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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1944
Page
1
Allied forces push from the Riviera beachhead with Maj. Gen. Alexander M. Patch’s units advancing inland through the valleys of the Alps. Reports claim 7,000 German prisoners and 500 Allied casualties so far as air and sea operations continue.
Rome Aug 18 The Florence sector remains tense with German tanks reported yesterday yet overall easing today. Enemy sniping persists in the northwest and northeast suburbs while Italian fronts continue light activity. American patrols probe the north bank of the Arno as Lt. Gen. Alexander’s forces shift to include the U S 91st under Maj. Gen. Livesay in the Fifth Army. American mortars hit four enemy boats on the Arno north of Lalotta and shellfire shuts down a German self propelled gun.
A Tokyo radio broadcast recorded by U S monitors says Japanese diplomats and nationals left Paris for Berlin yesterday as Allied forces closed on the French capital. The statement was made in a domestic broadcast and conveyed to American listeners.
Soviet front dispatches report German forces set fire to frontier villages in East Prussia as Russian units mass near the border. Gen. Ivan Cherniakhovsky’s Third White Russian army group allegedly prepared to cross the Szeszuppe river while German counterattacks near Siauliai failed and heavy losses were claimed by Soviet front reports.
President Roosevelt proposed a public discussion on a one year post war program for youths aged 17 to 21. He noted options for military and civilian training using existing military housing facilities in the United States and abroad. He emphasized studying housing surplus after the war and the potential to train veterans and others while exploring benefits for young Americans.
Former Mississippi Governor Dennis Murphree urged state presidential electors to declare unqualified allegiance to the Democratic convention nominees Roosevelt and Truman. He warned against any action to auction Mississippi votes and urged firm commitment to deliver Mississippi Democrats' votes as cast.
Allied air and naval blockade tightens around Japanese sea routes below the Philippines. MacArthur reports a fifth August raid on the Philippines and 23 Japanese planes shot down at Halmahera. Japan now relies on weak barge traffic and local craft to support garrisons from Ceram to Halmahera and Amboina.
President Roosevelt said there is a general understanding among the Allies for occupying Germany once Nazis surrender, with Russia and Britain sharing the view. He noted no formal arrangements exist and that Japan occupation discussions with Chiang Kai-shek have been verbal. He plans to meet Churchill again but did not specify timing.
London reports no confirmation of an Allied landing at Durazzo Albania after a radio bulletin. Tirana was bombed by Allied planes and guerrillas operate against Germans with Yugoslav partisans led by Marshal Tito.
The Allied Mediterranean air force bombed the Ploesti oil fields in Romania after a daylight raid by about 500 American heavy bombers and fighters. Fires and explosions at the Romano Americano refinery followed, with other targets obscured by smoke. A German airfield at Nis in Yugoslavia was hit, part of a larger operation supporting landings in southern France. The raids marked the second anniversary of American heavy bombers first striking European soil. Lt. Gen. Ira Eaker led the Pioneer mission over Rouen, aiding the early France raid from North Africa. The MA AF reported 24 planes lost, likely to ground fire.
In Indianapolis a man with a basket of eggs explains to standees that they pay two tokens for his eggs ride. In Camden a fur coat is stolen from a car amid 90s heat. In New York champagne sales top five dollars a bottle from Grace Line ships in navy service. In Philadelphia thieves plunder liquor stores of 1700 dollars worth of whisky and wine and steal a fan. In Ocean City Harry Fertig lands a 200 pound porpoise with bare hands and tows it back to sea. In Bend a Hawaii honor guard story features Pfc Robert Bacon and Roosevelt era notes.
Marine platoon sergeant Clifford K. Cooley from Hattiesburg recounts a ferocious Japanese counterattack near Guam. He describes two hours of hand to hand fighting under glare from illuminating shells, with Marines pushing the enemy back before dawn, leaving a line of dead Japs on the hill.
Allied warplanes scourged German troops both west and east of the Seine escape barrier smashing a major German air force comeback. Liberators and Fortresses bombarded Roye and four bases near Metz Nancy Essy St Dizier Romilly Sur Seine while Mustang squadrons downed 16 with one loss. Mosquitos hit Mannheim as 400+ vehicles were damaged and ships at Brest faced heavy bombing.
Chinese army spokesman Maj. Gen. C. C. Tseng said Japan has added two divisions to Hunan from Henan and Hankou, totaling over ten divisions south of Changsha. Chinese forces continue attacks around Hengyang and Ichang to block reinforcements, while Tengchung and Burma Road towns face Japanese counterattacks.
Edward A. O Neal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation joined Senator Bankhead in urging cotton growers to withhold the 1944 crop until prices reach approximate parity under the Bankhead Brown amendment. He advised placing cotton in government loans at 92 1/2 percent of parity to avoid losses if sold below parity.
Allied forces close in on German retreat toward Rouen as Patton’s tanks push near Paris and Paris radio goes silent. American spearheads reach east of Argentan while bridges over the Eure are secured at Dreux, signaling a blocked escape route for the Seventh Army.
Allied forces drive a wide sweep east of the Falaise exit to seal the German Seventh Army in a trap south of Falaise Argentan and Trun. British American and Canadian units close the circle while bombers destroy hundreds of vehicles and take nearly a thousand prisoners.
A West Monroe man, former hospital inmate, is held as a suspect in the attack cases on three women Wednesday night. Police intensified the search with extra patrols and questioned the suspect. a $100 reward was offered for information.
President Roosevelt told reporters there was nothing to published reports he invited Wendell Willkie to a White House talk on postwar security. He said discussions on foreign policy were a personal matter and deflected questions about an international body before peace efforts.
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