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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1944
Page
4
In an eighth straight raid, Allied bombers dropped more than 200 tons of explosives, lifting the total to about 1,300 tons. There were no interceptions. Other targets included Soerabaja, Rabaul, New Britain, hit with 27 tons, and Kavieng, New Ireland, with 53 tons.
Syria Verne, a noted artist model, is found slain in her penthouse after midnight. Argus and Ellen navigate a web of models, agency files, and uneasy alibis at Dorry’s open source and Roger Flagg’s studio, while Inspector Grange questions Pierre Sturgis and others in a tense urban mystery.
A review notes Harv ey Allen s Bedford Village the first part of a planned six installments in his epic saga. Albine the central figure navigates frontier Pennsylvania amid Indian British and immigrant influences. The piece argues the work offers a broad panoramic view of frontier life and its complex forces.
Fifth Army reports heavy shelling of German positions south of the Cassino highway and near the Monte Cassino amphitheater. Allied gains were recaptured by nightfall after a strong German counterattack along ridges between the town’s western edge and the Benedictine abbey.
A. T. & T. plans to test intercity radio relays for long distance calling and television program handling with a proposed 2 million dollar link among New York Boston and intermediate points awaiting FCC approval and wartime progress. New programs and schedules across NBC CBS and MBS stations follow the announcement, highlighting ongoing war time broadcasting.
Fighting around Cailsmo fuels belief that German tunnels link positions from abbey through Monastery hill to town 1500 feet below enabling easier reinforcement. Yesterday Allied airpower, the largest in theater, flew 1800 sorties over Klagenfurt Graz Knin Metkovic, destroying 32 enemy planes and losing 17, with one shot down in Rome.
A late communique reports Japanese air raids on the Imphal area Thursday and Friday destroying two temples with very slight casualties. Mountbatten's jungle commandos, 160 miles behind Japanese lines in northern Burma, captured a strong position near a landing strip after intense hand-to-hand fighting. In the extreme north Lt Gen Joseph Stilwell's Chinese and American troops continue to advance.
Stilwell’s headquarters report a four and a half month campaign in Burma ending with the Hukawng valley cleared of Japanese resistance. Officials estimate about 4,000 Japanese killed and roughly 1,800 square miles of territory seized as Allied forces advance toward the Mogaung valley.
The proposed measure envisions a global carrier system, abolishes the civil aeronautics board and administrator role, and creates a seven member civil aeronautics authority as an independent agency. It shifts civil aviation duties from the commerce department, gives states intrastate carrier control, and loosens experimental certificates to spur development while allowing private pilots to work on their planes without special certification. A national airport survey is planned to guide future development as airlines react.
American forces reported control of the Admiralties after landing on Los Negros and Manus. Lorengau airstrip fell, giving the Allies two airfields and a fleet anchorage at Seeadler Harbor about 700 miles southwest of Truk. A convoy near New Guinea sank a 3,000 ton freighter and damaged a destroyer and a 5,000 ton cargo ship.
Special to Central Press Washington reports that tax reform will lag two months or more with no simplified bill before midyear. Congress wrangles while Treasury and the joint tax committee await a Stam report. Argentina faces Axis sympathizer tensions and Western Hemisphere unity is tested. White House shows limited concession to Congress on war effort and politics.
The War Today reports a major Red advance across the Dniester breaking German defenses on a front over thirty miles. Pravda cites the Sixth Army fragmentation and German retreat while Moscow eyes a broader push to clear Nazis from Ukraine and secure food. Rumors of Balkan tension grow as Britain warns Romania to flee the Axis. Berlin notes possible new Baltic drives as Finland faces armistice terms.
Allied bombers from Britain and Italy breached German defenses with large raids across Austria, Germany, France, Yugoslavia and Italy. In seven days Allied forces claimed 479 enemy aircraft destroyed, including 30 German fighters in Austria raids. American Marauders targeted Creil and other sites near Paris while Thunderbolts escorted by heavy bombers struck toward the invasion coast. The report notes unprecedented air traffic and claims high Allied losses are outweighed by rapid production and deployment of long-range bombers. The first US federal court death sentence outcome cited dates to 1793 New Bern mutiny cases.
West Virginia reports spring arrival tempered by rain snow and sleet. Power and telephone lines damaged while highways iced over. Schools closed in Monongalia County and interurban streetcar service near Clarksburg and Fairmont suspended by ice on trolley wires. Rivers rose slowly with no immediate flood threat.
Twelve gallons of home brew were confiscated along with 420 gallons of mash and four and a half gallons of tax unpaid whiskey. Tests show that fluorine at one part per million in water helps build long term resistance to decay in developing teeth of children.
Nut trees are a healthy and valuable addition for Victory gardens. Gardeners should select well suited varieties, as grown trees enhance home landscapes with sizable, elongated nuts and attractive features over time.
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