20 Jun 1944
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Newspaper
Lebanon Daily Reporter
Location
Lebanon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1944
Page
1
Fragmented OCR text mentions Vanguard Eagh near Vipuri base and a red A line. Details are unclear with likely continuation on another page. This brief item appears to report a geographic or military reference without a complete event or outcome.
Government agencies announced a program to manufacture and sell low cost shirts, shorts, and ladies items. The War Production Board allocated 47 000 yards of cotton for July and August, 178 000 dozen men's undershirts and colored shirts, 416 009 pairs of men's shorts, 85 000 women and misses slips and 12 dozen women’s hose.
Fragmented OCR notes record a Fifth War Loan total of 411099 with scattered phrases about purchases and plans. Names, places, and numbers are garbled but center on war loan totals and related financial planning.
Fragmented notice requests support for the Penny Ice Fund with sponsors listed in garbled text. It calls for action and renewal, mentioning Lebanon and various donors or organizations. The readable parts suggest a community fundraising appeal, limited by OCR wear.
Pearl Harbor June 20 AP reports a fierce Pacific clash near Saipan with about 300 Japanese planes destroyed. Both American and Japanese task forces operated close to major fleet units in the Marianas as ground reinforcements and ship losses were noted.
A damaged wartime dispatch claims Changsha fell to Japanese forces with heavy fighting reported around the city. It notes aerial and artillery bombardment and asserts allied forces endured significant losses while retreating from key positions.
Vice President Henry A. Wallace arrived in Chungking today amid a light rain. He was greeted by General Chiang Kai Shek and other Chinese and American officials at the airfield and later hosted at a residence for a welcoming party with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Fo and high ranking Chinese leaders present.
The second Cub Pack meeting will be held Wednesday June 21 at the Central Christian Phiwak. All parents of boys 9 10 or 11 years old are urged to attend to ensure proper training and full benefit from the Cubbing program.
Fair and continued cool tonight. Partly cloudy and warmer Wednesday. Thundershowers expected in the extreme southwest portion Wednesday afternoon.
To the People of this Community What is it you cannot afford when you say, I can't afford more War Bonds Can't afford more equipment and reinforcements for embattled troops Can't afford a greater assured future for you and your family in the post war period Are you willing to trade these things for a few temporary pleasures now Every dollar you put aside now in War Bonds will make the invasion so much easier will bring the Peace so much closer This newspaper hopes every reader will examine come and expenditures consider his responsibilities to his country himself and our fighting men and ask himself or herself Can I afford not to buy the most War Bonds I have ever bought during a war loan The EDITOR
Rome reports Allied forces crushed isolated German rear guards in Petaglia town streets. Hard fighting rear guards stalled the German withdrawal as they retreated toward the Florence-Rimini line. About 7,000 enemy soldiers were involved in the action across the Italian front.
Lester F Jones, Boone county war finance chairman, is among six Indiana chairs to receive a distinguished badge for outstanding results in county war bond sales since the war began. A Treasury letter from State Chairman Eugene Palliam praises Jones and Hoosier cooperation, noting Indiana leads the nation in war bond sales.
Allied headquarters in London reported American columns broke through Cherbourg outer defenses and moved to within three and a half miles of the port as armored forces flanked to seize Montebourg and Valognes. Shaizy Gorrell of United Press described the advance along the Bricquebec Cherbourg highway toward the burning port with German lines crumbling to the southeast.
In Kingston on June 20 the navy announced the loss of the 1475 ton US Submarine Grayback, presumed in the Pacific while American submarines press a heavy toll on Japanese shipping. Skipper listed as missing with the ship’s crew is Cudi Jenna A. Moore of Memphis, Tennessee. The Grayback, about 290 feet long with a 2T foot beam, was built by Electric Boat Groton and commissioned in June 1941 as the fifth undersea craft of its class to be lost.
Washington reports a broad carrier based air attack Monday on Truk Ponape Nauru and Japanese held positions in the Marshall Islands. A Navy dive bomber was forced down but crew rescued by a Catalina search plane. No fighter interference over Truk and anti aircraft fire was light.
Marshall on tour with Fifth Army in Italy visits Nettuno battle zones on June 15. Lt. Tupper Brown was killed last May in a tank blast at Angio beach head. Accompanied by Lt. Gen. Devers, Lt. Gen. Clark, Maj. Gen. Handy, Col. McCarthy and others on the front.
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