Allies reach 10 miles of Cherbourg in bold Normandy advance
Allied forces drive on multiple fronts in Normandy seizing Troarn near Caen and Balleroy while pushing toward Cherbourg. U S troops take Montebourg and Pont Abbe as deep advances threaten the port. Airfields expand with five landing strips in use.
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Normandy
Cherbourg
Caen
Troarn
U. S
Balleroy
Bayeux
Darth
Montbourg
Ste.Mere Eglise
Pont L'Abbe
Carentan
le Ham
Montebourg
Supreme Headquarters
Troarnif
Britis H
France
Cape
Erwin Rommel
Cerfsy
St. Lo
U. S. Fourth Infantry
trans-Atlantic
Ste.Mere Figuise
Pont Abbe
Berlin
Rommel Said Not in Command of German Armies
Reports from Supreme Headquarters indicate Rommel may have been removed from command of the Seventh and 15th mobile armies. The rivalry with Karl Von Rundstedt over defense strategy is noted, with Rommel eager to strike at the Allied beachhead and Rundstedt favoring a wait‑and‑see approach.
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Wes Gallagher
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Karl von Rundstedt
von Rurdstedt
France
Low Countries
North Africa
Tunisia
Sicily
Italy
Bernard Montgomery
von Rundstedt
British correspondent doubts Rommel in command
London June 13 AP dispatch from 21st army group headquarters quotes Lessie Randall saying Rommel is out and no definite news of his status has reached base since the invasion began. Planners and field officers reportedly believe he is not in command despite lack of confirmation.
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London
Lessie Randall
21St Army Group
Evening Standard Today
Rommel
Randall
Texas Senator Denounces Smear Attempt in Campaign Financing
Texas Senator W Lee O Daniel denounces a senate campaign expenditures committee inquiry into funding for a proposed anti administration newspaper. He claims more than 100000 has been raised from 5 a year subscribers to publish what he calls truth about government from a Washington based senator. The Texas Democratic committee voted 37 to 6 against certifying on the matter.
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Associated Press
Texas
W. Lee O'Daniel
Lone Star
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
O’daniel
United States
Washington
Texas Democratic Committee
Census Bureau reports cottonseed crushed in ten months
The Census Bureau said cottonseed crushed from Aug 1 to May 31 totaled 3 915 188 tons, down from 4 344 561 tons in the same period last year. May 31 on hand at mills stood at 178 749 tons, up from 175 824 tons a year ago.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Reds Hope 10 Crush Finns in the North
Soviet mobile units with strong artillery pushed deeper into the Karelian isthmus toward Viipuri and Raivola. The town of Raivola fell quickly while Finns rushed reserves to the area. Finnish claims of repelling attacks and tank losses contrasted with Soviet advances and heavy fire along the Gulf of Finland toward Viipuri and Helsinki.
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Reds Hope
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Leonid A. Govorov
Red Army
Karelian Isthmus
Raivola
Viipuri
Izeestia
Terijoki
Ney
Berlin
Helsinki
Stockholm
Karelian
Viipari
Sapafelon
Gulf of Finland
Teripoki
Izvestia
Allied air and sea bridgehead strengthens Cherbourg invasion
Allied air and sea superiority has created a solid Cherbourg peninsula bridgehead with an eighty mile front and depth of about eighteen miles. Some 10 000 sorties pounded bridges roads and troop movements aiding the invasion while German air strength remained weak by comparison, signaling momentum for Allied offensives pending favorable weather.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Hitler
Atlantic Wall
English Channel
Cherbourge Peninsula
Normandy
Europe
Cherbourg
Opening Fifth War Bond Drive Prompts US Faith in Armed Forces
President Roosevelt pledges national resolve as the Fifth War Loan Drive launches from Texarkana with a goal of 16 billion dollars. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau warnsAmerica will borrow 57 billion more, detailing widespread supply cuts against Japan and multiple Allied victories across Europe and the Pacific.
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Texarkana
Roosevelt
Tokyo
United Nations
Germany
Pacific
the Treasury
Henry Morganthau, Jr
Texas
Arkansas
Texarkans
Allies Hack Away at Japs in Pacific Front
Allied air sea and ground forces press a broad offensive against Japanese positions across the Pacific. Nimitz and MacArthur report continued strikes on Guam Tinian Saipan and other Marianas while new air bases in New Guinea aid raids on Falau and Truk. Dutch New Guinea fighting has yielded 6,705 Japanese casualties in recent weeks.
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J. B. Kruegar
Associated Press
Philippines
China
Nimitz-MacArthur
Palau
Marianas
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Guam
Tinian
Saipan
Marianas Islands
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Falau
Truk
MacArthur
Biak
Bougainville
Dutch New Guinea
White Star Insignia Becomes AEF Symbol in Europe
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force announces the white star insignia seen in Normandy photos now represents the entire Allied Expeditionary Force. The symbol is not the identification for any single nation or the American army, and appears on Allied ground and air machines.
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Europe
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy Battlefront
Germans Fight On New Defense Lines In Italy
Rome reports heavy fighting as Germans hold a new defense line from Lake Bolsena to the Tyrrhenian Sea while Fifth Army and Allied troops advance along the lake shore. Forces capture Valentano and near Latera. 142 prisoners and 100 enemy killed from the 162nd Turcoman Division. Eighth Army pushes toward Popoli and Terni as Allied air power strikes targets in Hungary and central Europe.
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Rome
Lake Bolsena
Fifth Army
Orbetello
Valentano
Latera
Bagno Repto
Ameriean
162Nd
Turcoman
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Saline River
Pescara
Popoli
Sulmona
Terni
Tece
Tiber Alley
Carsoli
Hungary
Almas-Fuzi
Komarom
Budapest
Mediterranean Air Force
Weather Report for Georgia and Northwest Florida
Partly cloudy and warm tonight and Wednesday with scattered afternoon thunderstorms in Georgia. In extreme Northwest Florida expect fair night, then partly cloudy Wednesday with scattered afternoon storms.
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Georgia
Florida
US bombers aid ground forces amid Normandy advance
Allied air power supports American troops pushing toward Cherbourg as U S bombers from Italy hit Munich and Innsbruck targets in Germany. RAF and Mediterranean planes pound transport and oil facilities, with 7000 sorties reported yesterday and night strikes on Gelsenkirchen syn fuel plants.
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Gladwin Hill
London
U. S
Italy
Germany
Western Front
Cherbourg
Normandy
Munich
Innsbruck
Austria
England
France
Almland
al- Med Expeditionary Force
15Th Air Force
Air
Oberpfaffen
Britain
Gelsenkirchen
Ruhr
Kelsenkirchen
RAF
Evreux-Fauville
Dreux-Iilieres-L'Eveque
Berlin
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Miami
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Finland
Japan
Morgenthau
Reich
Peter J. Carroll
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