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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1944
Page
1
Allied and German forces clash across Normandy as Von Kluge pulls armor from the Falaise pocket. Allied advances inch toward Paris with Patton's Third Army reportedly seizing Alençon and moving toward Argentan. British officers note German Seventh Army breaking into guerrilla bands as units retreat toward Paris.
Governor Thomas E. Dewey will issue his Labor Day message as the regular state proclamation for New York. James G. Hagerty said Dewey adheres to a rule against delivering special statements. Publicist Philip Pearl had requested a separate labor column, but was declined due to press workload.
The Grafton Sentinel invites Miss Maxine Cockerell to attend tonight's showings at the Strand and Dixie theaters. Polo Joe with Joe E. Brown plays at the Strand while Shine on Harvest Moon stars Ann Sheridan Dennis Morgan Irene Manning and Jack Carson at the Dixie. Verification may be required.
The Associated Press lists front line progress with distances to Berlin from major fronts. Russian front stands at 322 miles from eastern Warsaw, Italian front 603 miles from Florence, French front 626 miles from Seignolles, and Southern France 680 miles from Cannes.
About 250 college educators gathered at Jackson's Mill for the second annual school for executives to discuss postwar education in economics and credit for military service, plus distribution of surplus war materiels and other issues.
Reports from the French border say Maquis units, stirred by Allied landings along the Riviera, attacked German garrisons in southern France. By sundown, towns such as Auch Agen Montauban Rodez Perigueux Tulle Aurillac Limoges were reportedly surrounded. German commanders at Pau and Toulouse issued surrender ultimatums.
On August 15 Allied forces crossed thirty to forty miles of front in southern France under heavy naval fire. American and French troops landed after daring cliff ascents and coastal battery seizures, enabling ships to reach the shore. The plan, once deemed impossible by the navy, succeeded through army and ranger commando efforts on Levant and Port Cros and rapid gun silencing before dawn.
Milwaukee results show CIO backed hopefuls trailing in the fourth and fifth districts. Thad Wasielewski leads GOP challenger Anthony P. Gawronski with Raymond J. Cannon also under CIO influence below. In the fifth, Andrew J. Biemiller leads Clem Kalvelage as PAC support falters. Republican Alexander Wiley dominates statewide Senate race. other rivals trail.
Soviet forces renewed their all out bid on Warsaw from Praga across the Vistula while Rokossovsky builds reserves and tightens lines. In East Prussia, troops push toward Lyck as Konev’s army group advances west of the Vistula with heavy fighting and losses reported.
London reports another armada of 2000 American planes, half heavy bombers, struck targets in Leipzig Magdeburg area and other central Germany while additional fliers attacked troops and defenses on French fronts. Berlin and Tyrol bombing raids followed amid reports of bomber losses and squalls shaping the See AMERICANS page 4.
Pacific war briefing reports Japanese screen of Pacific islands bombed at both ends and near the center including Kuriles Iwo Jima Spice islands. MacArthur says Liberator and Mitchell bombers hit Halmahera Terate and shipping around Paramushiro Suribachi as antiaircraft fire rages. Navy notes heavy air war across New Guinea Carolines with Formosa bombing and sank freighters.
In Sedalia Missouri on August 16 Emmett Sullivan found eight summons on his car. They ordered him to report to the Internal Revenue Office over the missing use stamp washed from the windshield. A second summons appeared, and after he corrected it another note arrived directing him to police HQ to pay an overtime parking fine.
Moscow citizens hailed Allied invasion of southern France while German radio claimed the hour has struck. The Marquis underground grows stronger in France as Allied forces press the beaten 7th Army in Normandy. On the Russian front, Red Army preparations threaten East Prussia and Warsaw as Hitler’s forces are stretched. Eisenhower cautions German strength remains, but Hitler’s total divisions exceed 300. See The War Today page 3.
Allied invasion forces reached eight miles inland in southern France after securing initial objectives. British American airborne troops behind the beaches aided the advance, with U S troop carriers delivering glider and parachute forces into the bridgehead. German fire disrupted some embarkations, but Allied HQ said operations proceeded as planned and French parachutists were reportedly active inland. Page 6.
Washington August 16 Donald M Nelson told the senate committee he believes the country can return to prewar civilian production even as Japan fights He discussed plans to raise civilian output after conquest and warned military resistance to civilian goods could ease as the war progresses He predicted a 30 percent higher consumer output if restrictions ease but said some items would stay restricted until defeat of the Axis.
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