Week Can Be Momentous One Says Ike Order of Day
Allied forces in Normandy received Eisenhower’s call for a decisive week aimed at a major victory. He urged airmen to relentlessly attack, sailors to prevent hostile reinforcements by sea, and soldiers to advance to objective targets without retreat. The Supreme Commander framed the period as crucial to toppling Nazi ambitions.
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Ike
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
France
Purple Heart for son killed in Pacific action
Mrs. Minnie Berg of Tomah receives the Purple Heart posthumously for S. Sgt. Gordon C. Berg who died April 10 1944 as a Liberator tail gunner with the Seventh Air Force in the Central Pacific. His plane was shot down during night raids with no survivors. He enlisted in 1941 and went overseas in 1943 after training in multiple camps.
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Tomah
Wis
Minnie Berg
Gordon C. Berg
Berg
Seventh Air Force
Central Pacific
War Department
Sgt. Berg
Army
Hawaiian Islands
Small Percentage Of Ballots Returned In Sparta
Sparta Wisconsin city clerk H L Beckman notes a small percentage of soldier ballots were returned with ballots arriving up to polls close. No county office contests mean a likely wake of ballots at Hering's garage first ward Dargel's garage North Water street second ward city market square third ward and police and fire station fourth ward. Election officials chosen last spring will serve again Tuesday.
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Tribune Sparte Bureau
Sparta
Wis
H. L. Beckman
Hering
First Ward
Dargel
North Water Street
City Market Square
Wiley to Speak at Kiwanis Meeting in La Crosse
G M Wiley former La Crosse schools superintendent will address the La Crosse Kiwanis Tuesday noon at the Stoddard hotel. He will discuss How to Maintain a Good Nation and is farming at Galesville after retirement while seeking the Republican nomination for state senator in the upcoming primary.
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G. M. Wiley
la Crosse
Radio Tonight and Tuesday Schedule Highlights
Tuesday primetime radio features NBC-7 Cavalcade drama The Gals They Left Behind at 7:30 with Ezio Pinza and Nelson Eddy later. CBS presents Bob Hawk Quiz at 7 and Lionel Barrymore drama at 9. Edward Everett Horton in The Nervous Wreck. Daytime lineups include Mirth and Madness, Police Chiefs convention, and Today’s Children across NBC CBS and Blue networks.
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Nbe
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Chick Carter
Jeri Sullivan
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West Volney
Tom Mix
Lowell Thomas
Nbc World News
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Bob Hawk
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Nick Carter
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England
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Spending Week In Trempealeau County
Emil Schiesser of Portage, former agricultural teacher at Whitehall High School and now an assistant state county agent in soil conservation, will spend the week of Aug. 14 in Trempealeau county. He arrived in Whitehall Monday and will conduct county agent work. Arnold Woches of Waupun is engaged as Trempealeau county agent but starts Aug. 21.
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Whitehall
Wis
Emil Schiesser
Portage
Whitehall High Schol
Trempealeau County
Schiesser
Arnold Woches
Waupun
Boy Plays Soldier Kills His Mother in Oklahoma Yard
A four year old boy playing soldier fatally wounded his mother with a .22 rifle in the back yard of the Hamilton home. James C. Hamilton and his wife were resting when their son Jimmy picked up the hunting rifle and fired after declaring I am a soldier. The incident occurred yesterday in Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
James C. Hamilton
Jimmy
Frontline Distances To Berlin From Allied Sectors
Distances to Berlin are listed for three fronts: the Russian front at 322 miles from Warsaw’s eastern suburbs, the Italian front at 603 miles from Florence, and the French front at 626 miles from Seignolles near Caen.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Florence
Seignolles
Caen
Bob Hope Survives Forced Landing in Australia
Comedian Bob Hope and companion Frances Langford escaped unharmed when their aircraft was forced to land near Newcastle in northern Australia during a tour of southwest Pacific battle stations. Details of the incident remain sparse.
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Melbourne
Australia
Bob Hope
Frances Langford
Southwest Pacific
Newcastle
Submarine Loggerhead Launched at Manitowoc Yard
The Loggerhead submarine was launched yesterday at the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company yards in Manitowoc Wisconsin. The event marks a milestone for the naval program as shipyard workers completed the hull and fitting stages for deployment.
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Manitowoc, Wis
Manitowoc
Widow Barbara Fox Sponsors Fighter Pilot Craft
Mrs Barbara Fox of Washington D C widow of a fighter pilot shot down over Italy acts as sponsor for the craft.
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Pany
Barbara Fox
Washington, D. C
Italy
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