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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1944
Page
3
A dedicated processing center at Alexandria army airfield consolidates financial, medical, legal and equipment services for Flying Fortress crews. Officers and gunners receive back pay, wills, will power of attorney, inoculations, insurance and gear fitting before three months of training.
A Senate subcommittee approved a 65000 experiment and 10000 headquarters fund to develop an inexpensive sugar cane harvester in Louisiana. The program aims to aid small farmers in Mississippi Alabama Georgia and Louisiana and to store supplies for postwar sugar shortages.
British Sixth Airborne Division repels a German assault near Breville Ranville on June 12. Paratroopers trap and devastate enemy lines with concentrated fire and tanks. By day’s end about 400 Germans killed, nearly 2,000 captured, British losses under 50.
On June 14 1944 at Monroe Louisiana the Red Noses squadron won the group volleyball championship by two points with 45 tallies. Lt Col Albert L Evans Pine Bluff Arkansas praised hard living as the cause. Maj Gen How ard C Davidson presented trophies to Futch and teammates.
An advertisement touts a single application of Blue Star Ointment for severe itching from eczema and related skin conditions. It claims rapid relief and a money back guarantee if satisfaction isn’t reached, urging readers to try it immediately.
Hollywood star Clark Gable, 43, after 22 months in the army air forces, remains on active duty on the inactive list. An air training film will keep him busy until mid summer with no immediate screen plans, leaving a $250,000 yearly salary behind. He served in England on five raids as combat photographer and gunner.
Chapell Hill Navy pre flight survival instructor Lt Don Kepler demonstrates snake catching skinning cooking and eating to cadets as a lesson on living off the land. Cadets must see someone eat a copperhead before trying it and the class changes every two weeks providing Kep ler with ample sample meals.
The Allied line on the Cherbourg peninsula has grown from sixty to about one hundred miles over three days despite resistance. General Montgomery uses all available strength to extend both front and depth toward strategic points for the expected main counterattack. A report notes Marshal Rommel commanding German forces in the Atlantic Wall has clashed in the region.
In Bernice Louisiana a road machine tore into a water pipe and cut off water for about four hours from 4 to 8 p m. The machine also struck a light post plunging the city into darkness for several hours at night hitting downtown stores and a picture show which was forced to close. Railroads report 773 locomotives installed in 1943 the most since 1930.
A 10th USAF fighter group marked its first anniversary in India with a field day at Upper Assam HQ. All squadrons attended, some flying in from jungle stations, with championships in sports track and field events and novelty races decided.
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