Will Rogers' Widow Dies
Betty Blake Rogers, 65, widow of Will Rogers, died at the Rogers ranch in Santa Monica canyon after weeks of illness, with three children surviving and her body to be interred in Claremore Oklahoma. She had been known as Will Rogers' muse and once urged a park donation of their 345 acre ranch.
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Betty Blake Rogers
Rogers Ranch
Santa Monica Canyon
Washington
Rogers
Wiley Post
Alaska
Will Rogers
Claremore
Okla
Battle of the Marianas: Navy splits Japanese fleet in decisive action
Admiral Nimitz announced a major victory as U.S. forces pummeled a Japanese carrier and battleship group during the Saipan invasion area. Japanese losses included at least one carrier sunk and multiple cruisers and destroyers damaged, with U.S. aircraft and ships sustaining lighter damage.
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Mitscher
Philippines Sea
Midway
Coral Sea
Saipan
Marianas
Tokyo
Magicienne Bay
Japan
Truk
Douglas MacArthur
Admiralties
Carolines
Marshalls
Nimitz
Ponape
Shumushu
Paramushiro
Hurtes
China Sea
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Philippines
Marc A. Mitscher
U.S
Fifth Fleet
Raymond A. Spruance
Heavy Attack Rolls From Air and Land Near Cherbourg
Allied forces push from the south into Quettehou and near Beaumont-Hague, trapping elements of three German divisions in the Cherbourg peninsula. Supreme Headquarters denied knowledge of an American ultimatum to surrender by 7 a.m. Greenwich. Secretary Stimson credited British and Canadian actions for the breakthrough.
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St. Croix-Hague
Cherbourg
Cap de la Hague
Satre
le Theil
Valognes
Communique No. 33
Tilly
Bradley
St. Croix- Hague
Point Barfleur
Octeville
du Roule
Associated Press
Vichy
Supreme Headquarters
Don White
Quettehou
St. Vaast la Hougue
Beaumont-Hague
Greenwich
London Daily Sketch
Omar N. Bradley
Normandy
Stimson
Washington
Pennies Buy Bonds in War Bond Drive
Frank Piteo, a south Tucson restaurant manager, used pennies from cigarette purchases to buy 150 dollars in war bonds. The south Tucson volunteer fire department will count and wrap 11 250 pennies, as Piteo estimates he has about 4 750 copper coins left.
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Tucson
Ariz
Frank Piteo
South Tucson
Burmese Law Says Wife May Head Household If Husband Drinks
Under Burma law a wife may become head of the household if the husband drinks too freely, reflecting traditional gender role provisions amid social norms and legal provisions discussed in local reporting.
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Burma
Iceland Becomes World’s Youngest Republic on June 17
Iceland severs ties with Denmark and proclaims full independence after a May referendum. Althing in Reykjavik completes the move. population about 120,000 with a long democratic heritage dating to 930. The nation relies on fisheries and imports for most goods with hot geysers supplying heating.
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Althing
Reykjavik
Denmark
Christian X
Christian
Norway
Europe
Lief Erickson
Island
Greece
British Isles
Iceland’s North Comes Under War Turmoil in 1941
Dispatches report German bombings and machine gunnings on the port city in early 1941. Before the war, German pilots from Reykjavik flew to northern towns learning the country. Later, U S armed forces were sent to protect the Atlantic outpost by order of President Roosevelt.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
United States
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Soldiers Visit USO Hut in Pocatello Welcome
USO hut in Pocatello hosts a trainload of Italian theater troops who spent two years in Italy and crave homemade coffee. Local soldiers awaiting navy entry line greet them while recruiting officer Bill Hager leads as big brother figure.
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Pocatello
America
Navy
Bill Hager
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