Fifth Fleet sinks ships in Saipan Philippines action
U S Fifth Fleet carrier planes shattered a Japanese naval force off the Philippines near Saipan. Four ships were sunk and at least ten damaged as the enemy fled under night cover. The Sunday air battle against Mit Shen’s force totaled 353 enemy aircraft shot down with light U S losses.
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Philippines
Saipan
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
United States Fifth Fleet
Philppines
Japan
Saipan Island
Marianas
Adm
Raymond A. Spruance
China Sea
Chester W. Nimits
Télky
Tokyo
Nimitz
Mitscher
U. S
A_ fleet
Fifth Fleet
Raymond Appruance
Georgia Democratic delegates named for national convention
Atlanta reports the Georgia Democratic Executive Committee named 82 delegates and 12 presidential electors for the November general election. Governor Ellis Arnall chairs the delegation. unit rule binds 26 votes to the statewide majority. Electors include Mrs. R. E. Majors and 11 others from various counties.
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Georgia
Democratic Executive Committee
Atlanta
Ellis Arnall
D. Lan Duckworth
State Executive Committee
KE. D. Rivers
Virginia Polhill Price
R. BE. L. Majors
Evans County
Sid Howell
Early County
Israel Mannheim
Pulaski
Nathan Culpepper
Meriwether
Carl Sims
Rockdale
R. H. Freeman, Jr
Bibb
Tom Clemmons
Floyd
Jeff Davis
Lowndes
Ed Jones
Union
Ralph Golucke
Taliaferro
Lynn Norris
McDuffie
Louie Morris
Hart
Warship Crew Offers Money to End Strike at Wright Plant
A Pacific naval crew from U S S Coos Bay proposes funding wage increases at the Wright Aeronautical plant to halt an unauthorized strike. The letter asks strikers to stop walking out, channeling 41,200 pennies to the Navy secretary, with a note that payment comes from crew members who have endured long war service.
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U. S
Coos Bay
Wright Aircraft Corporation
Vu. S. S
Cool Bay
P. S
Wright
Wright Aeronautical Company
Lockland
Ohio
Allies Near Ancona as 100000 Nazis Fall in Italy
Allied and Italian troops push toward Ancona within 32 miles, while Eighth Army advances toward Camerino and Grosseto margins. Casualties and prisoners mount as the Mediterranean air force reports 1100 plane sorties with no losses.
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Rome
Ancona
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Camerino
Perugia
Grosseto
Venice
Fermo
Rimini
Florence-Rimini
Nocero Umbra
Camero
Pergua
Lake Trasimeno
Sid Fede
Italy
Mediterranean Air Force
Livorno
Ventimiglia
Arnall Sees Roosevelt Likely to Seek Fourth Term
Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall said Roosevelt may accept a fourth term nomination if tendered by the Democratic National Convention. Arnall spoke after a White House meeting and predicted the president will publicly address party mandates, signaling possible reconciliation with southern Democrats over the term movement.
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Arnall
Gov
Duckworth
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Ellis Arnail
Lon Duckworth
Grady
James AL. Pilcher
Thomas
Fred Scott
Jie
AP Gvernor
Elis Averdl
Cteorgia
Georgia
Congress
Red Army Launches New Drives On Finland Front
The Red Army deploys large forces and equipment in two new offensives along a broad front north of Lake Ladoga to hasten victory over Finland. Soviet troops push from Viipuri toward the Karelian isthmus, nearing the 1935 40 border as Helsinki faces government turmoil and a possible peace cabinet.
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Associated Press
London
Red Army
Lake Ladoga
Finland
Moscow
Viipuri
Karelian
Helsinki
Reuters
Stockholm
Svenska Dabbladet
Allied bombers hammer Pas de Calais rocket launch sites
American fortresses and liberators attacked rocket launching grounds in Pas de Calais as part of a rapid 24 hour assault. The daytime strike followed a night of aerial attacks across France to Germany's Ruhr and Berlin, intensifying pressure on German industry and defenses.
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Allied B Expeditionary
Pas-de- Calais
France
Germany
Ruhr
Berlin
Americans at Saipan hold island after weeklong fight
Aboard the flagship off Saipan June 22, AMERICANS DRIVE AS I SHELLED and seized the southern third of Saipan in a week of combat. Marines and Army troops breached the western Garapan frontier and pushed toward Mount Tapotchau and Magicienne Bay as the Japanese garrison of about 20,000 defended entrenched positions. The Aslito airfield was brought into operation, and American forces captured two airfields amid heavy shelling.
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Rembert James
Joint Expeditionary Force
Saipan
U. S
V/P
Japan
United States
Aslito
Marianas
Philippines
James
Associated Press
Ashito
Marianas Islands
Garapan
Mount Tapotchau
Magicienne Bay
Charan Kanoa
Saipan Island
Bombers and Artillery Hammer Cherbourg Front
Allied air forces pound Cherbourg defenses as light and medium bombers strike rocket launch sites near Pas de Calais. Marauders Havocs and Thunderbolts fly within 100 feet of German guns while heavy bombers hit rocket plants. Bradley’s troops push to the sea near St Croix Hague and near Le Theil as communiqués report good progress on the main road from Valognes.
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Gladwin Hill
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
Pas de Calais
Omar N. Bradley
U.S
St. Croix Hague
Cap du la Hague
Saire
le Theil
Valognes
Cher
Supreme Command
England
Allied Forces Trap German Divisions Near Cherbourg
Washington reports Allied troops have trapped elements of three German divisions on the Cherbourg peninsula and surrounding areas in a push credited largely to British and Canadian actions at the Normandy front. War Secretary Stimson noted the enemy has not massed reserves for a major counteroffensive and that Allied advances have expanded their holdings while repelling counterattacks.
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New York
Cherbourg
CBS
Larry Lesueur
Normandy
Washington
Cherbourgs
Stimson
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Preux
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AJ Coutances
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Cherourg
Fort du Roule
Fort Octeville
U. S. S. Coos Bay
U. S. S Coos Bay
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Itokyo
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