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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1944
Page
1
In western Peninsular terrain the landscape is green and rolling with bare trees, resembling eastern Pennsylvania. Ernie Pyle notes war seems incongruously beautiful as American troops move north toward Cherbourg while German forces are disorganized and desperate to escape.
New York Mayor La Guardia urged war bond buyers to read Ernie Pyle's Normandy dispatches. He said the reports reveal much suffering hardship and death to come and praised Pyle's tender humane treatment despite graphic content.
The narrator recalls a quiet countryside with snipers and German stragglers as they reach a stone school used as a POW collection point. American soldiers rest in a courtyard while German doctors treat wounded and two young soldiers, Pfc. Arthur MacDonald and Pvt Tc. McFarland, recount their ordeal before continuing the search.
RAF heavy bombers attacked Nazi targets in Normandy and beyond with large waves and night raids while American planes struck communications and rail targets. U.S. Fortresses and Liberators joined daylight strikes, weather limited operations, preliminary reports note 11 enemy aircraft destroyed and eight American bombers missing.
Washington reports another heavy blow to Japanese seapower as American submarines sink 16 ships, including 11 medium cargo vessels and four small cargo carriers, in a long range engagement east of the Philippines. The submarines acted as a vanguard of U S fleets, prowling Japanese coastlines. Details of the exact sink locations were not disclosed.
Republican platform items move to cut federal bureaucracy and restore harmony in government. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey leads a postwar advisory committee urging budget controls and limited federal functions while opposing a world state and urging cooperation with the free world.
U S Navy reports one of Japan's largest carriers probably sunk by a submarine and a Hayataka class carrier damaged or sunk as Saipan battle widens. Nimitz said a destroyer also sunk while several ships and carriers suffer damage amid heavy air and sea combat.
Charleston, W. Va. June 23 Meyer D. Boone Dawson Republican gubernatorial candidate said he has been invited to address the Young Republican National Federation during convention week in Chicago. He will fly from Huntington with Jim Shott Bluefield newly elected state Republican chairman and speak at a dinner Tuesday night. G. W. Corbin of Ashland Ky. extended the invitation.
Twelve true bills of indictment were found yesterday by the grand jury at the June term of the U S district court of the southern district of West Virginia opened with Judge Ben Moore presiding. The judge urged equal treatment before the law and said arguments are settled by right in the courts. The grand jury, led by foreman John Lockwood, was told to expect action today and to complete indictments.
Dewey backers claim gains for a Dewey nomination while Bricker aides dispute a first or second ballot win and predict Bricker on the third or fourth ballot. Stassen remains in the race. platform talks focus on government reform and postwar taxes.
A carrier task force of allied air power attacked Port Blair the capital of the Andaman Islands delivering a surprise blow to Japanese installations. Four fighters and bombers struck through a rainstorm and faced no air opposition with only one Allied plane not returning.
Washington reports Congress left for a five week break after a six month session focused on civilian production and postwar plans. Key measures extend wartime controls to June 30 1945 while enabling GI Bill programs for education housing and loans. A soldier ballot law aims to speed voting by service members.
Soviet summer offensive launches near Vitebsk with major westward thrust. Red Army drives through German lines, capturing over 150 localities and cutting a key railway, while fighting continues across Smolensk Orsha and Karelia fronts amid heavy bombardment and reported enemy losses.
Allied bulletins report German armored, artillery, and air forces diverted from the invasion front as French resistance and Maquis harass Nazis. Partisans hold or improve positions in several sectors with numerous engagements across the Pyrenees, Vosges, Marne, Ardennes, Aisne, and Cruse.
Rome reports German troops countered near Chiusi and around Lake Trasimeno as Allied forces push along the west coast and inland fronts. Heavy rains aid German defense while the Eighth Army faces strong resistance near Perugia and along the Trasimeno area.
Allied forces push from the east and south of Cherbourg after breaching the German Cherbourg line, capturing key hill positions near Tourlaville and Mont Du Roc as French patriots aid the liberating effort amid heavy fighting and isolated German resistance.
A devastating tornado system struck southwestern Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia killing at least 43 people and injuring hundreds. Deaths were reported across McKeesport, Shinnston, Indiana county, and Wellsburg with extensive property destruction and shattered communications as emergency crews mobilized.
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