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Newspaper
Middlesboro Daily News
Location
Middlesboro, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1944
Page
5
Eisenhower reports continued Allied landings of troops guns and tanks with little enemy resistance. German efforts to halt the assault were repelled as Luftwaffe counterattacks and night bombardment persisted, tallying 17 100 Allied sorties and heavy bombing of communications and rear targets.
A special prayer service was held yesterday afternoon at the First Christian Church to honor the American and Allied landing on the Normandy coast. Rev J Howard Baxter presided with Dr Marvin Adams and other ministers delivering messages. The service included prayers, hymns, and a focus on prayers for the soldiers and the cause, with plans for a week of continued prayers for the boys overseas.
Pierce Webb found guilty of murder in the Blapps Landing Night club on Pine Street during the night of April 7. He testified in his own defense claiming the gunman Brandt Fitzgerald threatened with an automatic pistol. Jury deliberated 1 hour 6 minutes rendering a verdict. Webb faces Kentucky State Reformatory at LaGrange. Court adjourned with jurors to report by June 15.
In Frankfort Kentucky the Senate pushed the general budget bill onto its second reading after a long session focused on school appropriations. Leaders clashed with the Assembly Democrats who pressed for a broader general budget, while the Republican chief executive resisted broader measures.
Allied columns advance toward Rome from the north and west as German troops retreat. British and American units move along highway routes while air forces bomb and strafe retreating forces, with reports of 28,000 Germans captured by the Fifth Army since the campaign began. General Alexander proclaims the German strength broken and Rome liberated.
Marriage licenses issued from Wellcounts office list multiple couples including J Moore age 4 Insull and Mary Johnson age 24 In eull. Farriston J and Myriel T Keith 21. Dewitt Earnest Fuston 21 and Mary Jane Barge 21. Don Wagoner 37 and Bertha M Wagoner 26. Don Wagoner 37 and Bertha M Wagoner 26. Mary Davenport 17 in Detroit Mich. others unnamed.
South Asia headquarters in Kandy reports Japanese forces withdrawing rapidly from the Kohinie area in India after heavy losses. Allied headquarters in Naples notes June 7 with Gen Harold R. LG Ale referenced in dispatches.
Allied Sixth Army troops moved within a mile and a half of Mokmer airfield on Bink Island aided by bomber support. The advance disrupted enemy rear positions as pilots shot down at least one fighter and likely three more during attempts to break up airfield operations. Additional Allied attacks and casualties were reported across the Dutch New Guinea area with numerous Japanese killed and prisoners captured.
House approves about 50 billion dollars for postwar Army with 1948 fiscal needs. Testimony cites Gen. Arnold stating air force will reach planned manpower south of 6000. Two thirds of the total comes from unexpected funds, shaping military costs and preparedness.
Washington dispatch details Roosevelt and Churchill pressuring Stalin for a Western front invasion plans. article notes Roosevelt Molotov discussions in May 1943 shaped Russian views on a second front and analyzes why a cross-Channel invasion was delayed, with focus on military security and strategic debates.
Frankfort Kentucky court rules that Sherman Williams a weighman with Harkin Walling Coal Company is not an employee of United Mine Workers and cannot pursue a wage claim against the union The decision notes Williams was employed by the coal company and not the union while the mine workers' votes shaped his status
London reports say the German Seventh and Fifteenth armies moved armored and infantry divisions toward the French coast under Rommel. Airborne and sea transports are ferrying troops into France as Allied air forces attack fortifications and supply lines amid rising German resistance. Eye witnesses describe heavy casualties on some beaches while others report footholds established and fires across the Cherbourg peninsula signaling possible German withdrawals.
Army experts, cited by Reaves, assess the invasion as advancing well despite Nazi resistance. Observers note the first phase shows momentum, with Roosevelt rhetoric and Allied strategy signaling a push to seize key positions while delaying German reinforcements for a forthcoming push into the continent.
United Press dispatches from London June 7 state German reinforcements are moving near the Orne River above Caen on the Normandy peninsula under heavy bombardment. Allied defenders have been withdrawing from certain areas south of Cherbourg and a British broadcast relayed by the Blue Network confirmed the reports. RAF bombers struck the German lines near Wittlich and mined enemy ferries at the Rhine lands.
A brief from Me Gop Kentucky reports a Social Security matter and a veterans event. It notes filing for benefits, an oath, and a public service event to honor armed forces members. The text references Allison and a forthcoming service at Hinksumtawn with a public observance.
General Eisenhower announced progress as Allied beachheads were secured along a 60 mile front from Cherbourg to the Seine estuary. Canadian and British troops pushed inland while American forces attacked with heavy air and naval support. Reports cited stiff German resistance and dispersed pockets of fighting in hedgerow country as the invasion began in earnest.
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