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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1944
Page
14
The article describes Allied plans and the armistice terms limiting French participation in combat. It notes French authorities must avoid collaboration with invaders and maintain civil service conduct under Hague convention standards.
Dispatches report Vichy authorities assigning prefects to regions to direct rapid evacuation plans for children amid invasion fears. Education Minister Abel Bonnard pressured prefects to follow urgent plans while French forces push to suppress resistance and block any general uprising.
Air Ministry reports Allied bombers and intruders raided targets across occupied Europe. Mosquitos hit Germany for the first time this month while raids reached Genoa Piacenza La Spezia and Munich with 37, bomber losses and 1,282 German planes reported shot down in combat. The US and British air forces combined to drop 46000 tons of hazardous devices on enemy territories and claimed substantial ground losses avoided.
London report cites Rear Admiral George Wilson predicting that defeat of one Axis partner will hasten the war’s end. He says UN success in one theater eases pressure, with final victory to follow against the surviving Axis power. Wilson is chief of staff to Admiral Harold Stark.
James J. Hines former Tammany district leader now serving a four to eight year term in Sing Sing Prison on a lottery conviction will seek parole. Parole officer Jeffrey Robertson said the hearing before the State parole board will be held next week likely May 9 or 10 at Sing Sing Ossining. The board previously turned down Hines plea for release a year ago.
Fragmentary OCR mentions seeking to obtain a judicial review of the board s decision and includes garbled phrases Bejthen ny. Further context is unreadable to determine parties dates or location.
Gov Dewey proclaims D Day in Albany and asks clergymen statewide to prepare special services on May 3. He notes the United Nations have prepared for invasion and warns of heavy casualties while urging prayer for success and the safety of Allied forces.
After a conference in Germany with Adolf Hitler, an attack occurred in Northern Italy near Bolzano. Partisans disabled the locomotive and Mussolini was reportedly involved in the incident.
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