Hull Denies Plan To Coerce Small Nations
Secretary Hull rejects Dewey's fears of a four powers coercing smaller states for a postwar peace. He notes Moscow declaration seeks an international organization based on sovereign equality and open membership. The Dumbarton Oaks talks begin soon as a preliminary step toward broader peace discussions.
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Hull
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Dewey
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China
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Senate
United New Peace
Progressives Face Independent Ballot Lines in Wisconsin
The Progressive party may list candidates for Congress lieutenant governor secretary of state state treasurer and the legislature as independents on November ballots as party designation depends on statewide vote totals. Vaudreuil leads Benz by a slim margin for governor with 8 116 to 9 101 votes as canvasses continue.
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Congress
Secretary of State
Wisconsin
United States
Leo E. Vaudreuil
Alexander O. Benz
Vaudreuil
Benz
William H. Dietrich
Hartford
Dietrich
Lloyd L. Chambers
Mauston
Harry Sauthof
Local Weather Pair Forecast Cool Friday With Sunshine
Weather brief notes cooler temperatures with a high near 78 and morning low around 54. Fair skies expected through the day with light winds and a slight dip in temperatures into Friday, then remaining mild later in the weekend.
Allies to occupy enemy lands even if war ends short of borders
President Roosevelt, at a Pacific-to-Washington news conference aboard his train, asserted that Allied forces would occupy Germany and Japan if needed, even without full conquest. He stressed unconditional surrender as a goal and noted military plans amid Allied advances on the French coast.
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Japan
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Washington
France
Hawaii
Aleutians
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Harry Truman
Missouri
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Churchill
Great Britain
President Roosevelt's Train Passes Through La Crosse
President Roosevelt's special train of nine cars including baggage diners and compartments halted briefly in La Crosse on its Seattle to Washington route via the Burlington system, arriving at Grand Crossing depot at 9 10 p m for ice water and engine change while observers noted the president's coach had shades drawn and other cars gleamed with light.
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la Crosse
Seattle
Washington
D. C
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Grand Crossing
London Suffers One Of Its Worst Blows From Robot Bombs
Rescue squads remove dead from debris of houses and shops after a heavy night barrage of flying bombs. Dawn attacks resume as windows at Buckingham Palace are blown out along with Samuel Johnson's house and Butchers' Hall. The king and royal family were away when the bomb hit near the palace.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Samuel Johnson
Butchers’ Hall
Palace
Nazis Fire On Italian People In Florence Front Report
Official reports say German forces fired tank guns at Italian civilians and police in Florence still under German control. Several killed as Patriots report a terror reign amid efforts to drive Germans out without a pitched battle.
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Rome
Florence
301000 Sorties Flown By U S 8th Air Force
London reports the U S 8th Air Force has flown 301000 sorties in two years since crossing the channel. The force dropped about 300000 tons of bombs and destroyed over 9650 German planes. About 31000 Americans are killed or missing. 2900 bombers and 2000 fighters lost.
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London
U. S. 8Th Air Force
Bowen
Jansal
James H. Doolittle
Sth
Russians Strike Back After Warsaw Setback
The Red Army counterattacked near Ossow seven miles northeast of Warsaw with hundreds of field guns, reclaiming ground after a Nazi drive from Praga. Soviet losses included 68 tanks over the two day counterattack, as forces west of the Vistula faced renewed pressure. In Lithuania, German reports claimed repulse north and northwest of Siauliai, while Virbales near the East Prussian frontier saw heavy fighting with tank and air support as Berlin noted fierce clashes near Insterburg.
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Storm cripples crops and damages county utilities
Extensive cornfield damage slows farm work across La Crosse county as the storm disrupts power lines and silos. Crews repair a 58-wire main cable between Chicago and the Twin Cities. La Crosse service returns in stages. Damage includes trees, sheds, and REA lines. cows injured and a dam foundation damaged.
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la Crosse
la Crescent
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Winona
Red Wing
Spring Valley
Westby
Battle Casualties Near 300000 Mark
Washington reports war casualties approaching 300000 with Navy Marine Coast Guard totals at 54799 and Army figures showing 45491 killed 113977 wounded 42102 missing and 43205 prisoners of the enemy. Navy total dead 22665 wounded 17819 missing 9746 POWs 4469. Army casualties up by 26302 since the prior tally.
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Chinese Push Strikes Toward Ichang Across Tungting Lake
Chinese forces launched a new offensive in Tungting lake area north and south of the Yangtze to disrupt the Japanese drive in Hunan and push northwest toward Ichang, the high command reported tonight.
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Hunan
Tungting Lake
Yangtze River
Ichang
Allied Beachhead Advances in Southern France Drive to Toulon and Cannes
Allied forces pushed a 50 by 30 mile front along the southern French coast from Toulon toward Cannes. Beachhead totals reach about 500 square miles with nine towns in Allied hands as American and French troops land reinforcements and aircraft support pours ashore. Casualties reported as light with significant enemy movement around Genoa and Imperia.
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Alexander M. Patch
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St. Raphel
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le Lavandou
Patch
Genoa
Italy
Nice
Imperia
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DNB
Rerahe
Philadelphia Lines Returned To Owners
Maj. Gen. Philip Hayes returned control of the Philadelphia transportation company to its owners at 11 a m stating the Army’s mission was accomplished with the restoration of transit facilities. He said troops who seized the strike-bound system August 3 would return to their main job of fighting Japs and Germans.
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Philadelphia
Philip Hayes
Philadelphia Transportation Company
Roosevelt Meets Marshall Then Plans Lunch With Truman
President Roosevelt held a noon conference with General George C. Marshall, army chief of staff, upon return from the Pacific and arranged a Friday luncheon with Senator Harry S. Truman of Missouri, his vice presidential running mate.
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George C. Marshall
Army
Pacific
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Roar Of Allied Gunfire Heard In Paris Front Line City
German radio described Paris as a front line city with the intermittent thunder of American guns, noting chaos, crowding in churches, and a food shortage. Police strikes continued over a new high official, gas and coal were scarce, and electric service was limited to late nights.
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le Bourget
Lindbergh
Seine
Sgt Murray Missing in Action in France Since July
Telegram from the War Department reports T Sgt Francis Murray missing in action in France since July 26. He sailed overseas in October 1943, served in Ireland and England, and participated in the invasion of France. He received the Bronze Star on July 16 for heroic action.
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South 13Th Street
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Uvalde
Ploesti Hit By Bombers From Italy And Ravens
Allied air forces carry a major strike on Ploesti the Romanian oil hub as 1200 RAF heavies from England drop 5600 tons of bombs on Stettin and weather limits limit west front air support. American Marauders and Havocs hit more crossings while Mosquitos pound Berlin.
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Italy
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England
Stettin
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France
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Nis
Belgrade
Mediterranean
7Th Army
7 500 Caen Civilians Killed By Allied Guns
Washington reports Allied shelling of Caen in occupied Normandy killed about 7 500 civilians in the cathedral city of 60 000. After an earlier barrage that killed 2 500, refugees returning to the countryside were struck by new fire.
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Washington
Normandy
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Philadelphia
French Partisans Rise in Haute Savoie as Allies Push South
Reports from Geneva say French rebels armed with Allied air drops and local supplies engage Nazis across Haute Savoie with street fighting in Toulouse. About 1,000 German troops resist around Saleve while French detachments siege Gingolph and Thonon as 450 wounded troops are treated at Evian.
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Allied forces seize Chartres and key towns as Paris advance
Allied reports describe swift American breakthroughs within 35 miles of Paris with Chartres Dreux Orleans and Chateaudun captured. Patton’s forces push toward the Seine narrowing the Falaise pocket while Falaise falls and Canadian troops seize the town.
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Aunay
Chartres
Orleans
Chateaudun
George E. Patton, Jr
Versailles
Seine River
7Th Army
Germans Stalled in Disarray East of Seine Falaise Trap
British officers report German refugees jammed in disorganized columns near the Falaise trap while Allied air forces hamper retreat by bombing five Risle bridges. Allied pilots say von Kluge's armor largely escaped, leaving scattered remnants possibly across 14 divisions west of the escape hatch.
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Dreux
Seine
Risle
Tth
Guenther von Kluge
Brittany
Rooftop drowning during storm claims man’s life
In New York a 54 year old man named Alex Nimmo drowned on a building roof while clearing a roof drain after a violent thunderstorm. A suctioning drain pulled his arm and tipped his head under water.
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New York
Alex Nimmo
Americans Enter Chartres After Hard Fighting Near Paris
American forces drove a spearhead from the east and another column from the north to reach Chartres amid five hours of combat with reinforced German troops. French patriots aided defense, preventing a post office blast and damage to the water works and power plant. Orleans and Chateaudun were secured as Patton's 3rd Army claimed heavy German losses.
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