Mine Run and the War Aid Debate on Coal and Time
An editorial discusses wartime coal policy and price control with opposition to extending Guffey era limits. It notes a proposed five man coal price commission and a shift to maximum prices after OPA. It also touches daylight saving and a 26 week anti aircraft training program to bolster field artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Office of Price Administration
CPA
Commission
Chicago Journal of Commerce
War Department
Invasion of Normandy Opens Allied Assault Across France
Allied forces under Eisenhower land on the Norman coast with Montgomery commanding the assault. German broadcasts acknowledge setbacks as Allied troops push toward Caen in a 75 mile stretch, aiming to destroy the German war machine and end Nazi tyranny.
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Co. D. Eisenhower
Bernard L. Montgomery
North Africa
France
English Channel
Britain
Normandy
Seine
Cherbourg
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces
Normaneninsula
Caen
Peninsula
Eisenhower
Europe
Free
World
President Roosevelt's World War II Faithful Prayer Broadcast
President Roosevelt delivers a wartime radio prayer urging unity and steadfast faith. He asks Almighty God to bless American troops, sustain courage, and ensure victory as Allied forces land in France and seek peace with justice.
Allied invasion of northern France on D Day with air and sea supremacy
Allied armies landed along a 75 mile front in northern France aided by 4000 ships and 11000 planes. Reports say air superiority was established quickly, with landings behind German lines and muted German anti aircraft fire. Germans acknowledged footholds near Cherbourg to Quistreham as bombing continues.
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United Press
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Forces
London
U.P
France
Berlin
Atlantic Wall
DNB
Arne
Vire
Cherbourg
le Havre
Hitler
Germany
Caen
Isigny
Paris
Channel Islands
Norman Peninsula
Transocean Agency
Quistreham
Normandy
St. Malo Bay
St. Malo
Rance River
Arromanches
Luftwaffe
Europe
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Brest
Gofourth Murder Trial Opens in Bloomfield Court
Opening statements in the first degree murder case of Hansford and Viola Gofourth were heard in Greene Circuit Court Bloomfield. Prosecutor Tackett seeks life terms, while defense Bowen claims self defense noting Acuff slapped their daughter and that the Gofourths were not drinking. Jury was selected at 3 45 PM with 12 members listed. Continuous proceedings continue on page four.
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Greene
Bloomfield
Hansford
Viola Gofourth
John T. Acuff
Bloomington
William Johnson
Jackson Township
Friend Resler
Beech Creek
Oscar Boruff
Jackson
Phillip Borders
Fairplay
Floyd Shepherd
Richland
Sam Sparks
Glen McKee
Jefferson
Carl Edmondson
Wright Max Holmes
Cass
Charles Hatfield
Stockton
Floyd G. Marshall
Wright
Monroe County
Sylvester Tackett
Gofourth
Tackett
Donald E. Bowen
Gofourths
Acuff
Allied plans and French-Italian front advances in war dispatches
London reports a possible new Soviet allied offensive within 48 hours as Tehran Conference plans for a two front drive against Germany are cited. Moscow celebrates the France invasion and Italian front progress with advances from Rome to Tivoli, while German forces struggle near Iasi and along the lower Dnestr.
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London
U.P
Miliy
United Press
Tehran
Dnestr
Moscow
France
Russia
Radio Moscow
Stalin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Red Army
Fifth Army
Italy
Tiber
Rome
Tyrrhenian Sea
Tivoli
Tyrrhenian
Sacco
Liri
Tenth Army
Iasi
Romania
Transformer Fire at City Hall Causes City Outage
A transformer burned out at city hall this morning around 4 30 causing about 1000 in damage. The fire started from a short in the street light automatic control and was fought for two hours by the city fire department and the electric light department before being controlled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Light Department
No Extra Issue Fails as Power Outage Halts Invasion News
The Linton Daily Citizen staff planned an extra edition after the Great Invasion began but a transformer fire at City Hall cut power at 4 30 am. The blackout shut down teletype radios and presses, delaying the issue by about two hours. The staff expresses regret for the disappointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton
London
Hospital Report From Lyons and Worthington
Robert Story of Lyons had an appendectomy this morning. Clifton Taylor had a tonsillectomy. Mrs John Zimmerman was sent home to Jasonville. Gene Calvert of Worthington was dismissed. Mrs Wayne Bender of Worthington went home. Maj Mary Bell becomes first woman instructor at Fort Leavenworth Command and General Staff School in Kansas.
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Robert Story
Lyons
Clifton Taylor
John Zimmerman
Jasonville
Gene Calvert
Worthington
Wayne Bender
Maj
Mary Bell
Beeen
Command and General Staff School
Fort Leavenworth, Kan
Appeal Urges Blood Donors for Mrs Barnard in Indianapolis
A call went out today for blood donors for Mrs Juanice Barnard who is seriously ill at Robert Long hospital in Indianapolis. A Linton resident and mother of five, she needs donors. volunteers are asked to call 639-W.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanice Barnard
Robert Long Hospital
Indianapolis
Maurice Bonnett Dies in Michigan
Maurice Freddie Bonnett former Linton resident died at his Detroit home at age thirty five. He is survived by his mother Matilda Methusala of Kankakee Illinois and a Chicago half brother and half sister. His father Fred Bennett preceded him in death. The body goes to M J Aikin Funeral Home. Funeral services Thursday at Glenburn Mission with Deaconess Nola Yoder officiating. Interment in Bicknell Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice
Freddie” Bonnett
Linton
Detroit
Mich
Matilda Methusala
Kankakee
Chicago
Fred Bennett
M. J. Aikin
Glenburn Mission
Important War Mothers Auxiliary Meeting Announced
An important meeting of War Mothers Auxiliary No. 2 will be held at the Legion home Tuesday evening at 7 30 o clock. Members are urged to attend and non members related to service members are invited to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Mothers Auxiliary No. 2
Legion Home
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Guffey
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Missouri
Washington
Roosevelt
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Nex
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Quimper
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Oxford
Bristol
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Southamptos
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Corhaix
Dover
Folkestonetti
Lorient
Brittany
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Bay of Biscay
Vannes
Sgronville
Fougeres
Rennes Am
St, Nazaire
eBedford
Coutances
Gravesend
Croydon
eCorenton
Aboyeux
de Coen
Hastings
Leval
Flers
Angers
Ipswich
le Mans
Neufchatelly
Yvetot
le Trait O.roven & Beauvais
Dreuxe
Blois
North Sea
Arros
Versailles
Orleans
Flushing
Fontainebleau
Sens
Antwerp
Troyes
Auxerre
Cnantes
Dinan ‘E RS. Brieuc
Mt. St. Michel
Deauville
Lisieux
Seae
A, Bernoy
Argentea
Alencon
Chartres
North
Africa
Denmark
Elbeufi
Erreur
Abbeville
Doullens
Peronne
Ghent
Furnes Brussels
Belgium
Am Tournet
Miller
Douai
Seuais Maubeuge
Cambrai
St Quentin
Montdidier
Aboncourt
Compiegne
Chantillyd
Soissons
Reims
Epernoy
Chateau Thierry
Maurice Bonnett
Michigan
Nola Yoder
Bicknell Cemetery
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