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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1944
Page
1
A Pittsburgh mill worker recovered a conical radium container worth $12,000 after a radium detector tracked its location to the worker’s home. County detectives detained the worker for further investigation. The container held two radium capsules used to inspect newly castings.
The page lists numerous miners and associates from Sagamore to Nanty-Glo, with hometowns like Indiana Dayton Clune and Kent. It includes electricians examination passers such as Q D Stevenson Iselin and G Stephan Indiana, plus others from Iselin Graceton and McIntyre.
A 13 year old and another boy fled from police after stealing cars along the B P Highway near Sykesville, with one captured after wrecking a car and another escaping into the woods. The Home boy admitted involvement in twelve area thefts, including Elk Run and per month figures. A boat stolen from a local barn was found near Big Mohoning Creek with preparations to paint and seal it.
The article notes a display featuring Eisenhower with key Allied figures including George Patton and Chiang Kai-shek, plus a notable photo montage from Africa. Among items is a cable from Cairo reporting Eisenhower's appointment and a set of portraits of Rommel that Ike has not met, hinted to presage the war's end.
Allied forces pushed from Valmontone toward Rome as Eighth Army and Fifth Army troops struck along the Via Casiling and Artena Valmontone corridor. German rearguards resisted fiercely while parachute units appeared near Veltroni area and French forces threatened flanking moves. RAF and Allied airstrikes hit rail yards and supply routes across Italy and Hungary.
RAF heavy bombers attacked the Saumer rail yards while Mosquitos bombed a Danish objective. Night raiders struck another coastal military target as RAF and RCAF fighters downed three German planes. All aircraft returned safely in yesterday’s offensive sweep across France and Germany.
The war time program sets employment ceilings and worker referrals by area, allowing priority committees to guide hiring. Workers may choose jobs within the war effort while employers retain freedom to select staff. Areas differ in strictness based on local needs, with latitude to adjust referals and use unions, colleges, and other channels. War Stamps and Bonds sales continue through carriers.
U S pacific fleet reports coordinated air strikes from three theaters. Central Pacific planes struck Guam and Wake while bombers hit Truk Ponape and the Aleutians. Liberators from Eniwetok engaged 10 enemy fighters, likely downing one, with no losses.
The Vichy radio announced 30 deaths in the Saumur rail junction attack in central France and 12 deaths on the northwest coast in a different strike. The reports tie to the invasion front movements restricted by a prior declaration of severe limits.
Striking street car operators and bus drivers in St. Louis and Tampa left 3500 workers in St. Louis facing potential 1-A draft reclassification for unauthorized strikes. In St. Louis, eight draft boards ordered immediate reclassification as the two day stoppage halted most transit. About 175 Tampa street car workers also stayed off the job, reducing service drastically and prompting extra buses to carry remaining riders.
Two prominent local obituaries detail the lives and families of Effie Crusan McGuire and an allied spouse. The first recalls the deceased’s long religious and public service, with survivors Henry of New York and Joseph of Detroit plus four grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are set for Robinson Funeral Home with interment at Greenwood Cemetery. The second obituary notes Effie Crusan McGuire’s death at Latrobe Hospital after a long illness, listing surviving children, sisters, and the date and place of services at Saltsburg with burial in Lewisville Cemetery.
The Pope appeals for Rome to endure sleep amid sacrifices and a bloody struggle, urging that the city be spared from becoming a theater of war. He notes Rome faces more considerate air raid treatment and warns against aggression as a mortal sin before God.
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports massing American reinforcements for an all-out Biak assault. Seventh Fleet air and sea support pounded enemy positions as troops landed to push toward Makiner airfield. A second pincer probed Bougainville and northern Solomons while Australian forces moved northwest along New Guinea coast, narrowing the corridor to the south and trapping thousands of Japanese.
The miner had led in the Graceton operations for three years and worked as a coal miner for thirty. He is survived by a widow Barbara f Beckiness Morris and six grandchildren, plus children including Mary Getner of Pittsburgh Anne Deskovich Lucerne Mines Genevieve Morris in Army and Navy service and stepchildren Leonard Rastok Theodore Rastok. Funeral at St Boniventure Jose phine at 9:00 am Monday with burial at SS and Jude Blairsville.
Washington June 2 radio news commentators with commercial sponsors would need federal licenses under legislation drafted by Senator Johnson Colto. They would also be bound by a congressionally mandated code of ethics and face license revocation for departures from ethical standards. The plan replaces Wheeler's proposed outright ban on advertiser sponsored broadcasts, aiming to curb what critics call the smea ring of officials and public figures.
The Maryland gathering urged an 18 vote uninstr ucted delegation to influence the Chicago convention choices. Sam Rayburn spoke on harmony while factions sought partial influence over the vice presidential selection. Indiana Republicans and other party leaders also moved to shape delegate votes and candidate prospects in the national race.
The text notes Wheeler cancelling hearings on a bill with acting Minority Leader White, proposing sweeping changes to the communications act, including a ban on commercial news broadcasts. It also mentions a claim that undernourished children under four score higher after adequate diet.
Japanese forces massed 280000 troops to press the Hankow Canton rail line and threaten Changsha as Maj Gen Tseng warned of intensified hostilities across North Central and South China. U.S. air raids extended to the Kuriles and Caroline Islands as China and Burma forces push west toward Myitkyina and Biak.
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