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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1944

Page

7

Wisconsin incumbents sweep party nominations in U S House races

In Milwaukee and across Wisconsin, incumbents won key nominations. Thad Zielewski and Amond Cannon secured bids for Congress in the Fourth and Fifth districts, backed by factions including the C I O PAC. Alan Wiley led the Republicans in a landslide for the Senate nomination amid a fragmented field.

Ilwaukee Ormer Congress Wisconsin Thadielewski Anthony P Wronski Amond J. Cannon Andrew Juniller Clem Kalvelage P. A. C.orsed Biecmiller Kalvelage Alexter Walter S. Goodland Daniel W. Hoan Milwaukee John Zimmermann Alexander O. Benz Appleton

War Today: Mackenzie Sees Allied Invasion Shaping War

DeWitt Mackenzie discusses Allied invasion of southern France as a turning point, noting German radio gloom, Soviet advances, and the peril facing Hitler. He weighs German troop strength and cautions that a Rhine-front retreat may still be needed to avert disaster.

Moscow France Hitler Normandy East Prussia Warsaw Vistula Reich Eisenhower Rhine Siegfried Line Oder River Germany Fuehre Russian Ime Unter den Linden

Investigating Fort Lawton Raid Involving Italian POWs

Military authorities pursue an inquiry into a rock attack by soldiers at Fort Lawton on an Italian service unit barracks. An Italian prisoner Gugliemo Olivanza was found hanged in a tree, with 24 Italians and several assailants injured.

Seattle Fort Lawton Seattle Port of Embarkation United States Guglielmo Olivanza

Investigation Delays Prompt Disciplinary Action Promise

The statement promised disciplinary action and noted no extra details would be released until the review concluded. It contrasted with a quoted line describing the Italian service unit as volunteers who were screened and deemed neither pro Nazi nor pro Fascist.

Claim Turk ship sunk by Germans

Five survivors of the Turkish ship Mefkure say the vessel was sunk by shellfire from three German patrol boats while en route from Romania to Turkey with 250 Jewish refugees. Survivors report unwarned attack and machinegunning of passengers in the water.

Istanbul Mefkure Romania Turkey Ankara

Bulgarian Parliament to Debate Foreign Policy in Extraordinary Session

Berlin report says Bulgaria will convene an extraordinary session tomorrow to hear a statement on foreign policy. Unconfirmed tips from Turkey and Mediterranean posts claim Bulgaria seeks an exit from the war and may negotiate an armistice via Turkey. A Chinese musical instrument with 25 strings is mentioned in the text.

London Transocean Berlin Turkey Bulgaria Istanbul

Ceiling prices on fish rise nationwide

The Office of Price Administration announced a revised ceiling price schedule lifting averages by 10 cents per pound for several cured and smoked fish types. The new processor level ceilings take effect August 21 and retailers will raise retail prices soon after. Items include smoked mild cured salmon sablefish whitefish and kippered salmon. Burma's status note appears as background context about India’s 1937 separation.

Washington Office of Price Administration

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