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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1944
Page
1
Allied broadcasts report Japan urging minimal resistance as the Pacific war stretches. MacArthur reports Yap and Guam targets, while 42,000 Japanese are said to have fallen in seven months as Stilwell’s drive tightens on North Burma and India.
Supt W J Whalen of the Milwaukee Milwau division reports from Lake City Minnesota that the derailment of the Olympian passenger train on the baggage car is caused by a broken truck. West bound traffic is rerouted and expected to clear by Tuesday. two or three of the 26 injured remain in a Lake City hospital while others have returned home.
In New York nearby residents claim ongoing disturbance from a dog shelter opened last July 19 after a marble bath building was converted into an ASPCA facility. About 150 women filed complaints at the magistrate seeking relief and better sleep.
Kansas vehicle department superintendent C M Voelker says farmers may obtain a versatile army a passenger car license if they haul people, or skip licensing if the jeep stays off highways and is used as farm machinery.
Londoners face higher store prices as the bank holiday arrives with items ranging from water at seven dollars per bottle to grapes at five dollars per pound and peaches at fifty cents each.
The report notes a cloudy, warmer day with a high near 70 degrees. Showers are possible midweek with considerable cloudiness throughout and a light breeze shaping the daily forecast.
Ralph Amoth of Eau Claire filed with Gov. Goodland a petition seeking removal of Ben L. Marcus and Homer G. Bell from the Wisconsin motor vehicle department. He accuses malfeasance alleging improper state reimbursements claimed for official business not conducted for the state. The petition requests a public hearing and removal from office.
Federal probe gathers as 35 people including strikers and CIO officials face possible disclosure in a six day Philadelphia transit strike. Army seizure ended the walkout while workers and leaders await hearings on charges under the Smith Connally act.
Chicago reports regional OPA administrator E Walters bet Earl Clark and F H Sherlaw that the European conflict would end by July 15. Not Over, Walters paid in hats with Clark receiving a five dollar bonnet and Sherlaw a ten dollar mauve hat. Walters now bets on August 15, claiming he will be in hats when the war ends.
Report from Irun says Nazi fortifications along the Spanish frontier from Hendaye to Bordeaux have been largely abandoned as American forces advance from Brittany toward Paris. German troops are evacuating, with only a few SS units and police remaining to cover the frontier.
Berlin radio reported eight expelled German officers including Field Marshal Erwin von Witzleben were hanged after a people's court trial for complicity in the July 20 plot against Hitler. Claus von Stauffenberg was named as the would-be assassin. others faced similar charges and the court described aims to seize power and end the war.
The war department announced the death on Guam of Col. Douglas McNair 37 son of the late Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair. No details were released about the circumstances of his death in yesterday's notice.
Premier Mikolajcyk briefed exiled Polish government in London on discussions with the Polish Committee of Liberation and national council. Sources say terms remain uncertain while Foreigners in Moscow mark a pivotal moment as London must decide.
Ernest Parsons twenty three will be charged with murder after police say he confessed to choking and beating Louella Parfitt nineteen found dead beside a rural road near Royal Oak Michigan. Prosecutor Donald C. Noggle described a love dispute over marriage as the motive. Parsons reportedly told officers I choked my girlfriend and I dont know whether shes dead.
Soviet forces under Marshal Konev push toward Krakow from the Vistula bridgehead threatening to sever lines between Krakow and Warsaw. The drive expands toward Kielce and could outflank Krakow while Boryslaw and Sambor fall give the Russians control of routes into Czechoslovakia. East Prussia comes under attack as Bagramian and Cherniakhov press Li thuania Memel Tilsit. Warsaw siege continues with Rokossovsky building reserves amid German counterattacks.
The army released Lieut. Bozo the Dalmatian coach dog with an honorable discharge after a year and a half in the South Pacific. He wore a bronze paint to blend with a uniform, and returned without his spots though his white eye rings remain as clues to his identity.
A Virginia resident returned an Internal Revenue Service notice showing $1.07 still owed on income taxes. The slip bore a back endorsement and a note reading Please cash this check.
Barbara Anthony six underwent an emergency appendectomy in Chicago. Her playmates Nancy Loy twelve and Valerie Hanson twelve visited and also required operations. Three beds filled Barbara's room with unexpected hospital stays.
Berlin dispatch quoting a Budapest radio says Admiral Nicholas Horthy dismissed Bela Imredi minister without portfolio Antal Kunder minister of commerce and transportation and Andor Jaross home secretary at their own request. All three were strongly tied to pro Nazi elements in Hungary.
U S Ninth Air Force commander Lieut Gen Lewis H Brereton says German army in Normandy is in a critical state due to shortages, crediting 9th Air Force bomber crews for destroying bridges under bad weather. He saluted Marauder and Havoc groups for two rail bridge demolitions south of Le Mans that disrupted Paris Orleans rail traffic.
Stockholm dispatch says a new Finnish cabinet is to be formed and is expected to press for peace with Russia. The unnamed announcement suggests the new government will take a lead role in negotiations and policy shifts toward settlement.
A St Petersburg woman asked a passerby for help when her car window would not open. He threw a brick through the window in response and was arrested for his drastic aid.
Pvt Edwin E Schwein 27 of Melrose Park Illinois spent a week placing warning signs along Fort Sheridan beach. He was taken to the post hospital with a poison ivy infection from the signs. The signs read Beware Poison Ivy.
U S 8th air force attacked a German synthetic oil refinery near Krakow and destroyed several German interceptors. RAF and US bombers struck Szombathely and Blechhammer in Silesia while Caen and Romilly area targets faced mass airfield destruction. Allied escort fighters downed tens of enemy planes as losses totaled about 21 Allied aircraft.
The Navy announces the United States will add about 8,445 ships by 1945 as the vast fleet expands. New vessels join roughly every two hours, with the American flag raised on a mast to mark each addition.
The piece marks the 26th anniversary of the 1918 Allied assault that broke German military power on the Western Front. It cites Marshal Foch's offensive, Ludendorff's admission of decline, and notes later events that foreshadowed peace. The text surveys potential other “black days” in the war and their significance.
Allied forces launched two wings of a 130 mile front attack driving toward Paris. Canadian troops punched four miles past Caen while U S troops pressed toward Le Mans. Le Mans reported advanced elements, with a heavy German counterattack halted. Air bombardment and night tank assaults marked the push toward Falaise and Lorient.
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