WAR BULLETINS!
Invasion so far satisfies Roosevelt
Washington (UP) –
President Roosevelt said at his news conference today that the invasion of Europe is making slow progress, but, he added, it is progress.
Mr. Roosevelt would not enter into an elaborate discussion of the Allied thrust into the coast of France except to say that his reports from the front today were essentially the same as those in the newspapers.
Asked whether the Allies had taken Caen yet, the President said he had not had any report of it.
Japs flee along Kohima-Imphal highway
Southeast Asia HQ, Kandy, Ceylon (UP) –
Allied tank-supported troops sent the Japanese fleeing southward along the Kohima-Imphal highway today as they drove a spearhead to a point 14 miles below Kohima.
Algiers to pray for invasion forces
Algiers, Algeria (UP) –
All churches and synagogues in Algiers will offer special prayers for the invasion forces this weekend. American, British and French chaplains will participate.
6-ton blockbuster rips Normandy rail cut
London, England (UP) –
The Royal Air Force dropped at least one six-ton super-blockbuster in a deep railway cut on a primary German reinforcement line in the Samur area south of the Normandy battlefront last night, it was announced today.
Gen. Bradley lands in invasion area
London, England (UP) –
A dispatch from Normandy said today that Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley, commander of U.S. ground forces in France, went ashore yesterday to get a first-hand picture of conditions in the invasion area.
Red troops attack along Romanian front
Moscow, USSR (UP) –
Red Army troops continued small-scale attacks along the Romanian front today after capturing the third important heights in two days north of Iași and seizing a series of enemy trenches south of Tiraspol on the lower Dniester River.
Refugees run into Nazi battle troops
London, England (UP) –
The Paris radio reported today that people fleeing from the battle zone in France were meeting endless columns of German motorized units.
‘Massive new landings’ reported by Vichy
London, England (UP) –
Allied gliders and paratroops have made “massive new landings” in the Falaise area some 22 miles below Caen on the Normandy Peninsula, Radio Vichy said today.
Light rain continues over Dover Straits
London, England (UP) –
A light drizzle continued over the Straits of Dover at 1:00 p.m. today following an all-night rain. A southwesterly wind increased, making the sea choppy. Clouds hung low and visibility was less than a mile at times.
RAF established on Normandy beaches
London, England (UP) –
Front dispatches disclosed today that RAF “squadrons” were now established on Normandy beaches.
Nazis: 240,000 Allies on beachheads
London, England (UP) –
The German DNB Agency said today that reinforcements landed in Normandy during the night boosted Anglo-American strength on the beachheads to 15 or 16 divisions – perhaps 240,000 men.
Nurses in battle blouses off for France
London, England (UP) –
A party of U.S. nurses, en route to France, embarked from a coast town aboard a transport yesterday. The nurses wore battle blouses, breeches and gaiters and marched aboard carrying duffle bags.
80,000 Japs attack Chinese at Changsha
Chungking, China (UP) –
A military spokesman said today that 80,000 Japanese troops were attacking the last Chinese defense lines on the northern edge of Changsha, the main Chinese base in Honan Province and a key junction on the Canton-Hankow railway.