A Message From Congressman E E Cox To The People
Congressman E E Cox defends his record amid a smear campaign in a district wide appeal. He denounces undercover opponents and Murder Incorporated backed by the Better Georgia Committee through Donalsonville broker J L Haralson. He rebuts claims about stock transfers and family salaries, cites FCC matters, and endorses veterans groups while urging voters to judge by his conduct.
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Congress
CIO
Communists
Murder Incorporated
J. L. Haralson
Donalsonville
Better Georgia Committee
Hugh Johnson
Haralson
Albany Broadcasting
Henry McIntosh
Albany
Georgia
Florida
Congressional
Washington
Rules Committee of the House
Legionnaires
America
Legion
American and Japanese War Tactics in Saipan Clash
Nimitz assesses air control and reconnaissance in the Marianas while acknowledging Japanese land based air cover west of the islands. He warns fleet movements may invite naval engagements as Saipan invaders secure the area. McMorris notes implications for air dominance beyond the immediate target.
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C. H. McMorris
Nimitz
Aslito
Marianas
Saipan
Allied advance reaches near Cherbourg amid heavy fighting
Allied forces push toward Cherbourg with Lt Gen Omar Bradley's troops four miles from the port as German resistance stiffens. British capture Onchy near Tilly while heavy coastal forts ring Cherbourg and gale conditions hinder unloading. French patriots aid guides as the city edges closer to fall.
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Les Pieux
Cherbourg
Omar N Bradley
Quineville
Supreme Allied Command
Normandy
Tilly Sur Suelles
Acqueville
Bradley
Tunisia
Bizerte
U.S. Ninth Division
Genoa Harbor Carrier Damaged by Allied Air Strike
Rome reports that June 21 AP dispatch states first tactical air force attacked Genoa harbor severely damaging a 20,000 ton enemy aircraft carrier. The hit follows heavy bombing in the region.
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Genoa Harbor
Rome
Thunderbolts
First Tactical Air Force
Genoa
Ochlochnee War Bond Rally Reaches One Third Quota
A June 21 crowd at Ochlochnee high school auditorium heard Capt. David B. Howard and Lt. Alan Hardy share overseas service details before attendees subscribed over 17 thousand dollars in war bonds. Organizers announced 17,100 dollars raised and planned a house to house canvass to push toward the quota.
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David B. Howard
Alan Hardy
Ochlochnee
J. Gorham Garrison
War Finance Committee
Finney General Hospital
Ochtochnee
Howard
University of Georgia
Fort Benning
Second Armored
Africa
8Th Army
5Th Army
Anzio
United States
Fort Williams
Portland
Maine
Australia
Surgical
Hardy
New Guinea
States
Rufus Bulloch
Germans expand rocket bomb installations under attack
Allied headquarters disclosed that Germany is building more rocket bomb launching sites. Brereton described two types of depots with compact platforms and dispersed newer ones. Flying bombs struck Southern England as Allied air forces attacked Pas de Calais launch areas.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary .Force
Inngland
Pas de-Calais
Lewis H. Brereton
U. S. Ninth Air Force
British Cavalry Leads Push Toward Perugia and Coastal Axis
Nazi defenders retreat northeast of Perugia as 16th and 5th lancers spearhead the advance. Eighth Army troops clear Chiusi Cetona area and push along Highway 71 near Lake Trasimeno. coastal gains reach San Benedetto Del Tronto and Grottammare while structures like Castel Del Piano fall after stiff resistance.
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Perugia
16Th
5Th Lancers
Eighth Army
Lake
Chiusi
Cetona
Fifth Army
Montiglio
Seggiano
Vivo D’orcia
Bagni
San Felippo
Pancia
Valozzetta
Poggio Mante
Pantan
Montepescali
Castel del Piano
Damaged Italian Carrier Regola Bombed and Struck in Harbor
Returning pilots reported the previously damaged Italian carrier Regola, under refit in the harbor, was badly damaged after a bombing attack. Intense anti aircraft fire did not stop fighters from strafing the ship as they returned.
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Regola
Germans Threaten Finnish Ports Amid War Drift
A Stockholm dispatch reported Germany threats to occupy three Finnish ports Tornio Kemi and Oulu along a 70 mile Gulf of Bothnia frontage and Aland islands as Finland teeters on the brink of defeat and uncertain steps to stay in the war.
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Finland
Stockholm
Gulf of Bothnia-Tornio
Kemi
Oulu
Aland Islands
Sweden
Weather Forecast for Thomasville Ga June 1 1944
The Weather Bureau reports fair weather for Thomasville with moderate temperatures today and tonight. Thursday will be partly cloudy and warm. Observations at 8 am show 75 degrees at the meridian with highs yesterday around the month’s record and a low near 63.
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U. S. Department OF Commerce
Thomasville
Ccsras
Two More Jap Airfields on Biak Captured
Advanced Allied HQ reports two additional Japanese airfields on Biak Island are now in American hands, bringing to four the airfields on the Schouten Islands used for future attacks toward the Philippines. Ground forces also pushed Japanese from ridges near Sorido and Borokoe airstrips, advancing onto them.
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Schouten Islands
Philippines
New Guinea
Biak Island
Dutch New Guinea
Sorido
Borokoe
Biak
Mokmer
Owl Island
Equator
Yap
Carolines
Celebes
Borneo
Timor
Netherlands East Indies
Darwin
Australia
Boston
Owi
Manokwari
Admiralty Islands
Truk
Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard total 3 400 646 personnel
Washington AP The combined strength of the Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard stood at 3 400 646 on May 1, with 8 727 women officers and 71 980 enlisted women. Senator Walsh notes naval decline since 1922 and cites 5 299 480 tons of permanent authorized ships versus 780 000 tons under age and 300 800 tons of age vessels in 1932.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps and Coast Guard
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate
Navy and
Marine Corps
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Jaycees Sponsor Drive for Fifth War Loan in Business Center
The Thomasville Junior Chamber of Commerce plans a targeted drive among retail firms in the business center to sell extra bonds during the fifth war loan. Firms may collect payments at the store or route applications to banks or post offices for credit to both store and solicitor. Jaycees will assign firms Friday and public details appear in Monday Times Enterprise. Thomasville's quota is 555000.00.
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Jaycees
Drive IN — Business Center
Thomasville
Times-Enterprise
Roy Allen
Bill Bulloch
al Curry
Bill Miller
Ed Mitchell
Jack Whitehurst
Dewey Norwood
RB. C. Blanton
al Feinberg
Local News Briefs on Hospital Transfer and Returning Service Members
Friends of Mr. Fred Skeen learn he moved from Archbold Memorial Hospital to A C L Hospital in Waycross Georgia. Roy Barwick returns home after nearly two years in the Pacific, starting with Tarawa. Cractus W MecRory, USS Daniel Ma chins Mate, arrives from Casablanca for a visit then heads to Boston for duty. Harold Blumberg and Mrs. Blumberg welcome a baby boy. she is former Miss Lulan Goldstein. H P Stewart returns to Shell Beach after time with parents in Ocicoknee. Enid Lawson resumes nursing training at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta after visiting family.
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Albany Herald
FCC
McIntosh
Haralson
U. S. Treasury
House of Representatives
Washington
Charles Cox
Charles
Department of Agriculture
Robin Cox
Robin
Fred Skeen
Archbold Memorial Hospital
A.C.L. Hospital
Waycross
Roy Barwick
Tarawa
Pacific
Enid Lawson
Piedmont Hospital
Atlanta
Mrs
Red Lawson
Republicans at Work Drafting New Platform
Republican leaders in Chicago begin drafting a party platform to boost their White House candidate who will be named by next Wednesday. The convention enters its third day amid expectations of no balloting deadlock. Also in Chicago the American Democratic National Committee votes to convene all anti Roosevelt renomination groups.
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Associated Press
Chicago
White House
Harrison E. Spangler
American Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Partisans Cut Zagreb Belgrade Railway Across Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito said partisan troops cut the Zagreb Belgrade railway in 267 places as clashes raged over a wide Yugoslav area. German forces moved to northern Dalmatia for offensives while fighting continued in eastern and western Bosnia and in Croatia. Delnice, southwest of Zagreb, saw German penetration but was driven out.
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London
Zagreb- Belgrade
Tito
Yugoslavia
Dalmatia
Bosnia
Herdegovina
Sandjak
Croatia
Delnice
Zgreb
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E. E. Cox
Second Congressional District
Pagene
Valognes
Couville
Rouville la Bigot
Flotte
Manville-Les Noes Hague
Onchy
Tilly
Hottot
Caen
W. J. Miller, Jr
Thomas County
Brereton
Helsinki
Mee
EL AbveRnsina
Re Woudereul
Navy, Marines and
C. G
Board of Directors
Thomas County War Finance Committee
Cractus W. MecRory
Daniel
Casablanca
Harold Blumberg
Dothan
Ala
Blunberg
Lulan Goldstein
H. P. Stewart
Shell Beach
A. L. Stewart
Ociocknee
Partisans
ZAREB
Belgrade
R.R
Clydebank
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Company
Thomasville Cocacola Bottling CO
Lee Street
Coke
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