Poland hope and horror in postwar Krakow
In Krakow amid bomb wrecks Poles speak of rebuilding a strong independent Poland while recalling German brutality. Dr Emil Sommerstein notes Jewish losses and promises equal rights, while Bishop Kruszynski cites church destruction and priest persecutions, calling for religious teaching in state schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Lublin
Warsaw
Krakow
Emil Sommerstein
Committee of National Liberation
Russia
Palestine
Lodz
Lwow
Rachela Bauman
Max Bauman
Sheffield Avenue
Brooklyn
Sophie Borowska
Bridge Avenue
Susquehanna Avenue
Philadelphia
Waldzimierz Bakanowski
Rankin Boulevard
Windsor
Canada
Narvik
Norway
Sophie
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Kraczewice
Jeszef Kruszynski
Dachau
Oranienburg
Fulman
Goral
Lublin Castle
Lublin University
Germany
Dewey West Coast Tour Includes Speeches in Seattle Portland and Los Angeles
Dewey plans a West Coast swing with Nebraska and South Dakota leaders. Stops include Coeur d'Alene Spokane Seattle and Portland with major speeches on September 18 or 19 and a nationwide address from San Francisco on September 21. The itinerary ends in Los Angeles before a September 25 Oklahoma City program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
West Coast
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Traffic fatalities drop in July nationwide
National Safety Council reports July traffic deaths at 1 779, slightly down from July 1943. First seven months of 1944 total 12 620, up 8 percent from 11 680 in 1943 but 38 percent below 1941's 20 317.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Safety Council
MARINE HOME ON FURLOUGH CAPT RAPHAEL
CAPT Maurice Raphael United States Marine Corps returns to Jonesboro on a 30 day furlough after overseas service since May 1942 with the First Marine Division in the South Pacific. Pvt Beverly Scott of Winnsboro, killed in France July 25, was a rifleman who had overseas duty since April and trained at Camp Fannin. Pvt William Waldrop Thompson of Monroe has been promoted to Private First Class by SEA command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Raphael
United States Marine Corps
Jonesboro
Fifth Marine Corps
South Pacific
Winnsboro
Beverly Scott
S. S. Scott
Ethel B. Scott
France
Baton Rouge
T. R. Clayton
Genevieve Darbonne
Camp Fannin, Tex
William W. Thompson
William Waldrop Thompson
Wood Street
Monroe
Headquarters
South East Asia Command
Thompson
W. W. Thompson
Army
North East Junior College
Nashville Army Air Base
Nashville
Tenn
Army Air Forces Sgt. Raymond Gates Returns on 20 Day Furlough
Sgt Raymond Gates son of Ervin Gates of Rocky Branch arrived this week from the southwest Pacific theater on a twenty day furlough. He has been overseas since September 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Gates
Army Air Forces
Ervin Gates
Rocky Branch
Southwest Pacific
Ferriday airman earns Air Medal for meritorious combat flights
S/Sgt. Leonard E. B. Clary of Ferriday Louisiana receives the Air Medal for exceptionally meritorious achievement during bomber operations over enemy territory in Europe. A ball turret gunner on a B 17, he has flown more than ten missions over Germany and occupied areas. He is the son of Mr and Mrs A J Clary and formerly attended Ferriday High School, later employed by Hyde Construction Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferriday
Europe
Leonard EB. Clary
England
Clary
Germany
A. J. Clary
Ferriday High School
Hyde Construction Company
Young Navy Man Promoted From Soundman Two to One Class
Charley Peter Alexander Jr the son of Mr and Mrs C P Alexander Sr of FERAwayY La and West Columbia Tex recently earned a promotion from soundman second class to soundman first class. He served in the American assault forces that invaded France and has prior sea duty including action in the south Pacific. He attended the West Coast sound school in San Diego and later joined escort convoy duty with a U S destroyer on several trans ocean trips before the invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferawayy
Charley Peter Alexander Jr
C. P. Alexander Sr
West Columbia
Tex
United States Navy
Alexander
France
South Pacific
West Coast Sound School
San Diego
Calif
New Orleans Radioman Aboard Liberator Joins Invasion Effort
Thomas W. Burch of Sterlington La is a radioman operator on a Liberator of the U S Atlantic fleet air force assigned to R A F coastal command and under U S naval forces in Europe during the invasion of the continent. Patrol planes hunt U boats in the English Channel and Bay of Biscay, guarding the invasion flank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Thomas W. Burch
Sterlington
United States Atlantic Fleet Air Force
R. A. F. Coastal Command
U. S. Naval Forces
Europe
France
Fleet Air Wing
English Channel
Bay of Biscay
Air Service Officer Ends 30 Missions with Distinguished Flying Cross
First Lt. Charles E. Cozean of Cornwall Missouri completed 30 missions as a Fortress navigator and earned the Air Medal three oak leaf clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross before returning to the United States. His wife is Mrs. Annie B. Cozean of Monroe Louisiana. Burie Urban Radney of Monroe Louisiana served among Marines who fired the first shell at Guam’s recapture, with heavy field artillery landing on beaches as Japanese snipers lurked in cocoanut groves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AIR Service Command
England
Charles E. Cozean
Cornwall
States
Cozean
Annie B. Cozean
Calypso Street
Monroe
Burte
Ensign Audley Manning Oversea Since March Visit
Ensign Audley C. Manning, a third assistant engineer in the merchant marine, has been overseas since his last home visit in March. His wife and children reside with her family, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Roby, at 1107 Mississippi Street. Manning joined the merchant marine in January 1937. His ship has been attacked several times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ens
Audley C. Manning
Merchant Marine
W. O. Roby
Mississippi Street
Ensign
Aviation Cadet Fulton Named Squadron Adjutant at Santa Ana
Santa Ana army air base announces the appointment of Aviation Student Fred W. Fulton to the position of squadron adjutant in squadron 58 of the advanced pre flight school. Fulton is husband of Mrs Fred W Fulton of 508 Arkansas Street West Monroe Louisiana and former dealer representative for Commercial Credit Company. His mother lives at 44 South Barksdale street Memphis Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Ana
Calif
Fred W. Fulton
Arkansas Street
West Monroe
Aviation Cadet Corps
Santa Ana Army Air Base
Fulton
Neville High School
Commercial Credit Company
South Barksdale Street
Memphis
Tenn
Leon K. Baker Returns From Overseas on Furlough
Cpl. Leon K. Baker son of Mr and Mrs A Baker of Monroe has spent two and a half years overseas mainly in India. He is back on furlough and will leave next Sunday to receive his next assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon K. Baker
Pvt Odie Rawls Returns From 21 Day Furlough
Pvt Odie Rawls has returned to Camp Van Dorn Mississippi after a 21 day furlough with his mother Mrs E W Rawls West Monroe Star Route He has spent 21 months overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odie Rawls
Camp van Dorn
Miss
E. W. Rawls
West Monroe
Young locals earn naval cadet and air force postings
John E. Land, 18, son of H. H. Land of Monroe Louisiana, is named a cadet midshipman in the United States merchant marine cadet corps and will begin training at Pass Christian Mississippi with deck-officer prospects and post training sea duty and academy licensing. Marion L. Du Pont, 22 of Monroe, is serving as a bombardier-navigator with the Ninth Air Force in the European theater, a member of Beaty's Raiders, contributing to round-the-clock bombing in support of ground forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Land
H. H. Land
McKinley
Monroe
United States Merchant Marine Cadet Corps
Pass Christian
Miss
H. R. McPhee
New Orleans
Land
U. S. Merchant Marine Academy
U. S. Naval Reserve
Marion L. DU Pont
Ninth Air Force
Alabama Street
Beaty
Raiders
Sherman R. Beaty
Hoquiam
Wash
du Pont
Neville High
Northeast Junior College
Army
Forcun-James Construction Company
Sterlington Route
Keller Advances to Lieutenant Colonel in 13th A A F
Thomas M. Keller now lieutenant colonel and supply officer at the 13th A A F service command headquarters in the southwest pacific. He entered service in 1941, served at Gulfport and Mobile before going overseas in 1944. A civilian engineer, Keller is a Bolton High School and Virginia Military Institute graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
13Th A. A. F
Southwest Pacific
Thomas M. Keller
Doris R Keller
Stubbs Avenue
Monroe
13Th
A. A. F. Service Command
South
Keller
Gulfport
Miss
Mobile
Ala
Bolton High School
Alexandria
Virginia Military Institute
Red army advances across Romania and into Transylvania
Soviet forces pushed toward Bucharest from three directions with 60 miles to the northeast Ploesti region and 25 miles inside Romania. Constanta fell making the Red army 29 miles from Bulgaria. Tolbukhin’s troops and Oktyabrysky’s naval forces co operated as German resistance stiffened with hundreds captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Hungary
Transylvania
Romania
Hitler
Constanta
Black Sea
Red Army
Dobrudja
Bulgaria
Bucharest
Ploesti
Feodor I
Tolbukhin
Danube
Stalin
Adm. E. S. Oktyabrysky
Buzau
Sulina
Warsaw
Valga
Estonia
Allied Push Deepens as Germans Evacuate Front Near Paris
Allied forces advance toward Paris as German units retreat from the Seine area. American and French troops press toward the Rhone and Brest while Patton’s forces threaten Pas de Calais. Canadian bridgehead expands near the Seine as Montgomery drives remaining pockets in Breton forest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drome
Marseille
Rhone
Nice
France
Italy
Bagnols
Paris
Seine
Patton
Pas de Calais
Brest
Brittany
Caudebec
Bretonne Forest
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Overton’s War on Floods and White Primaries
Senator Overton defends flood control gains under the 1941 act raising Mississippi levees in Louisiana and Arkansas to six feet above the 1927 flood. He cites naval appropriations in 1942 boosting aviation and carrier power against Japan and predicts legal barriers to Black voting in Louisiana Democratic primaries despite the Texas case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overton
South
United States Supreme Court
Texas
Louisiana
Solomons Natives Dye Hair with Peroxide Now
Native Solomon Islanders bleach hair using peroxide rather than lime in a shift from traditional methods. The article notes the University of Cracow in Poland as the second oldest university in central eastern Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon
Solomon Islands
The
University of Cracow
Poland
Europe
Death notices from Bernice and Monroe detail two funerals
The funeral for John McCallum aged 42, found dead in Ruston, was held at Shiloh Cemetery with Rev. Stafford Rodgers officiating. Survived by three sisters in Bernice, Ruston, and Georgia. John S. Ferrand Sr., 58, of Monroe, died early Tuesday. funeral at Hall Funeral Home with Pallbearers named and Riverview Burial Park interment. Ferrand leaves wife Moyle and son J Ferrand Jr. He was a deputy assessor at the courthouse. son of Alfred Ferrand of Cory plantation connected to Hypolite Ferrand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice
John McCallum
Ruston
Shiloh
Stafford Rodgers
McClure Funeral Home
John S. Ferrand Sr
South Fifth Street
Monroe
Hall Funeral Home
Ernest D. Holloway
First Presbyterian Church
Milton Coverdale
Bert Coverdale
George Lester
Lucian Webb
Ted Brunson
Rex Barker
Riverview Burial Park
Ferrand
Moyle
Funeral for H. R. Dyche Held at Mulhearn
The 56 year old H R Dyche died Tuesday in a local hospital and his funeral was held Wednesday at 3 pm at Mulhearn Funeral Home with Rev L T Hastings of First Baptist Church officiating. Interment followed at Riverview Burial Park. Survived by a daughter Mrs David Stovall residing near Camp Hood Texas her husband in the Army two stepsons T William Hutchins and John L Hutchins of Shreveport and three sisters Mrs P H Broadwater Utica Miss Mrs Hattie Ainsworth Vicksburg Miss and Mrs Sue McNair Learned Miss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Dyche
Mulhearn
L. T. Hastings
First Baptist Church
Riverview Burial Park
Dyche
David Stovall
Camp Hood
Tex
Army
T. William Hutchins
John L. Hutchins
Shreveport
P. H. Broadwater
Utica
Hattie Ainsworth
Vicksburg
Sue McNair
Learned
Funeral services for Carolyn Rose Strauss 15
Funeral services were held for Carolyn Rose Strauss of Monroe at the Jewish Cemetery with Rabbi F. K. Hirsch officiating. The 15 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs Clifford Strauss died Monday in Knoxville Tennessee after Poliomyelitis. Mulhearn Funeral Home arranged the rites. She would have entered Neville High School next year and is survived by her parents two sisters and grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Rose Strauss
Clifford Strauss
Monroe
Knoxville
Tenn
F. K. Hirsch
Temple B'Nai Israel
Illinois Central
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Isaac Lemle
Simon Shienker Jr
Ray Updegratt
Tom Firnberg
Harold Heinberg
Jack Marrus
Dave Sherman
Rufus Orry
Ted Allen
Abe M. Marx
Miss Strauss
Neville High School
Virginia
Knoxville General Hospital
Peggy Strauss
Jean Strauss
Fred Strauss
L. L. Lieber
Ada Bradshaw Rites Held at Archibald Church
Ada Bradshaw 58 of Archibald died in a Monroe hospital yesterday morning at 10 30. She leaves two sons Otis Archibald and Ernest Sterlington three daughters Zella Grey Ella Dillmore Ina Hollis and siblings Robert McCullough Fannie Gordon Mary Wester Willie Purvis. Funeral services were Wednesday at Archibald Baptist Church Rev C S Wroten officiating with burial at Gwin Cemetery near Mangham under Mulhearn Funeral Home Rayville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Bradshaw
Archibald
Monroe
Otis Bradshaw
Ernest Bradshaw
Sterlington
Zella Grey
Ella Dillmore
Ina Hollis
Robert McCullough
Fannie Gordon
Pelahatchie
Mary Wester
Mount Olive
New Allied Command Reorganization Headlines European Campaign
Reports from Eisenhower headquarters announce the formation of the 12th army group led by Bradley under Eisenhower. Montgomery protests erupt after the plan to remove deputy ground forces commander. American Seventh Army and French forces under Patch land in southern France as Rhone advance ties into the broader command picture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
21St Army Group
12Th Army Group
Bradley
Eisenhower
London Mirror
Seventh Army
Alexander M. Patch
France
Rhone
Patch
Army Group
Louisiana magnesium plant shutdown dispute looms
Lake Charles representatives report government officials in Washington discuss faults in engineering and construction of the plant. They claim remedy would require costly work and may prevent magnesium production to compete with established plants. The closure affects Louisiana communities and sparks continued effort to keep the plant operating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Charles
Washington
Louisiana
Diplomas Awarded as Local Ceremony Reflects Wider Highway Issues
Diplomas were awarded by Dean C. C. Calvert to four graduates Mary Kalil Martha Kirk Mrs Lois Heinlen and Louis Buckner The program opened with invocations and a piano solo Staccato Etude by Rubinstein Local and regional concerns about improving transportation and law enforcement link to national policy as Tokyo reports air strikes at Shanghai Iwo Jima and Marianas nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Baskin
Rubinstein
Dean C. C. Calvert
Mary Kalil
Martha Kirk
Lois Heinlen
Louis Buckner
P. M. Caraway
West Monroe
Ambon blaze and Japanese losses amid Pacific fighting
French aid signals turning tide as Ambon harbor on Amboina is torched in an 188 ton raid crippling three Japanese ships. MacArthur reports 8 enemy killed and 112 captured in cleanup. British forces push Nipponese from India toward the Chindwin with heavy losses on routes through Thailand and Southeast China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Ambon
Amboina
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
India
Chindwin River
Burma
Thawan
Tiddim Road
Southeast China
Allied reach 45000 German prisoners in Rhone Valley advance
Allied reports say over 45000 German prisoners have been captured in the Rhone Valley drive, with more than 10000 taken near Marseille. Maj. Gen. Otto Richter of the 198th Infantry and the 11th Panzer division cited among those captured. Vice Admiral Ruhfus also taken near Toulon as forces push toward Bagnols and Uzes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseille
Montelimar
Rhone
Otto Richter
France
Rhone Valley
Russia
Ruhfus
Toulon
Bagnols
Uzes
F D R Plans Radio Address On Christmas Tree Farm
The speaker joked about a nonpartisan radio piece on his Hyde Park farm, then described plans to address the Teamsters. He warned the speech would have a political tinge, though he did not expect it to be very political. He noted the Democratic national committee would pay for the airtime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
Teamsters
Democratic National Committee
Civil Service Announces Open Competitive Examinations
The United States civil service commission offers open competitive tests for junior stenographer and junior typist positions with annual salaries of 1752 and 1560 dollars plus overtime. Applications available from the Tenth Civil Service Region in New Orleans and from boards in Louisiana and Mississippi offices, excluding New Orleans post office. Do not apply if engaged in war work. The water spiders fact is noted as a curious aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington, D C
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tenth Civil Service Region
Customhouse
New Orleans
Board of
U.S. Civil Service Examiners
Commission Report on December 1941 Faults and Fallout
The commission's findings critique civilian and military leaders for alleged missteps before Pearl Harbor. It questions timing and scope of warnings to Kimmel and Short while exonerating some Washington civilians, stirring political controversy ahead of the 1944 campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberts‘ Mission
Washington
Roosevelt
Campaig
Truman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dewey
St. Malo
Mediterranean
Atlantic
U. S. Maritime Upgrading School
Leonard Clary
C. P. Alexander JR
Thos
Burch
Audley Manning
Thomas Keller
REDS
Nis
Balkan Peninsula
John McAllum
Allie Evans
Obe Denham
Georgia
NEW Bradley
Suchontang
Hengyang
Canton-Hankow
Tokyo
Shanghai
Iwo J’ma
Marianas
Marshalls
Pirst
F. D. R. Plans
Civil Service
Navy
Japan
Kimmel
Short
Manders
Hoytine
Lake Chartes
Ithin
Brewing Industry Foundation
Calcasieu Parish
Lakes Charles
Foundation
Louisiana Committee
Louisiana National Bank Building
Ove
Tehing— Houser
Coffe Azil Furr
Arbava
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