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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1944
Page
9
The official Father’s Day poster for 1944 by renowned illustrator Herbert Bohnert uses four colors. It will be printed in those four colors across multiple sizes and shapes and distributed nationwide. The piece honors the Father Bond Drive of the United States Treasury Department.
A wartime plea urges every man woman and child to buy extra war bonds to fund bombs and planes. The Beachhead on the French shore is cited as proof of American casualties and the need to contribute now. District leaders in Mount Airy Elkin Dobson Pilot Mountain coordinate the effort.
A senior British officer estimated German forces in the expanding Allied invasion at about 240000. The Nazi command claimed 400000 troops were engaged in the invasion battle.
Surry County launches its fifth War Bond drive with a quota of 1 587 000 dollars while urging every citizen to contribute. W L Glancy, the drive chairman, warns this will be the hardest campaign yet and links bond purchases to supporting Allied forces in the war against Germany and Japan.
A UPI correspondent recalls 26 Marines landing on Guadalcanal's Matanikau shore trapped by fire. The last stand yielded a handful of survivors and a mass grave, with vivid detail of the attackers and the toll of battle on young Marines.
President Roosevelt in a nationwide radio address launches the 16 billion war loan and reviews Allied progress. He says Western Europe invasion is advancing with men and material, Soviet offensives are crushing the east, Central Italy falls, and vast supplies are pouring into the battle. He cites Japanese shipping losses and a global war effort sustained.
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