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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1944
Page
13
A wartime appeal urges citizens to buy War Bonds to supply troops with weapons and equipment, claiming it saves lives and strengthens the nation. The message credits the makers of Sani-Flush and Mel'O for contributing to the campaign.
Aboard the carrier flagship off the Marianas on June 24, at least five American airmen parachuted into the Pacific amid heavy anti aircraft fire and were rescued the next day by float planes from cruisers of the battlefleet. Lt. Warren McLellan of Fort Smith Arkansas described the moment and the crew bailed out as flames engulfed the plane. The men, some on their second rescue, endured a perilous night as they awaited salvation and reflected on the dramatic action against Japan's carrier fleet.
The account details McLellan Hutchinson and Greenhalgh surviving a torpedo plane crash near Palau, drifting amid Japanese searchlights, seeing blazing carriers and a cruiser, and being rescued by float planes after anti aircraft fire. Greenhalgh recalls prayers, jokes about missing shoes, and awaiting rescue before dawn sighting by bombers and eventual pickup by a cruiser flotilla.
Italian papers report police in Rome uncovered a hoard of art, paintings, pottery, silver, and liquor worth millions of lire in the garage used by the mistress of Roberto Farinacci, former secretary of the Fascist party. Farinacci reportedly fled to Munich per Swiss frontier notes.
Berkeley experts on insect control join Pacific landing forces to render bases livable for Allied fighters. Dr. Stanley B. Freeborn of the U S Public Health Service says entomologists act at once to prevent outbreaks and keep bases safe.
In San Diego on June 29 Navy Air Group 12 credited teamwork, discipline, and ingenuity for its 102 enemy planes destroyed and 104,500 tons of shipping sunk in the Pacific. Leaders Clifton Dose Hathorn Caldwell recount the unit’s shift from individual pilots to a cohesive team, noting early fighters lacked maneuverability but improved through clever plane uses. Hathorn recalls dropping the first bomb on Sabang oil refineries and spotting a Japanese transport, shooting it down in flames.
Canberra reports Treasury figures show Australian expenditures to United States forces on a reciprocal aid basis total 150 million pounds, about 500 million dollars to last April 6. Of the total 6 million pounds were spent in the ten months starting April, with food alone listed at 0 pounds.
A historical note states that yellow fever vaccine could be transported quickly to any part of the country by mobile sanitation units. The quote emphasizes rapid deployment to combat outbreaks and improve public health reach.
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