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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1944
Page
3
Transylvania Front News From World War II Report
Fragmentary war dispatches describe Romanian, Hungarian, and German actions around Transylvania and the Carpathians. Russian offensives near Bucharest and Ploesti face counterattacks as Romanian forces reportedly switch sides and Nazi defenses crumble at Galati and along the Danube.
Soviet Push Near Bucharest Tightens German Stranglehold
Russian war bulletin reports Malinovsky and Tolbukhin driving toward Ploesti and Bucharest from the south and west. Soviet forces push through the Carpathians, capture rail locales, and describe German divisions crushed southwest of Chisinau. Axis losses exceed 1.08 million killed or captured since June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramnicul - Sarat
Focansi
Bucharest
Ploesti
Malinovsky
Transylvanian Alps
Tolbukhin
Danube
Carpathians
Galati
Transylvanian Plateau
Gomanesti
Focsani
Targu-Oena
Romania
Chisinau
Moscow
Praga
Warsaw
Paris falls to German occupation as French forces resist
Paris endured heavy fighting as French forces of the interior massed on rooftops and streets amid a German assault. De Gaulle postponed his victory address and Notre Dame held a low mass with prayers for the dead while fear of snipers and holdouts kept a full thanksgiving service from occurring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interior
Paris
de Gaulle
Cathedral of Notre Dame
France
Direct Formation of Snow Crystals from Water Vapor
Crystals in snow form directly from water vapor in the free atmosphere at great heights without becoming liquid. The process creates intricate structures as vapor deposits into solid ice without a liquid intermediate stage.
Foreign opinions split over Hungary Nazi ties and Finland moves
Reports from Moscow suggest Germany is pressing Hungary by rushing border defenses while a free Hungarian council in London urges revolt. Finland may break with the Nazis, and a Stockholm dispatch claims Finnish negotiator Juho Paasikivi is in Moscow seeking terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Hungary
Free Hungarian Council
London
Finland
Stockholm
Juho Paasikivi
Bulgarian neutrality talk clouds Yugoslavia Greece war status
Reports from Cairo about Bulgarian withdrawal from occupied Yugoslavia and Greece were dismissed as unfounded. The Allies reportedly demand Bulgarian troops be withdrawn before any armistice and British broadcasts link withdrawal to peace. In Washington Hull said Bulgarian officials had discussed armistice terms with Allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bari
Italy
Sofia
Yugoslavia
Greece
Balkan
Cairo
Bulgaria
Washington
Scretary
Hull
Romania
London
Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Floods Wash Bridge and Boat Breaks Delays Crops
In Winchester Illinois George Scott recounts a flood that washed away a bridge and his boat on a 50 mile trip to the nearest crossing. He notes he cannot blame his late crops on the weather and speaks to the hardship faced during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Ill
George Scott
Scott County
Snows Crossing
Sailor Questioned in Death of Mrs Newmark
New York police questioned a merchant seaman about the strangulation killing of 40 year old Mrs Phyllis Newmark wife of a Fifth avenue importer. The sailor age about 28 was not named or considered a suspect. A man claiming to be a sailor and having killed the woman telephoned friend Jet Mandel but police suspect the call was a hoax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Phyllis Newmark
Fifth Avenue
West 68Th Street
Jet Mandel
Missing in war Mrs Jean Glidewell Informed of Husband
Mrs Jean Glidewell 410 Wood Street Monroe is informed her husband S/Sgt John W Glidewell a ball turret gunner with a Liberator bombardment group based in Italy is missing in action He entered service November 5 1942 after gunnery training at Fort Myers Florida His mother Mrs Ola Glidewell lives in Georgetown Louisiana and sister in law Mrs Victor Parish resides in Sterlington
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul W. Hodnette
France
War Department
M. L. Hodnette
Pear Street
Hodnette
Marine Headquarters
Pfc
Roy P. Hodnette
Saipen Island
Ouachita Perish High School
Northeast Junior College
Louisiana Tech
Motor Supply Company
Jean Glidewell
Woodstreet
Monroe
John W. Glidewell
Italy
Fort Myers
Fla
Ola Glidewell
Georgetown
Victor Parish
Sterlington
Allied and Japanese fronts widen as Pacific raids intensify
Allied divisions regroup near Kweilin as Japan presses in north and south toward the air center. Changsha defense leader Shang Teh Seng executed for dereliction. British raiders go 100 miles behind lines in Burma. American patrols kill or capture over 500 Japanese in Dutch New Guinea as 15 000 retreat from Manokwari. In the Pacific, large scale raids hit Iwo Jima Palau and the Moluccas. New airstrip at Middelburg posted near Dutch New Guinea near Mindanao. Ground fighting swells near Sansapor with 320 enemy deaths and 199 captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kweilin
China
Chenghsien-Hankow
Chungking
Shang Teh-Seng
Changsha
Hankow-Canton
Burma
Dutch New Guinea
Manokwari
Nimitz-MacArthur
Iwo Jima
Volcano Islands
Tokyo
Palau
Moluccas
Saipan
Tinian
Guam
Marianas
Middelburg
Sansapor
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Mindanao
Japan
Allied Push Stuns Nazis in Rhone Valley After 140 Mile Grenoble Drive
Allied reports say about 50 000 German front line troops killed or eliminated as they retreat from Montelimar toward Lyon. Air power cut bridges and hindered enemy withdrawals while Butler's Task Force conducts a rapid move toward Grenoble. Coastal batteries at Ratonneau fall under heavy bombardment as French infantry near Marseille report near total Nazi resistance collapse. Var river mouth four miles from Nice as skies stay clear for 15th straight day of operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseilles
Toulon
Rhone
Valence
Montelimar
Monttelimar
Rhone Valley
Patch
Lyon
Geneva
Besancon
Mulhouse
Grenoble
Var
Great Riviera
Nice
Butler's Task Force Linked to Washington Park Planning
During the war's early phase he paused to say his postwar aim is returning to San Francisco to rest on a window sill and watch ships sail from the Golden Gate, signaling a park planning tie to Butler's task force in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Washington
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Petain Defends France Loyalty Without Compromise
Petain frames his policy as loyal to France and protective of its people. He says all actions were to safeguard citizens and that he aimed to be a shield for them, not a sword, amid Allied movements toward Paris. Laval escorted Herriot to Paris to discuss fears about a potential move of the government from Vichy to Belfort, a meeting that ultimately did not occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Laval
Herriot
Paris
Nancy
Vichy
Belfort
US Air Strikes Hit Pacific Targets with Multiple Damages
Allied air forces attacked several Pacific sites including Truk Ceram Amboina Halmahera and Boeroe areas. Bombs totaled 64 tons at Truk 151 tons near Ceram and Amboina and 6 000 tons near Boeroe. Ships and freighters were damaged or sunk and numerous island targets in the Marianas Carolines were attacked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truk
Moluccas
Ceram
Amboina
Halmahera
Kai Islands
Boeroe
Dewey Plans Nationwide Tour With Silk Glove Bodyguards
Dewey will travel to Philadelphia on September 7 with three plainclothes bodyguards, including Cpl. Alvin Johnson, a Union College graduate. The guards, termed silk glove workers, can blend into crowds and use diplomacy or force as needed during the governor’s entourage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Alvin Johnson
Union College
Dewey
Philadelphia
Cactus Hard to Grow Proves Tough for Gardners
Cactus, thriving in harsh native habitats, proves one of the most difficult plants for people to cultivate successfully, highlighting a challenge for gardeners seeking desert species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cactus
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