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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1944
Page
1
Rome Aug 22 Allied troops broke through the final Navi fortifications guarding Toulon and neared Marseille from the west, within three miles of the city. Other armored forces advanced inland past Avignon toward the Rhone valley, sweeping 60 miles from the ports.
Tucson council publicizes Duff Phelps valuation placing doing business value at 9 million for the Tucson Cas Electric Light & Power Co. report as talks continue with Nichols and a negotiator sought. Mayor Jaastad appoints advisory group. debate over releasing the report and negotiating strategy persists with several council members opposing full public access.
London and southern counties endured flying bomb attacks through the night as rescuers, aided by flare light, pulled bodies from a gin apartment house wreckage. Government calls for evacuation met cool resistance amid hope the war would end soon. Rescue crews worked to clear large blocks of masonry.
Baraboo Wisconsin August 22 Inspectors at the Badger ordnance plant rejected powder bags with red stains fearing chemical action would foul ammunition. Investigators concluded the lipstick coded kisses were placed by female workers for their boyfriends at the front and passed along the assembly line. An official order then cautioned to Save the kisses.
New York sources say Duff and Phelps confirm the 9.1 million price for Tucson Gas and Electric properties, crediting William Mathews for negotiating the deal. They claim no official negotiator was needed and that the council could handle by correspondence, with bond approval by taxpayers.
Reliable sources report Benj McKinney of Tucson to be renominated by President Roosevelt for another term as U S marshal in Arizona. He was first appointed in 1925 and would begin a third term if confirmed by the Senate within days.
Allied bombers destroyed or damaged nine merchant ships in the Philippines area over the weekend and launched four new attacks on Halmahera as Liberators pounded enemy warehouses. Tokyo acknowledged B 29 raids as effective and discussed the 8 29 double raid at a cabinet meeting. Pacific totals showed 44 956 Japanese dead versus 4 470 American dead, 20 045 wounded, 721 missing.
London reports the Soviet second Ukrainian army breached German lines near Bucharest and Ploesti, advancing 387 miles along a 76 mile front. They captured the Romanian stronghold Tasi and over 200 other inhabited places, according to Marshal Stalin's order of the day.
Russian troops crossed the Bug River northeast of Warsaw as Marshal Rokossovsky's forces press the siege, while German reserves defend the west bank. Izvestia cites new Soviet tank divisions and repeated waves of counterattacks aided by air and artillery as the Sandomierz area further tightens the siege.
German secret police arrested Marshal Henri Philippe Petain at his residence and Hotel Du Parc in Vichy. Reports say Petain and several associates were seized as Maquis attacked Vichy, with Laval reportedly installed in Belfort near the German frontier.
At Luke Field a collision during a movie combat sequence between an AT-G trainer and a B-24 bomber killed four airmen. The AT-G pilot Orlando Tahhr from Clayton Washington and the bomber crew from Mather Field California died. The wreckage was found north of Tempe.
From Rome Aug 22 Allied assault forces completed the encirclement of the Toulon naval base and pushed within eight miles of Marseille while driving 60 miles inland. Maj Gen Alexander Patch called the advances decisive and urged maximum speed despite fatigue.
Washington Aug 22 Current diplomatic problems were ruled out of the Dumbarton Oaks postwar security talks and sessions will focus on framing basic peace principles. British chief Cadogan signaled peace may come sooner, urging early construction of some framework for future international cooperation while peace details are resolved. The conference began its first working session after yesterday’s opening.
Veteran war correspondent recalls a risky push by American forces in France turning a tense stalemate into a hard won victory. The dispatch frames the gamble as decisive and highlights frontline conditions and strategic resolve.
On the Western Front in France, authorities say the German army is in a complete tail spin after Allied tactics shattered stalemate. American gamble cited as key, with German miscalculation of U S armored strength blamed for failed Avranches counterattack and rapid Brittany to Paris containment.
The piece notes Allied optimism under Montgomery as victory nears in northwest France. It highlights Patton bridgeheads across the Seine and a projected German retreat to the frontier. The Voelkischer Beobachter signals a wartime production shift as Hitler forecasts changes.
Allied forces under Lt. Gen. George S. Patton pierced the Seine near Mantes 25 miles northwest of Paris, upsetting German defense plans. The bridgehead threatens the 14th and seventh armies, potentially outflanks rocket sites in Pas de Calais, and may force a German withdrawal toward the Somme line.
American armored columns crossed the Seine near Paris driving toward the Marne and Le Havre while Berlin forces suffered heavy losses. Gen. Patton’s units reached Fontainbleau and Rozoy as Allies encircle the capital. German resistance wanes amid massive destruction and railcar/locomotive losses.
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