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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1944
Page
5
Russian forces drive German troops back toward Minsk and Mezen as front advances up to 22 miles. Finland seeks Swedish help to arrange talks with Moscow while Ryti weighs surrender terms and Ribbentrop arrives in Helsinki for negotiations.
Allied forces push inland toward Ciina and near Lake Trasimene as German resistance stiffens and air action continues. RAF and US Ninth Air Force attack rail yards, supply lines, and targets around Forli and St Lo, while field reports note heavy fighting and strategic pressure on Caen. Mr. and Mrs. H G McClusky and Ruby depart for St Louis. White Rose Inn to close during absence.
Aviation Cadet Herbert A. Welsh of Atlantic completed training at Glendale Arizona and was transferred to Minter Field Bakersfield California for advanced flight training.
Tonight Pair and Witmer expected cloudy with scattered thunder showers in extreme west port area. Saturday partly cloudy with warmer temperatures in the south and east portions.
Allied forces report 9 753 casualties in Saipan through June 38 with 1 474 dead and 7 400 wounded amid fierce fighting in rugged terrain. They describe the fall of Nafutan and Kagman peninsulas gaining control of Magicienne Bay while bypassed pockets resist in the Tapetchau slopes and Garapan area. Carrier planes raid Pagan island targeting enemy barracks and water reserves.
Herbert Brownell Jr a Nebraska born New York lawyer and Dewey adviser was elected unanimously as chairman of the Republican national committee to lead the 1944 presidential campaign. He announced Spangler will serve as general counsel and a campaign HQ may move to Chicago to offset the eastern emphasis.
Local bidders at Ak-Sar-Ben field Omaha discovered 190 trucks reserved for sale by the Treasury Department’s procurement division were largely junkers. Only three were operational, many missing batteries, fenders, wheels, motors, or transmissions. One 1939 Ford at a $420 ceiling price had no fenders or front end, and several had motors removed or wiring missing.
Cass county Republicans met in a city hall convention led by Governors Dewey and Bricker to campaign against the New Deal while Democrats predicted Roosevelt’s fourth term. Gus T. Kuester praised Dewey as a vigorous leader, focusing the campaign on domestic issues amid war and peace priorities.
Shenandoah Iowa June 30 The war department notified Mr and Mrs Nels Dideriksen that their son Sst Lt Robert W Dideriksen has been missing in action since June 12 He was recently decorated in England with a third oak leaf cluster to the air medal He is one of six brothers two are prisoners of war in Germany one is an air cadet one is in defense work and the other is farming
In San Francisco on June 3 Mrs. Louise Flack 28 was found guilty of manslaughter in the starvation death of her crippled eight year old daughter Deloris by a 12 member jury after 55 minutes of deliberation. The verdict brought tears to Mrs. Flack as she cried during the reading.
The Fourth of July will be quiet in Atlantic as business closes all day. Banks and shops suspend operations while the Cass county AAA office remains closed. The post office lobby opens 8 to 10 a.m. but no mail is distributed and The News-Telegraph will not be issued Tuesday.
The navy department announced 116 casualties among the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, including 18 dead, 96 wounded and 6 missing. Iowa residents listed include Lt. j. g. Raymond M. Barnes USCG Shenandoah wounded and Motor Machinist's Mate 1/c Vincent Barling Wedvig USNG Lake Mills wounded.
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