June 20, 1944; BUZZ-BOMB-BLITZ ON LONDON:

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, JUNE 20, 1944:

BULLETIN

WITH AMERICAN FORCES IN FRANCE, June 20(AP)—

American troops captured Valognes and swept a mile beyond the town today as the Germans fell back upon the inner perimeter of Cherbourg's defenses. Simultaneously other American troops advanced to St. Martin, only four miles from Cherbourg. 

SUPREME HEAD QUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE,

June 20 (AP)—Reinforced American troops hammered toward Cherbourg today in a full-scale offensive and radio broadcasts from Normandy declared advanced contingents were only five miles from the shell-torn port.

LONDON, June 20 (AP) —

Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons today a

German attempt to invade Britain in 1940 had been smashed before heavy concentrations of ships and troops were able to leave continental-ports.

LONDON, June 20—

Sharpshooting anti-aircraft gunners and relays of swooping fighter pilots blasted dozens of Nazi robot planes out of the sky overnight and the Allies appeared to be getting the range on this new weapon today, the sixth of the"buzzbomb" blitz.

 

SANDUSKY. OHIO, TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1944

Heavy Artillery Is

Battering Forts And

Fall Appears Certain

BULLETIN

WITH AMERICAN FORCES IN FRANCE, June 20(AP)—

American troops captured Valognes and swept a mile beyond the town today as the Germans fell back upon the inner perimeter of Cherbourg's defenses. Simultaneously other American troops advanced to St. Martin, only four miles from Cherbourg. The Germans fell back from Valognes without attempting a major stand, and there were reports the enemy was steadily withdrawing his lines toward Cherbourg.

BY WES GALLAGHER

SUPREME HEAD QUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE,

June 20 (AP)—Reinforced American troops hammered toward Cherbourg today in a full-scale offensive and radio broadcasts from Normandy declared advanced contingents were only five miles from the shell-torn port.

The latest headquarters reports said doughboys had struck within seven miles of Cherbourg from the southwest, and another column battering in from the southeast was threatening Valognes, 10 miles from the great harbor, after

isolating Montebourg.

Drawing new strength from other sectors of the Normandy beachhead, Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley sent his troops surging northward in what supreme headquarters called "co-ordinated attacks along the entire north front."

NAZI PLANS

FOR THRUST

SMASHED

Ships Were Sunk in Harbors

Before They Could

Cross Channel and Expedition

Abandoned.

LONDON, June 20 (AP) —

Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons today a

German attempt to invade Britain in 1940 had been smashed before heavy concentrations of ships and troops were able to leave continental-ports.

Churchill's statement came in response to a series of questions from the floor by Major Vyvyan Adams, who asked the Prime Minister if he could give the House details of a reported Nazi invasion attempt.

Churchill first said he had nothing to add to the government's previous non-committal replies, but when Adams asked whether "the enemy set in motion the apparatus of seaborne invasion," the Prime Minister said:

"I do not quite know what is meant by setting in motion. Setting in motion in the sense of crossing the Channel, 'no/ but setting in motion in the sense of making very heavy concentrations of troops and ships to cross the channel, 'yes'.''

Laborite Emanuel Shinwell then

asked: "I suppose he (the Prime Minister) could say that if such an invasion was made, at any rate it was unsuccessful?"

Churchill smiled and answered, "yes."

JAP AND YANK

TASK FORCES

NEAR CLASH

Destroy 300 Nip Planes in

B a t t l e for Marianas;

Americans Split Islands

By Advances.

By WILLIAM F. TYREE

United Press War Correspondent

PEARL HARBOR, June 20 (UP)—

The destruction of 300 enemy planes in a furious aerial engagement over the Marianas revealed today that powerful American and Japanese task forces Were prowling the Pacific within virtual battle range and may clash in the first test of major fleet units in nearly two years.

Naval planes and warship guns brought down the record bag of Japanese aircraft Sunday as American troops captured Aslito airdrome, only four hours flying

time from Tokyo, and conquered  more than one third of Saipan

"Buzz-Bomb"

Shower Has

Slowed Down

LONDON, June 20 (UP)—

The U. S. Eighth Air Force hurled more than 200 Marauders and Havocs against the launching runways of the Nazis' robot bombers between

Abbeville and Calais today during a lull in the mechanical air attack on southern England that made it one of the quietest periods since the new blitz began six days ago.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON, June 20—

Sharpshooting anti-aircraft gunners and relays of swooping fighter pilots blasted dozens of Nazi robot planes out of the sky overnight and the Allies appeared to be getting the range on this new weapon today, the sixth of the"buzzbomb" blitz.

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