Critical Days Lie Ahead In Battle Of Normandy
Across Normandy and Italy readers were warned of critical days as Allied and German forces clash in Caen and the Pisa Rimini line. The news recounts heavy fighting, German reserves, and potential shifts in Italy’s defensive stance amid Pacific warfare and new air assaults on Formosa.
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Battle of
Normandy
Tuscany
Eston Ra Fay
France
Italy
Caen
Bernard Montgomery
Tighten Controls On War Industry Workers
The War Manpower Commission imposes voluntary but strict rules to recruit 200,000 new workers for war plants. Texas WMC director C. E. Beik says non conformers risk public pressure and social scrutiny, not formal penalties. The plan uses inter city transfers and intensified recruiting to fill essential job roles.
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War Manpower Commission
C. E. Beik
Texas
WMC
Chan
Gulfport Flier Dismissed After Army Court Martial
Second Lt. Stanley D. Hyman of Gulfport Mississippi was found guilty of law flying over Oglethorpe Georgia and ordered dismissed from the service at Barksdale Field. Second Lt. David S. Litsis was acquitted of acrobatic charges over Camp Sibert. The flying court of 12 officers presided by Lt. Col. Moseman also heard the cases.
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Shreveport
Stanley D. Hyman
Gulfport Air Base
Gulfport
Miss
Oglethorpe
Barksdale Field
David S. Litsis
Camp Gilbert
Ala
Camp Sibert
Ormond J. Moseman
de- Ridder Air Base
T. N. Wilkerson
James W. Smith
Hyman and
Litsis
James R. Perry
Barksdale
Cunsel
Hyman
Hitler speaks at Dietl rites in funeral address
London dispatch reports Adolf Hitler delivering a funeral tribute to General Eduard Dietl, praising Dietl's Narvik feat and urging German officers to combine hard discipline with kindness to troops, while noting Dietl's death expands Nazi officer fatalities since D-Day.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Eduard Diet
Finland
DNB
Hitler
Narvik
Diet
Dietl
Allied Bombers Strike German Robot Installations in France
Two Allied bomber formations, British and American, attacked German robot bomb installations in northern France as July operations begin. The sorties totalled over 100,000 in June, with Allied losses at one bomber per force and two American fighters.
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Henry B. Jameson
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Channel
France
Britain
Normandy
Gala Bond Rally Planned For Ouachita Parish
A West Monroe gala war bond rally Monday aims to boost Ouachita parish in the last week of the Fifth War Loan drive. As of noon Saturday the parish sold 2 578 576 dollars in bonds with 322 525 in Series E 192 551 in Series F and G and 2 063 500 in miscellaneous bonds. The Series E quota remains unmet and committees plan final week push. The rally, organized with Selman field, features a main show on Trenton Street with 1 500 cadets anticipated in Twin Cities.
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West Monroe
Ouachita Parish
J.rogers
Selman Field
Trenton Street
Twin Cities
General Hodges Reflects On Three Years At LSU
Gen. C. B. Hodges spoke from LaGuardia General Hospital in New Orleans on his three years as LSU president. He praised ongoing expansion and urged support for Dr. W. B. Hatcher, the new LSU president. Hodges backed plans for junior college expansion and added junior A M programs at LSU units in Monroe and Lake Charles. He noted prospects for returning service members and suggested new LSU junior college sites and integrated A M paths.
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New Orleans
C. B. Hodges
Louisiana State University
University
Lagarde General Hospital
W. B. Hatcher
Hatcher
L. S. U. Board
General Hodges
Hodges
Monroe
John McNeese
Lake Charles
U S Without Argentina Envoy As Recall Opens Posts
Ambassador Norman Armour, on a Buenos Aires recall, sails home and may take a top State Department post as director of the Office of American Republic Affairs. The move signals Washington’s disapproval of the Argentine military regime and leaves the Buenos Aires embassy open.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Norman Armour
Buenos Aires
State Department
Argentina
Department
Armour
Office of American Republic Affairs
State Hull
Laurance Duggan
Defiant Danes in Copenhagen Launch Against German Garrison
About 15 000 Danish patriots battled a 3 000 strong German garrison in Copenhagen aided by reinforcements from Zealand. Street fighting and a general strike disrupted food, water, and transport as flags from Denmark United States Britain and Russia flew above improvised fortresses. Reports of casualties and hospital despatches followed as the harbor was closed and ferries moved to Sweden.
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Stockholm
Copenhagen
Zealand
United States
Aftonbladet
Malmo
Sweden
Oro Sound
Free Danish Press Service
West Monroe Girl Drowns in Ouachita River Tragedy
Miss Atrelle Ashford 19, a Hendrix Sandwich Shop waitress, drowned on a river outing near LaZarre's Point south of West Monroe. Her body was recovered from the Ouachita River at 7 30 P M by Mitchell Jane. Dorothy Grant escaped by swimming, while Frances Grant did not know how to swim.
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Atrelle Ashford
Myrtie Ashford
Eros
LaZarre's Point
West Monroe
Ouachita River
Jeff Caldwell
IL. C. Baker
Mitchell Jane
Miss Ashford
Hendrix Sandwich Shop
Cypress and
Bridge Streets
Lucien Hendrix
Dorothy Grant
Frances Grant
Frances
Cruikshank Still Champion of Chennault Flier Route
In Chungking on July 1 a New official review credits Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault s 14th United States Air Force with sinking 414 939 tons of enemy shipping from July 4 1942 to May 31 1944. The period shows 100 aircraft destroyed 464 probables and 282 damaged along with 25 000 sorties.
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Chungking
Claire L. Chennault
United States Air Force
14Th
14Th Air Force
Japan
Pacific
Indo-China
Burma
Formosan
4Th Air Force
China Sea
Shanghai
Saigon
Arthur W. Cruickshank
Ruston
Rail Center of Borisov Seized In White Russian Advance
Soviet communique reports Red troops pushing west of Minsk seize Borisov with 8 000 German casualties and tanks and guns destroyed. White armies claim rapid gains north of Minsk and toward Minsk along the Orsha rail line.
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Polotsk
Vetrino
Minsk
Borisov
Belinichi
Mogilev
Osipovichi
Bobruisk
Napoleon
London
Minck
Moscow
Associated Press
Eddy Gilmore
White Russia
Warsaw
Berlin
Bogomla
Pleshchenitsy
Konstantn K. Rokossovsky
Slutsk
Kopy
Krasnaya Sloboda
Gresk
United Nations Monetary Meet Opens in New Hampshire
Delegates from 44 nations plus observer Denmark gather at Mount Washington House for three weeks of talks. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau is conference president, aiming to create an $8 billion monetary fund and a $10 billion bank for reconstruction and development.
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Bretton Woods
N. H
Roosevelt
United Nations
Denmark
Mount Washington House
Treasury
Morgenthau
17 Year School Plans Sent Out
State Superintendent John E. Coxe announced mailing of the complete plan for Louisiana 12 year public school reform set to start in the fall. District staff will meet with local officials to address new graduation requirements lowering English and mathematics hours and allowing more electives and vocational subjects. This excerpt continues on the second page.
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Baton Rouge
John E. Coxe
Louisiana
State Board of Education
Coxe
State Department of Education
Americans Consolidating Gains on Bloody Saipan
U S Pacific Fleet reports slow but steady consolidation of gains on Saipan as American marines and doughboys wipe out pockets of Japanese in caves behind front lines. Bombers strike Formosa and nearby targets while Japanese raids continue and fleet units flee after carrier air attacks.
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Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Saipan
Chester W. Nimitz
Tinian Island
Rota Island
Navy
Kurile Islands
Paramushiro
Shumushu
Formosa
Philippines
China
Takao
Joseph W. Stilwell
Japan
Germans Lay Down Arms Near Cherbourg in Peninsular Surrender
American troops completed mopping up the Cherbourg peninsula with more than 42 000 prisoners taken in the operation and over 20 000 from a single victorious division. A captured officer blamed the hopeless fight on hard core Nazis while others surrendered after pitting themselves against advancing forces.
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Hal Boyle
Cap DE Hague
Cherbourg
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Peninsula
Robert Robb
San Francisco
Maj
J. D. Bradley Jr
Glenneville
Louisiana Appropriations Bill Reaches Governor Davis
The general appropriations bill was placed on Gov. James H. Davis desk before 4 p m. today. Both houses met to sign the bill in open session. Davis has 10 days to sign with the fiscal year ending July 1 and lawmakers adjourned until Monday. Sen Lionel G Ott introduced a related resolution.
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Baton Rouge
James H. Davis
House
Senate
Davis
Norman Bauer
St. Mary
Lionel G. Ott
New Orleans
Missing Lt. Trimble Rumors Confirmed In Telegram
Mrs William W Trimble Jr and Mrs Eula Trimble of Monroe received a telegram late Friday night stating Lt William W Trimble reported missing in action in England. He was 26 and had trained at Maxwell Field Union City Greenville Lawrenceville Lockbourne and George Field. He married Cathryn Mullis June 2 1943 and earned an electrical engineering degree from Louisiana Tech in 1942.
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William W. Trimble Jr
William W
Bully) Trimble
Eula Trimble
Gordon Aves Nue
Monroe
England
Army Air Forces
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Union City
Tenn
Greenville
Miss
Lawrenceville
Lockbourne Army Air Base
Trimble
Cathryn Mullis
George Field
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana Tech
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Russia
Gulfport Flier
Charles Hunter Gerhardt
Macon
U. S
Gerhardt
Signal Corps
Lithuania
Poland
U.S
River
I. C. Baker
Cruikshank Still
Chennault Flier
REDS
Thomas E. Dewey
Chicago
White House
United Nations Monetary Meet
Davis’ Desk
Lieut
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