The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 6, 1944, Page 2

PAGE TWO HATHAWAY finest. New low set col cwn t which hold mently in shape. starched. Imporied English White only, 5.00 Woven Madras, Sfripes and patterns, 4.50 B.m.BEHREH%% ALLIES LAND IN NORMANDY EARLY TODAY First Blow Struck for Lib- eration of People of Europe (Continuea rom Page One) announcement that Allied Naval 1ces have begun shelling the Le- irea, 80 miles across from the British coast, and 'man shock troops went into promptly and were engag- enemy. Nazi Naval forces ging enemy landing craft action ing the were ¢ ff the coast Berlin again an- nounced the “long expected Anglo- imerican invasion appears to have begun and it is believed the para- chute troops landed have been given he task of capturing the airfields 1 order to facilitate landing of ther troops. The harbor at Le-| e Is at the moment being bombarded.” But there was still 1o eonfirmation, as yet, from Allied ourees Allied Confirmation Then came the Allied confirma- tion of the invasion as follows: Supreme Headgquarters of Allied Expeditionary Forces, dated at 6:45 1. m. Pacific time, June 6—Through 2 ralling ocean of clouds, 5,000 feet Customed tailored shirts and the very ‘They need not be A truly fine gift for dad the, FATHER'S The finest name skin foulards, Here, indeed, over will love . . SHIRTS lars, with their them perma- Broadcloth vms the mass of airplanes the Al- described as just fair; the absence of in weather {and two, resistance. Following this official announce- ment the Berlin radio broadcast and DNB dispatch saying strong Allied air attacks have been launch- led in the Dieppe area. The Berlin radio |announced that ‘“combined British |and American landing operations against the western coast of Eur- ope from, sea and air, stretches over Havre and Cherbourg.” Warnings Issued | Immediately following the official announcement the invasion of Eur- ope had started, the spokesman |for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in London broadcast to the people of Europe said the coast had been in- vaded and a “new phase of Allied air offensives has been started” and | warned them to move inland to a depth of 35 kilometers or about 25 miles. Then Gen. Eisenhower brcadcast | to the people of western Europe as follows: “A landing has ben made on the coast of France by troops of the Allied expeditionary force. This landing is part of a con- certed United Nations plan for lib- eration of Europe, made in con- junetion with our great Russian allies. The hour of liberation is approaching.” Wait for Signal Warning was given for the pa- triots not to start anything until a definite signal is given, for fear of German reprisals. The London radio, in the Dutch language, warned the European underground workers to report &o their leaders with all speed and “be McCurrach, Golden Shuttle ties and scarfs . hand-made, pure silk foulards, doe- and woven is neckwear then officially | the entire area between La-| DAY. June 18th . and may we suggest for you who are mailing gifes’. ... McCURRACH NECKWEAR in neckwear Famed foulards . . . world 1.50 to 3.00 dads the fighting in the battle which is stantly in scale and in intensity German for many weeks to come and I shall ed nevertheless. |not speculate upon its course.” Order of Day In issuing the order of the day to the troops, Gen. Eisenhower said: “You are embarking on a great crusade. The eyes of the world are upon you and hopes and prayers of all liberty-loving peoples go with you. We will accept noth- ing less than full victory.” ————— PRESIDENT BROADCASTS LAST NIGHT WASHINGTON, June 6.—Hailing the capture of Rome with the ju- !bitant phrase: “one down and two to go” President Franklin D, Roose- velt declared the aim now is to drive Germany “to the point where she will be unable to recommence world conquest a generation hence.” In the nationwide broadcast, Roosevelt cautioned that the struggle with the Axis would be tough and costly, and that the day of Germany's surrender “lies some distance ahead” and referring m{ Rome as the great symbol of Christianity, he said: *“It is a source of deep satisfaction that the freedom of the Pope and Vati- can City is assured by the United Nations armies.” He added that no thanks are due to Hitler and THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— JUNEAU, ALASKA FRAN(E | Age-0ld | Batileground (AP Features) natural battleground — has been written in the blood of battles stretching back beyond the dawn of civilization. The Gauls were the first knovm 'conquerors in the age-old battle of | France. Then in 154 B. C, of the Rhone. Four centuries later goths, Burgundians and Franks overran France. Norsemen repeat- edly invaded from the north. the Visi- Even the Arabs, from the south, once occupied France In the One Hundred Years War, the British ravaged the channel coast and the northern provinces and took Paris. English and Span- ish invaded repeatedly in the six- teenth century while the countr was rent by civil and religious wars A Spanish army laid siege to Dunkerque in 1652. In 1792-93, an alliance which included Pryssia crossed the northern frontier. Even Napoleon could not keep out the invader, for eventually he was pressed back by the English Russians and Germans to Paris, which was abandoned. | Paris once more echoed to the tramp of conquerors in the War of 1870, when Bismarck dictated at Versailles the terms of a peace that cost France Alsace and one- fifth of Lorraine. Germany took the highway to Paris again in World War I, but did not guite reach the caplm In World War II Germany was more successful.s Her armies swept into Paris and France collapsed. SECOND FRONT IS LONG TIME IN MAKING “(Continued trom Page one) parts of southern erica’s entry the first AEF arrived in North Ireland. The first big in- vasion tryout came in August, 1942, © (when about 7,000 Commandos ahd Rangers stormed onto the beaches lies were able to put into the skv now beginning and will grow con- of Dieppe. Half the attacking party was lost, but invasion calls mount- Petitions were cir- |culated by private individuals; and ias the seemingly unbeatable Nazis broke through to the gates of ,Stalingrad, Premier Stalin called g second front vital to relieve the pressure on his armies. | In November the Anglo-Ameri- cans answered with an invasion of North Africa, and Hitler moved into southern France and frantic- ally built Mediterranean defenses. t Africa was not the second Jrom Moseow and anxious win-the- ‘wa\'—mahuny advocates in Am- erica yelled louder for direct in- Ivasion of the continent. The Alliep lanswered again with a drive on Sicily and Italy. Italy, too, was only a prelude. But late in November, 1943, Roose- |velt, Churchill and Stalin met at Teheran to mold, it is believed, the .flnul plans for the long-awaited ;second front. Allied leaders made |the definite prediction that 1944 ;wmfld find invaders breaking down the walls of Hitler's fortress. | When and where the front would |open became the big question—and ! jittery Nazis had pointed one day to Norway, then to Denmark, to France, to the Balkans. Then Al- lied invasion leaders were an- nounced. American and British |bombers ranged along the coast and deep into the industrial an transportation heart of Hitler’s forts ress. Troops and equipment were made ready for an operation with= |out precedent in world history‘. | Within Europe, millions of downs trodden were waiting underground. |Everything, at last, was ready for the second front. > The history of France—Europe’s| | came the Romans, following the avenue| CAEN AREA CENTER OF Germans Admit Penefra- | tion of Normandy by Airborne Troops IContmueu from Page one) mies had bpen heaved over to con-|* fuse the ground® defenses. £ | The German High Command said |the Allied forces suffered partic- ularly heavy reverses in the Caen area of northern France, claiming an entire regiment of paratroopers was destroyed in that section. A DNB report said the German forces are launching a counter- attack and knocked out 35 heavy Allied tanks at Snelles in the Seine Bay area, alone. German Claims “By noon the innumerable bar- riers on the beaches are renderin the enemy landings extremely dif: ficult. In the area east of Cher- bourg massed German counter- thrusts are making good headway.| The enemy now is throwing the bulk of his landing troops into the area between Cherbourg and Oys-| treham,” the German report said. | Nazi reports gave Caen at the base of ghe Normandy Peninsula,’ 120 miles northwest of Paris, as| the scene of the gravest fighting. | They said the grand scale landux{.'s; were made between the mouths of | the Rivers Seine and Vire, and| c¢laimed a cruiser and a large troop- | crammed landing vessel were sunk | off Cherbourg. | Planes Blacken Sky i Eye witnesses early this moxmng\ WHEN Sgt. Charles Kelly received the Congressional Medal in Italy, | he said he hoped to go home to see | his sweetheart, Mae Connelly | (above) of Pittsburgh. What Kelly | didn’t know was that a month ago she married Everett Poole, a mer- chant seaman. (International) | said American planes, transports | and gliders are covering the air thick as flies and the sky is black with American planes | In Stockholm, Berlin correspond- | ents of Aftonbladet asserted in a| | dispatch that the Allied invasion | | attacks seem directed against the | } most heavily defended section of | the French coast, and aimed di-| cectly 0 Bk | Alaska Federal Savings - - — | | & Loan Association | Main is the newest of all the ani- | mals. FOR SALE 3-YARD INTERNATIONAL TRUCK CAN GIVE BUYER 2 MONTHS WORK Inquire on Boat Gambier at City Float. 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