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A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Weather Fair. 38TH YEAR, NO. 31—^^ PAGES rxiTBD rRB»a Wl»» Kfwa Sarrtca WILKES-BARRE PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 1944 PRICE TEN CENTg YANKS SMASH LAST LIN OF GERMANS BEFORE ROME False story Of Invasion Arouses II.S. story Sent by Associated Press; Blame New Girl In London Office New York, June 8 (UP)—A filse announcement b.v the AisocU sled Presa that the European inva¬ sion had started flooded newspaper offlcei and radio atationa all over the nation «^th telephone calli late today. The announcement waa credited hv the AP to Gen. Dwifht D. Eisenhower's headquartera and aaid "Risenhower'i headquarters an¬ nounce Allird landing* in France." This wai followed in a few minutea hy sn order to withhold it from publication and later by • manda¬ tory kill, a phraae used on presa Rssnclation wirai to make certain thnt a diapatch is not published. Meantime, however. the an¬ nouncement was broadcast on the Columbia Network, the announcer Interruptinit tht runninir of the Belmont Stakes to read the new*. Prayer at Palo ttraunda At the ainnti-Plrates ball game st the Polo Ground*, the false an¬ nouncement waa read and the crowd stood and offered a minute'i iTsyer. The New York Slate Racing '"oinmission wai about to cancel the! lost two races at Belmont track: when it learned that the dispatch | was in error. Officials at the track I decided to check the "flash" before| reading It over the loud ipeaker| Kvstem to the 34.23.1 fan* and a*[ a result did not read it at all. i The National Broadcasting Com-j pany and the Mutual Broadcasting .System carried the announcement nn part of its network and like the roiumhia immediately withdrew It. The Blue Network also broadcast, the announcement arjd then killed Angel af Mercy in Khaki on a Distant Beach While a murderoua flrc fl-om enemy plUboxei and machine gun neata atrafea the water, a flrat aid worker clean* and dresaea the wound of flghter who ha* dropped on the weat aand. Other Per Ita relief from hmi Wy*- Mblg VaUejr om Ouuik nwoMi •f eeel air mavtag la Iron* the ¦erth. The eoal we*ther will pre- T«ll moat •( tlM week. men In the unit keep head* low to avoid being hit by enemy flre on Wakde. TRANSPORTATION :idF NATION FACES- THREAT OF STRIKE Affects 250,000 As Calm Period on Labor Front Ends By IMTED PREM The first comparative cslm period In weeks nn the labnr front ro " " by new Vicious Jap Attack Smashed on Biak Island Find 100 Suicide Bodies in Caves; Landings Unopposed on Nearby Islands; Lone Liberator Kills 500 on Woleal By DO.N CASWELL Allied Headquariers. Southweit Pacific, Sunday, Jun* 4 (UP)—Veteran American 0th Army troops smashed a vicioui Japanese counter-attack on Bisk Island Thursday, killing 81 enemy loldier* In the neweat out¬ break of heavy fighting, while U. 8. troops mopping up enemy-held areas overlooking Mokmer Airfield found 100 dead Japaneae In mountain cave.'-, it wa* announced today. A spokesman for Gen. Douglas MacArthur diclared that the Japonaee found in the mountain cavei> sur- t rounding the .Mokmer Ridge posi-; \'/,,,, D^ula i tttmwmt Ij« Naclon Bueno* Aire* new*.|»'«» disturbed Saturday by new tions which dominated coaatal ap-' i^ VIV fVrUV lyrurfl paper, blew it* liren to announce »•!'«'>"»'«»"''* "^¦^'"¦.*"¦"".J''.""! Peaches to the airfield •apparently, American WoU the invasion on the baai* of the'- the latter so seriou* that it had committed suicide." .fantVI IVUfirruy AP n««h (might cripple the nationa highway; .«..,,. ' «L-^xii . 1. tranaportation .y.tem. j »^<« »" ^'•'••y »»'•"•«• It w^s the Mcond tim* La Naclon' At Chicago the Central States' MacArthur* cAmmunique reporl- u was ine seconn lime L.a .-MBCion •¦ rnimcll annnnnce.l that •<! further expansion of Amer can has sounded ts airen to announce Url\era *-°"nf'' ¦""""""".'""; nn^iiion, in the <»choiii.n I.Unri. errnn»niiiilv nn thr bajiis of an AP 2.10 locals of the International posltion.i in tne suiouten islands erroneously, on the »«»!» of «" AP Brotherhood of Teamsters .AFLM°ff nujch New Guinea with unop- mvasion nao ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^_^ .Iune;Pose<l landings on Tiny 0\\ I and dispatch, that the stsrted. Th* first time was on Mo*cow, June S. (UP)—The night before the arrival of "acorea" of United State* Flying Fort- res* *huttle liomber* In Ru*ala several hundred American and May 12 The false newi also wo* broad-,f"^ east over radio stations in Santiago, would hold a strike vote on .lune; i""<^" 'niii<,i,f.r. un . in.v v»,,i .nu -.....-. ...... 10 and 11. If a walkout is decided "'oendi Islets snd in the Padeaido Russian ground crews gathered 40 000 teamstera wnuld leave! icoup off the southeastern coast of in an improvised theater to at- their trucks. Such action would affect 2.'M),000 men. Biak. Allied planes and destroyers sup- tend a Russian USO concert. At one point the Americana' and naval bombardment of thej struck Mokmer area. Naval units sank ported ground operations with air i enthusia.sm was so great that the ' men whistled in approval. The Russians were taken aback for in Russia whistling in the thea¬ ter i* regarded as a diaapproval. There was a moment of embar¬ rassment and then a Ruaaian gen- Chile and Havana The Associated Pre** New York'Tank Plant Stopped Offlce ,,|d the newa came from j^^^^ disputes Bgain f n«h w.r. .^III',*.mi..^nn Irr"«r 'I Detroit. Thr Ford Mntor Company three troop-laden barges along the f Irfh.y ..Z.imlnr w.. t".i^^i..,i «n>"""<ced that IU Uncoln plant's coast east of Bosnek, the corn- further statement waa promlaed ,^^^ ^^^^.^^ diviaions waa ahut. munique said. The Associated Pres. later car- h*""" ''«<^»"»' "' " ''"^'< °'„"'*: Fifteen enemv planes made the, ,„, . „„.j ,„ ,,,. .,„,. .„..-.. inr ABsociaiea i-res* laier car- ... ri».iiltin» frnm a walkout _. . i- .- . .i. oj-i eral leaped to the stage and ex- ^j^y'd'Ae"""'"'"""'""""'''-loVio^uXi^'Xa^rbiie" xroirrirrar^^v;Cwh7n'^•ht^t ^^''^^':^tv::^^z^''\v ^¦¦A milke by an inexperienced J^^^.-.^^^JO' -.-J^-, '/rXst'eS l.^^h"' '1' *"'*'* "-^.^""i' ^'T P--I VhV pe^f^^'er "rSt'urn'e'd Its wires todav an erroneous flash I Tank motor ptoduction was re-, probably destroyed. 1 ~ .. ^ announcing that Oeneral Eisen- «'"n»<l "t the ContinenUl Motor I Meanwhile, a single Liberator BABY BOY WEIGHS howers headquartera had an-|Company plant after a brief tlcup hon^^er of the South Pacific Air' , oniiairvc »T DIDTU (Continued on Page A-IO) (Continued on Page A-10) Force achieved an ouUtanding lone Zl POUNDS AI DinTn The Invdsion Is Nowhere Near/ Coebbels Is Telling Germans Now triumph over Japanese defenders i lof Woleal laland In the Carolines Warning Flashed City as Americans Swarm Ahead Told by Alexander To Help Beat Nazis And Save Capital; Americans in Siglit Of Ancient Spires By ROBEBT VER>IILUON t'nitrd Preaa War Cerreapondeat Allied Headquarters, Naples June 3 (UP)—American tanka and riflemen .swarmed through the last German defenses 10 miles below Rome tonight and the Allied high command ria.shed a radio warning to the Romans that the capture of the Eternal City is imminent. The Nazis lines were riddled at a number of vital points on the northern rim of the Alban Hills and front dis. patches twid the American armored columns were herd¬ ing the retreating enemv be- fore them on the last lap of the long and bloody road to Rome. The spire* of Rome were in full view, and the Americans appeared on the verge of breaking thetr armored power out onto the roUlns Roman plalna. " A* the Yankee armor awung f( the knockout. Gen. Sir Harold l_ L. G. Alexander* headquarter* broadcaat a apecial message to tba people of Roma declaring that their city wo* about to be taken and calling upon fhem to prevent th* fleeing Xaii* from putting It to th* torch. "Allied armiea are approaehlna Rome." the broadcaat *ald. "TiH Hberatinn of the Eternal City is near. Vou rlUiena of Rome muat bo united to preaerve your elty from deatruoUon and to defeat nur eommon enemiea — the Ger¬ mana and raaelata." The Romans were inatructed ts «»t;»n *n«mv '.."naon, ounaay, june « lur-i— Pf'vent Nazi sappers from mining iKve morel?-'""'' *•"'**' A'"??, warplane* gave,'_n«_^'Jy.^^^f inform the first Allied i 'Nuisance Raid/ Say Nazis As 4M0 Planes Hit Coast Its : Nazi Attacks in Romania Broken with Heavy Loss Road Transport Attack Most Successful Yet; 8,000 Tons of Bombs Batter Invasion Strip London, June S 'UP)-Red Army I plementary communique aaid 90 By WALTER CRONKITE forces hurled bark strong German fighter-eacorted German bombera Lnlted Preaa War C'ArreaiMndent atucks north and northeaat of the attempted to raid the Soviet lines "^ ^"^ "" terreapendent ancient Somanian city of Iaal at dawn Saturday. Seven enemy _'-'*"''°';' S""?^"*' J""* * '^P' (Jai«y> today for the flflh con- plane* were downed. Five more 15."'".'' l;*^ .A'"!;?. ""7'*"" «»^'I ,n,„ui.rf, .„ V.'.^'h' .u"" "¦".'"i Mcutive day, Moscow announced Xaii plane* were deatroyed in an •^•" *» antic Wall '"^1^,''?"°"' wheVe mhJea h«v^^.» "'"'¦J tonight. The assaults were car-1attempted attack on Soviet mill- »"'' ""''^"'¦>' road and rail tr^"•- ry'J"-'^L"",fj"« '^t" ?°^"' «^^^ ried out by large forcea of tank] tary objective* In th* Gulf of P"'' '" Franc* and Belgium their aih.*,*^'H,* "'T"'-"'^'*'^r for a swift and infantry, the broadcaat Moacow N^Jva i worst pa.sting yesterday. Nearly *"'•<« drive through Rome, operational bulletin announced. (--Brisk patrol fighting waii report- 1;<^ American heavy bombera and "Rome la voura. Your dutv I. A aupplement to the Moscow ed from the Stanislawow and "«"^*rs paced that aasault with a «„ ..ve the rlt> Our dutv I. thi! midnight communique aald the Vitebak fronU. I L*!". """.'"i T France* Pa* de deatruetlon of theXmv Nails were suffering alaggering The bulletin aaid that according ™'»'.'' «"<'°°"'°«"« »reas, the aec-j "Clllaen* of Bome tiirw.r. loasea on the lasi front. One Red | to verified figrurea, 48 German <""•'" 'wo day*. I your InatrucWon*. Tlie future of Armv unit alone annihilated a bat-itank* and 24 plane* were destroyed^ (Early today, the German radioj Romr I* In vour hands" tallon of German Infantry and in Friday'* fiiThling, making a. said Allied "nuisance" raider* were knocked out 17 enemy tanlca and total of 214 tank* deatroyed and over western Germany, approach-! The Allied announcer said he 23n plane* ahot down *ince the Nazi' ing the aouthwestern Reich, the spoke fnr bnth Alexander and attack* atarted Tueaday, breaking| FCC reported.i [Italian Premier Marshal Pietro a aix-week lull on the main sectors More than 2,000 American and, Badoglio. aelf-repelled guns, the aupplement ¦aid. Captured Nazis were quoted that in the German-Romanian 103rd Motoriied Regiment some eom- aniea had lost all but 10 or IS men in the flve-day battle. Savage air figrhting continued over the battle ares, and the aup- of the Ruasian front. The Bulletin aald there were no Important change* on other aec¬ tiona of the front and aaid that on all fronta Friday Soviet forcea de¬ stroyed a total of 37 planea. PREMIER SEES CHANCE TO UHiTE YUGOSLAVS London, June t. (UP)—New Yugoalav Premier Dr. Ivan Suba- WLB IMPOSES FIRST FINANCIAL PENALTY ON PLANT WORKERS ^ .aid tonight he -.-ed,,.here .vT^tllS^'^o^nmUi^ recalcitrant war .. , _ui—.i... «» ... i.....i.._ Brilish fighters and fighter-bomb-| A* he spoke. American troop* ers swept over hundreds of square stormed into Lanuvio. by-pn*sed mile* of occupied territory, bring- German atrnnghold at the foot of Ing railway right-of-ways, highway jthe Alban Hilla, and Labico. two bridges, radio station*, fuel dumps, j nille* northwest of fallen Valmon* airfields, warehouses, military con- tone on the Via Casilina. voys and lone German diapatch Oerman* In South Cut Off rider* under their rocket, cannon American and Canadian troop* and machine gun flre. aimultaneouaiy effected a juncture The air ministry aaid the attacks | on the Via Casilina. clearing the on road transport were "among the | enemy from that historic highway most comprehensive and successful all the way from Caaaino to beyond yet attempted" and disclosed that | Valmontone. The juncture cut off British planes_ were completely any Germans remaining south of the road and threatened the re- By. JOSEPH W. ORIUO London, June S (UPP)—The Ber¬ lin radio tonight began kroadcosl- ing reports that 'the invasion is nowhere near." Meanwhile continental dispatches aaid the Nazis were strengthening their fortifications along the Span- daya before Whitsunday last week waa a good chance of establishing ,,jg, penalties on a united front in Yugo*lavia and' j^^jj^ worker* fo for the first time. essential objective of pre-invaaion per.uading resistance movements!f^^jhi banned retroactive applica- '"'="'^«' /. !V.. to aet aaide their differences and ^.^^^ ^, ^g^, adjustment 1 Hammer (ooat Twice work together for the country »_^g^.j,jj ,, j^^l machinist* at San j "While fighters and fighter bomb- treat of those north of it. Pouring through the breachea and fanning out to right and left, Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clarks dough- boya virtually completed their eon¬ queat of the Colli Laziali Ranee, er. ataged the greatest Nazi hunt j „f ^.^.^^ the Alban Hill* ar* Sti _. . , .. ,. , , Clairfield. Tenn., June S. (UP)— Thursday in a bombing and strafing!^ 21-pound baby bov. believed to attack which took a casualty toll I ^e the fifth largest baby in medi- of an eatimated 500 Japanese. |p,i history, was born here today to The apokesman laid the bomberi Mr. and Mra. D. Marion Teague. roared in over Woleai at a low alti-1 p^. . H. Rogera, attending phyai- ..... , . tude and surprised 2.000 enemy per-1 j,ig„ ,„i^ ^^e babv and mother'* but claimed that it was "called off,""""*' working on the airfield. He j jj ,, •satiafactory" afler a . ri.nrM»nHifivp from Yugoaiav "°" """ """"'¦--"¦""¦"» ""i"''- ""»¦-J^ '^"" ....,..., by Roosevelt." However, according ¦''«''' an eslimated 200 were killed ^im^^n d^H-ery. Mrs. Teague, who .p.ru.Pn'^X Marshal 'TIS has between the nlernationa Associa- Fortresses and Liberators twice .ortheast-of Rome on the laka •( to Stockholm reports, the German;'"'' 300 wounded.. Olher Liber- ^.^jghs nearly 200 pounds, i* 21|w"r„ed In an exclusive interview '*"" °f Machin.sU (AFL. and 104 hammered the French invasion ^^e ,ame name, waa reported la pre.,s was warning the Vople thai" or", <-«rricd out raid* on Truk. ,.,g?, ^.^ Her husbSnd. described'Jhit unless uni^vT established Sa^^ front dispatch from Reynolda •exceptional circnmstance." mayi>>'""'" »nd Puluwat in the Caro- ;, a^^ium-slzed coal miner, is'clv" war wil sweep the nation the IAM s refusal to permit its period under an estimated 8.000 paekard of the United Pre., wh* - •¦ ¦ "--- -- '^'--—- . ^. -- » "v" war will 1 ,,^ „„™i,-,..^..h>n,... .„ wnrU tnn. nf homh. .! said 'German oppoailion sUrted tO bombers ..rumble and the Fifth Army took lllMration. .u„,,w'Francisco'wilh their employer* _ „,.^. „... Subasc who will leave ahortly ,j,^ ,; ^.^^ ^^j^ ,„ connec-'since the pre-invasion blitz opened' ""."V-" }"'"'""' ^°''_??i:L'-°.°F!". ":55l!"*v?.l.*,fll tion with the iong-atanding di.pute nearly two months ago. U.S. Flying !''7h^''^'\^,V,^^f j;,„, twice IS mllaa cause a stoppage of all private tele- ""'""' cn Thursday and Fridn.v, the j.i. The baby is the couple's firati'MIke a great tidal wave, uncon graph traffjc. i commujnique reported. ehild. trollable leaving only chaos Here in Britain. Supreme Allied Bomb Other lalanda D. Eisenhower sent a message to nrea, Allied War Snnmiary ia^id. of Engineer f.on"h1asUrn!l"^"'^ Commander Gen. D>vighl Throughout the Southwest Pacific f?ont to F^rare to "Ipair bomb^^ wi::^"?,^^'''"J^.n *"l"' '"""""' "'"'^l* "' ihattered rail lines leading up to tf ^^^VJ^ " In' h?v- .1"? "1 '"''"«!"'? f"'''''' th. weatern Invasion front I'""^ aaying. In the Netherlands East Indies air- the weitern Invasion front. | „j^,^,^^ ;„ j,,^ history of the drome* on Amhoina, former great ,. , „ -,.,„.„ h,,,„„ ,(„, v. Apparenlly fearing German, United Nations haa it been more Dutch naval base, Boeroe and <A^'"„'!. Jl"T!r.i.^,he gI" mani I 4.000 member-machinists to work tons of bombs more than 48 houra In those shops. | Joining the heavy Public, industry and labor mem- assault blasting gaps for Allied in- overdomination of the approaeke* ber* of the WX.B voted unanimously Y"*'"",, armies in Field Maraha ^g Rome." on the new formula to epforce com- "f" „ "f"' 7" h^nT.!rf?'«f Slm'-'h I Knwnr *>««~ "'•* piiance with orders of the San I def*nae«. w*re hundreds of British ' „..,„.« m a. . u . . T .. I Francisco regional WLB and the «nd American medium and "«ht Despite the neornea. ef tt* The Americans slugged through can bring in reinforcement*. Land- national board requiring the union bombers J a,S1v i.T.V.H ^n n^H.r nf »h« ings were made on nearby islands , ^^J^ ,t, restriction on overtime In a 24-hnur period from Just Army Issued an order of the ipire* and force, on New Guinea con- -„r-|i"pendiAi"negotiation of a new ^rlZ^lA^^'t^lf'^^lLl^'K l.'^'tuZX^^^ timaled that lome 4.500 Have an Explanation Berlin offered thhe explanation thnt "D-Day" wai fixed for a few 'n Today'a laaue < lasslfled B—11 Editorial C—» J'nvlea B—« g<»«^«l A—14 Sl^rt* B-l "^••» B-10 Outdoor ...,„., Japa are far from ending their of¬ fensive efforts in that area. Reporta from the Russian front told of German attacka that were beaten oft in Romania and the ac¬ tivity of the Russian air forcea Joseph Goebbel* radio expeits, who Special Invasion Paeka Far behind the Biak Lsland front.' General Alexander flashed a nart bren predicting the drive into it «hs revealed that thousands of Australian forces pushing north- warning by radio lo the people Europe would come any day. sud- portable packs, each containing i ward along the British New Guinea of Rome, telling them to unite to denly switched tactics anrt aaid It sufflcient aupplies to last 30 men!coast .speeded their progress to- save their cilv and to defeat the would not come for aome time. 21 daya were being diatributed to ward Hanaa Bay and Wewak by Germans and Fascists. unlU of the Allied Expeditionary lending on Karkar Island off Cape Force. The packs weigh 80 pounds Crolsilles. The record pounding of Europe and contain cigarets. tobacco. ¦ I continued at its peak of intensity. matches, ahoestrings, letter cards. •'RO-XAZI BILOAR LEADER j The coast was hammered and auch • toothpaate. shaving and toilet soap I RKPORTED KILLED IX RAID attention was paid highway trans- seemed to be on the increase, land razor blades. II was explained ] London, June 3 -(UPi Dr. Alex-] portation that it was ealled Ihel 'the packs would maintain the I ander-.Slanichef. key pro-Nazi flg-1 most succes.<iful yel._ Fliers camel There were great potentialit;es in Itroops until post exchange.* rnd canteens arc established on the ; continent. I Over the Dover .Htraits the [weather today was clesr siid a slight breeze rippi'd a smooth lea. 'visibility wa* good. -e, Uu.d to fight up the coaat. jconir-^^_^_^ ^ ^^^ ^^^ ppratiacked-TrancVW-Bei: : - -d dealroy the wlthdr.^ In Burma the nel w*. elo»»<' w-.-d-. normal oolicv of referring B'"ni. enemy, about MVit^yina. In C..-;:..-. -•.mw S"?,;^,^",';:^:::;^^'^?"^^^^ "jS The.Ps, de Calais and Boulogne "Rome will com. .fterward," can fliera lent their '^'d '<> ""f u was understood that the princi- »r«^'" «"* hit hoth in the morn- t-'rj,"- • - he Japanese ""v* '" ""»" P™.*' pal reason for the departure was mg and afternoon by the big planes .„^^'ca^''h»5"'S'riven *i bin ince. but it was -nduated that ili^e hat the board was reiuctan^ to w ose bomb, were heaH clearly An-'oT-Roln^ >?.ir:ot^ero.J^ Imln \^M». m.rUeH an .Imo.t i.ninterninted .¦SO but it was presumed to be on th* 10 marked an almost uninterrupted .10 .. , - , .w. »¦.. um. day. of aasault on the Invaaion "orthern slope of the Alban HIIUl ,. _ .TBuA'v K*i-B<n nno.f Earlicr. the capture of 2,u00-fo<lt l.s. AIRMAN SA\ED ^°"'"- , . . iMt. Casleilaeio. on the northern A dispatch received by the.One Fighter I.*«t nm of the hiUs and 17 miles south- United Press in New York Salur-1 The 1,000-plane U.S. armada lo.st east of the capital, waa announced, day from Democratic Yugasiavia, one fighter. Three other fighters iCBS Correspondent Eric Sava- news agenry of Gen. Draja Mikhail- and three attack bombera were lost reid reported that Fifth Army ovitch, said that three Anierican in the widespread tactical aweep forces swinging around to the north airmen parachuting from their over France and Belgium. and east of the hills atruck with Th* might\ U.S. Sth Air Force such fone tliat "German unlta wera ure in the new Bulgarian cabinet, over also from bases in Italy. |the start of shuttle raids vrith one Yuaoalav viUaee of was renortert tndnv tn have heeni of aeriea of bsse. in Russia. Every plana near tne lugoaiav Muag* or killed in an Allied air raid on Sofia On Biak Island the Japanese bit of German territory Is now in Stand on May T had been reacued,assault followed a 3,00fl.ton RAF ..haltered apart." in the mlrt,tnfrtinlLs ic msneu- fought OS thev did on Guadalcanal'eaay range. ' Tbe Japanese also by Oen. MIkhailovitch a force.'nighi attack on the French in- German. Stunned vera which mlrhfhax^ hurled Bul- but thsre will be no repetition of iwere given eaue* for worry ai the, after German machine-gun flre voaion coast, on the great Trappes .Ive never before aeen *o raaay g«ria into ««r «»alnst Russia on that terrific itruggla against oddsj American-Ruiaian oo-op*ratiou ao, from th* gnmnd had kill*d twojfrelg'it a*»embly yards on the out- dead German, along the road MT fhe .idS of Gen^IHy. ibecau*. thi* tim. th* American*!ohvl,u*ly lncrea«Nl other* I (Continued on Pa«e A-10) I (Continued en >*«• A-10)
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Date | 1944-06-04 |
Month | 06 |
Day | 04 |
Year | 1944 |
Issue | 31 |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Coverage | United States, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, Wilkes-Barre |
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
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Date | 1944-06-04 |
Month | 06 |
Day | 04 |
Year | 1944 |
Issue | 31 |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Coverage | United States, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, Wilkes-Barre |
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A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
The Weather
Fair.
38TH YEAR, NO. 31—^^ PAGES
rxiTBD rRB»a
Wl»» Kfwa Sarrtca
WILKES-BARRE PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 1944
PRICE TEN CENTg
YANKS SMASH LAST LIN
OF GERMANS BEFORE ROME
False story Of Invasion Arouses II.S.
story Sent by Associated Press;
Blame New Girl In London Office
New York, June 8 (UP)—A filse announcement b.v the AisocU sled Presa that the European inva¬ sion had started flooded newspaper offlcei and radio atationa all over the nation «^th telephone calli late today.
The announcement waa credited hv the AP to Gen. Dwifht D. Eisenhower's headquartera and aaid "Risenhower'i headquarters an¬ nounce Allird landing* in France." This wai followed in a few minutea hy sn order to withhold it from publication and later by • manda¬ tory kill, a phraae used on presa Rssnclation wirai to make certain thnt a diapatch is not published.
Meantime, however. the an¬ nouncement was broadcast on the Columbia Network, the announcer Interruptinit tht runninir of the Belmont Stakes to read the new*. Prayer at Palo ttraunda
At the ainnti-Plrates ball game st the Polo Ground*, the false an¬ nouncement waa read and the crowd stood and offered a minute'i iTsyer.
The New York Slate Racing '"oinmission wai about to cancel the! lost two races at Belmont track: when it learned that the dispatch | was in error. Officials at the track I decided to check the "flash" before| reading It over the loud ipeaker| Kvstem to the 34.23.1 fan* and a*[ a result did not read it at all. i
The National Broadcasting Com-j pany and the Mutual Broadcasting .System carried the announcement nn part of its network and like the roiumhia immediately withdrew It. The Blue Network also broadcast, the announcement arjd then killed
Angel af Mercy in Khaki on a Distant Beach
While a murderoua flrc fl-om enemy plUboxei and machine gun neata atrafea the water, a flrat
aid worker clean* and dresaea the wound of flghter who ha* dropped on the weat aand. Other
Per Ita relief from hmi Wy*- Mblg VaUejr om Ouuik nwoMi •f eeel air mavtag la Iron* the ¦erth. The eoal we*ther will pre- T«ll moat •( tlM week.
men In the unit keep head* low to avoid being hit by enemy flre on Wakde.
TRANSPORTATION :idF NATION FACES- THREAT OF STRIKE
Affects 250,000 As Calm Period on Labor Front Ends
By IMTED PREM
The first comparative cslm period In weeks nn the labnr front ro " " by new
Vicious Jap Attack Smashed on Biak Island
Find 100 Suicide Bodies in Caves; Landings Unopposed on Nearby Islands; Lone Liberator Kills 500 on Woleal
By DO.N CASWELL
Allied Headquariers. Southweit Pacific, Sunday, Jun* 4 (UP)—Veteran American 0th Army troops smashed a vicioui Japanese counter-attack on Bisk Island Thursday, killing 81 enemy loldier* In the neweat out¬ break of heavy fighting, while U. 8. troops mopping up enemy-held areas overlooking Mokmer Airfield found 100 dead Japaneae In mountain cave.'-, it wa* announced today.
A spokesman for Gen. Douglas MacArthur diclared that the Japonaee found in the mountain cavei> sur-
t rounding the .Mokmer Ridge posi-; \'/,,,, D^ula i tttmwmt
Ij« Naclon Bueno* Aire* new*.|»'«» disturbed Saturday by new tions which dominated coaatal ap-' i^ VIV fVrUV lyrurfl paper, blew it* liren to announce »•!'«'>"»'«»"''* "^¦^'"¦.*"¦"".J''.""! Peaches to the airfield •apparently, American WoU the invasion on the baai* of the'- the latter so seriou* that it had committed suicide." .fantVI IVUfirruy
AP n««h (might cripple the nationa highway; .«..,,. '
«L-^xii . 1. tranaportation .y.tem. j »^<« »" ^'•'••y »»'•"•«•
It w^s the Mcond tim* La Naclon' At Chicago the Central States' MacArthur* cAmmunique reporl-
u was ine seconn lime L.a .-MBCion •¦ rnimcll annnnnce.l that •""" |
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