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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1944
Page
1
American forces press toward Morotai and Palau in a two-pronged push as MacArthur reports all objectives secured on Morotai and engineers move to seize Pitoe airfield. Nimitz and Mace Arthur coordinate early strikes aimed at Mindanao as Marines and army units establish beachheads and await further operations.
The hurricane sweeping the Atlantic coast Thursday caused extensive damage estimated between 30 million and 53 million dollars across northern coastal states. By Saturday the storm's far end was still moving, affecting Canadian maritime provinces including Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, with at least 8 percent of those affected losing their lives.
At Quebec on September 16 the leaders Roosevelt Churchill and Eden agreed on the military strategy to obliterate Japan. They discussed future talks with Stalin and possible postwar German plans. Eden arrived to align Anglo American and Russian views on Germany and the Polish border while Pacific war plans were already in action with MacArthur Nimitz and the invasion of Palau and Morotai looming.
Two hundred twenty two Seguin residents donated blood during the American Red Cross mobile unit visit. Girl Scouts assisted nurses under Guadalupe County Red Cross chair Walter Fey.
Washington reports the AAF may form separate daylight and night harassing groups for Japan. General Giles says the war department has studied transferring Pacific operations to night bombing, with the B-32 planned for deployment soon. He notes 2,270 aircraft and 10,284 men lost or missing since June 6.
Soviet field dispatches report Red patrols crossing the Vishla front and capturing Praga while smashing German positions in Warsaw as Russian and Polish troops hammered the east bank suburb. Praga’s fiercest fighting center, heavy tank clashes, and Warsaw’s skyline fire are described, with Red Star noting the city in view from Russian lines. Connected notes describe new fronts across the Baltic and Carpathians as autumn campaigns loom.
German robot bombs struck southern England and the London area before dawn, despite evacuee warnings not to return to the capital. One flying bomb wrecked seven houses, killing five children and an adult.
Washington report notes Maury Maverick a foe of gobbledygook language in official orders plans a campaign against sayings ending with versus whereas. He mocks the use of vague terms and says he will expose documents where the only period ends a sentence. The piece lampoons bureaucratic phrasing and cites Maverick's pointed critique.
Allied air forces struck Kiel and nearby targets with heavy bombers, while U S Ninth Air Force sorties reached 963 despite rain. Bombers hit port facilities and submarine bases. German defenses and radio broadcasts reported fighter activity in central Germany. Losses included eleven Allied planes. ground-attack efforts targeted rail yards, fuel depots, and artillery positions in the Nancy Bets region and Damferque area.
Rome report: eighth army tanks and infantry crossed the Merana river on a wide front with Greek units advancing toward Rimini air field less than three miles from Rimini. Western sector Me Filth army reports slight gains along their Gothic line north of Morence as resistance tax stiffens and defenses are bitterly contested.
Stockholm dispatch reports Finland moving toward a formal declaration of war on Germany after the Nazi invasion of Suursasti. Finnish parliament to meet in secret. border closure expected. Suusaari garrison aided by Russian planes maintains control. Also note German ace parachutist Meissner killed on the western front.
London reports a Moscow broadcast from the extraordinary Polish Soviet investigative commission on German crimes detailing Majdanek near Lublin as a vast camp with 46 000 capacity, 18 000 executions, and 1 380 000 cremation remains. The release cites cremation furnaces, forest burials, and cremation sites with victims' echoes.
Allied forces pushed through a 10 mile breach in the Siegfried line east of Aachen as part of a grand drive from Belfort to the Schelde estuary. American units surrounded Aachen and advanced toward Cologne while news reported heavy fighting, bursts of German resistance, and large prisoner captures. The Third Army moved toward Nancy, Epinal, and Bitburg as relief operations continued along the Rhine frontier.
The senate confirmed the nomination of General Bradley for the permanent rank of major general. It also promoted Maj. Gen. Handy, Maj. Gen. Truscott, and Maj. Gen. Sitan to the temporary rank of lieutenant general.
The report from Bari Italy dated September 16 says General Mihailovic and the Chetniks are pressed between German forces and Tito’s Partisans. The Partisans are said to have advanced to the Morava River, about 200 miles south of Belgrade, in the heart of Mihailovic’s three year struggle for control.
Forecast shows continued fall conditions with Saturday afternoon and night and Sunday keeping temperatures near 90 degrees in San Antonio and vicinity. East Texas expected similar pattern with Saturday afternoon and night and Sunday warmth persisting.
Moscow reports intensified tension as Polish exile leaders claim compromise with the London government fails. A committee spokesman accuses the Polish underground army of terror while promising full mobilization and a bid to ban former military groups to form a united 500,000 strong Polish army.
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