Allied air and ground on 100 mile front near Caen
Allied and German forces clash along a 100 mile front from Caen to Troarn as Germans throw four armored divisions into the fight. Air support with 1,500 American planes hits targets in France and Germany while U S armored units push near Montebourg Cherbourg peninsula.
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Wes Gallagher
Allied Expeditionary Force
Caen
Montebourg
Troarn
Normandy
Caumont
U. S
Cherbourg
Rodney
Ramillies
France
Germany
Carentan
Berlin
Caretan
Supreme Command
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
S. S
Bernard L. Montgomery
Erwin Rommel
Bayaux
Frange
Black Line
U.S
St. Lo
Tilly
AP Wirenhoto
Georgian makes shack of captured Jap supplies
At Marshall Islands U S Army base a low ceiling shack built from captured Japanese supplies is the pride of two soldiers. 1st Sgt Walter J Cash of Hartwell Georgia and T/Sgt Robert W Craft of Charleston West Virginia fashioned a windmill washing machine, a refrigerator from a water filled canvas bag, a wash bowl from an Army helmet and a shower bath from beer cans on a waterwheel.
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U. S. Army
Marshall Islands
Stoop- Inn
Walter J. Cash
Hartwell, Ga
Robert W. Craft
Charleston
W. Va
Churchill wins postponement of debate on French relations
Prime Minister Winston Churchill secured a postponement of a full Commons debate on British French relations, arguing it would harm prospects if opened now. He urged waiting for negotiations among France the United States and Britain to conclude, stressing progress in Italy and across the channel.
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Churchill
Commons
London
Winston Churchill
House
Normandy
de Gaulle Committee
United States
Britain
Italy
de Gaulle
Pacific Battle Report: 13 Japanese Ships Sunk
Naval guns and carrier planes pummeled Guam and the Marianas for three days. Admiral Nimitz announced 13 Japanese ships sunk 16 damaged and 141 planes destroyed while center Pacific forces pressed toward Saipan and Tinian.
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Pacific
Guam
Mariana Islands
J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
U. S
Marianas Islands
Philippines
Tokyo Radio
Chester Nimitz
Central Pacific
Nimitz
Japan
Tokyo
Saipan
Tinian
Changsha
China
Chungking
Hankow-Canton
Dilemma of German Command Affects Cherbourg Invasion
In the Cherbourg peninsula battle the Allied front grows from sixty to about one hundred miles as Montgomery presses to widen depth and prepare a main counterattack. Rommel clashes with Rundstedt over whether to strike now or wait, while Allied air power has disrupted German bridges and communications.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Cherbourg
Montgomery
Rommel
Hitler
Atlantic Wall
Marshal Vonn Rundstedt
Vonn Rundstedt
Cherbourgh
Paris
von Rundstedt
Georgia and Northwest Florida Weather Outlook
Fair to partly cloudy tonight with steady temperatures. Thursday brings slightly higher afternoon heat and few scattered thunderstorms in Georgia. In extreme Northwest Florida expect similar partly cloudy skies with scattered afternoon showers.
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Georgia
Florida
Parity Price Amendment Passes House in Price Control Bill
The House approved a parity price amendment for farm commodities by voice vote amid administration support and a strong vote against an opposing Bankhead Brown cotton textile amendment. Parity requires processors to pay full parity or limit charges to 90 percent of OPA ceilings, hitting cotton hardest as it runs below parity. President veto threat cited and voting largely along party lines.
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Washington
House
Ender McCormack
Massachusetts
Aoe Ve
McCormack
Bankhead Brown
Allied Air Armadas Pound Nazi Oil Lifelines In Europe
Allied air forces launched a massive combined assault as 1500 U S heavy bombers struck France Germany Hungary and Yugoslavia targeting oil refineries air bases and bridges. The operation totaled tens of thousands of sorties and hundreds of aircraft losses while the Luftwaffe faced heavy depletion and continued Allied strikes across the European theater.
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U.S
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
France
Germany
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Italy
Hitler
Britain
Emmerich
Shell
Budapest
Belgium
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