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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1945
Page
3
Eyewitness account claims Pierre Laval offered 1,000,000 francs to two German pilots to fly to Portugal instead of Austria. A Spanish official present at the airfield said Laval tried to bribe the airmen to take him and his wife to Portugal or another neutral country.
Paris reports indicate Marie Laval’s arrest and transfer to Fresnes prison for pretrial detention. Observers expect Laval to be convicted as a traitor tied to Vichy collaboration, while he remains in solitary confinement under guard. Also noted was the arrival of former collaborator editor Jean Lucarne at the prison and new American passenger cars in Palestine.
MEMPHIS Tenn One of the few if not the only mother daughter WAC tears in the country on duty at the Fourth Ferrying Group. Pte Holdna Crenshaw drives a tow tie her daughter Pte Dawn Rae Crenshaw rides the brakes together they form a tow team which swings planes from ATOs to B 29s. They enlisted together in Los Angeles and trained at Fort Des Moines then separated with mom in Memphis and daughter in Dyersburg. Both stay in the WAC after the war.
Pete Swanson’s son, Pete Jr., downed his tenth Jap plane last week, while Pete Sr. never missed a day at the war plant since the war began. He worked overtime, kept fit, and stayed sharp, earning a toast from neighbors for wartime dedication.
A fragment from the De region notes a tract in the greater Trott metropolitan area likely under federal ownership and not yet passed to state vision land buyers. The discovery raises questions about land status and future development.
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