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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1944
Page
1
The columnist rants about Ickes and La Guardia during the Wilkie campaign era. He mocks Ickes and hints at political feuds, recalling past incidents and jabs at labor secretary talk. The piece preserves harsh language and a combative tone characteristic of Pegler's urban column.
Washington Oct 2 Nine justices began the 1944-45 term amid wartime austerity. The opening included a ceremonial oyez and a larger docket than usual with over 30 cases. Justice Roberts will reach his 65th birthday next May 7 and retire then with full pay. details note dissents and court dynamics from the prior session.
Balinas California October 2 4 Trial Mrs Frances Andrews 31 year old heiress to a Pennsylvania oil fortune enters its third week as prosecutors signal a surprise Los Angeles witness The state argues Lovett was slain by jealousy or by a moment of dejection with a fiber automatic pistol found near the Carmel valley ranch house where she lived The case has heard eighty eight witnesses including the defendant's parents Mr and Mrs Luther Sr
Allied warplanes press the offensive against the Siegfried line in the Aachen sector. 90 Flying Fortresses with 306 escorts hit targets around Cologne and Kassel while 300 Liberators bomb Hamm near Aachen. Eisenhower warns Dutch island evacuees as US forces advance. Cologne, Kassel, and Kasel noted for key roles.
Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio charged Democratic nominee Harry S. Truman blamed Franklin D. Roosevelt for wartime confusion waste and lack of planning as Bricker opened a four week western campaign quoting speeches and reports Truman allegedly wrote for American Magazine in 1942 saying the war effort suffered from centralized direction and flawed plans while mobilization day supposedly arrived unrecognized in advance.
War Mobilizer James F Byrnes said there will be no resumption of coffee rationing now with a three to 12 month supply on hand or en route and Brazil guaranteeing 1,000,000 bags monthly. American growers delaying sales to push prices reduced U S stockpiles sparking stockpiling by housewives. Civilian stocks on September 1 stood at 670 million pounds versus 487 million pounds in July 1943.
Albany dispatch reports the Republican campaign gears up with Bricker and Warren launching speeches this week. Bricker tours 3.2?mile routes from Bowling Green to Duluth while Dewey plans away-from-home stops and radio remarks. The piece notes Hillman Browder mentions as GOP targets amid crossfire with Democrats.
The week features high profile remarks by President Roosevelt and Governor Dewey as analysts anticipate pivotal impact on the looming campaign. Both leaders address national issues, urging support and outlining policy stances amid growing voter attention and media coverage.
Cairo reports claim German forces abandoned three islands off southern Greece amid British commando actions. Allied forces push into Greece from the northwest while partisans clash near Athens. BBC says Germans isolated and ceding territory between Crete and Greece to British troops. Kapela island mentioned. other locations not identified. Papandreou speaks of near liberation and a signed agreement with armed groups.
Mrs Minnie Forte learned that her husband S Sgt Carmen Forte 25 and her brother Pvt Vincent Cedrone 21 both Marines were killed in action in the Pacific theater as the war news reached Philadelphia.
Chinese war report details severe fighting four to twelve miles southeast of Hingan near Kweilin as Japanese push in Hunan and Kwangsi. American air bases at Tanchuk evacuated and destroyed, with Stilwell and Chennault units referenced. Despite base losses fighters attacked Japanese forces in Kwangsi and near Tinka and Mangshih.
Edgar Lewis Lowe 17 died Sunday night in a local sanitarium after an ice truck overturn west of Winnsboro. Funeral at Lone Cedar Baptist Church with Rev. Polk presiding. Interment in New Winnsboro Cemetery. Survived by mother Fannie Goodman sister Bertha Coughran and brother Robert in France. Pallbearers Bernard Hart Mack Taylor O'Dell Brent Dennis Polk Frank Davis Juke Newton. Lowe was 1944 Winnsboro High School senior class president and 1943-44 basketball captain.
Allied communiques reveal 1,220 Japanese surface ships destroyed or damaged last month, including 303 transports and tankers sunk. Most losses occurred in the Philippines area with 201 sunk by Nimitz and MacArthur forces, while 102 fell to submarines and China-based planes. American Air Forces in China abandoned Tanchuk as Maj. Gen. Chennault’s forces resisted.
The Federationist urges recall of Mayor Robert S. Maestri and four city commissioners to restore honesty in government. Editor Donnels says the move stems from alleged Civil Service hostility and a concerted machine to block reform. Circulation planned at a mass meeting Friday evening at the Federationist building.
Soviet fighter-bombers bombed German positions as ground troops advance along a curved front 70 to 100 miles southeast of Belgrade. Tito's partisans aided the drive bottling up an estimated 200,000 Nazi troops, while 50 enemy batteries were silenced and trains, trucks, and tanks were damaged. A separate unconfirmed report hints at Hungarian penetration toward Budapest.
Washington Oct. 2 Don ald M. Nelson seems due for adoption into President Roosevelt s circle as a high post of major importance aiding post war economic cooperation with other nations His resignation as War Production Board chairman was accepted and he may head a new government agency or expand his role as the president s special envoy on overseas trade and economic rehabilitation His Chung king trip aimed to patch up China s war effort and he envisions exploiting China s labor resources after the war by selling American machinery and equipment to fuel cheaper goods for China and others
Baton Rouge Oct 2 R L Bob Pettit of Baton Rouge today assumed the post of director of the State Department of Institutions appointed by Gov James H Davis to succeed Claude Harrison of Monroe resigned Pettit said he would need time to get his feet on the ground before he could announce appointments or policy Harrison before he left recommended to the governor the re appointment of all present heads of institutions under the department
U S First Army breaches Siegfried line near Aachen after weeks of stalemate in a major combined air and ground offensive. Lt Gen Courtney Hodges leads intake with heavy artillery and bomber bombardment followed by rapid American infantry advances toward the Rhine. Allied gains press 40 mile front from Holland to Belfort gap as Eisenhower seeks momentum and Dutch islands face evacuation amid aerial bombardment.
E L Bersley of Dallas acts as interim OPA director in Shreveport after J E Brumfield was dismissed by William A Orth. Brumfield, who resisted the order for two days, turned over the office keys and pledged a formal statement. Congressman Overton Brooks protested the removal as Brumfield prepared to appeal to civil service.
Washington reports the Pacific war advancing rapidly toward a showdown as American forces near the Philippines with invasion likely. Analysts offer two paths for Japan: mount a major effort to retake the islands or fight a holding war, the latter seen by many as more probable given vast stockpiles already built prior to the conflict.
Allied high command charted a western front line starting at the Belgian coast between Blankenberge and Zeebrugge then following the Lees veld canal to the Schelde Estuary west of Temenzen. It continues along the estuary north of Antwerp and the Antwerp Turnhout canal past Brecht, turns northeast toward Best near Hertogenbosch, passes Berlicum Nuland and Oss to the Meuse, then to Nijmegen and the Neder Rhine north of Bemmel. The line briefly enters Germany near Beek and Reichswald east of Mook before turning south to Vierlings Beek Deurne Weert Maeseyck and Sittard.
Baton Rouge officials announced plans to file with the state supreme court to dismiss impeachment suits against Judge Albert Estopinel and District Attorney Leander Perez of the 2nd Judicial District. The move, disclosed by AG Fred S. LeBlanc’s staff, follows last year’s filings and clarifies the court action.
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