Allied assault tightens Cherbourg trap near port
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley's American troops push within eight miles of Cherbourg and shell the port as they widen the Cherbourg peninsula corridor. German forces attempt a breakout near St Jacques de Nehou, but suffer heavy losses while the U S Ninth Division drives toward La Haye du Putts.
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Wes Gallagher
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Omar N. Bradley
Cherbourg
Bricquebec
Sir Bernard &. Montgomery
21St Army Group
St. Jacques de Nehou
Normandy
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
Bayeux
Caen
Caretan
Cherbourgh
Montebourg
Berlin
U. S
Valgones
Napoleon
U. S. Ninth Division
Bizerte
Tunisia
Manton
Eddy
United States
Peninsula
Atlantic
la Haye du Putts
St. Sauveur le Vicomte
la Haye
French Extend Hold on Elba Isle as Allies Advance in Italy
Paris dispatch reports French colonial battalions seized Portoferraio and more than two thirds of Elba, with Napoleon's Villa captured before the port. In Italy Allied units push toward the Pisa Rimini line, taking Assisi Deruta and regions around Perugia amid heavy fighting on multiple fronts.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Rome
Portoferraio
Elba
Assisi
St. Francis
Biba
Napoleon
Porto Longone
Fifth
Eighth Army
Italy
Pisa-Rimini
Perugia
Florence
Deruta
Citta Della Pieve
Churchill Says Summer Could End War Early
London reports Prime Minister Churchill, in a speech at the Mexican embassy, suggested the coming summer months may bring victory for the Allied cause. He cited the Normandy invasion as a tactical surprise and said events this summer could release Britain from the German curse as Allied plans unfold.
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London
Churchill
Normandy
Germany
Teheran
Bard Named Navy Undersecretary by Roosevelt
Ralph A. Bard, then assistant secretary of the Navy, was nominated by President Roosevelt to be undersecretary. The move leaves the assistant secretary post vacant pending a recommendation from Forrestal. Bard, 59, a Cleveland native, previously ran Hitchcock Bard and Co and focused on labor relations in Navy work.
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Washington
Ralph A. Bard
Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt
Bard
James Worrestal
Frank Knox
Senate
Stephen Early
Forrestal
Early
Cleveland
Navy Department
Tie
Chicago
Hitchcock, Bard and Co
Navy
FEPC Debate Risks Congress Recess Timing
Southern Democratic pressure to abolish the Fair Employment Practices Committee endangers plans to recess by Friday as Congress battles war funding bills and a price control extension. A Senate House compromise on FEPC could delay action amid a crowded legislative agenda and looming conventions.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Senate
Senate House Committee
FEPC
Congress
War Agencies
War Department
House
Senate Military Committee
Women’s Air Force Service Pilots
WASPS
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Northwest Florida Weather Outlook Tonight Through Tuesday
Parth reports cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday with scattered thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon. Grogan notes continued warmth and partly cloudy conditions with scattered afternoon or evening thundershowers.
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Florida
Parth
Grogan
Reds Standing on Threshold of Viipuri
Soviet field dispatches report the Red army at the threshold of Viipuri after breaking the Mannerheim line and capturing Kolvists on the Viipuri Bay mouth. They say the left flank advanced along the Gulf of Finland while the right wing moved along Lake Ladoga and Breached fortifications, with Kataisha used for the first time in Finland.
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Hinry GG. Cassidy
Moscow
Red Army
Viipuri
Finland
Maannerheimee
Kolvists
Forress
Viipuri Bay
Karlian
Mannerheim
Murila
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Karelia
Raivola-Voki
Pravda
Drive to Extend Crop Insurance Gains Bipartisan Support
Washington reports a bipartisan push to revive federal crop insurance with a 1945 plan covering wheat, cotton, and flax and experimental projects on other crops. House leaders Fulmer Cannon and Hope back the proposal, while opponents Brown and Dirksen warn of a heavy House fight and fret over federal control of the industry.
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Clair Johnson
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Fulmer
DSC
House Appropriations Committee
Cannon
Rep
Hope
Kans
Vericulture Commmutes
Ren
Clarence Brown
Ohio
Dirksen
Dustry
Breaches widen in Pacific defense line as Saipan battles surge
Allied forces, led by Nimitz and MacArthur, pushed through the Japanese outer ring from New Guinea to the Kuriles. On Saipan, U S troops neared Magicienne Chil and Aslito airfield amid repulsed counterattacks and heavy bombardment of Guam. Farther south, MacArthur’s airmen neutralized Sorong in New Guinea, destroying 50 planes and several ships while Biak Island battles slow progress near Mokmer airfield. Casualties mount for Japan as operations continue.
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J. Bo
Associated Press
Nimitz MacArthur
New Guinea
Kurhes
Saipan Island
Magicienne Chil
Aslito Airfield
Saipai
U. S
Guam
Adm
Chester Nimitz
Kurile
Jiapan
MacArthur
Saipan
Fruk
Biak
Dutch New Guinea
Mokmer
Heavy Allied Bombers Strike Calais and Southwest France
U S heavy bombers and fighter-bombers pounded rocket launch sites at Pas de Calais and air bases in Bordeaux Merignac Cazaux and near Cognac as part of a broad assault. Columns of bombers targeted Cherbourg peninsula and routes southeast to disrupt German reinforcements while Mustang groups observed German troops diverting horses from roads amid battlefield chaos.
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Gladwin Hill
Allied Expeditionary Force
U.S
Hitler
Pag de-Calais
Bagland
France
Cherbourg
Cazaukx
Bordeaux
Corne Recluse
Coognac
Nieces
Donald Sykessee
U.S. Mustang
Haniges
Germany
Bor
Pas-de-Calais
Amerig
Gamany
Afnican
Air Force
Thundesbolt Lightning
Mustang
Cent France
Paris
Amiéhs Arras
Ammunit
Fort D-Andaine Sor
Villers-Bocage
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Elba Isle
Nelson
Donald M. Nelson
Wasitingtop
War Production Board
Senate War Investigating Committee
Ferguson
R-Mich
WPB
Detroit
Yank
U. S. Navy
Weather Report
Viipari
Koivisto
Pacific
Nimitz-MacArthur
Calais
Frace
Gersman
20Th Bomber Command
India
Japan
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