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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1944
Page
4
The report notes intensified fighting on the Cherbourg peninsula as Allied forces press to trap 30 000 German troops and push toward victory in western France. Production officials indicate no immediate relaxations on strategic materials will hinder war effort and stress finishing the pro gram.
A car crash on Main Street and West Fourth Street in Gl ol led to serious injuries for two armed forces members and three others. Pvt Shelby from Ft Dix and Mr Kinney were hurt along with Mrs Ethel Kitchens and her daughter. An army hospital ambulance transported victims after the Saturday night collision.
The Office of Defense Mobilization announced plans to add tank cars to the nation’s fleet this fall to meet urgent transport needs for petroleum products. Director J. Monroe said the expansion aims to supply aviation fuels and various petrochemical stocks, with a projected program cost of 006.000 dollars.
A Russian advance shifts through the Mannerheim Line breaking western defenses and pushing toward Viipuri. Soviet forces, supported by tanks and heavy artillery, threaten the Finnish gateway city and press toward Lake Ladoga region amid a wider front breakthrough.
Congress enters a hectic week aiming to adjourn with action expected on the production and agencies bills. The House may pass key measures as the Senate and White House weigh Truman era party shifts and fiscal proposals amid debates over the Navy and war agencies funding.
Axis propaganda asserts Adolf Hitler possesses a rocket plane capable of bombing American cities. The report, from Berlin, claims the device would target U S skyscrapers and industry, prompting the US Air Force to halt bombing in Europe.
Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with scattered thundershowers east and south portions this afternoon and again Tuesday afternoon in the southeast area.
Fannin county 1944 Democratic primaries see costs set to place ballots with charges ranging up to 150 for county offices. Total estimates around 1600 with payments due by Saturday night. failure to pay excludes names from the ballot. A ballot committee was formed including Deets Dorough James Carmichael and others.
James Greenlee son of Mr and Mrs R L Greenlee Bonham Texas has been commended by Lt William Starr Jr USNR for outstanding work as a radar officer on the Monterrey in the Pacific war zone. He has been in the Navy since March 1943 and earned the Air Medal with nine Oak Leaf Clusters for meritorious achievement on over 40 missions in a B 26 Marauder in the Mediterranean theater.
Republicans gathered in Chicago to shape the 1944 platform with early debates on farm policy subsidies reciprocal trade and foreign policy. Governor Bourke E. Hickenlooper will lead the agriculture group as hearings start with Sen Arthur Vandenberg joining to draft the foreign policy plank. The party splits over subsidies and trade terms while weighing force for enduring peace and sovereignty limits in international collaboration.
Japanese units captured Liuyang 38 miles east of Changsha Siangtan 19 miles southwest and Chuchow 22 miles below the Hu pap capital after days of heavy fighting. Chinese troops around Changsha fought grimly but defense weakened as suburbs saw fierce combat. Changsha remained under Chinese control Sunday morning per high command communique.
Allied forces report tougher German resistance as British Eighth Army moves into Perugia outskirts 66 miles south of Florence while French troops push into Elba at three points. On Elba, French commandos and troops seal the island, using naval blockades to bar escape by German garrisons. Fire outbreaks observed in Portoferraio as German withdrawals continue.
Fort Worth June 19 cattle and hogs prices listed by category. Cattle 7500 head with calves 2400 slow steers 12 to 14 months yearlings 12 to 14 cows 8 to 11.50 cutters 5 to 8 calves 850 to 12.50 hogs 2200 steady top butchers 11.25 to 12 mixed grades 9.75 to 10 packing sows 9.75 to 10.
A succinct adage notes that speaking without action is hollow and urges productive effort. The phrase emphasizes aligning talk with hard work and tangible results, warning against idle chatter without labor.
Joe Whisenhunt son of Mr and Mrs W H Whisenhunt of Ivanhoe was killed in action on the Italian front May 27. The War Department telegram was received this morning. He entered the service with the 132nd FA Hq Bn in November 1940 and trained at Camp Bowie Camp Blanding and Camp Edwards before going overseas April 1 1943 and seeing action at Salerno last September. He is survived by his parents two sisters Mrs Tate and Miss Whisenhunt and two brothers Jack and T Whisenhunt.
Reported over southern England pilots of Spitfires and anti air gunners fought waves of pilotless bomb planes and rockets. The drone attacks damaged churches and hospitals as British air defenses pursued the flying bombs in the daylong operations.
United Press reports a London radio dispatch noting Allied forces near Cherbourg with Al Hed troops closing to within eight miles of the port. The same broadcast describes British fighters using new anti aircraft methods to neutralize Hitler’s rifle jet weapon. American bombers target German bases along the southeastern France coast in support of the Normandy invasion.
American forces widen a wedge trapping about 30 thousand Germans in Cherbourg region as reinforcements flood the Normandy battle line. Front reports show heavy fighting along the coast with street battles at Tilly sur Seulles Caen and St Lo as Nazis prepare to defend Cherbourg while Churchill predicts a summer end to the war with about one million Allied and German troops engaged in Normandy.
Chinese and American forces fought through monsoon rain to reach within one mile of Mengaung, encircling the Japanese-held town as Lt. Gen. Stilwell’s troops captured Kating and Gurknaywa nearby. British Chindits moved to 300 yards of a railway bridge toward Myitkyina.
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