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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1944
Page
2
Allied armored spearheads drive toward the German border from Troyes toward Reims as Patton’s columns push through northern France. Canadian forces reach the Seine near Rouen while the Seine pocket narrows, with heavy German withdrawals and air strikes destroying armor and convoys along the line.
Allied broadcasts report Paris is free with Parisian crowds cheering as Gen. de Gaulle proclaims liberation and vows to press into enemy soil. French forces of the interior report victories in the Paris region while thousands of prisoners are believed taken. The Vichy regime’s authority ends.
Lt John Kent Pavlis 28 a former WMT salesman has been missing in action since August 9 in the European theater. He graduated Grant High School and Coe College in 1937 and entered the navy as an ensign in 1943. His wife and three children reside at 370 Eighteenth Street SE.
Allied daylight raids by nearly 1,000 US Fortresses and Liberators target oil plants in Germany and Soviet operations over Brest. RAF and USAAF missions hit Opel works at Russelheim and other sites as Luftwaffe losses mount with 144 German aircraft confirmed destroyed.
Major Dana J. Morris was killed in action in France on August 7, as reported to his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Morris of Cedar Rapids. He was born November 13, 1905 in Deep River, Iowa and was a 1927 graduate of Coe College. He served in the Canal Zone and Trinidad for 22 months, returned to the U.S. in 1943, and after postings at Camp Claiborne and Fort Benning he went to England in March and then France in June. He is survived by his wife in Elyria, Ohio and a sister Dorothy Morris.
AP dispatch from Paris describes American and French columns entering Paris from the south on a day of tumultuous welcome and firefight as German holdouts linger near key landmarks. Joyous crowds flood the boulevards while authorities brace for extended combat in the heart of the city.
Soviet forces push through the Galati gap toward Bucharest with Romanians and Germans clashing. Red Army advances threaten Ploesti and Bucharest, with reports of heavy German losses, encirclements, and Baltic theater gains by Maslennikov and Zakharov.
Two Republican senators urged White House accountability after the War Dept reversed its decision to allow the Socialist party to broadcast a political address to overseas servicemen. Senators Ferguson and Wherry blamed White House pressure for the about-face, while Norman Thomas called the reversal unfortunate but not surprising.
Allied forces under Lt Gen Alexander M Patch advanced into Avignon driving toward the Rhone Valley front. French troops hit Arles and Tarascon while Toulon arsenal falls and Cannes guns are bombarded as the French Navy reports torpedo attacks and ship damage.
Heavy rainfall drenched western Iowa with Greenfield reporting up to 4.29 inches and Osceola 4.02 inches. Cedar Rapids recorded 0.40 inches by 2:30 PM as storms moved across the state, with Des Moines noting 2.11 inches in the 24 hours ending at 7 AM. Temperatures ranged from the mid-50s to mid-70s, as eastern Iowa saw lighter totals and skies stayed overcast.
Stockholm reports from Dagens Nyheter that Field Marshal Guenther von Klige has been killed. Details remain unavailable and the German front commander von Klige is said to be 61. He took command on July 6 succeeding Field Marshal Rundstedt.
Bulgarian government declared full neutrality and ordered all Nazi troops off Bulgarian soil as Romanian forces with American air support advanced against Germany. Moscow reported Romania seized Carpathian passes and Bucharest bombed. Transylvania frontier shifts and planned Soviet armistice terms linked to Bulgaria's stance.
London and southern counties enjoyed more than 24 hours without a flying bomb alert marking a relief period in the Lonon area Friday night.
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