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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1944
Page
1
American troops captured Trevier midway between Bayeux and Isigny as Allied air forces began operating from French soil for the first time since 1940. Spitfires and P-47 Thunderbolts were named as the initial Allied aircraft in France.
The Associated Press reports Taft of Ohio wins support from Gov. Thomas E. Dewey allies for the platform committee chair at the Republican national convention. The move aims to harmony with Dewey supporters and place Taft on the New York delegate roster backing Gov. John W. Wixter for president, as hearings begin in Chicago on June 21.
American Liberator bombers from the Central and South Pacific launched a double attack on Truk in the Carolines, their eighth raid this month. Long range bombers from Admiralty Island bases battled 25 enemy fighters, dropping 30 tons of explosives on the atoll. Three Japanese planes fell, one Liberator was lost, and Liberators returned that night to target airfields while barely challenged.
Rome June 10 Allied officials declare a catastrophe af all German forces in Italy as the 14th army flees northward with growing disorder. Fifth army advances capture Tuscania Tarquinia and Vetralla while Eighth Army pushes toward the Adriatic and German rail and road assets suffer heavy losses from Mediterranean air force strikes.
President Roosevelt signed a law raising the national debt limit to 260 billion dollars and cutting the cabaret tax from 30 to 20 percent. The 30 percent tax had been in effect since April 1, triggering club closures and job losses among entertainers. The lower tax takes effect July 1. prior debt limit stood at 210 billion with actual debt around 188.77 billion as of June 8.
Rear Adm. Frederick C Sherman USN will address the graduating class of the naval reserve officers indoctrination school here on June 12. He commanded the USS Lexington at the start of World War II and led raids across the Pacific before heading Fleet Air West Coast. He holds the Navy Cross and the Distinguished Service Medal and is a Port Huron native who entered flight training later in his career.
Two German war prisoners from Papago park internment camp escaped from a ditch clearing gang near Phoenix yesterday and remain at large. FBI agent R. P. Kramer identified the fugitives as Sgt. Dieter dfiert aged 33 and Kurt Strehle aged 25. one man spoke several languages and the other knew little English. Authorities initially believed Josef Gillmaier had escaped, having answered to Strehle’s name on roll call.
London June 10 Allied strategy for defeating Germany mapped at Teheran now faces its severest test on the Cherbourg beaches. Amer ica's top Army Navy and air force leaders Gen George C Marshall Adm Ernest King and Gen H H Arnold will watch whether German Field Marshal Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt sends stronger forces to push Eisenhower back before Allied ports are ready. If so air attacks could target German concentrations with clear weather, while German choices must consider continued Italian offensives and a potential eastern push by Russia.
Allied Headquarters reports U S Army Air Forces Mitchell bombers attacked a Japanese task force near Biak Island in northwestern Dutch New Guinea. Four destroyers were sunk by direct hits with 1000 pound bombs, another damaged, as the fleet streamed eastward. only one cruiser and another destroyer escaped.
Washington monitors the French National Committee’s cooperation with Allied invasion forces as a possible De Gaulle visit looms. Roosevelt signals no new policy, plans to receive De Gaulle, and keeps relations with the committee at the military level aided by Churchill’s approval of the plan.
Allied forces press a slow but steady advance on the Cherbourg peninsula with gains at Ste. Mere Eglise and Isigny. Berlin notes a violent attack on Cherbourg as Canadian and British units push toward Caen amid heavy Nazi resistance.
Allied destroyers sank one German destroyer off France and forced another to beach near Quessant as eight Allied ships fought the German force. The first American destroyer sunk in the invasion was hit by a Nazi weapon and its crew endured two hours in the water under shell fire. Beset by heavy action, the Narvik class craft were pursued by Canadian and British destroyers, with two wrecked and two escaping.
James D. Brush received a five to ten year state prison term for misappropriating 560,000 in Maricopa county tax funds while tax assessor. The ruling removes him from the state treasurer office. Gov. Osborn to appoint a replacement. Brush to serve in jail or Florence. conviction certificate sent to the governor. Catherine Doyle, cashier, draws three to six years. Deputy John D. Rhyne notes guilt and admits receiving 18,500. sentencing postponed for Rhyne to July 5.
RAF bomber crew reports panicked Germans near a Normandy chateau surrendering when approached by Allied units. The crew, towed in for a glider mission, were captured and later released into Allied hands alongside a dozen prisoners. Canadian troops moved on the chateau as Nazi guards surrendered to the prisoners.
London dispatch says the Finnish broadcast via DNB claimed the Russian army began a general offensive on the Karelian isthmus with artillery and air attacks. The Soviets allegedly seized a height near Iasi and Tarnopol as German losses rose. Soviet naval airmen sunk five German ships off northern Norway.
Allied forces press advance from Ste. Mere Eglise toward Cherbourg and Carentan as German resistance blends with heavy fighting near Caen. Bradley reports progress with thousands of prisoners captured and air support establishing forward bases in France.
Col. Anthony V. Grossetta of Tucson Arizona commanded a Thunderbolt fighter-bomber group in a raid on German convoys moving toward Caen. He reported bombing and strafing multiple groups at truck top level with few armored vehicles observed and one camouflaged vehicle set ablaze.
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