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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1944
Page
1
U S Pacific Fleet launches major Saipan assault with rocket-armed planes and naval bombardment. Army and Marine units press inland securing beachheads and airfields. Officials report heavy enemy fire but steady progress as bombardment and air support suppress defenses. Casualties listed. operation hinges on B29 use from new base preparations.
Rome dispatch reports Allied forces advancing from the Tyrrhenian coast toward Grosetto and other towns. German resistance appears mobile with withdrawals, while Allies push north and northeast of Rome toward key junctions such as Anguapendente Ternt Natal and Orvieto.
A fragmentary report notes Harold Powers of Crowns in Rowbeat involved in a rowboat accident on a pond yesterday. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR. Investigations are expected to clarify the incident and any injuries.
Four B29s failed to return from a June raid on Yawata Japan, with officials noting the operation may have destroyed about one fifth of Japan's steel production. Reports describe heavy anti aircraft fire, some enemy resistance, and confirmation that crews of two planes survived. The mission was part of the 20th Bomber Command's push on northern Kyushu targets, including the Imperial Iron and Steel Works at Yawata.
Allied and German air force reports recount heavy bombers targeting oil refineries near Vienna and Bratislava with losses on both sides. British Lancasters and escorts attacked Le Havre and Boulogne, while German claims of counterattacks and success circulated amid mounting air warfare in Europe.
American forces pushed toward the Bonin Islands within 600 miles of Tokyo, claiming air and sea success. Allied reports say carrier aircraft raided Chichi Jima, Haha Jima, and nearby targets, destroying enemy planes, ships, and installations while suffering minimal losses.
Eleven year old Hugh McCarthy died after falling under a spraying machine at the McCarthy farm two miles southeast of La Salle. He was taken to Weld County hospital where death was caused by a ruptured over and internal hemorrhage. Coroner Jolo Afinuit investigated. Survived by father Doyle, a sister and a brother, with funeral arrangements at St. Peter's Catholic church and Linn Grove cemetery.
Blany students heading to the 1944 summer session at Colorado State College of Education arrive in Greeley for the eight week term. Registrations at Gunter Hall run 1 am to 1 pm Saturday, with many late arrivals expected due to transportation and gasoline restrictions.
Allied forces push on toward Cherbourg as weather worsens, with U S troops breaking through German resistance near Le Vicomte and advancing toward St Sauveur Le Vicomte and Cherbourg area. In Normandy fighting, air and sea support continue despite storms, while German defenses stiffen along Caen Tilly sur Seine and Montebourg.
The National Federation of Telephone Workers meeting in Denver endorses Franklin D. Roosevelt for a fourth term. The group claims 200000 workers nationwide and aims to build a political action program to defeat what it calls reactionary forces and labor suppression.
A 12 year old boy, Wayne Lutter of Clarinda Iowa, accidentally wounded a man while hunting near a farm southwest of Greeley Colorado. The shooter had purchased shells the day before and fired from a distance that caused a grazing injury to the victim at the hip and chest area. The wounded man, identified as Faden of Henderson Colorado, remained in critical condition at Weld County Hospital as investigators reviewed the accident.
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