Underground Uprising Stirs Nazi Held France Amid D Day News
Reports from SSE Tribune describe French resistance actions in Limoges Pau Toulouse and Bordeaux as maquis fighters strike German garrisons following Allied landings. Paris broadcasts note curfews while mayhem and celebrations erupt in southern cities as Allied ships unload and air forces surge in the Riviera region.
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London
Spain
Maquis
France
Tulle
Aurillac
Limoges
Pau
Toulouse
the Afi
Bern
Voice
Vichy
Bordeaux
Paris
Riviera
Monte Carlo
Americans seize Tinchebray and Putanges in Brittany advance
Allied dispatches report American forces under General Patton pushing through France. Tinchebray and Putanges fell as the 3rd Army crossed toward the Orne river, aiding the Brittany cleanup around Dinard near St. Malo while reports on St. Malo itself remained conflicting between German and Allied sources.
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Paris
Cannes
Seans
St . Raphael
Cap Camarat
CBS
Tinchebray
Vire
Putanges
Orne River
Argentan
3Rd Army
George S. Patton, Jr
Normandy 1
Brittany
Dinard
St. Malo
Breton
DNB
Berlin
International Information Bureau
Nazi Propaganda Agency
Wisconsin Primary Vote Totals in 1944 Election Race
The report details Democratic and Republican tallies for U S Senate Governor and other statewide offices from Wisconsin on August 16 1944. It notes Progressive party struggles to meet 5 percent threshold and soldier voting figures with 7512 ballots cast by service members.
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O. S. Loomis
Goodland
Coleman endorses Wisconsin primary unity across party lines
Coleman chairman of the Republican state voluntary committee said the primary result bears out the party’s view that Wisconsin is Republican from top to bottom. He expressed strong satisfaction with the outcome.
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Madison
Wis
Thomas E Coleman
Republican State Voluntary Committee
Wed
Nion
Wisconsin
Scouts Gather for State Fair Camp Ammon Staffing
Scout Executive B W Ingli will lead Camp Ammon at the State Fair with about 200 Scouts, arriving ahead of time to set up tents and assist officials. Gateway Area council members from La Crosse and nearby towns join the junior camp staff and fair duties during Junior Fair week.
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B. W. Ingli
Milwaukee
Camp
Ammon
Ingli
Camp Ammon
C. W. Woodson
Waukesha
Fred Struther
H. C. Bauer
Beloit
Max Clark
Eau Claire
Dan Schreiber
Oshkosh
Lloyd Schafer
Fond du Lac
Harold Whinfield
Sheboygan
Peter Skoug
Madison
A. N. Ekstrand
Chicago
Gateway Area Council
Arlan Johns
la Crosse
Quinn Risberg
Whitehall
Larry Holliday
Jack Coyne
David Keller
David Gray
Crosse
James Volkert
Richard Meyer
William Bruha
Robert Evenson
Harry Bangsberg
Claus C. Gran 82 Veteran Dies in Minnesota Hospital
Funeral services for Claus C. Gran, 82, a Spanish American War veteran, were held at West Paint Creek church. Born in Norway June 7, 1862, he volunteered in 1898 and served until 1899. He lived on a farm near Waukon for years before dying Sunday at the Veterans Hospital in Minneapolis. burial will be with military honors.
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Waukon
Claus C. Gran
Old West Paint Creek
Gran
Norway
Veteran's
County incumbents sweep Wisconsin county vote totals
County results show Kenny leading in a multi candidate GOP governor race in a Madison area county with Rennebohm, Dawson contesting lieutenant governor race. Zimmerman, Smith win unopposed in certain statewide posts. Wiley dominates U S Senate votes. Democratic ticket field varied with Zimmerman beating Hoan in governor nomination while Hoan carried several precincts. Progressive voters tilt toward Vaudreuil governor race with Amoth Benz and Kaiser also strong. Damaged phone lines delayed results as La Crosse County Tribune compiled early tallies overnight.
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Rennebohm
Taylor Brown
Oshkosh
Co. A. Dawson
River Falls
James E. Finnegan
Milwaukee
Willis E. Donley
Menomonie
Leon Nowak
Otto Werkmeister
Arnold Friedrich
Nekoosa
Fred R. Zimmerman
John M. Smith
Madison
Martin M. Higgins
Gerald A. Renquist
Racine
John E. Martin
Democratic
Marshall Whaling
Jack E. Joyce
Superior
Adelaide Woelfel
Chilton
Albert C. Johnson
Windsor
Ae H. Dieterich
Lloyd L. Chambers
Mauston
Kenny
Dawson
la Crosse
Friedrich
Finnegan
Donley
Fred Zimmerman
Martin
Smith
Higgins
Ranquist
Iggins
U. S
Alexander Wiley
McCarthy
Stearns
Zimmerman
Hoan
Whaling
Joyce
King
Keller
McMurray
Vaudreuil
Amoth
Benz
Kaiser
Gates
Woelfel
Johnson
Sauthoff
Dietrich
Chambers
la Crosse County
The
Tribune
Esther M. Domke
Onalarke
Birthday greetings and wartime food shipment note
Happy Birthday Corp. William Hammes of La Cromer is noted alongside Elmer Rohieder aged 50 of 1409 Caledonia Street. Rohieder plans the largest U S to Great Britain food shipment in 1944, consisting mainly of pork.
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U. S
Great Britain
State primary results show GOP gains in several districts
AP tally of yesterday's state senate and assembly nominations lists winners and leaders across districts. Republican wins include Knowles in the 10th, Heden in the 12th, Bubolz leading in 14th, Schlabach in 32nd, and numerous assembly races with Larsen, Austin, Becker, Van de Zande, Storandt, Luedtke, Long, Frank, Gunderson, Thomson, Woerth, Rundell, Heath, Holtebeck, Ludvigson, Drews, Schneider, and Sorenson all appearing as incumbents or leaders in their districts.
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Senate
Brown
Oconto
Harold Lytie
Green Bay
Buffalo
Pepin
Pierce
St. Croix
Warren P. Knowles
New Richmond
Ashland
Iron
Price
Rusk
Sawyer
Vilas
Ernest A. Heden
Ogema
Outagamie
Shawano
Gordon A. Bubolz
Appleton
Chippewa
Eau Claire
Jackson
la Crosse
Trempealeau
R. M. Schlabach
Brown County
Harvey Larsen
Denmark
Columbia
Arthur Austin
Rio
Dane
Stuart H. Becker
Madison
Fond du Lac
Alfred van de Zande
Campp
E. F. Storandt
West Salem
Marathon
Paul A. Luedtke
Wausau
Marquette and
Adams
Robert M. Long
Westfield
Fred H. Frank
Selmar Gunderson
Spring Valley
Richland
Vernon W. Thomson
Sauk
George J. Woerth
Prairie du Sac
Wood
William W. Clark
Vesper
Earl Mullen
Blooming Grove
Cornelius A. Sorenson
Springdale
Obituary for Mrs. George Smith of Winona
Mrs. George Smith age 59 of 427 South Third Street Winona died in a Winona hospital after a lingering illness. Born May 6 1885 in Brownsville Minnesota she is survived by her husband son John Dearman of Winona a grandson Adelbert Strong of Winona a brother Adelbert Strong of Winona a sister Mrs Marian Conrad of Winona and her step father Abraham Williams of La Crosse. Funeral services set for Friday at 10 am at Watkoski funeral home Winona with Rev L Brynested. body then to Hellwig Sieerié chapel La Crosse for 3 pm service. burial in Oak Grove cemetery. Friends may call Friday 1 to 3 pm at Hellwig Morris chapel.
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George Smith
South Third Street
Winona
Brownsville
Minn
John Dearman
Adelbert Strong
Marian Conrad
Abraham Williams
la Crosse
Funeral services for Mrs Eva Kubiak
Funeral services for Eva Kubiak 53 wife of Walter Kubiak West La Crosse to be held Friday at 830 am at Blaschke funeral home and 9 am at Holy Cross church Rev Stanley Andrzejewski officiating Burial in Catholic cemetery Rosary at 730 pm Thursday at Blaschke home Friends may call Thursday afternoon and evening
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Eva Kubiak
Walter Kubiak
West la Crosse
Blaschke
Holy Cross Church
Stanley Andrzejewski
Justice Court Records From Whitehall Wisconsin
Bernard Emerson pled guilty to speeding in Galesville and paid a $5 fine plus $2.50 costs after being stopped on highway 93. Herbert Bockenhauser, driving for Benter Feed, also fined $5 with a 35 mph error cited on highway 35 between Galesville and Centerville. Real estate transfers include Walter Young to Elmer Schultz and Robert McKenzie to Gerald Volk. Fires response listed for August 18 at 3:05 p.m. to repairs on Green Bay street residences.
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Whitehall
Wis
Bernard Emerson
Clarence Brown
Galesville
W. R. Shonst
Emerson
H. F P. Theurer
Tamarack Ridge
Cepterwise
Arcadia
Brown
Herbert Bockenhaurer
Benter Feed Company
Theuter
Centerville
Bockenhauser
Walter Young
Elmer R Schultz
Campbrll
Robert D. McKenzie
Gerald J. Volk
Losey Boulevard
State and
Vine Streets
Bertha Schnick
Iver Helferud
Onalaska
Green Bay Street
N. A. Silba
Norman Volden
Destructive Midwest Storm Strikes Multiple Towns
A widespread storm caused smashed windows and damaged roofs across Redfield Street houses, knocked down a filling station pump, toppled trees, cut power lines, and damaged farms from Onalaska to Tomah with widespread outages and structural losses. No injuries reported.
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L. R. Smith
Viroqua
House of
A. W. Wheelock
Alvin Grove
Clarence Schultz
Chaseburg
Schultz
Wesley Brinkman
Joseph Hohfeldt
Oscar Overson
Chris Ekern
Harry Robinson
Dutch Creek
Bangor
Henry Althoff
Harold Niedfeldt
Big Creek
Two PAC Opposed Races Produce Mixed Wisconsin Primary
In Wisconsin primaries, Democratic candidates backed by the CIO PAC fared poorly in most districts. Thad Wasielewski defeated Anthony Gawronski in the 4th by over 10,000 votes, Raymond Cannon placed third, and in the 5th Andrew Biemiller led over Clem Kalvelage. Other districts showed late shifts with Nash edging Schultz in the 2nd, and Byrnes taking the 8th Republican lead as Shellman and Meyer trailed.
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Milwaukee
CIO Political Action Committee
Wisconsin
Thad Wasielewski
Anthony Gawronski
Raymond J. Cannon
Andrew J. Biemiller
Clem Kalvelage
John W. Nash
Jean J. Schultz
John W. Byrnes
Manitowoc
Edward Meyer
E. J. Shellman
Schultz
Feapie
Stevenson
Walsh
William D. Carroll
Cecelia M. Garvin
Robert Blackwood
Lansing Hoyt
Charles A. Madison
Frank J. Schultz
John H. Kowaleski
Ervin E. Mattuschek
Democrat
Wasielewski
Gawronski
Is D. Thill
Fred C. T. John
Bernhard Gettelman
Francis T. Murphy
Biemiller
Kalvelage
Samuel Nissenbaum
Joseph Steller
Byrnes
Meyer
Walter P. Melchio
Frank A. Hanson
Shellman
Fred Felix Wettengel
Lavern Disney
Frederick W. Giess
Tenth District
Alvin J. O’konski
Harry Simon
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Valence
Bay of St. Tropez
Nrejus
Hyeres Island
Toulon
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Nice
SSE Tribune
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Anon Ee En Dispatches
Greece
Albania
Ning
H. Kaiser
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Bucan
Wiley
Joseph R.mccarthy
Leather D. Smith
Star- Bay
Perry J. Stearns
Progressive
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Constitutional State Offices
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Lawrence H. Smith
John Smith
Coleman
Main ST
H. F. Wennerstrom
P.O
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Caries County
Happy
Home Front Bulletin Board
Phillips & Sons Dist
Corf Heclesive Distributers
Arthur G. Benson
Pr. M
Associated Press
Daily Records
Justice Court
Cass
Seventh St
Renner
John Kahle
Redfield Street
Charles Christensen
Redfield
al Seils
Norm Volder
A. J. Niebruegge
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Stella C. Gordon
Eighth
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Highway Department
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Cashton
Leo Nevast
Tomah
Tunnel City
Bert Prescott
Tony Schulze
John Gorham
John Gasper
Elroy
Northwest Telephone Company
Brownell
Superior Avenue
Cash Mercantile Company
Whitehall-Blair
Northern States Power Company
Alma Center
Blair
Humbird
REA
Genoa
Chippewa Falls
Oscar Flugstad
Ettrick
Flugstad
Galesville Bank
George 15
Harold Tollackshon
Harry Meier
Mrs. Mary Davis
Fish Creek
Holzworth Bros
Arthur Miller
Stoddard
Camp McCoy
Minnesota
Iowa
Dakota
Adolf Sebold
G. H. Brown
Stevens Point
Borden Milk Company
Junction City
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Pitzner’s
North
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Hoeschler
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