They Fend Off German Counterattack Under Front Line Fire
Morley Cassidy reports on the 2nd Division's rugged halt to a major German onslaught along a 60 mile front. Infantry cooks and clerks manned rifles as tanks and aircraft pressed, with Maj. Gen. Robertson directing from a threatened command post.
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United States
Neision
Monschau
Belgium
Echternacht
Luxembourg
Normandy
Walter R. Robertson
Set
Melvin Brown
Texas
Alvin Taylor
Fort Worth
Robertson
Othr
Machine Fame
9Th Air Force
Jackson County Sues Over Road Case at Neillsville Trial
Jackson County represented by Lester R. Johnson faced defendants Henry and Bertha Gebhardt and the town of Brockway before Circuit Judge Emery W. Crosby in Neillsville. County sought payment for road construction claiming an oral agreement with highway department. court found no binding agreement and ruled defendants not liable. Witnesses included O. H. Overlien highway commissioner and Brockway officials.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Jackson County
Lester R. Johnson
Emery W. Crosby
Neillsville
Henry J. Gebhardt
Bertha Gebhardt
Brockway
Gebhardts
A. L. DeVos
Neillsvile
Hans Hanson
Neil Johnson Bunde
F. N. Nelson
City Point
Harvey Martin
Melrose
Kenneth Wickham
Orin Linnell
County Medical Group Favors Building Plan
At a La Crosse County Medical Society meeting the need for a new $12 million University of Wisconsin building was discussed. The group urged state investment in science and research for Wisconsin’s future generations and approved the expenditure for this purpose. Labor-saving devices are being installed in factories in Russia.
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la Crosse County Medical Society
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Russia
Former Camp McCoy Hostess Sent Overseas to Paris and Brussels
Miss Bertha Bea Hetland formerly hosted at Camp McCoy Service club 2 is among the first army hostesses to arrive overseas. American and British hostesses will operate off base clubs for Allied troops at a Paris grand hotel and the Metropole in Brussels. Hetland pledged to bring a bit of Camp McCoy to her new quarters and to meet many men who trained there.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Bertha
Bea) Hetland
War Department
Grand Hotel
Paris
Metropole
Brussels
Heetland
China Plans 7000 Miles of Highways After War
China aims to build about seven thousand miles of highways soon after the war, signaling a large postwar modernization effort. The plan outlines a rapid expansion to improve transportation, economic development, and national infrastructure.
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China
Truscott Signals Grim Resolve On Italian Front
General Lucian King Truscott, famed for North Africa to France, arrives to lead the 5th Army in Italy. He stresses tough combat and no secondary fronts, vowing relentless pursuit of the Germans as his units, American British South African and Brazilian, press the Appenines with exacting discipline.
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Italy
Boche
Lucien King Truscott
Africa
Sicily
France
Appenine
Sth
Truscott
6Th Corps
Rhine
Truscott’s Bold Tactics in Southern France Highlighted
The La Crosse Tribune profiles General Albert C. Truscott praising his bold daytime maneuvers in southern France unseen since the Civil War era. The piece notes his distinctive dress and his method as a meticulous planner who exploits uncalculated developments. It adds a brief note that whale oil is used to light Spanish railway signals.
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Truscott
France
Spain
Black River Seaman Returns From Leyte Duty
Gerald Paulson 18, seaman first class USNR of Black River Falls Wis returns to the United States after aiding in landing troops and evacuating wounded at Leyte. He arrived at San Diego with 2,600 navy and marine corpsmen. over 1,000 patients. ship crowd watched porpoises as omen of luck.
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Leyte
United States
Gerald Paulson
Black River Falls
Wis
Oliver D. Delozier
Claremore
Okla
Floyd S. Lemons
San Francisco
Glen Acuff
Powell Station
Tenn
USNR
San Diego
Calif
Philippines
San Diego Naval Training Center
Famous Name Derrick Shapes Shipyard Vocabulary
A famous British figure lends his name to a term widely used in shipyards. The source notes that the name Derrick became a common label for lifting machinery, reflecting its enduring association with industrial work.
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Derrick
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Ambridge. Pa
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Down's
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Pampire Gaber
Coats
Salem Markos & Sons
Promared
Gooderham & Worts Ltd
Peoria
THE
LA Crosse
U. S
Puritan Insulation Service
Husky Fabrics
Austelle
Karl Coats
Black River
Palau
Guam
Marianas
Solomons
New Guinea
U. S. Naval Hospital
11Th Naval District
Studio McCoy
Jay
John M. Hoch
NEW World Life Insurance CO
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