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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1944
Page
1
American tanks and infantry surged 40 miles up the Rhone valley destroying the German 19th army. About 15 000 Germans were killed wounded or captured as U S forces closed on Montelimar trapping them along the east bank of the Rhone.
Russian forces push toward Bucharest as Cossack divisions drive through southern Romania. Tulcea Sulina and Braila seized by Black Sea fleet landings. German and Hungarian forces counter at the Carpathian passes amid heavy air support and sporadic resistance.
Germany presses to sway Bulgaria as Bucharest endures invasion and Romania splits with Berlin. Transocean and DNB report battles around Bucharest and encircled Romanian leaders while Bulgaria weighs war against the Reich. Russian and Turkish sources note Ukrainian and Carpathian actions and German evacuations as Allies press on.
Commissioner Landis announced the 19th World Series will begin October 4 at Sportsmen's Park in St. Louis after a meeting with officials from the Cardinals Browns and the American League clubs Boston Detroit New York. The meeting assumed the Cardinals would win the National League pennant again.
Chungking reports the commander of the fourth Chinese army Chang Teh Neng was executed Friday for neglect in duty that led to the loss of Changsha last June. The Central News Agency provided the dispatch.
Second Lt. Kenneth W. Foote 26 a native of Safford and Gila junior college graduate was killed in action as a bombardier on a Flying Fortress over Prague May 12. Parents Mr and Mrs Clarence Foote of Phoenix notified. He attended George Washington University and worked for the Justice Department before service.
The Office of Price Administration announced butter will remain at 16 points a pound when September values take effect. A tentative 20 point value was reconsidered after study showed September consumption would not exceed the 95,000,000 pound allocation under the present value. Charts already printed reflect 20 points, grocers will be instructed to correct.
Across Wichita to Boston the nation shivered with record low highs and lows. Kansas City failed to exceed 65 for a third day, Charlotte dipped to 54.8, fire warmed north Georgia and Indianapolis, crowd wore coats in Philadelphia, Boston and Des Moines saw lows in the 50s, while Kansas faced rain and floods. Yuma reached 113 as a hot spot amid unusual weather.
The war labor board ordered premiums of four six and eight cents per hour for 20 000 non ferrous metals workers in seven western states if approved by Economic Stabilizer Fred M Vinson. The change replaces the 25 cent per shift general wage increase set by the WLB non ferrous metals commission at Denver for 30 000 employees in copper mines refineries and smelters across Utah Colorado Montana Arizona New Mexico Nevada and Idaho.
Allied air forces pound targets across the Pacific advancing toward Tokyo. Iwo Jima Palau Moluccas and Truk see heavy bombing while Middelburg Island in Dutch New Guinea gains an airstrip 200 miles closer to the Philippines. Ground action near Sansapor yields 320 enemy troops killed and 199 captured.
Minneapolis Aug 28 Pitcher Lowell Bailey of Tucson Ariz leads his undefeated American Legion junior team into the national finals facing Ed Gibson of North Carolina who holds 13 wins and one loss. The loser meets Brockton tonight in the double elimination tournament.
London reports 26 killed when an American Sky Master mail plane crashed into a dwelling at Prestwick Scotland. Seven crew members 14 passengers and five occupants of the house perished in the wreck.
Arizona car owners renew basic A gasoline ration books by mail today. Applicants must attach the signed back cover of the current A book and their tire inspection record to the form.
French patriots and Allied troops hunted collaborationist snipers in streets alleys and rooftops after several abortive attempts on Gen. Charles De Gaulle including an attack at Notre Dame. Allied supply dispatches and rationing began as Paris tried to return to normal amid ongoing manhunts.
Allied operations concentrate on three main fronts as German defenses crumble from the Soviet drive in the east and Western advances. American troops north of Paris reach the Marne, signaling a potential flanking move from the Seine to the Channel coast. Germans face imminent withdrawal toward Belgium or risk total collapse.
In Paris the liberated capital prepares a new government with De Gaulle and resistance leaders taking key posts. Eisenhower tours the city with Allied generals as German bombs light the skies and at least 110 people die with 179 injured.
London and southern England enjoyed a bomb free night as a lull in flying bomb assaults stretched to almost 72 hours. Optimism rose while shelter use declined, though precautions remained. The Daily Mail cited alleged Soviet intelligence on German V-2 rocket tests in Poland.
British eighth army and Polish troops advance along a 15 mile front from the Adriatic coast. Polish forces seize Fossombrone and Fano while expanding the line toward Cartoceto and Monte Della Mattera. RAF bombers hit Pesaro targets as German forces withdraw behind the Arzilla river. Allied troops also move near San Guistino Pontassieve and Bibbieno as German artillery slows progress near the Arno.
American tank columns pushed through German defenses in the Marne valley racing toward Chateau Thierry while a British armoured force crossed the Seine above Paris threatening Nazi bases. Patton's forces claimed 65 000 prisoners and 16 000 killed as Meaux fell and towns along the Marne and Seine were captured with light resistance.
Duncan city councilmen who sought an airport site found the ideal spot in New Mexico. Earl Anderson, assistant attorney general, advised they cannot buy it because statutes prohibit using public funds outside the state. The airport would be subject to New Mexico law and jurisdiction.
Phoenix announces the opening of the national foundation for infantile paralysis headquarters in the capital Friday. Margaret M. Enright, state director and liaison for 14 county chapters, confirmed the event.
More than 400 American fighters attacked France Belgium Holland and Germany beams plundered 11 troop trains 200 locomotives and 2000 railway cars damaged or destroyed and nearly 200 vehicles. RAF Lancasters and Halifaxes plus escorts struck Mimoyecques in Pas de Calais a concrete site linked to the Nazi V-2 rocket program.
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