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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1944
Page
4
A wartime field report describes Allied artillery blasting Nazi positions in France near Paris. Observers note heavy bombardment, smoke from tanks and transport, dispersed German troops moving toward American lines, and a doomed retreat beneath fire.
A narrator describes wounded soldiers and German doctors near a barbed wire POW cage in France. He sees columns of prisoners under guard and senses Europe’s collapse as the German front falls behind.
Eagle Mills W C Coonrad returns from Leonard Hospital after weeks of confinement following an operation. Mr and Mrs John Stephenson of Averill Park visit their niece Mrs Lestie A Chom. Eleven members of the Women’s Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church take an excursion to Kingston Point. Mrs Harriett Decker and Mrs Emil Riegart join Mr and Mrs Joseph Campbell of Bennington, Vermont for a weekend visit. Philip Patrie completes a six week photography course in New York. Robert and Vaughn return to Arenas Pond after visiting Mr and Mrs Daniel Bunta and Ruth Ron. Milton H Rogers of Bradley Field recently spends a short leave with Arba Rogers and family. Edward Rogers and children Joyce and Edmond jr of Troy visit his parents for the weekend. Betty Weeden returns from Leonard Hospital after a visit with her father Harold Weeden. The story fragment ends with an unfinished line about "The 6:"
Crowds in Buenos Aires and other Argentine cities celebrated the liberation of Paris with nights of joy. People sang Viva Francia and Viva Democracia in street demonstrations. Dispatches from South American capitals reported widespread spontaneous parades and positive official pleas as neighboring nations reacted with approval.
A local report notes a goose egg size discovery in a White Rock hen nest in Kankakee with two complete shells. The item also covers a girl injuring her hip, Sgt Frank A. Carner's malaria recovery and Navy transfer, a Methodist Church School Board 1940 25 election results, faculty appointments, and a fall winter plan message for the church school with a Red Wednesday date.
Stillwater notices report Pfc Paul Decoteau wounded August 1 in France with further details to come. His mother Mrs Joseph Decoteau of Silhwater died recently. James Furlong of the U S Navy visits parents on furlough after 18 months in the South Pacific. Bernard Roberts, fifth class, wounded in France August 10 and now in England. Also a note that 22 million pieces of mail are shipped weekly to U S overseas forces.
Polish troops of the British Eighth Army captured San Giorgio and Plagge about 39 miles south of the Metauro River, between the Adriatic coast and the Apennines. Hallam forces occupied Cagh near Cantiano, as patrols probed east toward Mount Martello and Mount San Lorenzo. German withdrawals were suspected north of Anghiari as the Arno corridor saw light fighting and new garrisons set to contest.
Dispatches say German and Allied patrols were active around Florence with clashes in the eastern outskirts. Front dispatches note daily tensions across the central and southern districts through Wednesday as the front lines shift.
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