German Paratroopers Besieged at Carentan Crushed
Field dispatch reports German elite Schutz Staffel troops fighting at Carentan were driven off by U.S. machine guns and armor. Burial squads collected fallen soldiers as U.S. forces pressed toward Cherbourg while leaflets promised humane treatment for surrendering Germans. The countryside bore impact craters and wartime devastation.
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Henry T. Gorrell
Carentan
U. S
Heinrich Himmier
Schutz Staffel
S. S
Carent
Cherbourg
Saint Sauver
Montebourg
Carpentan
Douve River
U.S. Forces
Aleutians Add Dust Storms To Repertoire
In the Aleutians dust storms join wind and weather as new threats. Army engineers have moved vast earth to build bases, while prevailing winds blow sand into food and gear. Officers fear the dust will hamper postwar operations unless vegetation can stabilize the soils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Annabel
Oklahoma Dust Bowl
Siberia
Pacific
Japan
Upside Down Landing Injures Instructor at Falcon Field
In Phoenix on June 16 the civilian instructor Stanford W. Cox, 40, sustained a fractured vertebra when a training flight ended with an upside down landing. An unidentified cadet escaped injury as their plane flipped over on touchdown at Falcon Field.
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Phoenix
Stanley W. Cox
Falcon Field
Cox
I Want FDR Again Buttons Privately Made
The manufacture of campaign buttons with the slogan I Want FDR Again is a private enterprise without Democratic party sponsorship. A Democratic National Committee spokesman said many producers make lapel pins donkey and elephant symbols without approval each year.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Democratic National Committee
Infantry and Tanks Secure Normandy Frontline Pockets
British forces push through hedgerow country south of Bayeux Caen road in Normandy. Infantry locate gun nests and snipers while tanks deliver heavy shells to clear pockets of resistance. Destruction and casualties mark the advance as villages change hands amid brutal combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard D. McMillan
France
Bayeux- Caen
Normandy
Bayeux
Five Arizona Soldiers Reported As Missing
War department lists five Arizona soldiers missing in action and three wounded. Missing are Sgt. William J. Acton, Lt. James F. Son, Lt. Vernon J. Tipton, William Acheson, and Tech. Sgt. Leonard E. Bunch. Wounded are Sgt. Julio R. Diaz and Lt. Richard R. Sandoz. Noted in separate lines are family details for several individuals.
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Arizona
Washington
War Department
European
William J. Acton
George A. Acton
Winkleman
James F. Son
Mary J. Hall
Crawford Street
Nogales
Vernon J. Tipton
Mesa
William Acheson
Phoenix
Tech
Leonard E. Bunch
Alice Bunch
Somerton
Central Pacific Area
Julio R. Diaz
Richard R. Sandoz
Mary ¥. Sandoz
Yuma
Mediterranean
Elmo A. Bundy
Coretta Bundy
Trumbull
Blacksmith Keeps Tucson Plant Tools In Top Shape
D. O. Elias, chief blacksmith at the Tucson division of Consolidated Vultee Aircraft, runs a shop that now crafts and repairs tools for Liberator B-24 bomber modification. With assistant J. D. Santa Cruz, he maintains metal items needed on the modern plant floor.
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D. O. Elias
Consolidated Vultee
Tucson
Elias
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corportion
J. D. Santa Cruz
Brush Up On French Pronunciation Guides For Town Names
United Press breaks down how to say key Allied targets in Normandy. Tilly sur Seulles Caen St Lo Carentan Montebourg Valognes are rendered as Tee-lee Suhr Sir-ye Khan San Loh Kahr-ohn-tahn Mohn-ti-boorg Vahl-oyn-ia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United: Press
Tilly Sur Seulles
Tee-lee Suhr
Sir-ye
Caen
Kahn
St. Lo
San Loh
Carentan
Kahr-ohn-tahn
Montebourg
Workshop Builders in the Allied Air Base
Elias and Santa Cruz operate a busy machine shop beside a hangar crafting trailers trailer hitches tow-cable claves dollies hoists and ironwork for platforms. Their work supports Allied fliers with planes built through American ingenuity and skilled labor.
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Elias
Santa Cruz
Steel allotment doubles for small tool production to 1944
The report states that the amount of steel allocated to producing small tools in 1944 is twice the 1943 allotment. It highlights a shift in material distribution for tool manufacturing across the two years.
Tojo Plans Meeting With 231 Reps At Congress
San Francisco reports Tokyo radio says Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and his cabinet will discuss various measures at the sixth central collaborating congress. About 231 representatives from the Japanese empire will attend the June 24 session to confront national issues.
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San Francisco
U.P
Tokyo Radio
Hideki Tojo
Central Collaborating
Tokyo visit under Imperial Rule Assistance banner
The broadcast said the trip in Tokyo lasts three days and operates under the auspices of the Imperial Rule Assistance association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Imperial Rule Assistance Association
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Dante
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Power & Home Equipment CO
Convair
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Quality Jewelers
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Strasbourg
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