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Friday, September 15, 1944
In the first action of the new parliamentary session, the Parlement français approved the creation of the Parc national des Pyrénées and the Parc national des Mont Nimba (in Guinea).

Saturday, September 16, 1944
Troops from Groupement Scipion began arriving by air in Tibouctou and Bamako today.

Monday, September 18, 1944
The Parlement français approved the next stage in the French national road network plan today. The bill substantially increased the number of route nationale and route 2+1 roads, but did not expand the current autoroutes. A section of the bill pushing for railway system upgrades was removed prior to the vote, and will be advanced sometime next week after further discussion.



Tuesday, September 19, 1944
The 2nd Composite Squadron departed Brest today to undertake Exercise Forger, a major deployment of naval forces to Cam Ranh Bay. The squadron will escort six troopships and one amphibious landing ship carrying military troops and equipment for delivery to Indochina.

Wednesday, September 20, 1944 - Le Canard enchaîné
What the Bird Has to Say (Gossip): "Prince Rainier of Monaco, continuing in the predations of his philandering father, has reportedly been seen keeping the company of French cinema star Madeleine Niel."

Saturday, September 23
The Lille Olympique Sporting Club (Lille OSC) association football club is founded in the city of Lille.

Monday, September 25, 1944
In an interview by the new French magazine L'Express, President Theisman reiterated his support for an independent Jewish state of Israel. In his comments to interviewer Gustave Poste, the president explained his belief that Biblical prophecy decrees a return of the Jewish people to Israel. "For eighteen hundred years this has been an almost unthinkable and laughable concept; especially to those bishops, cardinals and popes within the Catholic Church who argue that the Biblical blessings were transferred from the Jews to the Gentiles - in other words, the Catholic Church - at the time of the crucifixion. Yet a free-thinking student must see that this is not true." President Theisman continued to say "It now seems possible to contemplate a primarily Jewish state in their ancient land without stretching the imagination."

Tuesday, September 26, 1944 - Science et Vie
"Ten years after her keel-laying, the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique's ocean liner SS Marianne remains an astounding achievement of French shipbuilding. The ship's unique underwater hull design, patented by the masterful naval architect Mons. V. Yourkevitch, achieves greater speed on less engine horsepower and fuel than virtually all of her competitors. With the ocean-liner business now challenged by the much faster transatlantic aircraft fleets of Air France and Lufthansa, Marianne shows the way forward to the liner industry: CGE's platform of 'economy, panache, comfort' triumphs over 'speed, speed, speed'. In the last eight years since the liner's debut, CGE has never failed to turn a profit, and company hopes to continue that winning formula with the replacement for SS Île de France, currently under construction in Le Havre for a 1945 entry into service."

Thursday, September 28, 1944
The weekly fashion magazine Elle is founded by Pierre Lazareff and Hélène Gordon.

Friday, September 29, 1944
The Dassault company officially opened the new construction shed at the Atelier Industriel de l'Aéronautique d'Indochine plant in Saigon, today. The new facility, modeled on some of the most modern aircraft production plants of Europe and North America, shall construct MB.1052 Milan fighter planes for use in Indochina. The new ten thousand square meter facility is believed capable of producing up to forty aircraft a month, although the exact number is currently classified due to security concerns about the ongoing war in Asia; this more than doubles AIAI's total production capacity. Construction of the new plant was first proposed in early 1943, but the project was massively accelerated due to fears about being drawn into the increasingly vicious war between China, Japan, and Korea.

Saturday, September 30, 1944
The heavy cruisers Jean Bart and Jeanne d'Arc departed La Rochelle today, bound for the Pacific Ocean by way of Lyra, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Bahia Blanca, and Talcahuano. These two splendid cruisers, the newest in the Marine Nationale, made their first international appearance for King Edward's Birthday Review in June, where they contrasted extremely favorably with the most modern designs in the Royal Navy.