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PAILY JOUENAL-ferAZETTE ItFHThJTj 7 w- 1 -J nesday fair and slightly warmer. JJ TM Sit5aUl Year No 117 MATTOON, ILLINOIS, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1944 iBnuww pric 5 Cent fishlngton Tne weinenanas minister nations wouia noi accept i Vr tha Mr, fniic 1 l. I I I oomuwuu" fltate Secretary nuu repuea I vaoorous words mas au na- uld be equal In their "sov- tett Ire ft, til tr." I II II II I I I I II I I II I I II I I 111 world 'had been wandering In words, stretching them, na them, for a decade up Dili war. Streams of words pour- n.tha couK the mi bad such things as "technoc- i man wrote a dook aooui now mit-saivM with words. -pv deceive Z.

be wrote it from the stand- llht of how other people could be BOND DRIVE InvashnBetwhesAliveWithmm ALLIES STORM NORTH FRANCE iWlved With It was Stuart Uue, the New Deal economist, he dug out of obscurity a new Confident Allied Troops PRESIDENT TO LEAD NATION IN PRAYER SPURRED BY WITH NATION IN BY AIR AND SEA TO OPEN Lrf for his idea, "semantics." n. warned his fellow radicals Limd calling such things as the BY CLARK LEE (I. N. S. Staff Correspondent) With U.

S. Invasion Forces at the English Channel Allied troops boarded invasion boats for" the INVASION D-DAY PRAYERS BATTLE OF LIBERATION the all-important task of making the first breach In one sector of the steel and concrete explosive wall that Hitler has thrown around his enslaved countries. Their Job is to die on the beaches tjutioo-lnsurance-spending scheme rftbe Nw Deal by any right name. ml I thins ne ongiimujr uoucu Pens Petition to Americans Bow Be smash into Hitler Europe early to' day filled with confidence and eag- or In charging the wall if necessary, aTl 1 IITI A 1 Fifth War. Loan Gets Early Boom as Result of D-Day er to get on, with the Job ahead, -f but at all costs' to blast holes fore AlmiljhtV God TVtrA urge nn hravo fin in haIaa VlTVMlfTrl vrViWVt rtW rTtrn rr fnAs tian There was no bravado, through which following forces no notice can nanlly," wWcn, uko most uwicr vjuu line AlUIlt; un have in name only Historic Night I im not trying to be a phllos.

as Invasion Starts Success at Least in Initial Stages Indicated; Fate of Generations to Gomein Balance; Leaders Are Confident, BY J. C. OESTREICHER, (International News Service Staff Correspondent) A new and climactic page ifi the war-ravaged, history of the world was written today Mattoon bowed in prayer today for the safety of American and Allied armed forces and the success of their, invasion of Hitler-domlnat- pour for eventual destruction of and liberation of Europe. BY JOSEPH WILLICOMBE JR. (I.

N. S. Staff Correspondent) A Glider Troop Station in EnglandAllied air-borne units today struck the first 'invasion blow against Adolf Hitler's fortress Spurred by the launching of the Invasion of western Europe, Mat-toon's Fifth War Loan Drive, originally scheduled for Monday, June 12, was klcked-off today In order that the home front might better back the fighters in the field of gpber, only to tell you the dlffl- BY ROBERT G. NIXON flHy confronting me In attempting (I. N.

S. SUff Correspondent) to transfer to you the news behind Washington President Roosevelt tH news. Here Is the Dutch mln- sat alone in his study writing a iter who says he will not take -prayer for the safety of the tens tolnstion by greater powers. We of thousands of America's fighting a know he always has. men after he received the flash this The financial and whole economie morning that the invasion of Vrnnr Vtast Vwicnin cu aurope.

Union prayer services, sponsored when American, British and Allied troops able tension and no visible These were Just a bunch of American youngsters who wanted to get their Job over with as quickly as possible. They knew where they were going and why. After months of rigorous training, they felt as ready as they would ever be for what they knew would be a dangerous and bloody task from which many would not return and from which others would come back blind, limbless and shocked. But for most of them, this was their first battle and such thoughts by the Mattoon Ministerial Asso- stormed into northern France by air and sea elation, were held In the First ir Methodist church at 10:30 o'clock and launched the great battle for liberation Giving a tremendous lift to the Jftof his country always aepenaea Attacking In the early hours of Prayer at 9 O'clock. start of the D-Day bond drive was si the greater powers, and I mean the morning from England, a giant this morning and several hundred Jzi ElirOPC armada of glider-towing planes persons attended.

ix. ilnyj, because history will not re moved in overwhelming strength to- Early this morning members of ruui ytScllB II fill UltJ Uty Wlc VJCIlliailo This was disclosed today when the purchase of $60,000 worth of the White House announced that bonds by J. T. Smith, manager of the chief executive, at 9 o'clock the local Montgomery Ward Co. C.

W. T. tonight will read his store. Mr, Smith was authorized by prayer and lead the entire nation his company to make the purchase ward the continent. the Church of the immaculate HrnVo the Mntri tint.

T.inp nt. Sprtan nnH Ipsa IM an Instance In which the jetberlands controlled Its own af-jiln without outside directing ln- ii i j. a AAA MttlV MV p' ww TlVrt than 48 hours after the redemption of Rome, lOience. were far back In their minds. in a prayer for the success of the which will be credited to the Mat.

Kr. Hull replied with words equal- As one shavetail told me: "I the great ait fleet strewn over the e.a.dJ H-HoUr of D-Day Came-the moment SO long fl UA v.l' LlUtudenous. and Just as far off Amed liberation of Europe from the toon drive. The company, through- the lrst gtep on wm'b eariy summer 6ky, i forces of Axis aggression. cut the United States, bought feel first step on the beach will be early summer sky.

first home. sLd would be kept pure. moved the cross chan' 0.000 wor my step Among the gliders were bombers. paswr. oirerea several pe- awancu uy mc wwimo ucufuviauco anv 01 "For three years each step I have large and small, which laced In and, h0 mornm aftCT 0,9 deeply and realistically feared by the War taken has been away from home, out, going and coming, and Pnmn.

Vnllmpr chairman nf th a tnese same woras, were pueo president Roosevelt Now Is the time to get started In their wake on the soil of enemy 10,000 miles higher, the average In- awake the betler part of pVayer services by a special bulletin Ann mivn eimrxla mi'lif anriinaT4o Vino- drive, after a hurried meeting with committeemen this morning, announced that all onds purchased back." Europe huge fires that lit itfe sky. llclitnt man In the street would IRU know the Netherlands la a I am accompanying the American Out from a special rendezvous on assault force which was chosen for (Continued on page two) the night and morning receiving reports, instantaneously relayed from Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower's Allied headquarters in England. The Presi today will be credited in the Fifth War Loan Drive and as part of the quota for Mattoon and the west side naD country, Great Britain is an npire of greater bulk and author-ST, that the United States Is a rlco and powerful nation, that Rus-H it a rising Influence which dent slept briefly later in the morn- of county totallnj a Can Be Bought Tonight.

ALLIES 5 MILES YANKS POUND 5 BEYOND ROME JAP VESSELS probably will dominate Europe. The iZat tn wnds purchasea toaay wui De STwe read the news, there- J'LJLS: bonds and the cer- merely deceive us from the '7r ter from w.m TT. i In i' ft. posted The Journal-Gazette uic auu duiiuuiiw.ij uuuwu6 shortly sjfter news that the inva- the invasion was stupendous its magnitude. As a controlling factor in the destinies of the of beiis and blowing of at world for generations to come it was a stroke 10 SaSySi'SS' evasion, of man-made fate that in the future may nev- News-that the Invasion was er find a parallel.

i actually under way brought to the minds of persons In Mattoon and J.I'a to put In anything to the natur the west side of Oole. bounty the PndS STt fj (thought that several hundred men' from Nazi tyranny- irw ai- atSX rire wU comparatively JlghL from this area re taking part to ready, only a few hourj after "Uapngntbln" the invasion. For months Mattoon the opening gun was fired, fortresg eutom appeared to hare men have been in England training there were strong indications been by jurprlse to tome ex- in the ground forces, air and naval 0f success in at least the ini- tent at least, possibly because forces for this day. tial phases of the greatest mote hamlets were chosen for somT" At the Atlas Imperial iesel En- imed operation in the history-It ihe landings along a stretch of gtae Company plant in this ty, fh (d iapoMat to-defend yard by which is turning out ammunition a-Il j. I at alraadr know that 7.T I eneci on we lace oi wem, to dLSr t0 the Mr.

Vollmer said, of nangea. wh NnTmini hut Iinm. also with SDaln. the French Bonds may be purchased from 7 te of liberation, the Rus- in t.nAv nf t.h po tttuatiori or whatever else. inrtinr a the news of either In- nxhnr on the BY lARRf NEWMAJT (L N.

S. 8taff Correspondent) Naples Allied armies in Italy, driving forward above the Tiber riwr in pursuit of fleeing German forces, advanced five miles beyond Rome today. A communique from headquarters of Gen. Sir Henry Maltland BY GEORGE LAlT (I. N.

S. Staff Correspondent) Gen. Douglas MacArthur's Headquarters, New Guinea American airmen added five Japanese ships today to their lists of enemy craft sunk or damaged, sinking at least one and probably two Jap destroyers and three other lesser vessels in sweeps over waters bordering itianal br domestic consequence. K-a-hei of the French peninsula be o'clock this evening until 10 o'clock tonight at the National Bank of Mattoon, the Central National Bank, the Mattoon Federal Savings and Loan Association and the First Federal Savings and Loan Association. Applications for bonds also may be made at the Okaw Building and Loan Association.

Columnist makes a speech In Tork to the French emigres tween Le Havre and Cherbourg. Mr. Roosevelt knew, the White House revealed today, months ago that DeGaulle be rec- and war engines, workers paused aim nai ciigiiico, hwmmo uov4 as the government of the day and hour of the long-await. 3 German sea fortificatlona Wilson said that only weak reslst- only a few moments at 10 o'clock Pr; uPon nis ''PS. and jjjfca he the government of ed on ortress cnuvpe.

net is a politician who escaped After the President made his ad snaKeaoie convicnon or primate triumph in his heart, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower gave the signal for attack in the early hours of this morning. wpaon, failed at numerous bel- proved far less formidable than bad been anticipated. 4 With the Invasion being earned out "in depth" as well as alone the shore, there was the hoped-for possibility that German communl- dress to the nation Monday night, he retired to his study and, behind ance was being met by Fifth Army Dutch New Guinea, troops fanning out beyond the Tiber one of the enemy warships was to maintain pressure on the torn definitely sunk off Halmahera is forces of Nazi Field Marshal Gen.

jand, while the other was pounded Albert Kesselrlng. by two direct hits from the night- Along the Tyrrhenian sea coastal flying TJ. S. bombers. This latter sector, British troops of the' Fifth craft was officially described as left Army which drove straight north- "dead in the water and probably IaretM enterprises, fought the political elements we freed this-morning to pay respects to the men in the actual invaslonand silently pray for success of wie mission.

BY INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE The people of the United States knelt in solemn prayer in thou- blacked-out windows, waited for the Invasion Bulletins "Oral Africa, made a At his bidding hundreds of thou- vmict with Russia, and then an- first word from General Elsenhower that the Invasion was on. Wd. hampering what Allied mill oncej himself as the eovernment tary leaders clearly expect as the In a sinking condition." The entire White House was untnee. Anyone can see that. all description and hundreds of A small freighter and two other 8ands of churches In city, town and blacked out with dark curtains to OnlV a Prfnnh nnlltlMan namiei loaay, afliunu aivme piuucu-tlon for American and Allied forces unidentified enemy vessels were added to the Americans' bag, while second phase a Nazi counter-attack in force.

5 The whole operation to any-case found Anglo-American leader ship supremely confident ward from the former Aruio-Net-tuno beachhead reached the Tiber at several points. The British, mopping up the sector below the Tiber southeast of Rome already have rounded up prisoners and the figure- continues to grow, headquarters said, i hu tucceeded In mastering the conceal the fact that President rTench politicians, all of them Roosevelt was awake and watching "die and1 away from their peo- i0T 016 lnvaslon news' recognise him as a rnvcrn. Presidential Secretary Stephen T. smashing at the walls of fortress Mitchell medium bombers in a Iow Stockholm (INS) More than 100 ships participated in the Allied landing at Arromanche, France, the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reported from Berlin today. New Al- level bombing and strafing attack Europe, on two troop-laden enemy barges Th 8t pronouncement that belching guns Went into action.

By barge, glider and parachute the Allies went into the attack, streaming into French towns and villages over a 100-odd-mile stretch between Le Havre and Cherbourg on the northern French coast, while countless thousands paled out behind the German lines to set up airfields and sever enemy pat would. In Justice and simple Early said that Mr. Roosevelt re- destroyed both, the Japanese per- lne Amea.epfHiuim. honestv. an nf celved his first report aDoui two' FRENCH LEADER SEES we people of France who hours before the German radio an- (Continued or.

page seven.) ALLIED VI CTORY jet express5 themselves. nounced that Allied troops had be- whUe parachutlsta 1ad- pPain? Our neonln hava un the invasion. i in tr, i- mU InlnnH The captured German troops wer sonnel-carriers. The barges were dls those who were unable to escape covered near Noemfoor Island, off because bridges downstream from northwestern New Guinea. Rome had been destroyed and they.

Gen DoUglas MacArthur's head-coul not cross the water barrier, quarters, announcing the toll taken The Allied Fifth and Eighth Monday night by the Liberator and wiuded into believing the The President wrote his prayer for Washington (INS) Henri not, representative of the wvu war was a cause of the success of the invasion with pen London (iNsi The military cor- The English channel skies were nnH on tnlr on white House stationery black with Allied war craft, heavy National Committee to Washington, Army troops, constantly supponea navy Catallna bombers off Hal- SClsrn Won. Anvnnn ran ax hf. sat flfcaitinif news on the tMi thai. AHnlf Hitler is by aerial assaults which harassed a war of Communism against progress of the invasion. taking personal command of all FORMER PHYSICIAN AT NEOGA DIES Special to fha Neoga, 111.

Dr. George P. Dougherty, a former resident of Neoga and a prominent physician in Farina, died suddenly Monday at his home in Farina of a heart He was 56 years old." one dictatorship aKainst "The President would luce to leao. Qerman anti-tnvaslon operations. and medium bombers, fighters, fighter-bombers, rocket bombers, tow-planes, gliders, supply and hospital craft and possibly aerial tank carriers.

mahera and Manokwarl, added that the presence of Jap warships in New Guinea waters was not unusual. Other Allied warplanes were ac predicted today mat French soicuera fighting beside the Allies "soon will open the road to Paris." In a statement the French delegate declared that sabotage activities of the French underground the retreating Germans, moved forward "without pause" In the "battle to destroy the enemy." neither nf nr. Vv, natlnn In nrnvpr tnnieht." EarlV i. Vila In. IV from riAms.

u-. rooH fhA nravr he uu mn.v.aie mH 4 "domestic politics. ainrt. wrote Monday night and the prayer hBn.v.rf to have moved his head- The chief objects of destruction tive in widespread raids through On Gigantic Scale, with words. "Leftist" which ended his speech on the fall quarters to some place in northern were the severely shattered German out New Guinea, the Bismarck arch well over" U1 multiply, the guerrillas and the In the opening wedge, 10th and 14th armies.

lpelago and uoon Truk in the Car- Furieral services will be held at 3 1.000 Royal Air Force Lancaster and o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the Halifax bombers dropped more than communism to liberal Idealism, "He hopes the whole nation can Headquarters said that Vatican olinesj destroying 19 and probably City had been completely by-passed 20 enemy pianes. opposites. Communism Join in prayer with mm. New York-lNS) A small group or dlCtatorahln Jl Th. nrmtrmr i flvft to Six minUteS a Ho(frnvr wax "wlDed OUt" Swengel funeral home in Neoga, ions oi nign explosives on iu enemy gun emplacements during With burial in the Neoga cemetery.

maquis will spread and, little by little, will cover the whole "The hour for which France has been waiting for nearly four years has struck," Hoppenot emphasised. The French official gave assurances of a complete co-ordination of the military activities of Gen. r. the IndividuaT. whii Hh.

in leneth. hv Allied warshlos In the prelimin- by the Allied forces moving through Rome. Eleven of 14 bridges in the Italian capital were found Intact, means freedom of the in- ary phase of the northern France the night to pave the way for the Invasion. This was a concrete example of It follows in part: "Our sons, pride of irtia pro O0st to-(ta and iart bo UN) rf a liter pl ittH net rles jot ler? ootid mf if I rh! nf our nation, jnvaslon, It was reported today from although several demolitions had Over Biak island, where American jungle fighters are advancing slowly toward three vital enemy-hetd airdromes, air patrols provided protection, shooting down 10 Jap planes which sought to attack the Yanks' perimeter. Another was probably destroyed.

been prepared by the Germans. Way we am ffnlnir tr. this day have set upon a mignty London. r.Hvnr a atmwle to weserve our the way It was done. These gigantic an- our difficulties is to bombers were built to carry six tons Charles' DeGaulle with those of wt of words Into facts.

Pres- republic, our religion and our oivili- Dover. Eng. (INSH-Slightly show- Gen. Dwight Elsenhower, Allied or more on flights of 1,200 or 1,500 satlon. and to iree ery weauier prevaiiea wie uv.a aeceive ruuPs can deceive Dr.

Dougherty was born in Neoga, a son of Dr. and Mrs. G. P. Dougherty.

He spent his early life here and after receiving his degree at the Barnes Medical School in St. Louis, practiced medicine in Neoga for a number of years. In recent years he has resided in Farina. He married Mabel McAllister Dec. 31, Surviving besides his wife are son.

Max X. Dougherty, who- is attending the University of Illinois; a daughter, Miss Eileen Dougherty num ib an od- humanity. 6tralts toaay, iouowea ay buiumui. id them straight nd true: Heaw cloud banks later developed Ieveer- wUl in- 0 belni i in (hpfr arms, stout- tho mitlnnlr was unsettled. The U.S.

ESCORT CARRIER LOST IN ATLANTIC Washington Loss of the United States escort carrier Block Island by enemy action in the Atlantic in May was announced late Monday by the Tiaw miles. Instead they had to fly 50, 60 or 100 miles at the most from the British, coast, which means a minimum fuel load, and the devastation they left behind them afver' France must have been complete. Prime Minister Winston Churchill muuiMm mm. ena, b'vB now many wnrrli ar ness to.tneir neans, sieauiaomcoo i sea was moaeri PLEASURE-DRIVING TRUCKERS TO GET LESS GAS Springfield, 111. inS) Gasoline allotments of approximately 150 truck drivers in the Springfield area uieir isiui.

LT nemnta "They will need Thy blessing. commander-in-chief. He indicated that "every Frenchman, every Frenchwoman" would obey the or ders of General DeGaulle, and at the same time he described the gen eral as chief of the French Republican government. This was the first time that the French authorities had used the word "government" without modification, in describing their organ lzatlon. J.

yoke of the tyranny of Their road will be long and hard. tn.i....j i. mav hurl "took the play" In the early stages good ana improving, me wuiii-ture hovered around 60 London NSV The German radio today warned Holland to expect in-vaainn. The hour has struck," Ber- yaslon. The hour has strucK," who used their trucks for pleasure Casualties, the navy said, were during the week-end will be sharply of tne u.

h. muu oi uie auaca gom ueiore yne tw i dictionary inc un truth. TJt. 'I back our forces. Success may not House of Commons and reporting Wads u.i rwn with nishlnz SDeed, but we "lignt.

Next-oi-ain nave oeen no- uuswrei, iuice oi ue- and by jm gaid. -We don't know where the titled. The announcement did not tense iTansportation announced to- ihn.t TCTDau aruiices themselves and th.i, know that by Thy grace. In Washington, D. two brothers.

Dr. X. B. Dougherty of Neoga and Dr. L.

D- Dougherty of Chicago; and a sister-, Dr'. Edna Montgomery of Cowrfen. 4 mi at. II Ttfttnaoa Vf-tllT. avn a hnnr hA VKAt V7anT.

nnwn UHV. xi ivniirnapi at aiit uui navr rwrrar ttimv mil. rickwic jw cALiiam iiwn vw oner 1 la nl-n. 7 aons will triumph." self for all eventualities." -whether by submarine action. only wholesale Ice trucks and re- lct to thVf gunfire, aerial bombs or mines.

tall milk trucTca are permitted on race. nnrtm nVFn nvif c.Kma- nrhi Tela nr! th flrat tk. a. v. DRIVER FINED NOTICE CAB Walter Bullerman, a Red ew lOrfc iJr.1BLU me Diaccw uii iTuiiuttj'.

Hie JU A Top rines of the Allied forces have been American aircraft announc- said. Sunday check-ups will con taxlcab driver, arrested on a charge -parrying out secret operations for ed lost in the Atlantic to the war. tinue until all violators ase caught. with manifest confidence on progress of the Air-borne aspects of the invasion have been "successfully effectM," Churchill said, vast sea landings are under way and the entire undertaking is proceeding "according, to plan." It was characteristic of the British leader to add this interjection: "and what a plan!" Few. Nasi, Planes.

With the German radio conceding actual establishment of two Allied beachheads and steady relnforce- the ODT warned. Because of shortage of labor, please remove all breakable buttons and buckles before cleaning. We can not be responsible, for covered but-j tons that come apart to 6-6 MYERS CLEANERS of running a stop sign at we inter- three days placing mancers section Nineteenth street and on the mvaslon coast to guide CLOSING NOTICE EXTRA NOTICE Banks and Building and Loans mill be open from 7 to 10 p. m. tonight to sell bonds.

All bonds bought today and tonight wilt Day inscribed on -margin. Buy bonds for men In service, for vr.nr children and for each member Tb.wav nicaded cully when ar landing craft to selected beaching points. NOTICE raigned today before Judge Ed F. Poorman to the Mattoon Police Court and was fined $5 and costs. 1 Bfakt vu' "suncu Mon-4Kt the local airport is My office will be closed Thursday afternoons.

6-7 L. R. OANTWELL O. D. i NOTICE vSMlh.

New York (ins) The Berlin radio has admitted that bridgeheads between Le Havre and Boulogne are now firmly in Allied hands, ac- NOTICE of your family on Day. You will" ment of troops already landed on ta va ooer present concu-a uTnili nave to post warn-other nyera. We will be unable to accept any work, except furs, for storage, until The doors if the First Apostolic church, 2205 Lafayette, are open to the public for prayer day and "flight for 36 hours beginning at 8 o'clock this evening. Someone will be in the church every hour. Join us in our prayers for the invasion.

MARK BOBSUOR. pastor. receive credit in Fifth War Loan the continent, these facts seemed to a a A a macOJfl nr If rl 1IT heT. Drive, for bewis bought from now. stand out as bellwethers NOTICE We cannoCaccept toy more cleaning until June 12.

6-4 ilYERS CLA.N'ER3 of the Thursday, June 8. PARISH QUALITY CLEANERS mav. Humboldt The Berlin radio aided that the until close ot driver great onensive, to nave we mw hvv armament ri-Juth 7rT 9tttn Wabasix Ave. Bb O.dV. fxmf at 83 runway of the airport Wednesday evening.

June 7. 6- WAR FINANCE- COiUiHTES JWJn German air tars failed. on tha t. It i.