14 Aug 1944
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1944
Page
1
The column decries proposed raises from 10 000 to 25 000 for essmen and senators and protests the lack of bargaining power for a small group of about 600 lawmakers. It argues inflationary pressure and questions the lawmakers' grasp of consequences, urging thoughtful consideration of the impact and fairness.
Allied headquarters reported Frontone in the Apennines near the Adriatic coast fell to Eighth Army troops. Florence received relief supplies while fighting eased on the Italian front. Empoli, west of Florence, also came under Allied control as air operations targeted German defenses along the Rhône and coast.
Police report eight inmates escaped the LT institute Sunday. Three juveniles fled at 11 30 a m in a stolen maroon 1940 Plymouth connected to Lt A C Fink. The remaining five broke out at 4 p m wearing khaki and blue coveralls.
Allied air forces from England and Italy struck Mannheim Ludwigshafen and rail networks across the Reich including Paris region targets. Luftwaffe faced heavy bombing on the front as Eisenhower ordered ceaseless bombardment and Allied fighters pressed over southern Germany to Bavaria.
Washington August 14 The census bureau reports cottonseed crushed in the cotton year August 1 to July 31 totaled 3 953 588 tons down from 4 497 779 tons the previous year. On hand at mills July 31 118 701 tons vs 90 336 a year ago. Production and on hand figures for crude and refined oil cake meal hulls linters and running bales are listed with year to year changes.
The Comei news agency claimed 22 Allied aircraft were destroyed in a dawn raid on Liuchow air base in Kwangsi province yesterday, with five large enemy planes set afire.
United States forces press the Pacific pace with new air blows toward Japan and the Marianas, while Admiral Nimitz contemplates shifting headquarters closer to combat. MacArthur reports Lib erators sinking a 3,000 ton freighter in Davao gulf and strikes near Chichi Jima and Paramushiro as the war extends across 3,500 miles of Japanese defenses.
In Moscow reports quote Marshal Friedrich von Paulus, captured at Stalingrad, stating the war is lost and Hitler is to blame. Lt. Gen. Fritz Franck joins in urging German desertion of Hitler as more generals call for peace to save their people.
The War Department lists 1 637 U S soldiers wounded in action incl Reed Joel W from Louisiana route 1 Jonesboro Manar Alton K Oak Grove Pickering John M Pioneer Victory Henry F Met Rouge Sanders Ervin E Oak Grove and more. families named as mothers wives and guardians.
Ouachita parish property owners will vote Tuesday on an 11-2 mill road tax. Supporters cite road maintenance benefits while opponents argue gasoline tax already funds roads and protest the tax as unfair to Monroe and West Monroe residents. Polls open 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at existing stations.
Four congressional committees pressed a three point reconversion program aiming to move bills on surplus property unemployment and demobilization machinery through within two weeks so a pre election recess could begin around September 1. The Colmer surplus materials bill would guide disposal of about 15 billion dollars of property into the civilian economy.
Chinese dispatch says forces prepare a full scale assault on Tengchung, backed by Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault's 14th air force, as Beijing pushes for Lungling and Sungshan, with Hengyang in Hunan the target of heavy fighting and casualties on both sides.
Lt Gen Ben Lear told the United Spanish War Veterans that much of the army in Europe could return via the Suez canal and Tokyo after years away. He warned victory in Europe was near and urged continued public support for emergency military plans and Pacific operations.
German forces evacuate Osowiec fortress 15 miles south of the East Prussian frontier and withdraw westward. Soviet troops mass near East Prussia with forces 7 to 35 miles from the border, threatening Warsaw and Lomza as tank battles rumble west of the Vistula.
The carrier strike outlook improved as idle workers fell from 61 000 to 18 500 across the United States and Canada. About 25 000 drivers for 103 government seized lines returned to work in eight Midwestern states with a seven cent an hour wage boost ordered by the War Labor Board. In Montreal 4000 transit workers went back under temporary government control as service resumed after an 11 day stoppage. In Detroit 7000 GM Chevrolet employees returned to their shifts.
Army officers expect legislation before the Senate to lift the political propaganda ban from a list of 15 books and to clarify incidents over two motion pictures. The War Department had wrongly claimed Wilson and Heavenly Days were banned for troops, then said they were never offered for distribution.
American tanks and infantry advanced seven to twelve miles as Canadian forces pushed ahead with armor and infantry. The drive tightened around a German pocket in Normandy, closing to less than 16 miles at points and threatening Field Marshal von Kluge's forces with encirclement and heavy losses.
General Eisenhower predicts a decisive week ahead as Allied forces close in on Nazi Germany in France. He warns three German armies remain, with potential political collapse only possibly altering the path to unconditional surrender and a route to Berlin.
Allied troops, pushing last Japanese remnants from northeastern India, advanced on the Tid dim road and Kabaw valley with light opposition. In northern Burma, Chinese troops and Kachin Levies strengthened positions near Kazu and pushed patrols toward the Mandalay railway toward Mingon, near Taungni.
Prime Minister Churchill Marshal Tito and exile Yugoslav Premier Ivan Subasic met in Italy on August 12 and 13 to discuss political and military questions. The talks aim to shape Yugoslavia postwar policy and may boost Tito's control and Allied support against German forces.
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