Yanks Battle Foe Fiercely For Saipan
American forces near Saipan in the Marianas assault Japanese lines 1,500 miles southeast of Tokyo. U S troops land and advance amid heavy fighting supported by battleship guns and carrier aircraft. The drive aims at a base for B 29 raids on Japan with beachheads established and Agingan Point captured.
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Washington
Tokyo
Bonin
Volcano
Japan
Associated Press
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Saipan
Marianas
Chester W. Nimitz
Tinian
Imperial Headquarters
Tokyo Radio
New York
NBC
American Troops Break Through to St. Sauveur Le Vicomte
Hard driving American troops breached German resistance, crossed the Douve, and reached St. Sauveur Le Vicomte, seizing the main road off the Cherbourg peninsula as they threaten to cut the Nazis' last escape route.
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Cherbourg
ST. Sauveur LE Vicomte
Douve
Japanese Use Medieval Way To Fight Fires
In a San Francisco dispatch dated June 16, the siege of incendiary attacks on Japan is described as relying on medieval fire fighting methods. Volunteers hardened by years of drills contend with scarce fire equipment as Tokyo and other cities face heavy wartime devastation.
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San Francisco
Tokyo
Japan
Domei Agency Reports Enemy Bombing of Korea
A Domei Agency broadcast via FCC monitors stated enemy planes raided southern Korea opposite Japan. The report quoted the Japanese army in Keijo saying they suffered no losses, but did not identify the attackers.
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New York
Japanese Domei Agency
Federal Communications Commission
Korea
Chosen
Asiatic
Japan
East Asia
Keijo
Seoul
B 29 Production War Plan Launched In 1940 41
The B-29 Super Fortress production program launched as a vast industrial effort. Boeing plants in Seattle Renton and Wichita lead the effort joined by Bell in Marietta and Glenn L. Martin in Omaha. A major GM Fisher Body subassembly in Cleveland handles key work. XB-29 tests began after an August 24 1940 order with quantity production ordered May 17 1941.
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James J. Strebig
Associated Press
Washington
Boeing Airplane Company
Seattle
Renton
Wash
Wichita
Marietta
Bell Aircraft Company
Omaha
Neb
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
Cleveland
Ohio
Fisher Body
General Motors
Army
Stock Market Records Active Session On Normandy News
In its most active session in a year the market reached highs not seen since late 1938. Industrial and rail stocks led gains as investors chased shares up about 50 cents to around $2. The rally followed broad demand that began earlier in the week as Allied forces solidified positions on the Normandy front.
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New York
Normandy
Dennis J. Shea 34 Dies After Weeklong Illness
Dennis Joseph Shea a Arizona native and candidate for the Arizona House of Representatives died today after a week's illness. Born in Jerome he attended the University of Arizona and served as a reader in the state house. Survived by his wife one son his father and five sisters.
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Phoenix
Dennis Joseph Shea
Arizona
Arizona House of Representatives
Jerome
University of Arizona
House
Jones
State Industrial Commission
Shea
Nazi robot planes strike southern England in daring raid
London reports a night and morning bombardment by pilotless Nazi bombers described as a new weapon. Home Secretary Herbert Morrison said damage was limited and would not derail Allied efforts while Berlin hailed the raid as vengeance. Eyewitness accounts described fiery explosions across southern England near London.
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London
U.P
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Herbert Morrison
Morrison
England
Radio
Berlin
Germany
Commons
High Command
Home
Channel
Boulogne Harbor
Cherbourg
Sasaeee
Cherurg
Reigneville Reigneville
One Hundred Thirty One Million Postwar Plans Urged
Walter R. Bimson, president of Valley National Bank, urges a vast set of postwar plans centered on purchasing U.S. War Bonds. He says every American and over 10 million service members should convert idle dollars into bonds, creating future purchasing power and economic strength through home, car, and other growth.
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Walter R. Bimson
The
Valley National Bank
War Finance Committee
U. S
America
Four B 29s Lost In Yawata Raid
Four B 29 bombers failed to return from the Yawata air raid on Kyushu Japan. Two lost due to accidents one over the target and a fourth missing. One plane may have fallen to enemy hands while another crew is confirmed safe.
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Washington
America
Yawata
Pittsburgh
Japan
20Th Bomber Command
20Th Air Force
Imperial Iron and Steel Works
Kyushu
Truk Bastion To Be Useless To Enemy Soon
Washington dispatch reports Saipan success foreshadowing Japanese bases like Truk becoming useless. Analysts outline a grand Pacific strategy by MacArthur and Nimitz with planned leaps toward China, noting Saipan shifted forces across 1,000 miles from Eniwetok to the Marianas.
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Truk
Caroline Island
Pacific
Saipan
China
Douglas MacArthur
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Eniwetok Island
Yawata Mills Left In Ruins By Fortresses
New York June 16. American B 29s attacked Yawata steel mills in Kyushu as heavy antiaircraft fire and night fighters met the raid. Most ships returned to base after dropping tons of bombs on coke ovens and open hearth furnaces. eleven correspondents witnessed the mission and described the Japanese surprise and damage.
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New York
America
Yawata
Japan
Roy Porter
China
Porter
Associated Press
National Broadcasting Co
Bangkok
Thailand
Adm
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Imperial Steel and Iron Works
Kyushu
CBS
20Th Bomber Command
Pearl Harbor
World War Unfolds With New Fury Across Fronts
The German secret weapon strikes southern England as pilotless bombs threaten civilians. Allied forces push inland from Saipan to Cherbourg with heavy bombers and ground offensives across Italy and the Karelian isthmus. Russians clear the Karelian front as Allied channels face weather delays and renewed pressure on Cherbourg.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press
England
Saipan
Japan
Korea
Tokyo
Normandy
Cherbourg
Italy
Karelian
Ministry of Home
Scarcity Forces Tucson Citizen to Cut Pages
The Tucson Citizen announces a newsprint shortage affecting readers in southeastern Arizona. Editors say they must drop more than a page of paid display advertising to cope and urge readers to consider purchasing a Citizen Bond instead.
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Citizen
Tucson
Arizona
Americans Reach Two Miles From Cherbourg In Normandy Drive
Allied forces push armor and infantry along a 10 mile front south of Cherbourg advancing toward St. Sauveur Le Vicomte. German 17th panzer division counters as Berlin admits westward advances and La Haye Du Puits task looms to cut Cherbourg’s rail and coastal routes. Eisenhower signs 21st communique after visiting front with Tedder.
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Virgil Pinkley
London
U.P
Normandy
Cherbourg
Reigneville
St. Sauveur-Le Vicomte
Ste. Mere-Eglise
Carentan
Berlin
The
Orne
Caumont
la Haye-Du Puits
Dwight R. Eisenhower
Sir Arthur Tedder
Allied Armies Push 25 Miles North Into Italy
Allied forces in Italy continued steady advances up to 25 miles, taking Grosseto 90 miles northwest of Rome and 65 miles below Florence. The 5th army reached Grosseto driving along the coast while the 8th army moved through Terni to Todi, threatening the Gothic line near Rimini and Pisa.
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Allied
Naples
U.P
Fifth Army
Italy
Grosseto
Rome
Florence
Terni
Todi
Mark W. Clark
Rimini-Pisa
Harold R. L. G. Alexander
Adriatic
Apennines
U S Bombers Hit Refineries in Vienna and Bratislava
U S Fifteenth Air Force heavy bombers attacked five oil refineries in the Vienna area and for the first time struck Bratislava in Czechoslovakia. The Apollo refinery at Bratislava, 100 miles east of Vienna, was hit as antiaircraft defenses claimed to shoot down 22 bombers per German radio.
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Rome
U. S
Fifteenth Air Force
Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Apollo
Bratislava
Soviets Press On Versus Finns On Karelia Front
General Govorov’s Leningrad army with air support pushes through strong Finnish lines on the Karelian Isthmus, narrowing the Viipuri gap to 32 miles. Soviet forces breach Finnish defenses near Jaervi, advance toward Mannerheim line sectors, capturing 18 towns and moving along the coast toward Koivisto.
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M. S
Moscow
U.P
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Karelian
Viipuri
Red Army
Jaervi
Leningrad-Helsinki
Leningrad - Viipuri-Helsinki
Suulajaervi
Vammeljaervi
Summa-Muola
Mannerheim Line
Gulf of Finland
Ino
Kanneljaervi
Koivisto
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Russell Baines
Domei Agency
South Korea
Dennis J. Shea
Batters Boulogne
Pas de Calais
Saipan Island
John M. Hightower
Hawaiian Islands
West Coast
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