Americans storm Cherbourg hills as siege tightens
Allied forces report storming a peak at Tourlaville four miles from Cherbourg harbor as American assault troops press to seize the fortified port. German defenses remain strong with fierce fighting around Maupertus airfield and continued efforts to hold positions on the Cherbourg peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Omar N. Bradley
Cherbourg
Tourlaville
Nouainville
la Mare A Cowards
Caen
Normandy
Gavray
Granville
Maupertus
CBS
U. S
St. Pierre Eglise
Carneville
Southern shipyards praised for production cost gains
Washington reports the Senate Truman Committee commended southern yards for improving production and cost records. Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard in Baltimore led with Liberty ships at cost 921,133 dollars and 522,036 man hours per ship in 1943, plus 19 special naval vessels. Other yards such as Southeastern in Savannah and St Johns River in Jacksonville show improving records, despite early startup issues at Mobile Alabama Dry Dock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ap— Southern
Senate
Truman Committee
Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Inc
Baltimore
Bethlehem
Southeastern Shipbuilding Corp
Savannah
St. Johns River Shipbuilding Co
Jacksonville
Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co
Mobile
Ala
Roosevelt Appears Ready to Welcome George Back in Georgia
President Roosevelt signals tolerance toward Senator Walter F George as Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall predicts re election for the veteran Democrat. Arnall notes Southern Democrats threaten to withhold electoral votes but Georgia backs party regularity and a fourth term.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Walter F. Gorge
George
Senate
Arnall
Mr. Roosevelt
Atlanta
Democratic Executive Committee
Jap Army Advances Toward Hengyang Threatening China
Japanese forces push along the Hankow Canton railway to within 33 miles of Hengyang as Chinese authorities fear a battle for China. Allied forces report success elsewhere with Saipan air and sea superiority and an extensive U S fleet pounding Japanese targets.
First detailed U S fleet overpowers Japanese in Pacific
AP report by William Worden details the June sequence of battles east of the Philippine Islands. Adm Nimitz says at least 358 Japanese planes were downed, 14 ships damaged or sunk, and American losses included 266 planes with many airmen rescued after night landings. The Schweppes carrier air battles near Guam and Saipan are described with Spruance’s forces preventing Japanese landings and forcing a retreat.
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U.S. Fifth Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Philippines
Maianas Islands
Japan
J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Hankow-Canton
Hengyang
China
Chungking
U. S
Saipan
Port Blair
Andaman Islands
Bay of Bengal
Marianas
Magicienne
Tokyo
Pacific Ocean
Marc A. Mitscher
Kohima Imphal
U. S. Fleet
Philippine Islands
Guam
Aeather
Adm
Chester Nimitz
Worden
Marianas Islands
Carriers
Raymond Ames Spruance
Spruance
Rota
Georgia and Florida Warm with Partly Cloudy Skies Tonight
Partly cloudy and unseasonably warm tonight in Georgia, with continued warmth into Saturday. Florida sees a few clouds and warm conditions this afternoon and Saturday, clearing tonight.
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Georgia
Florida
Nylon Hose Sale Prompts Large Federal Action
In Greensboro North Carolina deputy marshals supervise a 1000 hour sale of 4800 pairs of nylon hose at prewar prices 1.00 to 1.65 a pair. Marshal Edney Ridge records up to 10000 potential buyers and $10000 in mail orders. A federal court order limits purchasers to three pairs each amid black market allegations.
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Greensboro
N. C
U. S
Edney Ridge
Long Awaited Summer Drive Reported by Germans
German high command announced a long awaited Soviet summer offensive on the eastern front marking the third anniversary of Hitler's invasion. Berlin and Moscow exchanged claims of progress with battles reported near Vitebsk Taropol and Leningrad region as Finland saw Red Army successes and strategic rail lines being affected.
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London
Red Army
Hitler
Russia
Moscow
Berlin
Pripet Marshes
Warsaw
France
Italy
Mogilev
Vitebsk
Lake Onezhskoe
Onega
Aunus Isthmus
Karelian
Tarnopol
Lwow
Poland
Bwow
Pripyat
Ernest von Hammer
International Information Bureau
DNB
Transocean
High Command
Finland
Svir
Podporozhye
Leningrad
Vilpuri
Leonid A. Govorov
Tali
Helsinki
Govorov
Lappeenranta
Normandy
Bomb raids pummel Romanian oil fields as Calais attack continues
Italy based bombers smash the Ploesti oil installations while RAF and heavy air forces attack the Pas de Calais coast for the eighth straight day. Romanian rail targets at Nis are hit and several aircraft reported shot down as Britain and Italy press on with widespread bombing.
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RAF
Calais
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Ploesti
Britain
Pas-de-Calais
Giurgiu
Danube
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Germany
Romania
Nis
Yugoslavia
Allied Forces In Italy Make Progress
Allied forces in Italy have advanced on both coastal sectors and inland fronts. The Eighth Army reports strong resistance near Perguia and counterattacks repulsed around Lake Trasimeno, while forces near Ancona push toward the Chienti River and the Adriatic coast advances continue toward Pisa along the western front.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Rome
Italy
Trasimeno
Lake Chiusi
Perguia
Eighth Army
Lak Trasimeno
Algiers
Ancona
Cop Nique
Chienti
Chiegg
Pisa
Oncia
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21St Army Group
Stavanger
Bergen
Denmar
Stockholm
Sweden
Goteborg
Baltic Sea
Jprussias
Latvia
Lithuania
Grodno
Cherbourge
Muenster
Tyr
Cologne
Leipzig
Dresden
Pinsk
Kiev
Rumania
U.S. Eighth Air Force
Arrow
Southern Shipyards
Southern Solidarity
Andrews
Dfla
Rep
Sikes
D-Fla
House
Rormosa
Kyushu
Palau
Australia
Laranianas
Caroline
Guinea
Marcus
Truk
Coral Sea
Eniwetok
Guadalcanal
Midway
Admiralty
Kula Gulf
Marshall
Gilbert
Hawaiian
Gohnston
Phoenix
Pearl Harbor
Palmyra
Mainland
Grand Fleet
William Worden
William L. Worden
Tles
Spraance
By Lewis Hawkins
Onezhskoe
Lake Ostero
Leningrad-Murmansk
Lake
Gladwin Hill
Paris
Lisieux
Dreux
Byereux
Sofia
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