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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 13, 1944
Page
1
Store advertises heavy weight flannels and wool singlets with prices from 2/10 to 12/6 plus coupons, cotton singlets, long underpants, pullovers, and rain coats. Men’s boots and rain gear offered in all sizes, highlighting sales and coupon offers.
Allied forces press toward Cherbourg with crossings on the Paris railway line and German withdrawals to a line south of Montebourg. British and Canadian troops push an eastern bridgehead beyond 12 miles near Caen as American units build a vast, mobile force across the landing zones. French resistance climbs with villages aiding the Allies amid sabotage and insurrection.
Allied communique reports strong advances on the Adriatic and west coast fronts as German forces evacuate Porto San Stefano amid white flags. Italy fronts show 70,000 Allied casualties in the past month. Churchill and Eisenhower visit the front in Northern France with allied chiefs. British and American troops seize Carentan in Normandy advancing toward St Lo. Red Army launches major offensive against Finns reaching 15 miles on the Karelian Isthmus and capturing towns and loot.
Personal note from Connell's Point Sydney mentions Pte Erma Tonks serving under Sister Shepherd a Gloucester girl and family pride. It reports Sgt Leighton Tonks AIF visiting his parents after despatches and Sgt Kelven Tonks AIF returned with a leg injury now progressing at a military hospital in Australia.
The Minister for War Oraanisation of Industry Mr. Dedman announced Commonwealth building regulations now require permits for renovations and repairs. Painting, decorative work, fixtures, sewerage, paving, concrete work, private road and bridge work, garden walls and fences all need permits. The change aims to relieve acute accommodation shortages by freeing manpower for essential civilian services. Woods Great Peppermint Cure For Children's Hacking Cough.
The dominant postwar issue is persuading people to use abundant means to raise living standards. After the war, we will have plenty of knowledge labor power and energy and must decide to cooperate to produce the needed goods and services.
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