Ice and accidents mark La Crosse area weather
Freezing rain coated La Crosse county as roads iced over causing minor slides and several injuries. Two women in La Crosse hospitals suffered fractured wrists from falls. A Jackson county collision near Trempealeau Valley church injured several. Rev. Harlan and Miss Anderson hurt, with Dahl uninjured.
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Gason
la Crosse County
la Crosse
Lomes Duke
Rose Faren
Trempealeau Valley
Blair and
Taylor
Jackson County
W. J. Harlan
Emma Anderson
Elmer Dahl
Dahl
Preston Cooperative Creamery
Blair
Harlan
R L. MacCornack
Whitehall
Missisippi
Superfortresses Attack Nippon s Plane Industry
Allied air forces hammer the Nakajima Musashima engine plant at Tokyo in the fourth B-29 raid on the metropolis in 10 days. One bomber is lost. Tokyo admits some damage as measures to extend firebreaks continue. Wisconsin airmen Wiegers and Smader participated, aiding Leyte corridor operations against Japanese supply bases.
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Associated Press
America
Kuniaki Koiso
Saipan
China
Kweiyang
Burma Road
Nakajima Arcraft Company
Great Musashima
20Th
Koiso
Phili
Marianas Islands
Tokyo
20Th Air Force
Musashima
Nakajima Aircraft
Wisconsin
William A. Wiegers
Marinette
Charles L. Smader
Racine
Wiegers
Smader
Roer River To Rival Argonne In War News
U S 9th Army drives toward the Roer River in Germany as Allied strategists warn a major clash looms along the Cologne plain. German forces reportedly mass 70 divisions from Switzerland to Holland to block the Ruhr frontier. Jet planes scout positions while Eisenhower weighs the next move amid expected heavy losses.
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U. S. 9Th Army
Germany
Roer
Argonne Forest
U. S. 1St Army
Cologne
Linnich
Duren
Switzerland
Holland
Ruhr
Eisenhower
Roer River
Wisconsin Roads Slippery As Snow Hits Corridor
Motorists faced slick slip prone roads across Wisconsin over the weekend with dozens of minor accidents and no fatalities. Freezing temps lingered with snow flurries and light rain while La Crosse and Milwaukee areas reported heavy accumulations. Some cities saw three inches of new snow and buses delayed for hours on a 20 mile trip.
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Wisconsin
U. S
la Crosse
Atte
Mercury
Gren Bay
Madison
Wisconsin Rapids
Aince
Wisconsin Rens Point
Record Bomb Tons in November Allied Air Offensive
London report shows Allied war planes dropped a record total of 114 700 tons of bombs on Germany during November. US forces lost 303 heavy bombers and 155 fighters, while RAF losses included mencoba 127 light aircraft.
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London
Germany
Reich
RAF
Sembere
Local Weather Forecast Light Rain or Snow Tonight
Light rain or snow is expected tonight with a small temperature change. Lows near 30 degrees tonight and a high around 30s to start Tuesday with partly cloudy to unsettled conditions.
Burn This Paper Fights For Victory
The brief item highlights a group or individual pushing to win a contest or campaign described as a victory. It notes effort and determination without detailing participants or location.
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P Ben
Russians Reach 72 Miles From Austria in Hungarian Drive
Russian forces surged in southwest Hungary advancing toward the Austrian frontier within 72 miles and cracking Nazi defenses along the Slovak border. Miskolc fell to Malinovsky’s 2nd Ukrainian Army and linked with Petrov’s 4th Ukrainian Army at Satoraljaushely, 45 miles northeast.
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London
Hungary
Miskolc
Satoraljaujhely
Lake Balaton
Budapest
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Ivan Petrov
Satoraljaushely
Danube
Feodor
Tolbukhin
Bill Permits Marshall To Remain On Job
President Roosevelt signed a bill allowing General George C. Marshall to stay in service after the normal retirement age. Marshall, army chief of staff, turned 64 on March 31, and will continue in harness beyond the standard retirement limit.
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Bill
Marshall
Washington
Roosevelt
George C. Marshall
Army Chief of Staff
Sugar shortages deepen as Caribbean shipments fall
Washington reports the sugar situation worsens with fewer shipments of raw sugar from the Caribbean, delaying refiners from clearing backlogs. The Commerce Department warned curtailment of refinery operations may result, though no rationing changes were announced.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Caribbean
Department
Prisoners Shot as They Recovered From Sunken Japanese Ship
Tech. Sgt. Denver R. Rose of Houston tells how 30 American POWs were recaptured after swimming four miles to freedom following the torpedoing of a Japanese prison ship off Zamboanga. They were tied, lined along a rail, and shot. Rose escaped, freed by a frayed rope and swam to shore.
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Houston
Tex
Zamboanga Peninsula
Tech
Denver R. Rose
Bataan
Cor
U. S
Submarines Sink 20 Japanese Ships in Latest Navy Report
The navy announces 20 more Japanese vessels sunk by U S submarines bringing the total to 874 ships sunk, including 82 warships. The list covers a light cruiser, a destroyer, cargo ships, tankers and transports with several vessels listed as probably sunk.
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Washington
United States
Bond Drive Targets County Top in War Bonds
La Crosse county reports $318 438 in E bond purchases to date, 28 percent of a $1 119 000 quota. Campaign officials urge black workers to solicit immediately to reach Dec 7 Pearl Harbor anniversary targets, noting county and state averages and overall totals nearing half the quota.
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la Crosse County
Gysbert van Steenwyk
County War Finance Organization
Charles Wachs
Block Workers’ Committee
Pearl Harbor
Fire destroys J. E. Burke Co. plant in Fond du Lac
A one story J. E. Burke Co. industrial building burned in Fond du Lac Wisconsin causing an estimated loss of 250000 dollars. Acting fire chief Harry Glaser reported the firm conducted war work at the site.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
J. E. Burke Co
Harry Glaser
Leftists Ordered From Athens Area After Deadly Clashes
In Greece a 72 hour expulsion notice was issued by Gen. Catso tas to the EAM. The capital endured a general strike and violent fighting left 21 dead and 140 wounded. Elas and Royalist bands clashed around Piraeus and Thesseum with machinegun positions on hills near the Acropolis.
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Athens
Stephen Barber
Catsotas
EAM
Toay
Elas
Piraeus
Thesseum
Philippos Hill
Acropolis
Thesseum Quarter
Greece
Greatest Inflationary Danger Ahead Bowles Warns
OPA Administrator Chester Bowles warned the United States will face its greatest inflationary threat four to six months after V E day. He recalled postwar price spikes in 1919 and urged price ceilings on rents for commercial buildings to prevent spiraling costs.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Germany
Bowles
Senate Banking Committee
Women's Auxiliary Formed In Reich
London reports the Nazis announced a new auxiliary women war corps to relieve men for the fighting front. German women in uniform have joined the army on the western front, but no formal women’s auxiliary corps had been announced before.
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London
Wehrmacht
Air action brings damage to Britain
London reports casualties and damage from enemy air activity over southern England from dawn Sunday to 7 am today. The air ministry gave no details on the incident.
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Britain
London
British
Air Ministry
England
2200 Planes Hit Rail Lines in German Rail Targets
London dispatch says 1200 American heavy bombers with over 1000 escorts struck five German rail yards at Kassel Mainz Giessen Soest and Bebra. Bomber groups faced heavy cloud cover and conducted instrument bombing. Only Mainz yard lies on the Rhine. others lie deeper in rear supply corridors.
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London
Germany
Kassel
Mainz
Giessen
Soest
Bebra
U. S
Rhine
Hamm
Rcad
Grew Named Under Secretary in State Department Shakeup
President Roosevelt names Joseph C. Grew a longtime diplomat as under secretary of state as part of a major department reorganization after Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. becomes secretary. Will L. Clayton Archibald MacLeish and Nelson A. Rockefeller named to top posts. Berle Long and Shaw resign. Clayton to report to the president on civil aviation after the Chicago conference.
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Washington
Joseph C. Grew
Roosevelt
State Department
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Will L. Clayton
Texas Cotton Factor
Commerce
Archibald MacLeish
Congress
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Adolf A. Berle, Jr
Breckenridge Long
G. Howland Shaw
Berle
Clayton
Chicago
Artillery Shell Output to Rise 22 Percent in 1945
Washington reliable sources report the War Department plans a 22 percent boost in artillery shell production for 1945, with a target 65 percent more ammunition than prior plans. Officials anticipate labor shortages and estimate needing 150,000 additional workers alongside 300,000 existing munitions staff.
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Washington
War Department
Allied forces advance on several fronts in Europe
On the Western Front Allied and American units press across Germany east of Nijmegen and toward key targets. British 2nd army breaches suburbs of Venlo while U S forces push toward Saarbrucken and Saarlautern areas. Several divisions report gains around Saarlautern, Reich border, and securing towns near Saarbrucken as fighting continues near Haguenau Seelestat and Vosges passes.
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Germany
Nijmegen
2Nd Army
Venlo
U. S. 9Th Army
Linnich
Julich
Roer
U. S. Ist Army
Inde River
Duren
U. S. 3Rd Army
Saarlautern
Saar
Advanges
Saarbrucken
U. S
Maas River
Holland
Maas
Marshal Montegomery
21St Army Group
Patton Breaks Into Siegfried Line Defenses
The U S 3rd Army resumes its advance in Lorraine on a 21 mile front driving within six and a half miles of Saarbrucken. Units of the 6th armored division enter Diebling and capture Theding as they push to clear Saar Lautern area and secure the eastern Saar river region.
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U. S
Lorraine
Saarbrucken
Saarland
Saarlautern
Saar River
6Th Armored Division
Diebling
Sarregue
Theding
Paris
Third Army
Merzig
Barrier River
Saar
Siegfried Line
Americans Drive Deep Into Saarland Front Line
Allied forces push across the Saar river into Saarlautern while German counterattacks lack momentum. Ist and 9th armies press toward the Roer river towns of Inden and Brandenberg, with heavy rains and floods complicating operations.
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Julich
Linnich
Roer
Cologne
Duren
Inden
Lucherberg
Luchem
Brandenberg
George S. Patton
3Rd Army
Saarlautern
Saar River
Volksstrum
Sieg
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Tushan
Argonne
By Wes Gallagher
Reds
Austria
Tamasi
Women’s Auxiliary
Grew Is
Stettinius Aide
Shianne
The
4Th Armored
Sarre Union
Reich Border
Rehlinger
95Th
Patton
Edward D. Ball
By James M. Long
Ist
Eifel
Bergstein
Selestat
Strasbourg
Saare Union
Lower Rhine
Arnhem
Waal
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