Break Through Nazi Death Stand To Seize Cape Huf
Allied and German forces clash as American infantry breach the Cherbourg cape area, seizing key towns and advancing along the Italian coast while the French push toward Siena. In Normandy Rommel resupplies as Britons target German armor along the Odon river. Allied forces press across Cecina and Livorno corridors as Adriatic operations shift.
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Cape
Noland Norgaard
Rome
Fifth Army
Cecina
Livorno
Leghorn
Pisa
Siena
Florence
Adriatic
Chienti
Eighth Army
Musone
Ancona
Fifth
Guardistallo
Casale
Lake Trasimeno
Buonconvento
San Giovanni
Montecerboli
Motecastelli
San Dalmazio
Civitanova
Italy
Wes Gallagher
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cap de la Hague
Cherbourg
Berlin
Greville
Omonville la Roque
Omonville la Petite
Odon River
Caen
Odon
Marcelet
Normandy
Rommel
Erwin Rom
Friedrich Dollman
7Th Army
Libyan
Caen-Evrecy
RAF
Villers-Bocage
Low Cost Idea Blotted Out Of Housing Setup
Nearly 200 residents staged a mass protest at Rincon Vista and Davis Monthan housing in Tucson over rent hikes up to 57 percent. They accuse city leaders of favoring high rent tourism interests over low cost housing, contrasting with three years ago when Rincon Vista opened. The June 8 notice by W T Pyott of the Tucson housing authority announced federal rent increases to align with Tucson area standards.
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Rincon Vista
Davis-Monthan
Tucson
City of
W. T. Pyott
Tucson Housing Authority
Public Housing Authority
Rescued Fliers No Worse For Days In Canyon
Three Army airmen endured a nine day ordeal on a rugged Grand Canyon plateau then prepared to return to Kingman Arizona. They were celebrated at El Tovar hotel and praised by ranger Ed Laws and mountaineer Dr. A A MacRae who guided their ascent from the gorge.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
Grangy Canyon
Kingman
el Tovar
Mountaineer
Ed Laws
A. A. MacRae
Wilmington
Del
MacRae
Tonto Plateau
Bee
Red army nears Minsk outer approaches in huge drive
Moscow reports Gen Cherniakhovsky's third army crossed the Berezina and seized Borisov 45 miles northeast of Minsk. Soviet offensives push toward Minsk with heavy losses claimed for Hitler's forces and wide gains from the Baltic to Pripyat marshes as Borisov and Slutsk fall and more than 430 towns are said to be encircled.
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London
Cherniakhovsky
Berezina
Borisov
Minsk
Joseph Stalin
Moson
Hitler
Pripyat
Ivan Bagramian
Soviet Union
Old Poland
Dzisna
Prozoroki
Latvia
Lithuania
Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
Moscow
Red Army
Slutsk
Bobruisk
Petrikov
Mozyr
Novoselki
Minsk-Gomel
Baranowicze
Polotsk
Luniniec
Moldechno
Finland
Viipuri
Ladoga
Onezhskoe
Onega
Russia
War Plant And Trucking Will Get Settlements
The war labor board moved to settle two disputes affecting war output. A 9,000 worker stoppage at Timken Roller Bearing Co in Canton Ohio blocked vital war material production, prompting orders to end the strike. A pending WLB hearing may resolve a potential 26,000 Midwest truckers walkout while 7,000 others remain idle across 10 disputes. four strikes ended and 2,550 workers returned to work.
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Associated Press
War Labor Board
WLB
Washington
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Carton
United Steel Workers Union
CSO
Pennsylvania
Workech
California Dogs Lose Right To Bite Under Court Ruling
Los Angeles July 1 three judges of the district court of appeals upheld a California law prohibiting biting. The ruling declares that under common law a dog had one bite but the law eliminates the right entirely.
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Los Angeles
California
District Court of Appeals
Allied Friends Gone Finns To Enter New Era
Finland moves into a new war phase after breaking with Allies and aligning with Germany. German troops occupy the country while the United States ends relations, signaling isolation and potential internal upheaval amid uncertainty over Russia. Roosevelt and Hull approve the shift after months of stall.
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Washington
Finland
Russia
United States
Germany
Stockholm
Helsinki
Excess Income Payment Returns Being Received
PHOENIX July 1 1943 refunds expected for excess income tax payments to last name initials A B or C were announced by W P Stuart collector of internal revenue. He said progress has been made in examining and clearing returns.
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Phoenix
W. P. Stuart
Internal Revenue
Yanks Penetrate Saipan Resistance in New Ridge Lines
U S Pacific Fleet reports intensified Japanese resistance as American forces push new ridges above Garapan on Saipan. Casualties in two weeks total 1,474 dead, 7,400 wounded, 875 missing. Japanese losses far higher with 4,951 buried. Formosa bombed by China-based Liberators. Takao shipping base targeted.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Saipan Island
Saipan
Chungking
Takao
Formosa
Mariana Islands
Philippines
Guam
Associated Press
Rembert James
Garapan
RAF Blocking Nazi Paths Of Reinforcement
RAF heavy bombers struck rail centers at Vierzon and attacked a Rhine oil plant near Homberg as part of a series of operations. Mosquitoes attacked Germany, with one plane lost, while Allied aircraft hit airfields in France and Belgium. Allied fighter bombers targeted rail lines behind the front as German rail movement shrinks to about one tenth of normal.
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Austin Bealmear
London
RAF
Normandy Front
Vierzon
Orleans
Germany
Homberg
Rhine
France
Belgium
Supreme Headquarters
Seine
Loire
Japs To Do As Allies Now Wish Fight To Last Man
Reports say Tojo faces a political crisis after Saipan defeat. Navy leaders blame him for losses and may push for resignation in favor of a strong admiral. Some rumor a new government could seek peace, but the 7,000,000-man army and emperor still bolster Tojo.
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J. M. Roberts, JR
Associated Press
Tojo
Saipan
Japan
China
Pacific
Navy
United Nations Financial Meet Opens At Bretton Woods
The United Nations monetary conference opens at Bretton Woods New Jersey to design two vast institutions a $10 billion global department store of currencies and a $10 billion world bank aiming to boost trade and peace. President Roosevelt will speak and Morgenthau is named president as delegates from over 40 nations including the French liberation panel gather for a three week meeting.
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Bretton Woods
N. J
United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Roosevelt
Treasury Morgenthau
French Committee of National Liberation
London
Judge Rules Having Baby Doesn’t Violate OPA Rules
In Indianapolis a superior court judge ruled that eight month old Hugh Teal Jr is not a nuisance and that his birth did not violate OPA regulations. The landlord had sought eviction claiming the baby breached a nine year old no child clause. The decision overruled the claim and set a precedent on evictions tied to children and wartime housing rules.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Hugh Teal, Jr
OPA
Superior Court
Walter Pritchard
Robots Crash Into England Damaging Southern Coast
German flying bombs struck southern England with increasing frequency as Winston Churchill visited antiaircraft sites. The Nazis described a rocket propelled gear delivering a one ton explosive load at 375 mph and launched from underground, purportedly indestructible for practical purposes.
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London
England
Winston Churchill
Commons
Churchill
Air Ministry
International Information Bureau
German Propaganda Agency
Associated Press
Incumbent Nye Leads In North Dakota Primary
Unofficial tabulations show Gerald P. Nye leading the Republican U S Senate renomination race in North Dakota with 38,079 votes to 37,129 for Lynn A. Stambaugh from 2,220 of 2,251 precincts. Usher L. Burdick stands in third with 34,986.
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Fargo
N. 2
Gerald P. Nye
United States Senate
Nye
Senate
Lynn A. Stambaugh
The
American Legion
U. S
Usher L. Burdick
Peritonitis Fatal to Jap Navy Air Pioneer
Vice Admiral Yukichi Edahara aged 64, a pioneer of Japanese naval aviation, died in Kobe after a peritonitis attack. He was among Japan's first fliers and spent much of his career strengthening the naval air arm, according to the Japanese Comei agency via U.S. government monitors.
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Associated Press
Yukichi Edahara
Japan
Kobe
Comei
U. S
Edahara
Liberators Hit Takao Docks in Formosa
American B-24 Liberators from China struck Takao docks and harbor, damaging installations in a Formosa raid as part of Nimitz Central Pacific operations. Stilwell headquarters provided few details on the Thursday night attack and noted ongoing Japanese actions near Saipan.
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Chungking
China
Chester W. Nimitz
Central Pacific
Takao
Formosa
Joseph W. Stilwell
Saipan
Marianas
U. S
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Romania
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Port of
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Gateway City
By John M. Hightower
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Island
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