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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1944
Page
1
Allied forces closed on Cassino Formia as Gustav Line fell. German withdrawal aimed to shorten lines while Allied shells pounded the Monte Liri area. Polish and French units seized key heights and positions, cutting routes and pressing toward Esperia and Monte D Or, with heavy bombing and river crossings shaping the victory.
Allied forces push into the Liri valley as U S Fifth Army advances up to fifteen miles toward Monte Cassino area. Germans strip bunkers, bridges, and artillery while Allied air forces disrupt Rome front traffic and coastal ports. Casualties and captured equipment reported amid heavy bombing of German positions near Elba and Ancona.
Allied bombardment of Cassino, followed by land maneuvering, forced German evacuation as the fortress became a keystone of the 1944 winter line. Air power failed to end the resistance though massive tonnages shattered structures while Canadian and American troops pressed through the town and into surrounding tunnels.
Patrolman H. T. Isbell stopped two youths, an 18 and a 26, in the 200 block of Main Avenue. While taking them to headquarters for questioning, the younger reached for his pocket and the officer fired one shot. A long bladed knife was recovered. The youths were charged with vagrancy.
Marti W. Schwellman author of Santa Rita will address the San Antonio Historical Association Friday night at the Dog House. His book was recently published by the Texas State Historical Association. Four San Antonians attending a recent state association meeting will report at the local gathering: Gol, M. I. Grimains, Dr. P. I. Nixon, Paul Adams, and Chris Emmett.
A Gleeson group led by a 30 member committer noted in Loma Vista postponed protest trips after Commissioner P. L. Anderson promised city hall notification. The residents had visited city council meetings thrice, hoping the annexation ordinance would be considered Thursday.
Allied reports describe Stilwell’s forces pressing toward Myitkyina, aiming to break the northern Burma front before the monsoon. Marauders and Chinese troops advance through jungle and ridge lines, scaling mountains and pushing along the Ledo road toward key Jap positions. Air support from the 14th Air Force backs the push as Chinese guerrillas seize passes and new positions along routes into Burma.
General Stillwell reports American bombers and P-40s hitting targets in Mengta and Loyang areas as 20 000 Chinese troops push west toward a junction with Mamien forces in northern Burma. Chinese high command says Japanese columns southwest of Leyang were shattered. over 200 damaged vehicles and tanks destroyed 40 miles south of Loyang. Dorothy Lamour hospitalized for observation before new film role.
Secretary of War Stimson said Fifth Army anti aircraft gunners destroyed 340 planes and 242 probables in under three months at Anzio. AA batteries and Allied air forces kept the port operating amid heavy attacks, with one day seeing about 15 percent of 172 German planes demolished.
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