Pacific Fleet Battles on Saigon and Garapan Front
Pacific Fleet reports fierce fighting around Garapan on Saipan Island with Marines and infantry trading gains as Japanese resistance stiffens. Frontline dispatches describe street fighting, ruined homes, and pockets of enemy holdouts in caves and cliffs along Mount Tapotchau.
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Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Saigon
Sey
Mariansa Islands
Garapan
Patrola
Mount Tapotchay
Helohe
Tasiwaré
Donnay
Mount Tapotchau
Waril
Handleman
Siself
Finns to Stay in War With Nazi Aid in Helsinki Move
Reported actions say Finnish government will remain allied with Germany as Nazi troops march through Helsinki bound for the eastern front. A German pledge of all armed aid was conveyed by Joachim von Ribbentrop to support Finland’s continued war against Russia amid headlines from the Finnish capital.
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Stockholm
Helsinki
Germany
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Finland
Russia
Associated Press
Robert Sturdevant
Hellsinki
Berlin
British War Casualties Across Four Years Reported
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that British forces suffered 667 159 total casualties over four years of war. Of these, 18 741 killed, 78 204 missing, 159 218 wounded, and 71 965 prisoners. Civilian losses were 109 301 and merchant marine 86 314.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Tisly
Rome
British Drive Toward Caen After Cherbourg Breakthrough
British forces moved rapidly at the eastern Normandy front, crossing the Caen Villers Bocage railway near Mouen and severing the Caen Avranches road. The Cherbourg fall boosts Axis prisoners to at least 32 000, with 70 000 losses overall since D Day, as Montgomery’s units press toward open country behind Caen and Parisward.
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Caen
Cherbourg
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force (2
Normandy
Paris
Caen-Villers-Bocage
Mouen
Caen-Avranches
Toly-sur- Seulies
Bernard L
Barneville-St Sauveur
Montebourg
Carentan
Bayeux
Maupertus
Seach
1St Army Group
Montgomery
France
Erwin Rommel
Reds Advance In Finland And Russia
Soviet forces push from Vitebsk pocket and Orsha toward Mogilev and Bobruisk in White Russia while attacking in Karelia Finland and Germany report continued fighting. Russian claims say 20 000 German soldiers were killed and 10 000 captured as Red air and ground operations press the front with new generals promoted.
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London
White Russia
Orshe
Mogilev
Bobruisk
Ces
Vitebsk
Moscow
Nally
Finland
Germany
Sheltozero
Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic
Sve
Lekes Ladoga
Onezhskos
Onega
Ged. Vershinin
Savastopol
Colon
Timofey Kruikin
Serj But L Rudevko
P._Pepivin
Stermovik Planet
Orsha
Smogilev
Ivan Bagramian
Baltic
Gront
Ivan Cheriakhovsky
Zor ‘Este
Russia
Cher‘niakhovsyk
Soviet Union
F_ Zakyaron
Warren Rejects Bid To Run With Dewey
Chicago report on Republican platform committee chair Robert Taft defending a peace forces plank amid objections by Willkie and governors. He says peace forces cover military actions and sanctions, while supporters like Warren Austin Burton and White back the plank. Committee upholds stance calling for international cooperation to prevent future wars and deploy peace forces after hostilities end.
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Chicago
Robert Taft
Ohio
Republican Platform Committee
Taft
Sumner Seawall
Maine
Willkie
Tat
Warren Austin
Vermont
Wallace White
Harold Burton
C. Wayland Brooks
Illinois
United States
War bond theme echoes through a puzzled message
A garbled text fragment mentions a foundation, wind, economy, and a slogan about freedom. It references war bonds, a sense of collective effort, and a cryptic line about viewing a game or theme, with scattered phrases about growth and a person named Zork.
Germans Lived Luxuriously in Well-Supplied Cherbourg Fort
An inspection of Fort Du Roule near Cherbourg revealed German stocks of ammunition and vast stores of food, wines, cognac, and gear. The underground complex includes deep tunnels with electric lighting, ventilators, watermains, and an overhead crane. Soldiers’ bunks line the tunnels as personal belongings lay scattered. some letters addressed to Germany remained. Continued on page six.
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Cherbourg Fort
Don Whitebead
Cherbourg
Fort du Roule
Ulernee
Germany
British Units Batter Way Into Chiusi
British forces pressing German positions eighty miles above Rome recaptured Chiusi amid heavy fighting. South African troops had entered Castiglione del Lago before German counterattacks drove them out. Eighth Army under Sir Oliver Leese reported heavy casualties and 206 prisoners as it pressed toward Castiglione del Lago and Perugia.
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Rome
Chiusi
Cassiglione del Lago
Lake’ Trasimens
Eighth Army
Ita
Laeut
Sir Oliver Leese
Chivsi
Letse
Castiglione del Lago
Perugia
Allies Purge Rome Fascists After Occupation
Lieutenant Colonel Chasies Poletti, Allied Military Government Commissioner for Rome, announced that 3,730 Fascists were dismissed, 195 were arrested, and 300 to 80 arrests were contemplated. Notables among those under arrest include Prince Gabriele dAnnunzio and former Bank of Italy governor Vincenzo Azzolini.
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Rome
Chasies Poletti
Poletti
Gabriele d ° Rnnunzio
Vincenzo Azzolini
Bank of Luly
Elizabeth Hoke
Cartain
Koch
Antumons
General Presi
Polizia Africana Trafiana
Coletti
Poizle Adricana Italiana
Two Planes Collide and Navy Airmen Die in Training
The Navy reported six airmen died when two planes collided over the Atlantic near Fort Lauderdale Florida during a training flight Monday. No bodies were recovered. The dead were Felix X Scolian son of Mrs Felix Scolian of Staten Island and William P Foueris son of Mr and Mrs W C Fogerty of Barnes Corner.
Convention Quiet But Confident Amid War News
Chicago dispatch notes a calm Democratic convention with quiet confidence. Analysts credit GOP restraint and focus on war goals as delegates, many with relatives at the front, seek swift victory and lasting peace beyond the Philadelphia event.
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Dwight Marvin
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cherbourg Restored To French Control
Cherbourg was returned to French control after heavy fighting ended with the last German resistance crushed. Maj Gen J Lawrence Collins of the Seventh Corps presented Mayor Reynaud with a tricolor made from parachute silks at a ceremony in Place de la Republique as French civilians cheered and U S troops stood nearby.
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Cherbourg
France
Place de lx Republique
J. Lawron Collins
Seventh Corps
Reynaud
Hoover warns only administration change can restore freedom
Herbert Hoover told the Republican convention that only a change in administration can secure freedom for returning soldiers and maintain liberty at home. He attacked Roosevelt’s foreign and domestic policies as power politics and urged the younger generation to lead the nation toward unity, self-reliance, and independence despite the New Deal.
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Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Freedcom
Roosevelt
Hitler
Tojo
America
Hooter
Bricker Seen As Possible Dewey Running Mate
At the Chicago convention Gov John W Bricker of Ohio is floated as a GOP vice presidential possibility with Earl Warren’s rejection of a second place bid. Dewey backers reportedly eye Bricker while Hoover Luce stir opposition and the platform backs postwar cooperation for peace and victory.
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Chicago
Earl Warren
California
Thomas E. Dewey
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Wendel le Wilkin
Hoover
White House
New Yorker
Warren
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Warer
Dewey
Bin
Willkie
Wendell L. Willkie
Bult
Mr. Hoover
Clara Boothe Luce
New Deal
America
Luce
Connecticut
Congress
Roosevelt
Willkie Avoids Comment On Chicago Platform
Willkie refused late night to state whether he supports the Republican foreign policy plank adopted in Chicago. Senator Warren Austin of Vermont predicted he would lend silent support to the party line on peace and war, but Willkie gave no direct analysis or interview.
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New York
Wendell L. Willke
Chicago
Warren Austin
Varmony
Priscilla
Warren
Willkie
Priscilla Mullins
John Alden
ODT Warns Rail Passengers of Sudden Oustings
Washington civilians planning rail travel this summer were warned they could be awakened and forced from their accommodations at any time under a government order. Railroads may cancel reservations to free space for wounded soldiers, especially in Pullman cars, endangering travelers with last minute disruptions during vacation periods.
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Washington
ODT
Pullman
Dewey Begins Acceptance Speech Preparations
Governor Thomas E. Dewey started work on his acceptance speech after noon yesterday indicating he would not depart for Chicago until the Republican National Convention nominates him for president. Advisers assisted as he dictated sections and drafted the outline in Albany.
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Dewey
Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Chicago
Seaway Canal Plan Sparsely Backed By Party Platform
Edward McDonald reports Republicans at the national convention refuse to endorse a St. Lawrence ship canal via Canada while Democrats warn it would wreck New York’s Barge Canal system. Roosevelt supports the Canadian project, but Congress must fund it. Republicans claim a fourth-term presidency could force funding.
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Edward McDonald
Chicago
St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
Canada Evea
Rapysiican
New York
Si Lawrence
Roosevelt Hel
Congress
Roostvelt
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Pearson
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