Yanks Curb Japanese Resistance On Saipan
U S forces smashed heavy resistance at Charan Kanoa on Saipan after a brief setback. Nimitz said two Japanese divisions defended the island with mortars and artillery while American advances continued June 14 15 through palm fields. Beachheads were secured as tanks and enemy counterattacks occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. McMurtry
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
United States
Charan-Kanoa Beach
Saipan Island
Ester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Anks
Palm-Studden Charan- Kanoa
Saipan
Tokyo Radio
Agingan Int
Southern Operators Sign UMW Contract
The United Mine Workers of America and Southern Coal Producers signed a master supplemental wage agreement as part of a plan to end government supervision of Southern mines. Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation in Virginia withdrew from the Southern association, with a review set for June 18 by the Fourth Circuit. Miners will receive $50 extra during the July 1 10 vacation period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Mine Workers of America
Southern Coal Producers
Lawsui
Ar Nenidiien
Edward R. Burke
Southern Association
UMW
John L .Lewis
Aas
O Enociation
Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation
Virginia
Jewell Ridge
Virginia District Court
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal
Asheville
N. C
Burke
Jenxwell Ridge
Parks
Lewis
Thx
Reliance
Southern Coal Producers Association
West Virginia
Reds Capture 100 Places As Soviets Press Finns
Moscow reported the Red army led by Gen. Leonid Govorov captured more than 100 populated places as it pressed toward Viipuri. Russian forces, possibly 70 000 men in six divisions, deployed siege guns and tanks amid coordinated land, air, and naval shelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Red Army
Leonid A. Govorov
Finsees
Moscow
Sweden
Viipuri
Uusikirkko
Jukkola
Virola
Asseljarvi
Pistola
Putrola- Leitlila
Kivennapa
Finland
B-29s Hit Japan’s Pittsburgh at Yawata in Night Bombing
In Chungking on June 16 AP reports scores of U S B 29 superfortresses pounded Yawata Japan a site nicknamed Japan’s Pittsburgh. Towers of flame rose for miles as air battleships returned to their Chinese bases over the Yellow Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
U. S
Japan
Pittsburgh
Yawata
Yellow Sea
Allied Bomber Mission and Mercer County Bond Allocations
Four of the $1.5 million planes failed to return in a long range bomber flight targeting Yawata steel facilities. Two aircraft crashed others recovered. one crew saved and one missing. Mercer County funded war bonds and purchases totaling 31 thousand plus 20 thousand. allocations from Allied Chemical and Dye Corp. Gulf Oil Corp. Ira A. Watson Co.. and P. D. Bratton for Mercer Funeral Home. Brig. Gen. Wolfe heralded destruction of Japan's industrial capacity as Saipan battles unfold nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Yawata
Kyushu Island
Tokyo
Mercer County
Hugh Ike Shott
Ira A. Watson Company
Knoxville
Tenn
P. D. Bratton
Mercer Funeral Home
Federal Reserve Bank
Richmond
Cleveland
Mercer County Committee
Coal Production Shows Increase Across Week Ended June 10
The nation’s bituminous coal production for the week ended June 10 reached 12,560,000 net tons, about 8 percent higher than the same week in 1943. Through June 10, total output since January 1 was about 284,917,000 tons versus 262,509,000 tons by June 12 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Coal Association
Pvt Edward L Tickle Wounded on Anzio Beachhead
M and Mrs I N Tickle of Bland Virginia were informed this week that their son Pvt Edward L Tickle has been wounded in action on the Anzio beachhead. He has also been awarded the Purple Heart and has served on the beachhead for five months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. N.tickle
Bland
Pvt
Edward L Tickle
Anzio
Tickle
Conferees Agree On Price Control Extension
Washington June 16 conferees on the price control extension bill agree to continue the present consumer food subsidy program until June 30 1945 but ban subsidy payments after that date unless Congress authorizes them. The roll back program for meats milk butter and bread flour cannot be broadened to more commodities. Subsidies after June 30 next year would be limited to sums appropriated by Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Wolcott
Mich
Taft R
Ohio
Roosevelt expansion drives 800 delegate tally in nominating race
Indiana and the District of Columbia backed Roosevelt as Roosevelts support neared 815 delegates with 482 pledged and 333 claimed while a fourth term faced opposition from Senator Butler who urged a constitutional limit after the summer recess. A 26 vote Indiana delegation remained uninstructed but believed to stay in Roosevelt camp. Three votes opposed a fourth term, one for Farley. In DC a six vote delegation joined the Roosevelt column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
District of Columbia
Roosevelt
Senate
White House
Russell Balderson
Democratic Central Committee
James A. Farley
Butler
R. Neb
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Albany
CIO Group Endorses Roosevelt and Wallace for Reelection
At a CIO convention in Washington on June 16 delegates endorsed President Roosevelt and Vice President Wallace for another term. The platform urged a guaranteed annual wage and a postwar planned economy to create a life of plenty, with Wallace also endorsed in a special resolution by R. J. Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIO
Political Action Committee
Roosevelt
Wallace
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers
Ferdinand Smith
New York City
National Maritime Union
Smith
Starnes, Costello
Dies
Missing in Action Alvin Stiegal from Bland Virginia
War department reports Alvin Stiegal of Bland Virginia as missing in action over Germany on May 28. He is the nephew of Mrs. P Goodman and Brown Johnston of Bastian and Mrs. E M Davidson of Rocky Gap Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Alvin Stiegal
Bland, Va
Germany
P. &. Goodman
Brown Johnston
Bastian
E. M. Davidson
Rocky Gap
Nazis Launch Robot Planes Over Southern England
London reports Nazi piloted drones or robot planes attacked targets across southern England in a new wave of bombings. Home Secretary Morrison said Britain would carry on, noting limited verified casualties and damage while German broadcasts claimed extensive destruction in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Home
Herbert Morrison
Commons
Transocean
Tonight
London
Thames
Morrison
Common
Bombers Attack German Capital in RAF Raid
Allied air force assaults hit Berlin in a sudden shift of strategy. RAF bombers with escorts attacked at about 2 am as German anti aircraft batteries fired a violent barrage. The raids followed American heavy bomber raids on Pas de Calais targets linked to Nazi robot weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Berlin
RAF
Pas de Callais
France
England
Paris
Laon
Churchill
Pas de Calais
Britain
Bombers Attack Missing Lt Warren Milum Reported
Mr and Mrs John Milum of 2260 Princeton avenue learned from the war department that their son Second Lieutenant Warren G Milum 22 is missing in action since May 31 over Romania. He enlisted February 1943 trained in Nebraska and New Mexico after being commissioned there in August last year. He served overseas six months and last wrote from Italy. A bombardier on the plane 6 O Clock Joe with the 465th bombardment group he was Beaver high school graduate 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Milum
Princeton Avenue
War Department
Warren G. Milum
Romania
Milum
Nebraska
New Mexico
Italy
465Th
Bombardier Group
Beaver High School
WVU Board Changes Prompt County Pressure and Resignations
Charleston June 16 Governor Neely named Virginia Brennan of Wheeling to the West Virginia University board to fill the first district seat after Austin Wood resigned in disagreement with recent policies. The coal association urged retaining Dr Charles Lawall as president as a key to keeping the university nationally recognized. A revamped seven member board is set to meet in Morgantown with plans to replace Lawall and other faculty, while officials accused of limiting university progress face a push for reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Board of Governors
West Virginia University
M. M Neely
West Virginia Coanseortation
Morgantown
Neely
Virginia Brennan
Wheeling
Austin V. Wood
Wood
Ebersole Gaines
Fayetteville
Coal Association
Charles
Lawall
Revam Board of Governors
Lawal
Dean R . Davis
Engineering
F Roy Yoke
Parkersburg
Internal Revenue Collector
Fred B. Deem
Clarksburg
Thelma Shaw
Fairmont
Robert Pritchard
Weston
Gaines
West Virginia
School of Mines
Finland Demarches Top Diplomats to Leave United States
The United States ordered Finland s four leading diplomats to depart for activities inimical to U S interests and confined them and their families to their homes pending departure. Their phones were cut and the Finnish minister was handed his passport at the State Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Finland
Hialmar J. Procope
State Department
E.w.t
Allies Continue Chase in Italy Push to Pisa Florence Line
Rome reports Allied forces advancing up to 25 miles in 24 hours as German troops abandon equipment and flee toward the Pisa Florence Rimini defense. American units seize Grosseto near Rome and RAF airfields aid the retreat while Eighth and Fifth Army forces push through Terni Acquapendente Orvieto Ficulle with limited resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Pisa
Florence-Rimini
Grosseto
Orbetello
Eighth Army
Terni
Todi
Massa Martana
Fifth Army
Lake Bolsena
Acquapendente
Orvieto
Ficulle
Bragg Missing in Action Over Europe Since May 28
Lt William P. Bragg, son of Mr and Mrs Thomas H Bragg Sr of 1128 Princeton Ave, has been reported missing in action over Europe since May 28. He is a B 17 navigator awarded the Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for meritorious achievement and has been in England since March. prior to service he worked in the publication branch of the War Department Adjutant General.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Bragg
Princeton Avenue
War Department
William P. Bragg
Europe
Bragg
England
Adjutant Gen
W. Ton
D. C
American Forces Cut German Rail Escape Route Near Cherbourg
Allied troops seized St. Sauveur Le Vicomte and reclaimed Montebourg, seizing a key junction 14 miles southeast of Cherbourg. The capture split Axis forces on the peninsula while advancing toward La Haye du Puits and blocking the west coast highway. Don Whitehead reported coastal advances and house to house fighting as American columns drove across the Douve river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Headquarters
Alelied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
St. Sauveur le Vicomte
Montebourg
St. Sauveur
France
U. S
la Haye du Puits
la Haye
Dispatches
Carentan
Reigneville
Douve River
Don Whitehead
Bluefield Man Is Pilot of Dive-Bomber
London reports Lt. Maurice Martin of Bluefield West Virginia a 24 year old West Pointer and veteran dive bombing innovator has helped develop aggressive Thunderbolt tactics. He and a group have repeatedly dived from low altitudes to drop up to 1000 pound loads hitting targets within shrinking zones. Their pincers technique aims to block yards and convoys by striking both ends then cutting through the center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Maurice Martin
Roger Martin
Highland Ave
Bluefield
W. Va
Martin
West Pointer
Seine
Thunderbolts
Martin Comeneea
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NAVY
Southern
Sky Giants
Jap Homeland
By Clyde A. Farnsworth
Kenneth B. Wolfe
Marianas
E. L. Tickle
C. Rae
Liberty
N. Y
20Th Bomber Command
Fdr
Dewey
THE
Associated Press
CIO Group
By Austin Bealmear
W. G. Milum
W. G., Milum
WVU
W. P. Bragg
W. P. Blagg
Bluefield Man
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