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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1944
Page
1
The Associated Press reports that Chinese generals with their troops were overwhelmed as Japanese forces captured Hengyang, marking a sharp setback in the hostilities. The loss leaves Chinese command uncertain as the battlefield shifts southwest in late summer.
Chinese defenders including Cantonese troops lose Hengyang after bitter combat, risking a 1000 mile Canton to Peiping rail corridor. Farther east in the Pacific, Guam and New Guinea actions intensify as U S forces press through Halmahera and Aitape, with heavy enemy losses reported.
Madison Wis P Robert Rote of Monroe president of the Wisconsin state Chamber of Commerce declared in Madison that postwar reconstruction and conversion of business commerce and agriculture and policies for full employment will fail unless the heavy hand of government is lifted and free enterprise functions. He spoke at the institute for new directors on the University of campus. He said National programs pokey 1945 would decide if free enterprise would continue in the United States or National Socialism would
Tonight and Thursday look mostly fair with rising temperatures. Low around 68 and high near 88 on Thursday. This paper notes improving conditions and warmer spell to come.
Soviet forces push three columns on Riga and advance toward Silesia from the Vistula front. Gen. Bagramian’s right wing shatters German thrusts, as about 16 new divisions arrive to reinforce the front. The Red army presses toward Warsaw and the Czechoslovakian border while Germans pull rear detachments into combat.
Pfc. Leonard J. Albitz son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Albitz of Green Island was killed in action in France on July 24. He was 19, enlisted March 17, 1943, and previously worked at the Swift & Co. plant. Survived by parents and brothers and sisters Marie Lorraine Ed ward Mrs. Steele Mrs. Shepardson R. Sila J. Sila and Pfc. Lloyd Sila. Mass at St Mary's church to be announced.
German radio reports total mobilization of men and women in the Polish corridor and Danzig to dig in against the threat of a Russian invasion.
Washington announces liberalized waterfowl rules for fall and winter with an 80 day open season up from last year. Daily duck bag stays at 10 plus five extra Mallards Widgeons and Pintails per day, boosting potential to 15 if those species are taken.
French partisans in the Hendaye and St. Jean de Luz area harass German units retreating from southern France. Maquis sabotage lines, spread news of Allied victories, and incite locals to hinder the occupiers as a remaining thousand soldiers fear capture or surrender.
The Italian liner Conte Verde, held by Japanese forces, was struck in the first U. S. bombing raid on Shanghai harbor. Lib erators carried out the attack on Monday as Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell's headquarters reported.
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin urged continued use of Camp McCoy at Sparta after the war. He discussed the camp with war officials and noted camps are being classified as surplus as armed forces move overseas. He said McCoy is a prime artillery range and unsuitable for agriculture, with no disposition decision yet.
MADISON Wis.4 Col John F Mullen state director of selective service said the war department authorized draft boards to release to election officials lists of voters in the armed forces. The move aims to make the voting privilege available to service members in the November election. Local board records have been closed to the public. Lists will be prepared by draft board clerks and include selective service registrants of voting age who have been inducted and now are 1C or 1CH.
The White House announced that a well wisher sent President Roosevelt a letter opener said to be carved from a Japanese soldier's bone. He ordered its return to the sender and suggested it be buried, noting he did not wish to possess such an item. The Vatican news service in Rome cited a Tokyo archbishop request for humanity in total war.
Ankara radio reported a Turkish motor vessel carrying 292 Jews from Constanta Romania to Palestine sank outside territorial waters. Five passengers and two crew members were saved according to the broadcast.
General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson announced that Allied force headquarters were moved from Algiers to Italy last month. The operation took nineteen days and moved hundreds of thousands of tons of supplies and equipment.
Ralph Amoth, seeking Gov Goodland to remove Marcus as director, accused him of malfeasance over travel expense claims and demanded a retraction. The confrontation in Madison featured exchanges about liars and fights, with Amoth claiming resignation details and Marcus defending his record.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee postponed a decision on whether the Anglo American oil agreement requires Senate approval. Chairman Connally said the British pledge to keep concessions in Saudi Arabia intact may aid U S interests. A closed session had few members and those present were given a week to digest the terms.
Washington secretary of agriculture Wickard urged that land the government acquired for war be sold only to people who need it for a home and a living. First preference would go to former owners, with second preference for war veterans.
London reports a coordinated Allied air offensive striking Stuttgart in southwest Germany and targets in Hungary. American formations attacked the Stuttgart area with heavy bombers, while Italians hit the Danube oil refinery and other sites near Budapest, plus embattled targets in northern France and Rouen.
British officials said no concrete evidence confirmed Heinrich Himmler’s assassination. A captured German officer’s report described rumors of Himmler’s death and Herman Goering being wounded during a new outbreak against the Nazi leadership, but details were lacking.
La Crosse concert band presents a summer program at Riverside Park tonight at 8 p m. Director D Rus sell Wartinbee leads the ensemble in the performance.
Allied forces report the capture near Brest of Lieut Gen Karl Spang commander of the 266th Infantry Division. Within a week German losses include several generals killed or captured, with other high officers reportedly dead or missing amid ongoing French and Russian offensives.
Capt Norman S Ives U S director of the Cherbourg port was killed in action. A submarines expert he helped develop safety devices including the lung used for submarine escapes and earned the Navy Cross for S-4 experimental escape work. He was 47 and named Cherbourg port director last month after arriving hours after its capture. He was a native of Galesburg Illinois.
Six women employees of the Western Union Telegraph Co. in La Crosse left their jobs at 12 30 p m Wednesday amid a dispute over a demanded raise. Four men and two women remained to handle the business as more workers were expected on Thursday to prevent delays.
Mrs Andrew B Turnbull wife of the Green Bay Newspaper Co. general manager and president of Post Publishing Appleton Wis died Wednesday after months of illness She was 58 Funeral services will be Friday at St Johns church with burial at Allouez cemetery
A Pan American flying boat broke in two and sank during takeoff at Nipe bay Cuba. Seventeen passengers are dead or missing while nine passengers and five crew survived. Survivors said many missing were likely drowned as the rear portion sank.
U S Army and Canadian units advance on a broad front in France advancing toward Paris with Le Mans occupied and lines extending to Angers and the Loire. Bradley’s forces press toward St Malo as Churchill visits the Normandy front amid heavy fighting and reports of German resistance.
Soldiers of a mobile quartermaster bakery company in England bake bread for 35,000 troops daily. The 82 man unit works two shifts and is trained in rifles and .50 cal machine guns on trucks. They are prepared to move to France to support combat troops in Normandy and defend against air and ground attacks.
Officials of the war labor board said they cannot force striking Midwest truckers to return to work as workers ignore a WLB wage order calling for a seven cent per hour increase.
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