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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1944
Page
2
The Charleston Gazette reports a 24 hour Allied air offensive against German targets coast to coast. RAF Lancasters and Mosquitos attacked Rhineland factories and Berlin, while American shuttle raids hit Poltava and oil refineries southeast of Berlin. Allied losses totaled 118 planes. 62 German planes were shot down.
German forces in northern Lazio and surrounding areas halt the Allied advance with artillery and mortars as Nazi casualties rise to an unofficial 80 000 to 100 000 since the offensive began six weeks earlier. Four new divisions arrive, one nearly destroyed, while Allied air power totals 1100 missions with no losses as weather improves.
Casualty figures show 11 610 American killed 44 428 wounded and 8 958 missing from Italy and Europe. Allied airmen report 1 186 killed 1 372 wounded 6 493 missing. Navy tallies rise 932. Pacific actions may not be fully counted with 20 044 killed 12 905 wounded 9 205 missing and 4 461 prisoners.
An advertisement touts Miner's Friend as a cure for constipation and digestive discomfort. The speaker reports rapid relief from aches back and limbs, improved sleep, and steadier appetite, noting benefits for herself and her husband. Sold at modern drug stores with directions for use.
Allied forces pressed into Cherbourg peninsula as air and artillery bombardment intensified. American troops closed on Cherbourg from multiple flanks and reached near Fort Du Houle while German resistance pulled back to fortress lines. Further east, St Lo area saw heavy fighting with limited gains for Allied units.
German commentators warn of broader eastern front fighting as Soviet forces gain momentum near Vitebsk Tarnopol and Kovel while Finns face heavy pressure north of Lake Ladoga. Berlin suggests Soviet offensive aligning with second invasion phase and stockpiles in Finland. Prisoners trudging back from Russian enclosures and Finnish defense lines crumble as Moscow signals advance toward Helsinki.
Arnall pledges party support if conventions fail to back nominees. Pro Roosevelt forces bolt the convention seeking court orders to choose electors in a primary. The American Democratic national committee moves to unite anti fourth term factions and may hold a separate southern convention if Roosevelt is renominated. Barr says dissidents are nationwide not just in the south. He backs Byrd for president while Bricker remains in the Republican contest and Dewey aides draft platform.
Allied task force 58 under Adm Mitacher pummeled Truk Palau and the Marianas over two days, destroying 132 enemy planes and damaging ships, with 25 of its planes lost. In the eastern Philippines battle 58 downed 353 Japanese aircraft while suffering limited carrier and battleship damage.
Carrier sunk and 10 ships damaged including a battleship four carriers three destroyers and a cruiser. From 15 to 20 Japanese aircraft shot down before the fleet fled. Task Force 8 mounts strong defence with battleships cruisers and destroyers within range of shore installations at Ponape and shells with 850 large bore rifles equivalent to 70 field artillery units.
Congress moved toward final approval on the War Department bill with conferees expected to adjust provisions tomorrow. The package includes Lend-Lease and UNRRA funding totaling about 3.92 billion, FEPC-related allocations, and amendments restricting FEPC orders and plant seizures.
Owners retained two mines to keep the court issue alive and argued the case shifts from portal-to-portal pay to court-to-court pay for lawyers. Jewell Ridge balked at the final wage deal over working-time pay and the 1943 seizures were followed by temporary private reversion amid strikes.
President Roosevelt urged swift action on postwar economic reconversion, calling for unified demobilization and reemployment programs for civilian war workers and unemployment benefits. He noted about 155000 merchant seamen and stressed employment for returning veterans and women. Boskoop, Holland, was once the world’s largest center for flowers.
Volunteers aided pounds in silver Wednesday as he conducted a bond-selling tour of homes in his district. In each community he gathered small audiences using a loud speaker mounted on his automobile.
Nimitz disclosed 21 American planes lost and detailed heavy Japanese losses in the Saipan campaign. He noted 19 Japanese ships sunk and 624 planes destroyed, with 96 American planes lost. The enemy force was estimated at several battleships and carriers. no decisive showdown fleet battle occurred as American air and ground forces press the Saipan advance.
American forces pressed a major marine and infantry assault on a four mile front from Garapan to Magicienne as Japanese defenders, outmanned and outgunned, resisted with bitter, though increasingly isolated, resistance without sea or air support. Associated Press correspondent Rembert James reported the garrison commander ashore.
Report notes captured munitions used against foes as Japanese supply storms reach defenders and civilians seeking safety along American lines. The account preserves wartime tone without graphic detail.
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