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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1944
Page
8
Allied forces drive a five mile advance to Cannes on the eastern Riviera as 20,000 prisoners pass through beachhead pens. American and French troops destroy coastal defenses while Luftwaffe panzer divisions north of Turim face heavy bombing.
Allied air forces staged a record load against Halmahera and New Guinea with 90 tons of bombs dropped. In New Guinea, over 200 Allied fighters attacked Japanese airfields, while 1,647 Japanese were reported killed and 207 captured. Admiral Nimitz said the Allies control the major part of the Pacific, aiming at a no prosperity sphere for Japan. A Paramushiro raid damaged storage, sank a small vessel, and damaged another. Stabs were reported on Nauru south of the Marshalls Yap toward the Philippines.
Moscow reports Romanian deserters telling Soviet troops of German machinegunning and Romanian executions of Nazi masters as Reds advance toward the Prut and Siret rivers. Estimates place German troops in Romania at about 40 divisions, while Romania fields 25 to 30 divisions. Hitler had awarded Hungary half of Transylvania in 1940.
Soviet military officers told Romanian soldiers and civilians that liquidation of German forces must precede any armistice. Civilians celebrated a promised non annexation of Romanian territory and preserved independence. German retreat accelerates as bridges stand and fortifications are left unmanned, with reports of killings of resisting Romanians.
Weather in North Carolina shows fair to partly cloudy skies with mild temperatures tonight and Saturday. Showers are forecast along the coast in the afternoon. Reports describe the seizure of Barlad on the Iasi Galati railway, 58 miles north of Galati, bringing Soviet forces within 35 miles of Nazi defenses along the lower Siret and Patna Rivers. On the eastern front, Soviet troops near Tartu in Estonia approach German lines, with advances toward Lomza near the East Prussian frontier.
RAF Mosquito raids hit targets in France and Belgium as Allied air power continues a Baltic to Atlantic campaign. Night raids destroy at least 65 enemy vehicles near Paris Gournay station, with trains and a German staff casualty reported. 1 plane missing.
Allied forces halted at a strongpoint outside Paris then advanced as French General Lec lerc and staff held talks. Tanks tried to outflank but withdrew after meeting American infantry. At 9 57 pm a jeep rode through Paris gates as joyous crowds cheered, waving tricolors and kissing soldiers amid tears. God bless America echoed through the streets.
Berlin DNB dispatch says Hungary bans all political parties to curb intrigue as war shifts. Reports say Romania capitulated Hungary borders and Romanian troops begin marching toward Hungary amid southeast Europe developments.
Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten resumes leadership of the Allied command in southeast Asia after London conferences with British and American leaders. Plans were set to intensify the war against Japan, aligning with the visit of U S Navy Secretary James V Forrestal.
The war page reports Hitler’s tightening grip inside Germany with social controls and propaganda while Allied advances threaten a protracted defense. German Seventh Army pockets near the Seine estuary shrink as Fifteenth Army fights to guard the Channel coast. Hitler may pull troops from Norway and mobilize home-front reserves to blunt the push.
Dispatches report great Allied armored and infantry drives swinging toward the Seine as RAF officers warn Germany may retreat to its border after heavy losses of German armor in the Marne sector. Patton’s Third Army advances southeast of Paris remain unreported. Brest endures a nine-wave air raid by Ninth Air Force bombers as Allied supply lines tighten.
Two newspapers La Marseillaise and Rouge-Midi published two page editions announcing the liberation of Marseille and Paris. The special issues underscore a major Allied victory as occupying forces retreat and French sovereignty returns.
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