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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1944
Page
6
Wartime text notes American and Allied troops forming a western front against Hitler. A Pittsburgh report mentions C. G. Hussey & Co. plant involvement with about 1000 workers or personnel noted in the coverage.
Employees at Pressed Steel Car Co McKees Rocks Pa resume work an hour after federal conciliators warned against backing the boys by striking 625 workers had refused to work for four days. At Wright Aeronautical Lockland Ohio 11 000 workers staged an unauthorized walkout over transfer of seven skilled black workers to a white department. Botany Worsted Co Newark Pas saic New Jersey strike continues affecting 5000 cloth deliveries for military uniforms. Army navy officials meet with management to try to end strike of 25 electricians at Granite City 11 steel foundries halting 2500 jobs and impacting armor gun and tank production.
Those who want additional copies of The News Telegraph should notify the office in advance to avoid exhaustion. The paper promises to provide all the news as it occurs.
Local news briefs report W C Brindley and son Jack visiting relatives in West Des Moines at 807 Locust. Mary Sandra Shoemaker arrives from Chattanooga to visit uncle and aunt Allen and Lynn Boller.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower directed the Allied invasion from a tented camp in rural England. He inspected aerodromes where American parachute crews prepared and met troops aboard invading ships. He observed the marshaling of forces, joked with troops, and later joined a headquarters reception before dawn as planes filled the sky for the landings in France.
Noon reading shows 64 with warmer forecast for tomorrow. Derby Day weather includes 86 in Decorah and 67 elsewhere. James B. Smith leaves for Detroit after army airways training at Scott Field. visits Chicago with sister. Atlantic Lions hear state convention report at Hotel Whitney. Sheriff Guy Lindeman visits family in Ellensburg en route home from Texas with a prisoner. Clyde Longstreth notified as New York Academy of Medicine fellow. home on navy leave. Mrs George Cannon returns to Exchange State Bank as basic employee extra.
An eye witness dispatch describes a six hundred gun Allied naval bombardment off the French coast west of Le Havre at 6:10 am. Two thousand tons of shells were fired in ten minutes signaling the start of D-day operations as paratroopers and airborne forces landed and the beach was secured by 7:45 am. The bombardment silenced most German batteries while the Luftwaffe was missing in action.
Descriptive wartime report notes Rear Admiral Sir Phillip Vian, famed for Narvik and Altmark actions, aboard a ship as landings occur with destroyers escorting troops. The coastline shows heavy bombardment and smoke from offshore locations, signaling intense combat operations nearby.
Report notes an early morning German action at six o clock as enemies face pressure. The account mentions opposition forces and rising tensions without graphic detail.
Led by Gov. B. B. Hickenlooper state officials and employees observed D-Day observances in the rotunda of the state capitol at 11 a.m. today. A somber ceremony marked the occasion with veterans in attendance.
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