June 19, 1944; U.S. TROOPS PLUNGE FORWARD TO NORMAN PORT:

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY JUNE 19, 1944:

_Allied supreme headquarters,

London, June 19 (UP)—

American Long Tom field pieces began shelling Cherbourg today as United States troops plunged toward" the big Norman port from the region of Monteburg and strengthened their barricade across the peninsula, behind which some 30,000 Germans were trapped.

Rome, June 19 (UP) —

 French colonial troops have fought their way across the narrow waist of Elba

to capture the insular capital of Portoferraio and now control most of the 85-square-mile island, a communique announced today, while allied forces on the Italian mainland battled through stiff German resistance on the outskirts of Perugia.

Pearl Harbor, June 19 (UP) —

United Statés troops on Saipan hammered at the approaches to Garapan, administrative center of the Marianas, today and engaged the Japanese in a bloody battle for Aslito airneld, 1449 miles from Tokyo, after smashing an enemy attempt to land an amphibious force inside the American beachhead.

 

MOORHEAD, MINNESOTA. MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1944

Long Toms Toss

Heavy Missels

At Norman Port

Second Nazi Attempt

To Break Through

Allied Lines Thwarted

_Allied supreme headquarters,

London, June 19 (UP)—

American Long Tom field pieces began shelling Cherbourg today as United States troops plunged toward" the big Norman port from the region of Monteburg and strengthened their barricade across the peninsula, behind which some 30,000 Germans were trapped..

United States troops tonight were within eight miles of Cherbourg, United Press Correspondent Henry T. Gorrell reported in a dispatch from the Norman peninsula timed7:50 p. m.

(The Brazzaville radio reported i without confirmation that Bricquejbee 11 miles below the city, had been captured.)

French Capture

Portoferraio,

Capital of Elba

Allied Forces Battle

Heavy Resistance

On Italian Mainland

Second Nazi Attempt

To Break Through

Allied Lines Thwarted

Rome, June 19 (UP) —

 French colonial troops have fought their way across the narrow waist of Elba

to capture the insular capital of Portoferraio and now control most of the 85-square-mile island, a communique announced today, while allied forces on the Italian mainland battled through stiff German resistance on the outskirts of Perugia.

Saipan Invaders

Nearing Garapan

In Bloody Clash

Jap Attempt To Land

Amphibious Force On

Beachhead Thwarted

Pearl Harbor, June 19 (UP) —

United Statés troops on Saipan hammered at the approaches to Garapan, administrative center of the Marianas, today and engaged the Japanese in a bloody battle for Aslito airneld, 1449 miles from Tokyo, after smashing an enemy attempt to land an amphibious force inside the American beachhead.

Veteran marines and army troops, driving north "and east from their beachhead in southwestern Saipan, were within sight of the flimsy, thatched buildings in Garapan on the west coast, and had reached the edges of 1300-foot Aslito airstrip on the south coast.

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