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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1944
Page
1
Dewitt Mackenzie surveys Allied coordination as forces strike in the western front, Russia, Balkans, Italy, and air war. He cites Secretary Stimson on German weakness, Patton’s Third Army advances, Goebbels’ total war mobilization, and Hitler’s siege mentality. Supply lines and port openings loom as decisive.
In Poland Red Army advances toward East Prussia while fighting stiff German resistance. In Bulgaria key ports reportedly sink 74 German vessels as Bulgaria seeks peace with Allies. Russian pushes near Bucharest and Sibiu are reported with Yugoslav Partisans growing, while rail networks across Greece and the Adriatic are devastated to block German retreats.
Canberra reports Prime Minister Curtin blamed Japanese prisoners for a violent Aug. 5 mutiny in an Australian camp. About 9000 prisoners involved. 231 killed by gunfire or self-inflicted, 108 wounded. Many escaped, some murdered an Australian officer during the search. Court found camp conditions acceptable under international rules. Japanese repatriation to be handled by protecting powers.
President Roosevelt dismisses Dewey’s charge that the administration is tired quarrelsome and defeatist. He cites his Hyde Park preference but says world conditions force him to stay on if the people want. Reporters pressed on Hershey and peace comments but he offered brief replies.
Allied forces pushed inland on the Adriatic coast advancing toward the Marano River four miles from Rimini as German counterattacks slowed the advance. American troops neared Pistoia within two miles of the Gothic Line while other patrols moved north of Lucca. Heavy shelling north of Pisa and fierce fighting on ridges near San Savino continued as Allied air and Yugoslav Partisans struck again from the east.
U S First Army pushes near Liege while British forces strike toward Rhine strongholds. Patton s Third Army reaches Metz within 20 miles of the west wall as Nancy and Pont a Monson sector face stiff German resistance. Patch s Seventh Army moves toward Besancon as reports of linkups remain unconfirmed amid heavy fighting. Beriberi warning appears in unrelated health note.
President Roosevelt urged that defeating Nazi armies must be followed by eradicating cartels viewed as weapons of economic warfare. He sent a letter to Secretary Hull urging international cooperation, noting Justice Department findings on German cartels and an I. G. Farben link, with action to curb cartel practices affecting global trade.
MacArthur's air force widened its probing of south Philippine defenses with night patrols 230 miles west of Davao and Zamboanga, damaging two enemy naval memellaries. Liberators sank three enemy freighters west of Takao Formosa. Berlin says 30,000 American troops in China with divisions deployed to curb Japanese threat to Lingling air base. British 36th Division advances toward Hopin in Burma, near Mogaung, amid Japanese resistance. over 500 Japanese dead counted.
Washington reports by Justice Department official James B. Martin show a decade long stream of technical and economic data flowing to Japan via American firms through commercial channels. Japanese observers in the U.S. accessed oil and aviation tech as late as June 1941, with Universal Oil Products providing files and designs for 100 octane and ISO octane plants.
The communique reported the Chinese pushing forward in southern Hunan. Lingling lies 75 miles southwest of Hengyang, near the old American air base site, under ten miles from Kwangsi. Japanese forces on a wide front moved forward and were within 100 miles of Kweilin.
A British government spokesman in London denies any German peace plea to the United Nations and dismisses rumors of talks with the Allies. In Chungking, reports say a large American air base at Linaling has fallen to five Japanese divisions, affecting cotton-to-cloth production and tied to Gen Dwight D Eisenhower.
Reports show 14 government seized mines in West Virginia and Pennsylvania moved toward re opening. Idle workers dropped from about 9,000 to around 4,500 as two Pennsylvanian mines Kramer at DuBois and Kent 1-2 in Indiana County remained closed under government control. Kent 1-2 faced a new twist as supervisors resigned triggering further questions about legal issues under the War Labor Disputes Act. Six West Virginia mines resumed production with several companies listing returning supervisory and miner staff. Six West Virginia districts voted on strikes with five in favor and one tied in NLBR supervised ballots.
Northern Ordinance Inc has purchased about 2,100 acres of proven oil land from John E Emerson at Grand Valley. The J P Eaton corporation properties include two hundred producing wells. The firm, a major Pennsylvan ia crude oil operator, plans a development program with 1,500 new wells and repressuring upgrades begun after April acquisitions in Venango Warren and Forest counties.
A report notes that Bower refuses to issue orders to cease firing until he secures an unconditional German surrender endorsed by the German high command and staff, signaling a demand for definitive capitulation before weapons fall silent.
Norman Thomas, Socialist presidential candidate, said lasting peace requires eliminating racial prejudices. He urged a permanent fair employment practices law, a federal anti lynching statute, and repeal of poll taxes. He urged brotherhood regardless of race and criticized Roosevelt for discrimination in the armed forces and anti lynching efforts. He urged the United States to practice what it preaches against white supremacy abroad.
Obituary notices list Mrs. Mary Henderson McGaughey of Armstrong Township died Thursday morning after illness. Also listed are Antonio Cendon of McIntyre a retired coal miner and laborer. Lucinda Lydick changes in funeral times. North Lockard Lydick of Penn Run to be buried in Harmony Cemetery. Sarah Belle Bartholomew Emerick 67 died of a heart attack near Pittsburgh. Burton Chas Reinard Jr of Homer City plans services at 3 PM Saturday with interment at Greenwood Cemetery Indiana.
A televised draft of remarks shows Thomas E. Dewey weaving a cross country plea for political change as the nation debates peace and postwar policy. Wary of New Deal promises, he argues administration in power cannot secure lasting peace while Wendell Willkie and Senator Aiken press GOP views on farm aid labor laws and future economy. News notes include reactions from Louis Bromfield deriding Democratic liberalism and a widow obituary from Adrian Hospital. The Rhinoceros iguana is cited as the region’s savagest lizard in a closing trivia line.
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