19 Jun 1944
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1944
Page
1
American forces press toward Saipan after landing at Agirgan Point and advancing toward Garapan as Japanese counterattacks intensify. Allied air raids on the Kazan and Bonin Islands claimed 47 Japanese planes and damaged or sunk more than two dozen ships and small craft.
Friday forces pushed north and east, seizing Charan Kanoa and Hinashisu while inflicting heavy casualties and destroying 25 Japanese tanks. Early Saturday a land assault south of Garapan failed after 13 enemy barges were destroyed. shells from American warships supported the invasion. The origin of the barges remained unclear, with about 30,000 Japanese entrenched on Saipan.
German propaganda deflates claims of dramatic success while acknowledging limited use of pilotless planes aimed at southern England. Goebbels warns they test English nerves, London reports exaggerate destruction, and Berlin hints at potential attacks on New York as retaliatory weaponry.
A local ad seeks men and women who are hard of hearing or temporarily deafened to try a simple home method promising improved hearing. It offers a money back guarantee and promotes Ourine Ear Drops at Rudy's Rexall Pharmacy.
Allied forces push toward Cherbourg as Montgomery builds a strong beachhead line west of Caen. British 7th Armored Division joins the attack while German resistance along the coast remains stiff but throttled by Allied air and sea power. The Ramillies silences Houlgate battery. security around Cherbourg tightens.
Iceland becomes the world’s youngest republic as the Althing votes to sever all ties with Denmark after a 1918 treaty set it as an independent nation under a monarch. Independence follows a May 2023 referendum. June celebrations mark a historic shift in a nation of about 120,000.
Tesse Lee Puller a Negro father of seven was killed by an eastbound freight train near North Lawrence street crossing in Charles Town West Virginia. The crew said he slept on the tracks and could not be awakened by the whistle blasts. County coroner Dr G P Morrison said no inquest would be held. Puller a World War I veteran has a son in the Marine Corps.
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