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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1944
Page
1
City and county clerks announce preparations for the upcoming primary in La Crosse county. Ballots and supplies prepared for armed forces overseas, polling places with varied hours, and ward voter registration figures for La Crosse city outlined. Local officials confirm liquor laws enforcement and open hours for hotels, taverns, and restaurants pending polls.
Allied air forces struck deep into Europe with large formations from Britain, France, Italy, and the United States. U S Flying Fortresses and Liberators attacked Mannheim and Ludwigs hafen while others hit Brest and targets in France, with several hundred bombers aiding a Canadian offensive in the Falaise area. The week long raids included vast rail, vehicle, and ammunition dumps destruction, and American Thunderbolt and P-47 pilots reported flushing Panther tanks from Normandy roads as tanks closed in.
Local forecast shows scattered thundershowers tonight with cooler air and a low around 62. Tuesday should be fair and continue cool with a high near the upper 60s to 70s.
Secretary of State Hull announced that the United States Britain Russia and China have been briefed on a proposed postwar world security organization. Talks open at Dumbarton Oaks with Stettinius and Gromyko as delegates as Roosevelt laid out a force backed system with sovereign states. Russian submissions are under study and oppose an international police force with ground troops or naval units.
Mrs. Clarence Nash of Ferryville Wisconsin was gored by a bull Sunday morning around 7 a.m. at the Nash farm on Boma Ridge. She was taken to La Crosse for an emergency operation and, while her condition improved Monday, she remains in danger.
Vatican City report that Pope Pius XII greeted U S Under Secretary of War Robert Patterson and Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell in a private audience on Monday.
Nazi radio in occupied Belgium says Hitler decreed unity of the supreme commands of the German army and Gestapo in Belgium and northern France and named Gen Richard Jungklaus commander in chief of the German army in the area. He has long exercised police power in the turbulent region.
Telegram from the adjutant general reports technician fifth grade Harold Rau of La Crosse Wisconsin died in action in France. Rau trained in Louisiana in 1940 and served in Florida Tennessee Indiana and England before moving to France in June 1944. His wife lives in Fort Worth Texas. His older brother Harold Rau Jr. is a bomber in Italy.
Senate Military Affairs Chairman Reynolds asks War Secretary Stimson for an official explanation of reports that sick soldiers from Merrill's Marauders defended Myitkyina air port in Burma. He also seeks a report on alleged bait promises of promotions and leaves to troops volunteering for jungle duty in the CBI theater.
The Pacific war widens as a fourth bombing of the Philippines and new air strikes reach north and south of Japan. Adm. Chester W. Nimitz hints at relocating his headquarters toward Marianas while pressuring toward rapid, decisive action.
Sidney Brennan of General Drivers local 544 said over 500 over the road drivers idle since Aug 4 were at work in Minneapolis terminals and similar reports came from other loading points across a 15 state area tied up by the walkout. The strike pause followed a day of conferences with Ellis Longenecker of the lines and government seizure warning.
Moscow reports a major Soviet push toward East Prussia as 70,000 Nazis slain and 530 settlements seized along a front from the Bug to the Narew. Osowiec, a key fortress south of East Prussia, falls as German lines retreat. Rokossovsky’s 2nd Baltic Army moves deeper, with heavy Nazi casualties toppling past 600,000.
Tokyo radio reports American food shortages with meals limited and scarce dairy items. It cites butter cheese absence and high prices for whiskey and brandy, as monitored by federal communications officials from an Italian language transmission.
Moscow states the Polish government in exile never sought liaison with the Russian command and blames the exile for Warsaw events. Berlin reports flamethrower use to cover assaults on Warsaw underground positions. Eden meets Mikolajczyk in London to discuss Polish Moscow talks and possible further conferences.
Berlin claimed Allied convoys were entering the Mediterranean via the Gibraltar strait and forecast possible landings in southern France and Greek islands. No Allied confirmation followed. American heavy bombers from Italy hit southern France for three days, while Churchill’s Italy visit prompted Berlin unease over potential actions with Tito.
Allied forces report Gen Charles de Gaulle’s French Committee on National Liberation urged a national uprising in France. The appeal states every Frenchman must take part in the war effort regardless of arrest deportation or captivity to harm the enemy.
The report notes a sharp drop in idle workers, with figures attributed to the Assoch organization. Analysts attribute the decline to seasonal hiring and improved employment conditions in key sectors.
The outlook for strikes improved as idle workers fell from 61 000 to 16 500 across the United States and Canada. About 25 000 drivers for 103 government seized firms returned to work, with a seven cents per hour raise ordered by the War Labor Board. Montreal streetcars and buses resumed under temporary government control. Detroit and Muncie saw thousands return to General Motors and Borg Warner plants, while 4 000 remained idle at Shenandoah mines and others across Canton, Dubuque, St. Louis.
General Omar N. Bradley directs a bold push trapping von Kluge's 7th Army in France. American divisions swing north from Le Mans toward Paris, cutting escape routes to Mortain and Domfront as bombardment and armored columns seal the pocket. Canadian, British forces push from the north and west, prisoners climb past 115,000 since the campaign began.
Rome report says Lieut. Gen. Mark Clark plans to retire to Camano Island in Puget Sound after the war and spend his days fishing. The aim was disclosed in a lengthy press release issued Monday by his public relations staff.
Mrs. John Holt aged 83, mother of Frank O. Holt director of public service at the University of Wisconsin, died in Minneapolis. She formerly resided in Janesville. Funeral services will be held in Janesville Tuesday.
Prime Minister Churchill, Marshal Tito, and Premier Ivan Subasic held talks in Italy over the weekend that could shape Vesaneclavia’s postwar fate. The discussions signaled stronger military support for Tito’s partisans, who have tied down several German divisions. Also present were U.S. Navy Secretary Forrestal and other Allied leaders, with photo reports showing Forrestal touring the 5th Army front.
Allied forces drive American and Canadian armor to close on a German pocket in northwestern Europe. Armies threaten a final squeeze around Argentan and Falaise as Von Kluge attempts a break with about 100,000 troops trapped. Air forces bomb the region as Eisenhower declares a mortal chance to end the German threat in the west.
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