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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1944
Page
2
War totals show 178,617 army casualties and 46,705 navy casualties. U S. deaths reach 21,289 with 71,432 wounded 39,976 missing and 35,980 prisoners. Navy adds 932 since two weeks ago with 20,044 killed 12,905 wounded 9,295 missing and prisoners.
Allied forces push along both Adriatic and Tyrrhenian coasts driving German troops from Paganico Fermo and towns near Perugia Castiglione Del Lago and Magione as heavy artillery and mortars slow progress. Officials estimate 80 000 to 100 000 enemy dead wounded or captured since the offensive began six weeks ago.
More than 6 000 Allied aircraft bombed German-held France from Cherbourg to Paris in dawn to dusk raids, the closest air support for invasion forces since France's liberation began. U S bombers and fighters pounded fortifications near Cherbourg as RAF planes joined raids across northern France with massive tonnage and coordinated attacks.
Chicago reports say 22 states and two territories mobilized to back Governor Dewey as the GOP standard bearer. Ohio Governor Bricker declares he will finish in the race and expects no VP run, as Dewey plans to arrive next Wednesday to accept the nomination.
The speaker explains the European campaign to home readers, noting four years of German buildup, over two years of Allied preparation, and the initial phase of landing at least a breach on the beach. The piece stresses that the invasion began on a preset timeline and requires more than a quick collapse of German defenses.
Ernie Pyle explains that the first waves went in without heavy casualties and that Phase Three involves constructing a wall of troops around the beachhead to deter German counterattacks. He notes Allied troops and supplies landed through a narrow beachhead while German movement is hindered by air power.
Mercer county reports show $824 199 25 against a $3 882 000 fifth war loan quota as of June 19 20 with about $300 000 invested in E bonds. Local purchases at Bluefield and Atlantic Greyhound allocations add new totals not yet included. Washington reports state progress at 21 percent of $1 000 0000 quota and individual bond purchases totaling $1 217 000 000 through June 22.
Washington action ends tonight on five spending measures and the big war budget awaits final vote. A formal adjournment through the Republican and Democratic conventions is planned to August 1 with a back door emergency call provision retained for both houses.
Washington June 22 AP Rear Admiral Radford announced Task Force 58 as the new and largest American naval unit. The massive force pairs 22 big carriers with battleships cruisers and destroyers and operates across the Pacific toward Japan. The navy says the force reversed Pacific traffic and shattered Japanese confidence as pilots reported its vast spread.
Washington reports the end of government control of coal mines as 300 Pennsylvania anthracite mines and 700 bituminous mines mostly in West Virginia Virginia eastern Kentucky and Tennessee return to private owners. Two mines remain under Jewell Ridge Coal Corp amid a court fight over whether underground travel time counts as working time under the fair labor standards act.
The June term of the United States district court for the Southern District of West Virginia opens at 10 o'clock this morning. Judge Ben Moore and local attorneys have been at a judicial conference in North Carolina. The term is expected to be lengthy as many cases are ready for grand jury presentation.
U S Fifth Fleet aircraft sank or damaged 14 Japanese ships between the Philippines and the Marianas as Japanese forces withdrew at night. Adm Nimitz reported 49 American planes lost and 15-20 enemy aircraft destroyed, with ongoing efforts to account for others.
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