Soviets Open New Offensive Against Nazis
Premier Stalin announced the Red army widened its breakthrough northwest of Vitebsk to 50 miles in White Russia and pushed toward Minsk. Moscow reports say the offensive moved westward, crossing near Orsha and reaching the Latvian border while Finnish fronts show limited gains. Observers note this marks the summer push after prior feints, with preparations unseen in three years of war.
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London
Stalin
Red Army
Vitebsk
White Russia
Eddie Gilmore
Moscow
Mus
Polotsk
Helsinki
Leningrad-Murmansk
Minsk
Russia
Hitler
Tapotchau Peak Holdout May Shape Saipan Defense
Forward post Morie Landsberg reports Japanese positions on Tapotchau, the island’s highest peak, with a concrete blockhouse and pillboxes near the summit. A pincer drive aims to cut the position off to gain observation over Tanapag harbor while southern sectors are cleared of an estimated 500 remaining Japanese in caves. The main force of about 20,000 Americans presses the northern end of Saipan.
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Morrie Landsberg
Illness Strikes Four High Jap Officers
The Domei agency reported by radio that four senior Japanese officers died or succumbed to illness. Vice Adm Yoshimasa Nakahara died at the front. Lt. Gen Motura and Lt. Gen Yokoyama died in action on the China front. Maj. Gen Nara died of illness in Manchuria.
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Domei Agency
Federal Communications Commission
Yoshimaska Nakahara
Navy General Staff
Navy Ministry
Motura
Yokoyama
China
Nara
Manchuria
Japanese Face Critical Period In Pacific War
Japanese forces face a grim phase as five carriers are disabled or sunk in rapid U S actions. Adm Nimitz reports a large Shokaku class carrier likely sunk, bringing total warships sunk or damaged to 15. MacArthur strikes near Dutch New Guinea as the war widens.
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Frank Tremaine
Pearl Harbor
U.S
United States
Japan
U. S. Pacific
Western Pacific
Marc A. Mitscher
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Dutch New Guinea
Philippines
Mitchell
Sorong
MacArthur
Marianas
New Guinea
Burma
Nimitz
U. S
Charges Filed Against Fliers After Accident at Lake Field
Two Lake field officers face initial court martial charges of violation of flying regulations after a plane struck a car on a highway near Wittman. The wingtip broke through the windshield and decapitated Earl William Nepple, 57, of Los Angeles, who was driving the car. Offenders are Second Lts. Howard E. Stittsworth of Wake Forest, and an unnamed pilot from Grand Forks ND.
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Howard E. Stittsworth
Wake
Grand Forks
Italian Situation Shows Slow Change in North Italy
Reports from Bologna Milan Genoa and Turin indicate ongoing unrest as strikes and fighting persist. German SS units maintain controls in Milan factories amid sabotage concerns while authorities in Bern report steadier German-Fascist grip loosening slowly.
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Bern
Switzerland
Bologna
Milan
Genoa
Turin
Italy
GOP Leaders Spar Over Favorites at 1944 National Convention
Delegates meet in Chicago as the 1944 Republican convention nears. Dewey and Bricker backers clash over ballot chances while platform drafting nears completion. Congressional members join preconvention activities, marking their first wartime gathering since the Civil War era.
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Chicago
Washington
Congress
Thomas E. Dewey
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Dewey
New York
Hitler Says German Prisoners Murdered
Adolf Hitler's headquarters announced that German prisoners were murdered in Normandy and that ten American soldiers would be shot for every German if the reports were true. The statement came after Allied reports of prisoners being killed by German forces in the same area.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Normandy
Wes Gallagher
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
Nazis Press Italy Advance Amid Stubborn Allied Resistance
Fifth army tanks and infantry advance on Rocca strada and Fal Bold on Highway 1 toward Livorno and Pisa while Germans dig in east and west of Lake Trasimeno. Allied forces near San Elpedro and Castiglione DOrcia clash as air power harasses targets in Italy.
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Edward Kennedy
Rome
Fifth Army
Roccastrada
Fallonica
Highway 1
Livorno
Pisa
Eighth Army
Italy
Lake
Trasimeno
Chiusi
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Perugia
San Elpedro
Adriatic
Morrovalle
Montecosaro
Ancona
Castiglione D’orcia
Camerino
Macerata
Mediterranean Army Air Force
Ploesti
Private protest over Tucson housing plan conversion
Herbert L. Howe, a medically discharged U. S. merchant marine veteran, protests the continued conversion of his five room house at 711 North Sixth Avenue to regional offices in San Francisco despite the program’s cancellation on June 2. He argues the project is impractical and a waste of federal funds.
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Tucson
Herbert L. Howe
North Sixth Avenue
San Francisco
Howe
War Housing Committee
Donald C. Kirby
National Housing Administration
Tucson Rapid Transit Company
War Housing Center
Tornado Toll Tops 130 as Rescue Races West
Wide swath of Pennsylvania West Virginia and Maryland bears the toll of a deadly wind storm. Deaths rise to at least 130 with hundreds injured and missing across rural towns and coal districts. Red Cross reports and hospital strains mark the disaster as relief moves to Shinnston Cambridge and surrounding counties.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Garrett County
Red Cross
McKeesport
Waynesburg
Shinnston
Clarksburg
W. Va
Lola Heavner
Charleston
Cambridge
Phillips Packing Company
Cherbourg Desolate Scene From Air as Forces Move In
Aerial observer Henry T. Gorrell describes Cherbourg in ruins with German fortifications largely silent. He notes U S infantry along hedged roads amid cratered fields while many gun emplacements lie toppled and abandoned, their crews scarcely visible as the battle advances.
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Henry T. Gorrell
Cherbourg
U.P
United States
Yanks Hammer At French Rail Bridges and Cherbourg Fight
Allied air and ground forces pound rail bridges and airfields across France. Marauders bomb Cherbourg strongpoints as American troops breach the Cherbourg line and approach the port docks amid street fighting and heavy resistance.
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Austin Bealmear
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Normandy
Cherbourg
Berlin
U. S
Germany
Hitler
Reich
Lisieux
Vire
Dreux
Evreux
Veneuil
Mezidon
Saintes
Bordeaux
Limoges
Pas de Calais
Bremen
Air Ministry
England
Supreme Headquarters
Channel Islands
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Octeville
Whitehead
Ft. Octeville
Hitler Awakened to Facing Two Front War Again
The piece notes Adolf Hitler faces a two front war as the Russian offensive ends his hope for allied division, recalling the 1941 Moscow push and Stalingrad setback. It frames his predicament with the fall of France and a pivot toward Britain, ending with a cue to continue on page 8.
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J. M. Roberts
Associated Press
Hitler
der Fuehrer
France
English Channel
Europe
Russia
Britain
Moscow
Stalingrad
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Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Caen
Ste. Honorine la Chardonnerette
Omar N. Bradley
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