West Iron promoted to first lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps at Hammond General Hospital Modesto California where she is stationed. Antone L. Bertoglio promoted to staff sergeant at Camp McQuade California with medical detachment. F 2 Thomas Mulholland son of Mrs Edith Mulholland visiting Butte on Navy leave after Farragut recruit training. Maj Louis Babb Marine Corps pilot and dive bomber squadron leader en route to San Diego after Montana leave. former Helena Independent reporter. Nick F. Simon metalsmith second class returns to Farragut after leave and indoctrination training.
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Mary A. Collins
West Iron
Army Nurse Corps
L. R. Poust
Hammond General Hospital
Modesto
Calif
Butte
Collins
Antone L. Bertoglio
West Diamond
Camp McQuaide
Bertoglio
Northern Pacific Railroad
Thomas Mulholland
Edith Mulholland
Zarelda
Farragut
Louis Babb
Marine Corps
San Diego
Montana
Maj. Babb
South Pacific
Helena
Marine Air Corps
Nick F. Simon
Navy
Empire Street
Gasoline and Oil Flown Into China for B-29 Bases
A Curtiss Wright spokesman says fuel for B-29 engines is being flown over the aerial Burma road to bomber bases with War Department approval. About three quarters of transport planes are C-46 Commandos, the rest are mainly Douglas C-54 Skymasters. The Commandos serve as a flying pipeline to build up gasoline stores for raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Burma Road
Curtiss Wright Corporation
War Department
Boeing Workers Cheer Bombing of Japan
Boeing Aircraft workers in Seattle reacted with cheers when a United Press bulletin reported B 29 Super Fortresses bombing Japan. Signs at the Tacoma plant urged workers to stay on the job and strike back as the news spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
U.P
Boeing Aircraft Company
United Press
Japan
Boeing
Suburan Renton
Tacoma, Wash
Japs Claim Saipan Landing Costly to Yanks
Tokyo radio claimed Thursday night that Saipan invasion cost the Allies 1,800 casualties and 40 landing barges lost. The broadcast monitored by NBC asserted the assault aimed to coincide with Europe invasion and said the Americans were thrown back to sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tokyo Radio
Saipan
Marianas
Europe
Americans Hammer Toward Cherbourg Peninsula Front
Allied forces push across the Cherbourg peninsula reaching high ground to blockade west coast lines. Quineville captured, Yanks within miles of St Sauveur Le Vicomte and Cherbourg railhead. British and American units shell rail lines as Rommel strengthens defenses near Caen and Carentan.
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Quineville
Cherbourg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Carentan
Elle
Vire
St. Lo Key
St. Lo
Caumont-Tilly
Nelson
St. Sauveur
Carteret
Montebourg
21St Army Group
Villers-Bocage
Normandy
Rommel
Brest
Breton
First Allied Super Bomber Strike Expands War Front
The war summary reports the long awaited B-29 offensive against Japan has begun. Allied strategists describe the new weapon altering the Asia battle, threatening Tokyo’s factories, harbors, and rail systems, as the ring of attack tightens from the Aleutians to China.
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Germany
Normandy
Europe
Washington
Japan
Hitler
Asia
Tokyo
Aleutians
China
Russia
Marshall
Pacific
Kuriles
New Guinea
Dutch Indies
India
Central Pacific
South Pacific
Government rests case in non jury trial of 63 Japanese Americans
The government rested its case Thursday afternoon in the U S district court non jury trial of 63 Japanese Americans. The court recessed until Friday to allow defense attorneys to study exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
U. S. District Court
Marianas Campaign Push Brings US Closer to China Coast
The United States led a five day offensive against Saipan Tinian Guam and Rota with carrier based planes and warships. The operation creates a major staging base for attacks toward the China coast and renews pressure on Japanese supply lines while threatening further actions in the Philippines and Bonin islands.
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Saipan
Tinian
Guam
Rota
Marianas
Japan
Tanapag
Magicienne
China
Philippines
Adm
Nimitz
Yokohama
Marshalls
Pearl Harbor
Japanese Bombardment Claims Hit Kushu Industrial Heart
Tokyo radio reported B 29s bombed northern Kyushu targets including Moji Yawata Shimonoseki and Kokura suburbs. Japan claimed six enemy aircraft shot down two of them were B 29s with only minor damage and fires. official note praised interceptions.
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Moji
Mitsui
Mitsun Miike
Mitsun
Yawata
Maji
Shimonoseki
Japan
War Department
China
Joseph Starnes
Alabama
House of Representatives
Tokyo
United States
Kokura
Midway
Kushu
Allies Capture Towns in Italy Drive to Terni and Aquila
Allied forces report rapid gains in central Italy with Orvieto, Bagno Regio, and Narni seized as Terni falls per Radio Atlantik. On the eastern front the Eighth army reaches Aquila 56 miles from Rome after a 25 mile advance from Popoli. Adriatic front sees unopposed movement on a 30 mile line as German forces withdraw.
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Radio Atlantik
Eighth Army
Popoli
Aquila
Rome
Fourteenth Army
162Nd
Italy
Yanks Confident as They Invade Saipan
American forces prepare to land on Saipan as a major Pacific campaign looms. The island, a volcanic terrain north of Truk with Garapan and Charan Kanoa as key towns, hosts about 40 000 residents. U S fleet and air power are expected to bombard beaches and suppress Japanese air defenses ahead of the assault.
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Saipan
Tokyo
Truk
Garapan
Charan-Kanoa
United States Fleet
Europe
Pacific
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Onarc Wit
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Villers
McMillan
Tilly
Caen
Erwin Rommel
War Labor Board
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
By Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
Fuller
W. P. Fuller & Co
S. Montana
West Park
Owsley’s
Bonin Islands
Owsley Drug Co
Pay Less Drug Co
Moone
Yawasa
Antung
Heart of Nip
Mitsubish
Kyushu
Blacklist Black Markets
KGIR
Union Ly Ea
Union Pacific
Employes
Victory Garden
Ee Ag
Diamond and
Jary
America
Esi
Yanks
W. Park
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