Germans Begin Adriatic Retreat As Allies Press North
Allied forces push along the Italian front from Rome as German units withdraw from the Adriatic line to Crecchio amid ongoing shelling. Clark’s Fifth Army seizes Lake Bracciano area, Caprarola, and Sutri while Eighth Army advances near Tollo and Monterotondo.
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Rome
Adriatic
Fifth Army
Mark W. Clark
Lake Bracciano
Caprarola
Lake di Vico
Viterbo
Civitavecchia
Tarquinia
Tyrrhenian
Luftwaffe
Italy
Denmark
Hermann Goering
Crecchio
Eighth Army
Tollo
Chieti
Bracciano
Sutri
Lake
Tiber
Monterotondo
Sir Oliver Leese
Enemy's Base In Burma About to Fall
Allied forces tighten grip on Myitkyina and surrounding areas as Stilwell drives to complete the Ledo Burma corridor. Chindits surge from Hola and Chinese infantry secure new sectors in Myitkyina amid house to house fighting. Britain pushes Japanese from Kohima area and advances toward Imphal in Manipur.
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Burma
Associated Press
Myitkyina
Great
North Burma
Ledo
Japan
Joseph W. Stilwell
Myittkyina
Southeast Asia Command
Kohima
Imphal
Manipura
Famous First Leads Way In Normandy Invasion
The U S first infantry division and Britain's fiftieth Northumbrian division spearhead the Allied landings in Normandy. Headquarters says both divisions have made excellent progress repelling German counter-attacks and fighting side by side in multiple campaigns. The First Division, once part of the Fifth Army, now an all American unit, seeks to match World War I exploits.
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London
U. S
French
Normandy
France
North
Africa
Sicily
Fifth Army
Eighth Army
Brooklyn
Foreigners Among Nazi Prisoners on the Normandy Beach Head
Report describes prisoners at the Normandy beach head as mixed in quality with some foreigners and former German prisoners who sought better treatment as soldiers of the Reich. Nazis allegedly exposed these men to weak positions and delayed attacks as minefields and beach fortifications were newly laid.
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Normandy
Russia
Germany
Russia Prepares Red Offensive On Eastern Front
Moscow reports Soviet forces have gained a height north of Iasi in Romania as German counterattacks fail. Soviet troops seek improved positions amid signs of an early eastern front offensive while allies press in France and Italy.
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Moscow
Red Army
Hitler
France
Italy
Berlin
United Nations
Germany
Iasi
Romania
De Gaulle to Visit Washington This Summer
President Roosevelt said he expects a visit from Gen Charles de Gaulle of the French National Committee of Liberation. Roosevelt told reporters he invited de Gaulle, then in London, and suggested possible dates between June 22 and 30 or July 6 and 14.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Charles Te Gaulle
French National Committee of Liberation
de Gaulle
London
Churchill
Fight over Jackson Hole monument flares again in Congress
Washington debate centers on Barretts bill to abolish the Jackson Hole monument. Peterson counters with a substitute to compensate Wyoming counties for tax losses and cites letters from Jackson Hole business leaders and residents urging retention. Barrett says western groups back his bill. Peterson favors monetary compensation.
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Washington
Jackson Hole
Wyo
National Monument
House Lands Committee
Peterson
D-Fla
Rep
Barrett
Congressional Record
Wyoming
Lands Committee
Jackson
Idaho Native Mary Verham Dies in Soda Springs
Mary Verham 58 the first child of Soda Springs early married couple died Wednesday in Soda Springs where she had lived all her life. She is survived by her husband three sons Henry William Earl two sisters and one brother. Funeral services Sunday at 3 p m in Soda Springs with Rev. E T Ferry of Pocatello Presbyterian church officiating.
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Soda Springs
Mary Verham
Nils
Mary Anderson
Henry
William
Earl
Anna Rogers
Spokane
Ida Collett
Salt Lake
Peter W. Anderson
Pocatello
E. T. Ferry
The
Weather Brief From Dover Strait During Invasion
Rain began last night over the Dover strait and ceased by 9 a.m. today as southwest wind freshened. Temperature registered 54 degrees with mist over the strait. By early afternoon the sea grew choppy with a light drizzle and white-capped breakers off the English coast. Visibility dropped to about a mile at times due to low cloud banks.
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London
Dover Strait
Outer Crust Yields to Strong Force
American forces in France report the beachhead battle as troops smash through the outer defenses in a bold landing. The operation follows actions in Tunisia Sicily and Italy with heavy enemy fire as supplies and men rush ashore to push back the defense.
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Don Whitehead
France
Tunisia
Sicily
Italy
Hitler
News Writer Wounded During Allied Landing Operations
AP war correspondent Henry B. Jameson reports slight injuries sustained during landing operations. He notes only two dispatches were written before transfer to a different ship, with no immediate follow up available. Jameson is a 32 year old native of Birdsville Kentucky. his wife and young son remain in Burlington Iowa.
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London
Associated Press
Henry B. Jameson
Jameson
Birdsville
Burlington
Iowa
U. S
Invasion Diary From Admiral Hall’s Flag Ship
Aboard the admiral’s flagship the writer describes the first 14 hours of the Allied invasion of France aboard a Rhino ferry. He details four landing attempts under heavy shore battery fire and withdrawal due to injuries. The craft hung in a water no man’s land as battleships bombarded the coast.
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Adm. Hall
France
Roger Greene
Associated Press
Greene
Nazis Using Mobile Artillery To Counter Allied Thrusts
Allied forces face mobile artillery as they push inland from the Normandy beachhead. Reporters describe light fortifications and scattered pillboxes, with German defenses remaining weaker than expected in early advance.
Rail Centers Take Beating From Raiders
Allied aircraft bombarded German positions in France behind the lines as weather limited operations. In 24 hours 52 German planes were destroyed airborne and 20 on the ground, while Allied losses reached 35 fighters and five bombers. British Raj air and Mosquito squadrons attacked rail yards, stations, bridges, and encampments including Ren nes Fougeres Alencon Mayenne and Pontaubault, with Lissex Argentan and Caen noted as targets. By noon, Allied aircrews had logged over 27 000 sorties since the invasion began.
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RAF
Rennes
Fougeres
Alencon
Mayenne
Pontaubault
Normandy
Air Ministry
Cherbourg
Lissex
Argentan
Caen
Kyser and Singer Kyser Elopement in Las Vegas
Kay Kyser the bandleader and Georgia Ann Carroll his 24 year old vocalist wed in Las Vegas after a speeding stop by Undersheriff C D Stewart and Deputy George Henderson who escorted them to the ceremony with Justice of the Peace Paul O Malley performing at 1 30 am. The couple were traveling from Victorville California after a band engagement and concealed their plans from Hollywood.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Kay Kyser
Georgia Ann Carroll
Quizmaster
Dongeous Ganeia
Victorville
Calif. Army Air Base
Kyser
C. D. Stewart
George Henderson
Justice of the Peace
Paul O'Malley
Hollywood
Utahn Soldier Dies Over England
Deweyville Utah Staff Sgt Darrell M Dustman son of Mr and Mrs Marvin F Dustman and husband of Marjorie Hunsaker Dustman was killed over England on May 20 parents and wife were informed by the war department. He was a navigator on an American plane and had served about 18 months with overseas two months.
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Deweyville
Utah
Darrell M. Dustman
Marvin F. Dustman
Marjorie Hunsaker Dustman
England
War Department
Dustman
Army
Bradley lands in France directs US advance near Cherbourg
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley known as the doughboy general has landed with the Allied Expeditionary Force in France. He is directing the American advance below Cherbourg where German reports say forces reached within 18 miles of the port and captured Ste. Mere Eglise. Bradley’s troops also occupied Formigny 20 miles southeast on the Caen Carentan road.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Omar N Bradley
France
Cherbourg
Ste. Mere Eglise
Bradley
Formigny
Caen- Carentan
Allied
U. S
Caen
American bombers hit Japanese positions across central Pacific
Four American bombers struck air fields runways and gun positions on six islands Wednesday and Thursday. Truk and nearby targets in the Caroline islands Nauru and the Marshalls were blasted. Eisenhower urged French underground to continue duties and vowed to destroy Nazi tyranny. Allied forces cut the Cherbourg Carentan railway as bridgehead builds.
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Y'Arl Harbor
Central Pacific
Navy
Truk
Caroline Islands
Ponape
Pakin
Nauru
Marshalls
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Europe
Lima Cut Off as Red Rock Creek Washes Out Rail Line
Lima Montana with 554 residents is isolated after Red Rock Creek swollen by rain washed out Union Pacific railroad tracks both north and south of town and washed out U S highway 93. Train No 29 was halted at Snowline and diverted to Idaho Falls while No 38 had passed through earlier. officials expect clearing not before Saturday morning.
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Lima
Mont
Montana
Red Rock Creek
Union Pacific
Edward S. Connelly
Pocatello
Butte
Snowline
Idaho Falls
Brazilian educator warns U.S. Latin ties worsening
Dr Hernano Tavares De Sa, a Brazilian educator and adviser on international affairs in Washington, says U S relations with Latin American countries have deteriorated for months and have been kept out of the press in the United States.
Berlin radio signals possible fall of Vichy regime
NBC reported that Berlin radio indicated Vichy government may fall as it meets today, suggesting a potential shift in the French leadership during World War II.
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New York
NBC
Berlin
Allied push nears Cherbourg after capturing Ste. Mere Eglise
Allied forces report a 18 mile reach toward Cherbourg after taking Ste. Mere Eglise. 2400 German prisoners captured as Canadians and British push on Caen with armored support and a major tank clash reported.
Four towns identified in France as spearhead advances
Headquarters and field dispatches pin down four towns in the advance on Cherbourg area. Ste Mere Eglise lies 20 miles southeast of Cherbourg, Formigny 20 miles east on the Carentan Caen road, Bayeux four miles southeast of Formigny, and Berniers Sur Mer 11 miles north of Caen with 10 miles to the Orne river mouth. Central spearheads seized Formigny between Bayeux and Caen.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Fopee
France
Ste. Mere Eglise
Cherbourg
Formigny
Carentan-Caen
Bayeux
Berniers-Sur-Mer
Caen
Orne
Tanks Battle For Position
Ross Munro reports on a large armored clash in France where Canadian tank crews and infantry face fierce fighting at close range. British commanders note the Canadians’ grit as German pockets are reduced, artillery and naval guns support, and guerrilla-style sniping erupts in towns and farms within the beachhead.
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France
Woodmen Elect New National Leader at 54th Convention
Woodmen of the World closed its 54th national convention with T. W. Midkiff of Denver reelected as national president. James McNeal of Boise was named head escort.
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Calif
Woodmen of the World
T. W. Midkiff
Denver
James McNeal
Boise
Idaho
Burley Man Reported Wounded in Southwest Pacific
Pvt. James E. Twitchell, son of Mrs. Harriett E. Twitchell of Burley Idaho, is reported wounded in action in the southwest Pacific area, the War Department said today.
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James E. Twitchell
Harriett E. Twitchell
Burley
Idaho
Southwest Pacific
War Department
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