INVASION NEWS

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Sea, Airborne Atlantic Wall Front Opens;

s the long-awaited news of the Allied invasion of Hit- Chester, with its huge shipyards ler's fortress Europe was flashed across the length and and countless other heavy war inbreadth of a sleeping country, Delaware County residents dustries turning out the tools of stirred restlessly from their slumbers at the unaccustomed combat lor the mighty Allied forces, sound of early-morning church bells, or grumbled at a neigh- still paces the entire PennsylvaniaJersey-Delaware Iri-state area bor's high-pitched radiothen suddenly sprang awake at New witic mal a '6hi I" percentage inthe realization that the H-hour of D-day, the moment ofi"J' 'creases in bank deposits. the greatest military operation in the world's history, Wa This was revealed today in the actually at hand. second quarterly report of the U. S. Dulled by the tenseness with which they had for month Department of Commerce Field expected the announcement, that Allied troops were effect Service describing the. impact of the war on the tri-state region and listing a mass landing in Europe, and disillusioned with th ing the bank debit increase lor four false report of an invasion last Saturday, most residents a war years from 1939 through 1943. A table for in first refused to believe the report that troops under Britain' district shows 17 major cities out the Chester far in hero of the North African campaign, Gen. Sir Bernard Mont front, \vith an increase of 20H per checks WTitten on local gomery, had led forces of Americans, British, and Canadians cent in Williamsport, which places banks. in the opening- gun of the camsecond in the list, has had an increase of only 97 per cent, and paign for Northern France Philadelphia, eighth in standing, and for all of Europe. shows an increase of GO per cent. Hazelton, at the bottom of the scale, But as radios continued to blare shows 23 per cent, or only one-ninth forth the story of the invasion, as the financial progress of Chester, newspapers appeared on the streets and Wilmington, Del., another shipwith extra editions outlining at building center, ranks fifth with 74 greater length the character of the per cent. preliminary operations, and as the full text of Gen. Dwight D. EisenChester showed a...perccntoge Increase of 122 between 1939 and 1942, hower's historic 26-word comDr. E. E. Aubrey Of munique No. 1 was released to the report shows, and picked up another 80 per cent during 1943. waiting world, the mood of the Chicago Succeeds The dollar volume of hank debits county and city changed from disbelief to exaltation, mixed with the Dr. Chas. E. Batten here last year was 492.4 million fears and hopes of those whose loved Dr. Edwin Ewart Aubrey lias bee dollars, despite the fact that staones today went into the greatest tistics compiled by the department battle of their still young lives, and appointed president of Crozer Theo show that the shipbuilding industry Seminary, it undergirded by a dedication to the logicalat the school's was announce as a whole experienced an employcommcncemcn ment cutback of 7 per cent since purposes for which the conflict is today exercises. being fought. July of last year. Charles E. Batten, who has beei The report shows, however, that Chester streets were almost unbelievably calm as the news broke serving as active president since th over-all production in the tri-state during the early hours of the morn- retirement of Dr. James H. Frankli area has increased despite a gening, and the dense darkness of the on Jan., 1, was named dean of th eral employment decrease of 3!i per seminary. Included under his offlc cent, due to a "marked and continupre-dawn saw will be the extension departmenf ous increase in operating efficiency truck carrying war to its carefully-guarded desti- formerly under the admlnistratioi in keeping with accrued experience nation, a few workmen on the way of Dr. Rittenhouse Ncisser, rccentl, in handling war orders and also in Turn to I'age 2, Xumlier 3 Turn to Last Page, Column I retired. Born In Glasgow, Scotland, In 189G, Dr. Aubrey became a citizen of the United States in 1918 am served as a corporal in . t h e U. Army during the first World Wai He was graduated with honors froir Bucknell University and also studiei at Cambridge University. From th' University of Chicago he receive! Turn to Page 2, Number'

Storm Over France as 2nd Control Skies

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Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, London, (UP)American, British and Canadian invasion forces landed in Northwestern France today, on beachheads in Normandy, and by evening had "gotten over the first five or six hurdles" in the greatest amphibious assault oif all time. Prime Minister Winston Churchill revealed that Allied troops were fighting inside Caen, 9'/2 miles inside Northwest France, that the invasion penetrations had reached several miles in depth in some cases, and that footholds had been established on a broad front as the operation proceed "in a thorough satisfactory manner."

LEADS County Receives CHESTER BANK AREA IN Invasion News; DEBIT INCREASE Churches Open

Rise Of 208 Per cent Is Shown In U. S. Chamber Figures

Tanks Penetrate 10 Miles in Caen Sector; Widen Seized Beachheads

NEW PRESIDENT APPOINTED AT CROZER SCHOOL

CHURCHES OPEN FOR PRAYER ON INVASION NEWS

BATTERED NAZI ARMIES RETREAT BEYOND ROME

Church doors Ihrouglvjut the city of Chester Were thrown open today to worshippers as the news of the invasion was telephoned to the pastors by officials of the Chester Ministerial Association. Elsewhere, in the county, churches also were kept open for prayer on the opening of the invasion, and special services were being arranged by many ministers. During the next Ihree days, nil churches in the city and most of the county's houses of worship will remain open for individuals to enter at any time of day. With the, announcement of the invasion, the church bell at St. Paul's Church, Ninth and Madison streets, rang out the news to the city, and oilier ministers were notified of the flash. Rev. John David Lindsay, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, said this morning, that he was notified of the invasion at 5.30 a. m. and he immediately opened the church for prayer. He later announced that special prayer meeting will be held at 7.45 p. m. by friends of the Junior Red Cross, who are to meet at the Turn to Last Page, Column 5

DR. EDWIN E. A U B R E V

Eternal Father, enthroned above all time and above all the universe, in whose keeping is the destiny of nations, we implore Thee now to make bare Thy mighty arm in behalf of the United Nations who have taken up the sword in the defense of those ideals which Thou hast taught us to hold sacred. As the greatest battle opens, be Thou our Leader, our Defense and our Power. We plead for a clear demonstration of Thine Almightiness. Break the wicked devices of the pagans who have defied Thy will and flouted Thy teachings. Endue our commanders with wisdom. Give swift victory unto our forces, who have vowed to save the world for its Kingdom destiny. May every soldier and seaman and airman know himself to be a warrior for Thy high and holy will. Cleanse their thoughts of base passions and for' give all of us our much sinning against Thee. Sustain the wounded and receive unto Thyself all who fall. Bestow Thy comfort upon the anxious and bereaved home folk. We beseech Thee to assert Thy majesty and to fit us all for a new world 01" justice, liberty and brotherhood, that Thy Kingdom may come and Thy will be done, on earth, as in heaven. This prayer of our hearts, and the unspoken prayers of our needs, we offer to Thee, Lord over all, in this hour of desperate emergency, in the name of Thy .Son, w h o ' died to redeem the world. Amen.William T. Ellis.

Allied Headquarters, Naples. (UP) The Allied, Fifth Army drove the aattered Germans in disorderly repeat across the Tiber River on ft 17-mile front from Rome to the Tyrrhenian Sea today and son1 powerful armored columns five nllcs beyond the river under orders to destroy the fleeing enemy. Front dispatches said Nazi Fielc Marshal Albert Kesselring's broken fourteenth Army wns offering orilj the feeblest sort of rear guard resistance as the Allied tanks and iflerncn burst across the winding Tiber at a score of points north and west of Rome. At many points the enemy retreat lad turned into a disorganized roul under the raking fire of Allied planes and tanks, and 2000 Nazis hrew down their arms and surrendered to a fast-rolling British colmm that trapped them on the east iank of the river, near the seacoast. Every bridge across the Tiber beow Rome had 1 been blown up by the leeing German. ), but 11 ol the 14 main spans inside the capital were ntact and Allied troops were cross rg in a steady stream. Only in the northeastern outskirts if Rome did the Germans offer any determined resistance. A force of enemy tanks was reported .battling desperately around the Littoria air)3rt in an attempt to stem trie swift, Allied advance long enough for the main body of Kesselring's troops to scape. The Vatican Bypassed Official sources said the Vatican had been by-passed in all Allied oprations in and around the city. "With tho capture of Rome, the Allied armies in Italy have brought mother phase of their campaign to a most successful conclusion," : ommunique said. "The battle to de troy the enemy continues without pause. Troops of the 5th Army are iow crossing the Tiber at many )lace.s and have advanced some Jive niles beyond." French troops on the 5th Army's Ight flank knifed deep into the hills ast of Rome, sel?,fnR the highway unction of Tivoli, 16 miles outside he capital. The French thrust threatened the ne of retreat for tens of thousands f German 10th Army troops falling ack slowly before the British 8th \rrny In the mountainous country orth and east of the Via Casilina. A force of 250 to 500 American 'lying Fortresses and . Liberators lasted Important railroad bottlcecks from central Italy to the Po alley, Including Venice, Rimini and 1 ologna, and shot down four inter-; epting enemy fighters. RAP Wcl-j ngtons and Liberators followed, trough with a night attack on the Rome-Florence line around Biterbo.

A KNOW SHOWS the; rouk- of invading American, HnLtah and Canadian armies from England across the cliannnl to the I'Yt-nch coast. 1'rt'liminai-y landings wure effected by strong Allied frcn between Cherbourg and Lu Havre, main posts of the; city of Paris.

LAST MINUTE NEWS

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New York, (INS)OHS European news chief Kilward H. Murrow reported from London today that present Allied operations in Europe are designed to secure the port of Ohcrbnurj? for landing of heavy equipment. Allied paralroops have been dropped on both sides of the Cherbourg Peninsula to "pinch it oil'," Murrow said.
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New Vork, (INS) A "fierce" naval eni;aKcmonl is takinfc place between Dunkirk nn-l Calais in the English Channel between German naval forces and the Allies, the Berlin radio said today, according to NBC. M A N Y SECRKT WKAI'ONS CSKD London, (INS)The British .Ministry of Supply announced tonight that "many" secre!~wcapons were, used for tho first time by the Allies in their invasion of western France today. CASCALTIES LIGHT London, (Ul 1 )Casualties among Allied airborne troops dcscondinc on France have been lit'lit, Supreme Headquarters, Allied K>:pcdit;onnry Forces, announced today. W E A T H K R DELAYKI) I N V A S I O N START London, (Ul') The Allied High Command revealed today that the invasion of western Kuropo originally was scheduled to take place, yesterday hut had to be postponed for 2-1 hours because of bad weather. AIR ACTIVITY GROWS OVER FRONT London, (INS)Cerman lighter planes this afternoon began offering opposition to Allied invasion forces. Returning pilots reported numerous dogfights between Allied Typhoons and German MosseiTchmitts and Focke-Wulfs in the southeast battle area of the invasion coast. RUSSIAN ATTACK .EXl'ECTEI) SOON London, (III')Military observers said today that a general Russian offensive coordinator! with the Anglo-American attack from the wept may he launched within the next <18 hours and almost certainly will begin before the weekend.

(leu. Dwight H. Kiscnhower's .supreme headquarters revealed thai: the Allied Annies, carried and supported by 4,000 .ships mid 11,000 planes, encountered considerably less resistance than had been expected in the storming of Adolf Hitler's vaunted west wall. Nazi broadcasts reported Allied troops pouring ashore Ponders Program Of Invasion Armies; To most of the day along a Ijroad reach ol! the Norman coast and to the east, and admitted that invasion l a n d i n g barges had Lead U.S. In Prayer penetrated two estuaries behind the Atlantic wall. By I,VI,E C. The apparent key to the lightness of the Nazi opposition Washington, I Ul') P r e s I d e n I Roosevelt today summoned top Army to invasion forces opening the battle of Kurope was contained unit Navy chiefs l-o the white House in a disclosure t h a t thousands of Allied planes dropped more for an Invasion conference and pre- than 11,200 tons of bombs on Herman coastal fortifications pared to lead the nation In a prayer which he write last nlghi. as the in eight and a half hours last night and early today. Allied armada moved across the (ioering Keen Anxious English Channel to France. Mr. Roosevelt called In Gen As massive Allied air fleets look over complete command George- C. Marshall, Army chlct of of the skies over the invasion zone, Keichsmarshal Merman stall; Admiral Ernest J. Kini;, coinnandcr-ln-chlef of the U. S. Fleet, (loering issued an order of the day to his air force declaring and Gen. II. H. Arnold, commander at the invasion "must be fought o f f , even if it means the :)f the Army Air forces. Meanwhile, reports poured Into the death ol! l.he, L u f t w a f f e . " White House from the; War and Late in the day Prime Minister Churchill, making his *Javy Departments on progress of the second statement of the day to Commons, said the invasion invasion. fn his prayer which the President was proceeding "in a thoroughly satisfactory manner." Earlwill deliver al 111 p. m.. F.WTand in which he asivr-d the nation to ier he told Commons it was going "according to planand joinMr. Roosevelt asked for divine what a plan!" jattle strength "lo conquer the Simultaneously the Ccrman D N B News Agency reported apostles of greeds and racial arro^ancles." at the invasion front "has been f u r t h e r widened." Nazi "With Thy blessing, we shall pre- broadcasts t h r o u g h o u t the day told of the amphibious asvail over the unholy forces of our enemy," the President's prayer said. sault developing on a grand scale, w i t h lighting as deep as "Lead us to the saving of our country, and with our sister nations 10 miles inlanda figure apparently extended by the last Into a world unity that, will spell a enemy report. sure peacea peace Invulnerable to Supreme headquarters revealed late in the day that bad the scheming* of unworthy men. And a peace that will let all men weather had forced a IM-hour postponement of the invasion, Turn to Pane :i, Number e Allied command gave the go-ahead order last night despite strong northwest winds and rain squalls when weather experts forecast i m p r o v i n g conditions today. The weather still was somewhat u n f a v o r a b l e , however, impeding - t h e support given the land armies by the air forces. , Although delailcd ollicial reports were lacking as the tense first clay Supreme Headquarters, Allied wore toward a close. It was summed Expeditionary Force, London, up by one source at headquarters in (IJI')The following Is the text, the word:;: "We have gotten over tlia of General Elsenhower's order first five or six hurdles." The surl!y r l K K K B .1. HIJSS of the day: Aboard a llrlllsh Warship Off the.mounted hurdles were described as: "Soldiers, Sailor.'; and Airmen . , ' , , , I n m d i c d of the Allied Expeditionary French Coast, (IN.S)-Slx 1,,,,,,i,.,..i i _. I. The German Arr Force did little ^ tom|)ing ()f |)orls from wnlch Force: Allied naval guns in rhythmic s n c - j j ^ . invasion was mounted in the "You ure about, to embark upon the e,rcat crusade toward ees'ilon opened lire on Ihe Frenchi|., S |, critical days. .,, ... r. ir. .. , if),|,,v . Attacks on which we have striven these coast .it ...1.) .1. m. UKiaj. ,i -'KP(| |o mi(%h |heInvasion,(1 convoys (,xpcl;t( scalCi many are upon von. eyes of the rnonth.s. The The orld are upon .you. .The hopes Two thousand tons of naval shellv .^ mfam<.[Kr!i succeeded in world hopes nd an prayers of liberty-loving were laid down alone a stretch of swc(.,,ms channels to the beaches copies peopl everywhere march with Uic Wench coast west of I,<; Havre without much opposition from shore over a period ol ten minutes. batterie:-: or from the air. you. This ship opened up with the rest, j 4. Troops got ashore with less op"you will bring about the destruction of the German war hnrling missile:; of from four to 10-! position from shore guns than was machine, the elimination of Inch calibre In a terrillc ten-mill- believed probable, Nazi tyranny over the oppressed lite barrril-c launched after an nn- 5 Opposition generally was well bcpeoples of Kurope and security molcsted night crossing of the, Eng- iow expectations; lor instance, up lo Turn to TaRC 2, Number 1 llsli Channel. for ourselves In a free world. Apparently the Germans were "Your, tusk will not bo an easy one. Your enemy is well taken by surprise. They arc now trained well equipped and battle beginnlm; to reply from under a hardened. He will fight sav- smoke screen laid down by aircraft to hide us. agely. It Is a tremendous spectacle as the Every day is pay day for the man "But this is tire year 10-H. tnrMuch has happened since the red glare begins lo envelop the wide who really enjoys his job. gets as mine-sweepers clear Na/.i triumphs of 1940-41. The dollars of the family are not ' "The United Nations have passages for us. During the night. Intermittently, carried In the wife's name as often Inflictwl upon the Germans (ireat defeat In open battle man paratroops and airborne lorcr-s is the sense. Ui man. Our air nlfensivo has passed over and opened "D-Day" in seriously reduced their strength a spectacular manner, covered by When you ccan up and flatten - ,.. , U n cans for the war effort, yourc In the air and their capacity to the tornadic bombardment. Drltlsh assault troops successfully!helping to do the same thing to the wav.e war on the ground, "Our homo fronts have given stormed ashore at 7.30 a. m. U.:)0ienemy. us an overwhelming superiority a.m., EWT). By IK a. m., they were The In weapons and munitions of clearing 7the beach. most sustained line of largest fish are caught on Prom a. m. the conversation. war and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained light- bombardment struck the Germans. niilckest way for a doctor Itmusthave\stunnedthem.sl]encjnKl ( 7^/i; 11 ^, |) ^ J 1 > tdl hcr lt Ing men. the majority of their batteries. The;"The tide has turnec). a minor operation. was "Free men of the .world are I.iiftwatfe was absent and apparently marchlni; together to victory. the Allied Air force has complete In Today's I have full confidence In your mastery of the sky. . Now there aro low-hanging clouds courage, devotion to duty and over the fair sea ami the cannonskill in battle. "We will accept nothing less ading Is thumping this ship on which Amusements S^^B S3 stands .famed Rear Admiral Sir than full victory. "Good luck and let us al ble- Phillip Vivian, hero of Narvik and llcillimc Story 25 6 sccch the blessing of Almighty the Altmark prison ship incldcnl. l!ron 25 Katllo Pros- 85 The landings were eifected as deGod upon this groat and noble 6 fi stroyers daringly escorted the forces Cross. Puzzle 28 Radon Cal. M undertaking." Service Me The order was distributed to In to shore. At the moment, we are Deaths 6 Society Newi B Hdllorials assault element,! after their em- very close oil shore ourselves and Ilnskln Sporls M barkation. It was I'pad by ap- the whole coast Is lined with a Me. 13 Times Files propriate commanders lo nil smoke pall. The first staye appears to have Mnlln News 1" Women s Page II other troops In Ih Allied exObituaries achieved complete success. |x:ditionary forces.

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Order Of Day By Eisenhower

Le Havre Hit By 2000-Ton Blast

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