06 Jul 1944
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1944
Page
1
The city endures widespread robot raids with bombs exploding in streets and squares. Civilian casualties rise as American personnel are among the injured or killed. Theaters stay open yet crowds vanish. buses and buildings suffer extensive damage.
The report states Marshal Stalin announced the capture of Kowel, located south of the Pripyat Marshes and 75 miles southeast of Bresk Litovsk, as World War II updates unfold with changes in German command and Allied air raids on northern Italy.
Allied forces push through Normandy with three more towns claimed and large areas freed. French interior troops join in heavy fighting near La Haye Du Puits as 1,313 square miles of Normandy are reported liberated and Germans derailments and train delays noted, with 150 Germans captured.
Churchill warns of Hitler's robot bombs terrorizing London and the British home front while noting limited military value beyond morale. The piece analyzes German efforts to boost flagging spirits and forecasts likely German surrender without fighting on home soil as Allies press toward Paris.
South Carolina Governor Olin D Johnston condemned Thomas E Dewey for appearing at a so called Negro drinking party pictured in Life magazine July 3 1944. Johnston warned Democrats should not support a candidate who attended such a gathering. Dewey refused to comment in Albany New York.
Berlin says Japanese circles expect an American landing in the Bonin Islands. From Saipan, reports describe massed Japanese defense in northern mountain passes and pillboxes as US Army and Marines assault coastlines. Night attacks are limited with few killed and some counterfires. Tokyo radio says new developments.
Indian troops reach the outskirts of Umbertide in the upper Tiber valley and threaten the Florence road west of Arezzo as German resistance slows the Fifth Army’s west coast advance. American units near Livorno and Rosignano face heavy fire and four German counterattacks are repelled.
Moscow reports a major new Red Army thrust toward Pinsk and Brest Litovsk with heavy artillery and air support. Cherniakhovsky’s corps push nears Wilno, while Soviet forces advance from Minsk into the region around Molodeczno threatening Lithuania and Latvia. German counterattacks are noted near Baranowicze as Stormoviks attack German salients in the Pinsk Marshes.
Around 1,000 U S heavy bombers attacked northwest Germany and French air fields as medium and light bombers targeted rail lines to Cherbourg. The RAF hit Dijon rail centers and channel coast targets while over 300 Marauder and Havoc bombers struck rail routes in a major operation tied to the Normandy campaign.
Chicago July 6 buyers predict definite improvement as the international home furnishing market opens in the Merchandise Mart for a 10 day run. John Goodall general manager says the market will be of prime importance due to postwar supply stringencies and expected heavy exhibitor attendance despite shortages. There is no consensus on the duration of the conversion period but agreement on the need for a more integrated sales program if postwar demand materializes.
London reports details from WACs describing a sudden bombing that killed several American soldiers. Sgt Rhoda Laird of Houston and Cpl Mary Lou Bernick of Sarasota recounted the blast at 7:30 am as beds and rooms were shattered and windows blown out.
London authorities continue evacuating children amid German flying bombs that killed 2,752 and sent 8,000 to hospitals in three weeks. Churchill disclosed 2,764 bombs discharged in that period with 10,000+ casualties in London as U.S. bombers strike takeoff sites and RAF targets. He warned Normandy and German raids would not halt military operations.
German flying bombs hit Southern England damaging three hospitals and killing at least six patients and nurses. Some Battle of Britain pilots now aid the defense led by Air Marshal Sir Roderic Hill. Fighter pilots reported success in destroying buzz bombs in the air.
Chicago researchers report a new ultraviolet inactivation vaccine from the Lansing strain gave mice strong protection against poliomyelitis. A single dose produced early antibodies, with a tenfold increase after second and third doses, suggesting potential human use unlike active virus vaccines.
Health officials reported 81 new polio cases in July bringing North Carolina’s total since June 1 to 206. An eight-state conference in Asheville will review polio treatment centers in Hickory Gastonia and Charlotte as state officials seek at least 200000 dollars to combat infantile paralysis.
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