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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1944
Page
2
A Tribune column argues for fair play in elections and political contests. It cites Roosevelt's war voyage rhetoric, compares 1912 tactics, and endorses equal shortwave time for all candidates while urging cross party cooperation in Congress.
The Pope calls for a world of fraternity based on divine law and international cooperation. He envisions an end to barbarism, the defeat of aggressors, and a new order of peace, decency, and justice led by Allied powers.
Washington reports the American invasion force in Europe grew into the world’s strongest military power. Generals Eisenhower and Bradley led mobilization with Patton expanding daring offensives, while greenhorn troops proved veterans in battle and the Allies gained crucial air and naval strength against Germany.
Allied forces advance rapidly in France and Belgium as German troops pull back from the front. Canadians retake Piave area while American and French units press from the south toward the German border with Holland and Belgium reported flooded. Liberation of France speeds with fewer losses than expected.
Citizens heeded Governor Dewey's call to observe Tribute to Poland Day marking the war anniversary. Premier Mikolajczyk urged American British backing for a Poland-Soviet peace, while Britain and France entered the war to aid Poland amid duty and later widening issues.
The piece analyzes Bulgaria switching sides in World War II and the shifting governments as the Red Army nears. It notes Bulgaria’s attempts to exit the war while keeping annexations, the fall of pro Nazi leaders, and a new cabinet under Ivan Bagrianov, amid German occupation and Soviet pressure.
The Syracuse Common Council should enact ordinances by Corporation Counsel James C. Tormey to keep traffic fines within the city. The proposed change would shift revenue from fines for reckless driving and related offenses from the State Treasury to Syracuse, arguing the enforcement and adjudication are municipal. The issue rests on whether state law or city authority should govern these fines and revenues.
The government seized ten bituminous coal mines in Western Pennsylvania to end a supervisory workers strike that could idle 100,000 miners. The strike threatens war production as winter approaches, since miners produce the coke fuel needed by steelmakers and many plants Face dwindling stocks. Public sentiment urged responsibility to prevent walkouts amid the fuel shortage.
The Detroit Free Press notes the resignation of Brazilian Foreign Minister Aranha as part of a larger reflection on Brazil's Vargas and his Estado Novo. It warns that a Brazil Argentine dictatorship bloc could challenge U S leadership and destabilize regional power balance.
Reims, on the Paris Luxembourg line, famed for its great cathedral and a 15 mile underground maze of chalk wine cellars. Prewar population 117,000, 36 French kings crowned there, cathedral hit 287 times in WWI, base of a champagne region producing 30 million bottles annually in underground quarries.
Readers praise editorials and space for the Back to School campaign. A Syracuse official thanks the Herald-Journal for helping raise enrollment as schools reopen. Letters also discuss Willkie Roosevelt Dewey and FDR in wartime politics, urging clarity and patriotism.
Washington warns the Lublin murder factory horrors tie to Nazi guilt and a demand for harsh postwar retribution. The piece argues German leaders miscalculated peace hopes while Soviet advance tightens, and notes Germans confront brutal truths after widespread revulsion abroad.
The writer recounts hosting Dean Mildred Thompson of Vassar College and attending the Dutchess County fair with a focus on the swearing in of a local WAC from Pawling. He reflects on wartime personal liberty, praises 4-H and Chapel Corners Grange exhibits, and notes Paris liberation stories and Parisian resilience.
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