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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1944
Page
2
Paris radio reported a new Allied landing on Elba near Capolivieri in the Tyrrhenian Sea opposite the Italian front. Radio Algiers said most of Elba is now in French hands with reinforcements arriving and opposition overcome on southeast and north coasts.
Los Angeles area recovers from its severest quake since 1933. A strong tremor at 5:03 p m and another at 8:06 p m rattled the region. Scattered damage included broken dishes a marble storefront and alarm triggers in Compton as residents hurried home.
In fierce Biak island fighting in the northern sector 122 enemy dead were left behind advancing American lines. The Biak campaign totals 1,625 Japanese deaths. Heavy bombers dropped 89 tons on Dublin island targets in the Truk atoll. Seventeen Japanese planes attempted interception. one destroyed by Japanese bombs. MacArthur reports coastal vessel and barge sunk near Aroe islands. Tobera airfield and Bougainville waterfront targets hit with 56 tons of explosives. St George channel naval patrols sink a troop laden barge off New Ireland.
Allied forces report gains across central Italy with heavy fighting near Perugia and Assisi. In Elba, Ferraio fell and several hundred prisoners, including German officers, were captured as French efforts advance amid German resistance.
The article notes a likely Guam recapture and reports Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. appointed to lead the third fleet in the Pacific. It suggests Halsey would command task forces to strike Japanese positions from the North Pacific toward the Java Sea.
The Hartland Family expresses gratitude to friends neighbors and relatives for kindness sympathy and support during their mother Mary Ann Hartland illness and death. They also thank for flowers and car donations.
American assault units push halfway across the south end of Saipan against about 30 000 Japanese defenders while task force guns reach 100 miles south to shell Guam. It marks the first naval bombardment of Guam and a shift in Marianas operations after Pearl Harbor.
John N. Gardiner volunteered to go over the side in freezing water to help exhausted survivors reach his ship. Despite subfreezing wind and rough seas he and others rescued 93 people from certain death in the mounting waves.
A call goes out urging residents to display the flag from every home starting now and continuing through a designated period to show patriotic unity. Local organizers emphasize community spirit and national pride.
The notices list multiple local deaths including Mrs. Lillian A. Thompson aged 66 of 708 Allen Street with services at R. L. Boyd funeral home and interment in Graceland cemetery. Also included are notices for Mrs. Cora Bollinger, Mrs. Carmen Coryea, Miss Mina Snyder, Mrs. Ethel Ketterer, Mrs. Margaret Blair, John Izzo, and infant Theodore Korab Jr with funeral details and family survivors. Interments vary among Grace land, Greenwood, Oak Park, North Sewickley, and Holy Trinity cemetery.
The article notes a new phase of war against Japan begins with the Saipan land battle and highlights the reach of land based fighters, the advance of task forces, improved intelligence, and anticipated intensified resistance as Japanese outposts fall toward the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines.
PA NEWC notes a stormy dawn and a river dive by boys under the Washington Street bridge seeking coins. The paper also reports names appearing in new cement around the Christian church on the public square, revising earlier claims of anonymous work.
A boy born March 28, 1938, drowned near Ellport after neighbors and family members moved to Ellwood City from Wilkes-Barre. Despite about two hours of efforts, rescue attempts failed. He leaves his parents Paul and wife, a brother Ralph, and sister Doris. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Van Gorder funeral home Ellwood City with Locust Grove cemetery interment.
The message urges every citizen to invest in War Bonds to fund tanks planes assault boats and supplies for Mediterranean operations. It stresses that yesterday's bullets won tomorrow's battles and that last month's bonds won't pay for future offensives, calling for continued home-front support.
Reporter's notes describe Nazi pilotless bomb threats targeting London and ports like Portsmouth Bristol and Southampton while Davenport Plymouth Weymouth and the Isle of Wight are cited in German broadcasts. British anti aircraft fire and Spitfires clash with the rocket bombs as Edward R Murrow observes launching platforms from the air.
Russian forces keep advancing along the Karelia Isthmus north west of Leningrad and have overrun more than 325 towns and villages in three days. The Red Air Force struck the Viipuri railway junction destroying locomotives and cars, blowing six ammo dumps, and setting a large section of track and adjacent areas ablaze.
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The meeting named John B. Shaw chairman after a tense roll call in which Travers supporters demanded recognition. An oral vote favored Shaw by 81 to 66, and the contested session adjourned after motions for further resolutions were blocked. Travers backers faced a loss of influence as nominations for vice chair, secretary, and treasurer proceeded by simple viva voce vote.
Across the country rationed car owners report gasoline savings up to by installing a Vacumatic device from the Vacumatic Co. The automatic unit, installable in ten minutes, offers a free Vacumatic to those who install it and spread the word, mailing from Wisconsin.
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