CIO PAC Tests Influence in Wisconsin Primary
The CIO-PAC backs State Senator Anthony P. Gawronski in the Democratic fourth district race against Rep. Thad Wasielewski as Senator Wiley seeks re nomination. Major battles favor Republicans for governor and lieutenant governor. Wasielewski won in 1940 with labor support.
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CIO
Political Action Committee
U. S
Alexander Wiley
Wisconsin
Cio-Pac
Anthony P. Gawronski
Thad Wasielewski
Milwaukee
Wasielewski
Allied push narrows Falaise escape gap in Normandy
Canadian troops push to within a mile of Falaise on the northern edge of the escape corridor as four Allied armies tighten the noose on the German 7th Army. Patton’s 3rd Army advances within eight miles. Conde-sur-Noireau near one mile from the trap. hundreds of prisoners taken. Eisenhower assumes direct command of western invasion operations.
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France
Falaise
Normandy
Hdarts
7Th Army
Guenther von Kluge
George S. Patton
Conde-Sur-Noireau
Conde
Mortain
U. S
la Ferte Mace
Domfront
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Argentan
St. Malo
Allied forces land on southern French Riviera coast
Rome reports a large Allied assault including French, American, and British troops crossing into southern France. The operation seized extensive Mediterranean beaches along the Riviera with minimal ground resistance and no air opposition by mid morning according to a special communique.
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Rome
Army of France
Hitler
France
Mediterranean
Oulon
Riviera
Associated Press
Kenneth Dixon
Donald Coe
Blue Network
Invasion of Southern France Opens With Massive Allied Landing
Allied forces land in southern France in a large scale operation backed by more than 800 ships and air power. Eyewitness reports describe glider and parachute assaults with minimal resistance inland while coastal stations show rapid progress and widespread bombing of rail bridges and airfields.
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Valence
Marseille
Riviera
Italy
Avignon
Frejus
Argens
Cannes
France
Marshal von Kluge
Seventh
Voting Light In City's 21 Wards Today
Voters in La Crosse cast 1,198 ballots by 12 noon across 21 wards with soldiers and sailors balloting early. City Clerk Kramer distributed soldier ballots and expect heavier turnout before polls close at 5 pm amid races for governor lieutenant governor U S senator and congressman.
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la Crosse Tribune
Kramer
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Republican Party
U. S
Capt Campbell recalls near sinking boat tale from New London navy
Captain Campbell of Martha's Vineyard recounts a dramatic incident at sea where a boat narrowly avoided sinking. A smoke bomb rose from the water as a submarine surfaced a quarter mile behind, then continued on its way. Confirmation came later from a navy public relations officer at the New London submarine base.
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Martha's Vineyard
Joose
Navy
New London
Conn
General Devers Commands Troops in South of France
Reports indicate Lieutenant Jacob L. Devers of the U S Army leads troops in the south of France while General Eisenhower's theater command confirms his role as a deputy under Sir Henry Maitland. The wording reflects early war dispatches noting Devers as an expert tank commander.
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Jacob L. Devers
France
Eisenhower
Henry Maitland
Bombers Avoided Mistakes in Cassino Campaign
Allied air forces employed quick-fused bombs to strike near invasion objectives and circumvent deep craters that could hinder inland progress as they prepared for the South France invasion route, avoiding prior errors at Cassino.
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Rome
Aliea
Southwa
Cassino
Unclear Weather Outlook For Wednesday
Weather brief notes showers and thundershowers likely. Cooler trend with a low around 66 and a high near 82 on Wednesday. Moderate winds possible as a weak front passes.
Nazis Forts Cracked as Russians Break East Prussian Lines
Russian forces attack fresh entrenchments before Grajewo and Osowiec, cracking forts and crossing the Biebrza to threaten East Prussia. Zakharov’s 2nd White Russian army group drives toward Lyck as Cherniakhovsky’s units pummel Warsaw outskirts and seize territory in Estonia and Latvia.
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Lyck
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Osowiec
Poland
Reuters
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Bobr
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
East Prussia- Lithuania
Ivan Maslennikov
Estonia
Antsia
Baltic Sea
Riga
Windstorm Rakes La Crosse Region Amid Heavy Rain
Wind and rain lashed the Coulee Region with 60 mile gusts as a storm swept from the Root river valley toward Madison. Rain totals reached 1.6 inches in minutes per meteorologist A. D. Sanial while lines were down and intersections flooded across La Crosse and nearby towns. a tree fell on Avon Street and power lines reported citywide.
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la Crosse Tribune
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Root River
Minnesota
Madison
Eeopolis
Tomachester
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de Soto
Eau Claire
Avon Street
Northern States Power Company
Sgt. Donald A. Johnson Dies in England
Word from the war department announces the death of S. Sgt. Donald A. Johnson in a England hospital on July 25. The 1941 enlistee served in U. S. forces that invaded France in June and went overseas with his division in January. He led a mortar squad and is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Johnson and his brother Pfc. Addison Johnson at Fort Bragg.
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Oscar Johnson
Charles Street
Donald A. Johnson
England
Johnson
U. S
France
Army
Camp Wolters
Tex
Georgia
New Jersey
Florida
North Carolina
Pfc
Addison Johnson
Fort Bragg
N. C
Traffic Fatality and Drowning Reported in Wisconsin
One person dies in a bakery truck crash in Stevens Point Albert Marshall 46. He was fatally injured when the bakery truck struck a tree. His son sustained a head injury. Marilyn Johnson 14 of Racine drowned in Root river while swimming at Racine.
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Wisconsin
Albert Marshall
Stevens Point
Marilyn Johnson
Racine
Marshall
Johnson
Root River
Heavyweights Bomb Formosa and Halmahera Isoes Neutralized
U S heavy bombers based in China launched raids on Formosa near the Philippines with key port targets and sank three freighters in the Formosa Strait. Halmahera is described as effectively neutralized with airfields interdicted and ground forces immobilized. Iwo Jima operations reported with 22 Liberators and two bombers downed. Chinese forces pressed attacks on Hengyang Lungling and Tengchung in Yunnan, while Koiso called a special diet session for September 5 to assess the war outlook.
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Halma
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Hengyang
Lungling
Tengchung
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Burma
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Pfc Stephan Dies In France
Pfc Oswald C Stephan, 38, was killed in action on July 27 in France per a War Department telegram received by his mother Mrs Elizabeth Stephan of 1317 Adams Street. Inducted March 1942, he trained at Camp Wolters Fort Sam Houston and Camp McCoy before overseas service. Survived by his mother three sisters Mrs Krause Mrs Serres and Mrs Kerr and four brothers John Peter Albert and George.
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Oswald C. Stephan
France
War Department
Elizabeth Stephan
Adams Street
Stephan
Army
States
Camp Wolters
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Camp McCoy
Louisiana
Charles Krause
Viroqua
Anna Serres
Brownsville
Minn
Catherine Kerr
California
John
Peter
Albert
la Crosse
George
Invasion of Southern France Seen as Open Secret
The southern France invasion was widely anticipated by thousands of French and American soldiers. Correspondents in Normandy and Brittany faced constant inquiries as locals learned of the plan, and the French underground reportedly informed many others.
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Hdarts
France
Normandy
Brittany
British General Heads South France Push
Gen Sir Henry Maitland Wilson leads Allied forces in the Mediterranean as the Mediterranean invasion of southern France proceeds under his command parallel to General Eisenhower in the western theater. The official update positions Wilson to oversee the southern front with the Allied Expeditionary Force.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Mediterranean
South
France
Henry Maitland Wilson
Sir Henry
Eisenhower
Italian Front Quiet as Fifth Army Patrols Engage Near Pontedera
Allied lines report a sharp engagement three miles southeast of Pontedera with the Italian front largely quiet other than artillery fire. Eighth Army continues mopping up pockets in the Empoli area and Florence’s position is improving as German shelling subsides. Civil supplies arrive in large volumes.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Pontedra
Eighth Army
Empoli
Florence
Plans to Renew A Books With Higher Stamp Allowance
OPA says basic A gasoline books outside the eastern coast will be renewed late this month. The eight gallon a month allowance remains, but four gallon stamps replace the current three gallon stamps.
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Washington
OPA
Allied Air Offensive Hits Germany and Environs
London reports a massive Allied raid with about 2,000 American and British heavy bombers striking Germany and neighboring regions. Another 8,000 tons of bombs targeted 19 Luftstreitkräfte bases and non-operational stations. The attack aimed to cripple remaining German air power ahead of further ground offensives. Royal escorts and fighters supported strikes on Cologne Ostheim Weisbadenerbenheim and other targets along the Rhine and in Belgium and Holland. First returns note stiff resistance from German fighters as American Marauders and Havocs continued their missions.
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Holland
Belgium
Italy
England
France
Hitler
Cologne - Ostheim
Weisbadenerbenheim
Frankfurt-Schborn
Rhine
Venlow
Wittmunderdorf
Bad Zwischenahn
Vechta
Handorf
Florennes
Twente-Enschede
Patton’s Normandy Drive Sparks Fresh Tales and Teas
Reports from the Normandy Brittany campaign recount Patton vowing tea in Brest and tank spearheads reaching outskirts of the harbor before retreat under fire. Eisenhower spoke with Patton by phone recalling the rapid advance and quelling tempers over delayed leadership.
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Normandy
George S. Patton, Jr
Brittany
Brest
M. P
Patton
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Patton Leads 3rd Army in Normandy Push for Germany
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower announced that Lieut Gen George S Patton Jr known as old blood and guts is commanding the American 3rd Army in the Normandy drive. The French division under Brig Gen Jacques Leclerc fights with Patton as Omar Bradley heads the new 12th U S Army Group. The 3rd Army has captured Breton peninsula, trapped the German 7th Army, and pushed fast with hundreds of prisoners wounded and killed.
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Normandy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George S. Patton, Jr
Lower
Brittany
3Rd
Breton
le Mans
Jacques Leclerc
Lake Chad
Africa
Patton
Omar N. Bradley
12Th U. S. Army Group
Eisenhower
7Th Army
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