British Drive Delivers 23 Mile Inland Breakthrough
Allied reports say four German armored divisions fight to hold Caen while Montebourg and Troarn endure heavy combat. American and British armor pierced defenses in Normandy with tanks outflanking Caen and driving 23 miles inland, as forces pressed west of Carentan.
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Wes Gallagher
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Caen
Montebourg
Troarn
Normandy
Carentan
Cherbourg
Erwin Rommel
Bernard L. Montgomery
Bayeux
Caumont
Villers- Bocage
Villers-Bocage
Berlin
Transocean
Tilly-Sur-Suelles
Orne River
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
France
Cerisy Forest
Reds Smash Final Outer Defense Line
Soviet reports describe a northeast thrust in the Karelian isthmus toward Lake Ladoga, with five towns captured and heavy Finnish resistance. Losses include up to 3,000 Finnish dead as Red artillery and air assault disrupt fortified positions near Viipuri and Leningrad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reds
Moscow
U.P
Red Army
Karelian
Lake Ladoga
Finland
Viipuri
Leonid A. Govorov
Steklyannaya
Lake Lagoda
Gulf of Finland
Siiranmyaki
Kivennapa
Lake
Ladoga
Leningrad
Red
Latvia
Novoskolniki
De Gaulle lands in Normandy plans altered by De Gaulle
London reports Gen. Charles De Gaulle landed in Normandy. Washington dispatches say orders for hundreds of French officers to land with Allied troops were cancelled, straining French liaison with the Allied forces. Roosevelt’s planned meeting with a French leader is affected as De Gaulle relents to allow twenty officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
Charles’ Deaulle
Dwight Disenhower
Ormandy
Offils
de Ulle
D de Gaulle
Presient
Roosevelt
McH
Presient Roosevelt
de Gaulle
Tional Committee
Eisenhower
Nazis Groggy Under Allied Aerial Blows
Allied air strikes begin to wear down German defenses in Normandy as the invasion reaches its second week. German transport is shot up and disorganized, with signs of stalled supply lines and attempts to move artillery toward the Caen St Lo sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard D. McMillan
United Press
France
Normandy
Ape Peninsula
Caen
Strews
St. Lo
Allied Units Swing Around Orbetello
Fifth army forces broke through near Orbetello northwest of Rome capturing the key junction of Highways 1 and 74 and pressing north. Other units advanced east and west of Lake Bolsena toward Narni and Terni while the Mediterranean air force expanded strikes including Munich and Livorno harbor targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Heinzerling
Rome
Fifth Army
Orbetello
Eighth Army
Lake Bolsena
Narni
Terni
Latera
Valentano
Gradioli
Bolsena
Ley
Magliano
Mediterranean Air Force
Munich
Livorno
Leghorn
RAF
France
Istres-Montpelier
Mediterranean
Italy
Air Sea Power Slices Japanese Positions in Pacific
Admiral Nimitz reported heavy warship bombardments from North Pacific to Marianas. On Monday battleships cruisers and destroyers shelled Tinian and Saipan while carrier task forces and air attacks continued through Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
North Pacific
Kurtles
mid-Pacific
Marianas
Chester W. Nimitz
Tinian
Saipan
Nimitz
Pacific raid weakens Japan with Marianas strike
A three day U S task force crushed 29 enemy ships and 141 planes in the Marianas with land based Liberators sending seven more vessels to the bottom near New Guinea. Nimitz said 15 planes and 15 men were lost in attacks on Tinian Saipan Rota and Guam. Japanese claimed minor damage.
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Pearl Harbor
U.P
Japan
Pacific
Marianas
U. S
New Guinea
Central Pacific
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Tinian
Saipan
Rota
Guam
Tokyo
Philippines
Imperial Headquarters
Domei
United Press
New York
Truk
Carolines
Palau
Geelvink
Body Of Woman Found In Fire Ruins Identified
Hartford June 14 State Police announced the body of a woman found in the Lake Candlewood summer cottage fire ruins is identified as 17 year old Josephine Medina of New York City The commissioner also said William B Sanders 17 of the Bronx NY has been arrested on murder charges The girl was found May 31 with a bullet wound and buried in a shallow grave beneath the cottage near Danbury Connecticut
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Edward J. Hickey
Lake Candlewood
Josephine Medina
New York City
Alh
William B. Sanders
Bronx
N. Y
Harry T. Tucker
Dan
Five Hundred Evacuees Sent To Arizona
Five hundred evacuees from the Jerome relocation center at Denison Arkansas were en route to a camp at Gila River Arizona today in a move preparatory to closing the Arkansas facility by June 30, the WRA announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Jerome
Denson
Ark
Gila River
Ariz
Arkansas
WRA
Pearl Harbor Ruin Blamed On Army Man
A congressional committee blamed mismanagement by an Army colonel and a German born contractor for delaying an air craft warning system before the Pearl Harbor attack. It faulted Col Theodore Wyman Jr and Hans Wilhelm Rohl for alleged favoritism and improper conduct in secret Army contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. Eisenhart
Washington
U.P
Congressional
Pearl Harbor
House
Military Affairs
Wyman
Theodore Wyman, Jr
Honolulu
Hans Wilhelm Rohl
Rohl
Taft May Lead In Drafting Of GOP Platform
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio is favored to chair the resolutions committee that drafts the GOP platform at the Chicago convention opening June 26. Taft’s bid has growing support including Gov. Bricker’s backers and confidence from Gov. Dewey’s camp. Democratic and Republican leaders are arriving in Chicago for pre-convention talks and committee meetings to set keynote and leadership posts. Carroll Cate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Gunderson
Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Resolutions Committee
Taft
Senate
GOP
John W. Bricker
Thomas E. Dewey
Democratic Committee On
Robert E. Hannegan
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Carroll Cate
Nashville
Tenn
French Patriots Strike Petition Withdrawn in Fort Worth Plant
In Fort Worth Texas district Lodge 776 of the International Association of Machinists said a petition for a strike vote at the Consolidated Vultee aircraft plant was withdrawn. The group cited workers with relatives in the military and the essential role of the plant in the invasion of Europe.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Vultee
District Lodge
International Association of Machinists
Europe
J. D. Smith
Edwin A. Elliott
NLRB
Elmer Davis
Underground Rising In Occupied France Frees Guerrilla Forces
Reports from Madrid on June 14 say French underground and guerrillas undermine German plans for the Allied invasion. Maquis hold Tarbes Limoges and parts of Bordeaux Angouleme Perigueux as a growing guerrilla army forms in Limousin and Millevaches.
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Charles S. Foltz
Madrid
France
Atlantic Wall
Iran
Tarbes
Pyrenees
Limoges
Bordeaux
Angouleme
Periguex
Limousin
Millevaches
Vienne
Correze
Mediterranean
Portbou
Guerrilas
Maquis
Mediterranean Wall
London
Algiers
Jeanette
Riviera
Savoy
Fatal midair collision near Ryan field claims two pilots
Aviation Cadet Garth D. Campbell 22 and Squadron Commander Russell F. J. Taylor 36 die in a training plane crash three miles east of Ryan field. Cadet Campbell from Plainwell Michigan leaves parents Cliff and Mrs. Campbell. Taylor from Jackson Michigan leaves widow Pauline and son Russell J. Taylor’s body to be sent to Jackson for burial tomorrow accompanied by his wife and child.
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Garth D. Campbell
Russell F. J. Taylor
Kenneth O. Shadell
Ryanfield
Maj
Shadell
Ryan Field
Campbell
Plainwell
Mich
Cliff Campbell
Comdr
Taylor
Jackson
Rincon Boulevard
Ryan
San Diego
Pauline
Russell J
Reilly’s
1500 Yank Bombers Strike France and Germany
Allied air forces launched a massive strike involving 1500 U S bombers plus up to 750 American heavies targeting fuel facilities. The raids hit Emmerich refinery in Germany and several refineries in Hungary and Yugoslavia, plus oil lines feeding Hitler’s war machine. Bombs also fell on six enemy air bases and strategic bridges in France and Belgium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
France
Germany
Yugoslavia
Taw
Hitler
Britain
Emmerich
Hungary
Shell
Budapest
Belgium
Flagstaff Man Killed by Auto in Highway Accident
Flagstaff resident Harry Baxtrom, 35, died when a passing car struck him as he stepped from his parked vehicle on the highway two miles south of Flagstaff. The accident occurred Saturday, according to the highway patrol report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flagstaff
Harry Baxtrom
Here
Highway Patrol
German Hesitancy In Using Reserves Break For Allies
The Allied Cherbourg battlefront strengthens as the advance widens to about 100 miles. Rommel clashes with Von Rundstedt over using reserves, signaling a cautious Nazi defense before a major counterattack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Rommel
Hitler
Atlantic Wall
Marshal von Rundstedt
Rommel
von Rundstedt
Cherbourg
Chaplin Agrees To Support Baby In Paternity Case
Los Angeles reports Charlie Chaplin agreed to pay a monthly sum for the support of Joan Berry's baby while awaiting trial. The settlement comes as Berry’s lawyers push for an early trial, with December 13 set for the hearing opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
Joan Berry
Miss Berry
El Paso Utility Plans Liquidation of Delaware Firm
El Paso Electric Co. of Delaware filed with the SEC its plan of liquidation adopted by its board. The plan transfers El Paso Electric Co. of Texas, the Delaware firm’s sole asset, to Engineers Public Service Co. and eliminates the Delaware sub holding company.
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Philadelphia
el Paso Electric Co. of
Delaware
Securities and Exchange Commission
Texas
el Paso of
Engineers Public Service Co
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Charles de Gaulle
Kimmel and
Short
Secretaries of War and Navy
Stephen Early
Congress
Stimson
Secretary of Navy
Forrestal
Husband E. Kimmel
Walter C. Short
William F. Tyree
Arizona
Michigan
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Chaplin
Baby
el Paso Utility
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