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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1944
Page
7
Staff Sgt. Joseph L Estepp Jr of a 15th air force Liberator bomber crew in Italy recounts a perilous mission. Enemies damaged the plane tearing off wheels. with flaps gone they used parachutes to slow the craft and landed safely after dropping bombs into water.
Selective Service Director Carleton S. Pierce disclosed a West Virginia committee to handle reemployment and rehabilitation of war veterans under the G1 bill of rights. Maj. Hilary Hooks of Huntington to join the group with others expected to work out details as Congress nears passage.
The Veterans Administration will handle rehabilitation while Selective Service oversees reemployment and USES secures new jobs for returning soldiers. Selective Service already has a reemployment committee member on each draft board, and Pierce noted the program will likely be expanded.
The Leeware Collieries Inc was granted an appeal by the supreme court from a Raleigh county verdict of 35000 for the death of William Edward Waldron in a Whitesville mine accident. The boy's father claimed the youth was under 13 and employed in violation of child labor laws. the company argued the youth was not employed inside the mine and that he listed his age as 18 when hired. The court also denied an appeal by Bartin Brown and W Foss Curtis trustees for the Marshall County bank depositors, regarding a paying assessment of 986 with interest.
Four youths sponsored by the Charleston Kiwanis club at the annual Boys State in Jackson's Mill will be guests at the weekly luncheon today. The proteges are Frank Griffin, George Edward Steadman, Clyde Bosworth Johnson, and Raymond J. Thabet.
General Montgomery announced about 7,000 prisoners captured in the French battle, including some Japanese. He praised American and British troops for their high morale, described heavy D-Day beach fighting, and credited gallantry, naval and air support for turning the tide.
Chinese forces resist fierce Japanese pressure around Changsha as outer defenses see intensified fighting and high casualties. In Yangtze areas, Chinese troops near Lungling and Yiyang push back Japanese assaults while Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault warns of a new push on the Canton Hankow rail line, potentially prolonging the war.
Two American railroaders with three day passes joined a British Scots regiment in Manipur, India to support Allied operations against Japan. They hitchhiked from Dimepur, gained permission, and participated in a 13 hour assault featuring tanks and heavy shelling. Both saw action and casualties occurred in their crews before returning to freight duties. Pvt Max Peterson of Marlinton West Virginia, 22, and Sgt Charles Harrell of Yuma Aziz shared their unusual “busman's holiday” and praised the experience. Peterson hails from Marlinton and has family in West Virginia. three Peterson brothers also serve in the armed forces.
Reports describe battles near Changsha where pilots killed or drowned about 1000 Japanese in a north Changsha attack. In Yunnan, Chinese troops forced defenders from fortifications near Tatangtzu, with 75 killed and remnants chased away. Burma road shelling targeted positions west of Lameng and northeast of Lungting, while Lingpao area saw continued clashes along the Lunghai railway with ongoing speeches planned by the governor.
Gov. John W. Bricker announced James Garfield Stewart, Cincinnati mayor and Republican nominee for Ohio governor, would present his nomination speech at the GOP national convention this month. Bricker said he would not yet name his floor manager. Stewart is not a convention delegate.
The conservation commission announced the completion of distributing 12 500 channel catfish in each of five counties. Fish average 14 inches, with plans to stock bream and rainbow trout 1 to 3 inches in designated streams, totaling about 700 000.
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