Huge Allied Invasion Launch Under Eisenhower in France
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower opened the massive Allied landing operation on the northern French coast with Gen Bernard Law Montgomery commanding the sea and air assault. Naval forces, mainly American and British, prepared long range strikes as destroyers submarines and E boats threatened coastal actions while RAF coastal command targeted German positions.
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Invos
Supreme Allied Expeditionary Force
England
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
Rome
Bernard Law Montgomery
Africa
Bay of Biscay
Royal Air Force Coastal Command
Supreme Headquarters
Germany
Montgomery expresses absolute confidence in invasion outcome
General Montgomery declares supreme Allied forces in excellent shape to win the invasion. He compares the Allied effort to a strong team of Britain and America and says the German generals are unlikely to sustain the war much longer, though German soldiers remain capable.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
INS
Bernard L. Montgomery
British Empire
America
Fill Coal Bin Now ODT Manager Warns
District Manager Harry G. Boyd of the Office of Defense Transportation urged households to fill their coal bins during the summer to ensure supply in winter. He cited a potential critical shortage of motor trucks and drivers for coal delivery and advised placing orders now.
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Harry G. Boyd
Office of Defense Transportation
Boyd
ODT
War prisoner report for Lieut Joseph B. Koi of Grove City
Lieut Joseph B. Koi a Grove City native and high school graduate is reported a prisoner of the Germans. He was missing in action since March 16 and was serving as an air forces navigator on his seventh mission when his plane was shot down.
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Grove City
Joseph B. Koi
Aaron Koi
R. D
Mercer
Air Forces
Dewey Favored Yet Faces Opposition at Republican Convention
Pennsylvania's 70 member GOP delegation will meet in Chicago on June 25 to assess the convention scene before voting for president. Despite Dewey leading in early momentum, opposition from Bricker Warren allies and concerns about Roosevelt's terms loom, with party insiders weighing potential vice presidential picks and the impact on the 1948 nominating race. A stray note recalls a shipboard tale of Adam and Eve aboard Paradise off Portugal.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Chicago
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Earl Warren
California
Roosevelt
New Yorker
Kenneth Glitch Receives Air Medal for Meritorious Service
Sergt Kenneth Glitch radio operator on the Skylark has been awarded the Army Air Medal for meritorious achievement in the Mediterranean theater after more than fourteen bombing missions. He is son of Mr and Mrs Merle Glitch of 202 S Walnut Street and recently trained at Scott Field. Currently listed in a rest center in Italy.
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Kenneth Glitch
Army Air Medal
Merle Glitch
Walnut Street
Seret. Glitch
Scott Field
Italy
Edith Houston retires after 32 years in Grove City schools
Mrs Edith Houston ends a long career in Grove City after 32 years in local schools. She began in 1912 as a sixth grade teacher before moving to the high school commercial department where she served most of her tenure.
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Grove City
Edith Houston
Governor Martin Calls For State To Offer Prayers
Gov Edward Martin urged a day of prayer for Pennsylvanians and asked church bells to ring at 6 p m to mark the launch of a drive for liberation. He called open places of worship and daily prayers for victory and peace in a world governed by God.
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Harrisburg
INS
Edward Martin
Grove City Streets Get New Surfaces
After a long delay due to material short supply the Grove City street repair program has begun. Winter weather and water line upheaval from over 80 new homes built last year expanded the project scope and caused extensive street damage to be repaired.
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Grove City
Grove City Man Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
Grove City resident Morgan B. Heasley has been promoted to lieutenant colonel and is stationed at Camp Rucker Alabama. Heasley was commissioned in the National Guard company here before Pearl Harbor.
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Grove City
Morgan B. Heasley
Camp Rucker
Ala
Heasley
National Guard
Pearl Harbor
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By Thomas
Watson
Gen. Montgomery
Koi
Investors Syndicate of America, Inc
Investors Mutual, Inc
Merrill C. Rainier
Wew
Castile
United
Lssmet
Capital
International News Service
GOP
Suc
Wendell Willkie
Wisconsin
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Hershey
Bricker
Brickeren
Paradise
Portugal
Adam
Eve
Martin
Glenmont Const. CO
Woods
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