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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1944
Page
2
Governor Bricker said he will not withdraw as a Republican presidential candidate despite Dewey’s lead. He stated he is confident he will not be offered a second place on the GOP ticket and dismissed discussion of a vice presidential bid.
Rev. and Mrs. D. R. Nuzum of New Castle attend the eleventh quadrennial Nazarene assembly in Minneapolis. He serves on the pastoral arrangements and temporal economy committees while she sits on foreign missions and social welfare. They favor a central seminary but oppose zoning the general superintendents.
Fire destroyed Stewart Elementary School in Snowden Township causing about 2000 dollars in damage after vandals ransacked the building twice since Easter. Detectives hunt a suspected fire bug as flames swept two rooms while papers littered the floor. the school is closed for summer. A prior Easter theft involved a typewriter and other supplies and an American flag torn down.
Mrs M Mescall will host the women’s club on Thursday June 29 replacing the earlier plan for this evening. Members are advised to attend at the usual meeting place and time.
United States admirals seek a decisive engagement with Japan to break naval strength and hasten victory in the Saipan operation. If Spruance traps Japan’s main fleet, American forces could blockade the empire’s core islands. The article notes strategic aims and potential quick conclusions of the Pacific war.
Americans land across reefs and seize the southern third of Saipan in a week of fighting aided by heavy artillery and flame throwers. Japanese defense on the island numbered around 20 000 with fierce cave strongholds and mounting casualties.
Isaac Dolby aged 29 died Wednesday at 6am after a short illness. He leaves wife Catherine Hallowich Dolby and two children Eileen and Donald. Body to arrive at Cunningham funeral home in Bessemer Friday morning. viewing Friday afternoon and evening. Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 pm from the funeral home.
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said the latest naval victory in the Pacific will be a mighty impetus to speed the advance across the Pacific and into the inner defenses of Japan. He told reporters he was greatly pleased by developments in the western ocean battlefront.
Weather slows progress as Allied forces report limited gains against strong resistance. Northeast of Foligno the British Eighth Army neared Camerino and Nocera Umbra while in the Adriatic sector the Fifth Army reached Fermo. Allied naval units sink and damage German craft off Elba during evacuation. Over 1,000 air sorties blast targets in Northern Italy with no Allied losses.
Allied forces drive the Japanese from Biak Island as planes hit Rankisi air field near Manokwari and Kaimiri air drome at Neemfoor. Bombs dropped totaling 108 tons on Dublin and Eten in Truk lagoon, with four bombers striking in the Carolines at midday. Rabaul also bombed anew with 70 tons on supply areas.
In Washington today Secretary Ickes announced the government has exited the coal business returning most mines to private ownership. Officials also hailed a Polish government shakeup in London allowing possible restoration of Soviet Polish relations. Congress nears recess as OPA bills wind down and infantry pay gain heads to likely passage. naval experts foresee a new sea air victory near the Philippines against Japan.
Air Ministry reports heavy raids on a Nazi flying bomb site in Northern France with large RAF craft and American Liberators. Bombers targeted equipment fuel stores and bombs while dozens of Marauders and fighter bombers joined the mission over Pas de Calais. four thousand sorties had been flown by British based planes with additional American heavy bombers striking Berlin. Dispatches note some Berlin strikes extended east to American bases in Russia.
Bond sales in the county total 33 213 75 with 451 workers solicited. Of this 10 645 funds cover additional bonds beyond payroll deductions. National Radiator workers led the drive as war news boosts bond purchasing interest. Weed seeds retain germination for 40 years after burial.
A half hour organ recital and two song groups opened a reception for Rev Bennett at the Central Christian church. Tributes from Judge W W Brahm Mayor John Haven and others praised his civic and ministerial work with groups including the Community Chest Red Cross Boy Scouts and U S O. Memorial messages were read and Kiwanis honored him with a blue and gold plaque featuring the state coat of arms.
Soviet troops press toward Helsinki on the Karelian Isthmus after capturing Viipuri. A Finnish peace cabinet is reported formation. Red Army clears bridges, advances west of Viipuri, and takes 50 more inhabited communities as it drives toward Medvezhnegorsk and near Lake Onega.
Secretary Stimson reported that American units of the Allied invasion force are in the suburbs of Cherbourg pressing toward the strategic seaport. He said German anti invasion forces cannot mass for a counter attack largely due to Allied air support since D Day.
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