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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1944
Page
3
Amid reports of a southern coast invasion, Allied forces press the Nazis in multiple fronts. President Roosevelt expands wartime policy with caution on reconversion to civilian goods and price controls, while city hall spars over arborist funding and official appointments.
Allied forces widen the trap on the German Seventh Army in the Normandy pocket. American and Canadian guns bomb and shell a shrinking perimeter near Falaise as Patton’s Third Army presses in from the south and east. Eisenhower directs the operation in the field while Von Kluges’ remnants fight a doomed retreat.
Washington AP confirms Lt Gen George S Patton Jr to permanent major general rank on Senate approval. Eisenhower notes Patton’s Third Army drives Germans in Normandy Brittany, with Bradley commanding the Twelfth Army Group and Hodges at First Army.
Staff Sgt. Eugene Rooth 25 son of Mr and Mrs Carl Rooth 2228 Bowling St SW listed as missing in action since July 20. Bombardier stationed in Italy he flew missions over Germany. Entered service in 1941 trained at Chanute Field Illinois overseas since early 1944. His wife resides Lyons Nebraska.
AP dispatch from a B-25 over southern France notes little sign of fighting as Allied glider and parachute landings proceed. Observation reveals calm beaches, inland landings near planned spots, and air support activity with occasional wreckage and jeeps in action.
Skies stay cloudy with rain likely tonight and Wednesday in Cedar Rapids and vicinity. Thunder showers expected with wind gusts. highs near 90s and a few drops of rain in midday readings. Forecaster notes heat relief possible by week’s end as cooling mass shifts east.
Fragmentary text lists sections including Deaths, Comics, Farm notices, and Sports. Names such as David Lawrence and Marion appear amid unclear references to movies and radio. Other items mention Joe Treanor and Walter Winchell with scattered page cues and times.
Gen Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, supreme Allied commander in the Mediterranean, tells the French people that Allied and French forces have landed in the south of France with the objective to drive out the Germans and link with Normandy. He urges unity civilian and military, to follow instructions, and to end the war quickly for a free peaceful France.
Russian forces launched a major attack after bridging the Biebrza river near Grajewo and Lyck in East Prussia. General Zakharov's Second White Army Group led the advance with air bombardments and tank counterattack suppression, threatening Grajewo, Lyck, and Osowiec as Cherniakhovsky’s divisions press Warsaw and Vistula defenses.
Allied forces storm a 100 mile stretch from Nice to Marseille in a massive invasion. American British and French troops seize beachheads amid light resistance as paratroops and air power support a rapid push toward the Rhone valley and Paris, with heavy naval and aerial bombardment clearing routes.
Robert Bracy 20 of Belle Plaine was seriously injured at 9 p.m. Monday in a two truck collision on highway 30 six miles west of Cedar Rapids. He remained in critical condition at St. Luke's hospital with back and internal injuries. Bracy’s tractor trailer struck a T. M. Transportation truck parked with traffic safety measures, damaging both vehicles and injuring Bracy while others escaped injury.
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