Eisenhower Aids Drifting Men Near Beach Invasion
General Eisenhower interrupted a four and a half hour cruise off the French invasion beaches to direct aid to drifting soldiers. A landing barge was sighted helpless in the convoy and a returning landing craft supplied their location. The meeting with Montgom ery and Kirk occurred amid thousands of ships within five miles of the enemy as Eisenhower sought better communications.
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Eisenhower
Ramsay
France
Bernard L. Montgomery
Alan Goodrich Kirk
U. S
Robert F Manuel Promoted To Captain In Army
Word was received that Robert F Manuel son of Mr and Mrs C B Manuel 518 N Cameron street has been promoted to captain. He entered service in 1941 and is serving with the 86th Blackhawk Division at Camp Livingston.
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Robert F. Manuel
C. B. Manuel
Cameron Street
Capt. Manuel
86Th
Camp Livingston
Battle for Cherbourg Peninsula tests Montgomery Rommel tactics
Allied invasion of Cherbourg peninsula looms as Montgomery and Rommel duel in cautious maneuvers. German air power wanes while Bayeux rail hub falls into Allied hands, accelerating Normandy conquest. Russia remains poised to strike when allies open the second front, hardening the Big Three alliance.
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Cherbourg
North African Desert
Rommel
Montgomery
Hitler
Europe
Luftwaffe
Bayeux
Normandy
France
Russia
Red Armies
Wounded Yanks Build War Bond Drive On Gripsholm Visit
Wounded American soldiers at Halloran Hospital collected back pay and quickly purchased over $4,000 in war bonds. Fifteen of forty nine wounded men bought the bonds within four hours as the Gripsholm exchange liner visit highlighted patriotism.
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New York
Gripsholm
Halloran Hospital
Taxicab Driver Honored After 150000 Miles
MEMPHIS June 8 A H McKee drove his taxicab 150000 miles and won a company prize a new cab for keeping the vehicle in like new condition Arlington National Cemetery offers burial plots for service members on active duty or honorably discharged
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Memphis
A. H. McKee
Arlington National Cemetery
Public Auction of Cooper Estate Farm Implements June 16 1944
Eugene B. Cooper as administrator offers at public sale on the Lewis F. Cooper farm near Stephenson Frederick County Virginia a large list of farming implements and livestock. Items include a John Deere tractor various plows harrows drills feed grinder corn cutter and other equipment along with five cows two heifers a calf chickens hogs shoats pigs and several bags and bales of feed and fertilizer. Cash terms. Auctioneer Brumback Co.
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Lewis F. Cooper
Stephenson
Frederick County
Virginia
John Deere
Sharrel Turner
Eugene B. Cooper
Co. I. Brumback
Reich Faith in Hitler Guides German War Stance
A June 8 report asserts Nazi Germany remains confident in Hitler and the high command as it withdraws on the eastern front to defend against a future clash with the Russians. Observers note German belief they can deter both fronts while Russians extend supply lines.
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Nazi Germany
Germany
Red Army
Hitler
Reich
Montezuma Drank Vanila Vaniilla Fifty Pitchers a Day
The Aztec ruler Montezuma is reputed to have loved vanilla so much that he reportedly drank up to fifty pitchers of a vanilla flavored liquid daily.
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Montezuma
Mexico
Vaniilla
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