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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1944
Page
14
Allied forces enter Bayeux as residents cheer and shower tanks and jeeps with flowers. German snipers and a blown bridge mark remnants of resistance. prisoners are marched to a cage while locals sing the national anthem at the hotel.
A nine o'clock mass meeting in the Penn theatre outlined the fifth war loan campaign to start Monday June 12. Private Max McCarthy spoke of sacrifices in North Africa and Sicily. Judge Braham praised the turnout, with Charles Bashew and Clarence England detailing sales mechanics and displays. Red Cross outlined photo loan program for service members.
Harold Thompson district OPA operation director from Pittsburgh visited New Castle to review the War Price and Rationing Board. He checks local boards in the district to ensure machinery operates smoothly.
Washington dispatch reports 217135 American casualties excluding invasion France. Stimson notes three days of heavy fighting before Rome fall produced 2379 killed wounded missing. Italy total 97529. Since Dec 7 1941 army losses 171358 with 28952 killed 68779 wounded 40084 missing 33543 prisoners. Navy marine totals 45777 including 19802 dead 12253 wounded 9256 missing 4462 prisoners.
Mrs W W Wallace of the Youngstown road will host a Scotland W C T U tea for members and guests on Friday afternoon from 2 to 5.
Two year old Bonnie Lou Hughes daughter of Mrs Bertha Hughes of Duncansville died last night after running in front of a tractor trailer driven by Monroe R Frey of Boyertown Police reported the death and the bereaved family includes several brothers and sisters.
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate 21 brigadier generals for promotion to major general and 63 colonels to brigadiers. The nominations cover temporary wartime appointments only as the army nears maximum strength.
Florence earned its reputation as the cradle of the Renaissance, a city noted for its pivotal role in reviving classical art and learning during the 14th to 17th centuries. The label reflects its enduring influence on European culture and history.
Six men remained unaccounted for as fire raged through the Emerald Coal and Coke Emerald mine in Clarks ville Greene County. The blaze began after a trolley line broke at the bottom of the slope. Of 157 miners present 151 escaped, officials hoped the missing six had also escaped. State Mine Inspector Richard Maize hurried to the scene as rescue crews battled the blaze.
Burnet County scrap drive yielded a 14 inch long bea trap made by a enslaved African over a century ago a Buffalo rifle with a 45 inch barrel a 1865 Younger carbine and a rare double barreled muzzle loader with shotgun and rifle barrels.
James Leroy Douds of Jefferson county was fined 500 dollars on probation for a year after pleading no defense to charges of selling 30000 pounds of poultry at above the line prices. A Philadelphia report notes a noiseless electric fan demonstrated at Franklin Institute using stationary conductors to generate cooling air.
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