23 Jun 1944
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1944
Page
1
In a telegraph style analysis J M Roberts argues Berlin may be premature in announcing a major Russian summer offensive. He notes Berlin often preempts Moscow, cites the Smolensk recapture and the north central front from Vitebsk to Gomel, and warns of a staged blow as Russian forces mass toward Smolensk and Kotlin.
A wartime school campaign urges pupils to obtain War Stamp Albums and fund bonds by performing chores and selling bonds. It highlights boys and girls raising funds, honoring service members, and earning a Service Bar for selling six E Bonds. The drive calls for local post offices to issue albums and praises heroism in uniform.
A white marble Victorian showplace Lynnewood Hall, owned by Joseph E. Widener, is being auctioned with over 1,000 items. Bids surpassed $50,000, including a nine piece Louis XV suite. Chandeliers and other furnishings sold to bidders, while some pieces remain to be sold through Saturday.
Reported actions across the Pacific describe Task Force 68 with about 20 carriers and many battleships and cruisers sweeping the area. Strike forces under Vice Admiral Mitcher hurled shells as Japan acknowledged carrier losses and failed attempts to break the Indian supply line to Burma. Concurrent air operations targeted Noemfoor Island and a 15‑ship convoy near Palau with sinking of an enemy merchant ship.
National Boy Scout director of registration born in Portsmouth Virginia January 3 1908. Early life in Portsmouth high school in Portsmouth Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. Became Eagle Scout in 1923. Work with Virginia Electric and Power Company and Virginia Forwarding in Norfolk. Served as assistant scoutmaster scoutmaster and commissioner in Portsmouth. Attended national training school 34th at Briarcliffe Manor New Jersey in 1932. Became Scout executive of Sequoyah Council in 1939 with Bristol offices. Resigned in 1938 to serve as assistant national director of registration promoting Troop Budget Plan. Married and resident of White Plains New York.
Specialist Bean, a Wave recruiter, was credited as a Recruiting Specialist on July 3, 1943. Her initial post was Philadelphia recruiting for eastern Pennsylvania, then she moved to the Pittsburgh Office as Naval Officer of Procurement for western Pennsylvania. A Palo Alto High School graduate, she attended San Jose State College where she pursued dramatics and journalism, later working as a civilian property and supply clerk at the Naval Air Station Santana, California.
A 400 word Republican page one excerpt argues peace requires not only force but international law and an international tribunal. It pledges to protect U S interests and resources while fostering global economic stability to achieve high employment, and avoids an outright pledge to deploy military power. It suggests an international organization develop cooperative means to direct peace forces toward curb aggression.
AP correspondent William Worden recounts a two phase U S Fifth Fleet pursuit near Guam and the Philippines. Spruance’s forces halted Japanese air and surface actions, downing hundreds of planes, sinking or damaging ships, while the enemy fled westward with heavy losses and no clear pursuit.
Rep Carro Reece of Tennessee a platform committee member called the plank meaningless and urged change to say What means Senator Warren Austin of Vermont chaired the Platform Committee and said the plank implies the use of both military and economic sanctions He predicted approval and final shaping over the weekend
The Fifth Arm advances despite strong resistance along Highway One from Livorno to Pisa and toward Foloniva, 55 miles south of Pisa, as German forces strengthen a major resistance line. AP's Sid Feder reports delayed from Giancarico on 11 miles northwest of Grosseto. Mediterranean air force flew 2,800 sorties against targets in northern Italy and the battle area, plus Albania and Yugoslavia. two enemy planes were shot down while ten Allied aircraft are reported missing.
Allied and German forces clash on the Normandy front as Cherbourg progress stalls amid heavy air and artillery actions. German divisions defend fortified harbor positions while French Maquis slow enemy reinforcement, with rail disruption aiding Allied efforts. weather improves allowing resumed unloading at the beachhead. Western Pennsylvania forecast shows showers, cooler, lingering winds.
Moscow dispatches report Red Army units advancing 10 to 15 miles west toward Lake Ostero and expanding a bridgehead on the Svir river. They captured Podporozhye and Tali, with Govorov’s forces driving toward Lappeenranta to sever Finnish communications and trap remaining units near Viipuri and the Saima canal.
Peter Venture of DuBois faced a rebuke from Federal Judge R M Gibson for turning his back on the bench and addressing spectators after being given permission to speak. Venture, a member of a religious group, was sentenced to five years in a government institution for failing to report to his draft board. Pressure on a violin bridge by four strings is 831 pounds.
The report details a sustained Allied air offensive over Pas-De-Calais with up to 260 Liberators and Fortresses attacking targets in a 24 hour period. RAF bombers hit Reims Laon rail yards, Cherbourg and Paris area targets, while British craft targeted Lisieux Dreux Evreux. Casualty figures show 28 Allied planes lost and six German planes shot down.
The Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association reports about 6,000 of the 22,500 wartime workers across 600 newspapers have left for military service and another 6,000 to war jobs or died. Dailies kept more stable staffs than weeklies, but all faced high turnover in mechanical, business, and editorial ranks due to draft, enlistment, and wartime shifts.
Mrs. Ruth Googins Roosevelt of Fort Worth former wife of Col Elliott Roosevelt wed Lt Col H T Edison of the Lawson General Hospital Atlanta Ga at St Andrew's Episcopal Church Fort Worth on June 28.
The supervisor of Brush Valley Farm Machinery Repair Shop announced closure starting June 22. Cherryhill Township Fawn Machinery Shop at Amond Garage will close on June 28. A notice will appear if these shops reopen later in the year.
Frank Grinder of Saltsburg died this morning at 6 35 AM. Victoria Stefaniny of Homer City died Wednesday June 21 and will be buried Saturday after services at St Louis Church Lucerne Mines with burial at St Bernard’s Cemetery. Smith M Black 82 of Elton Cambria County died last night at his son Russell Black’s home in Elton. service at Indiana Evangelical Church Monday at 4 PM with burial in Oakland Cemetery Indiana.
Operators of commercial motor vehicles must file new equipment applications through ODT district offices rather than ICC. Pittsburgh district manager R R Colvin announced the change, transferring field work to the Highway Transport Department to speed processing and economies. ODT regional division will process applications. Pittsburgh office covers twenty counties in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Four years ago today on June 23 1940 the Germans captured the shipbuilding port of St Nazaire at the Loire estuary and also occupied La Rochelle and Rochefort Britain broke diplomatic recognition of the Petain government which had agreed to German armistice terms.
In a skating rink ceremony Corporal Martin E. Blackwood married Ediva May Weader on roller skates. The bride wore a satin gown and carried roses as attendants skated in, with nearly all guests on wheels except the minister, making a quirky ceremony a memorable hometown wedding.
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