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DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE
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DENTON, TEXAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 22, 1944
VOL. XLI
NO. 268
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By GLADWIN HILL
Lit craters today gave the roket-
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Mercury Coes to
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and choked railway and
network over which the Qermans
Gain in Centre
same direction this afternoon, strr-
Communque No 33
Wichita Falls and Clarendon re-
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By CHARLES
UNITED.. 6rA"
FLEET HEAQU
j from Associated Press war corres-
, pendent Don Whitehead reported
Denton's quota of bonds in this
loan is $1,045,000, with $270,000 of
| the county's $1,315,000 quoa assign-
Speaker of the House. Sum Ray-
burn. the man most directly respon-
German Garrison
Virtually Split
In Three Segments
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Youth should be a savings bank. •
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and fowered.
By LYNN HEINZERLING
ROME, June 22—— Allied and
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ABOUT
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More thun 2.000 varieties of plants
have been tested fol rubbe r durne
the pust year
of Mm. Freda Denton,
threatened:
railroad yards, tracks, trains. barges
and oil tanks at 20 different places
Air bases at St. Quentin and Dreux
also were hit.
The fighters which accompanied
aboard the U.S, flagship off Hainan
island.
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tedious and dull in those days
nobody knew it
mans' coastal defenses.
These attacks capped 24 hours of
tremendous activity including the
weight of bombs dropped on the
; Pat De Calais area indicated the
, Allies were making progress in their
, campaign against the launching me-
chanisms for these projectiles
From an Allied advance command
Dmonville
St Pierre Eglise
Speaker Here Friday | 1
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Fifth Fleet hovering off the Mar-
tanas islands.
Adm. Chester W Nimitz reported
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in China, the one Pacitie war .
front where the Japenese hold Um
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vover that region yesterday evening
and delivered whai waslomicially de-
Texas State campus will hear Mia.
Connie Oana Brockette, office-of
the Coordinator of Inter-Americen
Affaire, tomorrow morning at 9:30
at the West Ward School
The public was invited to hear the
talk.
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98 Degrees Here
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The sands of Africa and the ccral ;
of the Pacific Islands have aggra-
vated the shortage of elmiian tires
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Jap Vessels Sunk, But Main Fleet Escap
a salary of $60 a month probably ' which left smoke and flame swenp-
didn't bemoan his let Today that !
c । c । [ Insurance Issue,
>ekk to Crack Money Bills Rold I
Last Defenses Solons Attention.
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shuttle raid on Berlin may at may i
not have set a distance record de-
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St Merc Eglise
"Have you a speaking acquaint-
ance with the woman next door?"
"Speaking acquaintance! Why. I
know her so well that we don't
apeak at all "
ment or home in Denton or even reported "good progress' with ad-
just passing through, have found vances of two to three miles along
" the entire fronnt
corking of 108 the sixth straight j
day of 100-plus weather.
ed to other towns in the county.
Of the county's total quota, $615,- , as
000 is to be sold in E bond*. termed the
Barfleur;
By J. B. KRUEGER
Asociated Press War Editor
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Denton a place to remember pleas- j
antly. It proves that You are doing '
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$50 would provide as proper a fun-
eral as anyone could ask
Montebourg
p
i lage seven miles west of Cherbo ng ,
son of I astride the main highway to cap ; Three Deaths
- — | De In Hague, where some German - _ Ir
in I exas Heat
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The weatherman, forecasung fair
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ped on the island's aouthriM
point. A curious feature of Um
battling was the action at a
Japanese civilians pouring thn
American lines seeking refuge 1
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sc.ibed as a devastating blow at !
the German installations there. I
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. .. ____. . come. Im watching every move rm
ITALY—-Alltel approach Ancona, make."
Forty-six bombers were missing
ported 101. San Angelo, 100 and |
Dallas 99 7. ,
Fvneml services were arranged
By todays standards
Allied experts flew into the Cher- for A R Alexander 62 of Baird. U. S Air Force’s shuttle raid from
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smaller means. This is expected to was an even gres
be the most dimecult of the county’s that achieved by
quota to fill. at Midway two
Judge Ben Boyd, city chairman. The Midway
and Miller continued to urge the 1 first in this war
bond committeemen to renewed ef- tions, however,
fort to reach the towns and county's by the Guadalc
quotas at the earliest vonsible date ember 1942.
tons of bomb*. a record load on
northwest । this once-vaunted fortress. 1
ground forces continued to clean
Hit Rooket Platforms 7 X
Keeping the assaul going on the
Qermans' still active rocket bomb
laucaing bases to the Pas de Cal-
ata area of France. RAF Lancas-
tore and Hnlifaxes fallowed Amen-
। bourg peninsula to investigate the who died of heat exhaustion ar [ Britain to Russia
flying bomb bases captured intact Wichita Falls Tuesday Two other j A Moscow communique from tlie
by the Amertcan troops, but the * heat victims died in Dallas Tuesday headquarters of the Eastern Com-
FROM BOMBERS
1938 Rayturn introduced the bill
Dorm"hasons truseons. 1939: | on the American left flank, the
dent RCOsevelt announced its auth- , U. S .Infantrymen plunged to with-
orization to citizens of Denaso.in« threc,.miles,o: the sea in the
from back of the presidential train icinity 'f St Crox-Hasue. a vil-
on which he was making a tour.
VSt Martin
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demanding surrender by 7 a m
Greenwich merkilan time. today 12
a in Central War Tme The Lon-
don Daily Sketch said last night it
had recorded such a broadcast
It was assumed that if the ulti- ‘
large town near St Vaast La Hol-
and auons.
Rejoice, O young man, in thy
youth.— Eceiesiastes 11:9.
Denton Thursday was near one- staggered Japan’s elusive fleet Mon-
third of the bonds sold in the as- 1 day in a surprise attack which
signed quota for the fifth war loan cost the enemy one aircraft canter
campaign. E D. Miller, county I and three other ships sunk and at
chairman, announced that $324, -1 least nine damaged, including a
055.50 in bonds had been sold in , battleship.
the battle. The thickly
west coast was in the ml
Mrs Denton handed over . the
PINLAND-Russtans launch two money, ..........A
found some other items that made
those quoted seem less ridiculous. A TERS ALLIED EXPEDI- I
skilhod- labore, such as U cariTIONARY FORCE, June 22.
per.ter, got $2 far a :0-hour days, /AD, c, n . i, n
work, and thus was enttled to eat 1 11 ' Oen. DWign D-
eggs that cost less than a cent Eisenhower’s forces unlim-
apiece a serviceable suit of clothes ; bered this afternoon their
FORT WORTH. June 2-(—A 1 ported ingommuigue '
1 slight, thin-faced, nervous man, , carrier Ehren tana anA
clenching a small bottle he indicat- ’ ’ —"—a
ed contained nitroglycerin, robbed (See JAP vasszis.
! the Continental National Bank here J ...
headquarters said
House: the WASP bill was klled
by a House vote after sp. ited de-
bate
The speed with which the legisla-
five docket crowced at the start of
from Cape control proposal went to the White
Denton. I The slusive enemy fleet, caught
He does not yet have totals from ! completely off base, offered no ef-
towns over the county. | fective counteraction and fled from
contact with the mighty U.8.
It is reported that new American I O. the west another sixarhead
made commercial metor vehicles ; had practically split the Oermins
are advertised for sale in Australia m Chertour from those n fic
to essential operators. The Aus- ' northwestern tip of the roninsuila
trallan Government is so desirous ' by advancing to within half a mile
of disposing of these trucks that it of Beaumont-Hague on the r ad to
advertises to invite inquiry and will Cup De 14 Hague Heuumont-
help m financing the purchase. The Hague is 8 1-2 miles west of cher-
Department of Import Procurement ooure
mand of the U. S. Strategic Air
Force said three bombers and two
escorting fighters were lost on the
: flight. to Rusal an air bases Svn-
1 thetic oil refineries and installations
! at Ruhland, southeast of Berlin.
| were bombed by a large force
Italian troops are within 32 miles at the end ot the 1930-40 Finnish- runway ~
from the widespread British oper- j of Ancona, pris Italian port on the Russian war. James said that after nearly a d22
which included mine lay- Adriatic coast, while Eighth Anny The political situation in Helsinki week of complex naval fencing tn - .
ing in enemy waters j troops are approaching Camerino, as the Russians intensified pressure ‘ the vast stretches of ocean between tnsha
The German radio warned today approximately 35 miles east and a on the staggering Finnish Army re- the Marianas chain of islands and
that Allied planes were over Styria | nuLe north of Perugia. Allied mained obscure, but there were the Ph ilippyes the enemy tlteE was •MM
perhap indicat.1g that American headquarters announced today. strong indications that the Finnish still hanging back. This report
tombers ‛rom Italy were out American forces to the west have government was facing a crisis. I tended to confirm impressions in . #55
The daylight raid against Berlin pushed on 15 airUne miles north- 1 A Reuters dispatch from Stock- Washington that Japan's nary un- -
by a fleet of more than 1000 US west of Grosseto. In all land op- hold said a Finnish peace cabmet I wittingly was caught off besejand
Flying Fortresses and Liberaors and erations, although weather has tin- had already been selected An was as reluctant as ever to eiWM* .IsMI
1200 escorting fighters was the proved, misty conditions are pre- Associated Press Stockheim dis- the U S. Fifth fleet,
greatest of the wal against the venting cross-country movements on
Reich capital It was disclosed a large scale, a communique said,
that some of the fighters as well as The advance toward Ancona,
some of the heavy bombers made ranting next to Venice in port
tlie shuttle ilight between Britain
and the Soviet Union.
While Oermen flycig bombs con-
lacked any knowledtge of a repot-
ed American ultimatum by field
radio to the Cherbourg garrison
H. O Littrell of Denton feels that
many proclamations for Special
Days have been made in Texas and
throughout the Nation in recent
times He has some several boys
with the fighting forces of the
United State* to different fields,
and he suggests that a "Bon’s Day'
be proclaimed during the coming
month There's no question but
that the sons and daughters' are
doing a big part in today's Big
Affairs, and it might be most fit-
ting to give 'em a Day.
1 Plnging heyordtheburning ruins advantage, enemy forces maitained
Force wtNAiPzbmedotnpunishpe theircadvancedown the Hankow-
stepped up its activity, making 1.100 tal of Helsinki after taking more . Fe Lmr mohtnc in " _____
East of the battle area bombing individual plane nights in attack- than 50 additional places, the Sov- and "mdraunt itnK.. SuuhA
was concentrated on the disrupted ing shtpping in Lvorno Harbor let communique added. Ahdnd"SiMkt » n ih. “owEg
' . 1 highway battle area targets and a railyard Meanwhile the Soviet Informa- wiEN“xAKM.w mesaAvo:
network over which the Germans at Ventimiglia on the Italian ticu Bureau in a review on the third 71 onMnuno"XnNVtvin
Riviera. There were no losses anniversary of the German attack * * , .7*“
The communique disclosed that on Russia, said more than 7,800,000 IndiaorEecsuemh
John Gould, who runs the 'Fur- j
thermore and However Column" of
the Wichita Daily Times ol Wichita
Falls, picks up some of 'Round-
abouting in 1896," and shows how
different times are now and then
We naturally, being here at that
time, but taking little heed of pric-
es of thinga, can't help but agree
with John, and one wonders which
times’ were really more enjoyable
and better for tile average person.
But here's what Jonn has to say:
The Denton Record-Chronic Ie's
columnist went back about hull a j
century recently to his newspaper’s |
1896 files and found, among other
things, tills schedule of 1896 prices: '
shelled white corn, 25 cents a bush- 1
el; No 2 wheat, 70 cents a bushel,
hens. $1.75 to $2 per dozen; spring
chickens, $2 to $2.25 per dozen; eggs.
6 cents a dozen; butter, 10 to 15
cents a pound.
A poultryman today would be |
ashamed to look his hens in the |
face if their eggs were bringing ro j
more than 6 cents a dozen. But if I
the Denton edltor had delved fur - I
ther hito 1896 prices, he nuzht have
13 the week was clearig up increased launching grounds in the Pas-de-
49 U. S. Planes Lost
American plane losses in the
Monday battle were 49.
The carrier sunk was listed by * f—
+ Nimitz as the Hwys inks class. The .
I battleship was of the Kongo class,
29,000 tons. 2 v
making the
Truk, southeast of Saipan, with IM
2s i
ji up
enemy troops who have lost Bilk
island off Dutch New Guinea to
Mr and Mrs Homer Green of Den- . -
ton. writing from England, says forces are rported seeking at least
that he has not as yet met any iermporary refuge
soldiers from Denton, but that he 1 On the right a fast-moving coi-
tus met many of the fighting forces : umn speared to a vomit almost as
who have visited in Denton Each /close , to the nonthern coast by
soldier he says, who has been in reaching the Soire, River near the
Denton speaks most highly of the ! village ol .Le Thell., leas than nye
city and the citizenship, and that's > miles enst and slightly souuh of
something that each resident of I Cherbourg
Quettehoug
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matum was made it was rejec’e -- _
and thru Ieut-Men Omar n The mercury mounted to 98 de- ... . „ . . . post came word that American
pnday had —ituG a final attack grees Wednesday afternoon at the tending from France to Germa 8 troops swarming up the Cherbourg
ar —---asam
authority. temperature and lack of moisture oermtteneerdzroadc ed a number of sites. Supreme
on 1e American Mi Tlank, the veretadamnaoncaoc"emnip growersiomhderman Amo aid withenit tedgvnen.
an opptrtunity to comnplece inresh- Aullepannsrwatcnntbnteae Aeinicoinesnadpeenaurched Trom
j yesterday and flew on to Rusa • * ‘ '
used an airbase at Poltava in the i 121h Berlin Raid
Ukraine, 1.500 miles from Lond n. I The rail yesterday was the
i The Allies announced that swe ' Americans' 121h on Berlin It cost
gue on tl'.e east coast and
miles southeast of Cherburg.
Other Advanc
and today. • terms of mi rey’s buy- ■
ing power, because ef changed liv-
ing conditions The husband and
father of those days wno 1ared a
sizable family and saved money on
calculations and tmexpcted re-
placements had to be rushed on
through 1942 and 1943
fighter planes escorting the Bet’in
s' bombers also flew to Russia >
last night Berlin was attacked by knocked down. 23 by the
weather and hot, held out little speedy Mosquitos while Briish and 29 by the bombers guns
promise 'or reliet today to a sun Lanasers hit Ruhr and Khineland ~
drenched Texas. objectives
Three deaths already had been Close upon the Fortress-libera-
WASHINGTON June 22—A"— I
Legislation Intended to cancel out
, the Supreme Court's opinion I nat
the insurance business Ls subject |
। to anto-trust laws held the attention I
। of the House today as Congress '
raced to a summer recess.
Three hours of debate were set I
aside to dipose it the measute with
the prorpec: tiiat hall a dozen de- |
partmental supply bills awaiting I
final action would be sndwkheu |
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reversing its stiu.d of i3 years, tue
Supreme Court held that insurance
is intetstat" counurce
Back rs ot the 1 gislation, a six- ।
line proposal contend it is neces- i
sary to protte: toe rign of states I
to re,, te i.’-uran • unu to block
contici that busies, by a fed-
eral burawrucy Oprent, insist
its ena tm tit will result in trans-
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attends to the heads — Highway
Heaalight
fighter-bombers battered bridges.
it would lie difficult to draw a j
proper comparison between 1896 j
Denton may well be proud It I
light and mdim bombers dropped
down almost to cnnen-mcuth level
to drop their explosive charges, the
Germr.ans were inunediately beset
by n thunderous artillery poudig
supreme command said there was ---
nonndsngonhesenaganstagsihd Fishermen mi
| It appeared, a spokesman said. that m A .
the American drive over the penin- 1 IjlirOlH* S t^OftSl
aula left the enemy insufficient time 1 — - 1 ,Amc
to get the launching sites ready for ^fr(if>rfHl (.rtl bec
operation. I ,
Except for the swift encircling
drive on Cherbourg, there was little
activity elsewhere, although enemy
were madenorthno thenewtd-Enken rdxalonehe Sna River, between
and in, theLke Taslmenoafe 8ke noPPnexir of 5 VUpuri. The -arsupueaanatwoatrhaian
west of Perguria, despite strong other was started 100 miles further ,
resistance. .. 1 north, above Lake Onega, and i
A field dispatch from Corres- cracked Finnish lines east of
pondent Sid Feder said casualties Medvezhegorsk, at the
inflicted upon the Oarmans during tip of the lake
j the past 41 days of the Allied of- 1 The broadcast Russian communi-
. tensive in Italy were estimated un- que saw that in the first day of the
officially at between 80,000 and attack along the Svir more than 200
100.000 killed, wounded and captur- populated places had been occu-
ed More than 27,000 Nazis have pied.
43 U S. tombers and 15 fighters been taken prisoner
1 Forty-nine German fighters were | More Air Activity
fighters | The Mediterranean Air
magn
probably cost $10 and that amount greatest assault since the
would pay a months renteua pref- • _ . . . _
ly nice house it was soih little storming of the beaches ot
lime atter 1896 before I became Normandy—a combined land
price-conscious, so to speak, but I and air attack intended to
remember gening a putental ad- । . i t defenses of the
monition alter paying 75 cents for a CT al K. 1 he a 1 “e/61863 1 1 1
shirt: four-bits was plenty lor fortif ied city of < herbourg.
such a thing. I was told in Die 1896 The attack lagan when waves of
scale of things, the doctor would , Bntish and American planes swept
render obstetr.cal services lor $15 l m with a terriMic aerial barrage
and take his pay in horse-feed; ana 1 lasting so minutes a field dispatch
should be good news to know' that 1 In the center substantial gains
those fine men who have been here were made along the main road
at USO or some other entertain- i from Valognes:
Calais area the:r fourth nammer-
ing in less than 24 hours
1 be daylight blow followad a
night of farfung aenal attacks ex-
threaten to cut Nazi into throe! demaving MOW to Mite of ku«
.Members of the Inter-American segments. , eenominaton,' throuh the window
Eucntion Workshop on the North1 PACIFIC—United States Fifthlor uhe cage
Fleet rinks four Jap ships, damage* tener, and
eight in surprise attack west of "“F deep,
Marianas Monday: no American blow this ba
ships lost.
In this country Rapid wear of the and the last road junction
airplane tires in landings on coral leading to Cherbourg
and hot sand fields exe eu"1 eaily Barfleur, isolating the Germans r,
the northieastern tip of the venin-
sula Other troops coming up from
the south had entered Quettehou, a
the investment for the man of
attributed to the heut this week, 1 tor blow at the Pas-de-Calais area
Lubbock remained the slate's hot in the morning another great fleet
spot yesterday with a maximum re- , roared out ever ine channel in the
The enemy fleet included four or I
more battleships, five or six ear- *
LONDON, June 22—(P—The Red
Army hurled masses of men and counted erutsers and-destrozers.
equipment mto two new drives on
a broad front north of Lake Ladoga
today in an effort to make a quick
end of the war with Pinland, al-
ready reported in the throes of a
goxernment upheaval which may be . —.,— . „
the prelude to a bid for peace. 1 cJanmesn Mpnzch,
Launching of the drives was an- . . f~UP* ...
nounced last night in a Moscow also disclosed that Asiito airstrip on
communique, which also disclosed the invaded Mated which lies only
that Soviet forces advancing from 1 1.500 mile* from Tokyo and the
captured vipur on the Karelian ' Philippines has been made ntdtf
Isthmus south of Lake Ladoga were tar operation. Navy sea beta have
within 20 miles of the border fixed lengthened Aslito's 3,600 foot main —
x8,
patch said the Swedish paper Sven- J „c
ska Dagbladet declared the Finnish Fighting on Saipan 0 2ki
The advance toward Ancona, government crisis had been"defacto Bitter groud fighting, continued pa.
ranking next to Venice in port solved," a phrase interpreted to on Sipan as American Marines and 443
, facing in that coastal sector, was mean that the cabtnet was reform- l infaniry advanced northwardialong 8
Fe,mo oS^5 alrishehmiesstehoew inisticetconditions , ! noose around Japanese forces trap-
Rimini, the eastern anchor of the _ WouA Ciear Kuwa!
so-called Pisa-Florence - Rimini Thenew1RysslanofTensiveswere
line, where the fleeing Germans may la unchedmnthesthird anniversary
44, 0,, „4+1 „4,, +1 of the German invasion ol the Sov-
offer, stirt resistance against the, let Union, and apparently were
1 ’edare . , , aimed at clearing the Murmansk-
Eight h Army troops have also Leningrad Rallway of Fhnish fore-______________
ap roached Nocero Umbra, 14 miles es One ot the thrust* was launch- • fight. James reported Japaneser-
-d -lone he • - Di- htwen sistance weakening
The American* have taken mfa
of the island, mountains of food nhd
—- =p1-. t =t2ed -
Gen. MacArthur's airmen hit *
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ENEMY SUFFERS
I HEAVY DAMAGE
IN BRIEF BLOW
maintain arbitrary and non-com e- ;
titive rates un tire .surance sold in
Southern states. A federal district ;
court sustained a domurrer to the !
indictment on the g’und insurance ,
wis not interstate commerce and
hence was not subject to the unti-
trust laws
ROUND
Correspondent Rembert
tinued droning through English
: skies overnight, the mounting
hopes of corure-slonal le ide s that
the mcess could pet under way at
the end o‘ Ft.lay’ se.ston How
Ion git will last lias not been de-
cidied, but tlie general demand was
for a vacation cm ing after the hist
werk m August
Little more than a bare quorum m
the Senate’s 96 members was aval-
able yesterday and outbound trains
last night and today carried Repb- ’
Heun congressmen to Chicago fo.
tlie national convention of their
pxuty opening Monday.
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FINAL ASSAULT ON CHERBOURG
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"Na" Mid the girl returning from
a date with a navy man. "I don't
know what hta rank wa*. but I
think he vas the chief petting of-
fleer."
compa‛. s to the dptrant ot the
smaller u i?s
Nppropriat’on Bills
Half a de zen approprition bills
competed with the insurance meas-
ure for House attention, but on
are striving to push reinforcements
Over an area of several hundred ,
square miles British and American hr a spirited naval engagement" Germans have been killed or cap-
In connection with the ousting of tured in the three years of fighting. ’ r _ ntt “ cn
the Germans from Elba, light coast- compered with 5,300,000 Russians Four Ships Sunk T
al fores torpedoed three loaded killed, nalssing or captured. | A. C_______8 n.-A a 3
enemy lighter* attempting to evac- German losses totaled 70.000 And -everan Hamaged
uate troops, and possibly sank a tanks, 60,000 airplanes and more ,
fourth. In another engagement a ’han 90,000 pieces of artillery, while
single enemy lighter was sunk. I Russian loeses were 49 000 tanks.
i The Berlin radio said German 30,128 al plane* and 48,000 guns,
troops were evacuated from the . r, .
pending on how,farrbeyond the island of Pianosa, south of Elba. Port WArth Ranl
Russtan,.bor der the bases in at the same time the Ante* setzed ron W orin DdIK
Soviet Union le. EIba.)
Robbed of
corting bombers to Berlin and tar- creased artuleny and mortar fire
gets farther east in Germany. I Na
War at Glance
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ing the German fort: ' most o' them there remained only i
amount wouldn't cover the hicident-। American Doubhbevs of Lieut - the formality of agreeing com-
als that die has acquired in half | Gen Omar N Bradley drawn up in promise, worked out by Senate-
a century. By the tune the expen- | positicn tensely waiting the effect House committees A war contract . . . , ..
ditures for the car, electric lights, of these blows,’ then swept foiward. termtnacot bill already passed by nas nit Cherbourg from the land while the fleet hita by sea as German force, take their last gwp on the
movies, gas, telephone and various They last were reported hammering both branches was in the same penlasiua NEA Telemap i
household gadgets had been met, at Fort Du Roule only about 1.500 status ——
nothi K would be left for food. 1 yards south of the military port. Disposed of in a burst of speed 1 • i
| farther away to southwest ’ tion 5214) legislation to extend w..r American Bombers Found German Allies Advance
The latest headquarters an- time price wage and rent controls j
nouncemens showed that the ccn- for an additional year, until June D.I,+ C..c+ A San. D..l:m om Q+L... C+l:1., :m I+ol.r
centric attack had virtually svu jo 1945; and a measir hat would hOCKet UOast. ATtcr Criin anil Uther Ucddly In IUaIy
the German garipon into three seg- have given members of the Women's ! - -
Bradlev's troops cnpxured St WASPS, millanry 218 Areas Blasted as Planes Fly to Russia Despite Weather
Pierre Eglise 8 1-2 miles east of Army Air Forces - I
Tlie supply bills and ile price
srppuNIr 11 f' A I u 11 i A 11 Tlie legislation is tlie outgrow t,i
P- nTo, m, Ai/of a case involving federal action
ALLIED EXPEDI-1 avainst 198 inisarrnce cuirxanies
accused of conspiracy to fix and
*
Mustangs provided constant cov-
i ... ... er for the bombers during the flight
| SUPREME HEADQUARTERS Al- i and shot down five enemy planes,
.... .......: lled. Expeditionary. Rorce. June s the communique said. Tlie domb
se==a =
parent oen. fradley was atriking Porh a warning th. Allied
with vigor to round up n commander-in-chier told the rsher-
garisonaon th. two prong, of the men of Denmark Norway. Hoand,
With reports from th. front lag- Belgtum..and. France.to,stay,in
ginng far behind developments, th. por un AA.P m.June 20tgThis
supreme command conceded that wasthegecond sevenrday extengion
of th. original supreme command
FINAL ASSAULT, Page 8) 1 warning to fishermen. . /
P, American Fortresses
/ ........=
War Map
202
English Channel ii:
SUPREME HEADQUAR-
TERS Allied Expeditienary
Force, June 22—1P—A ll< et of
light and medium bombers car-
ried out a crushing offenshe in
support of .American troops
hammering into t herbourg to-
day. while big forces of .Ameri-
can heavy bombers plowing
through Tlak barrages attacked
Pas-de-Calais rocket-bomb in-
stallations. Marauders, Havocs
and Thunderbolts swooped down
to within 10. feet of Germ.an
cannon to drive home the clos-
est support yet given Gen.
Knock Out Finns
this assault n which fer of nsu.unc busness to big
sible for the construction of the [
Denison Dam and it* lake, will be
a featured speaker on the dedica-
tory program, according to an an-
nouncement by the U S. Army ,
Engineer Corps, Denison District. ,
under whose supervision the $54,-
000.000 project was constructed ’Ilie
dedication ceremonies will take
place the moming of July 1 in
—
lioza '
r --
Associated Press Leased Wire TWELVE Pi
I
__
. HARBOR. June 22-(
ed State. Fifth Fieet,
, and possibly five Japanes
damaged nine or M in i
•rate. Be calm, or 111
ank and us to kingdom
That the enemy fleet was stl 88 I
avoiding battle as late as yesterday
; (U. S. time) was reported hr AP
5. Seine Bay
Q u i ne* il le ddsi
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