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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1944
Page
1
Reports from the front describe German forces advancing in southern Poland near Prussia while Soviet and Polish fronts face heavy bombardment and fortified lines. British and radio accounts claim German shelling near Grodno and nearby fortress towns as Soviet offenses push along the Baltic corridor.
British Lancasters and Mosquitos attacked rail yards and supply lines on the southeast outskirts of Paris, hitting rolling stock and an ammunition train while heavy bombers targeted Normandy and German positions. US Liberators reported no bomber losses in a separate attack south of the battlefront. Thunderbolts damaged tracks and destroyed freight cars in multiple yards.
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force announces that French interior forces admitted as combatants form an integral part of the Allied expeditionary force. A statement asserts that Eisenhower now has conclusive proof that German forces in France acted on June 4 1944 to label resistant groups as regular combatants.
Mrs. Gladys Burke reported a burglary at 203 San Pedro Avenue when a burglar removed a screen from a side window, entered the home, and took a purse containing $28 in cash and a government check for $24 while she slept early Saturday.
After months of secrecy Captain Jee A Sordetedt a 24 year old pilot flying an unarmed P 38 photographed Japan from China oct 1 1945. He flew a 2200 mile round trip over the East China Sea earning the Distinguished Flying Cross for the mission. The first American photo reconnaissance of the Japanese main islands is noted though citation details were not disclosed.
The parole of Henry, a one time murder convict from 1940, was revoked after a grand jury criticized leniency in his release. He surrendered at 7 15 p m last Friday to Sheriff Gwen W Kilday at her home in Bexar County and agreed to return to the state prison. Henry had escaped twice from a state prison farm and recently worked at a local freight firm while under probation. The revocation followed questions about parole releases of short-term prisoners and a $2000 legal fee reported in the case.
Allied forces surged four miles along a western Normandy road line capturing Lessay Periers and Le Hommedieu area as the largest single day advance since Cherbourg. British and American troops reported 54,000 prisoners since D-day with 16 towns seized in 24 hours, while German resistance concentrated on the Lessay Ferrieres Pont Hebert corridor near St. Lo.
Mrs Chiang Kai-Shek arrives for three months rest and settles on a small Brooklyn island in Rio de Janeiro. The area, once home to a British multimillionaire, was recently bought by the city for a park and garden project.
New York dispatch reports a Tokyo broadcast declaring that any Allied airman who falls or is captured over Japan will be executed. The message, aired via Singapore transmitter, claimed the order as day’s directive from Tokyo. Reception was poor. few English listeners could understand.
General Paul W. Newgarden, 54, commander of the 10th Armored Division, Col. Renn Lawrence, a combat unit commander, and four other personnel were killed when an Army plane crashed during a heavy windstorm near Chattanooga. Capt. Lester M. Nichols announced the fatalities. They were en route from Port Knox to Augusta for a troop review at Camp Gordon marking Gen. Newgarden’s anniversary.
American forces reached within three and a half miles of Livorno and advanced toward Cian and Villamagna while capturing Peecolt and other strongpoints. German resistance pushed back as Third Panzer Grenadier divisions withdrew. About 10,000 prisoners were taken, with total later estimated near 19,600 as Allied lines hold and push from the Arno toward strategic fronts.
The British evacuation program, called the fastest of the war, moved 152,852 people from London during 19 days ending yesterday, with 207,468 registered. Bomb raids caused damage and casualties rose in southern districts as authorities, led by Health Minister Henry A. Willink, reported additional evacuations including 14 nurseries and several severely handicapped children moved from danger areas.
In Normandy twilight on July 15, Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was buried at the U S Fourth Division cemetery in France as six generals attended the service. Quentin Roosevelt, a captain in the Fighting First division, stood with the generals and watched his father’s body interred in the field he fought to defend.
A court martial board studied the fate of Lieut. Howard L. Slithsworth of Wakefield Kansas charged with murder by aircraft in the death of Earley Nepple of Los Angeles. The case centered on the flight on the night of the 22nd when Nepple was struck by the plane. Slithsworth testified he did not know the person struck. The trial concerned whether the officer was negligent in his duty while piloting the aircraft involved.
Frank Roberts, 60, suffered a heart attack Friday while a house on West Travis Street burned. A pulmelor squat fan revived him and he was taken to Swain Rosa hospital. EB Blair also injured a foot while fighting the blaze. Damages estimated at 37230.
A Allied mission studying invasion techniques concluded that Normandy landings were successful and might be replicated under proper conditions. They note refueling ships are a major issue and that in-channel operations could force ships to retire to bases, with a 16 day supply gap potentially making US forces inoperable.
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