Soviet Breaks Mannerheim Line and Advances on Viipuri
Dispatches from Helsinki report a Soviet breakthrough that shattered the Mannerheim Line and pushed toward Viipuri. Moscow says the front spans 72 miles from Koivisto to Rautu, with Viipuri evacuees leaving as Govorov earns marshal rank. The Finnish premier appeals to persevere.
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London
Russia
Leningrad
Leonid A. Govorov
Mannerhelm
Finland
Viipuri
Karelian
Moscow
Edwin Linkomies
Koivisto
Makslahti
Valkjarvi
Rautu
Lake Ladoga
Govorov
Soviet Union
Mannerheim
Fennish
Wounded in France Receiving Prompt Medical Attention
Wounded soldiers returning from Normandy battlefields are in better condition than expected as medical officers note rapid evacuation. Col Howard Doas says on site care and swift movement to the United States are part of a vast joint medical effort by U S Army Navy and Air Force. He reports clean wounds low infection and no gas gangrene so far.
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Eondon
Normandy
United States
Howard Doas
la Salle
U.S. Army Medical Corps
U.S. Amy
Navy
Air Force
Dean
G L S Write Softly For WAC Censors
Washington reports Maj Hazel K. Miller a WAC officer warns Australian writers to watch language as a censoring unit arrives. The first WAC group lands to perform censorship work among American troops.
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Washington
Australia
Hazel K. Miller
WAC
Americans Foil Japanese Counterattack on Saipan
U S Pacific Fleet announces repulsion of a Japanese counterattack on Saipan with 13 barges destroyed. American landing craft ambushed the move to land troops south of Gara Pan, cutting off U S forces that have seized about ten square miles. Casualty estimates range from 250 to 1,300, with unclear details on vessels involved.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Saipan
Chester W. Nimitz
Craf
Garapan
Nimitz
Severe LA Quake Tremors Shock City and Nearby Areas
Two strong earthquakes hit Los Angeles and nearby cities with only brief duration. The quakes, centered near the Inglewood fault between Long Beach and Inglewood, caused alarms, rattled windows, knocked items from shelves, and sent residents into the streets but produced no material damage or fatalities.
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Los Angeles
Inglewood
Mexico
Long Beach
Signal Hill
Huntington Beach
Pacific
Rival G. O. P. Candidates Face Convention Sparks
Predictions from rival camps say Ohio Governor Bricker will be Republican nominee and New York Governor Dewey may win on the first ballot. Bricker campaign director Moore cites June 26 naming Bricker as likely winner while noting many unpledged delegates. In Chicago a New Mexico delegate Simms expects Dewey to secure the nomination on the initial ballot.
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Associated Press
Ohio
John W.bricker
Republican Party
New York
Thomas F. Dewey
Roy D. Moore
Bricker
Chicago
Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms
New Mexico
Dewey
Babes Snatched by Flood In Glendive Montana
In Glendive Montana Mr and Mrs Leonard Sturgis were awakened by violent winds and flash floods. They moved to a nearby ranch house as floodwater swept through their trailer tearing the infants from their arms. One three month old child was recovered near the trailer while a one month old remains missing.
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Glendive
Mont
Leonard Sturgis
Eastern
Montana
Sherif Martin Calberg
Congress Faces Postwar Tax Estimate Challenge
Washington UP reports congressional aid and treasury experts grapple with postwar spending and national income forecasts. Chairman George DaGa urged both Senate Finance and House Ways and Means to produce credible estimates to shape future tax structure.
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Washington
Congressional Aid
Treasury
Esterday
George DaGa
Senate Finance Committee
House
George
Congress
WPB May Ease Steel Copper Bans
Washington sources say War Production Board head Nelson aims to relax controls on steel and copper soon after easing aluminum rules. Heavy tank production demands may delay steel relief. plans for metals demobilization to be outlined at the Truman Committee hearing.
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Washington
Donald BY. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
Senate
Truman Committee
Colleges to Train Disabled Veterans
The Veterans Administration announced new rehabilitation centers for disabled war veterans to be placed at colleges and universities nationwide. Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines said the centers will provide job counseling and arrange vocational training, with the first opening at the College of the City of New York.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Frank To Hines
Administrator of
Veterans Affairs
College of the City of New York
Novice Decorated For Saving Bomber
William J. Miller of Portland Oregon was awarded the Silver Star for taking over bomber controls after the co pilot was killed during a Japanese Zero attack. He said he never learned aviation but picked up piloting as they went along.
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Kandy
William J. Miller
Portland
Ore
Miler
New York City Wonders Shown To 527 Italian War Prisoners
American Army officers conducted 527 sunburned Italian prisoners of war on a New York City tour. The groups toured Empire State Building, Radio City Music Hall, St Patrick Cathedral, Bronx Park Zoo, a Midtown hotel, and other landmarks, while wearing green brads with Italy. Most prisoners had not seen New York before and many did so without locals recognizing their status.
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New York City
New York
United States
Westing
Italy
Restory Empire State Building
Automat
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Bronx Park Zoo
Radio City Music Hall
German rockets terrorize southern England in June raids
British reports describe Adolf Hitler’s rocket bombs striking southern England, causing widespread destruction and casualties. Fighters over the Channel claim at least one rocket destroyed in flight while ambulances and volunteers aid debris removal. a chapel, hospital group, and convent are among damaged sites with several deaths and injuries.
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Sondag
Adolf Hitler
England
Berlin
Splder
RA. A.fl
United States Army
Hospital Staf
Dack
Postwar Armaments Board to Form Scientific High Command
A twelve member committee of Army Navy and scientific experts will study creating a postwar scientific high command. Navy Secretary Forrestal War Secretary Stimson and Charles E Wilson lead the effort to shape a policy enabling bold ideas in warfare while avoiding brass hat conservatism. The panel includes four scientists and four Army and Navy generals, with leaders Hunseker Jewett Compton and Tuve named among the scientists.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Scientific
Forrestal
Stimson
Wacfare
Andia
Charles E. Wilson
War Production Board
5. C. Hunsaker
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
F. 5. Jewett
Bell Telephone Research
Karl Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M. A Tuve
Carnegie Institute
Bracelet valued at forty thousand lost in cab
Mrs. Aathleen Metcalf reported leaving a handbag in a taxicab after traveling from Pennsylvania Station to the Ritz Towers. The bag contained a platinum bracelet set with emeralds and diamonds valued at $40,000, plus $300 in cash and a $533 War Bond. The Metcalfs, Front Royal residents, recently returned from Asia.
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New York
Aathleen HH. Metcalf
Jesse Metcalf
Metcalf
Front ‘Royal
Kathlees ‘Hanrahan
Board forms to oppose cutbacks in wartime
Washington, UP The CT executive board yesterday established committees to combat employment problems caused by company cutbacks in war contracts and to protest to the War Labor Board against policies and delays harming wage earners' living standards. It urged the WLB and the federal government to stop relying on the Labor Statistics index to measure wartime living costs.
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Washington
Americans Break Cherbourg Pocket in Fast Drive
American forces on the Cherbourg peninsula push a swift three and a half day assault to the sea, sealing the trap around German troops. The Doughboys reach the western coastline, forcing the enemy into a last stand as planners assess how soon Cherbourg port can be opened.
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Don Whitehead
Cherbourg
Ben
Barneville
St Lo D'Gurville
Allies Use Bazooka Guns In North Burma Action
Allied forces in North Burma report advances near Mogaung as Maj Gen Lentaigne reaches within 200 yards of the valley bridge. Chinese troops take Gurghaywe, the push gains two and a half miles since Parenta. Myitkyina comes under hammer, Kamaing base captured, and American troops storm bastions using bazookas to break enemy strongpoints.
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Southeast’ Asia Command
Randy
Ceylon
I Mogaung
W. Ti al Lentaigne
Mogaung Valley
Gurghaywe
Parenta
Mogaung
Hewty
Kamaung
Myitkyine
Kamaing
Burma
Tito Claims Deaths of Thousands of Germans in Bosnian Battles
A Yugoslav partisan communique reports Marshal Tito's forces killed about 8,000 Germans in western Bosnia and 1,500 in eastern Bosnia over six days, with additional 900 in recent operations. The seventh offensive is said to be repulsed amid heavy casualties and equipment losses including machine guns, rifles, mortars, and ammo trucks.
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London
Tito
Bosnia
Bosna
Bahije
Comet Bombs in Britain Fall In Slow 200 mph
James M. Long reports from Southern England that Germany’s comet bombs travel slowly yet strike with the force of standard 1000-pound bombs. They approach at about 200 mph around 1000 feet, resembling small fighter planes with bright tails. The bombs produce shell bursts and a roaring tail as they dive and explode, demolishing buildings with walls ripped from three or four stories.
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James. M. Long
England
Germany
Berlin
London
Britain
Mack
Chinese Admit Loss of Three Vital Bases
Chinese high command admitted last night that three key bases have fallen. Japanese advances surged in Husad Province with heavy fighting and major gains reported along the Peiping Hankow railway in Henan Province to the north.
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Chungking
Lawitt
Husad
Henan
Peiping-Hankow
Allies Bomb Robot Bases Oil Depots in Northeastern Germany
Allied air power struck deep into Germany and France in the sixth raid, with more than 32 300 heavy bombers targeting Hamburg area oil refineries and storage plants while up to 250 bombers hit Pas de Calais in France. German air defenses offered little opposition, though a heavy flak barrage met the fleet over Germany.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied
Hamburg
Germany
Pasde-Calais
France
Pasche-Calais
England
Five Jap Ships Sunk at Sorong
Advanted Allied Headquarters reports New Guinea raids by Mitchell medium bombers sinking five Japanese merchantmen at Sorong in Dutch New Guinea. A later attack with Lightning escort destroyed ground targets, sank pre 3,009 ton ships, three small freighters, damaged vessels, and wrecked six coastal boats. About 122 Japanese dead counted.
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New Guinea
Sorong
Dutch New Guinea
Sorongdrome
Biak Island
Dutch NalGaines
Mekmer Airdreaie
Nazis Still Expect to Win Despite Prisoners’ Fears
Captured German officers in France express belief in a swift victory and the Berlin robot bomber as a decisive weapon. They say London and other English cities will be destroyed by pilotless planes within hours, and claim Allied night fighters cannot stop them. They also acknowledge the war’s stress from multiple fronts.
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France
Germany
London
England
Isle of Wight
Golonely
Colottel
Hitler Defeat Echoes in German Ranks and Prisoner Tales
The report notes mixed German morale amid defeats on the Russian front as officers mouth approved lines and privates mutter Hitler’s name. German prisoners fear being handed to Russians or sent to Siberia, and lament the Ab Nes Que’ prisoner forced to dig trenches for air raids while a baby cried.
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Germany
Hitler
Siberia
25000 Nazis Trapped As Cherbourg Is Cut Off
Allied forces, led by the Ninth Division, opened a seven mile wide breakthrough along the Cherbourg peninsula trapping 25 000 to 30 000 German troops. The Tithe Division was routed in a bloody pursuit as aircraft and armor pressed the pursuit toward Barneville Cherbourg.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Ninth
Barneville surr-Mer
Sandishies
France
Tith
Bricquedec
Trapper
Solons Seek Clean Slate For Vacation
Washington lawmakers plan a heavy week to clear major business. Eleven appropriation bills top a crowded agenda including war contracts, insurance regulation, price controls and TWASPS. A $500000 FEPC fund in the new agencies bill draws Southern Democratic opposition.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
President’s Fair Employment Practices Committee
FEPC
Hospital Attendant Held in Patient's Death
Utica hospital attendant Kenneth Waist 30 released on $500 bond on a second degree manslaughter charge connected to the death of Richard J. Stacey a patient at Marcy State Hospital. Dr Neil D Black and Coroner Herman Haberer said acts of violence contributed to Stacey's death.
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Utica
Kenneth Waist
Marcy State Hospital
Nanslavshter
Richard J. Stacey
H. Lacena
Neil D. Black
Herman J. Haberer
Stacey
Germans Expecting Second Invasion Near French Coast
A Berlin broadcast report says large Allied ships are cruising off the French coast and the German high command expects the second phase of the invasion to begin soon.
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Loades
Normmeady
Bérlin
French
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