Drive on Mainland Seen Aimed at Cutting Off Allied China Routes
Allied observers report a major Japanese push toward Changsha threatening eastern China. Chinese forces resist from Hankow toward Canton while new offensives in Burma and the Pacific hinge on the Myitkyina siege and Palau and Guam actions. Marshal MacArthur edges nearer the Philippines as tug of war widens across Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mainland
China
Associated Press
Japan
Changsha
Hankow-Canton
Hankow
Chungking
Canton
Claire L. Chennault
Pacific
Dutch New Guinea
Palau
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Chester Nimtz
Guam
Mariana Chain of Islands
Carolines
Marianas
Philippine Islands
Myitkyina
Burma
Burma-China
Joseph Stilwell
Lungling
Purma
Peak of Battle for Cherbourg Advances as Allied Tide Grows
General Montgomery announces a firm lodgement on the Cherbourg mainland while Rommel prepares a major counter attack. Allies count on air superiority and naval fire to blunt enemy concentrations as reinforcements surge on both sides. The peak of the battle may hinge on Rommel's response along the western European coast.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Cherbourg
Gernard Montgomery
France
Rommel
Rommell
Europe
Cuban President Purchases $10,000 War Bond
In New York an official said a $10,000 war bond was purchased in the name of Fulgencio Batista. The War Finance Committee spokesman called it the forerunner of substantial future purchases by Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
War Finance Committee
Republic of Cuba
Georgia Warm With Scattered Tstorms Into Tuesday
Partly cloudy and warm today and tonight with scattered afternoon thundershowers in the south and west portions. Extreme northwest Florida stays partly cloudy this afternoon and Tuesday afternoon.
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Georgia
Florida
Medical care in 50. Pacific is superior to home
Col. George G. Finney of Johns Hopkins hospital unit in the South Pacific says medical care there is far above the home average. He toured about a dozen hospitals, noting low morbidity and mortality due to preventive medicine.
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Pacific
Baltimore
South Pacific
George G. Finney
Johns Hopkins
Finney
Tropics
Texas Situation Draws Attention Fourth Termers
Texas political tension grows as Roosevelt backers seek to place four term electors on the July 22 Democratic ballot in Dallas. Anti administration leaders demand two thirds nominating rules and threaten court action. Shreveport organizers name E B Germany to head a multi state group as Willkie signals possible GOP support.
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Jack Bell
Texas
Dallas
Roosevelt
Shreveport
E. B. Germany
John M. Garner
Wendell L. Willkie
Allied and Japanese troops fight on French beachhead
General Montgomery announced about 7,000 prisoners captured in France. He said Japanese regular soldiers fought with Axis forces and some have been captured or killed. many enemy troops were killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Bernard L
Montgomery
Senate Passes Compromise G I Bill of Rights
The Senate sent to the House a compromise GI Bill of Rights giving veterans hospitalization education unemployment compensation and loans. The program costs were estimated at 4 to 6.5 billion dollars and deducts any postwar bonus from benefits. Veterans would receive 20 dollars weekly unemployment for 52 weeks in the first two years after discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
House
Finance Committee
George
D-Gqa
Heavy aerial blows back up land attack this day
Allied air forces pounded German defenses in support of the French invasion. Bombers and fighters, in fine weather, conducted numerous sorties, targeting rail centers and transport lines within 100 miles of the front, with RAF crews engaging rapid-fire objectives to aid ground troops.
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Gladwin Hill Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
RAF
France
Berlin
Erwin Rommel
Faris
German 14th Army dispersed as Allies push in Italy
Allied forces report the German 14th Army dispersed to the four winds as they pursue retreating units along the Italian west coast toward Orbetello. Fifth and Eighth Army columns advance, taking Montefiascone and Avezzano area, with gains along the Tiber and Adriatic sectors and Lake Fucino near Avezzano.
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Rome
Mark W. Clark
Orbetello
Florence
France
Europe
Italy
Fifth Army
Montefiascone
Lake Bolsena
Eighth Army
Tiber
Bagno Reggio
Rieti
Avezzano
Adriatic
Pescara River
Nunzitello
Lake Fucino
Cerily Forest and Carentan Fell in Allied Drive toward Caen
American forces pushed 18 miles inland in Normandy seizing the Cerisy forest as Carentan was reported captured by U S troops. The advance widened the beachhead toward St Lo and Cherbourg with gains around Montebourg and evidence of German retreat near Caen.
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Cerily Forest
Carentan
Caen
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Indiana
Normandy
Cerisy
U. S
St. Lo
Cherbourg
Cape
Montebourg
Berlin
St. Vaast la Hogue
Red Army Opens Large Offensive on Finnish Front
On June 17 the Soviet Union launched a major move aimed at Finland and isolating about 100 000 German troops in the north. The Red Army pushed along a 25 mile front near the Karelian Isthmus above Leningrad, advancing 12 to 25 miles in places. The drive appears coordinated with Allied actions in France as part of a broader strategy. Col Gen Leonid Govorov led troops who had just lifted the siege of Leningrad. 82 towns and villages were reported captured, including the rail junction of Veijetki.
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Moscow
Finland
Red Army
Karelian
Leningrad
France
Oit
Leonid Govorov
Sevastopol
Eijetki
American dead lie on Normandy beach after bold assault
On a bomb blasted Normandy beach soldiers lie lifeless with personal belongings nearby as engineers dig temporary trenches for mass burial. Nearby lie the bodies of 10 Germans and two Bixons as American troops continue the fight amid the war’s grim toll.
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John A. Moroso
Cememtery
France
Normandy
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Vatican
Climay
Pius
U.S. Navy
J. B. Kreuger
Chanscka
Liuyang
Robert Eunson
New Guinea
Jas
Job
Weather Report
Clark
By James M. Long
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Balleroy
Cerisy Forest
Tilly Sculleg
Baye
Atilés
Germany
French Field
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