Germans Flood Normandy Front With Four Armored Divisions
Allied reports say four German armored divisions entered the Caen area as heavy fighting rages at Montebourg and Troarn on a 100 mile front. British and American forces push to contain the German counteroffensive while in Cherbourg peninsula American armor drives deep into German defenses near Carentan.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Caen
Montebourg
Troarn
Normandy
Caumont
U.S
Cherbourg
Rodney
Ramillies
Carentan
Mtter- Montebourge
U. S
Berlin
le Ham
Pont Labbe
Balleroy
Fifth Sweeps Axis Point Near Ordelotto As Allies Advance
Allied forces report Fifth Army enveloping Ordelotto near Rome and seizing junctions on highways 1 and 74, advancing four miles beyond the town. Eighth Army pushes 60 miles north of Rome and closes on Narni. Gains east and west of Lake Bolsena with further pushes toward Valentano and Gradioli along the Tiber valley.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Ordetello
Eighth Army
Lake Bolsena
Narnini
Terni
Underground French Resistance Undermines German Plans
Paris dispatches report a methodic rising by most of the French nation undermining the German invasion plans. Guerrillas and underground cells allegedly disrupt communications and threaten reinforcements, with Berlin moving to lock down central France and coastal zones.
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Madrid
France
Atlantic Wall
Iran
Tarbes
Pyrenees
Mediterranean
London
Algiers
Jeanette
Normandy
Vichy
Pocatellan Arrives for Duty at Ephrata Army Air Base
Nolan J. Davis of Pocatello arrives at Ephrata Army Air Base Washington for duty as assistant crew chief in the reactivated fourth air force. He entered service Oct 20 1942 at Fort Douglas Utah and is married to Merna Emily Davis of 352 South Third Pocatello Route 2.
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Ephrata Army Air Base
Wash
Fourth Air Force
Army Base
Nolan J. Davis
Pocatello
Merna Emily Davis
South Third
Davis
Fort Douglas
Utah
Utahns Face New Charges Of Intimidating Witnesses
Salt Lake City, two women and one man from Salt Lake City faced charges of intimidating federal witnesses in trials of fundamentalist cult members. Ruth K Kent Edna Christensen and Vid Brigham Darger named in complaints for trying to influence witnesses and obstruct justice. Broadbent released on recognizance accused of offering 100 dollars to a witness and promising a home and support for favorable testimony. Darger sentenced to three years for Mann Act violations. Christensen convicted under Lindberg kidnapping law and given one year.
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Salt Lake City
John S. Boyden
Ruth K. Kent
Edna Christensen
Vid Brigham Darger
Broadbent
Mary Marguerite Ford
Pocatello
Follis Gardner Petty
Clocks in Demand as WPB Reports Household Shortages
The war production board finds one third would buy alarm clocks and 16 percent would buy radio tubes if available. Wash boilers lawn mowers tea kettles and carpet sweepers are hardest to obtain. Dr William Y Elliott says simple items could enter production soon.
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Washington
War Production Board
William Y. Elliott
WPB
Office of Civilian Requirements
Disabled Get Jobs in Denver Clinic Helps Disabled
Nearly 75 lame, blind and otherwise disabled persons were placed in jobs this week through a hidden manpower clinic sponsored by the Colorado state rehabilitation service and the U S civil service. Applicants are interviewed and given medical examinations to determine their capabilities for jobs in private industry army installations or civil service. Officials plan similar clinics in Utah Idaho and other Rocky Mountain states.
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Denver
Colorado State Rehabilitation Service
U.S. Civil Service
Rocky Mountain
Utah
Idaho
Tokyo Admits Damage In Pacific Fleet Strike
Tokyo concedes heavy three day assault by carrier planes and big guns against U S possessions in Guam and nearby Marianas. Admiral Nimitz reports 13 Japanese ships sunk 16 damaged and 141 planes destroyed. Changsha battle in China continues with nine Japanese divisions in play as Chinese defense holds. Mokmer airdrome on Biak island now used by Fifth Army air force fighters.
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Marianas Islands
Philippines
Tokyo
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Central Pacific
Nimitz
Japan
Saipan
Tinian
Changsha
China
Chungking
P. H. Chang
Henan
Wenjiang
Tunkwan
Chang
Tungkwan
Mokmer
Biak Island
Dutch New Guinea
Fifth Army
Doug
Allied naval guns shelled Le Havre report unconfirmed
Berlin radio claimed heavy allied naval guns bombarded Le Havre today but there was no confirmation from the allies. German broadcasts have repeatedly alleged a planned land drive on the port at the Seine mouth near Normandy.
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London
Berlin
le Havre
Seine River
Normandy
French Chief Interferes in Normandy Invasion
In the final hours before the Normandy invasion General Charles De Gaulle reportedly canceled orders for hundreds of French officers to land with the first waves. Eisenhower headquarters say the move impaired cooperation between the French population and allied forces in occupied areas, though De Gaulle relented to allow twenty officers to accompany liberating troops. The action is seen as a major factor in a potential Roosevelt meeting with the French national committee leader planned for late month or early July.
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Washington
France
Charles de Gaulle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Normandy
de Gaulle
Roosevelt
French National Committee
Death in Nampa A 26 Year Old Dies of Spotted Fever
Ira Lee Davis 26 of Nampa died Monday night in a local hospital after about two weeks illness. It is the first spotted fever fatality in the area this year. Davis came from California last November and worked as a mechanic in a local garage. Survivors include sister Mrs Charlotta Pierce of Caldwell.
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Nampa
Ira Lee Davis
Davis
California
Charlotta Pierce
Caldwell
Precinct Forgot to Hold Idaho Primary Vote
It was primary election day in Idaho yesterday when one Valley county precinct failed to vote. Newsmen were told the precinct admitted, We forgot to hold the election.
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Cascade
Idaho
Valley County
Prizes Shrink As War Material Is Stolen At St. Louis
Lt. Jack Kramer reports several hunters have carted off at least seven tons of aluminum, steel and synthetic rubber from captured German war equipment shipped to Denver. The loss includes many older and younger thieves who aided in the pilferage.
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Louis
Denver
Jack Kramer
Seventh Service Command
Clark Trails Two Men In Home City
Democrat vote shows U.S. Senator D Worth Clark behind Glen H Taylor and James Hawley in Bannock County. unofficial 36 of 43 precincts list Taylor 1290 Hawley 1117 Clark 1028 Cornell 231. County canvass to follow. Democrats lead Republicans two to one with statewide races and local officials noted.
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Clark
Home City
Bannock County
U. S
D. Worth Clark
Pocatello
Glen H. Taylor
James Hawley
Boise
Idaho
Taylor
John Cornell
Pocatellan
Alameda
Robin
Oxford
Lund
Thatcher
Lago
Kelly
Henry O'Leary
Nellie Cline Steenson
W. H
Pete” Jensen
Alma Marley
Maurice Rossiter
William Ryan
Soda Springs
Ben Johnson
Preston
C. A. Bottolfsen
U.S. Senate
H. Earl Lewis
Board of County Commissioners
Bert Empey
Jack Davis
Empey
Aerial Force Strikes Nazis In Major Allied Bombing
About 1,000 Fortresses and Liberators split to strike Emmerich in Germany and air bases in France and Belgium. The wide sweep hit Le Bourget Creil Etampes Mon desir and Chateaudun in France Brussels Melsbroek Eindhovern in Belgium and targeted Budapest and Hungarian plants per Berlin and Italian reports. The campaign, aided by favorable weather, continues as a strong air assault in support of ground troops.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Emmerich
Germany
France
Belgium
le Bourget
Creil
Paris
Etampes-Mondesir
Chateaudun
Brussels - Melsb
Clark Maintains Narrow Idaho Senate Lead In Early Returns
In Idaho Democratic senator race incumbent D Worth Clark lead Glen Taylor by about 140 votes as 661 of 845 precincts report. James Hawley trailed in third with 8 826, John Cornell lagged under 2 000. Republican Gov race appears won by Gossett. gubernatorial leaders include Detweiler and Gossett.
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Boise
D. Worth Clark
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Clark
Taylor
James Hawley
John Cornell
Pocatello
James H. Hawley
C. A. Bottolfsen
Ben Johnson
George Urtis
Calvin Wright
Burley
Gossett
R. L. Brainard
Kellogg Evening News
Compton I. White
Clark Fork
Henry Dworshak
Phil Evans
Preston
U. S
Committee Charges Colonel With Permitting Delays
A House Military Committee report criticizes Col. Theodore Wyman Jr for mismanagement delaying defense work at Pearl Harbor. It questions why Hans Wilhelm Rohl, a German alien with war contracts, led Hawaii projects including the aircraft warning system. The panel notes Rohl’s ties to German officials and suggests delays might have altered the surprise of the attack.
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Congressional
Pearl Harbor
Army
Hawaii
War Department
House Military Committee
Theodore Wyman, Jr
Hans Wilhelm Rohl
United States
Pacific Bastion
Rohl
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