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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1944
Page
7
The piece notes a June July goal for at least 100 dollars per person in war bonds, now counting payroll allotments. It discusses quick reaction to high used car prices, the OPA ceiling order, and questions the meaning of D-day and H-hour while touching on Anglo American views of Empire and the US.
Allied reports say Nazi forces in Italy, retreating north from Rome, prepared a stubborn stand near a village northeast of Viterbo as Fifth Army pursued. German resistance slowed the pursuit with 88 mm and anti tank guns, while Allied tanks, infantry and artillery pressed the fight. The battle widened as the Eighth Army moved along the Adriatic front capturing Orsogna and other towns and crossing the Foro river.
Special to The Gazette notes Iowa retail sales rose in early 1944 versus 1943 across towns under 2,500 and larger groups. Cedar Rapids and Sioux City each up 13 percent with 18 and 20 reporting firms, Dubuque 11 percent, Des Moines 6 percent, and Waterloo 6 percent. City-size groups show varying gains from 2 to 9 percent.
In France German snipers harass advancing American troops using trees hedgerows and dugouts but fail to halt progress. Lt Robert Brown and Major Frank Callicco lead countermeasures as German patrols slip behind lines, with Callicco earning the nickname Major Muscles after a blank pistol jam and bold hand-to-hand defiance.
The report states German forces used wooden bullets against American Rangers on a Friday raid near Admiral Ball's flagship, with 20 millimeter and rifle ammunition found. It claims several American soldiers were killed by the improvised rounds and describes hollowed wooden slugs fitted into metal cartridges.
War bulletins report that Berlin faced a second consecutive RAF raid Saturday night with targets behind invasion lines bombed. In New York the BBC said a German general and his full staff were captured in France.
American paratroopers in France report capturing 800 elite German paratroopers after a firefight in flooded marshlands. Lt L A Barling and Lt Charles Sentarsiero led a rescue for supplies as 200 more prisoners were detained nearby, with many enemy troops killed.
Selective service announced that after July 1 inductees will be placed in a common pool for service rather than earmarked for the army or navy. Local boards may fill calls with volunteers and non-fathers ahead of fathers, inducting by order number. Limited service classifications should not be sent up unless directed by state director.
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley summons his airborne 82nd Division and the 101st to lead the Normandy invasion. The 82nd makes its third combat jump with the 101st making its first. Parachute and glider troops compose both divisions. The 82nd history includes Meuse Argonne and Salerno campaigns with heavy action.
In Midstone England, Mrs E Olley welcomed twin boys named Eisenhower and Montgomery soon after D day. The article notes the names reflect the wartime heroes and era.
Allied medium and fighter bombers bomb Caen in a major daylight attack aimed at cutting Nazi supply and reinforcements. About 7 000 sorties in 24 hours supported invasion troops targeting roads and outskirts. U S Eighth air force losses were 21 fighters from 1 053 daylight sorties with at least 20 enemy planes shot down.
The border separating French and Spanish Morocco will close at midnight Saturday. Only French, British, American and Soviet diplomats may cross. Coded messages and diplomatic bags between neutral powers will be halted until further notice. French quarters note restrictions differ for British diplomats from pre invasion rules.
The first American dead from the Allied invasion rests in Brookwood American Cemetery England in a solemn funeral attended by officers and enlisted men led by five chaplains. An English girl weeps nearby as twin-tailed P-38s fly overhead in formation, and a crew chief recalls a casualty aboard a troop carrier plane hit near Cherbourg.
Allied invasion armies push to break a four day deadlock around Caen with overwhelming artillery and air assault. American columns advance along the Cotentin peninsula nearing Cherbourg while another force drives north from Carentan, expanding a 50 mile beachhead as weather improves for air support.
Swiss press quoted by OWI said Allied naval forces cruised off Corsica and Sardinia and Berlin experts believed a landing in southern France was imminent to aid the Cherbourg push. Vichy forces in Lyon area were called up and Grenoble faced siege as clashes continued. Berlin warned of possible Allied landings along northern coasts.
Rome Italy's transition cabinet, free of fascist ties, paved the way for democracy by declining an oath of allegiance to the crown. The refusal avoids pledging allegiance to Crown Prince Umberto while he holds royal powers, addressing a delicate constitutional issue.
President Roosevelt will address the nation Monday night in a 9 p.m. duration on all networks about the $16,000,000,000 Fifth War Loan drive. The White House address will be heard in the final three minutes of a one hour program originating from Texarkana with Treasury Secretary Morgenthau and about 20 stars taking part.
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