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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1944
Page
1
As the Inter-State Fair winds down Sunday a calm day predicts moderate temperatures and a strong attendance. Four harness races are on tap in the afternoon with Young's revue performing in the evening. Officials forecast about 10 000 spectators and good racing action as crowds begin to depart after the 2 10 and 2 18 trots and the 2 24 pace.
General Stilwell spoke at a press conference about Burma operations and the Myitkyina capture after a three month siege. He indicated plans for possible push toward China or linking with the Burma road while stressing no Japanese forces remained in the area.
A Coast Guard crew scuttled a German submarine recently after depth charging and a destroyer escort sank the raider in the Atlantic. The 26 year old skipper Taider and several crew members were captured and taken to an Allied port, then to an internment camp after medical care. This was the second such action announced this week.
An Arctic air pattern continues with daytime highs near the lower 40s and nights dropping into the 20s. Winds shift from light southerly to cooler northwest as a passing front shapes the weekend outlook.
Swedish radio reported an enormous explosion at a Nazi air base with five killed and ten injured, including German soldiers. Copenhagen dispatches noted anti Nazi violence in Denmark with Nazis and Danish patriots shot.
Laurel Nebraska reports a mid day collision near Laurel that killed seventeen Sioux City air base airmen from the 8th Army Air Force. A separate C 47 transport crash near Napier killed 28, bringing weekly army fatalities in Nebraska to forty five.
Chinese high command reports a new Japanese offensive in extreme southwestern Kwangtung aiming at the Canton Hankow railway. The attack moves northeast and northwest against Chinese positions in the Hoiheng peninsula across from Hainan. Canton Hankow junction at Hengyang remains under siege with enemy thrusts repulsed.
Giant search lights once used against German bombers are repurposed to follow flying bombs. The lights help civilians track the missiles and take cover as they approach.
Leaders of a five day strike that crippled Philadelphia’s transit system back to work by 12 01 a m Monday as Army troops prepared to operate vehicles. McMenamin was arrested for Smith Connally act violation along with three others while the CIO union denied involvement.
General headquarters reports deep Allied advances in New Guinea with a new Biak landing at Korim Bay on the island's northeast coast. Japanese second army retreat continues under air and naval harassment as American forces push from the Driniumor river area and destroy supply lines and barges.
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, national selective service director, said on Saturday that all eligible high school boys would eventually serve in the armed forces after the war in Europe is finished. He noted many veterans will want to return home, and demobilization will be gradual, not rapid, due to the large force and slow discharge rate.
U S Pacific Fleet reports rapid gains on Guam with 22 000 refugees and a northern area reduced to 56 square miles. Marine and army forces push along east and west coasts seizing Tumon bay and Lumuna point while preparing Orote peninsula airstrip. Japanese planes reduced to 76 damaged and airstrip construction proceeds as Tokyo proclaims total war mobilization.
Robert E. Sherwood, overseas director of US OWI, said on Saturday night that Allied campaigns in France, Italy, and Russia have caused about 900000 Nazi casualties, including 300000 Allied prisoners of war.
In Ankara, Germans in Turkey anxiously weigh staying under control or returning to the Reich amid Nazi pressure. Franz von Papen reportedly will not return to Germany, while many Germans prefer internment or restricted freedom over resettlement. Romanian and Bulgarian officials anticipate diplomatic strains, with Hungarians prepared to leave but signs of resistance.
Tokyo radio said two B-29 Superfortresses taking part in a July 29 Manchuria raid were downed over north China by Japanese fighters. CBS recorded the broadcast though no independent confirmation exists. Earlier Japan claimed one B-29 fell near Anshan. the War Department provided no loss count.
Formidable formations of over 1,400 American and British bombers hit Nazi targets from Brest to Germany in ideal flying weather. American heavies returned to northwest Germany for a second raid while RAF Lancasters struck Brest sub pens, scoring direct hits. Thunderbolts Mustang and Lightning escorts claimed 29 German fighters. A small force hit six flying bomb sites in Pas de Calais. London faced sporadic V-1 threats and continued evacuations for holidays.
The Wisconsin state council of civilian defense voted to continue the telephone alert system citing its low cost of 60 dollars per month. John B. Chapple of Ashland urged continuation due to concerns over possible robot bomb threats. Judge Lincoln Neprud of Viroqua also supported the move saying he is not pessimistic about a robot bomb landing in the region.
Russian forces seized the strategic road junction of Stryj in the Carpathians and pushed toward the Czech border while others moved through 40 villages near the East Prussian frontier. Soviet advances along the Vistula and San rivers extended 72 localities captured in towers of fighting as Warsaw faced shortages.
Allied forces swept 75 miles in a day reaching Brest and advancing toward Nantes Saint Nazaire and the Loire as a drive toward Paris unfolds. American columns crossed the Mayenne near Rennes while other units push east toward Fougeres and Domfront. British bombers hit Brest U boat pens as German resistance ebbs in Normandy.
In Louisville Kentucky United States Senate Majority Leader Alben W Barkley wage a strong re nomination drive as he built an overwhelming majority over six rivals in the Kentucky Democratic primary.
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