30 Mar 1944
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1944
Page
1
A wartime reflecton describes the Anzio beachhead in Italy as a flat, crowded front line where troops, hospitals, and offices are all within reach of danger. The piece compares the front to a flat western Indiana plain and notes the unreliability of rear safety.
Allied troops under Joseph Stilwell killed about 2,500 Japanese as they push toward Myitkyina in Burma. Chinese forces trapped 1,000 enemy troops north of Shadurup while air power aided the advance, with battles also flaring along the Tiddim road toward Imphal. Mountbatten reported rising air support and new targets in the Pacific as Pakin island drew attention.
Secretary of War Stimson released a wartime air force tally showing global totals for 1943. The AAF destroyed 9,463 enemy planes in the air and 1,579 on the ground, with 2,809 aircraft lost in air combat and 76 ground losses. The report details regional results and losses across the United Kingdom Mediterranean Southwest Pacific and other theaters.
Fifth Army forces repelled two enemy assaults on the Anzio beachhead as Allied aircraft bombed targets in the Rome Turin and Bolzano regions and Sofia. Allied air forces claimed 22 enemy planes shot down with 11 losses as about 1,800 sorties were flown in the day.
Representative Domengeaux of Louisiana resigns from the House to enlist as a private, saying government regulation from cradle to grave threatens freedom. He urged prompt action to reclaim legislative authority and warned Congress risks becoming a totalitarian state. His resignation lowers Democrats to 216 seats with 210 Republicans and five vacancies.
Herbert E. Dickard a consulting engineer qualified with the Democratic executive committee at city hall for the commissioner of finance and public utilities race in the May 9 primary. Mayor Benoit and Commissioners Rodriguez and Tidwell qualified for reelection, with city office qualifying due by April 8 and a potential second primary on June 13. Dickard said he would issue a statement in the coming days.
Lisbon reports Nazi authorities harnessing women over 45 and girls as young as 9 to support war production amid factory destruction. Part time work and home sewing shift labor into many sites, with olds and youngsters filling two hour stints. Some workers face relocation to safer or foreign areas as part of broader evacuation and reorganization.
New York reports right wing leaders quit the American Labor party after losing control to a left wing CIO coalition. They accuse Earl Browder of Communist capture and warn of impact on Roosevelt support in New York. Churchill wins eighth confidence vote as Commons backs war-time agenda.
Secretary of War Stimson said German forces halted the Allied assault on Cassino. He noted the defense by obstinate German troops and their gun positions on steep hills gave them a continual advantage. Rain and rubble hindered Allied progress and tank use after the bombardment.
London report states German high command acknowledged the loss of Colonel Wilke, a top ace credited with 151 downed planes, in an air battle over western Europe. He held the Oak Leaves with Swords to the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross.
Maury Maverick, head of the smaller war plants corporation, denounces gobbledygook in official reports. He orders staff to avoid words like activation and implementation, threatening removal for those who use them. The memo urges concise language and one-page summaries.
Charlie Chaplin’s account of love affairs with Joan Berry formed the defense’s climactic testimony in his trial over alleged immoral transport of the 24 year old to New York and back. Defense attorney Jerry Giesler planned to call more witnesses and possibly end the case tonight. Hans Ruesch testified Berry visited his apartment early December 31 1942 with disheveled clothes and blood on her face.
Plans are underway for the 32nd annual Louisiana State Federation of Labor convention opening in Hotel Virginia on Monday April 3 and running four days. Notables to speak include William Green Harry Truman Dr John Steelman Sam H Jones and Jimmie Davis with local leaders presiding and an entertainment program featuring dancing and boat riding.
Veterans at Percy Jones hospital describe German anti personnel wooden bullets used near Salerno and Cassino. The projectiles have 100 to 20 yard range and resemble a .30 caliber shell with a wooden core, fired at night to wound but not cross into German lines.
An armed masked robber entered the Pontchartrain hotel office and escaped with an undetermined sum. The secretary was present. Police seek an unidentified suspect for a separate theft from Lt. Robert Green’s parked car valued at 1014.50, including 150 in war bonds and personal items. Kelly Russ Mahan, 20, Arkansas farmer, found his wallet in a taxi seat cushion after a night out. Police report he hid the wallet earlier amid intoxicated passengers.
Izvestia front page editorial says exchange of envoys with Badoglio regime does not equal full recognition and urges Britain and the United States to back a government change. The piece criticizes Western papers and calls for immediate Italian political changes to aid victory.
General Kensuke Fujiye warned that allied air raids on Tokyo are inevitable and the Tokyo radio quoted the statement urging all in the capital to unite in defense as United States monitors reported the broadcast.
Washington report on March 30 quotes Secretary of War Stimson urging use of 4-F men only as a last resort for army labor. Lawmakers plan new legislation to manage 4-Fs age 18 to 45, seeking replacements for younger combat-ready draftees and to avoid unqualified inductions.
The Democratic state committee will meet April 12 at the National Democratic Club to organize the party and designate 20 delegates at large and 20 alternates to the Democratic National Convention. James A. Farley faces opposition from foes whom John J. O Connell Jr. urged to back Thomas V. Cullen of Goshen.
London reports Soviet forces seized Czernowitz and pursued defenders amid a German evacuation of the Bucovina capital. Berlin confirmed German withdrawal from Czernowitz and from the lower Ukrainian Bug, while Russian troops pressed to the Prut and near Lwow, Stanislau, and routes to Czechoslovakia.
The Zarief quadruplets three girls and a boy born prematurely at Sloane Hospital for Women received their first formula feeding at 9 a.m. The mother, Eleanor Zarief, rested comfortably as the family waits to introduce the infants to regular nourishment. The delivery was conducted by Dr. Benjamin L. Watson with a team, and the father, Harry Zarief, violinist, has sold exclusive rights to the story.
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