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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1944
Page
1
The House rejected a bid to liberalize unemployment benefits by shifting payments to the states. The plan would have set federal standards with up to 52 weeks at $25 weekly, and the measure failed 188 to ?. The vote marked the first postwar test on government job security support.
Washington legislation proposed during 1945 would maintain the old age retirement social security tax rate at one percent for both employers and employees. If not passed this session, the tax will automatically rise to two percent for both employers and employees on January 1. Postponements have delayed increases in the past while the social security fund reportedly remains sufficiently funded.
A fourcourt legal saga in Milwaukee stretches across routine hearings, with H. A. Schultz cited over a check in Mount Omega, impacting a business division and ending in a disputed transaction.
The Ger Transcontinent agency reports Sztojay who was swept from the premiership of Hungary died today at noon. Monitors intercepted the transmission to the Bal.
Weather note reports a low of 52 tonight and a high of 78 on Friday. The brief mentions calm conditions amid a otherwise ordinary forecast.
Prime Minister Mikolajczyk of the Polish government in exile offered to form a coalition cabinet with equal representation of Poland’s five parties. He urged Allied support and noted Warsaw’s plea for shuttle planes to land on Soviet soil to aid Gen Bor’s patriots. he warned the war’s outcome hinges on adherence to Atlantic Charter and four freedoms. The plan aims to renew diplomatic ties with Russia and manage civilian affairs behind Red Army lines.
New York AP war correspondent J Norman Lodge reports his wife and daughter joined the Women’s Army Corps inspired by his praise. The two sworn in together on the daughter Norma’s 20th birthday by First Lieutenant Mildred H Norgaard. Lodge’s son James, 18, joined the merchant marine in March.
Donald M. Nelson head of the U S war-board and Maj. Gen Rick J Hurley arrived in Moscow last night on their way to Chungking. Nelson leads an economic mission to China for President Roosevelt.
Second Lieutenant Leonard A Bergen, a navigator on a bombing plane, is a prisoner of war in Germany. The notice came via Adjutant General J A Ulio after Bergen was listed as missing July 18. He joined the service June 16 1941 trained in California and Texas and earned his wings February 26 1944 at Hondo Texas. He went overseas in May and was assigned to an Italian base.
In a Das Reich article broadcast to the home front Paul Joseph Goebbels warned Germans not to expect secret weapons to rapidly alter the war. He said morale leads potential and that new arms cannot be used offensively everywhere until Allied superiority is overcome.
Negro fighter pilots of the 15th Air Force struck a German airfield in Italy during a World War II mission. The operation involved bold aerial assaults by Black airmen from the 15th Army Air Force.
Washington announces lifting of shell sale ban to hunters but dealers report scarce stock and ongoing restrictions. WPB says immediate effect but many shops lack cartridges as wholesalers verify supply. hunters must sign allotment statements and stay within quotas through December 31.
Berlin acknowledged a Slovak uprising with garrisons deserting and riots in several areas. The DNB cited partisans and Tito agents, while Lon don sources claimed Czecho Slovak interior forces led attacks on key communications points. Moscow accused Bulgaria of aiding Germany amid armistice talks in Cairo.
Reports from London say Czech forces seized most of Slovak territory while heavy fighting erupts near border areas. Allies review Greek and Yugoslav concerns after Bulgarian actions in the region. Moscow notes German ships found haven in Bulgarian ports amid alleged neutrality violations as Romania moves toward armistice.
MISSOULA Mont bullets head Lieut General Saito commander of Japanese forces on Saipan led a suicide attack after urging seven lives be sacrificed to repay the country. Marine Joseph A Black Jr transcribed a dead officer's message describing grim conditions and a final pledge to die defending Saipan.
Janesville Wisconsin, Gary Churchill, 23, was fatally injured last night when his motorcycle skidded and overturned during a shower.
Washington reports total army casualties at 284,838 as of Aug 13 with 58,353 navy deaths and 343,191 combined armed services casualties. Patterson notes peak fighting in northern France late July and lists breakdowns by category and service, including wounded and missing.
Senator Bushfield accuses Sidney Hill of chasing WPB Chairman Donald Nelson to China and says the action impedes Charles E. Wilson from continuing as executive vice chairman.
The La Crosse Concert Band closes its summer park concert series with an 8 oclock performance in Riverside Park. Guest soloist is Miss Jane Ellis. Band director is D R Wartinbee. See page 7 for the program details.
American Havoc aircraft bombed a Nazi munitions dump five miles southeast of Dieppe, aiding Montgomery's forces. British Mosquitos attacked northern France and Germany, hitting an oil depot yesterday and rail yards at Sedan, Frankfurt, and near the front. One crew reported a large stock of railroad cars followed by a swarm of Mosquitos unleashing burning wreckage.
German flying bomb attacks resumed against London and the southern counties early today. An official British notice confirms damage and casualties from the raids.
Fred T. Schlafka, 70, died yesterday after being struck by a westbound Soo line passenger train while walking along the right of way inside Marshfield city limits.
Allied forces press through southern France with American troops occupying Valence and 7th Army advancing toward Nice and Lyon. German remnants of the 19th Army retreat north in costly rearguard actions while Nice falls, and large enemy materiel losses accompany the prisoners taken in Rhone valley pockets south of the Rhone and Drome junction.
London reports the interior French forces have captured Bordeaux, the last major southern port still in German hands. The FFI had earlier claimed occupation but retracted, noting a printing press was among captured equipment along with 27 five millimeter anti tank guns and 12 seventy seven millimeter guns.
General Eisenhower reports Allied forces inflicted over 400000 enemy casualties since D day, with 25 divisions destroyed and 18 mauled. The Luftwaffe losses include 2378 destroyed in air and 1167 on ground. 3000 Allied planes lost overall in support of ground operations.
British tanks and American columns roared across the Somme and toward the Meuse in a rapid 60 mile advance in 48 hours. Amiens fell and a broad arc toward Belgium and Sedan opened as Eisenhower said the campaign is five days ahead of schedule. Belgian underground assists and allied bridgeheads over the Seine push toward Dieppe and Rouen.
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