Allied forces close on Cherbourg as port braces for fall
British motor Torpedo Boats sank or damaged five of seven merchantmen during a night convoy near Cherbourg while American spearheads reached 2,000 yards from the city. German defenses show signs of crumbling as Doughboys widen a breach, taking 1,200 prisoners in 24 hours and pressing toward the docks.
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Wes Gallagher
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
trans-Atlantic
Channel Islands
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Octeville
Whitehead
Fort Octeville
Red Army drives toward Minsk amid heavy gains near Vitebsk
Moscow reports the Red Army widening a central front advance reaching within 75 miles of the Latvian border. Soldiers clash near Vitebsk and Polotsk as Finnish fronts show continued pressure toward Helsinki. Rail lines are cut and German defenses near Orsha weaken under sustained assault. The campaign marks the anticipated full summer offensive with preparations described as unprecedented.
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Moscow
Red Army
Vitesbk
Polotsk
Helsinki
Leningrad-Murmansk
Vitebsk
Russia
Stalin
Hitler
Tornado Toll Mounts Across Pennsylvania and West Virginia
Reports from Pittsburg and surrounding areas describe a deadly tornado wrecking towns in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The death toll reached at least 130 with hundreds injured and dozens still missing as rescues continue through debris filled with collapsed homes and damaged facilities.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Red Osworth
McKeesport
Waynesburg
Shinnston
Clarksburg
W. Va
Red Cross
Lola Heavner
Maryland
Cambridge
Phillips Pack Company
Swat
Clarksville
Chartiers
County
Here
Parkersburg
Burg
Shinnton
Nazis Now Face Crush of Two Great Pinchers
By J. M. Roberts Jr. the piece argues Hitler faces dual pressures as a new Russian offensive undermines his hope for Allied divisions. It likens his strategic blunders from 1941 to the present, stating the Russians have shown decisive capability and threaten a decisive end.
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J. M. Roberts, Jr
Hitler
der Feuhrer
Francé
English Channel
Europe
Russia
Britain
Moscow
Stalingrad
Air battles in Pacific intensify around Saipan and Iwo Jima
A Tokyo Comei broadcast via Associated Press reports aerial battles in the central Pacific growing in intensity with the Saipan fight. Attacks were noted on Iwo Jima and targets Yap Palau and Tobi Island, while Berlin radio claims two U S carriers damaged off Saipan and Guam engagement losses, unconfirmed by officials.
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Associated Press
Comei
Tokyo
Central Pacific
Saipan
Iwo Jima
U. S
Yap
Palau
Truk
Tobi Island
New Guinea
Berlin
Guam
Domei
Tobi
Georgia Weather Outlook Fair to Partly Cloudy and Hot
Georgia remains hot with fair to partly cloudy skies tonight and Sunday. Widely scattered afternoon thundershowers may develop in the mountains. Extreme Northwest Florida also fair tonight and Sunday.
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Georgia
Florida
Japanese carrier believed sunk in Saipan battle
U S Pacific Fleet reports a 28000 ton Japanese aircraft carrier probably sunk after a submarine attacked the Shokaku class ship off the Marianas. Japanese broadcasts claim heavy damage to U S carriers while U S forces claim multiple sinkings and continued air attacks near Saipan and Guam.
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Saipan
China
Japan
Carrier Sunk Claim In Marianas Battle Report
The American submarine fired three torpedoes into a 28 000 ton Japanese aircraft carrier during the Marianas battle likely sending the ship to the bottom. The Navy said the carrier is regarded as probably sunk and noted it was commissioned shortly before Pearl Harbor. A Japanese destroyer was also disclosed in the action.
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U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Philippines Sea
Nippon
Saipan
U. S
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Dutch New Guinea
Navy
Washington
Marianas
Howard Handleman
Tanapag Harbor
Garapan
Tokyo Radio
Guam
Task Force 58
Vern Haugland
Associated Press
Planes Hit Nazis Behind Battle Line
Allied air forces raid France and northwest Germany in a broad daylight offensive. Marauder bombers and escorts hammer Cherbourg gun positions as RAF Lancasters target rail bottlenecks and yards north of Bordeaux and in Limoges.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Normandy
Cherbourg
Berlin
U. S
Germany
Thunderbott
Hitler
Reich
Navi
Bordeaux
Limoges
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French
REDS
By Eddy Gilmore
Twister
Garrett County
West Virgina Line
Saipan Islands
Weather Report
U.S
Signal Corps
Big Flattop
Maarianas
United States Navy
Marianas Islands
Pacific
By Austin Bealmear
Liberta
Mongolia
Chungking
Smanchurias
Vladivostok
Shanghai
Sakhalin
Kap Afuto
Marcus
Pacific Ocean
I Midway
Hong Kong
Chainan
Indochina
Manila
AVA
Australia
Caroline
Eniwetok
Kwajalein
Marshall
Gilbert Is
Johnston
Peas
Harboe
Palmyra
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