Fifth War Loan Campaign To Open Monday In Lawrence County
Lawrence County launches the Fifth War Loan Campaign with a $7 010 000 quota. Judge W Walter Brahem chairs with Joel S McKee as co chair. volunteers will canvass seven districts starting Monday morning. A motorcade from Camp Reynolds will tour the county visiting New Bedford Pulaski New Wilmington Volant Ellwood City Wampum Enon Valley and Bessemer with a camp band and motorized units.
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Lawrence County
W Walter Brahem
Joel S. McKee
Camp Reynolds
New Bedford
Pulaski
New Wilmington
Ellwood City
Wampum
Enon Valley
Bessemer
War Loan Display and Community Lunch Drives in County
Citizens of the boro organize lunch and cigarette service for troops with meals in Newcastle and Hillsville at 4 33 and 5 00 pm. The fifth invasion loan funds American forces advancing into Europe with bombs shells and equipment as merchants display bond posters in windows for a national display contest.
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Boro 1
Hillsville
New Castle
France
Germany
Children Day programs fill churches city and county
PA NEWC notes Children Day programs across city and county churches Sunday. The Fifth war loan drive opens Monday with Lawrence county’s high quota, demanding widespread backing to hit the goal. A detour on Pulaski to New Bedford highway during oiling and resurfacing. Large crowds park near the Cathedral recalling prewar days. Cherries ripening across the county signal a large crop ahead. A band concert on the public square Monday at 7 30 followed by Camp Reynolds band tour and a county dinner concert.
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Camp Reynolds
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics for the 24 hours ending at 9 m show a maximum of 80 and a minimum of 58 with 0.27 inches of precipitation and a river stage of 5 feet. Figures for the same date last year recorded a 89 maximum, 53 minimum, and no precipitation.
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United States
Second Phase Of Invasion Program Believed Reached
CAPT John H Craige reports D day plus four on the French coast as the second phase of the invasion begins. Heavy counter attacks from the enemy reserve may follow, shaping understanding of Nazi defenses and the broader coast line strategy during this amphibious operation.
U S Bombers Hit German Airfields in French Areas
United States fortress and Liberator bombers targeted German airfields in France to threaten Allies landing zones in Normandy. Marauder and Havoc bombers aided invasion forces while raids extended along Britain and the French north coast, following prior RAF night attacks.
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London
United States
France
Nor
Britain
Normandy
Royal Air Force
Washington Roundup on De Gaulle and Cherbourg in War News
Washington officials reject full recognition of the French National Committee and De Gaulle's civilian control. German forces are expected to mount a last stand at Cherbourg as Allied advances press harbor facilities for invasion. Congress debates price control amendments and infantry pay moves while a Senate extension of the price control law passes. A possible congressional recess around conventions is discussed and travel warnings urge avoiding rail and intercity bus trips.
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France
U.S. Signal Corps
Washington
Gen de Gaulle
National Committee
de Gaulle
Cherbourg
Congress
House
Senate
Allied Armies Advance North in Italy Across Peninsula
Allied forces push north across the Italian peninsula on the heels of retreating German units. The Fifth Army trails the 14th Army toward Rome, seizing towns including Viterbo and Tarquinia while advancing beyond 50 miles from the capital amid demolitions and German harassing fire.
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Naples
Italy
Rome
Tuscana
Viterbo
Tarquiania
Eternal City
Fighth
Tiber
Moricone
Arsolt
10Th
Plenty Of Signs But Few Mines
U S forces in France report in June 8 dispatch that Rommel inspected German coastal defenses on the Cherbourg peninsula and praised the extensive mine fields planted along beaches roads and ditches behind flooded zones.
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Clark Lee
U.S
United States
France
Erwin Rommel
Cherbourg
Roosevelt Signs Debt Limit Bill
President Roosevelt signed the 260 billion dollar debt limit bill to raise the limit from 210 billion. An amendment cuts the federal cabaret tax from 30 to 20 percent, effective July 1, as Congress sought to ease closures of night clubs and protect jobs.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Congress
Clothing Storage Warehouse Burns At Fort Myer
A fire at Fort Myer Virginia in an old clothing storage warehouse was brought under control shortly after 2 am. All personnel were called out to fight the blaze lighting the sky visible from Washington. Two enlisted men were injured and taken to the post hospital. No damage estimate yet.
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Washington
INS
Fort Myer
Potomac River
Reunion Brought To Close Friday At Cathedral
A record crowd attended the Valley of New Castle Consistory reunion ending with a large dinner and 300 candidates receiving degrees the largest in 15 years. Rev Thomas J Jones gave benediction and prayed for service members as David W Rees led the choir and William P Williams performed a solo. A 1400 turnout enjoyed fellowship, motion pictures, and dancing while Commander in Chief Howard Geary applauded the cooperation.
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Valley of
William P ‘Billy’ Williams
Howard Geary
Italy cabinet vetoes oath to Umberto as debate over monarchy grows
Rome June 10 The Italian cabinet led by Premier Ivanoe Bonomi agrees unanimously not to swear allegiance to Crown Prince Umberto and calls for a constitutional convention to decide monarchy or republic. Cabinet reshuffles replace Giulio Rodinò by Signor de Gaspari and Saragat by Nenni while Cianca joins without portfolio amid war ministry power struggle.
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Rome
Ivanoe Bonomi
Umberto
Italy
Guilio Rodino
Christian Democrat Party
Signor de Gaspari
Socialist Party
Dr Saragat
Pietro Nenni
Action Party
Alberto Cianca
Channel Weather Improves Over English Channel
Weather over the English Channel and northern France improved today. A high cloud ceiling hung over the Straits of Dover with a fresh wind and choppy seas.
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London
INS
English Channel
Battle
France
Straits of Dover
Paratroopers Force Germans To Retreat Near Cherbourg
London dispatch reports Nazi agency INS DNE acknowledging a new German withdrawal south of Valognes in response to fresh paratroop landings. German spearhead pulled back to a shortened line south of Montebourg along highway 13 toward Cherbourg.
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London
Insdne
Valognes
Cherbourg
Montebourg
Ste Mere-Eglise
Cherbourg-Paris
Paper Collection Next Saturday in New Castle Area
Waste paper collection scheduled for Saturday June 17 in New Castle and surrounding townships. Joseph Hartman explains door to door pickup by local trucks with Boy and Girl Scouts assisting. residents asked to bundle newspapers magazines and box board separately not exceeding 15 pounds each. Further notices will follow.
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New Castle
Joseph Hartman
City Collection
Lawrence County
Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association
City Boy and Girl Scouts
Prisoners Reach England Cramped Train Cries
New York reports German prisoners admitted by British radio to have sailed to England, though not as planned. ABBC story relayed that a crowded prison train halted on England’s south coast. A spectator asked, “What do you think of England?” a German replied, “Three years ago Herr Hitler promised we would come. Well, we have come.”
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New York
England
BBC
CBS
Hitler
Deaths: Mrs. Edward E. Elder and John DiLullo
Two local deaths reported. Mrs. Edward E. Elder aged 78 of R. D. 2 Grove City and John DiLullo aged 75 of Hillsville listed in the death records for Saturday June 10 1944.
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Edward E. Elder
R. D
Grove City
John DiLullo
Hillsville
Four Japanese Destroyers Sunk On Biak Island Mission
Allied air forces struck Biak Island targets sinking four Japanese destroyers. The enemy attempted reinforcement of garrisons faced severe disruption as carrier and land-based planes pressed attacks to halt the buildup.
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Biak Island
Allied airmen sink four Japanese destroyers at Biak island
A Japanese invasion force attempting to reinforce a Biak Island airfield was repelled as Allied airmen destroyed seven ships in the task force. Four destroyers were sunk and a fifth damaged, with a sixth destroyer and a cruiser fleeing under heavy Mitchell bomber assault aided by escort fighters.
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Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Garisums
Biak Island
Dutch New Girne
Bombing of Ploesti Oil Field and Italian Targets
Allied forces bombed Romania's Ploesti oil complex including the Americana Refinery and reported heavy attacks on Porto Marghera and Trieste facilities. The Mediterranean mission faced about 100 German interceptors with several shot down. Heavy bombers also hit rail yards at Trieste Faenza and Rimini, plus damage to Ferrara airfield. Fighters hit a Siena rail roundhouse and targeted roads north of Rome, destroying 24 transports and damaging 22 others.
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Rome
INS
Ploesti
Todas
Americana
Sai
Mediterranean
Romania
Porto Marghera
Trieste
Faenza
Rimini
Ferrara
Siena
Trieste Refinery Heavily Bombed By Allied Forces
Allied Headquarters reports a night raid by Mediterranean heavy bombers on the Trieste oil refinery and nearby road targets near Terni in central Italy. The air strikes supported the Fifth Army advance, destroying 300 railroad cars 246 motor vehicles and damaging 150 more on Nazi retreat routes in northern Italy.
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Naples
Mediterranean Air Force
Trieste
Terni
Italy
Tera
Fifth Army
Cierman
Erie County Judge May Be Retired
Chief Justice George W Maxey ordered President Judge Miles B Kitts of Erie County to show cause why he should not be restrained from duties due to mental incapacity. The rule returns June 30 in Philadelphia after a petition by Erie County residents.
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Philadelphia
INS
George W Maxey
State Supreme Court
Miles B Kitts
Erie County Court
Maxey
Erie County
Sharp fighting near Tarnopol as German advance halted
Moscow reports fierce pre war Poland combat northwest of Tarnopol with a German infantry regiment and tanks breaking into a town before a Russian counter attack drove them out. Soviet forces claim 10 German tanks and two self propelled guns crippled, four Focke Wulf 190s shot down, and capture of a strategic height with 60 prisoners.
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Moscow
Tarnopol
Poland
Stanisiswovw
War Worker Shot and Killed by Police in Kennedy Township
In Pittsburgh area Kennedy township a war worker Edwin Schuler 24 was killed and Ralph Landefeldt 27 wounded when fleeing eight police after a tip about thieves using stolen cars. Officers tried to flag the car near Mt Calvert cemetery. The men fled into a dairy store and were shot. Police detained all officers for questioning.
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Pittsburgh
Insne
Kennedy Township
Edwin Schuler
McKees Rocks
Ralph Landefelat
Moon Township
Mt Calvert
Schuler
Landefeldt
Allegheny County
Allied advances widen push toward Cherbourg with Isigny gains
June 10 dispatches report Allied troops capturing Isigny Trevieres and Lion Sur Mer as forces push toward Cherbourg. Gen Eisenhower announces steady progress, heavy front-line fighting, and air support from bases on French soil, with Germans facing disrupted counterattacks along the coast. Lion Sur Mer taken. Caen link road held near Ouistreham.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Isigny
Trevieres
Lion-Sur-Mer
Cherbourg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
London
Lion Sur Mer
Calvados Department
Trouville
Reuter’s
Caen
Ouistreham
U S Officers Arrive in London for Allied High Command
General George C. Marshall Admiral Ernest King and General Hap Arnold landed in London to confer with British chiefs of staff. The White House announced the trio would attend the combined chiefs of staff meeting soon after D-Day to map next moves against Germany.
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Washington
INS
Germany
Ndon
America
Army
Navy
Army Air Force
George C. Marshall
Ernest J. King
T. S&s. Fleet
H H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
London
White House
United States
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Weather brings rain and fog delaying planned work
The narrator notes persistent rain and fog over the channel delaying tasks but hopes for sun and clear skies. With seventy two degrees mentioned, plans include planes to be flown and troops to be hauled, stressing the need for bright June days.
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Daily Weather Report
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Europe
Berlin
Joseph Thomas
EN. S
Mandy
International News Service
Office of Defense Transportion
ODT
Larry Newman
By Frank Robertson
N.S
Erie
Inter
Lion Surfer
Arthur Mometer
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