08 Sep 1944
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1944
Page
1
A readback of President Roosevelt planning a September 23 speech at the Teamsters Union annual dinner sparks a mock farewell from an internal confidant. The imagined rough remarks attack Mr Tobin and labor leaders, questioning loyalties, taxation, and political influence.
Washington reports a new B-29 raid by the 2th Bomber Command against Manchuria with Tokyo claiming more than 100 planes participated. The U S army notes attacked industrial targets in Anshan and Penhsihu near Mukden. Japanese officials say damage totals are under investigation.
President Roosevelt, at a news conference, says he did not listen to or read most of Dewey's Philadelphia speech and declines comment on key points. He notes questions about Hershey and job creation but states his duty to stay in office to meet world conditions.
Washington notes Selective Service estimates 690000 able men available for induction in 1944 from Class 1-A and new 18 year olds, compared with 600000 needed. The surplus may extend into 1945, with 480000 from 18-29 groups plus 210000 from upcoming 18-year-olds, prompting potential leniency on job deferments.
In San Diego on September 8 the city staged premature V Day celebrations. A three alarm fire siren triggered cheers downtown as residents imagined victory. Two weeks earlier a department store siren signaled peace but led to chaotic, humorous crowds before the error was realized.
Fighting breaks out on the Serbian border as Bulgars clash with Germans. Yugoslav radio reports a large scale revolt against occupation forces with Tito's partisans and Russian forces tightening the Balkan trap. Bulgaria seeks peace with the Allies and dissolves Nazi aligned bodies while reorganizing leadership.
The agriculture department projects this year’s cotton yield at 11 483 000 lint bales based on September 1 conditions, down from last month’s 11 022 000. Abandonment cuts harvest to about 20.16 million acres, with a 273.4 pound per acre indicated yield and a 75 percent normal crop condition.
Federal Power Commission hearings on Memphis Natural Gas Company request to expand facilities from Memphis to Monroe Louisiana resume as officials discuss possible new natural gas legislation. Texas railroad officials argue FPC overstepped its authority while the FPC says no broad policy precedents will be set. Continued on tenth page.
8th Army tanks and infantry pushed to the Marano river banks four miles from Rimini on the Adriatic coast but German counterattacks inland stopped the advance. American troops nearing Pistoia and Lucca faced heavy shelling near Pisa while German forces showed reluctance to abandon the Salerno gateway. General Sir Harold Alexander reported German rearguards beyond their main lines near Coriano and San Savino ridges.
Gov Thomas E Dewey urged a world peace framework with proportionate voice for small nations in Louisville as he denounced the New Deal for keeping soldiers in the army too long. He said victory means freedom and permanent peace and pledged a strong productive government for the United States.
Allied and Russian offensives press through the Balkans with a three pronged push toward Sibiu and the Aegean as rail lines from Vienna to Greece are destroyed. Red Army advances threaten to seal off German forces in Greece Bulgaria and Albania while German vessels are sunk in Burgas and Varna.
Gov. Coke Stevenson said President Roosevelt favors a compromise for the Texas Democratic elector fight. He recounted a Washington conference and noted two sets of electors on the November 7 ballot, one pledged to Roosevelt and Truman, the other named by the state convention and not pledged to the party candidates. Former pro Roosevelt leader Alvin Wirtz criticized the plan as damaging to party unity.
The Associated Press reports rising labor tensions with 20 000 idle workers across coal mines steel mills and war plants. Seizures in Pennsylvania West Virginia aim to resume production under government orders while strikes threaten 41 more pits. Factory disputes also idle 11 000 Briggs aerospace workers and 8 000 Packard Detroit workers amid cooling off periods and talks.
Allied forces thrust to within 25 miles of the German frontier along a 200 mile front from Liege to Metz as four armies breach the Albert canal defenses and press toward the Siegfried Line. American and British air power struck back areas near Le Havre while patrols reach Nancy and Liege amid a tightening news blackout.
American troops of the Seventh army push into Besancon after a rapid advance from Arbois and clash with German forces massing in relief of remnants fleeing toward the Belfort gap. Allied elements breach the Loue river defense line near Paray and Quigey and enter the Foret de Chaux forest as fighting intensifies.
Almost 2,000 American and British heavy bombers attacked Ludwigshafen Kastel Gustavsburg and other targets in the upper Rhineland opposite Patton’s Third Army. 500 Mustang fighters supported the strike with clear weather allowing precise targeting in the Siegfried Line zone.
James A Reed, 2, former Missouri Senator, died today at 12 30 p m from bronchitis in Alpena Mid Sept. He had served in the state legislature and later national office. The obituary notes his public service and age.
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