Lanesboro Man Killed In Action
A telegram from the German government relayed by the American Red Cross says Nelson Jones of Lanesboro was in a B 17 that was shot down over France near Bois Enlisting in the air corps in Rochester in 1940 he went to England in 1941 Survivors include his mother Mrs Harry Jones and two sisters Mrs Michael One near Canton and Mrs Merritt Easler of Chatfield Minn
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Harry Jones
Lanesboro
Red Cross
Nelson
France
Bois
Air Corps
Rochester
England
Michael
Canton
Minn
Merritt Easler
Chatfield
French peasant profits under German requisition in 1944
A Verdun area farmer recalls selling sick cattle and horses to German troops for francs while the invasion loomed. He notes high black market prices, Rommel’s pre landing inspection, liberation celebrations planned for St Honorine des Partes, and villagers who resisted Vichy rule yet faced moral judgments about women who consorted with Germans.
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France
Normandy
Verdun
Rommel Imself
St. Honorine Des Partes
Blimp lands in desert hills to rescue missing airman
In a perilous rescue 20 miles northwest of Yuma, Arizona, a navy blimp landed amid desert hills to pick up a lost airman. The pilot's name was not released, and the rescue party reached him after a perilous descent.
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San Diego
Calif
Imperial Valley Desert
Yuma
Ariz
Minor Accident Fatality Near Here
A man was killed when struck by a second vehicle after stepping into the road to inspect his car following a minor accident nearby. The incident occurred in Tennessee, amid a sequence of events involving the first collision and the subsequent fatal impact.
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Here
Tennant
McCoy Soldier Involved In Stolen Car Crash
T 4 Stanley F Szefler of the Headquarters Battery 364th Field Artillery Battalion Camp McCoy drove a stolen Ford about three miles north of Lancetts Pettis farm at 7 30 p m Sunday. Szefler was treated at McCoy hospital for a possible brain concussion with favorable condition reported. Traffic Officer Willis Young investigated.
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Tribune
Sparta Bureau
Sparta
Wis
Stanley F. Szefler
Pettis’ Farm
Szefler
364Th Field Artillery Battalion
Camp McCoy
Clay Hoag
Hoag
Kroger
West Oak Street
John Scame
Miners Organize To Defy Lewis At UMW Convention
Miners form a movement to counter John L. Lewis at the United Mine Workers convention with about 2700 delegates. Ray Edmundson leads the effort promising eight percent of miners support the cause and criticizes leaders for discouraging attendance by labeling it as a dual movement.
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United Mine Workers
Midwest
Ray Edmundson
UMW
John L. Lewis
Warplane Production Drops to Eight Thousand in June
Washington reports 8 049 military aircraft produced in June the lowest since September. Exec VP Charles E Wilson says the drop stems from a shorter month and scheduling failures at three firms making smaller planes due to ongoing difficulties with certain cer tifications and production plans.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Cerbe
Atlantic City talks inch toward final report formality
Monetary expert Harry D White said a World Bank style plan and a formal report for the conference could be finished within three weeks. Fifteen of forty four nations attended the seaside talks with most reps viewing acceptance as a formality. Kite announced daily briefings for reporters and promised to release the official working document as sessions proceed.
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Non Fund
World Reconstruction Bank
Harry D. White
United States Treasury
American
Atlantic City
Kite
Dewey Seeks to Thank Thousands of Supporters
Governor Thomas E. Dewey said his mail since the Republican nomination is enormous and cannot be counted. He thanked supporters for their good wishes and asked them to understand he cannot personally answer each letter.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Japanese Drive to Isolate Eastern China by Rail Line
Chungking reports indicate a Japanese force sweeps toward Leiyang and another group advances from Canton in sweeping drives. The objective is control of a northern rail line to Peiping to seal eastern China from Allied use. In Burma, American forces repelled a Japanese thrust on Myitkyina airfield.
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Leiyang
Canton
Peiping
China
Burma
Myitkyina
Wisconsin Seeks 12 200 Rural Workers For Summer
Wisconsin extension officials estimate 4 300 women and 7 900 girls will be needed for farm and crop work this summer. Grace Rowntree reports last year over 2 600 women and 6 100 girls were placed. Most help likely for bean harvesting and cherry picking with some for general farm tasks. Recruiters will place workers by day or week through county extension offices.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Grace Rowntree
Miss Rowntree
Ousted Guatemala President lands in Mexico City
Excelsior reports that Jorge Ubico, ousted after 13 years as Guatemala’s president, arrived in Mexico City by airplane. He is said to be lodged with a high government official, though attempts to interview him failed.
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Mexico
Ip — Oe
Excelsior
Jorge Ubico
Guatemala
Mexico City
Accidental Deaths In Nation Top 200
The Fourth of July period saw 205 accidental deaths nationwide with 88 traffic deaths 54 drownings and 63 other accidents. Illinois led with 20 deaths California had 17 including 11 traffic fatalities. State tallies include Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin among others.
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Associated Press
Illinois
California
National Safety Council
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Russian Front News Describes German Retreat and Soviet Advances
A Soviet correspondent reports heavy fighting around Minsk as the Red Army bypasses the city and cuts off direct aid. Pravda claims German counterattacks fail and describes thousands of German deserters, prisoner captures, and Germans surrendering to supply troops. Russian progress pushes toward Polotsk with intense street fighting noted in Vitebsk region.
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Red Army
Minsk
Grodno
Pravda
Vadim Kolchevnikov
Borisov
Kozhevnikov
British Radio Today
Polotsk
Vitebsk
Nazi Crew Of Flying Fortress Is Interned
Nine German crewmen in a Flying Fortress were interned at Valencia airport after a forced landing. The undamaged aircraft bore German markings and appeared patched with Allied parts from crashes in German territory.
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Flying Fortress
Valencia
Spain
Bravest Gunners Bring Crippled B 24 Home from Truk
Tec. Sgt. John R. Hall of Greenback Tennessee piloted a crippled B 24 after the co pilot died and the navigator was dying. An injured crew struggled with repairs as Japanese fighters attacked. Hall and the wounded pilot guided the bomber to a hard but successful landing.
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13Th Army Air Force Base
Southwest Pacific
Truk
Citwalk
John R. Hall
Greenback
Tenn
Dublin Town
Truk Atoll
Tenton
Hall
Machinery Rationed by Monroe AAA in June
Monroe county AAA rationed farm machinery in June spanning 12 tractors 10 mowers six side delivery rakes 20 milking machines nine corn planters one manure spreader and 10 hay loaders. Certificates named numerous individuals across Tomah Sparta Cashton Kendall Norwalk Wilton Camp Douglas Rockland Elroy and other towns. Largest allocation went to milking machines with many named owners receiving authorizations.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Elton Buswell
Harold Leak
Lyle Sotona
A. C. Standiford
Kendall
Keith Rich
E. J. Misna
Raynold Bertling
Alfred von Ruden
Cashton
Orvin Buchholz
Wilton
Frank Schmeck
la Vern Wappler
Charles Jensen
Tomah
Hilmer J. Peterson
Oscar Sletto
Robert Zelimer
P. J. Artz
Frank Leverenz
Arlin Meyers
Roy Mossholder
Arthur Thiemke
Carl Eberhardt
Gust Vieth
Nor
Walter Lick
Harold Mueske
Robert Piper
Rockland
Earl Dammon
Leonard Rudi
James Wilton
Hugo Ruckheim
Leon Frei
T. J. Welch
Camp Douglas
Arnold Giese
Norwalk
George C. Oelke
Elroy
Arthur Rehberg
Wisconsin wind storm draws praise for state aid
Sheriff Homer L. Curry of La Fayette county lauds prompt help from state agencies after a severe wind storm swept southern Wisconsin. Gov. Goodland released the letter expressing appreciation for the timely response and assistance.
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Madison
Wis
Homer L. Curry
la Fayette County
Goodland
Wisconsin
Footprints Of Babies Kept By Nurse At McCoy
Lieut. Maude V. Halmrast, a nurse in the McCoy station hospital obstetrical ward, preserves footprints of more than 300 babies in a scrapbook. She introduced the collection with an original poem Baby Footprints and has written popular songs including Miniature of You. A Madison, Wisconsin native and Passavant Hospital graduate, she has served two months five weeks at McCoy.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Maude V. Halmrast
Station Hospital
Lieut
Halmrast
Imrast
Sutter Hospital
Sacramento
Calif
Madison
Passavant Hospital
Milwaukee
McCoy
Soldier at Camp McCoy Collects Reptile Species
T4 Army private Stanley Levy of the 304th Infantry breastfeeds a snake hobby with 12 snakes in formaldehyde at Camp McCoy and a Brooklyn home collection totaling over 100 reptiles and amphibians. He edits the New York Herpetological Society bulletin and studies at Brooklyn College. Levy notes two rattler varieties as the region's only poisonous snakes and cites a four foot bull snake as worth 3.75 yearly to a farmer for rodent control.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Stanley Levy
304Th Infantry
Brooklyn
N. Y
Levy
Bulletin
The
New York Herpetological Society
American Museum of Natural History
Brooklyn College
Horse Pulling Contests Planned By 44 Fairs
The state department of agriculture announced 44 horse pulling contests scheduled at county fairs and the state fair with total premiums of 8910 dollars, a new high. A. W. Kalbus said public interest in these events is rising as the contests serve as the main grandstand attraction at county fairs.
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State Department of Agriculture
A. W. Kalbus
Wallace Heads Home From China Amid Roosevelts renomination Push
Vice President Wallace returns from China to begin two weeks of renomination work as Roosevelt seeks a fourth term. At the Chicago convention, Samuel D. Jackson was named chairman and Robert S. Kerr keynoter while Andrews signals a Southern running mate push. Wallace to weigh his stance.
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Washington
Wallace
China
Landow
Roosevelt
Chicago
Samuel D. Jackson
Indiana
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Andrews
D-Fla
No Major Work For Congress In August
Washington report says Congress will remain in recess until August 1 and leaders plan to resume after Labor Day. Ramspeck stated both chambers may adjourn or take three day recesses if no urgent needs arise, to keep committees functioning.
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Washington
Congress
Ramspeck
D-Ga
State to hold funeral director and embalmer exams
Madison Wis. The state board of health announced exams for funeral director licenses on July 21 and for embalmer licenses on Aug. 1 in Milwaukee. Applications must be filed by July 12.
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Madison
Wis
State Board of Health
Milwaukee
Organize New Company Here Organize New Company Here
A new La Crosse concrete mixes firm was announced by A. O. Ayres of Eau Claire. The company will operate from Fehr Concrete Pipe Works on Gillette street road with six three cubic yard transit mixers and contracts to mix sidewalks. Emil Fehr presides, Oscar Kittilstad is general superintendent, and articles of incorporation show 50000 dollars in stock shared by Fehr and Eau Claire Sand and Gravel.
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la Crosse
A. O. Ayres
Eau Claire
Ayres
Fehr Concrete Pipe Works
Gillette Street Road
Madison
Fehr
Dinner honors Independence week in Sparta Wisconsin
About 35 Kiwanis and JACES members gathered at the Country Club in Sparta to observe Independence week. Lieut. Col. Arthur F. Ewart post chaplain at Camp McCoy delivered the feature address on the four freedoms and citizen obligations. Ray Chapin presided, Assemblyman A. L. Nicol served as master of ceremonies, with F. J. Wright giving the invocation and Amos Mitchell leading the flag salute. Elly Zimmerman and Zel Rice played piano as the closing music.
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Sparta
Wis
Country Club
Arthur F. Ewart
Camp McCoy
Chapin
F. J. Wright
Amos Mitchell
Elly Zimmerman
Zel Rice
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