Carentan Falls After Night Battle With Allied Forces
Allied troops capture Carentan at 8:30 a.m. after a night of street fighting in Normandy. U.S. forces drive inland to St. Lo, and also seize the forest of Cerisy as the Cherbourg peninsula front expands. Reinforcements press toward Cherbourg with Montebourg and other areas reporting gains.
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Virgil Pinkley
Supreme Headquarters
U.P
Carentan
Cherbourg
Henry T. Gorrell
United Press
Normandy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
St. Lo
Air Blow Struck By U.S. Forces
Two-way air assault against Japanese bases in the Marianas and Palau followed by Liberator raids on Truk and Dutch New Guinea. Admiral Nimitz reported a powerful carrier task force hit Saipan Tinian and Guam while Liberators damaged Palau and Truk defenses with multiple enemy aircraft downed and ships and airfields targeted along Biak and Manokwari.
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William F. Tyree
Pearl Harbor
U.P
Philippines
Be S. Pacific Fleet
Palau Island
Marianas
Saipan
Tinian
Guam
Truk
Southwest Pacific
Palau
Philipnes
Mokmer
Biak Island
Dutch New Guinea
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Japan
Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
Carolines
Manokwari
Korim Bay
Babo
Favorable War News Boosts Stock Market
Stock market prices rose to new highs on speculative buying fueled by the Allied advance in France and hopes for an earlier European peace. Low priced motors and other peace rated stocks under ten dollars each traded in blocks up to ten thousand shares, pushing total volumes to 2,236,780 traded, the highest since November 8, 1943.
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New York
France
Roosevelt Warns Nazis Killing Jews as War Narrowly Ends
President Roosevelt told Congress that as Nazi defeat nears the fury to wipe out the Jewish race in Europe continues. He cited that many Christian groups also face murder amid war refugee arrangements reported by Mr Belt.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Europe
Belt
Triumphant Fifth Moves Above Rome
An editorial urges investors to support the war effort by buying war bonds, arguing funds supply shoes sustenance arms and ammunition for the troops. It frames bond purchases as a profitable investment and a fast path to victory and return home.
Bond Drive Opens Tonight Amid War Bond Demonstrations
Advance sales in the fifth war loan drive for Pima County totalled 1 093 492 dollars before noon as Fred Dragonette said. The drive begins at 8 p m at the high school stadium with Elk's Flag day ceremonies and a mock invasion reenactment by Davis Monthan chemical units. Dragonette accepted Maricopa County’s challenge to be first to hit quotas, urging rivals to try and beat them. Arizona aims to lead all states in this drive. The program includes smoke screens maneuvers, incendiary demonstrations, signal smokes, and gas mask drills to illustrate modern battle conditions.
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Pima County
Fred Dragonette
County War Finance
Davis-Monthan Field
Maricopa
Dragonette
Maricopa County
Bob Goldwater
Phoenix
Arizona
Texas Revolt Rocks Roosevelt Supporters in Texas Primary
Dallas reports the Texas Democratic executive committee canvasses filings for July 22 electors as tensions mount over fourth term backing. Roosevelt supporters demand listing of 23 electors from a separate convention alongside regular party picks. Regular anti administration bloc seeks to restore two thirds nominating rule. Courts may decide the fate of the electors amid national concern.
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Jack Bell
Associated Press
Texas
Democratic State Executive Committee
Dallas
Roosevelt
Washington
Mississippi
German 14th Army Dissolves as Allied Breakthrough Advances
Allied advances led by the 5th army pushed along the Italian coast and mountains as the German 14th army, once 150000 strong, ceased to exist as a fighting force. German rear guards were annihilated while 10th army retreated east of Rome. Allied forces approached Orbetello and San Stefano as German units attempted improvised regrouping near Florence.
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Robert V. Vermillion
Naples
U.P
5Th Army
Rome
14Th Army
Mark W. Clark
8Th Army
10Th Army
Tiber
Pescara
Adriatic
Eberhard von Mackensen
Appenines
Orbetello
San Stefano
Porto San Stefano
Florence
Women snipers in France kill allied troops
General Montgomery cites snipers in France including women who have been killed while firing at Allied troops. The report notes their actions as part of wartime hostilities in June.
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France
Montgomery
Soviet Red Army push on Karelia to knock Finland out
Soviet forces launched a major offensive along a 25 mile front on the Karelian isthmus above Leningrad aiming to isolate about 100,000 German troops. Units under Col. Gen. Govorov reportedly advanced 12 to 20 miles, capturing 82 towns and including the rail hub Terijoki and the strongpoint Yappilya as part of a coordinated Allied drive with operations in France.
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France
Gorrell
Carentan
Omar N. Bradley
Cherbourg
Montebourg
Transocean
Carenton
Moscow
Finland
Red Army
Karelian
Leningrad
Leonid Govorov
Sevastopol
Terijoki
Helsinki
Yappilya
New Airbases On Soil Of France Now In Operation
Allied air forces from four nations pounded German positions as 7,000 planes shelled the front from dawn. RAF bombers hit key French rail centers and Berlin while American and Allied aircraft targeted lines near the front with new French soil bases quickly joining the fight.
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France
Gladwin Hill Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Aie
Berlin
RAF
Erwin Rommel
Japanese Drive Presses Chinese Forces Across Canton-Hankow Gap
Two powerful Japanese armies push toward Changsha and Kukong threatening China’s main base in Hunan and the strategic Canton railroad. Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault warned a Japanese victory could cut China from its western Allies and prolong the war. U.S. Flying Tigers aid embattled Chinese troops.
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Chungking
U.P
Canton-Hankow
Claire L. Chennault
U. S. 14Th Air Force
China
Japan
Hunan
Changsha
Kukong
Canton
Hankow
Chennault
United Press War
Albert Ravenholt
14Th Air Force
Flying Tigers
Formosa
Peiping
High Allied Chiefs Visit Invasion Beach Sector
General Eisenhower Marshall and Admiral King joined Prime Minister Churchill on the Normandy beachhead today, according to a London broadcast, before returning to England.
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Invasion Beach Sector
New York
Eisenhower
Marshall
Normandy
King
Churchill
London
England
Allied Forces Gain Ground Across Cherbourg Front
Allied invasion troops push within 12 miles of Cherbourg as Carentan falls and Cerisy forest approaches St Lo. In Italy the Fifth Army advances 50 to 70 miles toward Rome, while Russian forces break the Mannerheim line and advance toward Viipuri. Yugoslav partisans clash with Germans in Bosnia Croatia and Slovenia with towns captured. French underground active across southern and eastern France. Pacific strikes hit the Marianas and Palau as Monty notes sober progress in France.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press
Cherbourg
France
Pacific
Axis
Carentan
Caen
Cerisy
St. Lo
Italy
Fifth Army
Rome
14Th Army
Mannerheim
Karelian
Viipuri
Bosnia
Croatia
Slovania
United States
Mariana Islands
Palau Island
Philippines
Bernard L. Montgomery
Cherbourg-Paris
Montebourg
Mountebourg
Cerisy Forest
Tilly-Sur- Seulles
5th War Loan Drive Opens At Texarkana
Texarkana Tex June 12 Flags of the United Nations waved as 20 000 visitors joined the start of the 16 000 000 000 fifth war loan drive Secretary Morgenthau will launch the campaign with a national radio broadcast from Texarkana Roosevelt to speak Morgenthau to be master of ceremonies Governors Stevenson Adkins and Davis among the visitors Orson Welles assists with the radio show Liberation Way on Stateline Avenue designated for the event.
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Texarkana
Tex
United Nations
Morgenthau
Red River
Lone Star
Treasury
Coke Stevenson
Texas
Homer Adkins
Arkansas
Jimmie Davis
Louisiana
Orson Welles
Hollywood
Stateline Avenue
Submarine Campaign Sinks 18 More Japanese Ships
Washington reports 18 Japanese vessels sunk by American submarines raising total to 607 since the war began. The ships were cargo vessels or merchantmen aiding outlying posts. The count marks the largest single communique since the program started and the Pacific fleet has averaged better than two sinkings per day over the last 30 days.
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Washington
Pacific
French Rising Against Nazis Reports Say
Uprisings reported along the French frontier as German radio warned patriots to expect capture. French resistance and sabotage disrupted roads and railways from Bordeaux to Paris with reports of clashes in Tarbes and Toulouse and attempts to isolate Grenoble.
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John A. Parris
London
U.P
Toulon
Tarbes
Toulouse
France
Spain
Bordeaux
Paris
Algiers
Grenoble
Zurich
London Daily Telegraph
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Montebough
U.S
Ipalau
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Vichy
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