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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1944
Page
5
Soviet forces press the battle near Vitebsk with heavy shelling and tank infantry assaults. Red Army drives through gaps in German lines, seizing Shumlina and Sirctino rail hub as they push across a 16 mile front, advancing about nine miles.
Reports describe multiple destructive storms across Wisconsin Iowa and nearby states. At least several killed and dozens injured with extensive property damage valued in the millions. Emergency aid requested from Fairmont to assist victims as hospitals operate under power outages.
Forecaster notes a clear to fair night across Iowa with mild temperatures. Sunday brings partly cloudy skies and a warmer high, with light breezes and no precipitation expected.
Eighty two Boy Scouts from southwest Iowa attend the opening week at Camp Albert near Sunnyside park. About 500 scouts are expected June 25 to July 80. Don Powers of Atlantic leads as camp director with Don Harrison as assistant. Staff includes Wheeler Curtis, Warren Olsen, Eugene Brown, Seb Willhite, Edward Debler, and Licksider. Beouts stay in forty tents with dining hall and crafts lodge. The program features a new 160 yard obstacle course among activities like archery swimming and nature study.
Chicago reports that the podium at the city stadium is being tailor made to slim Governor Thomas E. Dewey’s appearance as he delivers the presidential acceptance speech. Tom Garry leads convention construction with emphasized seating for reporters and media crews.
Reports from the Pacific describe heavy American carrier and submarine blows against Japanese fleet units and merchant ships around Saipan. Admiral Nimitz disclosed submarine attacks sinking or damaging carriers and a destroyer, while long-range submarines bagged 16 cargo ships and a naval auxiliary. Air strikes by MacArthur’s forces also hit Jap freighters and vessels in New Guinea. over 600 Nipponese planes have fallen since Saipan invasion. Tokyo radio claimed raids on Iwo Jima and other islands. Conan Miller visits from Waycross on furlough.
Vice President Wallace’s China trip aims to assure Beijing the United States will act to prevent China’s economic collapse. Inflation and food shortages threaten China, with plans discussed to air lift food and steps to curb inflation demanded of the Chungking government. Japanese control is noted as shaping food and passability conditions.
Iowa's 28 delegates watched the Dewey bandwagon as they decide on voting for Republican nomination. If Dewey locks the nomination on the first ballot Iowa will cast all 28 for him. If not Bricker gains some support. Hawkeye visitors arrive. Ed Hill reports a ticket demand surge with over 500 requests expected to be accommodated across sessions.
Reports describe American forces landing near Cherbourg with Berlin broadcasts suggesting Nazi plans to prolong the fight. German high command reportedly counts Cherbourg as a loss and aims to stall Allied timing while eyeing fresh French landings. Former Ottumwa resident Mrs. Glen Laughlin visits Atlantic-area relatives.
Earl Garside, former ace of the on serk division, led a unit that flushed the enemy during a June 14 action near Pie in the Rome area. Reportedly captured or wounded, he is now believed to be in a rest camp.
Allied forces press northward in Italy as British Eighth Army crosses the Chienti river advancing toward Ancona while French units near Siena drive toward Florence. German resistance stiffens around Perugia and Lake Trasimeno as air force sorties exceed 1500 with losses but Nis and Ploesti air activity continues.
Col. Orson B. Powers announced at Camp Dodge that the first move in abandoning the installation as an induction and reception center has begun. All personnel in basic training center duties are to be reassigned to other stations, with reception and induction staff remaining at the post until after July 1.
Des Moines reports Douglas Rogers of Manning has withdrawn his candidacy after winning the Democratic nomination for state representative from Carroll County. The action marks the first withdrawal disclosed by the Secretary of State Wayne M. Ropes' office.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference seven British craft and a German vehicle. It mentions air operations and a pilot reporting efforts to strike a hiding German target, with vague references to weather and a large tree.
Miss Helen Jean Walton of the Martin Bember plant in Omaha and a friend visiting Creighton University are spending the weekend with her parents, Mr and Mrs Glenn Welton.
Relatives or friends of men reported as war casualties are asked to notify The News-Telegraph as soon as such reports are received. Government casualty reports are not released to press services until weeks after next of kin are notified, so newspapers rely on timely reports from relatives or friends. Cooperate by notifying The News-Telegraph promptly.
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