June 14, 1944;

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY JUNE 14, 1944:

ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, London, Wednesday,

June 14. (UP)—

Allied armies, keeping pace almost to the hour with an invasion time-table laid out a year ago, made advances of up to five miles in France Tuesday and clamped a pincer around Caen, but American troops gave ground to fierce

counter-attacks at Montebourg and Carentan.

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,

Italy, June 13. (U.P.—

Allied armies in Italy have taken the important road junctions of Valentano, 58 airline miles northwest of Rome, and Popoli, 2S miles southwest of Pescara on the Adriatic sector, it was announced today as Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark officially placed German casualties in the 32-day campaign at 70,000 men.

 Eisenhower Tells of

His Satisfaction

PEARL HARBOR, June 13. (U.P)—

A great U. S. carried task force, boldly challenging the reluctant Japanese navy to battle, sank 13 vessels, damaged 16 others and destroyed 141 airplanes in a three-day hunt across the Mariana island chain and nearby waters, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz announced today.

 

RENO, NEVADA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 14, 1944

Yanks Hurled Back

At Montebourg But

Advance Near Caen

ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, London, Wednesday,

June 14. (UP)—

Allied armies, keeping pace almost to the hour with an invasion time-table laid out a year ago, made advances of up to five miles in France Tuesday and clamped a pincer around Caen, but American troops gave ground to fierce

counter-attacks at Montebourg and Carentan.

At a late hour Tuesday Allied headquarters circles were unable to say which side held Montebourg, 14 miles southeast of Cherbourg, and Carentan, near the base of the Cotentin peninsula. Front reports said that street battles were in progress in both towns.

But the Americans thus temporarily stalled in their drive on Cherbourg, the Allied momentum shifted toward the east flank of the 100-mile invasion front where a joint Anglo-American column was reported making substantial gains in a swinging drive to get behind Caen.

(A Berlin broadcast heard by NBC said that Montebourg had been recaptured by the Germans.)

Plunging through a break between the Cerisy forest and German-regained Tilly Sur Seulles, armored forces drove to a point south of Balleroy, 20 miles west of Caen, then swung eastward in fluid fighting across a wide front. The exact gain was not revealed but a dispatch from Richard D. McMillan of the United Press said that British tanks were diiving behind both Tilly and Caen.

The advance penetrated close to Caumnnt, six miles southeast of Balleroy, and Villers Bocage  seven miles south of Tilly as the Germans were caught off guard and the light forces encountered beat a hasty retreat.

Continuing on due south, American troops which already had driven through the Cerisy forest reached points 20 miles airline inside France—the deepest penetration yet reported.

MAJOR ROAD

JUNCTION IN

ITALY TAKEN

Clark Places German

Casualties at

70,000 Men

BY ROBERT VERMILLION

United Press War Correspondent

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,

Italy, June 13. (U.P.—

Allied armies in Italy have taken the important road junctions of Valentano, 58 airline miles northwest of Rome, and Popoli, 2S miles southwest of Pescara on the Adriatic sector, it was announced today as Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark officially placed German casualties in the 32-day campaign at 70,000 men.

Resistance Stiffens

German resistance was stiffening as enemy rear guards—apparently elements of three fresh divisions pushed down from northern Italy—took advantage of the first high ground above Rome and attempted delaying actions at four points.

Gen. Clark, Fifth Army commander, addressing 2,000 troops at the inauguration of an army rest center near Rome, said:

"The Fifth Army presently Is 70 mill's north of Rome chasing the enemy. Since the attack began ,wc have  killed, captured or wounded some 70,000 of the enemy. There Is no doubt we have seriously punished the German army."

 Eisenhower Tells of

His Satisfaction

WASHINGTON, June 13. (UP)

President Roosevelt said today that Gen. Dwight D, Eisenhower, supreme Allied commander in Europe, has reported to him that "other" openings will be made in

Hitler's European fortress and that "the Nazis will be forced to fight throughout the perimeter of their stronghold."

The Eisenhower report also described the progress of the fight in France as "satisfactory" to date, but said that in magnitude the battle "Is but a mere

beginning to the tremendous struggles that must follow before final victory Is achieved."

13 JAPANESE

VESSELS SUNK

IN MARIANAS

16 Others Damaged;

141 Airplanes

Destroyed

BY WILLI4M F. TYREE

United Press Staff Correspondent

PEARL HARBOR, June 13. (U.P)—

A great U. S. carried task force, boldly challenging the reluctant Japanese navy to battle, sank 13 vessels, damaged 16 others and destroyed 141 airplanes in a three-day hunt across the Mariana island chain and nearby waters, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz announced today.

Tracked Down Convoy

The f 1 a t t o p-a n d-battle fleet scourged Saipan, Tinian  Tinian, Guam and Rota Saturday and Sunday, then tracked down and smashed a Japanese convoy and

stray ships apparently trying to escape to safer waters.

The three-day strike seriously crippled the Marianas, Japan's outer defense ring, Admiral Nimitz revealed. Most of the Japanese planes were downed in air combat

during the Saturday battle when our carriers drove home the first of the series of weekend hammerblows.

U. S. losses totaled 15 aircraft and 15 men—a ratio of 10 to one to the enemy's. Significantly, while the Saturday attacks met strong interceptor opposition, only a few Japanese planes took , to the air Sunday and Monday.

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