28 Jul 1944
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1944
Page
1
The columnist recalls a bygone era when major league rosters and players were knowable, notes the failing memory for college athletes and tennis crowds, and debates boxing greatness with colorful, anecdotal detail about Dempsey and Tunney. He treats the era’s blunt, jokey language as a symbol of everyday nostalgia.
German command reports Brest Litovsk abandoned as Soviet troops advance toward Warsaw. Kaunas falls. Russians push 128 miles from Silesia and 30 miles from Warsaw, with Garwolin captured. Stalin orders glorifying front flags as Berlin fears encroachment.
The World War II hero Sgt. Forrest L. Vosler, a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient from LiVonía New York, opened his eyes at Valley Forge General Hospital. He described bright colors of a Red Cross Afghan and planned a possible Washington visit to receive the medal from the president and Hyde Park invitation. He recalled being blinded after a Bremen raid and his plane going down in the North Sea.
Washington reports the Senate defense inquiry chair likely goes to Senator Hatch of New Mexico, with Mead as second choice. Chairman Truman will resign to campaign as vice presidential nominee, and seniority favors Hatch though Connally might decline another chair. Wallgren trails Hatch but pursues Washington governorship.
Flying bombs roared over southern England as a robot bomb wrecked a store and toppled a bus, trapping shoppers and sending rescuers to buried victims. One village escaped by a miracle while bombs struck Hyde Park and a canal near the zoo. Marine photographer Francis James Mortimer, 68, was reported killed.
Mrs. P W Crawford of West Monroe learns her husband S Sgt P W Crawford radio operator with the 15th division in Italy is missing in action after a mission over Romania. He had completed 46 missions and earned the Purple Heart and Air Medal.
Albany report states Governor Thomas E. Dewey rejected Rep. Hamilton Fish's reelection, accusing him of raising racial and religious issues in campaigns. Dewey labeled such tactics disgraceful and un-American, citing prior opposition to Fish. Fish had signaled support for the Republican ticket and was linked to comments on Jewish voters and Roosevelt.
Washington July 28 Henry Ford denies promising financial support to a plan to alter American history in the next two to four years. The claim stems from a 1941 letter attributed to William Dudley Pelley to Maj. Gen. George Moseley and named Charles Lindbergh and Burton Wheeler. Ford spokesmen call the assertion a malicious lie and say Ford has never seen Pelley or Moseley.
American air forces deployed over 3000 aircraft targeting Nazi oil wealth. Heavy bombers attacked Merseburg's synthetic fuel plants and Ploesti in Romania while forces operated from England and Italy.
Tokyo reversed that claim of Allied airmen being executed in Japan and issued a denial. In a Tokyo broadcast cited by the Associated Press observers noted a change in government but warned of ongoing wartime rhetoric and American propaganda.
Rep. Martin Dies says a prepared study shows close collaboration between high ranking government officials and leaders of the C I O political action committee. He urges the report be sent to the President and Attorney General for action, noting telegrams letters and calls as evidence. The Texan cites potential Hatch Act and Smith Connally amendments to prosecute officials and the C I O committee for campaign funding.
Allied forces advance toward Florence as New Zealand troops seize San Casciano seven miles from the city. American and German artillery clash across the Arno during the opening phase toward Pisa, with Indian units pushing toward Monte Spertoli and Empoli. Poles cross the Misa under heavy fire and secure several small towns while Germans lay smoke screens along the Arno’s north bank.
General Brereton reported that hazardous devices dropped by heavy bombers and medium aircraft affected frontline American troops in Normandy. He said about 50 planes participated in a two hour 50 minute operation near St Lo Periers, with bombs landing in a target area and surrounding smoke and dust hindering accuracy.
Allied forces scored multiple advances across the Pacific, with US raids on Palau and western Caroline bases sinking ships and planes. British‑led fleet strikes damaged Sabang, while land actions on Guam, Tinian, and Hengyang kept pressure on Japan. Nimitz announced night raids and MacArthur’s air fleet supported a five‑ship convoy attack south of Truk.
Detroit July 28 Henry Ford marks his 81st birthday amid wartime talk of postwar prosperity and demand for cars and tractors He predicts Willis Run plant could build Ford tractors and says wheat may become divine diet The automaker leader departs with Mrs Ford for a Michigan lodge saying he feels vigorous and maintains war opposition continues.
The report lists World War II fronts with measured distances: Russian front 340 miles from Garwolin, Normandy front 630 miles from Troarn, Italian front 605 miles from Senigallia.
T L James, a nationally known contractor and philanthropist, died at 5 a m Friday in Ruston after suffering a heart attack the previous Sunday. He was at the time. Funeral arrangements were not announced.
Allied spearheads under Omar Bradley drive toward Coutances within three miles, cutting the 84th German army corps into knots as 50,000 to 70,000 troops are pressed against the sea. German armor on the front faces Montgomery as air raids destroy dozens of tanks and push enemy forces into wooded rear areas.
Washington July 28. After nearly 30 years in national politics James F Byrnes 65 prepares to step away from public life. Once a senator and representative he served on the Supreme Court and led War Mobilization during World War II. Friends say he resigned from the vice presidential scramble to honor the president and may leave public life.
Storms across Arkansas Kentucky Alabama north Mississippi and west Tennessee caused at least three deaths and 12 injuries. In Greenwood Mississippi a wind toppled four buildings killing a soldier Cpl William A Hall of Lucas Ohio and injuring many others. A trainee Teofilo Salinas was fatally injured by a falling tree near Little Rock. In Memphis Clarence T Woods died removing debris from wires. The system lashed several states with downpours and property damage.
Judge Herbert Holmes leads a call to Mississippi Democratic ex ecutive committee members to advise on how electors may vote when the Electoral College meets. The state convention had authorized electors to disregard National Democratic nominees, while Wynn proposes reassembling the convention to reaffirm June resolutions.
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