10 Mar 1944
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1944
Page
1
Brief clippings report odd notices and items from Bristol Tennessee to Portland Oregon and Chicago Illinois. Included are a coat thief taunting mail return, Cuban gin shipment held for lacking juniper oil, a Chicago sailor’s winter nostalgia, and a German baron’s son taking US citizenship in Libertyville Illinois.
Berlin radio claimed British and American commandos under a Churchill namesake landed on Lissa Island off the Dalmatian coast. Reports said Captain Randolph Churchill, son of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, may have parachuted in and assumed command of allied forces, with about 2,000 Tito followers possible on the island.
Allied headquarters Naples reports dwindling activity on Italian fronts to minor patrols due to severe weather. 90 Allied sorties struck targets near Rome and Anzio, with 30 enemy aircraft sighted. Germans totaled over 15,000 captured since Salerno with 3,000 on the beachhead and 1,506 around Cassino.
Pedro Pablo Ramirez formally resigns the Argentine presidency after a coup ousts him. Edelmiro Farrell acts as president as Ramirez sends a resignation and manifesto to the supreme court, which meets in a special session to note the action.
Seven year old Robert Adrian fell ten feet into a street crack in Pittston while walking home from a barber shop. He was buried to his waist and crawled free as onlookers arrived. Nearby subsidence damaged eight homes and left residents fleeing as eight coal towns plan action with Forty Fort officials.
A Swedish observer reports American bombers hit central Berlin and Erkner ball bearing works with pinpoint precision amid firestorms. He notes 120 fires and widespread destruction, including a Wildau submarine parts plant, while Goebbels orders district leaders to plan a Berlin evacuation if daylight raids persist.
New Orleans March 10 Leon G Tujague state chairman of the finance committee said Louisiana's four th war loan drive bond sales total 126 839 500 and every parish met its quota Complete and official figures show Louisiana exceeded its bond quota by more than 50 000 000 He noted only two or three other states will make a comparable showing
R D Kellogg reports complaints from canvassers in Ouachita parish as volunteers strive to reach an $80,000 Red Cross goal. He urges persistent campaigning, noting patriotism and community aid. later, a fatal crash near West Monroe claims Mrs. Tom Painich, 50, driver of a Dodge struck by an eastbound train at the riverfront crossing.
American forces report gains in Los Negros as first cavalry divisions advance after capturing Momote airfield. Marines expand Willamuze beachhead on New Britain near Talasea and press toward the Japanese base. Rabaul harbor suffered multiple air attacks with all ships reportedly damaged.
Two former Alexandria high school chums Lieutenant Allen Thompson and Marine Sergeant Ray Urban meet again in Bougainville after five years apart. Urban sleuthing leads to the reunion as Thompson’s squadron arrives with ground operations forces of a marine fighter squadron.
In north Burma Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stilwell drives a rapid offensive that pushes roughly 100 miles into enemy territory. His plan to link the Hukawng valley with the Burma road faces questions about feasibility but has already surpassed prior expectations. Stilwell directs a combined American infantry and Chinese force in bold maneuvers that outflank and disrupt Japanese positions, reshaping the Burma campaign and threatening a critical supply link to China.
Irvin S Cobb a 67 year old humorist and actor died at his Hotel Sheraton apartment after a three month illness in New York. He rose from Paducah Kentucky to fame in New York journalism and films and was famed for his sharp wit and after dinner speeches.
New York police disclosed that Baroness Alphonse de Rothschild, widow of Baron Alphonse Mayer de Rothschild, was beaten and robbed by a zoot suiter on Park Avenue. She was confined to bed at her Park Avenue home and treated for hysteria after being thrown to the ground and struck on the head. Her purse with 35 dollars and alien papers was taken. she identified the attacker to police. The baroness, mother of two, is Clarice Adelaide Montefiore, daughter of Edmund Sebag Montefiore. her husband died in 1942 at Bar Harbor Maine.
Soviet and German fronts in Ukraine shifted as German forces abandoned Uman a railhead near Vinnitsa and Kirovograd. Red Army advances under Malinovsky and Zhukov reported large material gains, multiple towns liberated, and hard pressure toward Nikolaev Kherson Proskurov and the Dniester frontiers.
Captain A Roy Brown the Canadian ace who defeated Baron von Richthofen known as the Red Knight of Germany died at his farm home in Stouffville Ontario. Brown who joined the Royal Naval air service after wartime service later founded General Airways in 1934 and retired recently due to ill health.
Helen M. Wucherer, described as a blonde petite woman, was found guilty of second degree murder in the fatal shooting of her husband, known as the "model husband," after a jury deliberation of four hours. The verdict carries up to 20 years in prison and she wept quietly upon announcement.
Britain four engined Lancasters bombed the large Marignane factory near Marseille in bright moonlight. The raid marks the third night precision attack on German aircraft plants in France this month as Allied air power maintains pressure on Berlin.
Washington reports more than a dozen Allied surface warships plus other naval craft may be assigned to Russia under the Italian fleet disposition. The plan calls for UK and US units to serve in Russian operations during the war, then redeploy to northern supply routes to Murmansk as needed.
President Roosevelt asserted today that when he and Prime Minister met, no controversy involved in Washington. The statement addressed questions about ongoing discussions and clarified his position amid public scrutiny.
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