Combat Show To Bring War To La Crosse
A 76th Division assault team at Camp McCoy will stage a two hour combat show at the Inter-State Fair grounds in La Crosse on Sunday at 8 p m under Capt Lyndon Boyd command The display covers hand to hand fighting commando tactics and infantry battle drills with tanks heavy guns bazookas flame throwers and aerial demonstrations to boost the Fifth War Loan drive Tickets with bonds and admitted seats are described along with fair ground viewing from 1 p m daily and CAP air show actions rain or shine note
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la Crosse
Camp McCoy
Inter-State Fair Grounds
Lyndon Boyd
U. S
76Th Division
Plso
Lacrosse County
Jane Ellis
la Crosse Civil Air Patrol
CAP
Ana
Louis Nelson
County War Finance Committee
Parents Hide Son Four Years To Dodge Draft, FBI Says
Miami authorities say Morris Neff, 23, was hidden by his parents for four years to avoid the selective service act. The parents Mrs William Neff and Richard Neff faced charges of aiding and abetting. Morris was kept largely in bed with only two 1941 outings for a dentist and other matters. Local officials reported steps to register and tax actions tied to the case.
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Miami
Fla
Richard G
FBI
Danner
Morris Nef
William H. Neff
Neff
U. S
Roger Edward Davis
Serpo
Local Weather Report Partly Cloudy With Warm Patch
Partly cloudy Sunday with scattered thunder showers possible. Slightly warmer conditions with a high near 84 degrees.
Jackson Named Permanent Chairman of Democratic Convention
Senator Samuel D. Jackson of Indiana was chosen Saturday as permanent chairman of the Democratic national convention to be held in Chicago July 19 to renominate President Roosevelt if he so desires. Robert E. Hannegan left for Chicago to finalize convention plans as the Democratic committee works toward a Chicago stadium gathering.
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Washington
Samuel D. Jackson
Indiana
Chicago
Roosevelt
Robert E. Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Jackson
National Committee
Dewey rallies in Albany after Chicago nomination
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey greeted by about 10 000 in Albany as he returns from Chicago amid victory celebrations for his presidential bid. He urged voters to stand firm against the Axis and promised stronger America after November 7 while planning rapid organizational work with Bricker and Brownell.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
America
Chicago
Can
Dewey
Capitol
Senate
Benjamin F. Feinberg
Germans Rout Target Minsk as Red Armies Advance
Soviet forces drive west toward Minsk with multi-Front assault. Borisov falls after night battles. 12,000 more Germans captured and 80 tanks plus 200 guns destroyed. Rokossovsky and Cherniakovsky armies push toward Minsk splitting and enveloping towns.
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Borisov
Minsk
Moscow
Begom
Pleshchenitsy
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Slutsk
Kopyl
Krasnaya S
Gresk
Armour May Be Promoted Diplomacy Chief for Americas
Armou r Armour, returning from Buenos Aires under recall, may be offered a top State Department post as director of the office of American republics affairs. The reshuffle would place him under Secretary Hull to shape Latin American policy amid Washington’s view of Argentina’s militarist regime. Laurance Duggan, current director, reportedly plans to quit.
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Washington
Norman Armour
Buenos Aires
State Department
Argentina
Department
Office of American Republics Affairs
Armour
State Hull
Laurance Duggan
Duggan
City Hall Appeals Residents to Register Service Members for Primary
City Clerk Fred Kramer urges residents to register sons daughters and husbands in uniform for the August 15 primary. With July 4 a holiday the city hall stays open all day Monday to facilitate registration of servicemen overseas and at home. Relatives should bring last letters to ensure accurate addresses. ballots can be mailed to meet overseas deadlines. Telephone registration is not accepted.
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Fred Kramer
Tribune
Kramer
Yanks Clean Up Hiding Japs on Saipan and Pacific
U S Pacific headquarters reports slow gains on Saipan as American forces consolidate advances against Japanese cave pockets. Nimitz says small gains Thursday with bypassed Japanese being eliminated amid rugged terrain. Japanese raids persist, while Ti mian and Rota island bombardments continue. Navy planes attack the Kurile islands Paramushiro and Shumushu with little enemy opposition.
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U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Saipan
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Timian Island
Rota Island
Navy
Kurile Islands
Paramushiro
Shumushu
Japs Claim Sinking Of Two U S Carriers Near Saipan
Tokyo radio boasted on Saturday of sinking two U S carriers and two cruisers south of Saipan. The claim cited 40 Japanese planes lost and 49 U S planes shot down in the same sector. No U S confirmation has followed the broadcast.
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U. S
Tokyo
Saipan
Philippines
Guatemala Military Junta Takes Over After President Sores
Guatemala declares a military junta has seized control as Gen. J signed on Saturday and Ubico's cabinet quits. Generals Eduardo Villagran Ariza Federico Ponce and Buenaventura Pineda form the ruling body and promise restoration of constitutional rights with a national assembly call to name an acting president.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Gen. J
Eduardo Villagran Ariza
Federico Ponce
Buenaventura Pineda
National Assembly
Ubico
Chinese Defend Northward Japanese Advance Threatening China
Chinese high command reported the Japanese offensive moving north from the Seape area toward Hankow, aiming to join with forces in Hunan and cut a 1000 mile rail corridor from Peiping to Canton. Heavy fighting reported near Hengyang and at Chuhsien as China seeks to halt the junction and protect key rail lines.
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Chungking
Se Ae
Caer Hankow
Hunan
Kwangtung Province
Hang
Canton
Kwangtung
Fukien Province
Foochow
China
Peiping-Hankow
Canton- Hankow
Canton-Hankow
Kwangsi
Hengyang
Peiping
Henan
Hupeh
Kwangtung Provines
Chekiang
Chuhsien
Kiangsi
Baby’s cry saves 25 Japanese from grenade in Saipan battle
In Saipan Nafutan ridge engagement a baby’s wail caused a Marine lieutenant to halt a hand grenade detonation. An old man, then women and children emerged from a dugout where Okinawa villagers had hidden since the initial assault.
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Saipan
Marianas Islands
Nafutan Ridge
Chicago
Eighteen Miners Rescued From Fire-Swept Mine
Eighteen men trapped for about twenty hours in a fire swept coal mine pit were brought to the surface by rescue crews. They endured fumes and heavy smoke before the surface return late Saturday.
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Harlan
Bruha Named Prisoner of War in Germany
Second Lieutenant Richard Bruha husband of Mildred Petty and son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bruha is listed as a prisoner of war in Germany by the U S war department. A Flying Fortress pilot overseas since February 1 he was reported missing in action over Germany on May 28 1941. He received his commission and wings July 29 1943 at Ellington Field Texas.
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Richard Bruha
Mildred Petty
Market Street
A. J. Bruha
Adams Street
Germany
U. S. War Department
Ellington Field
Tex
Flying Bombs Raise Anxiety Over Robot Bomb Attacks
London reports a 16 night blitz by Nazi flying bombs over southern England intensifying public fear. MPs push for clearer official reporting and shorter raid alerts to ease disruption while Churchill weighs a brief statement on the ongoing attack.
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London
England
Alfred Denville
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Herbert S. Morrison
Bombers Lash Robot Chutes Over Northern France
Allied heavy bombers from Britain and the United States attacked German rocket bomb installations across the Channel in northern France before dusk on Saturday. The American wing numbered under 250 Liberators with escort fighters, claiming eight German fighters shot down and several enemy targets hit, while Allied losses included one bomber from each force and two American fighters. Weather reduced air activity earlier, with 300 RAF sorties later and losses totaling four Allied fighters and two bombers to ten German aircraft.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Channel
France
Britain
RAF
Normandy
Conde
Harcourt
Argentia
Falaise
Pean
Marshal Rommel
Friedreich Dollmann
Odon River
Caen
Villers-Bocage
DNB
Orne Estuary
Wife Dies and Son Killed in Action Arrive in Telegram
In Scranton Pennsylvania a telegram from the war department announced that Corp John McAndrews 22 had been killed in action in New Guinea. Patrick McAndrews 52 postponed reading the message until after his wife’s funeral. The article notes the family delayed delivery of the grim news.
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Scranton
Patrick McAndrews
War Department
Corp
John McAndrews
New Guinea
Copenhagen Uprising Sparks 15 000 Danes Against German Garrison
Allied flags waved as 15,000 Danish patriots armed with machine guns faced a 3,000 strong German force reinforced from Zealand. Street fighting, hostilities, and a general strike halted food, water, and transport while officials warned of hostages and bomb threats as Copenhagen Harbor closed and reports tallied casualties and hospitalizations.
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Stockholm
Copenhagen
Zealand
United States
Aftonbaldet
Malmo
Sweden
Oro Sound
Denmark
Sealburg Korps
Yanks Capture 2,000 Germans On Peninsula
Allied forces on the Cherbourg peninsula report American troops have captured 2,000 Germans boosting total Allied casualties and prisoners in the Cherbourg operation to over 46,000. British and American units press toward Caen with Rommel reportedly arriving at the front as tank battles loom on the Caen invasion corridor.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Britain
Caen
Cherbourg
Paris
Erwin Rommel
Odon River
Cap de la Hague
Associated Press
Hal Boyle
Mueller
Kiehl
Cherbourg Peninsular
U. S
St. Lo
la Forge
M. C. Dempsey
Villers-Bocage
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Benin
Ivan Cherniakovsky
Orsha
Berezina River
Rokossovsky
Berezina
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Polotsk
The
Spenser Moosa
Bruha
By Lewis Hawkins
Churchill
Oliver Locker - Lampson Handsworth
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Esquay
Odon
Cheux
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