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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1944
Page
3
Heavy rains hindered British operations to clear Indian fronts of Japanese troops now entrenched near the Burma border. Royal forces faced flooded terrain and limited supplies as they continued pursuit of remaining units.
Hundreds were taken on both the American and British front as the week’s campaign neared 15 000 total. American spearheads advanced toward Avranches area while British forces under Lt Gen Miles C Dempsey pressed and captured Launay Canteloup St Pierre du Fresne and other positions. In Washington Congress recessed to August 1 with Ramspeck urging careful postwar reconversion work and urging committees to prepare solid legislation rather than rush processes.
Reports say Agana to Pago Bay in Guam and Tinian pocketed by marines as Japanese forces suffer heavy losses across Guam Tinian Saipan and other regions. MacArthur’s line claims 250000 total Japanese casualties with tens of thousands captured or dead in the southwest Pacific and efforts to hold Hengyang and Myitkyina continue amid brutal street fighting and sieges.
Soviet units push toward Warsaw with coordinated air and ground bombardment while a three pronged assault drives on Prussia. Cherniakhovsky advances toward Lyck and Koenigsberg front, Riga sees German fugitives as Jelgava falls, cutting Baltic escape routes.
The act creates civil service for policemen and firemen in eight cities including Shreveport Baton Rouge Monroe Alexandria Lake Charles Lafayette New Iberia and Bogalusa. It guarantees a hearing option with a state funded referee if a worker cannot afford to attend and outlines city boards of five members with specific selection rules and internal elections by the departments.
In a Pittsburgh stop Dewey urged a GOP regime he says will better handle homefront problems and reconversion after the war. He travels toward Springfield for talks with Gov Green and Illinois leaders before a GOP governors conference in St Louis.
In Washington last fall a hearing tested whether Esquire magazine could mail its pages. A scholar staff testified against obscenity claims while Walker backed one side then changed position, revoking mailing privilege on grounds it lacked public character or literary merit. Esquire appealed to the federal court.
In DC and Texas, judges sustain Walker's mailing permit revocation amid disputes over influence. The case moves toward the Supreme Court as Smart cites a Notre Dame trustee and Indiana clergyman accused of a literary blacklist. Photo copies show correspondence with Esquire pressuring sales.
Edmontonians have watched a secret northwest air route develop since September 14 1942. Planes with Red Star markings have passed through on the way to Russia with fighters and bombers, while Russian women pilots have flown Alaska to the front. Officials report few losses despite a heavy weekend northbound traffic and strict secrecy.
Debates over presidential electors in Texas surface as the May Democratic convention picks anti administration electors while pro Roosevelt factions bolt. Partial returns hint at enough strength to overturn at a September convention, with a possible state supreme court decision on representation.
Congressional discussions follow a conference with House Republican Leader Martin of Massachusetts. Senator George proposes a new bill on unemployment compensation for discharged war workers and asks for referral to his committee. The measure would leave unemployment controls in a specific framework.
Yesterday Fish questioned the idea that telling the truth and making political predictions is anti American or religiously charged. The campaign escalated with libel suit threats and Willkie offering to defend Maxwell Anderson a Bennet supporter if Fish sues. Willkie called for ending Ham Fish political career while Fish backed the Dewey Bricker ticket.
Mrs Robert Dominque of Sicily Island announces her husband a Natchez and New Iberia native has returned to the United States after 18 months abroad He spent a year on Midway Island with Pacific naval air bases eight months in Honolulu working with a Hawaiian dredge company They plan to live in Houston after the war Estelle Boyette formerly of Sicily Island is mentioned as Mrs Dominque’s maiden name.
Captain Quentin Roosevelt 25 eldest son of the late Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt returned to the United States from the Normandy battle fronts to be reassigned. His wife Frances B. Webb of Kansas City, who served with the Red Cross in Normandy, is also in the country on leave.
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