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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1944

Page

9

Selman Field honors top fitness trophys in PFA tests

A set of Selman Field awards recognizes Lt. William Murray and Sgt. Pete Maxwell for high PFA scores. Murray posted a 125 sit-ups 72 pull-ups and a 47 second shuttle run for 267 points while Maxwell achieved 90 sit-ups 14 pull-ups and a 49 second shuttle run for 267 points.

Tarzans Selman Field Sturray Pete Max William Murray Murray University of It Pearl Harbor Aps Selman Pete Maxwell Anderson Xwell

Paris Liberated? Allied Forces Enter as Fighting Rages

Allied forces led by General Le Clerc crossed into Paris after fighting to control key districts and the hotel de Ville. Reports describe columns from the west and south advancing, German resistance in the outskirts, and celebrations from civilians as streets and bridges fall under Allied control.

Rolle le Clerc Boulevard St. Germain Place de la Concorde Bourg la Reine Bagneux Mutta Paris Berlin Transocean Versailles Longjumeau Morocco Hotel de Ville Hotel de Ville, Broadcast An Appeal By General Joinville Joseph Pierre Koenig Associated Press Edwin D. Ball Rambouiillet Chatillon Issy Bois de Boulogne Eisenhower Omar N. Bradley Supreme Headquarters Jacques le Cilere Supreme Command Livision Omar Bradley Fierre Koenig Ball Jacques le Clerc London Clamart Porte de Versailles Henry B. Jameson Houdan Algiers Bordeaux France Hendaye St. Jean de Luz Charles Feliz Madrid

Red Army Overruns German Positions in Mihai Realm

Reported Soviet offensives push German garrisons back across Mihai's territory 35 miles from Romania. German forces fail to destroy bridges and abandon forts as they retreat. Russians allege Nazi killings of Romanian civilians during the retreat.

Mihai

Russians Push Through Romania and Baltic Fronts in War Report

Soviet forces seized Barlad and advanced toward Galati and Focsani as Hitler’s lines along the Siret and Putna rivers faced collapse. Major towns Roman and Bacau fell while Estonian checkpoints near Tartu and Lomza in Poland came within reach of German defenses. Casualties rose to 853,886 killed or captured since June 23 in the Russian summer offensives. the 28th German general was captured.

Dier Prut Siret Barlad Galati Putna Focsani Carpathians Roman Bacau Tartu Estonia Lomza Poland

Chaplain Dollar to Preach at First Christian Church

Chaplain C. C. Dollar of Selman Field will deliver the sermon at the First Christian Church Sunday morning August 27 during the regular worship hour. Rev. R. T. Watson is away in Kentucky. O. H. Casey Voran of the Louisiana Training Institute will sing a special solo. The public is invited to attend. A dog has 42 permanent teeth.

C. C. Dollar Selman Field First Christian Church R. T. Watson Kentucky Dollar O. H. (Casey) Voran Louisiana Training Institute

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