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The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-06

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF THE ALLIED ExPEDITIONARY FORCES, June 6.-American, Brit ish and Canadian troops landed in northern France this morning. launching the greatest overseas military operation in history. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower told them before taking off We will accept nothing except full victory" over the Germans.
 The first ommunique said: Under the command of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Allied Naval forces supported by strong air forces began landing Allied armies this morning on the northern coast of France"
 British Gen. Sir Bernard L. Mont gomery, hero of the African desert, Is in charge of the assault. and the location of the landing was not at first announced, but three hours previous to the Allied com munique the German radio poured forth series of flashes reporting the Allies were landing between Le- Havre and Cherbourg. on the south side of the Bay of Seine and the north coast of Normandy, almost straight across the channel and south of the British ports of Has, tings, Brighton and Portsmouth.
 The Germans also said that para chutists had descended in Nor mandy and had been engaged by Nazi shock. troops.
 Great Crusade
 Gen. Eisenhower told the troops they were 'sembarking on a great
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-06
WEST WALL IS PROVEN
 VULNERABLE
Observers Note No German Coastal Guns Challenge
 Allied Landings
(By Associated Press)

Fighter pilots returning from covering the first invasion waves said things already seemed well or ganized on the beaches.
 There was a helleva lot of ar mored stuff on the beach that look ed like tanks" said one Canadian flier, I've never seen so many ships in all my life"
 He as well as others said that lots of shooting was going on at the beaches, but the troops got ashore well
 Associated Press correspondents who flew over the scene in B-26 bomber reported they saw hundreds of parachutes and gliders on the ground.
 A New York NEG reporter who flew over 20 miles of invasion coast this morning said: Not single German coastal gun was firing in the entire invasion zone"
 NEG said this inaicated that Eve have completely kriocked out the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-06

 Prayer Be
 Broadcast

WASHINGTON, June 6.-Closet- ed in his bedroom, President Roose- welt spent the early morning hours on a prayer for victory which goes on the air on all networks at ' p. m. Pacific time. He will read the prayer and hopes the nation will join him.
 The text reads in part: With Thy blessing we shall prevail over the unholy forces of the enemy. Lead us to the saving of our coun- try and with our sister nations into world unity that will spell a sure peace, peace that will be in- vulnerable against the schemings of unworthy men. Thy will be done, Almighty God"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-06
ESTABLISH
 BEA(HHEAD
 IN FRANCE
Glider borne and Sea. borne Troops Land
 al Normandy

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF THE ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, June 6.-The Allies have invaded northwest France, estab- fishing a beachhead in the area de- fined by the enemy as Normandy between Caen and Cherbourg. Am erican and British battleships she'll ed the coast and an estimated H. 900 planes formed canopy and other planes carried parachuters who dropped on enemy soil and hundreds of sea craft carried eager American, Britons and Canadians of Eisenhower's Command who stormed ashore between midnight and 2:25 a m. Eastern Standard Time) and were soon smashing their way in- land or digging in.
 Several divisions of plane and glider borne troops landed behind the German lines and more thous- ands established offensive pockets. The German broadcast said four British divisions landed by air and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-06
SECOND FRONT IS LONG TIME
 IN MAXIM C
ZAP Features)

Second front" has been perhaps the biggest phrase of World War II.
 It was discussed and debated for years, beginning in June, 194l, when Hitler turned against Russia and England, still wounded from Dunkerque and the Nazi aerial blitz, saw her chance to strike again across the channel. It became, fi- nally, the symbol of Allied victory
 All through 1940 and the spring of 1941, England feared invasion of her own shores. Full-scale prep arations had been made to defend the island, even to the ringing of church bells to sound the invasion alarms.
 But when Hitler turned east, the invasion threat moved away and second front plans took it's place. The Russians began to call for it as their armies reeled back in the face of Hitler's still invin- cible blitz machine and British strategy moved toward making the cries reality. Commandos made small and isolated raids along the Nazi-held coast, destroying vital installations and probing for weak spots.
 Germany's declaration of war against the United States gave an impetus to second front talk, and less than two months after Am
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-06
The w Washington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON QLt Col. Robert S. Allen now on active service with the Army)

WASHINGTON - Mrs. Roosevelt's blunt press conference remarks about Winston Churchills recent speech in the House of Commons brought out publicly what those around the White House have Known for some time-that the First Lady never has been too en- thusiastic about the Prime Min ister.
 Last summer, Churchill came to Washington after Quebec and to- gether with Harry Hopkins, occu- pied one section of the White House. There, military conferences continued day and night, with the Prime Minister walking up and down the White House corridors In Tapping bedroom slippers and a great gold-and-red silk komono.
 At that time, Mrs. Roosevelt IS said to have telephoned from New York to a member of her family in liic WIllIc IlOuSC dlld tO iiafC ooSe fully inquired
 "Is that man still there?" (She was not referring to the Presidento
 It was not the way the Prime Minister dressed or made himself at home in the White House that bothered Mrs. Roosevelt. But, ac- cording to friends, she did feel that N.r. Churchill wore her husband out with his long hours. Gle often sleeps from noon until about p m, then stays up until about 3 a. m. Meanwhile, the President had to face his regular routine all day long)
 Also, Mrs. Roosevelt, to her in- inmates, has made no secret of hel belief that MT. Churchill is living in the political past as far as the empire is concerned. She has en- tertained rather liberal views or India and other British possessions
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-06
ONE MILLION MEN STARTED
 ON INVASION
Greatest Overseas Military Operation in History
 Is Uncerway
BULrETres

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF ALLIED EXPEDITION AIRY FORCES, June 6.--Tre- mendous forces of Allied tanks and infantry have smashed through the first defenses of the German Atlantic wall along the Normandy coast of France 'and have driven several miles inland through surprisingly weak enemy resistance. The assault is aimed directly at Paris.
 The forces were ferried across a white-capped Channel. The great armada of 40OO ships and thousands of light craft were screened from above by a thun- dering fleet of 11,0O0 Allied warplanes.
 The American, British and Canadian troops hit the beaches along a front roughly estimated at 100 miles, between Cher bourg and LeHavre. Airbornc troops captured several stratcg- ic bridges inside France before the enemy could destroy them.
 There Is even fighting m the small town of Caen, nine miles inland near the base of the Cherbourg Peninsula, west and slightly south of LeHavrc."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-06
D-DaY Siaris
 w iih ast Bonn harllnlelli
Tanks and Infantry Land in Tremendous Strength
 for Grand Assault

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF THE ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORGE, June 6. Allied troops landed on the Normandy coast in tremendous strength on cloudy day and stormed several miles in land with tanks and infantry in q grand assault.
 German broadcasts said the Allies have penetrated several kilometers between Caen and Isigny, which are 35 miles apart, and nine miles re- spectively from the sea.
 Opposition was apparently less effective than expected although fierce in places. The Germans said they are bringing endorsements continuously to the coast where "a battle for life or death is in prog resS"
 In addition to the first landings, the Germans said, subsequent ones were made west of Cherbourg, in dicating the Allies intend to seize the Normandy Peninsula ports and airdromes as the first base of the campaign.
 Supreme headquarters was silent as to the exact areas of the landings aside from confirming Normandy as the general area of the assault.
 Reds Mass Troops ] From Moscow came word that the ! Russian Army is massing in prep | aration for another great attack.
 Allied planes preceded the land- ings with steady 96-hour bom- bardment. The absence of German aerial opposition was remarked by nearly all returned flierS and cor- respondents, as the Germans are known to have l750 fighters and 500 bombers available.
 German naval opposition was con- fined to destroyers and motor tor pedo boats. In a defiant gesture, some German cross channel guns opened a sporadic. fire on Dover.
 Hitler Intuition
 Unconfirmed reports that Hitler is rushing to France to try his in- tuition against the Allied operations are being circulated.
 The Germans said the American 82nd and 10lst parachute divisions were landed along with the Amer ican 28th and tooth airborne diyi- sions, the British First and Sixth airborne divisions, all operating in the Seine Bay area. The Nazis complained that at some points dummy parachutists were dropped exploding on touch.
 Ships Shell Coast
 Warships of both the British and U. 5. navies, including British and American battleships, hurled shells into the coastal defenses the Ger mans have been building for four years, and great flotillas of mine sweepers led the the way to the beaches.
 Prime Minister Winston Churchill said 4,000 ships and thousands 9f smaller craft took the land forces in The Allies have about ,i.0ao first line aircraft which they can draw upon as needed Churchill said, and called the opesatlpn ~Aill-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-06
CABIN AREA
 CENTER OF
 BIG BATTLE
Germans Admit Penetra lion of Normandy by
 Airborne Troops

LONDON, June 6.-The Germans made no effort to minimize the scope of the onslaughts, but made their expected claims that they have wiped out many of the air borne troops and have scored hits on numerous warships and trans ports at sea, but all these claims are without confirmation.
 The German radio admitted that Normandy has been penetrated by airborne troops. fin great depth" and said it was grand style opera tion both in area and numbers of troops
 The channel weather was some what unsettled but the sun broke through occasionally and the wind moderated as the invasion began. Dummies Dropped Allied sources said that para chutists were dropped through low clouds, while the Germans com plained that in some places dum-
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ALLIES LAND
 INN0RMANDY. EARLY TODAY.
First Blow Struck for Lib- erdiion of People
 of Europe
(By Associated Press)

The first information of the in- vasion of Europe came from Ber- lin when the German news agency Transocean, reported in a broad cast early today that Allied troops began landing near LeHavre at the mouth of the Seine River in France, and termed the blow the beginning of invasion operations"
 The next Berlin bulletin said AL lied parachute troops have also dropped "on the northern tip of the Normandy Peninsula (France} but there is no Allied confirmation.
 LeHavre Shelied
 Immediately after the first two Berlin broadcasts, came the third
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-06

initial line of defenses of the much-vaunted Atlantic wall"
 Swedish correspondents reported from Germany that the Allies land- ed at 12 points between the Orne and Wire Rivers with the central assault directed at Caen, 70 mlies inland at the base of the Cher- bourg Peninsula.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-06

Mrs. Bess Paden, clerk at the Indian Affairs School al White Mountain and wife of tn rrinci- pal is in Juneau enroutc to the States.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-01
Miss oottreIf Miss Brown
Wed Today Married

TIE GARDEN OF the John
L, Browns home in Strathcona
drive was the setting for the
wedding last night Of their
daughter, Sherry, 10 Woman
James Buhai of Winnetka, Ill.
Or b. Benedict G. lazer
officiated.
The bride wore a white lace
gown and a veil and cap of heir
loom lace She carried a Bible,
10 which orchids were fastened.
She was attended by her sister,
Barbara Brown, maid of honor.
and bridesmaids Dolly Rothbart
of Chicago, Beverly PrentlS.
Carolyn Buhai sister of the
bridegroom: Kathryn Livingston
of Canton. o.. and another sis
ter Sandra Brown.
1t Richard John Cowan of
Glen oc, H., was best man and
the uSherS were Bob EnggaSS
and 1t J. NJ jacobson.
Dinner was served I'M the gar
den after the ceremony and a
reception was held there later.
Woman Buhai is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Michael Buhai of Vim
netka anC is now stationed in
Washington The couple will
live in Arlington Va.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-01

CHRIST CHURCH Chapel
Cranbrook. was 10 be the scene
of the wedding at 4 p. m. today
OF Miss Barbara Barringer Cot
trell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Holmes Asa Cottrell Of Meadow
brook avenue. and Kenneth
Charles Thatcher son of Mrs.
Augusta r. Leatherman Of To-
ledO.
Miss Barbara Gray of La
throp avenue was 10 be the
brides only attendant and Bob
Ramsey of Port Huron was 10
be best man \ dinner for the
immediate families viii be held
this evening al the home of the
brides uncle and aunt. Mr. and
Mrs. NJ 5. Metzger, in Wing
Lake road. Birmingham.
The bride attended the De
troit Founda ION Music School
and is now enrolled at Ollvct
College, where she is a member
of the Soronian Society. Mr.
Thatcher attended Culver and
Riverside schools and is also
student at Olivet. He Is MEM
Der of Kappa Sigma fraternity.
After a wedding trip the
couple Will resume classes at
OllNOt
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-01
Miss jacobs
Speaks Vow

ELAINE JACOBS daughter
of Gunthcr A. Jacobs of Birch
crest drive. and 1t Royal Bueh.
Ter. son 81 Mrs, r, a. Bu6rler
of Lakewood boulevard were
married yesterday IN Christ
Episcopal Church. Coronado,
Cal. A luncheon in the Hotel
Del Coronado for out-oGtown
guests and members Of the
wedding party preceded the
ceremony
The bride wore an afternoon
dress of aquamarine crepe,
brown accessories and a white
orchid corSage bouquet.
Frances Buehler, sister of The
bridegroom. was maid of honor
and 1t Otto GreIner was best
man. Parents of the bride and
bridegroom went to Coronado
for the wedding.
a reception followed the cere-
mony. 1t and Mrs Buchler left
on Today wedding trip to San
Francisco and on their return,
viii reside in san Diego, where
1t BuchlCr is stationed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-01
In Mayfair
NTH
The cha brrOn

MRS FRANK COOLIDGE
chairman oi ,nc box COM
r7,,ee tor ,rc second grand
opc.a festival of 'hc Phiiadcl-
pra In scala Opera 60 -. had
be surprise for The members
O. her committee Yesterday 1t
the luncheon meeting IN the
Hotel Statler
Expecting 10 have their work
mapped on, ior rhom and 90
have 20 participate m am lntcn-
SiNg ticket selling campaign
members were clatcd when
t+try-w--r tutd ny Mrs 6ootturr
that ISL OF The al box seats
bad already been sold &C.,.
All the boxes have been taken
for the opening night sept.
-
or tho s. box holders The fol-
lowing have bought seats for the
entire season which continues
through OC' g Mrs John b.
Ford Jr Nh, John $ New
berry Mis- Richard p 10y
Ms Ray j ChaPn Mis-.
Cornelius ChaPtf' ~ Af- ~ jfufrtrS
O AAiitHf-tttfai Mr. and Aif, t.
HimclhoCh D.. Gordon MendclS-
Sohn g.. Mr.. and Mrs Leo Fliz-
patrick Steven j. Jay
president Of the Detroit Opera
GuarantorS and Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Keller
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-01
Will Live in PendIeton

CADET BOOTH was educated
AZ Crosse Pointe High Lis
gar College. Ottawa, and MCGill
University, Montreal 49,.
Cadet Booth and his bride
Will live IN Pendleton Ont .
where he is stationed with the
Raj
Squadron Leader Booth has
tuSt returned from overseas. He
was official staff artist for the
RCAF IN theaterS OF action
he Is the author of three well
known books on aviation &C..
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-01
Present at Luncheon

AMONG THOSE AZ the lunch
con were Mrs. Graham John
Graham of Bloomfield Hills =.
Mrs. Thomas Y Leonard and
Miss Lento Fulwcll of Crosse
lie Mrs. Edward Rothman
Of Birmingham Mrs Daniel
Goodenough Mrs. Henry G.
Kohring Mrs. Guy Chester
Smith Of Bloomfield Hills 4.
Mrs. A. NJ Smith Mrs. Don
aid Melville Mrs. !. Himel-
hoch Mrs Morgan Douglas
Mrs John Taylor Mrs.
George Slocum Mrs John
Wood Miss Ann Elizabeth
Coolidge Jean Ferry 49,.
Mrs David b MorclnC and
Steven J. Jay 49,.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-01
Wedding Set for Sept. 2

LOVELY RENE TERRILL
FTHERIDGE. daughter of DR..
and Mrs. Harry Augustus Ether
idge OF Atlanta and New York.
Will he married Sept Q to Pilot
Cadet Don George Booth. son Of
Squadron Leader and Mrs.
IayelG u-...---t'- - -, 81
tawa formerly OF Crosse
POlnte
The marriage will take place
IN ST Thomas Episcopal Church.
Fifth avenue. and viii be fol-
lowed by a reception at the ST
Regis, the residence OF the
brides parents &C..
Rene has many former school
friends in Detroit. having gone
10 Sweetbriar College in Vir-
glnia and the Garland School
IN New York
The Apache sentinel., 1944-09-22

Many
training and of the soldiers who here for the
In his facilities
worlds largest Negro soldiers the world the Post
Commander Colonel E. N Hardy stated talk that the facilities
that each addition to the Fort functional"
The dedication of the recreaona facilities has made Fort
Huachucas isolation thing of the Pictured above from
four of the outstanding dedcay the u Brock Field
named honor of Sgt Fred Brock J 92nd soldier
his p Field, baseball field
the late Rube Foster aher of Negro baseball - The
wife of the late Brock Brock Field
special of Col Hardy and Maj Almond the
Division ~ Post Commander Hardy characteristic
dedication
of the Chicago Negro baseball and Brig Gen. O. Davis
The Apache sentinel., 1944-09-22

the ddcaoy of Fos-
typical which followed the dedication of the Sgt
Wells Stadium, 5000 football field named
of y Three of the
figures Negro of the Post at the
the Officers Noun
Wnow, Hale Woodruff and Sculptor
Hardy Special Sv
Officer E. Nelson. Art Workshop
VISOR credit for the excellent collection which became
being exhibited the Service Clubs
for the benefit of enlisted personnel
addition the recreatona facilities listed above the Fort has
acquired Housing Units Apache Flats and Knoxville;
Open Air Theatre seating 5000 peoples clubhouse its
hole golf links; swimming capable of holding 1000
Oenon Center where classes several
al once
The Apache sentinel., 1944-09-22

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The Valley settler., 1944-05-19

G---u"!H- -!l" 1-C 2 ..a 11, 12LA
 1Tasilla CoIr.nlnit~ Gnu, ch Rev. H e11lan Beyer, Pastor Sunday Evening Services G:OO D. m
 The Valley Chapel Rev. :, Mrs. Il. |. Ecwer, aetors ChuIc1 -l0:nJ a. m. Morning 'Torship--------l1: % a. m. Pre&ci1iaI, Sarvioe-------8: 70 D. m. Wed. Eveaine Service----8:) DO ?. m.
 St. Iohn' Lutherca Church Rev. Woodrow Kurth, Pastor Sunday School----------lo: a. [. Morning rship-------~ll: Q a.
 United Protestant Church Rev. Vi ctor Alfsel, Pastor Sumo a<r School----------1J: 3 e. Il. Morning ors-(iD-~------ll:1 70 a. n. Young Peoples l.eet inn--7:2) p. m. Evenine 1'orsfi ip---------8:J 70 p. n. . St. Nichael's Catholic Cn roh Rev. Father Jer2es Sne@G, F:s5or Sun6ov a. m.
Evening star., 1944-01-12
Italy
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C.f
Garigliano River southeast of Castel
Forte, headquarters said, taking up
positions in farmhouses, but an
Allied counterattack dislodged the
Nazis and forced them back over
the river
Artillery duels and patrol activity
marked both the 5th and 9th Army
fronts.
The British destroyers Troubridge
and Tumult, prowling the Adriatic
coast Sunday night, damaged rail-
way trains by gunfire and hit a
schooner, driving it aground. Their
guns also bombarded San Bene-
detto.
Eleven enemy planes were de-
stroyed during widespread opera
tions and seven Allied aircraft were
missing.
Mitchell bombers hit the rail
yards at Falconara, northeast of
Rome, and Fabriano, in North Gen.
trail Italy, halting traffic in the Fall
conara yards at least temporarily
and blasting concentrations of roll
ing stock at Fabriano.
Warhawks bombed and strafed
two freight trains supplying the
Germans on the Adriatic coastal
front and night bombers scored hits
on blast furnaces and foundry
buildings Of the iron and steel works
at Piombino on the Italian west
coast 40 miles south Of Leghorn.
Evening star., 1944-01-12
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Iencounterd and the battle ended that
the German fighters were not
around"
They had everything out against
us, including Stuka dive bombers,
a returning pilot said.
Nazis Use Rocket Gun Fighters.
Others reported that the high
flying formations were attacked by
fighters equipped with rocket guns
and by Nazi planes trailing tag
along" bombs. presumably designed
to explode in the midst of the tight
packed bomber formations.
The tag -along" bombs, which
first were encountered by Ameri-
can pilots January S during a raid
on Kiel, are towed on wire by enemy
fighters.
The Fortresses and Liberators
and their escort battled with enemy
fighters from shortly after they
crossed over the Channel to within
so miles of the coast on the trip
home.
The German broadcast said the
raider formations were broken up
in bitter aerial combats."
The earlier German claim that
1923 Allied planes had been knocked
down was identical with that made
after the American raid on Schwein-
furt when the 9Th Air Force off,
cially acknowledged the loss OF so
planes-the greatest loss suffered
by American flyers in any attack on
the continent to date.
Yesterdays raid was the fourth
big American assault on Germany
during 1914 and the first since last
Friday, when the Germans reported
that Ludwigshafen and Mannheim
had been hit. Twelve United States
heavy bombers and seven fighters
were lost in that raid and AZ Nazi
planes were reported shot down.
In the two previous raids this
year the 9th Air Force had
pounded Kiel and Muenster on
January and on the following
day had again attacked Kiel and
targets in Northern France, includ-
ing Tours.
The new type of American fighter
plane used in yesterdays raid was
believed here to be a variation of
the Mustang Psi, equipped with
extra gasoline tanks which would
enable it to escort bombers all the
way to Berlin and back-a round
trip OF more than 1000 miles.
1t is known that the Mustangs
recently have been needed" by the
substitution of a Rolls Royce Merlin
engine for the Allison, giving the
plane ceiling and operating quail
ties which probably exceed any
thing. the Germans have.
The Mustang first gained atten-
ton in supporting the Dieppe raid
In August, 1942. and since has been
used successfully by the RAF in
sweeps over the continent. 1t has
shot down scores of Axis planes in
the Mediterranean and Pacific.