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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1944
Page
9
Allied leaders Eisenhower and Ramsay aided drifting soldiers seen near the invasion beaches aboard a British warship. A raft and a derelict gave mixed signals before rescue plans were set. photographers anticipated dramatic images but the find proved uneventful.
Ninth Air Force Marauder bombers attacked German emplacements at Caen France descending to 4500 feet to drop their bombs. Returning flyers report fires lighting the sky. Since invasion began Marauder Havoc and Thunderbolt units flew over 575 missions dropping 750 tons of bombs and losing one plane. Thunderbolt and fighter-bombers logged 2000 missions from 6 pm to midnight. Twenty one fighters are missing and six enemy craft were destroyed.
Admitted Trevor Johns 26 West Washington and multiple addresses list patients with tonsil operations. Discharged Nick Napodano and others including Kathleen Haney and Mary Jo Vitale. Additional entries note Emma L Braden and Elmerine Cata as recent admissions. various streets cited.
Doctors warn tired kidneys disrupt sleep and cause backache swelling headaches and fatigue. Chronic kidney strain can foul the blood and dim energy. Take Doan’s Pills to help flush wastes from blood and restore rest.
Mr and Mrs Guy Greco at 407 East Sutton report their son Pvt Lawrence Greco age 23 a prisoner of war of the German government sent an Easter card. He states he has received his first letters and first package and the family now receives his letters regularly. He had been previously missing.
The report notes that the individual has been in service two years and has been a prisoner of war since September 19, 1943, details withheld or undisclosed by the correspondent.
Frederick Sheffield a New York lawyer learned he inherited a small sum from his grandfather after 100 years the Middletown Conn Savings Bank informed him the $26 deposit now totals 2505.50 He plans to let the account grow further.
Private Louis Dando received the Purple Heart for injuries suffered at Anzio Beach on March 1. His parents, Mr and Mrs Nick Dando of Moravia Street Extension, were notified. He entered the army January 1942 and trained at Camp Wheeler Georgia before going overseas in July 1942. He is currently in a hospital somewhere in Italy.
A service member who saw action in England Scotland North Africa Sicily and Italy has the Purple Heart sent home to his mother several days ago.
NBC Stockholm report indicates new fronts may open soon in Norway and Denmark. A BBC broadcast warned the Danes of potential developments after last night’s announcement. The remarks suggest heightened wartime activity in the region.
A London broadcast to Norway quoted Johan Moygandsvold, prime minister of the Norwegian government in exile, saying Norwegian troops will soon have a chance to rejoin the fight for their homeland.
In Schenley Pennsylvania on June 8 the INS reports that April production at the Jos Ss. Finch and company plant surpassed 412000 gallons of war alcohol enough to fuel 825577 howitzer shells.
Three soldiers in German uniforms entered a Paris cafe and ordered coffee. A Swiss businessman reports the waitress whispered the order was for two coffees with rat poison, identifying an Austrian accomplice. Commercial forests cover 58 percent of North Carolina.
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