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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1944
Page
1
US troops and tanks push north while Canadian forces advance to Falaise as Allied command says 12 mile escape corridor remains for 100000 to 200000 Germans. Authorities expect the destruction of up to 15 German divisions, signaling a potential end for Hitler in the region.
Noland Norgaard reports that Frontone in the Apennines fell to the Eighth Army, the only major advance on the Italian front, as Florence and Empoli saw reduced resistance and supply efforts resumed. Allied air forces targeted Rhone bridges and coastal sites in southern France amid broader operations. A Nazi pamphlet warned of harsh retaliation against Italian civilians for aiding patriots and disrupting lines behind the front.
President Roosevelt pledged that the Japanese empire cannot be trusted and vowed to strengthen defenses from the Antarctic to the Arctic. He spoke to 20 000 shipyard workers in Bremerton after a Pacific inspection tour from California to the Aleutians and Pearl Harbor.
Gen Bor reports Nazi forces deploy flame throwers to screen assaults on Warsaw positions held by Polish underground. He describes intensified fighting and efforts to repel German advances.
German forces withdrew from the west bank of the Bierba river under cover of darkness near the Csoviets sector, about 15 miles from the East Prussian frontier, according to the DNB news agency. Life in the United States report from Tokyo radio notes shortages of meat butter and cheese, with adulterated whisky and brandy still available at high prices.
The county attorney seeks a quick murder trial for Jack D. Curtis in superior court with bond set high to deter bail jumping. Federal delays may push dates to September as Curtis remains in federal custody awaiting transfer to Pima County. Curtis faces second degree murder charges over the 16 year old Richard Caffrey case plus a possible draft evasion felony.
Four congressional committees push a three point reconversion program aiming to clear surplus property unemployment and demobilization machinery bills within two weeks. If disposed of quickly Congress could take a second vacation after the five week recess ending Aug 1. House rules and expenditures committees met to clear the navy for floor action on the Colmer surplus war materials bill.
Moscow reports a wide Soviet arc near the East Prussia frontier with armies only 7 to 35 miles away on several fronts. Rokossovsky and Zakharov reach near Warsaw lines while Yeremenko’s Baltic force advances across Latvia and Estonia, claiming 69 000 Germans killed or captured in a month and over 600 000 Nazi casualties overall.
Allied air forces under Eisenhower launched another day of intensive bombing against German positions in France and beyond. Marauders and Mosquitos attacked troops supplies and rail lines from Mortain to Paris while direct hits hit a bridge over the Orne. More than 5500 sorties were flown in the campaign between the battle front and the Seine.
French underground reports the majority of Maquis forces have moved north from central plateau Pyrenees foothills and Savoy to wage guerrilla war behind German lines along the Loire. Several strongholds are deserted with small patriot bands remaining in the Pyrenees to deter Vichy officials. Patriots in southern France monitor collaborators awaiting transport north. German withdrawals from southwest France continue as Atlantic wall forces dwindle.
Washington Aug 14 United Nations talks may include peacetime use of an international air force under a council of nations while opposition to a global police force is voiced by Russia and China Sir Alexander Cadogan says force is a major topic at the conference opening next week Britain and the United States align on world peace organization outlines and have kept Moscow informed about proposals Cadogan says he has not yet reviewed Russia's latest document as preliminary work advances
U S Pacific Fleet Chief Admiral Chester W Nimitz said invasion of Japan may not be required to win the war though occupation could be necessary for a lasting peace He outlined plans to move his headquarters closer to the battlefront possibly to the Marianas and noted recent raids near Tokyo Chichi Jima and Paramushiro as U S air power presses the campaign in the Pacific
Washington report states five Arizona personnel are missing in the European theater. Named are Second Lt. Wilber R. Alsop Jr. of Gila Bend Staff Sgt. Hulick H. Barney of Phoenix Second Lt. Lincoln D. Bundy of Mt. Trumbull Lt. Grant H. Cory whose wife lives in Phoenix and Sgt. Miguel A. Reyes, Tucson son-in-law of Mrs. Mary A. Campillo of 120 West Washington Street Tucson.
Allied forces push toward a decisive western victory as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower urges a momentous week of effort. His Order of the Day calls for renewed zeal and speed to seize the opportunity for Major Allied victory in France. Allied armies converge on Falaise driving toward a junction that could trap up to 100,000 German troops and seal the war’s western victory.
U P war report from France recounts American armored units breaking the Das Reich division and other German groups in a rapid advance from Le Mans to Caen. The drive includes French villages liberated, civilians cheering, and a push to trap forces between U S and British Canadian lines as the Normandy campaign accelerates toward Paris.
DEWITT MACKENZIE reports that Eisenhower calls the moment in France fleeting yet definite, offering a potential major Allied victory this week. British Canadian and American units press a trap near Paris with heavy fighting around Caen and Argentan as German forces attempt to withdraw.
London dispatch reports German radio claiming large Allied convoys are moving through the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean. Speculation grows that Allied landings in southern Europe could be imminent.
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