Last ditch fight along the Vistula outlined in War Today
The piece notes a rapid German retreat toward shorter lines in Poland and back near the Bug river as Minsk and other key points may fall. It argues Hitler faces a narrowing strategic option with Allied air superiority and growing Western pressure making a prolonged stand unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Roberts Jr
DeWitt Mackenzie
White Russia
Minsk
Hitler
Old Poland
Bug River
Orsha
Mogilev
Berlin
Kovel
Brest Litovsk
Baranowicze
Bialystok
Lwow
Italy
France
Channel
Mediterranean
Baltic
Danube
Navy recruiting push dispels enlistment rumors in Louisiana
Commander Elliott warns rumors about Navy enlistment curtailment are dangerous and unfounded. He confirms no Washington policy to halt white or Negro programs and urges 17 year olds to contact local recruiting stations in New Orleans Lake Charles Baton Rouge Alexandria Monroe Lafayette and Shreveport for full details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Kenneth Kott
Navy Sting
Louisiana
New Orleans
Elliott
Washington
Lake Charles
Baton Rouge
Alexandria
Monroe
Lafayette
Shreveport
Warren Warren Warren Enigma at 1944 GOP Convention
California Governor Earl Warren puzzled the 1944 Republican National Convention as a possible vice presidential pick. He declined the offer, favored a Dewey Bricker ticket, and planned to remain governor while steering party factions from behind the scenes. He faced the challenge of shifting from nonpartisan backing to partisan support for the ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
California
Earl Warren
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Warren
Dewey
New York
Bricker
Sherman
Fliers die in Ark crash while training near Dermot
Two pilots killed as their training plane crashed two and a half miles southwest of Dermot Arkansas. One body recovered hours after wreck. Names and identities not immediately learned.
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Associated Press
Dermot
Ark
Greenville
Miss
Here
Pythians Schedule Meetings With Local Lodges
Pythians to meet Stonewall Lodge and Knights of Pythias in regular session Thursday at 8 p m. The Dokeys will meet Monday at 8 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythians
Stonewall Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Dokeys
Real Estate Transfers in Ouachita Parish Listings
Yesterday at the Ouachita parish court office several transfers were recorded. Helen Davis Ledbetter sold to Louie B. Lee a lot in square 4 West Monroe for 3753 dollars. The Luxure Mullins—Claude M. Redmond transfer covers lot 7 square 4 J F Heard’s first addition West Monroe for 100 dollars. Sidney Freeman sold to R A Brown and Kate Brown lots 3 and 4 square 9 J F Heard’s first addition for 3000 dollars. Roland Siegle sold to FE B Barfield seven acres in east half NE quarter section 7 township 17 north range 3 east for 700 dollars. W R Hatchell sold to William P Johnson middle third of lots 8 and 8 square 1 Flournoy’s first addition West Monroe for 2500 dollars. Nolan D McGaughey sold to Peoples Homestead and Savings Association lot 11 Miller and Hamilton Pine Crest subdivision for 4000 dollars, then deeded to O L Hartman for the same. The Peoples Homestead and Savings Association sold to Wesley Emry Grillet and Philip Inzina a lot 50 feet east of Walnut and Breard streets fronting 50 feet north Breard and depth 150 feet for 3700 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of
Ouachita Parish
Helen Davis Ledbetter
Louie B. Lee
Square 4
McLain
C. C. Crosley
West Monroe
Luxure Mullins
Claude M. Redmond
Square
J. F. Heard
Sidney Freeman
R. A. Brown
Kate Brown
Roland Siegle
FE. B. Barfield
Township
W. R. Hatchell
William P. Johnson
Flournoy
Wood Bricks for Fuel
A firm presses sawdust into bricks using a high pressure machine that yields bricks with the energy equivalent of three and three quarters pounds of coal.
12-Year-Old Boy Hit by Truck in City Intersection
Cody Woolsey, 12, son of R H Woolsey of Monroe fire department, suffered severe cuts and bruises when struck by a truck at DeSiard and North Fourth streets. He remained unconscious until afternoon, then improved by night. Driver Willie Nelson, 44, of 1715 Adams Street, charged with reckless driving and released on $100 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cody Woolsey
R. H. Woolsey
Monroe
DeSiard
North Fourth Streets
St. Francis Sanitarium
J. E. McMullen
Willie Nelson
Adams Street
Perkins Iee Company
North Fourth
City Court Fines Net Modest Sums For Violations
LeRoy Davis, a Negro, was fined 10 dollars by Judge W M Harper for fighting. D A Goodger, Gene Carter, Minnie Dishazo, Henry Dishazo and Jessie Sims, all charged with being drunk and disorderly, forfeited 7 50 bonds. Eleven traffic violators paid a total of 29 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Davis
W. M. Harper
D. A. Goodger
Gene Carter
Minnie Dishazo
Henry Dishazo
Jessie Sims
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Vistula
Jumor
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Southern Laundry Owners Association
Morton Mayor
Hattiesburg
Merle C. Fraser
Columbus
Fred Portevan
Meridian
Dave Verlander
Will Hockbaum
Johnny Lyle
Wilbur Kean
Rudolph Ramelli
Albert Hattendorf
Isadore Leeman
Jackson
Roosevelt
Old Regular
George Montgomery
New Guinea
George C. Kenney
Allied Air Forces
Southwest Pacific
William A. Moody
Morgan Walker
Raymond J. Weinstein
Lincoln
Pineville
Howard W. Hodges
Stoner Avenue
Tech
John M. Shannonhouse
P. O. Box
DeQuincy
Action! Jr. Boys
Norwich
Aunt Sassie
The
War Fund
S.A.S
Aunt Sassies
Atari
Mary Tucker
Deacon Miller
Pudge
Royal
Missusappi
O.P.A
Deluxe
Firestone
North Third St
Firestons
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