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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1944
Page
1
The excerpt shows Tom Dewey calling for jobs and industry while critiquing government regulation. It references Indian raids near Sitting Bull, Custer, and a hard stance on war criminals, with warnings about reviving aggression and returning stolen lands, minerals, and wildlife.
Charles La September 19 government officials congratulate George W. Dolan president of Kieson Alkali Works Inc on completion of the new Monona plant in Louisiana. The plant built by the Defense Plant Corporation for Mathieson operation was dedicated as both a wartime asset and peacetime industrial project. A rededication program was to start at 4 p m Former Gov H Jones and Governor Davis among those expected to attend.
Nine members of the U S House, seeking military approval, plan an inspection trip to France likely including Cherbourg and supply bases. The delegation, led by Gen Dwight D Eisenhower, aims to study troop equipment and civil affairs as part of broader war oversight.
American Fifth Army troops seized Monte Partone Monte Altuzzo and Monte Celli in the Gothic line after fierce fighting northeast of Florence. British Indian forces aided by flanking maneuvers as German fire was heavy with 2000 shells in a barrage. The advance brought US troops within 27 miles of Bologna as Brazilians pressed northward along the coast.
President Roosevelt directed immediate planning to liquidate war agencies and reconvert the government to peace. He ordered Budget Director Harold D. Smith to study agency duties and personnel reductions as fighting ends in Europe approaches, with explicit steps toward peace footing and streamlined administration. The Civil Service Commission reported 2,936,602 federal employees nationwide at the start of September, including 270,502 in Washington.
On the Italian front a Nazi education officer of the German First parachute division seized orders urging officers to counter enemy claims that the Fuehrer loses control when enraged. The directive asserts Hitler remains calm and capable, despite street rumors of his supposed fury.
Moscow reports Ion Antonescu and German leaders are in Soviet hands after Romania falls to the Red Army. The push calls for full punishment of Axis war criminals and warns neutrals against asylum. Soviet accounts claim 300,000 Soviet deaths in Minsk under German occupation.
Bogalusa and Washington parishes aim to place every discharged veteran returning home. The Chamber of Commerce starts a survey October 2 to count returning service members and locate employment, forming a post war industry plan for Washington and nearby St. Tammany parish. About 90 to 95 percent of 520 veterans since 1941 are employed.
Soviet reports say the Red army is grinding down German armored forces at about one panzer division a day in Latvia near Jelgava and along the Baltic corridor. They claim 449 tanks and 365 planes knocked out in four days as German forces try to hold a lifeline through East Prussia to Latvia and Estonia.
The Associated Press lists current fronts with key distances: Western front 310 miles from Nijmegen, Holland. Russian front 312 miles from Pulatsk. Italian front 581 miles from Rimini.
U S Pacific forces push through Peleliu and Angaur in the southern Palau Islands as Japanese losses mount. Peleliu airfield is in American hands and Marines seize Asias, nearby villages, and an offshore islet. The 81st Wildcat division advances on Angaur, taking Sapan Town and its refinery and railway yard, while Japanese retreat to final defensive lines. Japanese death tolls exceed 5,500 on Peleliu and 48 on Angaur through Sunday.
Elkhart crew radioman Jack Cooper, 23, was shot down June 15 and died on a life raft. His mother released a navy log and letters revealing his longing for Helen Checchio, mom, and Dad, with final notes about injury, drifting and hunger as he perished at sea.
London dispatch says Finland signed an armistice with Russia and Britain, terms to be disclosed later. Parliament met in a 6:15 am session to vote confidence as negotiations from September 14 concluded. Reports cite a likely 50 year Porkkala base lease and Finnish troops clashing with Germans in the north.
American Flying Fortresses carried arms food ammunition and medicine to Polish partisans in Warsaw. Two bombers and two Mustangs were lost the Mustangs completed a 1900 mile round trip the longest fighter mission in aviation history. Capt H W Brown claimed his 27th German plane.
Higgins Aircraft Inc announces the first New Orleans built cargo airplane will be flown over the city at noon Thursday. The C-46 Commando, the largest twin engined transport, has passed army inspectors after testing and set transport records over the Himalayan hump in China and Burma.
Allied sky troops crossed the Rhine into Holland driving toward northern Germany near the Siegfried line. British ground forces linked with airborne units and seized Eindhoven as fronts closed on Rotterdam The Hague and Amsterdam.
Thomas E. Dewey spoke in Seattle and prepared Portland addresses as his Oregon swing followed a Seattle attack on Roosevelt over wartime labor. He condemned the New Deal for wartime strikes and urged labor support while planning San Francisco and Los Angeles stops.
Washington reports the Senate and House clash over post war reconversion and surplus property bills. House opposition blocks travel pay up to 200 for war workers and 3 100 000 employment coverage while a three member board handles a 100 billion dollar surplus disposal plan passed the House 174 to 31. White House fate uncertain as surplus chief calls compromise unworkable.
London reports heavy German robot strikes early today as evacuees return to the capital. The death toll includes a young mother and baby, with continued warnings that danger remains and questions over launch sites inland. Coastal areas still controlled by Germany raise fears of extended range and new deployment patterns.
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