Fifth Army Presses Kesselring Ten Miles Beyond Rome
Fifth Army infantry chased Nazi Field Marshal Albert Kesselring’s retreating forces to ten miles north of Rome and near the Lake Bracciano area. A second column moved northwest of Rome after crossing the Tiber, while patrols pushed toward the coast. New Zealand troops seized Balsorano north of Sora as Allied gains expand toward Avezzano. General Alexander proclaimed Germany’s strength broken and urged Italian patriots to rise, aiding sabotage to block Kes selring. The Mediterranean air force joined the sortie against Hitler’s Europe with hundreds of heavy bombers targeting refineries.
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Allied
Naples
Fifth Army
Albert Kesselring
Rome
Lake of
Bracchiano
Tiber
Eighth
New Zealand
Balsorano
Sora
Highway 32
Avezzano
Harold Alexander
Italy
Alexander
de al
Kesselring
Mediterranean
Hitler
Europe
Balkans
Naval Units Dominate Channel Invasion Effort
Allied naval forces led by American and British ships dominated Channel invasion routes protecting massed troops in yesterday's landings. Admiral Ramsay declared a 100 percent success in the convoy phase with only minor Allied ship losses, while French Dutch Polish Norwegian and Greek vessels supported the operation and U S losses were two destroyers and one landing ship.
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Londoon
English Channel
Bertram Ramsay
Ramsay
Ioueuyél
United States
Alan Goodrich Kirk
U. S
Augusta
Morton L. Deyo
Tuscaloosa
Nevada
Big Warships Open Way for Allied Landing at Normandy Coast
Allied forces hit the Cherbourg Le Havre sector on schedule after 6 30 a m with a regimental combat team advancing inland through three and a half miles of beachhead. They faced mines and machine gun fire but fought through a ridge line and began moving inland as Arkansas and French battleships and cruisers fired on shore positions. Air and sea superiority kept German opposition absent as ships provided support along hundreds of square miles of sea.
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Lewis Hawkis
France
Normandy
Cherbourg
le Havre
Arkansas
Montcalm
George Leygues
Hield
Calais
Supreme Headquarters
Russia Ready To Launch Blow in East
Moscow reports an all out Soviet push against Germany with Red Star promising a united nations counter offense. Allied air support is prepared as Teheran promises united action and a Berlin meeting draws near amid heavy fighting and German retrenchment near Iasi.
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Russia
East
Moscow
Germany
Red Star
Teheran
Berlin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Iasi
America Assures Early Liberation
Washington reports that western European enslaved peoples were promised relief soon as Allied forces press on. UNRRA director Herbert H. Lehman stated the world supports immediate self sufficiency and self determination and that UNRRA plans will lift those under tyranny toward a secure, free life.
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Washington
Europe
Herbert H. Lehman
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Dawn Assault On Cherbourg Peninsula From Marauders Report
U S Ninth Air Force Marauders struck the Cherbourg peninsula at dawn supported by battleships and cruisers. Invasion craft pressed the beaches as Thunderbolts Mustangs Lightnings and Spitfires patrolled the skies and German fighters were scarce throughout the day.
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Jack Tait
U. S
Ninth Air Force
England
Cherbourg Peninsula
Caen
Men Take it Easy On French Roads
Allied Expeditionary Force soldiers lean on rifles along French roads waiting for chow while Lt. James Crawley of Springfield Illinois flies a C 47 over the beachhead. He notes crater depths and lack of enemy planes or flak as sunset nears.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
James Crawley
Springfield
Ill
Road Work Opens Between Chubbuck and Syphon Roads
County surveyor reports work begins today on a new road between Chubbuck and Syphon roads after county commissioners approval. Six workers are on the job and completion is expected within a week.
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Chubbuck
Syphon Roads
Percy Havenor
Gliders and Troop Transports Aid Invasion
Associated Press reports massive air lift for D day with more than 900 C-47s and gliders crossing the Channel in a 200 mile long formation, 300 feet above water. A second 50 mile long train brought reinforcements. Thirteen thousand Allied flights on day one. 11 thousand assault ships and many landing craft at sea.
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Associated Press
France
English Channel
Ier Churchill
Mrs Hadyn Walker Dies At Boise
Mrs Hadyn Walker wife of the Boise baseball franchise owner in the war suspended Pioneer league died yesterday. She arrived in 1939 when her husband bought the Boise entry after formerly owning the Spokane club. She is survived by her husband and two sons Captain John Neudorer and Lieutenant Robert Neudorer. Funeral services will be held in Boise and Spokane with burial in Spokane.
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Boise
Hadyn Walker
Pioneer Baseball League
Spokane
Japs to Get Supplies for Prisoners in Orient
Washington says the Soviet government will allow a Japanese ship to enter a Russian port near Vladivostok to collect relief supplies for American prisoners in the orient. State Department notes stocks sent to Russia last year await transport and distribution is hoped soon.
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Washington
Vladivostok
Orient
State Department
Russia
Second Crisis Looms For Allied Troops
Washington officials tempered optimism after the first invasion hardness, noting a second crisis looms as German defenses seek to trap spearheads and delay progress. President Roosevelt said western front operations were on schedule with minor naval losses and warned against overconfidence while Eisenhower aims to expand and solidify a broad front.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stamps Delayed for Miner Fred Cutler Receives Old Points
Miner Fred Cutler had applied months ago for extra ration points for miners. A letter mailed by the ration board at Wallage, seven miles away, postmarked Dec 20 1943, arrived with extra points though the program had been discontinued some time earlier.
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Burke
Fred Cutler
Wallage
Allied Aircraft Hit Cargo Ships Northwest of Truk
In Monday operations American planes damaged a cargo ship northwest of Truk while others bombarded Guam installations. Planes also attacked Nauru and Ponape near Truk as the enemy offered little air defense. Separately Lt. Col. Henry J. F. Miller of Salem, New Jersey, was identified by the War Department as the officer reduced in grade for revealing D-day timing.
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Washington
Truk
Guam
Navy
Nauru
Ponape
Central Pacific
War Department
Henry J. F. Miller
Salem
N. J
Millers
Air Force
Allied air raid targets roads with heavy bomber strikes
Allied air forces dropped bombs on a road network using a large fleet of Flying Fortresses and Liberators. The campaign involved between 256 and 500 heavy bombers delivering a decisive strike in support of ground operations.
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Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionnary Forces
German batteries repulse Allied landing at Le Havre
A Berlin AP broadcast said German coastal batteries beat back an Allied landing at Le Havre this afternoon. No Allied confirmation was available.
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London
Berlin
le Havre
Japs Press Into Changsha and Skirmish Across Front
Japanese troops have hammered into the outskirts of Changsha in Hunan as they close the final gap to the provincial capital. Chinese resistance and heavy fighting accompany advances on Biak Island and along the Salween front in Yunnan, while Allied air and naval actions target Japanese bases in the Pacific. The Kohima area in India sees rapid Japanese withdrawal under heavy losses as British forces push a village near the town.
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Changsha
Hankow-Canton
China
Hunan
Chuneking
Biak
Philippines
Yunnan
Chiaatoug
Marshall Islands
Truk
Caroline Island
Nauru
Gilberts
Kohima
India
Ceylon
Bradley Head Vital Force Bradley Head Vital Force SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
Lt Gen Omar Bradley commands the first American army ground forces in the European assault. Known as the Doughboy's General for Tunisia battles, he rose from colonel in 1941 to lieutenant general in 1943. Born in Clark Missouri 51 years ago, he shared West Point class with Eisenhower and is noted for stamina and tact. His wife at West Point praises his constant effort.
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Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force
Omar Bradley
Europe
Bradley
Clark
Dwight D. Eisenhower
West Point
Eisenhower
Moaners Incorporation Filed in New Haven
Incorporation papers for a new club The Moaners Inc filed in New Haven Conn reveal that to join a member must prove they have passed beyond the Griper stage and are a chronic moaner. By laws allow suspension or dismissal if a member’s disposition improves.
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New Haven
Conn
The
Moaners, Inc
Invasion Front Reports Improvement Amid Heavy Normandy Fighting
Allied forces push inland in France repulsing Nazi counterblows near Caen while linking beachheads. Airborne troops drop into the Cherbourg peninsula as 31,000 Allied sorties are flown since June 1.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Caen
Cherbourg Peninsula
Kurt
Crete
Omar N. Bradley
U.S
Europe
Orne River
Carentan
DNB
St. Mere Eglise
Carenthan
Cherbourg
Berlin
Army Supply Bill Gets OK in House
The House appropriations committee approved a wartime funding bill for the Army for the year beginning July 1, totaling about 49.1 billion dollars. The package, led by General Arnold, includes large Air Forces allocations and notes substantial bombing and combat activity against Germany and Japan in early 1944. The proposal exceeds prior obligations and carries a large year‑to‑year carryover, aiming to sustain the war effort through mid 1945.
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Washington
America
Europe
Hitler
House Appropriations Committee
War Department
Army
Congress
Efort
Army Air Forces
H. H. Arnold
Auto Cycle Crash Injures Student
Robert Grange a 19 year old Idaho Southern University student suffered minor injuries when his motorcycle collided with a car driven by Mrs. Maude Z Smith at Halliday Street and Fourth Avenue. Grange was taken to General Hospital for examination. the cause of the accident remained undetermined as the motorcycle had been moved when police arrived.
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Robert Grange
East
Clark Street
Maude Z. Smith
Richland Avenue
Halliday Street
Fourth Ave
Nue
Ben Buskirk
Smith
Grange
Idaho Southern University
Waik
General Hospital
H. H. Hughart
Mock
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