Strasbourg Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1944, Strasbourg, Alsace                              Louis the Mississippi swollen by heavy bus risen to its highest flood Stago in a Hundred years and broken through the crumbling levees three Points on the 195milo stretch Lonis and Over families and Rushing through Tho broken levees to inundate Fertile crops and leave Only the rooftops of Lowland Homes showing above the a Ruddy the death toll in Illinois and Missouri now stands at according to tout the red bombers an army photographer took Tho dramatic photo at the instant the Lait of an enemy Motta i Hill feed ant injured the infantryman at the the foot of a Soldier who narrowly escaped can be seen at the lower lefthand Corner the the action Oce ured when Allied troops were searching an italian town for any German infiltration and the Patton ran into the unexpected mortal own Frank Knox Laid to rest in Arlington cemetery Washington full military of Rijia honors were accorded Frank late Secretary of the monday afternoon in Arlington cemetery and Navy on to very Navy ship afloat and to very establishment ashore were flown half Mast in Rne Forkim to under whose administration the Navy be came the mightiest in the Nineteen Cannon salutes were fired in the Black army Caisson by seven White horses Horo tic body to the cemetery after Church her vices attended by 700 High military and naval and and coast guard units and civilians made up the largest military funeral procession since president Taft was buried in Arlington cemetery in Knox died at his Washington Home last Friday afternoon alter a of heart first of which was suffered in Manches the previous served in s3 Bosto born publisher and president of the clue ago id Lily served in the Span shame rican and in France during first world he was no Urti Natch by president Roosevelt for his Cabinet Post on june and was sworn in on july unwilling to administer the expanding Fleet from during his Brilliant he travelled extensively throughout world to observe Navy instal under his the naval strength grew from a pre War total of 435 combat ships and n personnel of to the pro went total of combat ships with personnel soon to reach in expressing his sorrow at the Frank Knox a photo of the late Secretary of the Navy taken on Board an american warship during Arv inspection tour of South Pacific own passing of the president said that he could truly be Callet a War casualty he i country shall great miss his ability and his Friend undersecretary James for is Navy Secretary according to has Strong congressional backing for the Cabinet Wendell will Kie also 498 soldiers die in med sinking Washington an american ship was sunk in Waters recently with the loss of 498 men and announced the War this the disclosure gave no further details except that Tho ship sunk quickly As result of enemy whether an enemy submarine or aircraft is responsible is the next of Kin were notified by Tho War new Flattop launched new Bon Flommie latest aircraft car launched at the Brooklyn Navy the 13th aircraft Carrier to be launched since Pearl the Bon loom me Richard Cost More than Henry Ford aids disabled veterans Detroit Henry Ford Apt up his own personal rehabilitation throwing open his 300 Camp in Dearborn to service men who have medical discharges and Are Ford is Finan cing his program Independent of the Ford motor 01 any other its a Persona gesture and is each Veteran who enters Fords Camp will receive three dollars daily plus his Board and room and medical but if Hes he will share in farm work in the Camp machine shop or take supplementary the setup is designed primarily for men who wish to return to Industry or farm Tho ominous Lull which spread Over the entire russian front last week is although sporadic action is reported from various fight incr id still pro coding along the Carpathian foot Hills us incessant attacks arc pushed by the minor lied advances have been made in the Jassy and Stanislavov Dio Berlin reported that Strong russian tank and infantry forces opened a new offensive on both sides of the secret River in North indicating that russians Are now driving to Ward the Galatz idiot Loneck of rumanian defences before Bucharest and the Ploesl the red air Force was Active along the entire front in their 12th raid in 15 so Viet Long Range bombers hit hard at battering troop trains and ammo dumps for the fourth Lime in two weeks pole rail Junction Gate Way to Central Latvia in White Many other nazi airfields and rail centers atom the Central and Southern fronts were smashed and 90 enemy planes Des troyed on a tuesday night Points made Clear marshal stains 3vfay Day order is regarded As silencing any Lin Gering doubts concerning Postie Heran differences and doubts As to see Russia on Page 8 damage to property has f army trucks Aii Csc coast guard personnel with assault boats have evacuated Tho endangered army engineers say now danger Point is a 30mile strip 95 Miles Soutul of Louis whore several levees Are giving american red also on the hag estimated million and a half acres of Jand hate been flooded in Tho River and its tributaries he Illinois and mis the rampaging still in Bounds after the Are Kansas and smaller streams had reached its first Point last Friday and four levees were swept the break was spurred by continuous rainfall and torrents from Tho Missouri and 11 Lenoia Rivers which had already flooded Over army personnel rushed to threatened Mississippi areas to evacuate Low land the Arkansas in Oklahoma had its third highest flood stage and in Kan flood damage to Homes was estimated at More than a million at the same a futile fight was being waged workers including troops of the sixth service Illinois state militia and goo italian prisoners of to the Illinois but loves could withstand the pressure from the Mississippi which was ready to flood and the Illinois through its levees below sweep ing across valuable aprils was greatest Jur War casualties army and Navy casualties have risen to a total of through april revealed of War the new totals Are killed wounded missing captured total was Tho 19th consecutive Day of the most stupendous Aerial activity the world has yet thousands of British based Allied Pomes took off to blast rail Yards along the invasion coast and Luftwaffe factories hundreds of files the proceeding month had Yeii the mightiest of the air Saaf dropped tons of bombs in Daylight raids the finest night flying conditions in ten years saw he link Loose losses were 537 less than three per cent of those dispatched and 191 just Over one per for the april was these cond lowest month for loss percentage since strategic bombing began on a heavy scale Over two years there were 15 very Good nights1 for night flying and in them the Kay hit airfields and strategic centers with a loss of 259 Doolittle reports results for the Axis besides Ali nearly two thousand aircraft loss in air activity and ground strafing was the increasing destruction of rail facilities i which the germ generals would shift their troops when he invasion wreckage of hundreds of factories from France to the heart of Ger Many and shattering of the German Home front by disruption of civilian James com manding the 8th said that his air Force had cascaded tons of explosives on occupied Europe at a Cost of 359 bombers and 144 the growing activity of the 9th Saaf accounted for the balance of Doolittle reported that among the targets hit were 28 factories producing aircraft incomplete photographic recon incomplete because of unfavourable weather for Aerial indicates that six of these were almost completely demolished and 15 More damaged to a stoppage the ninth has concentrated us activity to the so called invasion Points in Belgium and one German Berlin was quoted by the sol Neutral Spanish the German the invasion to come somewhere Between Deauville and because Between those two Points lies be biggest Atlantic port close to