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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1944
Page
2
Gen Douglas MacArthur's headquarters reports Liberator and Catalina bombers off Halmahera and Monokwari sank at least five Japanese ships including destroyers and possible escorts. Allied air forces attacked Dutch New Guinea waters and Truk Base, with 19–20 enemy planes destroyed and 79 aircraft damages noted.
The article recalls Roosevelt learning of the Allied invasion of Fortress Europe with a radio address to the nation. He then waited in the White House study as blackout curtains hid the president, who wrote a prayer for success of the operation. Eisenhower’s push across the channel is referenced with the invasion underway.
Large fleet led the assault with destroyers and minesweepers clearing channels for the invasion. Battleships and cruisers supported infantry as landing craft opened beaches for tanks and guns. Allied air forces dropped paratroops and gliders to strike inland as observers expect several days before clear results.
Prime Minister Churchill reports mass Allied landings in rapid succession and calls the operation the most complex in history. He says all elements act in unity with U S forces, pledging continued surprises and a growing, sustained battle across the European front. He notes Anzio losses of 20,000 Allied men versus 25,000 for the enemy.
Multiple obituary notices list Lloyd M. Mitcheltree of Pulaski age 54 dying of a heart attack at home with survivors including wife Eda Zeigler Mitcheltree and siblings. Other notices honor George W. Lytle Jr. of Union township. Viola Penny of Ellwood City. Andrew Ellis Green Street. George Monroe Mallary. James A. Pitzer. Jessie Marie Dunnan of Warren Ohio. Funeral details and interments noted across several towns.
Relatives and friends are thanked for sympathy and kindness after the loss of son and brother Sgt. William Dinsmore. The family also acknowledges and thanks for the floral tributes sent by E. H. Dinsmore and family.
Washington report quotes Henri Hoppendt of the French national committee predicting that French troops will open the road to Paris tomorrow. He warns sabotage by the underground will multiply as guerillas spread, claiming the four year wait is over. Also notes Puerto Rico coconut production at about 24 million annually.
Allied forces push ashore across the English Channel under heavy air and sea bombardment. Churchill reports nearly 4000 ships involved with first continental landings and 11 000 aircraft in support as Eisenhower vows full victory.
London June 6 German fighter planes this afternoon began offering opposition to Allied invasion forces. Returning pilots reported numerous dogfights between Allied Typhoons and German Messerschmitts and Focke Wulfs in the southeast battle area of the invasion coast.
International Service summary notes Pershing’s pledge to win, Roosevelt’s Rome victory speech, and plans for 69 new cemeteries for 100000 potential US dead. Crowley to inspect Rome relief. Senate probes Pearl Harbor, House vote on trial extension, and Sewell Avery seizure testimony highlighted.
Allied forces advance toward the German retreat with heavy aerial support, destroying transport and rail targets. They bypass Vatican City and widen advances around Tivoli and along the Via Casilina, while battles rage in mountainous sectors and bridges near Rome sustain damage.
A correspondent describes landing craft from ships off the French coast five miles out and the air and sea battle overhead. Smoke screens blanket the shore as cruisers fire broadsides and assault boats race toward the beaches. Bombs and shells explode in the target area while fighters and bombers maneuver without visible Luftwaffe opposition.
Radio Berlin reported that German troops launched strong counter-attacks against Allied landing forces west of Cherbourg and claimed Nazi success, according to NBC.
Allied troops landed along the Normandy coast centering near Caen with reports of island landings on Guernsey and Jersey. German defense chief Rundstedt ordered no retreat while Hitler reportedly assumed personal command of anti invasion defenses in France. Before the war Americans consumed twice as much ice cream as twenty years prior.
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