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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1942
Page
8
Russian dispatches claim German and Romanian forces failed to breach northern and southern defenses despite vast superiority. The battlefield resembled Flanders Field with shells and bombs, rockets and searchlights lighting the night. The Black Sea fleet and air arm battled on, facing huge Soviet numbers, as German losses reportedly exceeded 160,000 dead.
Survivors recount 13 Allied ships destroyed over 12 days with stories of torpedoed crews. A New Orleans stewardess aboard a U S Potan ge h notes grit at sea and vows to stand with the men, saying she would pursue the Germans if she were a man.
Dr Frank Kingdon leader of the Union for Democratic Action rejects claims the UDA is a Communist front and denounces attacks as lies. He states UDA supported the war and opposes appeasers and anti democratic forces while defending America by aiding the Allies. He accuses the Dies committee of disseminating falsehoods for political gain.
The report details a pivotal Libyan battle on June 13 between British and Axis forces. Attlee and Churchill’s spokesman outline reinforcements, convoy losses, and Axis air and naval hits. Axis losses include at least 65 planes. British losses about 30. Auchinleck calls the moment late May crucial as Rommel’s corps stalls amid mined lines and depleted supplies.
The Office of Price Administration issued a universal price order effective July 1, extending ceilings to consumer services. It lists exemptions including professional services, doctors, lawyers, authors, beauticians, barber shops, bathhouses, and utilities. Violators risk license revocation. the order follows Henderson’s April 28 initial universal cap.
The Happy Family club met Monday night at the home of Mrs J R Williams and Miss Helen Williams in Washington street with Rev G H Farmer as speaker. Refreshments were served.
West Virginia joins others as 2207 Navy casualties are announced with some missing presumed at sea. From Kanawha County Pvt Clifford Henderson and Archie H Shelton among West Virginians listed. Ensigns Burkett Kinzer and several others named from Beckley Mercer Cool Ridge Mabscott Mason and Asco.
A German U boat torpedoed the 4,800 ton Rio Tercero early yesterday, killing four and forcing the crew to abandon ship as it sank in four minutes. The attack underscored Argentina’s maritime losses and fueled tensions over Berlin’s submarine warfare policy amid debates on neutral navigation rights and Germany’s shifting stance toward the Western hemispheric conflict.
The article notes nearly 300 coastwise ships ready for wartime use and highlights the White House disclosure of conference participants including Harry L. Hopkins and Admiral Ernest J. King. It cites a Commerce Department manual stressing taxes and transportation as key to a town's economic growth, with the manual offered free.
A House Committee report paints a sordid picture of waste and bloated contracts across agencies. It faults the air corps for missed modern planes and self sealing tanks, notes brokers profits and huge fees, and urges eliminating exorbitant profits during the war.
Allied airmen bombed strategic Bengali supply hubs as Rommel shifted reinforcements across the Mediterranean. RAF and South Africans in Boston bombers targeted Axis transports from Tobruk toward Capuzzo and Baheira as British forces faced armored movements near the Egyptian frontier.
Chinese forces report regaining temporary control of Wuyi south of Kinlywe, while Japanese forces retake Chekiang capital and push south. A Japanese column counterattacked near Linchwan and advanced, with Chinese lines holding near Shangina as both sides fight along the southern front. The Pa River area north of Canton is cited as a strategic halt to the railway expansion.
Louis Haddad of Charleston, beritone and Cincinnati Conservatory student, was among the prize winners in the third annual Dan Beddoe oratorio award by the Phi Beta City Club. The prize honors the late tenor Dan Beddoe and recognizes two top oratorio singers from the conservatory student body. Haddad has studied four years with Mrs. R Saylor Wright.
The House pressed a massive defense bill totaling about 205.3 billion, boosting lend lease, war materials, and aircraft purchases. Critics argued against the scale, while Generals warned the current crisis demands rapid, expansive arms production and supplies.
J H Taylor of 1284 Rigby Ave Charleston West Virginia describes severe gas bloating and heartburn from constipation. He credits World's Tonic prescribed by Cohen’s with rapid relief improving digestion headaches and appetite and notes it can help all ages as a laxative aid.
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