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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1944
Page
6
The governor-elect was joined by his wife and son Frenk hes as guests included Har White Gunn and Nare in a reception following the election victory.
Fragmentary OCR mentions attendees Miss Kelly and Mrs Metthias with garbled names and unclear context.
Highlights from the Republican national convention outline bipartisan aims to win the war, seek peace through cooperative but sovereign international action, Senate advice on treaties, a good neighbor policy, and policies to expand peace-time jobs, private industry competition, labor reform, fair farm markets, reduced government waste, and coordinated taxes.
Russian forces drive toward Minsk with Cherniakhovsky’s units less than 50 miles from the city and Borisov eastward, while Rokossovsky and Bagramian threat from the southeast and north. The front sees heavy air support, new Tupolev Two bombers in action, and progress around Mogilev, Orsha, and the Murmansk–Leningrad railway region.
Allied air forces tally twelve victories for a 20 day stretch as US Army Air Force pilots push to third rank in the Mediterranean. In Italy the Eighth Army advances amid fierce opposition near Lake Trasimeno and Perugia while Gioiella and Porto fall to British forces. Luftwaffe losses top 100 in two days as Allied planes claim heavy hits over Budapest. Lieutenant James S. Varnell Jr. adds three MB-109s to his tally, bringing his total to a high.
Mr. Didier on leave from the bankers group urged Ouachita parish to renew bond sale efforts to keep its streak of reaching quotas. Developments hint at Gov. John Bricker of Ohio as a presidential candidate with Rep. Clarence Brown predicting Bricker may accept second place.
The crop reporting service reports Louisiana May 1944 baby chick output at about one third of May 1943, with Mississippi also down. Poor feeding rates largely caused the drop. Louisiana hatcheries hatched 435,000 chicks in May 1944 versus 1,186,000 in May 1943, a 63 percent drop. Mississippi 810,000 versus 1,100,000.
Fort Myers publisher and former National Editorial Association president George E. Hosmer died at his home after several months of illness. He was 75 and had a long career in newspapers.
Wendell L. Willkie avoided commitment on backing the Republican postwar foreign policy plank. He sparred with Sen. Warren Austin who said Willkie would lend strong support. Willkie called the paraphrase from Longfellow speech a private matter and criticized the convention stance as ambiguous.
By Paul Miller Chicago Stadium June 28 The Republican national convention met today to nominate Gov. Thomas E. Dewey for president amid fast paced proceedings and strong party unity as delegates gathered to cast ballots and rally support.
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