30 000 Nazis Isolated In French Port
Chinese high command said it withdrew troops from Lungling Burma road town while reporting recaptured Lungling on June 10 as a major first counteroffensive success. Japanese pockets were wiped out and Chinese forces moved toward Watien and Tengchung, with Tangchung 40 miles northwest of Lungling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Burma Road
Lungling
Salween River
Burma
Watien
Tengchung
Tangchung
Troops Press Saipan Front as Garapan Attacked
U S troops clash with Japanese near Garapan on Saipan as Marines and Army push inland toward Aslito airstrip. The Japanese launch a desperate amphibious assault south of Garapan but are sunk by off shore gun boats and heavy naval fire. The battle shapes the first major sea air counter effort to stem the American beachhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Tyree
Pearl Harbor
U.p—U. S
Saipan
Wgarapan
Marianas
Ashito Airfield
Tokyo
Garapan
Aslito
U. S
Rape Bates
Garena
W. Nimitz
Agingan Point
Mariana
Canella Freed By Army Now To Civil Court
Army authorities drop military charges against Col. J. J. Canella, former Santa Ana Army airbase quartermaster, and release him to civil court for trial on conspiracy to defraud the government. He will plead before Judge Peirson M. Hall as motions on civil jurisdiction are heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
J. J. Canella
Santa Ana
Col. Canella
Peirson M. Hall
J. J. Irwin
Canella
Irwin
Excelsior Creamery Co
Excelsior Ranch Co
Tucson Flier Among 13 Yanks Safe In Balkans
A dispatch from General Draja Mihailovic's HQ says thirteen American fliers, including Donald W. Sullivan of Tucson Arizona, abandoned damaged planes over Yugoslav territory and reached friendly camps. They are in good hands awaiting Allied planes to return them to Italian bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Donald W. Sullivan
West District Street
Tucson
Ariz
Draja Mihailovic
Sullivan
Most Cheese Taken From Rationing List OPA Reveals Today
In San Francisco on June 19 the office of price administration announced that cream and specialty cheeses no longer require red points. Cheeses removed include Conte Rey Jack Swiss Italian Munster Limburger Camembert Lied kranz grated dehydrated Geuda Greek Edam Bleu Brie. Ration points remain for cheddar and Colby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
U.P
Office of Price Administration
Jet guided torpedo powers Nazi robot bomber threat
London reports British fighters and anti aircraft batteries answered a new weapon from Germany described as a jet propelled, one ton torpedo guided by an automatic mechanical pilot. The air ministry says defenses are now successfully facing the pilotless bombing offensive a claim seen as revenge for Allied air war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Air Ministry
Hitler
Germany
Allied Air Blitz Hits Pas de Calais Rocket Sites
U S heavy bombers 500 to 700 strong hammered the Pas de Calais rocket launching area as more pilotless explosives hurtled into England. Other Allied formations struck German air bases in southeastern France and disrupted reinforcement routes near Paris and Caen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladwin Hill Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Hitler
Pas de Calais
England
France
Cherbourg
Tilly-Caen
Paris
Halsey Seeks Third Fleet Base in Japan
Adm. William F. Halsey Jr. accepts command of the Third Fleet to operate in the Pacific with aims to strike Japanese positions in the Bonin Volcano and Mariana areas. Officials expect bold maneuvers as he plans base placement in Yokohama, reflecting his drive to reach Japan before the war ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halsey
Third Fleet
Japan
Washington
William F. Halsey, Jr
Pacific
Bonin
Volcano
Mariana
South Pacific
Bull
Yokohama
French Tighten Grip on Elba as Allies Reach Perugia
Allied communiques report French colonial troops complete occupation of Elba and control most of the 85 square mile island. German garrison scatters under French and allied assault while battles rage on the Italian mainland near Perugia. RAF Spitfires raid straits to disrupt Nazi evacuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds Packard
Rome
Elba
Portoferraio
Perugia
RAF
Piombino
Villa San Martino
Napoleon
Episcopal Youth Open Conference Opens At Prescott
From 75 to 100 young people of the Episcopal diocese of Arizona are expected to attend a ten day conference opening today at the Episcopal grounds west of Prescott. Rev C W Nickle of Clifton will be dean and Rev Paul Roberts of Denver will lecture with Rev William A Gilbert of Lewiston Idaho as chaplain. A family conference for adults and children follows July 3 to 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott
Episcopal Diocese of
Arizona
Episcopal Conference
C. W. Nickle
Clifton
Paul Roberts
St. John’s Cathedral
Denver
William A. Gilbert
Lewiston
Idaho
Churchill Sees Allied Victory This Summer
Prime Minister Winston Churchill predicts the Allies may win in Europe this summer as Tehran plans unfold. He spoke at a luncheon at the Mexican embassy, noting progress on western front coordination with Russians, and warned the outcome remains uncertain yet hopeful for freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Grigg
London
Winston Churchill
Europe
Tehran
Churchill
Russians Drive For Viipuri Presses Finnish Defenses
Russian mobile forces drive up the Karelian isthmus toward Viipuri as Soviet spearheads, aided by the Baltic fleet, push through defiles near Koivisto and Makšliahnkyla. Finns reportedly flee northward, line collapses, and fear of capitulation grows amid warnings of decisive developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reds
Viipuri
Moscow
U.P
Karelian
Finland
Koivisto
Makslahdenkyla
Kirov
Mannerheim
112 Midwestern Truck Firms Threaten Strike
The Central States Drivers council of the AFL Teamsters union urged the government to seize 112 Midwestern trucking firms to enforce a February wartime labor directive granting 40,000 drivers a 12 percent wage increase. Dexter L. Lewis said the strike authorized by members in 12 states would be called soon if the order is not enforced, affecting 40,000 drivers directly and at least 250,000 indirectly and paralyzing motor transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Central States
Yanks Tighten Grip on Cherbourg Coast
American troops seal off the Cherbourg peninsula west coast effectively trapping about 30,000 Germans by land and sea. Churchill says Allied victory in France possible this summer with about 1,000,000 engaged. French control of Elba advanced. Russians near Viipuri. Italian mainland push continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis F. Keemle
United Press
Cherbourg
Winston Churchill
Hitler
Churchill
France
Elba
Viipuri
Finland
Mannerheim
Cap Carteret
Portbais
Sevastopol
Defiant Slayer Forfeits Life To Firing Squad
Salt Lake City June 19 The defiant 39 year old Austin Cox was executed by firing squad at dawn taking the life for the slaying rampage that killed five people in Ogden last July 23 including District Judge Lewis V Trueman. He refused last rites resisted a sheriff and stuck out his tongue as the death warrant was read. Utah law allowed hanging or shooting and Cox chose the firing squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Austin Cox
Utah
John R. Watson
Weber County
Cox
Ogden
Lewis V. Trueman
Trueman
Stiff Cold Wind Whips Sea In Dover Strait
The Dover strait gale reached 60 mph, creating high broken sea and poor visibility midchannel. Temperatures stayed low as wind from the northeast hampered Allied Normandy beach operations and unloading efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover Strait
London
Strait of Dover
Normandy
Bjornsson Elected Iceland Republic Leader
Sveinm Bjornsson, who has acted as regent for three years, was chosen as the first president of Iceland. The referendum mandate approved establishing a republic, with the Althing formalizing the move and Ireland's legislature abrogating the Danish-Icelandic union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reykjavik
Iceland
Sveinm Bjornsson
Althing
Ireland
Patriot sabotage and resistance rise in occupied Europe
London reports that French patriots delay German reinforcements by sabotaging communications and rail lines from Cherbourg to Normandy. SHAEF notes Maquis gains and Desert forces holding enemy withdrawals, with major blows in Alsace including the Delfort railway disruption and increased Vosges resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Charles de Gaulle
SHAEF
Erwin Rommel
la Suisse
Cherbourg
de Gaulle
Upper Alsace
Delfort
Alsace
Vosges
Nancy-Strasbourg
Bacon
Ohio Governor Gains Ground In GOP Race
Governor John Bricker of Ohio appears to gain ground in the Republican presidential race as Dewey's Chicago team opens preconvention operations. Reports say Bricker enlists delegates while Dewey weighs nomination talks. party activity begins with the resolutions committee meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Jack Bell
Chicago
Thomas E Dewey
Board of Strategy
John W. Bricker
New York State
Edwin Frank Jaeckle
J. Russel Sprague
Herbert Brownell
Dewey
Bricker
Resolutions Committee
Normandy Battle Rages in Murky Rain Near Cherbourg
Allied forces under U S command push toward Cherbourg from Montebourg and Barneville pinning in about 30 000 German troops. Ninth Division repels a second German breakout attempt as Long Tom guns fire on Cherbourg and surrounding high ground. Churchill says one million men are in Normandy with heavy drizzle and limited air support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Headquarters
U. S. Ninth Division
Cherbourg
Gorrell
Montebourg
Barneville
Ninth
St. Sauveur-Le Vicomte
Normandy
Sula
Ameri
St. Sauveur
United Press
Henry T. Gorrell
United States
Lognes
Gérrell
Bernard L. Montgomery
Pas de Calais
France
Winston Churchill
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International Soundphoto
French
Mariana Center
Marines
Jap City
Ong
Balkans
OPA
Bordeaux-Merignac
Cazaux
Bordeaux
Crone Ecluse
Cognac
Donald Blakeslee
U. S. Mustang
Island of
Isle
Algiers
Episcopal
Bjornsson
New
Iceland Republic
John A. Parris
Virgil Pinkley
Norman
Brazzaville
Bricquebec
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