August 29, 1944;

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, AUGUST 29, 1944:

 

Carroll, Iowa, Tuesday, August 29, 1944 —Six Pages

American Troops Now Within

100 Miles of German Border

BY JAMES M. LONG

Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (AP)

—Swiftly advancing American troops captured historic Chateau-Thierry and Soissons today in whirlwind advances which carried them over French soil hallowed by their fathers'

blood to within 55 miles of Belgium and a scant 100 from blood to within 55 miles of the German frontier.

F i g h t i n g on ground where  t h e men of 1918 routed the G e r m a n s in t h e second b u t t le of the Marne, the GIs of 1944 s w e p t t h r o u g h C h a t e a u - T h i e r r y and raced n o r t h w a r d 25 m i l e s into Soissons in a t h r u s t which was rapidly f l a n k i n g the whole P a s - d e –

C a l a i s  d e p a r t m e n t where the G e r m a n s launch their robot b o m b s . A  n e w  a n d  m o r e d e a d ly t r a p might be forming a r o u n d the

r e m n a n t s of the G e r m a n S e v e n t h  a r m y , broken in N o r m a n d y , a n d t h e 15^th a r m y , In P a s - d e - C a l a i s.

Chateau-Thierry

Marked Defeat of

Germans in 1918

Nazis Driven

From Rhone

Valley Area

Yanks Locked in Battle

With Fleeing Remnants

Near Montelimar

Rome, Italy (AP)—

American troops have driven into Montelimar on the Rhone 100 miles above Marseille. "Except for isolated p o c k e t s of res i s t a n c e the enemy now has been cleared- from the Rhone v a l l e y south of Montelimar," –the  Allied headquarters announced tonight.

United States troops and t a n k s of the American Seventh army are locked in b a t t l e ; w i t h fleeing nazis In the area of Sauzet, four miles northeast of Montelimar. The latter town is being mopped up.

An American column had reached the Rhone north of Montelimar in a surprise thrust last week.

Jap Shipping

Toll in Pacific

Rises Higher

G e n e r a l H e a d q u a r t e r s , Southw

e s t Pacific (AP) —

A m e r i c an  b o m b e r s hit at Celebes, s u p p o r t in g  a r c h  of J a p a n ' s  n e w l y - c u r v ed s o u t h e r n sea r o u t e s , a n d c o n t i n u ed

t h e i r five-a-day r e c o r d for ship i n g hits in aerial s t r i k e s  an o u n c e d  t o  d a y  by h e a d q u a r t e r s.

E l e v e n J a p a n e s e vessels w e r e  d e s t r o y e d  or  d a m a g ed Sunday, i n c l u d i n g four f r e i g h t e r s and three small c r a f t  at Manado,

n o r t h e rn  C e l e b e s . The A u g u s t toll of J a p a n e s e  s h i p p i n g  in the s o u t h w e s t  P a c i f i c  101 vessels s u n k or p r o b a b l y sunk, or

d a m u g e d .